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OMB Reviewer: OIRA Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503,
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Robert Dahl,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Notice 2009–XX (NOT–
151370–08)

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AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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 IRS is
soliciting comments concerning Notice
2009–XX, Credit for Carbon Dioxide
Sequestration under Section 45Q.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before August 24, 2009
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of notice should be directed to
Evelyn J. Mack, at (202) 622–7381, or at
Internal Revenue Service, room 6129,
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
Internet, at Evelyn.J.Mack@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Credit for Carbon Dioxide
Sequestration under Section 45Q.
OMB Number: 1545–XXXX.
Notice Number: Notice 2009–XX
(NOT–151370–08).
Abstract: The proposed notice sets
forth interim guidance, pending the
issuance of regulations, relating to the
credit for carbon dioxide sequestration
(CO2 sequestration credit) under § 45Q
of the Internal Revenue Code.
Current Actions: This is a new
collection. There are no changes being
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Type of Review: Approval of a new
collection.
Affected Public: Business and forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
Estimated Average Time per
Respondent: 6 hrs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 180 hrs.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
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.
Approved: June 18, 2009.
Allan Hopkins,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
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: Joint notice and request for
comment.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the
FDIC (collectively, the agencies) may
not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. The Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council
(FFIEC), of which the agencies are
members, has approved the agencies’
publication for public comment of a
proposal to extend, without revision,
the Foreign Branch Report of Condition
(FFIEC 030 and FFIEC 030S), which is
a currently approved information
collection for each agency. At the end of
the comment period, the comments and
recommendations received will be
analyzed to determine the extent to
which the FFIEC should modify the
report. The agencies will then submit
the report to OMB for review and
approval.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 24, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments to
any or all of the agencies. All comments,
which should refer to the OMB control
number, will be shared among the
agencies.
OCC: Communications Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Public Information Room,
Mailstop 2–3, Attention: 1557–0099,
250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20219. In addition, comments may be
sent by fax to 202–874–5274, or by
electronic mail to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You may
personally inspect and photocopy the
comments at the OCC, 250 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20219. For

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security reasons, the OCC requires that
visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may do so by calling
(202) 874–4700. Upon arrival, visitors
will be required to present valid
government-issued photo identification
and submit to security screening in
order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Board: You may submit comments,
identified by FFIEC 030 or FFIEC 030S,
by any of the following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on http://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail:
regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.
Include the OMB control number in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: 202–452–3819 or 202–452–
3102.
• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at http://
www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/
foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted,
unless modified for technical reasons.
Accordingly, your comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments
may also be viewed electronically or in
paper in Room MP–500 of the Board’s
Martin Building (20th and C Streets,
NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays.
FDIC: You may submit comments,
which should refer to ‘‘Foreign Branch
Report of Condition, 3064–0011,’’ by
any of the following methods:
• Agency Web Site: http://
www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/
federal/notices.html.
• E-mail: comments@FDIC.gov.
Include ‘‘Foreign Branch Report of
Condition, 3064–0011’’ in the subject
line of the message.
• Mail: Herbert J. Messite (202–898–
6834), Counsel, Attn: Comments, Room
F–1052, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20429.
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand delivered to the guard station at
the rear of the 550 17th Street Building
(located on F Street) on business days
between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Public Inspection: All comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/
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personal information provided.
Comments may be inspected at the FDIC
Public Information Center, Room E–
1002, 3502 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22226, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. on business days.
Additionally, commenters may send a
copy of their comments to the OMB
desk officer for the agencies by mail to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to 202–
395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or a copy of the
collection, please contact any of the
agency clearance officers whose names
appear below.
OCC: Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC
Clearance Officer, 202–874–5090,
Legislative and Regulatory Activities
Division, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219.
Board: Cynthia Ayouch, Federal
Reserve Board Acting Clearance Officer,
202–452–3829, Division of Research and
Statistics, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th and C
Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) users may call 202–263–4869.
FDIC: Herbert J. Messite, Counsel,
202–898–6834, Legal Division, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposal to Extend for Three Years,
Without Revision, the Following
Currently Approved Collection of
Information
Report Title: Foreign Branch Report of
Condition.
Form Numbers: FFIEC 030 and FFIEC
030S.
Frequency of Response: Annually,
and quarterly for significant branches.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit.
OCC:
OMB Number: 1557–0099.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
101 annual branch respondents (FFIEC
030). 289 quarterly branch respondents
(FFIEC 030). 30 annual branch
respondents (FFIEC 030S).
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 3.4 burden hours (FFIEC
030). 0.5 burden hours (FFIEC 030S).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,288 burden hours.
Board:
OMB Number: 7100–0071.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 23
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20 quarterly branch respondents (FFIEC
030). 14 annual branch respondents
(FFIEC 030S).
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 3.4 burden hours (FFIEC
030). 0.5 burden hours (FFIEC 030S).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 357
burden hours.
FDIC:
OMB Number: 3064–0011.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7
annual respondents (FFIEC 030). 3
quarterly respondents (FFIEC 030). 9
annual respondents (FFIEC 030S).
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 3.4 burden hours (FFIEC
030). 0.5 burden hours (FFIEC 030S).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 70
burden hours.
General Description of Reports
This information collection is
mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 321, 324, and 602
(Board); 12 U.S.C. 602 (OCC); and 12
U.S.C. 1828 (FDIC). This information
collection is given confidential
treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8)).
Abstract
The FFIEC 030 contains asset and
liability information for foreign
branches of insured U.S. commercial
banks and state-chartered savings banks
and is required for regulatory and
supervisory purposes. The information
is used to analyze the foreign operations
of U.S. banks. All foreign branches of
U.S. banks regardless of charter type file
this report with the appropriate Federal
Reserve District Bank. The Federal
Reserve collects this information on
behalf of the U.S. bank’s primary federal
bank regulatory agency. The FFIEC 030S
contains five data items that branches
with total assets between $50 million
and $250 million file on an annual basis
in lieu of the FFIEC 030 reporting form.
No changes are proposed to the FFIEC
030 or FFIEC 030S reporting forms or
instructions.
Request for Comment
Comments are invited on:
a. Whether the information collection
is necessary for the proper performance
of the agencies’ functions, including
whether the information has practical
utility;
b. The accuracy of the agencies’
estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of the
information collections on respondents,
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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 the
requested information.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be shared among the
agencies. All comments will become a
matter of public record. Written
comments should address the accuracy
of the burden estimates and ways to
minimize burden including the use of
automated collection techniques or the
use of other forms of information
technology as well as other relevant
aspects of the information collection
request.
Dated: June 18, 2009.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, June 19, 2009.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
Dated at Washington, DC, this 16th day of
June 2009.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Notice of renewal charter and filing
letters
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS);
Tax Exempt and Government Entities
Division.
ACTION: Notice of renewal charter and
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–462, a renewal charter has been
filed for the IRS Advisory Committee on
Tax Exempt and Government Entities
(ACT). The renewal charter was filed on
June 16, 2009, with the Committee on
Finance of the United States Senate, the
Committee on Ways and Means of the
U.S. House of Representatives, and the
Library of Congress. The renewal charter
and copies of these filing letters are
attached.

The
Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt
and Government Entities (ACT),
governed by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, is
an organized public forum for

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discussion of relevant employee plans,
exempt organizations, tax-exempt
bonds, and Federal, State, local, and
Indian tribal government issues between
officials of the IRS and representatives
of the above communities. The ACT also
enables the IRS to receive regular input
with respect to the development and
implementation of IRS policy
concerning these communities. ACT
members present the interested public’s
observations about current or proposed
IRS policies, programs, and procedures,
as well as suggest improvements.
Dated: June 18, 2009.
Steven J. Pyrek,
Designated Federal Official, Tax Exempt and
Government Entities Division, Internal
Revenue Service.
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid
Standards
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Notice of consideration of
energy efficiency and Smart Grid
standards
AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: By a Notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 76736, December 16,
2008), the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) initially requested comments on
certain standards that TVA is
considering adopting for itself and the
distributors of TVA power pertaining to
certain energy efficiency and Smart Grid
standards. The standards being
considered are Integrated Resource
Planning, Rate Design Modifications to
Promote Energy Efficiency Investments,
Consideration of Smart Grid
Investments, and Smart Grid
Information listed in section 111(d) of
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–617) as
amended by the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–
140). TVA staff has developed a report
that reviews each standard and makes a
preliminary recommendation with
respect to each standard. TVA has
posted the report on the TVA Web site
(http://www.tva.com/purpa). The
standards will be considered on the
basis of their effect on conservation of
energy, efficient use of facilities and
resources, equity among electric
consumers, and the objectives of the
Tennessee Valley Authority Act. As part
of the process of considering the
standards, comments are requested from
the public on the TVA staff report. TVA
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on the standards themselves, which are
set out below.
DATES: All comments on the TVA staff
report and these standards must be
received by July 27, 2009. Written
comments may be mailed to: Veenita
Bisaria, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 W. Summit Hill Drive, WT3D–K,
Knoxville, TN 37902, (865) 632–3939.
Comments may also be submitted via
the Web, at http://www.tva.com/purpa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Veenita Bisaria, Tennessee Valley
Authority (contact information above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the
standards being considered, the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
(Pub. L. 95–617) as amended by the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–140) requires that
TVA consider these standards.
Accordingly, data, views, and comments
are requested from the public on the
four standards set out below, as well as
on the TVA staff report. Comments on
variations in any of the standards, as
well as views for or against their
adoption are welcome. These standards
are being presented in order to obtain
the public’s views on the need and
desirability of such standards.
Determinations on the appropriateness
of the standards will be made by the
TVA Board of Directors for TVA and the
distributors of TVA power.
Standards: The standards upon which
comments are requested about which a
determination will be made are:
(1) Integrated Resource Planning.—
Each electric utility shall—
(A) Integrate energy efficiency
resources into utility, State, and regional
plans; and
(B) Adopt policies establishing costeffective energy efficiency as a priority
resource.
(2) Rate Design Modifications to
Promote Energy Efficiency
Investments.—
(A) In General.—The rates allowed to
be charged by any electric utility shall—
(i) Align utility incentives with the
delivery of cost-effective energy
efficiency; and
(ii) Promote energy efficiency
investments.
(B) Policy Options.—In complying
with subparagraph (A), each State
regulatory authority and each nonregulated utility shall consider—
(i) Removing the throughput incentive
and other regulatory and management
disincentives to energy efficiency;
(ii) Providing utility incentives for the
successful management of energy
efficiency programs;
(iii) Including the impact on adoption
of energy efficiency as one of the goals

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