The Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift
Supervision are jointly proposing a new risk-based capital adequacy
framework that would require some and permit other qualifying
banks, savings associations, and bank holding companies to use an
internal ratings-based approach to calculate regulatory credit risk
capital requirements and advanced measurement approaches to
calculate regulatory operational risk capital requirements. The
proposed rule describes the qualifying criteria for banks required
or seeking to operate under the proposed framework and the
applicable risk-based capital requirements for banks that operate
under the framework.
OTS is citing a reduction in
the inventory burden. This is due to the loss of two institutions
in the OTS program (from 5 institutions to 3 institutions),
including the only banking organization that would have incurred
the full, consolidated top tier level burden of Basel II. The
remaining banking organizations are subsidiary Basel II
institutions that will incur only a fractional, marginal part of
the total burden.
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.