Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 131 / Friday, July 10, 2009 / Notices 33317 

not established new effective dates for 

using this revised SAR form. 

Consistent with the 2006 revisions to 

the SAR form, FinCEN and the bank 

regulators are once again proposing to 

adopt the revised 2006 SAR form. This 

SAR form will not become effective 

until FinCEN establishes new dates 

consistent with its data quality 

initiatives. The OCC uses the SAR and 

the supporting documentation retained 

by national banks for supervisory 

purposes. The information collection 

identifies suspicious transactions that 

could pose a threat to national banks. 

Banks are required to maintain a copy 

of any SAR filed and the original or 

business record equivalent of any 

supporting documentation for a period 

of five years. The documents are 

necessary for criminal investigations 

and prosecutions. 

Procedures for Monitoring Bank 

Secrecy Act Compliance (12 CFR 21.21) 

Under 12 CFR 21.21, national banks 

are required to develop and provide for 

the continued administration of a 

program reasonably designed to assure 

and monitor their compliance with the 

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Treasury 

regulations at 12 CFR part 31. The 

compliance program shall be reduced to 

writing, approved by the board of 

directors, and noted in the minutes. 

These requirements are necessary to 

ensure bank compliance with the BSA 

and 12 CFR part 31. National banks use 

the compliance program to ensure 

compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act. 

Bank examiners review the written 

procedures and board approval in the 

examination process. 

FinCEN and the Internal Revenue 

Detroit Computing Center (DCC) operate 

the computer system containing the 

information collected from banks. 

FinCEN and DCC provide on-line access 

to the information to representatives of 

bank regulators and appropriate law 

enforcement agencies. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals; 

Businesses or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,501. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

337,421. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

449,086. 

OCC, FinCEN, FRB, FDIC, OTS, and 

NCUA issued a 60-day notice for 

comment on April 1, 2009. 71 FR 14863. 

The notice covered the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

SAR for all of the agencies and the 

information collection requirements in 

OCC’s part 21. No comments were 

received by the OCC. FinCEN received 

three comments, one of which was also 

received by the FDIC. A comment 

summary is included in the information 

collection submitted to OMB. 

The OCC invites continued comments 

on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has 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 on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board [Request 

for Applications: Clinical Science 

Research and Development (RFA: 

‘‘CSR&D) Award for Investigators 

Associated with the National Center for 

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 

(PTSD)’’]; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

gives notice under Public Law 92–463 

(Federal Advisory Committee Act) that 

a special emphasis review panel of the 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board [RFA: 

‘‘CSR&D Award for Investigators 

Associated with the National Center for 

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)’’] 

will conduct a telephone conference call 

on Monday, July 27, 2009, from 11 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. through the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and 

Development, Washington, DC. 

The purpose of this special emphasis 

review panel of the Merit Review Board 

is to provide advice on the scientific 

quality, budget, safety and mission 

relevance of research proposals 

submitted for VA merit review 

consideration. Proposals submitted for 

review by the Board involve a range of 

specialties and subspecialties related to 

PTSD, substance use and abuse. 

This conference call will be open to 

the public for approximately one-half 

hour at the start of the session to discuss 

the general status of the program. The 

remaining portion of the conference call 

will be closed to the public for the 

review, discussion, and evaluation of 

non-clinician credentials and research 

proposals to be performed for the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

discussion and recommendations will 

deal with qualifications of personnel 

conducting the studies, the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy, as well as research information, 

the premature disclosure of which could 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action regarding such 

research proposals. 

As provided by subsection 10(d) of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, closing 

portions of a meeting is in accordance 

with 5 U.S.C., 552b(c)(6) and (c)(9)(B). 

Individuals wishing to participate in the 

call or who would like to obtain a copy 

of the conference call minutes and 

roster of the members of the review 

panel should contact LeRoy G. Frey, 

PhD, Chief, Program Review (121F), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420 at (202) 461–1664. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–16342 Filed 7–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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