Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 2015 / Proposed Rules 2061 

1Public Law 104–208 (1996), 110 Stat. 3009–414, 

codified at 12 U.S.C. 3311. 

2A taped video of this outreach meeting is 

available on the EGRPRA Web site at http://

egrpra.ffiec.gov/outreach/outreach-index.html. 

15 comment period was insufficient 

given the numerous holidays that 

occurred during that timeframe. The 

commenters requested the extension to 

provide additional time for interested 

persons to analyze the proposal and to 

submit written comments. 

After reviewing the requests, USDA is 

extending the comment period to 

February 17, 2015. This will provide 

interested persons over 60 days to 

review the proposed rule, perform a 

complete analysis, and submit written 

comments. 

Authority: This document is issued 

pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601–674); 

Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (7 

U.S.C. 2901–2911); Commodity Promotion, 

Research, and Information Act of 1996 (7 

U.S.C. 7411–7425); Cotton Research and 

Promotion Act of 1966 (7 U.S.C. 2101–2118); 

Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 

U.S.C. 4501–4514); Egg Research and 

Consumer Information Act of 1974 (7 U.S.C. 

2701–2718); Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 

1990 (7 U.S.C. 6401–6417); Hass Avocado 

Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 

2000 (7 U.S.C. 7801–7813); Mushroom 

Promotion, Research, and Consumer 

Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6101– 

6112); Popcorn Promotion, Research, and 

Consumer Information Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

7481–7491); Pork Promotion, Research, and 

Consumer Information Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 

4801–4819); Potato Research and Promotion 

Act of 1971 (7 U.S.C. 2611–2627); Soybean 

Promotion, Research, and Consumer 

Information Act (7 U.S.C. 6301–6311); and 

Watermelon Research and Promotion Act (7 

U.S.C. 4901–4916); and 7 U.S.C. 7401. 

Dated: January 12, 2015. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

12 CFR Chapter I 

[Docket ID FFIEC–2014–0001] 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

12 CFR Chapter II 

[Docket No. OP–1491] 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

12 CFR Chapter III 

Regulatory Publication and Review 

Under the Economic Growth and 

Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1996 

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency (‘‘OCC’’), Treasury; Board 

of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (‘‘Board’’); and Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation (‘‘FDIC’’). 

ACTION: Notice of outreach meeting. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, Board, and FDIC 

(‘‘we’’ or ‘‘Agencies’’) announce the 

second in a series of outreach meetings 

on the Agencies’ interagency process to 

review their regulations under the 

Economic Growth and Regulatory 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 

(‘‘EGRPRA’’). 

DATES: An outreach meeting will be 

held on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 

beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard 

Time (CST). Online registrations will be 

accepted through January 28, 2015, or 

until all seats are filled, whichever is 

earlier. If seats are available, individuals 

may register in person at the Federal 

Reserve Bank of Dallas on the day of the 

meeting. Additional outreach meetings 

are scheduled for Boston on May 4, 

2015; Chicago on October 19, 2015; and 

Washington, DC, on December 2, 2015. 

The Agencies also plan to hold an 

outreach meeting this summer that will 

focus on rural banks. 

ADDRESSES: The Agencies will hold the 

February 4, 2015, outreach meeting at 

the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2200 

N. Pearl St., Dallas, Texas 75201. Live 

video of this meeting will be streamed 

at http://egrpra.ffiec.gov/. All Dallas 

participants should register at http://

egrpra.ffiec.gov/outreach/outreachindex.html. Any interested individual 

may submit comments through the 

EGRPRA Web site during open 

comment periods at: http://

egrpra.ffiec.gov/submit-comment/

submit-comment-index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OCC: Heidi M. Thomas, Special 

Counsel, (202) 649–5490; for persons 

who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY 

(202) 649–5597. 

Board: Claudia Von Pervieux, 

Counsel, (202) 452–2552; for persons 

who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY 

(202) 263–4869. 

FDIC: Ruth R. Amberg, Assistant 

General Counsel, (202) 898–3736; for 

persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, 

TTY 1–800–925–4618. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EGRPRA 1

directs the Agencies, along with the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council (Council), not less 

frequently than once every ten years, to 

conduct a review of their regulations to 

identify outdated or otherwise 

unnecessary regulations. The Agencies 

are holding a series of at least five 

outreach meetings to provide an 

opportunity for bankers, consumer and 

community groups, and other interested 

persons to present their views directly 

to senior management and staff of the 

Agencies on any of 12 specific 

categories of regulations, as further 

described below. The Agencies held the 

first of these outreach meetings on 

December 2, 2014, in Los Angeles, 

California.2

The second outreach meeting will be 

held on February 4, 2015, in Dallas, 

Texas. Senior agency staff from the 

OCC, FDIC and Board are scheduled to 

attend. Video of this meeting will be 

streamed live at http://egrpra.ffiec.gov/. 

The meeting will consist of panels of 

bankers and consumer and community 

groups who will present particular 

issues. There will be limited time after 

each panel for comments from meeting 

attendees. In addition, there will be a 

session at the end of the meeting during 

which audience members may present 

views on any of the regulations under 

review. The Agencies reserve the right 

to limit the time of individual 

commenters, if needed, in order to 

accommodate the number of persons 

desiring to speak. 

Comments made by panelists and 

audience members at this meeting will 

be reflected in the public comment file. 

Audience members who do not wish to 

comment orally may submit written 

comments at the meeting. In addition, 

any interested individual may submit 

comments through the EGRPRA Web 


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3 79 FR 32172. 

site during open comment periods at: 

http://egrpra.ffiec.gov/submit-comment/

submit-comment-index.html. Further 

outreach meetings are scheduled for 

Boston on May 4, 2015; Chicago on 

October 19, 2015; and Washington, DC, 

on December 2, 2015. The Agencies also 

plan to hold an outreach meeting this 

summer that will focus on rural banks. 

All participants should register for the 

Dallas outreach meeting at http://

egrpra.ffiec.gov/outreach/outreachindex.html. Because of space 

constraints, on-site attendance will be 

limited. Online registrations will be 

accepted through January 28, 2015, or 

until all seats are filled, whichever is 

earlier. If seats are available, individuals 

may register in person at the Federal 

Reserve Bank of Dallas on the day of the 

meeting. Registration is not required to 

view the live-stream broadcast. 

Further details about the first 

outreach meeting, including the agenda, 

are published on the EGRPRA Web site 

at http://egrpra.ffiec.gov/outreach/

outreach-index.html. 

Additional Background on EGRPRA 

Section 2222 of EGRPRA directs the 

Agencies, along with the Council, to 

conduct a review of their regulations not 

less frequently than once every ten years 

to identify outdated or otherwise 

unnecessary regulatory requirements 

imposed on insured depository 

institutions. In conducting this review, 

the Agencies are required to categorize 

their regulations by type and, at regular 

intervals, provide notice and solicit 

public comment on categories of 

regulations, requesting commenters to 

identify areas of regulations that are 

outdated, unnecessary, or unduly 

burdensome. The statute requires the 

Agencies to publish in the Federal 

Register a summary of the comments 

received, identifying significant issues 

raised and commenting on these issues. 

The statute also directs the Agencies to 

eliminate unnecessary regulations to the 

extent that such action is appropriate. 

Finally, section 2222 requires the 

Council, of which the Agencies are 

members, to submit a report to Congress 

that summarizes any significant issues 

raised in the public comments and the 

relative merits of such issues. The report 

also must include an analysis of 

whether the Agencies are able to 

address the regulatory burdens 

associated with such issues by 

regulation or whether these burdens 

must be addressed by legislative action. 

For purposes of this review, the 

Agencies have grouped our combined 

regulations into 12 categories: 

Applications and Reporting; Banking 

Operations; Capital; Community 

Reinvestment Act; Consumer Protection; 

Directors, Officers and Employees; 

International Operations; Money 

Laundering; Powers and Activities; 

Rules of Procedure; Safety and 

Soundness; and Securities. On June 4, 

2014, we published a Federal Register 

notice asking for public comment on 

three of these categories—Applications 

and Reporting, Powers and Activities, 

and International Operations 

regulations.3 We also published a chart 

listing all of the regulations included in 

the EGRPRA review. Over the next year, 

we will publish additional notices, 

seeking comment on the remaining 

categories. 

Dated: January 8, 2015. 

Thomas J. Curry, 

Comptroller of the Currency. 

By order of the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, January 9, 2015. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Dated: January 8, 2015. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by, 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–33–P; 6210–01–P; 6714–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Part 5 

[Docket No. FR–5173–N–03] 

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: 

Re-Opening Public Comment Period 

on Subject of Later First AFH 

Submission Date for Certain Entities 

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; re-opening of 

comment period for a specific topic. 

SUMMARY: On July 19, 2013, HUD 

published a proposed rule on 

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. 

The comment period for the proposed 

rule closed on September 17, 2013. HUD 

received over 1,000 public comments in 

response to the proposed rule. While 

many commenters expressed outright 

support for HUD’s proposal, and other 

commenters expressed outright 

opposition, the majority of the 

commenters provided valuable feedback 

and suggestions on HUD’s proposal. 

One area of concern expressed by 

many commenters was the ability of 

program participants, those that are 

small or those that receive small grants 

or allocations of HUD funds, to prepare 

and submit the Assessment of Fair 

Housing (AFH) in accordance with the 

process set out in HUD’s proposed rule, 

and by the proposed submission 

deadline. Commenters comprised of 

State jurisdictions or their 

representatives also expressed concern 

about the ability to complete an AFH, 

which they commented did not take 

into consideration the unique role of 

States. These commenters stated that 

HUD’s proposed AFH was tailored to 

entitlement jurisdictions. 

In response to these comments, HUD 

is considering providing certain HUD 

program participants—States, Insular 

Areas, qualified PHAs, jurisdictions 

receiving a small Community 

Development Block (CDBG) grant 

(which is based on a percentage of the 

CDBG formula appropriation, as 

described in this notice)—with the 

option of submitting their first AFH at 

a date later than would otherwise be 

required for program participants that 

are not States or Insular Areas, not 

qualified PHAs, and are not grantees 

receiving a small CDBG grant, as 

proposed to be defined in this notice. 

This supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking therefore re-opens the 

public comment period on the 

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 

proposed rule for an additional 30 days 

solely to seek comment on these specific 

issues. HUD is not soliciting comment 

on any other issues related to HUD’s 

July 19, 2013, proposed rule. 

DATES: The comment period for a 

specific topic in the proposed rule 

published on July 19, 2013 (78 FR 

43709), is re-opened. The due date for 

comments discussed in this 

supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking is February 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments responsive 

to this request for information to the 

Regulations Division, Office of General 

Counsel, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

7000. Communications must refer to the 

above docket number and title and 

should contain the information 

specified in the ‘‘Request for 

Comments’’ of this supplemental notice 

of proposed rulemaking. 

Electronic Submission of Comments. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 

submission of comments allows the 


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