Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 233 / Monday, December 6, 2004 / Notices 70507

and Budget, Room 10236, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503.

Dated: November 30, 2004.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

James E. Gilleran, 

Director.

[FR Doc. 04–26760 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request—Financial 

Management Policies—Interest Rate 

Risk

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting 

public comments on the proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before January 5, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Mark D. 

Menchik, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10236, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to 

mmenchik@omb.eop.gov; and 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552, by fax to (202) 

906–6518, or by e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, 

contact Marilyn K. Burton at 

marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 

906–6467, or facsimile number (202) 

906–6518, Regulations and Legislation 

Division, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office 

of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Financial 

Management Policies—Interest Rate 

Risk. 

OMB Number: 1550–0094. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 

563.176. 

Description: This information 

collection requires that savings 

associations’ management establish 

policies and procedures for managing 

interest rate risk. These requirements 

provide OTS with the information 

necessary for determining the safety and 

soundness of the savings association. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Affected Public: Savings Associations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

893. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 40 hours. 

Estimated Frequency of Response:

Annually. 

Estimated Total Burden: 35,720 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, 

(202) 906–6467, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

OMB Reviewer: Mark D. Menchik, 

(202) 395–3176, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10236, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503.

Dated: November 23, 2004.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

James E. Gilleran, 

Director.

[FR Doc. 04–26761 Filed 12–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request—Minimum Security 

Devices and Procedures

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting 

public comments on the proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before January 5, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Mark D. 

Menchik, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10236, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to 

mmenchik@omb.eop.gov; and 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552, by fax to (202) 

906–6518, or by e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, 

contact Marilyn K. Burton at 

marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 

906–6467, or facsimile number (202) 

906–6518, Regulations and Legislation 

Division, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office 

of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Minimum Security 

Devices and Procedures. 

OMB Number: 1550–0062. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR Part 

568 and Appendix B to Part 570. 

Description: The Bank Protection Act 

and OTS implementing regulations 

require thrifts to establish security 

devices and procedures. Written 

security programs allow OTS to evaluate 

whether thrifts have adopted policies 

and procedures to ensure compliance 

with the law and regulations. The 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, and Federal Reserve Board 

have substantially similar regulations.