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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 178 / Friday, September 17, 2021 / Proposed Rules
helping to meet credit needs in its assessment areas.
c Community development test. An intermediate small banks community development performance also is evaluated pursuant to the following criteria:
1 The number and amount of community development loans;
2 The number and amount of qualified investments;
3 The extent to which the bank provides community development services; and 4 The banks responsiveness through such activities to community development lending, investment, and services needs.
d Small bank performance rating.
The OCC rates the performance of a bank evaluated under this section as provided in appendix A of this part.
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Strategic plan.

a Alternative election. The OCC will assess a banks record of helping to meet the credit needs of its assessment areas under a strategic plan if:
1 The bank has submitted the plan to the OCC as provided for in this section;
2 The OCC has approved the plan;
3 The plan is in effect; and 4 The bank has been operating under an approved plan for at least one year.
b Data reporting. The OCCs approval of a plan does not affect the banks obligation, if any, to report data as required by 25.42.
c Plans in general1 Term. A plan may have a term of no more than five years, and any multi-year plan must include annual interim measurable goals under which the OCC will evaluate the banks performance.
2 Multiple assessment areas. A bank with more than one assessment area may prepare a single plan for all of its assessment areas or one or more plans for one or more of its assessment areas.
3 Treatment of affiliates. Affiliated institutions may prepare a joint plan if the plan provides measurable goals for each institution. Activities may be allocated among institutions at the institutions option, provided that the same activities are not considered for more than one institution.
d Public participation in plan development. Before submitting a plan to the OCC for approval, a bank shall:
1 Informally seek suggestions from members of the public in its assessment areas covered by the plan while developing the plan;
2 Once the bank has developed a plan, formally solicit public comment on the plan for at least 30 days by publishing notice in at least one
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newspaper of general circulation in each assessment area covered by the plan;
and 3 During the period of formal public comment, make copies of the plan available for review by the public at no cost at all offices of the bank in any assessment area covered by the plan and provide copies of the plan upon request for a reasonable fee to cover copying and mailing, if applicable.
e Submission of plan. The bank shall submit its plan to the OCC at least three months prior to the proposed effective date of the plan. The bank shall also submit with its plan a description of its informal efforts to seek suggestions from members of the public, any written public comment received, and, if the plan was revised in light of the comment received, the initial plan as released for public comment.
f Plan content1 Measurable goals. i A bank shall specify in its plan measurable goals for helping to meet the credit needs of each assessment area covered by the plan, particularly the needs of lowand moderate-income geographies and lowand moderateincome individuals, through lending, investment, and services, as appropriate.
ii A bank shall address in its plan all three performance categories and, unless the bank has been designated as a wholesale or limited purpose bank, shall emphasize lending and lendingrelated activities. Nevertheless, a different emphasis, including a focus on one or more performance categories, may be appropriate if responsive to the characteristics and credit needs of its assessment areas, considering public comment and the banks capacity and constraints, product offerings, and business strategy.
2 Confidential information. A bank may submit additional information to the OCC on a confidential basis, but the goals stated in the plan must be sufficiently specific to enable the public and the OCC to judge the merits of the plan.
3 Satisfactory and outstanding goals.
A bank shall specify in its plan measurable goals that constitute satisfactory performance. A plan may specify measurable goals that constitute outstanding performance. If a bank submits, and the OCC approves, both satisfactory and outstanding performance goals, the OCC will consider the bank eligible for an outstanding performance rating.
4 Election if satisfactory goals not substantially met. A bank may elect in its plan that, if the bank fails to meet substantially its plan goals for a satisfactory rating, the OCC will
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evaluate the banks performance under the lending, investment, and service tests, the community development test, or the small bank performance standards, as appropriate.
g Plan approval1 Timing. The OCC will act upon a plan within 60
calendar days after the OCC receives the complete plan and other material required under paragraph e of this section. If the OCC fails to act within this time period, the plan shall be deemed approved unless the OCC
extends the review period for good cause.
2 Public participation. In evaluating the plans goals, the OCC considers the publics involvement in formulating the plan, written public comment on the plan, and any response by the bank to public comment on the plan.
3 Criteria for evaluating plan. The OCC evaluates a plans measurable goals using the following criteria, as appropriate:
i The extent and breadth of lending or lending-related activities, including, as appropriate, the distribution of loans among different geographies, businesses and farms of different sizes, and individuals of different income levels, the extent of community development lending, and the use of innovative or flexible lending practices to address credit needs;
ii The amount and innovativeness, complexity, and responsiveness of the banks qualified investments; and iii The availability and effectiveness of the banks systems for delivering retail banking services and the extent and innovativeness of the banks community development services.
h Plan amendment. During the term of a plan, a bank may request the OCC
to approve an amendment to the plan on grounds that there has been a material change in circumstances. The bank shall develop an amendment to a previously approved plan in accordance with the public participation requirements of paragraph d of this section.
i Plan assessment. The OCC
approves the goals and assesses performance under a plan as provided for in appendix A of this part.
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Assigned ratings.

a Ratings in general. Subject to paragraphs b and c of this section, the OCC assigns to a bank a rating of outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, or substantial noncompliance based on the banks performance under the lending, investment and service tests, the community development test, the small bank performance standards, or an approved strategic plan, as applicable.

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