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recommendations for legislative or 

regulatory action. After the initial 

report, the Agencies must jointly submit 

follow-up reports to the Congress at 

least once every three years. 

Proposed Survey Panel 

The Agencies will select the survey 

panel based on whether the prospective 

respondent has affiliates with which it 

can share information, whether the 

prospective respondent is likely to be a 

user of consumer reports, and other 

factors. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours 

Each respondent will complete a 

written Survey. In order to complete the 

Survey, the individual completing the 

form for the respondent will most likely 

need to consult staff in other parts of the 

organization and obtain data from 

recordkeeping systems. Based on the 

Agencies’ expertise and experience, we 

estimate the consultations and the 

collection of data will take between four 

and eight hours per respondent. The 

Agencies estimate it will then take less 

than two hours for each respondent to 

complete the Survey. However, 

numerous factors are likely to influence 

the amount of time it will take a 

respondent to complete the Survey, 

including the number and type of 

affiliates, as well as the diversity of 

information sharing practices among 

affiliates. Based on the methodology 

proposed, the total burden imposed by 

the initial study, for all six agencies, 

will be approximately 3,000 hours. 

Request for Comment 

The Agencies invite comment on: 

a. Whether the information 

collections are necessary for the proper 

performance of the Agencies’ functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Agencies’

estimates of the burden of the 

information collections, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collections on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

In addition, the OCC invites 

comments on the following: 

aa. The specific data the Agencies 

should collect to prepare the report 

required by Section 214(e) of the Fact 

Act and the terminology that will best 

describe and correctly specify the data 

to be collected; 

bb. If any data the Agencies should 

collect are not available, the type of 

proxy data the Agencies should request; 

cc. The extent to which depository 

institutions currently track and are able 

to report on the methods (e.g., 

telephone, online) used by consumers to 

opt-out of affiliate information sharing; 

and 

dd. Information related to 

recordkeeping practices or other aspects 

of the data specification and survey 

development process. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be shared among the 

Agencies. Unless otherwise afforded 

confidential treatment pursuant to 

Federal law, all comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 22, 2006. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 25, 2006. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

August, 2006. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

Dated: August 21, 2006. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division, Office of Thrift 

Supervision. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

August, 2006. 

By the National Credit Union 

Administration. 

John Ianno, 

Acting Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this twenty-first 

day of August, 2006. 

Federal Trade Commission. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–7271 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P, 6210–01–P, 6714–01–P, 

6720–01–P, 7335–01–P, 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (Including the States 

of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, 

Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comment, ideas, and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 11 

a.m., Central Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227, or 

(414) 231–2360. 

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 a meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday, 

September 26, 2006, at 11 a.m., Central 

Time via a telephone conference call. 

You can submit written comments to 

the panel by faxing the comments to 

(414) 231–2363, or by mail to Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel, Stop 1006MIL, 211 

West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 

WI 53203–2221, or you can contact us 

at http://www.improveirs.org. This 

meeting is not required to be open to the 

public, but because we are always 

interested in community input we will 

accept public comments. Please contact 

Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227 or 

(414) 231–2360 for dial-in information. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues. 

Dated: August 23, 2006. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 06–7351 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Clinical Science Research and 

Development Service Cooperative 

Studies Scientific Merit Review Board; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Clinical Science 

Research and Development Service 

Cooperative Studies Scientific Merit 

Review Board will be held on 

September 19–20, 2006, at the Crystal 

City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The 

session is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. 

and end at 3 p.m. on both days. 

The Board advises the Chief Research 

and Development Officer through the 

Director of the Clinical Science 

Research and Development Service on 

the relevance and feasibility of proposed 


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