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matters of science and technology 

policy, and to assist the President’s 

National Science and Technology 

Council in securing private sector 

participation in its activities. The 

Council members are distinguished 

individuals appointed by the President 

from non-Federal sectors. The PCAST is 

co-chaired by Dr. John H. Marburger, III, 

the Director of the Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, and by E. Floyd 

Kvamme, a Partner at Kleiner Perkins 

Caufield & Byers. 

Celia Merzbacher, 

PCAST Executive Director, Office of Science 

and Technology Policy. 

[FR Doc. E6–21984 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3170–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, 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 proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

Currently, the FDIC is soliciting 

comments concerning the following 

collections of information titled: (1) 

Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit 

Insurance Application; (2) Application 

for a Bank to Establish a Branch or Move 

its Main Office or Branch; (3) 

Application for Consent to Reduce or 

Retire Capital; (4) Appraisal Standards; 

(5) Activities and Investments of 

Savings Associations; and (6) CRA 

Sunshine. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 20, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Steven F. Hanft, (202) 898–3907, Legal 

Division, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20429. All comments 

should refer to the OMB control 

number. Comments may be handdelivered to the guard station at the rear 

of the 17th Street Building (located on 

F Street), on business days between 7 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Comments may also be 

Faxed to (202) 898–8788; or e-mailed to: 

comments@fdic.gov. 

A copy of the comments may also be 

submitted to the OMB desk officer for 

the FDIC, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven F. Hanft, at the address 

identified above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposal to Renew the Following 

Currently Approved Collections of 

Information 

1. Title: Interagency Charter and 

Federal Deposit Insurance Application. 

OMB Number: 3064–0001. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Banks of savings 

associations wishing to become FDICinsured depository institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

193. 

Estimated Time per Response: 125 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 24,125 hours. 

General Description of Collection: The 

Federal Deposit Insurance Act requires 

proposed financial institutions to apply 

to the FDIC to obtain deposit insurance. 

This collection provides the FDIC with 

the information needed to evaluate 

applications for deposit insurance. 

2. Title: Application for a Bank to 

Establish a Branch or Move its Main 

Office or Branch. 

OMB Number: 3064–0070. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Insured financial 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,540. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 7,700 hours. 

General Description of Collection: 

Insured institutions must obtain the 

written consent of the FDIC before 

establishing or moving a main office or 

branch. 

3. Title: Application for Consent to 

Reduce or Retire Capital. 

OMB Number: 3064–0079. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Insured state 

nonmember banks. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

80. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Total Annual Burden: 80 hours. 

General Description of Collection: 

Insured state nonmember banks 

proposing to change their capital 

structure must submit an application 

containing information about the 

proposed change to obtain FDIC’s 

consent to reduce or retire capital. 

4. Title: Appraisal Standards. 

OMB Number: 3064–0103. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Insured state 

nonmember banks. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,346. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

328,600. 

Total Annual Burden: 82,150 hours. 

General Description of Collection: 

FIRREA directs the FDIC to prescribe 

appropriate performance standards for 

real estate appraisals connected with 

Federally related transactions under its 

jurisdiction. This information collection 

is a direct consequence of the statutory 

requirement. 

5. Title: Activities and Investments of 

Savings Associations. 

OMB Number: 3064–0104. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Insured Savings 

Associations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

75. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 375 hours. 

General Description of Collection: 

State savings associations must furnish 

information to the FDIC to obtain 

approval or non-objection prior to 

engaging in certain activities or 

acquiring/retaining certain investments. 

6. Title: CRA Sunshine. 

OMB Number: 3064–0139. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Insured state 

nonmember banks and their affiliates, 

and nongovernmental entities and 

persons. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

26. 

Estimated Time per Response: 19.3 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 501.6 hours. 

General Description of Collection: 

This collection implements a statutory 

requirement imposing reporting, 

disclosure and recordkeeping 

requirements on some community 

reinvestment-related agreements 

between insured depository institutions 

or affiliates, and nongovernmental 

entities or persons. 

Request for Comment 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the FDIC’s functions, including whether 

the information has practical utility; (b) 

the accuracy of the estimates of the 

burden of the information collection, 

including the validity of the 


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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 the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

At the end of the comment period, the 

comments and recommendations 

received will be analyzed to determine 

the extent to which the collection 

should be modified prior to submission 

to OMB for review and approval. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice also will be summarized or 

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB 

for renewal of these collections. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

December, 2006. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–9829 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of our continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the Federal Maritime Commission 

invites comments on the continuing 

information collection (extension with 

no changes) listed below in this notice. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to: 

Peter J. King, Acting Director, Office of 

Administration, Federal Maritime 

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20573, 

(Telephone: (202) 523–5800), 

administration@fmc.gov. Please 

reference the information collection’s 

title, and form and OMB numbers (if 

any) in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain additional information, copies of 

the information collection and 

instructions, or copies of any comments 

received, contact Jane Gregory, 

Management Analyst, Office of 

Administration, Federal Maritime 

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20573, 

(Telephone: (202) 523–5800), 

jgregory@fmc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

The Federal Maritime Commission, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on the 

continuing information collection listed 

in this notice, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be included or 

summarized in our request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the relevant information 

collection. All comments are part of the 

public record and subject to disclosure. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in your 

comments. We invite comments on: (1) 

The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Information Collection Open for 

Comment 

Title: 46 CFR Part 535—Ocean 

Common Carrier and Marine Terminal 

Operator Agreements Subject to the 

Shipping Act of 1984. 

OMB Approval Number: 3072–0045 

(Expires March 31, 2007). 

Abstract: Section 4 of the Shipping 

Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. 40301, identifies 

certain commercial agreements by or 

among ocean common carriers that fall 

within the jurisdiction of that Act. 

Section 5 of the Act, 46 U.S.C. 40302, 

requires that carriers file those 

agreements with the Federal Maritime 

Commission. Section 6 of the Act, 46 

U.S.C. 40304, specifies the Commission 

actions that may be taken with respect 

to filed agreements, including requiring 

the submission of additional 

information. Section 15 of the Act, 46 

U.S.C. 40104, authorizes the 

Commission to require that ocean 

common carriers, among other persons, 

file periodic reports. Requests for 

additional information and the filing of 

periodic reports are meant to assist the 

Commission in fulfilling its statutory 

mandate of overseeing the activities of 

the ocean transportation industry. These 

reports are necessary so that the 

Commission can monitor agreement 

parties’ activities to determine how or if 

their activities will have an impact on 

competition. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

to this information collection, and it is 

being submitted for extension purposes 

only. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

staff uses the information filed by 

agreement parties to monitor their 

activities as required by the Shipping 

Act of 1984. Under the general standard 

set forth in section 6(g) of the Act, 46 

U.S.C. 41307, the Commission must 

determine whether filed agreements will 

have substantially anticompetitive 

effects on prevailing trade conditions 

and, if so, whether the agreements will 

likely, by a reduction in competition, 

result in an unreasonable reduction in 

competition, result in an unreasonable 

reduction in transportation service or an 

unreasonable increase in transportation 

cost. If it is shown, based on 

information collected under this rule, 

that an agreement is likely to have the 

foregoing adverse effects, the 

Commission may bring suit in U.S. 

District Court to enjoin the operation of 

that agreement. The information 

collected is not disclosed to the public 

and is only for internal analysis in 

support of the Commission’s decisionmaking process. 

Frequency: This information is 

collected generally on a quarterly basis 

or as required under the rules. 

Type of Respondents: The types of 

respondents are ocean common carriers 

and marine terminal operators subject to 

the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Number of Annual Respondents: The 

Commission estimates a potential 

annual respondent universe of 574 

entities. 

Estimated Time Per Response: The 

average time for filing agreements, 

including the preparation and 

submission of information required on 

Form FMC–150, Information Form for 

Agreements Between or Among Ocean 

Common Carriers, is estimated to be 37 

person-hours per response. The average 

time for completing Form FMC–151, 

Monitoring Report for Agreements 

Between or Among Ocean Common 

Carriers, is estimated to range between 

40 to 250 person-hours per response, 

depending on the complexity of the 

required information. The total average 

time for reporting and recordkeeping for 

all responses is 18.75 person-hours. 


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