2015-28896. Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Revision; Comment Request; Domestic First Lien Residential Mortgage Data

AGENCY:

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY:

The OCC, 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 a revision to an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

Under the PRA, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of or revision to an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a 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 OCC is soliciting comment concerning a revision to its information collection titled, “Domestic First Lien Residential Mortgage Data.”

DATES:

You should submit written comments by: January 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

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: 1557-0331, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 9W-11, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to [phone] or by electronic mail to [e-mail]. 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 [phone] or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, [phone]. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, [phone] or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, [phone], Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The OCC is requesting OMB approval for the following information collection:

Title: Domestic First Lien Residential Mortgage Data.

OMB Control Number: 1557-0331.

Description:

Comprehensive mortgage data is vital to assessing and monitoring credit quality and loss mitigation activities in the residential mortgage market and the federal banking system. This data is important and necessary to support supervisory activities to ensure the safety and soundness of the federal banking system.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Regulatory Improvement Act of 2010 requires that this data be collected. 12 U.S.C. 1715z-25.

This data collection is being revised to include aggregate values to be calculated from data that is currently reported in loan level format. These aggregate values will be industry standard measures of portfolio performance, including but not limited to: Outstanding loan count and unpaid principal balance; delinquency and liquidation ratios; and the number of loss mitigation actions completed. Aggregate values generally will be reported at the total portfolio level, with some values also reported by portfolio segments including, but not limited to: borrower credit class and type and execution date of loss mitigation action.

The reported data items will still be calculated from loan level data that includes: Bankruptcy or foreclosure status; and other detailed loan information. Banks would not be required to report this data to the OCC monthly, but would be required to provide it upon OCC's request.

Type of Review: Regular review.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.

Burden Estimate:

Estimated Number of Respondents: 61.

Estimated Annual Responses per Respondent: 12 per year.

Estimated Burden per Response: 40 hours per month/per bank.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 29,280 hours.

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 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 OCC, including whether the information shall have practical utility;

(b) The accuracy of the OCC'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 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.

Dated: November 9, 2015.

Stuart E. Feldstein,

Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities Division.