82 FR 15789 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 60 (March 30, 2017)

Page Range		15789-15790
FR Document		2017-06301

As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite comment on a proposed renewal, without change, to the generic clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback on agency service delivery. This request for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') of 1995, Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative 
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (''FinCEN''), Department 
of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, we invite comment on a proposed renewal, without 
change, to the generic clearance for the collection of qualitative 
feedback on agency service delivery. This request for comments is being 
made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before 
May 30, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Policy Division, 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183, 
``Attention: Comments on generic clearance for the collection of 
qualitative feedback on agency service delivery.'' Comments also may be 
submitted by electronic mail to the following Internet address: 
[email protected], again with a caption, in the body of the text, 
``Attention: Comments on generic clearance for the collection of 
qualitative feedback on agency service delivery.'' Please submit by one 
method only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FinCEN Resource Center at 800-767-
2825 or electronically at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Abstract: The Director of FinCEN is the delegated administrator of 
the Bank Secrecy Act (``Act''). The Act authorizes the Director to 
issue regulations to require all financial institutions defined as such 
in the Act to maintain certain records or file certain reports that 
have been determined to have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, 
tax, or regulatory investigations or proceedings, or in the conduct of 
intelligence or counter-intelligence activities, including analysis, to 
protect against international terrorism, and to implement anti-money 
laundering programs and compliance procedures.\1\ FinCEN periodically 
surveys its stakeholders to collect qualitative customer and 
stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with 
the Agency's commitment to improving service delivery.
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    \1\ Public Law 91-508, as amended and codified at 12 U.S.C. 
1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959 and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5332. Language 
expanding the scope of the BSA to intelligence or counter-
intelligence activities to protect against international terrorism 
was added by section 358 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct 
Terrorism (``USA PATRIOT'') Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
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    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    Office of Management and Budget Control Number: 1506-0062.
    Abstract: FinCEN is renewing, without change, the bureau's 
capability to solicit feedback from the public with respect to 
timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, 
efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service 
delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to 
improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If 
this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and 
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
    The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this 
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
     The collections are voluntary;
     The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on 
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or 
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents 
and the Federal government;
     The collections are non-controversial and do not raise 
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
     Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions 
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have 
experience with the program in the near future;
     Personally identifiable information is collected only to 
the extent necessary and is not retained;
     Information gathered is intended to be used only 
internally for general service improvement and program management 
purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency (if 
released, the agency must indicate the qualitative nature of the 
information);
     Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of 
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
     Information gathered will yield qualitative information; 
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically 
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the 
population of study.
    Current Action: Renewal without change to an existing collection.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit institutions.
    Burden: Estimated Number of Respondents: 162,188.\2\
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    \2\ This number includes depository institutions (10,772), 
broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future commission merchants 
(101), introducing brokers in commodities (1,249), and open end 
mutual funds (1,660), and money services businesses (44,300), 
Residential Mortgage Lenders and Originators (31,000), Dealers in 
precious metals, precious stones, or jewels (20,000), insurance 
companies (1,200), operators of credit card systems (6), and 
entities required to report cash payments over $10,000 received in a 
trade or business, form 8300 (46,800), each as defined under the 
BSA.

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    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,000. (Avg. 250 per request).\3\
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    \3\ FinCEN has submitted, on average, four requests per year 
each with 250 respondents.
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    Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000. (30 minutes per response).\4\
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    \4\ The FinCEN surveys average 30 minutes to complete. OMB has 
allocated 10,000 hours for the three-year period covered by this 
notice.
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    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid 
control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget 
(``OMB''). Records required to be retained under the BSA must be 
retained for five years. Generally, information collected pursuant to 
the BSA is confidential but may be shared as provided by law with 
regulatory and law enforcement authorities.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will 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 agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency'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 of 
information 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.

Jamal El Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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contribute to research and development to the generic clearance for the Abstract: FinCEN is renewing,
of intervention programs aimed at collection of qualitative feedback on without change, the bureau’s capability
preventing accidents and fatalities in agency service delivery. This request for to solicit feedback from the public with
the OCS. comments is being made pursuant to the respect to timeliness, appropriateness,
Respondents who report equipment Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of accuracy of information, courtesy,
failures will be asked to fill out a form 1995, Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C. efficiency of service delivery, and
and submit pertinent supplemental 3506(c)(2)(A). resolution of issues with service
information as described in 30 CFR delivery. Responses will be assessed to
DATES: Written comments are welcome
250.730, 30 CFR 250.803 and cited plan and inform efforts to improve or
and must be received on or before May
industry standards. Respondents will maintain the quality of service offered to
30, 2017.
have the option to mail or submit the the public. If this information is not
report electronically to BTS. ADDRESSES: Written comments should
collected, vital feedback from customers
Respondents will be asked to provide be submitted to: Policy Division, and stakeholders on the Agency’s
information such as: (1) Name and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, services will be unavailable.
contact information; (2) time and P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183, The Agency will only submit a
location of the failure event; (3) a short ‘‘Attention: Comments on generic collection for approval under this
description of the failure event and clearance for the collection of generic clearance if it meets the
operating conditions that existed at the qualitative feedback on agency service following conditions:
time of the event; (4) contributing delivery.’’ Comments also may be • The collections are voluntary;
factors to the event; (5) results of an submitted by electronic mail to the • The collections are low-burden for
investigation or safety analysis report; following Internet address: respondents (based on considerations of
(6) any design or procedural changes as regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a total burden hours, total number of
a result of the reported equipment caption, in the body of the text, respondents, or burden-hours per
failure; and (7) any other information ‘‘Attention: Comments on generic respondent) and are low-cost for both
that might be useful in determining clearance for the collection of the respondents and the Federal
ways to prevents such failures from qualitative feedback on agency service government;
occurring. delivery.’’ Please submit by one method • The collections are non-
only. controversial and do not raise issues of
III. Request for Public Comment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The concern to other Federal agencies;
BTS requests comments on any FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767– • Any collection is targeted to the
aspects of this information collection 2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov. solicitation of opinions from
request, including: (1) Ways to enhance SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: respondents who have experience with
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of Abstract: The Director of FinCEN is the program or may have experience
the collected information; and (2) ways the delegated administrator of the Bank with the program in the near future;
to minimize the collection burden Secrecy Act (‘‘Act’’). The Act authorizes • Personally identifiable information
without reducing the quality of the the Director to issue regulations to is collected only to the extent necessary
information collected, including require all financial institutions defined and is not retained;
additional use of automated collection as such in the Act to maintain certain • Information gathered is intended to
techniques or other forms of information records or file certain reports that have be used only internally for general
technology. been determined to have a high degree service improvement and program
Patricia Hu, of usefulness in criminal, tax, or management purposes and is not
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, regulatory investigations or proceedings, intended for release outside of the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research or in the conduct of intelligence or agency (if released, the agency must
and Technology, U.S. Department of counter-intelligence activities, including indicate the qualitative nature of the
Transportation. analysis, to protect against international information);
[FR Doc. 2017–06272 Filed 3–29–17; 8:45 am] terrorism, and to implement anti-money • Information gathered will not be
BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P laundering programs and compliance used for the purpose of substantially
procedures.1 FinCEN periodically informing influential policy decisions;
surveys its stakeholders to collect and
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY qualitative customer and stakeholder • Information gathered will yield
feedback in an efficient, timely manner, qualitative information; the collections
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in accordance with the Agency’s will not be designed or expected to
commitment to improving service yield statistically reliable results or used
Agency Information Collection delivery. as though the results are generalizable to
Activities: Proposed Collection; Title: Generic Clearance for the the population of study.
Comment Request; Generic Clearance Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Current Action: Renewal without
for the Collection of Qualitative Agency Service Delivery. change to an existing collection.
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Office of Management and Budget Type of Review: Extension of a
Control Number: 1506–0062. currently approved information
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement
collection.
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Network (’’FinCEN’’), Department of the 1 Public Law 91–508, as amended and codified at Affected Public: Businesses and other
Treasury. 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1959 and 31 U.S.C. for-profit institutions.
ACTION: Notice and request for 5311–5332. Language expanding the scope of the Burden: Estimated Number of
comments. BSA to intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against international terrorism Respondents: 162,188.2
SUMMARY: As part of our continuing was added by section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate 2 This number includes depository institutions
effort to reduce paperwork and Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (10,772), broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future
respondent burden, we invite comment (‘‘USA PATRIOT’’) Act of 2001, Public Law 107– commission merchants (101), introducing brokers
on a proposed renewal, without change, 56. Continued

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Estimated Number of Responses: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY terrorism, and to implement anti-money
1,000. (Avg. 250 per request).3 laundering programs and compliance
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network procedures.1
Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000.
(30 minutes per response).4 Title: Anti-Money Laundering
Proposed Renewal Without Change; Programs and Due Diligence Programs
An agency may not conduct or Comment Request; Anti-Money for Correspondent Accounts for Foreign
sponsor, and a person is not required to Laundering Programs; Due Diligence Financial Institutions (31 CFR
respond to, a collection of information Programs for Correspondent Accounts 1010.610).
unless it displays a valid control for Foreign Financial Institutions Office of Management and Budget
number assigned by the Office of AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Control Number: 1506–0046.
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’). Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), Department of the Abstract: FinCEN is renewing,
Records required to be retained under Treasury. without change, the regulation
the BSA must be retained for five years. ACTION: Notice and request for implementing section 5318(i)(1) and (2)
Generally, information collected comments. of the Act, found at 31 CFR 1010.610.
pursuant to the BSA is confidential but In general, the regulation requires
may be shared as provided by law with SUMMARY: As part of our continuing covered financial institutions, as
regulatory and law enforcement effort to reduce paperwork and defined in 31 CFR 1010.605(e)(1), to
authorities. respondent burden, we invite comment establish due diligence and, in some
on a proposed renewal, without change, circumstances, enhanced due diligence
Request for Comments: Comments to an information collection found in policies, procedures, and controls
submitted in response to this notice will existing regulations requiring U.S. reasonably designed to detect and report
be summarized and/or included in the financial institutions to establish due money laundering through
request for OMB approval. All diligence policies, procedures, and correspondent accounts that covered
comments will become a matter of controls reasonably designed to detect U.S. financial institutions establish or
public record. Comments are invited on: and report money laundering through maintain for certain foreign financial
(a) Whether the collection of correspondent accounts that U.S. institutions.
information is necessary for the proper financial institutions establish or Current Action: Renewal without
performance of the functions of the maintain for certain foreign financial change to existing regulations.
agency, including whether the institutions. This request for comments Type of Review: Extension of a
information shall have practical utility; is being made pursuant to the currently approved information
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. collection.
of the burden of the collection of DATES: Written comments are welcome Affected Public: Businesses and other
information; (c) ways to enhance the and must be received on or before May for-profit institutions.
quality, utility, and clarity of the 30, 2017. Burden: Estimated Number of
information to be collected; (d) ways to ADDRESSES: Written comments should Respondents: 18,882.2
minimize the burden of the collection of be submitted to: Financial Crimes Estimated Number of Responses:
information on respondents, including Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 39, 18,882.
through the use of automated collection Vienna, VA 22183, Attention: Estimated Number of Hours: 37,764.
techniques or other forms of information Comments on Anti-Money Laundering (Two hours per response).
technology; and (e) estimates of capital Program and Due Diligence Programs for An agency may not conduct or
or start-up costs and costs of operation, Correspondent Accounts for Foreign sponsor, and a person is not required to
Financial Institutions. Comments also respond to, a collection of information
maintenance and purchase of services to
may be submitted by electronic mail to unless it displays a valid control
provide information.
the following Internet address: number assigned by the Office of
Jamal El Hindi, regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’).
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes caption, in the body of the text, Records required to be retained under
Enforcement Network. ‘‘Attention: Comments on Anti-Money the BSA must be retained for five years.
[FR Doc. 2017–06301 Filed 3–29–17; 8:45 am] Laundering Program and Due Diligence Generally, information collected
Programs for Correspondent Accounts pursuant to the BSA is confidential but
BILLING CODE 4810–02–P
for Foreign Financial Institutions.’’ may be shared as provided by law with
Please submit by one method only. regulatory and law enforcement
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The authorities.
FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767– Request for Comments: Comments
2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov. submitted in response to this notice will
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract: be summarized and/or included in the
in commodities (1,249), and open end mutual funds
The Director FinCEN is the delegated
1 Public Law 91–508, as amended and codified at
(1,660), and money services businesses (44,300), administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act
12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1959 and 31 U.S.C.
Residential Mortgage Lenders and Originators (‘‘Act’’). The Act authorizes the Director 5311–5332. Language expanding the scope of the
(31,000), Dealers in precious metals, precious to issue regulations to require all BSA to intelligence or counter-intelligence
stones, or jewels (20,000), insurance companies financial institutions defined as such in activities to protect against international terrorism
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

(1,200), operators of credit card systems (6), and the Act to maintain or file certain was added by section 358 of the Uniting and
entities required to report cash payments over Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
reports or records that have been Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
$10,000 received in a trade or business, form 8300
(46,800), each as defined under the BSA.
determined to have a high degree of (‘‘USA PATRIOT’’) Act of 2001, Public Law 107–
3 FinCEN has submitted, on average, four requests usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory 56.
2 This number includes depository institutions
per year each with 250 respondents. investigations or proceedings, or in the
(10,772), broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future
4 The FinCEN surveys average 30 minutes to conduct of intelligence or counter- commission merchants (101), introducing brokers
complete. OMB has allocated 10,000 hours for the intelligence activities, including in commodities (1,249), and open-end mutual funds
three-year period covered by this notice. analysis, to protect against international (1,660), each as defined under the BSA.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before May 30, 2017.
Contact		The FinCEN Resource Center at 800-767- 2825 or electronically at [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 15789

82 FR 15789 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURYFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 60 (March 30, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network