78522 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 250 / Thursday, December 30, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The OCC is 

soliciting comment concerning its 

information collection titled, ‘‘(MA)—

Management Official Interlocks—12 

CFR 26.’’ The OCC also gives notice that 

it has sent the information collection to 

OMB for review and approval.

DATES: You should submit your 

comments to the OCC and the OMB 

Desk Officer by January 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You should direct your 

comments to: 

Communications Division, Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, Public 

Information Room, Mailstop 1–5, 

Attention: 1557–0196, 250 E Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20219. In 

addition, comments may be sent by fax 

to (202) 874–4448, or by electronic mail 

to regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You 

can inspect and photocopy the 

comments at the OCC’s Public 

Information Room, 250 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20219. You can make 

an appointment to inspect the 

comments by calling (202) 874–5043. 

Mark Menchik, OMB Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 3208, 

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information or a 

copy of the collection from Mary 

Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, or 

Camille Dixon, (202) 874–5090, 

Legislative and Regulatory Activities 

Division, Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC 

is requesting OMB approval on a 

proposed revision to the following 

information collection: 

Title: (MA)—Management Official 

Interlocks—12 CFR 26. 

OMB Number: 1557–0196. 

Description: The OCC is requesting 

comment on its proposed revision of the 

information collection titled, ‘‘(MA)—

Management Official Interlocks—12 

CFR 26.’’

Under the Interlocks Act, two 

competing depository institutions 

generally may not share management 

officials. However, the OCC has legal 

authority to implement exemptions to 

this general prohibition. This 

information collection is needed to 

prevent any management official 

interlock that would result in a 

monopoly or substantial lessening of 

competition, and to foster competition 

between unaffiliated institutions. The 

OCC uses the information to ensure that 

a proposed management interlock is 

permitted under statute, is eligible for 

an exemption, and does not have an 

anticompetitive effect. The OCC also 

uses the information to determine 

whether it can share a management 

official with a competing depository 

institution. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit (national banks). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4 

hours. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

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 has 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 on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information.

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division.

[FR Doc. 04–28633 Filed 12–29–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service 

Renegotiation Board Interest Rate; 

Prompt Payment Interest Rate; 

Contract Disputes Act

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: For the period beginning 

January 1, 2005 and ending on June 30, 

2005, the prompt payment interest rate 

is 4.250 per centum per annum.

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may 

be mailed to Trina Cook, Team Leader, 

Borrowings Accounting Team, Division 

of Accounting Operations, Office of 

Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of the 

Public Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 

26106–1328. A copy of this Notice will 

be available to download from http://

www.publicdebt.treas.gov.

DATES: This notice announces the 

applicable interest rate for the January 1, 

2005 to June 30, 2005 period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Brown, Director, Division of 

Accounting Operations, Office of Public 

Debt Accounting, Bureau of the Public 

Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 

26106–1328, (304) 480–5181; Trina 

Cook, Team Leader, Borrowings 

Accounting Team, Division of 

Accounting Operations, Office of Public 

Debt Accounting, Bureau of the Public 

Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 

26106–1328, (304) 480–5166; Edward C. 

Gronseth, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the 

Public Debt, (304) 480–8692; or Latisha 

R. Brown, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Public 

Debt, (202) 504–3710.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although 

the Renegotiation Board is no longer in 

existence, other Federal Agencies are 

required to use interest rates computed 

under the criteria established by the 

Renegotiation Act of 1971 Sec. 2, Pub. 

L. 92–41, 85 Stat. 97. For example, the 

Contract Disputes Act of 1978 Sec. 12, 

Pub. L. 95–563, 92 Stat. 2389 and, 

indirectly, the Prompt Payment Act of 

1982, 31 U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the 

calculation of interest due on claims at 

a rate established by the Secretary of the 

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Treasury for the Renegotiation Board 

under Pub. L. 92–41. 

Therefore, notice is given that the 

Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the rate of interest 

applicable, for the period beginning 

January 1, 2005 and ending on June 30, 

2005, is 4.250 per centum per annum. 

This rate is determined pursuant to the 

above-mentioned sections for the 

purpose of said sections.

Dated: December 20, 2004. 

Donald V. Hammond, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–28219 Filed 12–29–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0253] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–21), this notice 

announces that the Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden and 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise McLamb, Records Management 

Service (005E3), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., or email denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0253.’’ Send comments and 

recommendations concerning any 

aspect of the information collection to 

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0253’’ in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Non-supervised Lender’s 

Nomination and Recommendation of 

Credit Underwriter, VA Form 26–8736a. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0253. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 26–8736a is 

completed by nonsupervised lender’s 

and the lender’s nominee for credit 

underwriting with the Department of 

Veterans Affairs. Lenders are authorized 

by VA to make automatic guaranteed 

loans if approved for such purposes. 

The lender is required to have a 

qualified underwriter to review loans to 

be closed on automatic basis and 

determine that the loan meets VA’s 

credit underwriting standards. VA uses 

the data collected on the form to 

evaluate the nominee’s credit 

underwriting experience. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published on 

September 15, 2004, at pages 55664. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,000.

Dated: December 15, 2004.

By direction of the Secretary. 

Loise Russell, 

Director, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. 04–28591 Filed 12–29–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0474] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–21), this notice 

announces that the Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden and 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise McLamb, Records Management 

Service (005E3), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., or email denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov.

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0474.’’ Send comments and 

recommendations concerning any 

aspect of the information collection to 

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0474’’ in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Create Payment Request for the 

VA Funding Fee Pay System (VA FFPS); 

A Computer Generated Funding Fee 

Receipt, VA Form 26–8986. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0474. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Veterans obtaining a VAguaranteed home loan must pay a 

funding fee to VA before the loan can 

be guaranteed. The only exceptions are 

loans made to veterans receiving VA 

compensation for service-connected 

disabilities, (or veterans whom, but for 

receipt of retirement pay, would be 

entitled to receive compensation) and 

unmarried surviving spouses of veterans 

who died in active military service or 

from service-connected disability 

regardless of whether the spouse has his 

or her own eligibility. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published on 

September 15, 2004, at pages 55663–

55664. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit and individuals or households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 14,167 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 2 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One-time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

425,000.

Dated: December 15, 2004.

By direction of the Secretary. 

Loise Russell, 

Director, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. 04–28592 Filed 12–29–04; 8:45 am] 

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