Section 216 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. §1790d) mandates prompt corrective action (PCA) requirements for federally insured credit unions (FICUs) that become less than well capitalized. Section 216 requires the NCUA Board to (1) adopt, by regulation, a system of prompt corrective action to restore the net worth of inadequately capitalized FICUs; and (2) develop an alternative system of prompt corrective action for new credit unions that carries out the purpose of PCA while allowing an FICU reasonable time to build its net worth to an adequately capitalized level. Part 702 implements the statutory requirements. The purpose of prompt corrective action is to resolve the problems of FICUs at the least possible long-term loss to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF).
Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 CFR § 1320.13, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) requests that the following collection of information, Prompt Corrective Action â 12 CFR part 702 (subparts A-D), be processed in accordance with section 1320.13, Emergency Processing. This information is essential to the NCUAâs ability to help ensure that federally insured credit unions (FICUs) remain operational and liquid during the COVID-19 crisis.
The NCUA is issuing two temporary changes to its prompt corrective action (PCA) regulations. The first enables the NCUA to issue an order applicable to all FICUs to waive the earnings retention requirement for any FICU that is classified as adequately capitalized. The second modifies the specific documentation required for net worth restoration plans (NWRPs) for FICUs that become undercapitalized. These temporary modifications will reduce the information collection requirement currently approved under OMB control number 3133-0154 and will be in place until December 31, 2020.
Given the inability to seek public comment during such a short timeframe, NCUA requests a waiver from the requirement to publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment during the period of OMB review.
This is an emergency request for revision of a currently approved collection. The amendment to §702.201 is decreasing the earnings retention requirement for all FICUs that are classified as adequately capitalized during this time. Currently, FICUs must request a waiver for each quarterly transfer made from undivided earning to its regular reserve account until well capitalized. By the actions of this rule the waiver requirement is temporary suspended for adequately capitalized credit unions and the information collection requirement will be reduced from 113 respondents providing three waivers annually to 23 respondents.
Section 702.206 provides that a FICU that is less than adequately capitalized must submit an applicable NWRP to the NCUA. The temporary rule allows a FICU that becomes undercapitalized to submit a significantly simpler NWRP to NCUA, which will reduce the estimated burden associated with the preparation from 27 hours to 2 hours. This would affect an estimated 31 FICUs that would fall under the category of undercapitalized.
These temporary amendments will reduce the number of estimated responses from 482 to 155, with a decrease in the estimated total burden hours by 2,851, for a total information collection burden of 569 hours.
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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.