[Federal Register: February 23, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 36)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
[Docket No. 05-21]
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[Docket No. OP-1246]
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
[No. 2005-56]
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Products;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC);
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision,
Treasury (OTS); and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Proposed guidance; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On December 29, 2005, the OCC, Board, FDIC, OTS, and NCUA (the
Agencies) published for public comment proposed Interagency Guidance on
Nontraditional Mortgage Products (Guidance). The Agencies are extending
the comment period on the proposed guidance for 30 days.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The Agencies will jointly review all of the comments
submitted. Therefore, interested parties may send comments to any of
the Agencies and need not send comments (or copies) to all of the
Agencies. Please consider submitting your comments by e-mail or fax
since paper mail in the Washington area and at the Agencies is subject
to delay. Interested parties are invited to submit comments to:
OCC: You should include ``OCC'' and Docket Number 05-21 in your
comment. You may submit your comment by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
OCC Web site: http://www.occ.treas.gov. Click on ``Contact
the OCC,'' scroll down and click on ``Comments on Proposed
Regulations.''
E-Mail Address: regs.comments@occ.treas.gov.
Fax: (202) 874-4448.
Mail: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E
Street, SW., Mail Stop 1-5, Washington, DC 20219.
Hand Delivery/Courier: 250 E Street, SW., Attn: Public
Information Room, Mail Stop 1-5, Washington, DC 20219.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
(OCC) and docket number for this notice. In general, the OCC will enter
all comments received into the docket without change, including any
business or personal information that you provide.
You may review comments and other related materials by any of the
following methods:
Viewing Comments Personally: You may personally inspect
and photocopy comments at the OCC's Public Information Room, 250 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC. You can make an appointment to inspect
comments by calling (202) 874-5043.
Viewing Comments Electronically: You may request that we
send you an electronic copy of comments via e-mail or mail you a CD-ROM
containing electronic copies by contacting the OCC at
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov.
Docket Information: You may also request available
background documents and project summaries using the methods described
above.
Board: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. OP-1246,
by any of the following methods:
Agency Web site: <a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov">http://www.federalreserve.gov</a>
Follow the instructions for submitting comments at http://www.federalreserve.gov/.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
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E-mail: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include the
docket number in the subject line of the message.
FAX: 202/452-3819 or 202/452-3102.
Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's Web site at
http:/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 in electronic or paper
form in Room MP-500 of the Board's Martin Building (20th and C Streets,
NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
FDIC: You may submit comments 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 Agency Web site.
E-Mail: Comments@FDIC.gov.
Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary, Attention:
Comments, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20429.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard station at the rear of the
550 17th Street Building (located on F Street) on business days between
7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name. All comments received will be posted without change to
http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/propose.html
including any personal information provided.
OTS: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 2005-56,
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail address: regs.comments@ots.treas.gov. Please
include docket number 2005-56 in the subject line of the message and
include your name and telephone number in the message.
Fax: (202) 906-6518.
Mail: Regulation Comments, Chief Counsel's Office, Office
of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552,
Attention: No. 2005-56.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard's Desk, East Lobby Entrance,
1700 G Street, NW., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on business days. Address
envelope as follows: Attention: Regulation Comments, Chief Counsel's
Office, Attention: No. 2005-56.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this proposed Guidance. All comments received
will be posted without change to the OTS Internet site at
http://www.ots.treas.gov/pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.ots.treas.gov/pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1.
In addition, you may inspect comments at the OTS's Public Reading Room,
1700 G Street, NW., by appointment.
To make an appointment for access, call (202) 906-5922, send an e-mail
to public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a facsimile transmission to (202)
906-7755. (Prior notice identifying the materials you will be
requesting will assist us in serving you.) We schedule appointments on
business days between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. In most cases, appointments
will be available the next business day following the date we receive a
request.
NCUA: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
NCUA Web site:
http://www.ncua.gov/RegulationsOpinionsLaws/proposed_regs/proposed_regs.html.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: Address to regcomments@ncua.gov. Include ``[Your
name] Comments on Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgages'' in
the e-mail subject line.
Fax: (703) 518-6319. Use the subject line described above
for e-mail.
Mail: Address to Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board,
National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314-3428.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mail address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: Gregory Nagel, National Bank Examiner/Credit Risk Specialist,
Credit Risk Policy, (202) 874-5170; or Michael S. Bylsma, Director, or
Stephen Van Meter, Assistant Director, Community and Consumer Law
Division, (202) 874-5750.
Board: Brian Valenti, Supervisory Financial Analyst, (202) 452-
3575; or Virginia Gibbs, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst, (202)
452-2521; or Sabeth I. Siddique, Assistant Director, (202) 452-3861,
Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation; or Minh-Duc T. Le,
Senior Attorney, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, (202) 452-
3667; or Andrew Miller, Counsel, Legal Division, (202) 452-3428. For
users of Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (``TDD'') only, contact
(202) 263-4869.
FDIC: James Leitner, Senior Examination Specialist, (202) 898-6790,
or April Breslaw, Acting Associate Director, (202) 898-6609, Division
of Supervision and Consumer Protection; or Ruth R. Amberg, Senior
Counsel, (202) 898-3736, or Richard Foley, Counsel, (202) 898-3784,
Legal Division.
OTS: William Magrini, Senior Project Manager, (202) 906-5744; or
Maurice McClung, Program Manager, Market Conduct, Operation Risk, (202)
906-6182; and Richard Bennett, Counsel, Banking and Finance, (202) 906-
7409.
NCUA: Cory Phariss, Program Officer, Examination and Insurance,
(703) 518-6618.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 29, 2005, the Agencies published
for comment the proposed Guidance, which relates to mortgage loan
products that allow borrowers to defer payment of principal and,
sometimes, interest, including ``interest-only'' mortgages and
``payment option'' adjustable rate mortgages. 70 FR 77249. The proposal
stated that any comments on the proposal must be submitted on or before
February 27, 2006.
In response to the solicitation of comments, the Agencies have
received a number of comments, including requests from several
financial institutions and trade associations that represent financial
institutions to extend the comment period. In light of the wide public
interest in the proposal and the Agencies' desire to provide the public
with sufficient time to consider the proposal and formulate any
comments, the Agencies have decided to extend the comment period on the
proposal by 30 days. The comment period will now run through March 29,
2006.
Dated: February 13, 2006.
John C. Dugan,
Comptroller of the Currency.
By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 14, 2006.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
Dated at Washington, DC, the 16th day of February, 2006.
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By order of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
Dated: February 16, 2006.
By the Office of Thrift Supervision.
John M. Reich,
Director.
By the National Credit Union Administration Board on February 9,
2006.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 06-1675 Filed 2-22-06; 8:45 am]
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