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it was agreed to postpone further work 

on the GTR until a second phase of 

testing some symbols could be 

conducted. The second phase has 

recently been completed and 

preliminary information was shared at 

the June 2006 session of WP.29. 

However, review of this phase may not 

be completed in time for discussion at 

GRSG in October 2006, in which case it 

would be discussed in April 2007. 

At its 136th Session, WP.29/AC 

agreed to a proposal from Germany, 

Japan and United States regarding how 

best to manage the development process 

of a GTR for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

Under the agreed process, once AC.3 

develops and approves a plan for the 

development of the GTR, two subgroups 

will be formed to address its safety and 

environment aspects. The safety 

subgroup will report to GRSP and the 

environmental subgroup to GRPE. Each 

subgroup will have a chair. In order to 

ensure communication between the 

subgroups and continuous engagement 

with WP.29 and AC.3, a project manager 

will be assigned to coordinate and 

manage the various aspects of the work 

ensuring that the agreed plan is 

implemented properly and that 

milestones and timelines are set and 

met. The co-sponsors are in the process 

of developing an action plan outlining 

the areas that the subgroup on safety 

and the environment should be 

considering in developing the GTR. 

d. Special Resolutions Under the 1998 

Global Agreement 

At the one-hundred-and-twentieth 

session of WP.29, the Government of 

Japan, through document TRANS/ 

WP.29/2000/39, presented a proposal 

concerning the necessity of establishing 

common definitions to facilitate the 

formulation of future global technical 

regulations (gtrs), selecting vehicle 

category, vehicle weight, and vehicle 

dimension as candidate items requiring 

a common definition. The necessity of 

common definitions was unanimously 

recognized at the WP.29 session and, in 

October 2000, an informal group was 

formed under the Working Party on 

General Safety Provisions (GRSG) and 

Japan volunteered to chair the effort. 

As originally drafted, this proposal 

was expected to be a GTR. However, it 

was noted that the document did not 

contain performance requirements as 

required by Article 4 of the 1998 

Agreement, and as such did not meet 

the criteria for a GTR. Using its 

authority under Article 3 of the 1998 

Agreement to ‘‘fulfil such other 

functions as may be appropriate,’’ the 

Executive Committee decided that this 

proposal would become Special 

Resolution No. 1 (S.R. 1). Because S.R. 

1 does not contain performance 

requirements, it also does not trigger the 

obligations of Article 7 of the 1998 

Agreement requiring Contracting Parties 

to initiate procedures to adopt GTRs. 

While GTRs must be drafted in 

accordance with S.R. 1, Contracting 

Parties are not required to use this 

document when drafting regulations in 

their own country. 

S.R. 1 applies to all wheeled vehicles, 

equipment and parts falling within the 

scope of the Agreement Concerning the 

Establishing of Global Technical 

Regulation for Wheeled Vehicles, 

Equipment and Parts, which can be 

fitted and/or be used on Wheeled 

Vehicles. Generally, vehicles are 

categorized as either passenger vehicles 

(Category 1 vehicles), commercial 

vehicles (Category 2 vehicles), or 2- or 

3-wheeled vehicles (Category 3 

vehicles). S.R. 1 also includes 

definitions of masses and dimensions. 

S.R. 1 was adopted at the June 2005 

session of WP.29 and can be found at 

TRANS/WP.29/1045. 

e. Compendium of Candidate GTRs 

Article 5 of the 1998 Agreement 

provides for the creation of a 

compendium of candidate technical 

regulations of the Contracting Parties. 

NHTSA has submitted a request for six 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 

(FMVSS) to be included in this 

Compendium. These FMVSS have all 

been listed in the Compendium after an 

affirmative vote of the Executive 

Committee. The FMVSS listed in the 

Compendium are: 

• FMVSS 108—Lamps, Reflective 

Devices, and Associated Equipment 

• FMVSS 135—Light Vehicle Brake 

Systems 

• FMVSS 139—New Pneumatic 

Radial Tires for Light Vehicles 

• FMVSS 202—Head Restraints 

• FMVSS 205—Glazing Materials 

• FMVSS 213—Child Restraint 

Systems 

To facilitate the review and 

consideration of these FMVSS by other 

Contracting Parties, NHTSA is arranging 

translations of these documents. To 

date, all of the FMVSS in the 

Compendium are available in Chinese 

and French. All except FMVSS 202 are 

available in Arabic, Russian and 

Spanish. If you would like a translation, 

please contact Mr. Wondimneh as noted 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The agency invites public comments 

on the formal proposals for the 

development of GTRs submitted by 

contracting parties and the work to 

develop each of the GTRs already 

ongoing. In particular, the agency seeks 

comments on the motorcycle brake 

systems GTR, which is scheduled to be 

established as a GTR under the 1998 

Agreement by a consensus vote at the 

November 2006 session of WP.29. 

V. Privacy Act 

Please note that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued on October 3, 2006. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. E6–16681 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 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. An agency may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning its information collection 

titled, ‘‘(MA) Securities Exchange Act 

Disclosure Rules (12 CFR Part 11).’’ The 

OCC also gives notice that it has 

submitted the collection of information 

to OMB for review. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 9, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0106, 

250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 


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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. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0106, by mail to U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725, 17th 

Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information or a 

copy of the collection from Mary 

Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, or 

Camille Dickerson, (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 proposing to extend OMB approval of 

the following information collection: 

Title: (MA) Securities Exchange Act 

Disclosure Rules (12 CFR Part 11). 

OMB Number: 1557–0106. 

Description: This submission covers 

an existing regulation and involves no 

change to the regulation or to the 

information collection requirements. 

The OCC requests only that OMB 

approve its revised estimates. 

The Securities and Exchange 

Commission (SEC) is required by statute 

to collect, through regulation, from any 

firm that is required to register its stock 

with the SEC certain information and 

documents. 12 U.S.C. 78m(a)(1). The 

OCC is required by statute to apply 

similar regulations to any national bank 

similarly required to be registered (those 

with a class of equity securities held by 

500 or more shareholders). 15 U.S.C. 

781(i). Part 11 ensures that ‘‘publicly 

owned national banks’’ provide 

adequate information about their 

operation to current and potential 

shareholders, depositors, and to the 

public. The OCC reviews the 

information to ensure that it complies 

with Federal law and makes public all 

information required to be filed under 

these rules. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals; 

Businesses or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

58. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

354. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,205.5 

Comments continue to be 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. 

Dated: October 4, 2006. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–8571 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 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. An agency may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning its information collection 

titled, ‘‘Leasing—12 CFR Part 23.’’ The 

OCC also gives notice that this 

collection of information has been sent 

to OMB for review. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 9, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0206, 

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. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0206, by mail to U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725, 17th 

Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information or a 

copy of the collection from Mary 

Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, or 

Camille Dickerson, (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 proposing to extend OMB approval of 

the following information collection: 

Title: Leasing (12 CFR Part 23). 

OMB Number: 1557–0206. 

Description: This submission covers 

an existing regulation and involves no 

change to the regulation or to the 

information collection requirements. 

The OCC requests only that OMB extend 

the expiration date. 

Information Collection Requirements 

found in 12 CFR Part 23 

12 CFR 23.4(c)—National banks must 

liquidate or re-lease personal property 

that is no longer subject to lease (offlease property) within five years from 

the lease expiration. If a bank wishes to 

extend the five-year holding period for 

up to an additional five years, it must 

obtain OCC approval. Permitting a bank 

to extend the holding period confers a 

benefit on national banks and may 

result in cost savings. It also provides 

flexibility for a bank that experiences 

unusual or unforeseen conditions under 

which it would be imprudent to dispose 

of the off-lease property. Section 23.4(c) 

requires a bank to provide a clearly 

convincing demonstration as to why an 

additional holding period is necessary. 

In addition, a bank must value off-lease 

property at the lower of current fair 

market value or book value promptly 

after the property comes off-lease. These 

requirements enable the OCC to ensure 

that a bank is not holding the property 

for speculative reasons and that the 

value of the property is recorded in 

accordance with generally accepted 

accounting procedures (GAAP). 

Section 23.5—Twelve U.S.C. 24 

contains two separate provisions 

authorizing a national bank to acquire 


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