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by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
The Department of Transportation
Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in
the Federal Register published on April
11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages
19477–78) or by visiting http://
www.regulations.gov.
(Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501, et seq., 49 CFR
1.93(h)).
Dated: July 24, 2015.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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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
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.
AGENCIES:

In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) 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, with revision, the
Foreign Branch Report of Condition
(FFIEC 030 and FFIEC 030S), which is
a currently approved information
collection for each agency. The
proposed changes would be effective for
the FFIEC 030 and FFIEC 030S reports
as of the December 31, 2015, report date.
At the end of the comment period, the
comments and recommendations
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the extent to which the FFIEC and the
agencies should modify the proposed
revisions prior to giving final approval.
The agencies will then submit the
revisions to OMB for review and
approval.
Comments must be submitted on
or before September 28, 2015.
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: Because paper mail in the
Washington, DC, area and at the OCC is
subject to delay, commenters are
encouraged to submit comments by
email, if possible. Comments may be
sent to: Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Attention:
1557–0099, 400 7th Street SW., Suite
3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington,
DC 20219. In addition, comments may
be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by
electronic mail to prainfo@occ.treas.gov.
You may personally inspect and
photocopy comments at the OCC, 400
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.
For security reasons, the OCC requires
that visitors make an appointment to
inspect comments. You may do so by
calling (202) 649–6700. 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.
All comments received, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure. Do not
include any information in your
comment or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure.
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 at:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/
generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: regs.comments@
federalreserve.gov. Include reporting
form number in the subject line of the
message.
• FAX: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452–
3102.
• Mail: Robert DeV. Frierson,
Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and
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Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20551.
All public comments are available
from the Board’s Web site at
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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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/
propose.html. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments on the FDIC’s
Web site.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: comments@FDIC.gov.
Include ‘‘FFIEC 030 and FFIEC 030S’’ in
the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Gary A. Kuiper, Counsel,
Attn: Comments, Room MB–3074,
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 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Public Inspection: All comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/
federal/propose.html including any
personal information provided.
Comments may be inspected at the FDIC
Public Information Center, Room E–
1002, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22226, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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; by fax to (202)
395–6974; or by email to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about the revisions
discussed in this notice, please contact
any of the agency clearance officers
whose names appear below. In addition,
copies of the report forms can be
obtained at the FFIEC’s Web site
(http://www.ffiec.gov/ffiec_report_
forms.htm).

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OCC: Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 649–5490, for persons
who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY,
(202) 649–5597, Legislative and
Regulatory Activities Division, Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.
Board: Mark Tokarski, Federal
Reserve Board Acting Clearance Officer,
(202) 452–3829, Office of the Chief Data
Officer, 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: Gary A. Kuiper, Counsel, (202)
898–3877, Legal Division, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal
to extend for three years, with revision,
the following currently approved
collections 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:
199 annual branch respondents (FFIEC
030). 57 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:
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Board
OMB Number: 7100–0071.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 14
annual branch respondents (FFIEC 030).
24 quarterly branch respondents (FFIEC
030). 11 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: 380
burden hours.
FDIC
OMB Number: 3064–0011.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8
annual branch respondents (FFIEC 030).
1 quarterly branch respondent (FFIEC
030). 8 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: 45
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General Description of Reports
This information collection is
mandatory: 12 U.S.C. 602 (Board); 12
U.S.C. 161 and 602 (OCC); and 12 U.S.C.
1828 (FDIC). This information collection
is given confidential treatment under 5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and (8).
Abstract
The FFIEC 030 contains asset and
liability information for foreign
branches of insured U.S. banks and
insured U.S. savings associations (U.S.
institutions) and is required for
regulatory and supervisory purposes.
The information is used to analyze the
foreign operations of U.S. institutions.
All foreign branches of U.S. institutions
regardless of charter type file this report
as provided in the instructions to the
FFIEC 030 and FFIEC 030S.
An institution must file a separate
report for each foreign branch, but in
some cases may consolidate filing for
multiple foreign branches in the same
country, as discussed below. A branch
with either total assets of at least $2
billion or commitments to purchase
foreign currencies and U.S. dollar
exchange of at least $5 billion as of the
end of a calendar quarter is considered
a ‘‘significant branch’’ and is required to
report quarterly on the FFIEC 030. A
foreign branch that does not meet either
of the criteria to file quarterly, but has
total assets in excess of $250 million,
must file the entire FFIEC 030 report on
an annual basis as of each December 31.
A foreign branch that does not meet
the criteria to file the FFIEC 030 report,
but has total assets of $50 million or
more (but less than or equal to $250
million), must file the Abbreviated
Foreign Branch Report of Condition
(FFIEC 030S) on an annual basis as of
each December 31.
Current Actions
The agencies propose to revise the
officer declaration requirement that
applies to the FFIEC 030 and FFIEC
030S, reduce the information provided
if the consolidation option is elected,
and add a field on the cover page for an
institution to indicate whether the
branch meets the criteria for annual or
quarterly filing.
At present, the FFIEC 030 and FFIEC
030S reports must be signed by an
authorized officer who addresses the
correctness of the information reported
by stating only that the report is true
and correct to the best of his or her
knowledge and belief. The agencies
propose to revise the language of this
declaration requirement to make
explicit that the authorized officer must
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institution who attests that the report,
including any consolidated branches,
has been prepared in conformance with
the instructions issued by the Federal
Financial Institutions Examination
Council and is true and correct to the
best of his or her knowledge and belief.
In addition, this attestation language
would be moved from page 3 to page 1
of the FFIEC 030.
At a U.S. institution’s option,
branches in a single country currently
may report their year-end information
on a consolidated basis.1 When this
option is exercised, each branch that is
consolidated into the report for the U.S.
institution’s principal branch in a
country is instructed to state on the
cover page of its report that no figures
are shown for this branch in its report
because its figures have been
consolidated with those reported by the
principal branch in that country. The
branch that has been consolidated also
must include its address on the cover
page of its report, which it must file
with the appropriate Federal Reserve
District Bank. In turn, the principal
branch is instructed to state the number
of branches in the country that are
consolidated into its report, and then
list the address of each consolidated
branch. The agencies propose to
eliminate the requirement for a branch
that is consolidated into the report for
the U.S. institution’s principal branch in
a country to submit the cover page of
the report containing the statement that
the branch is consolidated into the
report filed by the principal branch in
that country, along with its address.
This requirement is unnecessary given
that this information is conveyed in the
report for the U.S. institution’s principal
branch in that country.
The FFIEC 030 report for December 31
must be filed by both annual and
quarterly respondents. To aid in
identifying annual versus quarterly
respondents, the agencies propose to
add a field to the cover page of the
FFIEC 030 report in which respondents
would indicate whether the report is
filed annually or quarterly. This field
would only need to be completed
annually on the December 31 report.
Request for Comment
Public comment is requested on all
aspects of this joint notice. Comments
are invited on:
a. Whether the information collection
is necessary for the proper performance
1 However, foreign branches that meet the
threshold for reporting on a quarterly basis must not
be consolidated with any other branch. In addition,
a branch with total assets of less than $50 million,
which is exempt from filing the FFIEC 030 and
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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 collection 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 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.
Dated: July 17, 2015.
Stuart Feldstein,
Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities
Division, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, July 22, 2015.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
Dated at Washington, DC, this 17th day of
July, 2015.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–18588 Filed 7–28–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–33–P; 6210–01–P; 6714–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice, publication of general
licenses.

Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain general
information pertaining to OFAC’s
sanctions programs also is available via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: 202–622–0077.

The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing General
License No. 5, General License No. 6,
General License No. 7, General License
No. 8, and General License No. 9 issued
under the Ukraine-related sanctions
program. On December 30, 2014, OFAC
issued General License No. 5, which
authorizes transactions and activities
necessary to wind down operations
involving the Crimea region of Ukraine,
subject to certain limitations. On
January 30, 2015, OFAC issued three
Ukraine-related general licenses.

Background
Since December 30, 2014, OFAC has
issued five general licenses authorizing
certain transactions for the Crimea
region of Ukraine involving certain
activities prohibited by Executive Order
13685 of December 19, 2014. On
December 30, 2014, OFAC issued
General License No. 5 authorizing
transactions and activities prohibited by
Executive Order 13685 of December 19,
2014 necessary to wind down
operations involving the Crimea region
of Ukraine, subject to certain
limitations. At the time of its issuance

Office of Foreign Assets Control
Publication of Ukraine General
Licenses 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
AGENCY:

SUMMARY:

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General License No. 6 authorizes
noncommercial, personal remittances to
or from the Crimea region of Ukraine or
for or on behalf of an individual
ordinarily resident in the Crimea region
of Ukraine, subject to certain
limitations. General License No. 7
authorizes the operation of accounts in
U.S. financial institutions for
individuals ordinarily resident in the
Crimea region of Ukraine, subject to
certain limitations. General License No.
8 authorizes transactions related to the
receipt and transmission of
telecommunications and mail, subject to
certain limitations. On May 22, 2015,
OFAC issued General License No. 9,
which authorizes the exportation of
certain services and software incident to
the exchange of Internet-based
communications, subject to certain
limitations.
DATES: Effective Date: December 30,
2014, for General License No. 5; January
30, 2015 for General License No. 6,
General License No. 7, and General
License No. 8; and May 22, 2015 for
General License No. 9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202–622–2480, Assistant Director for
Policy, tel.: 202–622–2746, Assistant
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–
622–4855, Assistant Director for
Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation,
tel.: 202–622–2490, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, or Chief Counsel
(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202–622–
2410, Office of the General Counsel,
Department of the Treasury (not toll free
numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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on December 30, 2014, OFAC made
General License No. 5 available on the
OFAC Web site (www.treasury.gov/
ofac).
On January 30, 2015, OFAC issued
three general licenses. General License
No. 6 authorizes noncommercial,
personal remittances to or from the
Crimea region of Ukraine or for or on
behalf of an individual ordinarily
resident in the Crimea region of
Ukraine, subject to certain limitations.
General License No. 7 authorizes the
operation of accounts in U.S. financial
institutions for individuals ordinarily
resident in the Crimea region of
Ukraine, subject to certain limitations.
General License No. 8 authorizes
transactions related to the receipt and
transmission of telecommunications and
mail involving the Crimea region of
Ukraine, subject to certain limitations.
At the time of their issuance on January
30, 2015, OFAC made General License
Nos. 6, 7, and 8 available on the OFAC
Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
On May 22, 2015, OFAC issued
General License No. 9 authorizing the
exportation from the United States or by
U.S. persons of certain services and
software incident to the exchange of
Internet-based communications, subject
to certain limitations. At the time of its
issuance on May 22, 2015, OFAC made
General License No. 9 available on the
OFAC Web site (www.treasury.gov/
ofac). With this notice, OFAC is
publishing Ukraine-related General
License Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the
Federal Register.
Generak License No. 5
Authorizing Certain Activities
Prohibited by Executive Order 13685 of
December 19, 2014 Necessary To Wind
Down Operations Involving the Crimea
Region of Ukraine
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this general license, all
transactions and activities prohibited by
Section 1 of Executive Order 13685 of
December 19, 2014, ‘‘Blocking Property
of Certain Persons and Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With Respect to
the Crimea Region of Ukraine’’ (the
‘‘Crimea E.O.’’), that are ordinarily
incident and necessary (1) to the
winding down or divestiture or transfer
to a foreign person of a U.S. person’s
share of ownership, including an equity
interest, in pre-December 20, 2014
investments located in the Crimea
region of Ukraine; (2) to the winding
down of operations, contracts, or other
agreements that were in effect prior to
December 20, 2014, involving the
exportation, reexportation, sale, or
supply of goods, services, or technology

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