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(202) 898–3842, Samuel Frumkin,
Senior Policy Analyst, Division of
Supervision and Consumer Protection,
(202) 898–6602; or Richard Foley,
Counsel, Legal Division, (202) 898–
3784.
OTS: Glenn Gimble, Senior Project
Manager, Compliance and Consumer
Protection Division, (202) 906–7158, or
Suzanne McQueen, Consumer
Regulations Analyst, Compliance and
Consumer Protection Division, (202)
906–6459.
NCUA: Matthew J. Biliouris, Program
Officer, Examination and Insurance,
(703) 518–6360.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
[Docket ID OCC–2008–0007]

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[Docket No. OP–1292]

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
[Docket No. OTS–2008–0003]

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
Illustrations of Consumer Information
for Hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Products
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) (collectively, the Agencies).
ACTION: Final Guidance—Illustrations of
Consumer Information for Hybrid
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Products.

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AGENCIES:

SUMMARY: The Agencies are publishing
four documents that set forth
Illustrations of Consumer Information
for Hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Products. The illustrations are intended
to assist institutions in implementing
the consumer protection portion of the
Interagency Statement on Subprime
Mortgage Lending adopted on July 10,
2007, and in providing information to
consumers on hybrid adjustable rate
mortgage (ARM) products as
recommended by that interagency
statement. The illustrations are not
model forms and institutions may
choose not to use them.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 29, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: Michael Bylsma, Director,
Stephen Van Meter, Assistant Director,
Carolle Kim, Attorney, Community and
Consumer Law Division, (202) 874–
5750; or Joseph A. Smith, Group Leader,
Mortgage Banking & Securitization,
Retail Credit Risk, (202) 874–5170.
Board: Kathleen C. Ryan, Counsel, or
Jamie Z. Goodson, Attorney, Division of
Consumer and Community Affairs, (202)
452–3667. For users of
Telecommunication Device for Deaf
only, call (202) 263–4869.
FDIC: Luke H. Brown, Associate
Director, Compliance Policy Branch,

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I. Background
On March 8, 2007, the Agencies
published the Interagency Statement on
Subprime Mortgage Lending (Subprime
Statement) for comment. 72 FR 10533
(March 8, 2007). After carefully
reviewing and considering all comments
received, the Agencies published the
Subprime Statement (applicable to all
banks and their subsidiaries, bank
holding companies and their nonbank
subsidiaries, savings institutions and
their subsidiaries, savings and loan
holding companies and their
subsidiaries, and credit unions) in final
form on July 10, 2007. 72 FR 37569 (July
10, 2007).
The Subprime Statement set forth
recommended practices to ensure that
consumers have clear and balanced
information about certain hybrid
adjustable rate mortgage products
during the product selection process,
not just upon submission of an
application or at consummation of the
loan. This information should address
the relative benefits and risks of these
products and describe their costs, terms,
features, and risks to the borrower.
Some industry group commenters on
the proposed Subprime Statement asked
the Agencies to provide uniform
disclosures for these products, or to
publish illustrations of the consumer
information contemplated by the
Subprime Statement similar to those
previously proposed by the Agencies in
connection with nontraditional
mortgage products. (These illustrations
were subsequently revised and
published in final form.1 ) The Agencies
determined that illustrations of the
consumer information contemplated by
the Subprime Statement may be useful
to institutions as they seek to ensure
that consumers receive the information
they need about the material features of
1 Illustrations of Consumer Information for
Nontraditional Mortgage Products, 72 FR 31825
(June 8, 2007).

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these loans. On August 14, 2007, the
Agencies published for comment two
Proposed Illustrations of Consumer
Information for Subprime Mortgage
Lending (Proposed Illustrations). 72 FR
45495 (Aug. 14, 2007).
The two Proposed Illustrations
consisted of (1) a narrative explanation
of some of the key features of certain
ARM loans that are identified in the
Subprime Statement, including payment
shock, responsibility for taxes and
insurance, prepayment penalties,2
balloon payments, and increased costs
associated with stated income or
reduced documentation loans, and (2) a
chart with numerical examples that is
designed to show the potential
consequences of payment shock in a
concrete, readily understandable
manner for a loan structured with a
discounted interest rate for the first two
years.
The Agencies requested comment on
all aspects of the Proposed Illustrations.
Specifically, commenters were asked to
address whether the illustrations, as
proposed, would be useful to
institutions, including community
banks, seeking to implement the
‘‘Consumer Protection Principles’’
portion of the Subprime Statement, or
whether changes should be made. The
Agencies also encouraged specific
comment on whether the illustrations,
as proposed, would be useful in
promoting consumer understanding of
the risks and material terms of certain
ARM products, as described in the
Subprime Statement, or whether
changes should be made. Additionally,
the Agencies sought comment on
whether the information in the
Proposed Illustrations is set forth in a
clear manner and format; whether these
illustrations or a modified form should
be adopted by the Agencies; and
whether additional illustrations relating
to certain ARM products would be
useful to consumers and institutions.
Finally, the Agencies requested
information on any consumer testing
that commenters may have conducted in
connection with comparable
disclosures.
After considering the comments
received, the Agencies are now issuing
final illustrations of consumer
information for certain hybrid ARMs.
The Subprime Statement recommended
that communications with consumers,
including advertisements, oral
statements, and promotional materials,
provide clear and balanced information
about the relative benefits, costs, terms,
features, and risks of certain ARM
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products to the borrower. This includes
information about the risk of payment
shock, the ramifications of prepayment
penalties, balloon payments, and a lack
of escrow for taxes and insurance, and
any pricing premium associated with a
stated income or reduced
documentation loan program.
Use of the illustrations is entirely
voluntary. Accordingly, there is no
Agency requirement or expectation that
institutions must use the illustrations in
their communications with consumers.
Institutions seeking to follow the
recommendations set forth in the
Subprime Statement may, at their
option, elect to:
• Use the illustrations;
• Provide information based on the
illustrations, but expand, abbreviate, or
otherwise tailor any information in the
illustrations as appropriate to reflect, for
example:
Æ The institution’s product
offerings, such as by deleting
information about loan products and
loan terms not offered by the institution
and by revising the illustrations to
reflect specific terms currently offered
by the institution;
Æ The consumer’s particular loan
requirements or qualifications;
Æ Current market conditions, such
as by changing the loan amounts,
interest rates, and corresponding
payment amounts to reflect current local
market circumstances;
Æ Other material information
relating to the loan consistent with the
Subprime Statement; and
Æ The results of consumer testing of
the illustrations or comparable
disclosures; or
• Provide the information described
in the Subprime Statement, as
appropriate, in an alternate format.
To assist institutions that wish to use
the illustrations, the Agencies will be
posting each of the illustrations on their
respective Web sites in a form that can
be downloaded and printed for easy
reproduction. The Agencies also will
develop and post Spanish-language
versions of the illustrations on their
respective Web sites. Additionally, in
response to concerns that the interest
rates used in Illustrations Nos. 2A, 2B,
and 2C may become outdated with
changes in market interest rates—and
consistent with the Agencies’ intention,
expressed above, that the illustrations
may be modified to reflect, among other
things, current market conditions—the
Agencies also will be posting on their
respective Web sites a template that can
be used by institutions that wish to
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current interest rates (and
corresponding payment amounts).
II. Overview of the Comments
Collectively, the Agencies received
approximately 25 comment letters on
the proposal, including comments from
one federal regulatory agency, a group of
three associations of state banking and
consumer protection agencies, six
financial institutions, ten trade
organizations, two community
organizations, and five individuals.
Most commenters encouraged the
Agencies to adopt the illustrations.
These commenters stated that the
illustrations would be useful to
financial institutions, including
community banks, seeking to implement
the consumer protection principles of
the Subprime Statement. At least one
commenter also noted that the
illustrations would help reduce
implementation costs and compliance
burden.
Several trade organizations supported
making use of the illustrations
voluntary. These commenters also urged
the Agencies to notify their examiners
that use of the illustrations is not
required to show compliance with the
Subprime Statement. One of these
commenters stated that in developing
the illustrations the Agencies have
appropriately balanced the need for
institutions to provide meaningful
disclosures and the need to avoid
unnecessary burdens. On the other
hand, one community organization
advocated that use of the illustrations
should be made mandatory to prevent
consumer confusion due to lack of
uniform disclosures from lender to
lender.
Many commenters suggested that the
Proposed Illustrations could confuse
consumers about whether the
illustrations are describing features of
hybrid ARMs generally or, instead,
describing the mortgage they are
actually considering or being offered.
These commenters suggested modifying
the illustrations by revising statements
that appear specific to a particular
borrower and loan product. Other
commenters, however, suggested
modifying the illustrations so that they
would be based on the actual loan
product or product choices lenders will
offer to the particular applicant, and
include more loan-specific details.
Commenters also suggested changes
to make the illustrations more
accurately reflect the actual terms of
products prevalent in the market. For
example, it was noted that the
illustrations focused on hybrid ARM
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to recent market developments, such
products have become uncommon, and
have been replaced, to some extent, by
products with somewhat longer
discounted initial interest rate periods.
Finally, commenters made a number
of suggestions to change the wording,
format, or content of the illustrations in
order to improve the accuracy, clarity,
or usefulness of the illustrations for
consumers.
III. Final Illustrations
After carefully considering all of the
comments received, the Agencies have
decided to publish the proposed
illustrations in final form, with some
modifications.3 Additionally, the
Agencies believe that issuing these
materials as nonmandatory illustrations
will provide institutions with the
flexibility needed to tailor the materials
to their own circumstances and
consumer needs.
In response to commenter concerns,
the Agencies have made three sets of
changes to the proposed illustrations, as
described more fully below. The first
change relates to the language and
format of Illustration No. 1. The
Agencies have modified this illustration
so it clearly will be a general description
of the features of the products covered
by the Subprime Statement, rather than
a loan-specific disclosure. Second, the
Agencies have included additional
versions of Illustration No. 2 to provide
institutions with illustrations reflecting
products that may be more prevalent in
the market, and to show how
institutions might provide this
information when they offer multiple
products subject to the Subprime
Statement. Finally, the Agencies have
adopted a number of wording and
format changes to improve the
readability and usefulness of the
illustrations for consumers, and to make
it easier for consumers to understand
the key risks of the products covered by
the Subprime Statement.
A. Proposed Illustration No. 1
As noted above, several commenters
suggested that Illustration No. 1 should
generally describe features found in the
subprime ARM products covered by the
Subprime Statement. Given that the
Subprime Statement called for early
delivery—during the product selection
process—of the consumer information
contemplated in the Statement, the
Agencies agree that it could be
inappropriate and confusing for
Illustration No. 1 to appear to set forth
3 The Agencies are using a different title for this
final guidance than for the proposed guidance to
reflect more closely the types of mortgage products
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specific loan terms. At this stage,
consumers have not yet selected a
specific loan, and institutions likely will
not have performed the credit
underwriting necessary to determine all
of the terms that may be offered to the
consumer. In view of these
uncertainties, and in light of the fact
that hybrid ARMs may include various
combinations of the risks and features
highlighted in the Subprime Statement,
it would not be possible for this
narrative description to convey loanspecific information in a way that
would be accurate or relevant for all
consumers. For these reasons,
attempting to include loan-specific
information would frustrate one of the
Agencies’ primary goals in issuing these
illustrations: Namely, to create a set of
documents that institutions can use to
satisfy the expectations outlined in the
Subprime Statement.4
Accordingly, in order to make clear
that this illustration is simply a generic
description of key risks and features that
may be found in the products covered
by the Subprime Statement, and to
improve readability and usefulness, the
Agencies have made substantial changes
to proposed Illustration No. 1, and have
adopted, to a large extent, the format
used in the Agencies’ nontraditional
mortgage product illustrations.5 Most
significantly, the document has been
revised and reformatted to emphasize
the risk of payment shock present in all
products covered by the Subprime
Statement, as opposed to other features
(such as prepayment penalties) that may
(or may not) be found in any particular
loan.6 These other features are now
described under a general heading,
‘‘Additional Information.’’ The Agencies
also believe that distinguishing between
the inherent and potential risks of these
products, and formatting the document
accordingly, helps to make the
document easier to use and understand.
The Agencies also have revised the
language in the subject matter headings
of the ‘‘Additional Information’’ portion
of the document. These changes are
designed to conform to the approach
used in the nontraditional mortgage
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this regard, the Agencies note that
institutions will continue to have obligations under
the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement
Procedures Act, and other laws to provide
consumers with timely, loan-specific information.
5 Illustrations of Consumer Information for
Nontraditional Mortgage Products, 72 FR 31825
(June 8, 2007).
6 The title of this illustration also has been
revised, in response to commenter suggestions, to
stress that the document includes important facts
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necessarily included in the loan to be
offered to the consumer.
The Agencies also adopted several
suggestions from commenters to place
more emphasis on the nature of the risks
associated with obtaining a hybrid ARM
product of the type covered by the
Subprime Statement, and to focus
consumers’ attention on those risks. For
example, the Agencies have added
language directing consumers not to
assume that they will be able to
refinance their ARM to a lower rate in
the future. The final illustration also
states that consumers ‘‘need to know’’
whether the monthly payment includes
taxes and insurance, whether their loan
would have a prepayment penalty or
balloon payment, and whether obtaining
a ‘‘full documentation’’ loan would be
more cost-effective.
Other recommendations were adopted
by the Agencies to improve the clarity
or usefulness of the document for
consumers. For example, Illustration
No. 1 was modified to reflect interest
rate indexes more likely to be used by
lenders in the current market.
The Agencies decided not to adopt a
number of specific suggestions made by
commenters. Some of these suggestions
were largely duplicative of information
already contained in the document, or
otherwise would have made the
document too lengthy and less
consumer-friendly. Other comments
would have provided substantive advice
to consumers about particular features
and terms, and were inconsistent with
the purpose of the illustration to
provide important information in an
objective, balanced manner. One
commenter representing the credit
union industry suggested deleting the
reference to prepayment penalties in
Illustration No. 1 on the grounds that
federal credit unions are not permitted
to charge such penalties. The Agencies
did not adopt this suggestion, however,
because the illustrations are designed
for the use of all institutions supervised
by any of the Agencies. As noted above,
institutions may tailor the information
in the illustrations as appropriate to
reflect, for example, their own product
offerings. Other suggested changes that
were not adopted would not, in the
Agencies’ view, have enhanced the
clarity or usefulness of the illustration
for consumers.
B. Proposed Illustration No. 2
After reviewing and considering the
comments, the Agencies have retained
Proposed Illustration No. 2—a chart
comparing payment obligations on a
fixed rate loan and an ARM with a
discounted interest rate for the first two
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illustration as Illustration No. 2A. In
response to the comments and market
changes, the Agencies also have
included two additional versions of
Proposed Illustration No. 2 for
institutions to consider using.
Comments on Illustration No. 2, as well
as external data reviewed, indicate that
hybrid ARM products structured with a
discounted interest rate for the first five
years may have become more prevalent
in the current market than similar
products structured with a discounted
interest rate for the first two years.
Accordingly, the Agencies have added a
similar chart, designated as Illustration
No. 2B, that compares payment
obligations on a fixed rate loan and an
ARM with a discounted interest rate for
the first five years. Institutions may
believe that Illustration No. 2B is more
helpful than Illustration No. 2A to
consumers considering loans whose
initial rate remains in effect for a longer
period of time. In addition, the Agencies
have added a third chart, designated as
Illustration No. 2C, that compares
payment obligations on three products:
A fixed rate loan; an ARM with a
discounted interest rate for the first two
years; and an ARM with a discounted
rate for five years. Institutions that
would like to present information about
multiple products they offer on a single
page, rather than providing a separate
illustration for each product, may find
this third chart to be useful.7 The
Agencies also adopted a number of
minor wording changes, including
changes in the left column of the
illustration to clarify that the interest
rate conditions specified therein are
specifically referring to movement in
index interest rates, and not the interest
rate increases required by the terms of
the hybrid ARM loan. The Agencies also
changed the assumed interest rate
increase in the final row of the left
column to be more consistent with the
illustration’s assumptions about product
structure, and thereby less likely to
produce consumer confusion. The
Agencies did not adopt some
suggestions made by commenters
because they would require the
provision of loan-specific information
7 Illustrations Nos. 2A, 2B, and 2C reflect typical
interest rates for these products at the time the
Agencies issued the Subprime Statement, and
embody other assumptions about typical features of
these products. For example, they reflect
assumptions that: the fully-indexed rate is 4.5
percentage points higher than the initial rate (based
on an initial index rate of 5.5 percent and a margin
of 6 percent); the first interest rate adjustment
cannot exceed 3 percentage points; subsequent
interest rate adjustments may not exceed 1.5
percentage points; and the applicable interest rate
may never be more than 6 percentage points higher
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that could not feasibly or accurately be
presented in the early product selection
process. However, as noted above,
institutions that wish to modify the
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relevant templates on the respective
Web sites of the Agencies and insert
more loan-specific information. Some
recommendations also were not adopted
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information already included or would
not otherwise appear to improve the
clarity or usefulness of the information
presented for consumers.
The final illustrations appear below.
BILLING CODE 4810–33–C, 6210–01–C, 6714–01–C,
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Dated: May 15, 2008.
John C. Dugan,
Comptroller of the Currency.

Background

By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, May 20, 2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
Dated at Washington, DC, the 19th day of
May, 2008.
By order of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
Dated: May 7, 2008.
By the Office of Thrift Supervision.
John Reich,
Director.
By the National Credit Union
Administration on May 20, 2008.
JoAnn M. Johnson,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. E8–11850 Filed 5–28–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–33–P, 6210–01–P, 6714–01–P,
6720–01–P, 7535–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Changes to Identifying Information of
Entity Designated on May 15, 2008,
Pursuant to Executive Order 1312978
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing changes to the
identifying information associated with
one entity previously designated on
May 15, 2008, pursuant to Executive
Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, ‘‘Blocking
Property of Certain Persons
Undermining Democratic Processes or
Institutions in Belarus.’’
DATES: The changes by the Director of
OFAC of the identifying information for
the entity identified in this notice
pursuant to Executive Order 13405 is
effective on May 20, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
tel.: 202/622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on
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On June 16, 2006, the President
issued Executive Order 13405 (the
‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–06). In the
Order, the President declared a national
emergency to address political
repression, electoral fraud, and public
corruption in Belarus. The Order
imposes economic sanctions on persons
responsible for actions or policies that
undermine democratic processes or
institutions in Belarus. The President
identified ten individuals as subject to
the economic sanctions in the Annex to
the Order.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property, and
interests in property, that are in, or
hereafter come within, the United States
or the possession or control of United
States persons for persons listed in the
Annex and those persons determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, after
consultation with the Secretary of State,
to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in
subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through
(a)(ii)(E) of Section 1.
On May 15, 2008, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, designated, pursuant
to one or more of the criteria set forth
in Section 1, subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A)
through (a)(ii)(E) of the Order, three
entities whose names have been added
to the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and whose property and
interests in property are blocked,
pursuant to the Order.
OFAC has made changes to the
identifying information associated with
the following entity previously
designated on May 15, 2008, pursuant to
the Order:
1. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADE HOUSE
(a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING
HOUSE; a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL
TRADING HOUSE REPUBLICAN
SUBSIDIARY UNITARY ENTERPRISE;
a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING
HOUSE REPUBLICAN UNITARY
SUBSIDIARY; a.k.a. BOTH; a.k.a. UE
BELARUSIAN OIL TRADE HOUSE),
Dzerzhinsky Avenue, 73, Minsk 220116,
Belarus; Prospect Dzerzhinskogo, 73,
Minsk 220116, Belarus; 73 Derzhinsky
Ave., Minsk 220116, Belarus; Business
Registration Document # UNP
101119568 (Belarus) [BELARUS].
The listing now appears as the
following:
1. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADE HOUSE
(a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING
HOUSE; a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL
TRADING HOUSE REPUBLICAN
SUBSIDIARY UNITARY ENTERPRISE;
a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING

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HOUSE REPUBLICAN UNITARY
SUBSIDIARY; a.k.a. BOTH; a.k.a. UE
BELARUSIAN OIL TRADE HOUSE,
a.k.a. UNITED TRADING SITE, a.k.a.
WWW.BNTDTORG.BY, a.k.a.
WWW.BNTD.BY), Dzerzhinsky Avenue,
73, Minsk 220116, Belarus; Prospect
Dzerzhinskogo, 73, Minsk 220116,
Belarus; 73 Derzhinsky Ave., Minsk
220116, Belarus; Business Registration
Document # UNP 101119568 (Belarus)
[BELARUS]
Dated: May 20, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8–11987 Filed 5–28–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4811–45–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer
Assistance Center Committee of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the
Taxpayer Assistance Center Committee
of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be
conducted (via teleconference). The
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is
soliciting public comments, ideas, and
suggestions on improving customer
service at the Internal Revenue Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dave Coffman at 1–888–912–1227 or
206–220–6096.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer
Assistance Center Committee of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, from 9 am.
Pacific Time to 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time
via a telephone conference call. If you
would like to have the TAP consider a
written statement, please call 1–888–
912–1227 or 206–220–6096, or write to
Dave Coffman, TAP Office, 915 2nd
Avenue, MS W–406, Seattle, WA 98174.
Due to limited conference lines,
notification of intent to participate in
the telephone conference call meeting
must be made with Dave Coffman. Mr.
Coffman can be reached at 1–888–912–
1227 or 206–220–6096, or you can
contact us at http://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include the
following: Various IRS issues.

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