The use of a model to calculate a
credit exposure, other than one approved for capital purposes, must
be approved by the OCC specifically for part 32 purposes and must
be approved in writing. If a national bank or Federal savings
association proposes to use an internal model that has been
approved by the OCC for capital purposes, the institution must
provide prior written notification to the OCC prior to use of or
change to the model for lending purposes.
The Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) hereby requests approval prior to
October 1, 2013, for a new collection of information contained in
its Lending Limits final rule (78 FR 37930 (June 25, 2013))
pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) emergency processing procedures at 5 C.F.R. §
1320.13. The OCC has determined that (1) the collection of
information within the scope of this request is needed prior to the
expiration of time periods established under 5 C.F.R. § 1320.12;
(2) this collection of information is essential to the mission of
the OCC; and (3) the OCC cannot reasonably comply with the normal
clearance procedures because an unanticipated event has occurred
and the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to
prevent or disrupt the collection of information. The Lending
Limits final rule included a new information collection requirement
generated in response to public comment. In response to comments
received, OCC clarified the model approval process in 12 C.F.R. §
32.9 to provide that a model (other than the model approved for
purposes of the Advanced Measurement Approach in the capital rules)
must be approved by the OCC specifically for part 32 purposes and
must be approved in writing. If a national bank or Federal savings
association proposes to use an internal model that has been
approved by the OCC for purposes of the Advanced Measurement
Approach, the institution must provide prior written notification
to the OCC prior to use of the model for lending limits purposes.
OCC approval is also required before substantive revisions are made
to a model that is used for lending limits purposes. The addition
of this information collection at the final rule stage prevents the
OCC from clearing the collection under 5 C.F.R. § 1320.11, which
covers only collections of information contained in proposed rules.
As noted in 5 C.F.R. § 1320.5 (c)(1), the OCC must clear the
collection under 5 C.F.R. § 1320.10, which relates to information
collections not contained in proposed rules or current rules. The
OCC submitted the collection to OMB under 5 C.F.R. § 1320.11, and
the ROCIS System accepted the submission due to a system error.
There is insufficient time to obtain clearance under 5 C.F.R. §
1320.10 prior to the rule’s October 1, 2013 effective date.
Therefore the OCC is requesting emergency clearance.
The increase in burden is due
to the fact that this is a new collection. The collection
implements section 610 of Dodd-Frank, which provides that the
definition of "loans and extenstions of credit" includes credit
exposures arising from derivative transactions, among other things.
The rule introduces an approval process for the model method for
calculating these credit exposures. This information request seeks
approval for this new approval process.
No
No
No
Yes
No
Uncollected
Heidi Thomas 202 874-5090
heidi.thomas@occ.treas.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.