Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 240 / Wednesday, December 15, 2004 / Notices 75109

Budget, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 9, 2004. 

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

Richard M. Riccobono, 

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 04–27382 Filed 12–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Application Processing Fees

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

reinstate this information collection.

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before February 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518;

or send an 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: You 

can request additional information 

about this proposed information 

collection from Marilyn K. Burton, 

Senior Paralegal (Regulations), (202) 

906–6467, 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. 

Comments should address one or 

more of the following points: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of OTS; 

b. The accuracy of OTS’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

We will summarize the comments 

that we receive and include them in the 

OTS request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. In this notice, OTS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Application 

Processing Fees. 

OMB Number: 1550–0053. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 502.5 

and 502.70. 

Description: Pursuant to Section 9 of 

the HOLA, 12 U.S.C. 1467, the Director 

of the Office of Thrift Supervision 

(‘‘OTS’’) is authorized to charge 

assessments to recover the costs of 

examining savings associations and 

their affiliates, to charge fees to recover 

the costs of processing applications and 

other filings, and to charge fees to cover 

OTS’s direct and indirect expenses in 

regulating savings associations and their 

affiliates. 

An institution must submit a fee with 

certain applications, including 

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 

filings, notices, and requests (hereafter 

collectively referred to as 

‘‘applications’’), before such 

applications will be accepted for 

processing by OTS. 12 CFR 502.5. The 

institution is required to state how it 

calculates the appropriate fee, in 

accordance with OTS’s schedule. 12 

CFR 502.70. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Affected Public: Savings Associations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,143. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: .036 hours. 

Estimated Frequency of Response:

Event-generated. 

Estimated Total Burden: 77 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, 

(202) 906–6467, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

OMB Reviewer: Mark Menchik, (202) 

395–3176, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 9, 2004. 

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

Richard M. Riccobono, 

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 04–27383 Filed 12–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Electronic Operations

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

reinstate this information collection.

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before February 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518;

or send an 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