[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77869-77870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9893]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request--Savings Association Holding Company Report H-(b)11

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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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 comment on proposed and continuing 
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift Supervision within the 
Department of the Treasury will submit the proposed information 
collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
Today, OTS is soliciting public comments on its proposal to extend this 
information collection.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before February 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the 
proposal or by OMB approval number, to Information Collection Comments, 
Chief Counsel's Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-
6518; or send an e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1d8dfd7ded2deddddd4d2c5d8dedf9fd2dedcdcd4dfc5c2f1dec5c29fc5c3d4d0c29fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b52555d54585457575e584f52545515585456565e554f487b544f48154f495e5a48155c544d">[email protected]</span></a>. OTS 
will post comments and the related index on the OTS Internet Site at 
http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, interested persons may inspect 
comments at the Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street, NW., by 
appointment. To make an appointment, call (202) 906-5922, send an e-
mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c401d5c140e191a41" http: public.info">public.info</a>@ots.treas.gov">public.info@ots.treas.gov</a>, or send a facsimile transmission to 
(202) 906-7755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information

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about this proposed information collection from Donna Deale, Director 
of Holding Companies and Affiliates, Examinations and Supervision 
Policy, (202) 906-7488, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may not conduct or sponsor an 
information collection, and respondents are not required to respond to 
an information collection, unless the information collection displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. As part of the approval process, we 
invite comments on the following information collection.
    Comments should address one or more of the following points:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of OTS;
    b. The accuracy of OTS's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of information technology.
    We will summarize the comments that we receive and include them in 
the OTS request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record. In this notice, OTS is soliciting comments concerning 
the following information collection.
    Title of Proposal: Savings Association Holding Company Report H-
(b)11.
    OMB Number: 1550-0060.
    Form Number: H-(b)11.
    Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 584.1(a)(2).
    Description: The H-(b)11 form is used to aid OTS in its role as 
consolidated supervisor of savings and loan holding companies. In 
addition, it will aid OTS in determining whether savings and loan 
holding companies are engaging in activities that violate applicable 
statutes and regulations or may prove injurious to any subsidiary 
savings association.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Affected Public: Savings Associations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,012.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Burden: 8,096 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, (202) 906-6467, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9893 Filed 12-26-06; 8:45 am]
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