[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27861-27862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13667]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Departmental Offices; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the

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Departmental Offices within the Department of the Treasury are 
soliciting comments concerning the Monthly Lending Report.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before August 10, 2009 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Department of the Treasury, 
David Eagles, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form(s) and instructions should be directed as above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Monthly Lending Report.
    OMB Number: 1505-0214.
    Abstract: Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
(EESA) of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-343), the Department of the Treasury has 
implemented several aspects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Among 
these components is a voluntary Capital Purchase Program (CPP) under 
which the Department may purchase qualifying capital in U.S. banking 
organizations. The Treasury has so far invested capital through this 
program in almost 600 financial institutions. As part of the Capital 
Purchase Program, Treasury would like to gauge whether the capital 
injections made through the CPP are having the desired effect of 
ensuring liquidity within the banking system and thereby increasing 
lending activity. To gauge this, Treasury would like to monitor the 
lending activity of all CPP participants. The Treasury will be 
conducting evaluations using quarterly Call Report data supplied by 
these financial institutions to their primary regulator. However, in 
order to have a more frequent and timely snapshot of the current 
lending environment, Treasury is requesting the ability to conduct a 
monthly survey of all participants in the CPP in order to supplement 
the quarterly analysis.
    Current Actions: Continuation of survey.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Affected Public: Financial Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 700.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,600.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

Robert Dahl,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13667 Filed 6-10-09; 8:45 am]
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