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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency (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, ‘‘Disclosure and Reporting of 

CRA-Related Agreements (12 CFR Part 

35).’’

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0219, 

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, 

1557–0219, 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: Disclosure and Reporting of 

CRA-Related Agreements (12 CFR Part 

35). 

OMB Number: 1557–0219. 

Description: This submission covers 

an existing regulation and involves no 

change to the regulation, the 

information collection requirements, or 

the burden estimates. The OCC requests 

only that OMB extend its approval of 

the information collection. 

National banks and their affiliates 

(hereinafter referred to collectively as 

national banks) occasionally enter into 

agreements with nongovernmental 

entities or persons (NGEPs) that are 

related to national banks’ Community 

Reinvestment Act (CRA) 

responsibilities. Section 48 of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) 

requires disclosure of certain of these 

agreements, and imposes reporting 

requirements on national banks and 

other insured depository institutions 

(IDIs), their affiliates, and NGEPs. 12 

U.S.C. 1831y. As mandated by the FDI 

Act, the OCC, the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation, the Federal 

Reserve Board, and the Office of Thrift 

Supervision issued regulations to 

implement these disclosure and 

reporting requirements. The reporting 

provisions of these regulations 

constitute collections of information 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA). The regulation issued by the 

OCC is codified at 12 CFR 35; the 

collections of information contained in 

that regulation are known as ‘‘CRA 

Sunshine.’’

Section 48 of the FDI Act applies to 

written agreements that: (1) Are made in 

fulfillment of the CRA, (2) involve funds 

or other resources of an IDI or affiliate 

with an aggregate value of more than 

$10,000 in a year, or loans with an 

aggregate principal value of more than 

$50,000 in a year, and (3) are entered 

into by an IDI or affiliate of an IDI and 

a NGEP. 12 U.S.C. 1831y(e). 

The parties to a covered agreement 

must make the agreement available to 

the public and the appropriate agency. 

The parties also must file a report 

annually with the appropriate agency 

concerning the disbursement, receipt 

and use of funds or other resources 

under the agreement. The collections of 

information in CRA Sunshine 

implement these statutorily mandated 

disclosure and reporting requirements. 

The parties to the agreement may 

request confidential treatment of 

proprietary and confidential 

information in an agreement or annual 

report. 12 CFR 35.8. 12 U.S.C. 1831y(a)–

(c). 

The information collections are found 

in 12 CFR 35.4(b); 35.6(b)(1); 35.6(c)(1); 

35.6(d)(1)(i) and (ii); 35.6(d)(2); 35.7(b); 

and 35.7(f)(2)(ii). 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals; 

Businesses or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

362. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

2,813. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,899. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized, 

included in the request for OMB 

approval, and 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. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–388 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds: Name Change—

International Business & Mercantile 

REassurance Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 6 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2006 Revision, published June 30, 2006, 

at 71 FR 37694. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

International Business & Mercantile 

REassurance Company (NAIC #21439), 


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an Illinois corporation, has formally 

changed its name to Old Republic 

General Insurance Corporation, effective 

June 1, 2006. A Certificate of Authority 

as an acceptable surety on Federal 

bonds is hereby issued under 31 U.S.C. 

9305 to Old Republic General Insurance 

Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. This new 

Certificate replaces the Certificate of 

Authority issued to this company under 

its former name. The underwriting 

limitation of $16,725,000 established for 

this company as of July 1, 2006, remains 

unchanged until June 30, 2007. Federal 

bond-approving officers should annotate 

their reference copies of the Treasury 

Circular 570 (‘‘Circular’’), 2006 

Revision, to reflect this change. 

Certificates of Authority expire on 

June 30, each year, unless revoked prior 

to that date. The Certificates are subject 

to subsequent annual renewal as long as 

the Company remains qualified (see 31 

CFR part 223). A list of qualified 

companies is published annually as of 

July 1, in the Circular, which outlines 

details as to underwriting limitations, 

areas in which companies are licensed 

to transact surety business, and other 

information. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: December 22, 2006. 

Teresa Casswell, 

Acting Director, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Financial Management 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–117 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection: Comment 

Request for Notice 2006–83 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Notice 

2006–83, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 19, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of regulations should be directed 

to Allan Hopkins, at Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or at (202) 622–6665, or through the 

Internet at Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases. 

OMB Number: 1545–2033. 

Notice Number: Notice 2006–83. 

Abstract: The IRS needs bankruptcy 

estates and individual chapter 11 

debtors to allocate post-petition income 

and tax withholding between estate and 

debtor. The IRS will use the information 

in administering the internal revenue 

laws. Respondents will be individual 

debtors and their bankruptcy estates for 

chapter 11 cases filed after October 16, 

2005. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the notice. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents/ 

Recordkeepers: 3,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent/ 

Recordkeeper: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,500. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or 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 shall have 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 of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: January 5, 2007. 

Glenn Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–379 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (Including the States 

of New York, Connecticut, 

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New 

Hampshire, Vermont and Maine) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, February 20, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey Y. Jenkins at 1–888–912–1227 

(toll-free), or 718–488–2085 (non tollfree). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An open 

meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday, 

February 20, 2007 from 9 am ET to 10 

am ET via a telephone conference call. 

Individual comments will be limited to 

5 minutes. If you would like to have the 

TAP consider a written statement, 

please call 1–888–912–1227 or 718–

488–2085, or write Audrey Y. Jenkins, 

TAP Office, 10 MetroTech Center, 625 

Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Due 

to limited conference lines, notification 

of intent to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Audrey Y. Jenkins. Ms. Jenkins can 

be reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 718–


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