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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,172.75 burden hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments: A 60-day Federal Register 

notice was published on January 19, 

2007 seeking comment on these burden 

estimates. (72 FR 2592). No comments 

were received. 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: March 30, 2007. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 07–1707 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency (OCC), Treasury; Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (Board); Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation (FDIC); and 

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Joint notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, Board, FDIC and 

OTS (collectively, the Banking 

Agencies), as part of their continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on the proposed extension, 

with revision, of the interagency 

Transfer Agent and Amendment Form, 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. OTS seeks to implement an 

amendment to section 3(a)(34) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

Act), pursuant to a provision of the 

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act 

of 2006 (FSRRA), enacted on October 

13, 2006. This implementation would 

institute the use of the TA–1 for savings 

associations intending to engage in 

transfer agent activities. The Banking 

Agencies may not conduct or sponsor, 

and the respondent is not required to 

respond to, an information collection 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

any or all of the agencies. All comments, 

which should refer to the OMB control 

number(s), will be shared among the 

agencies. 

OCC: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0124, 

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 comments at the 

OCC’s Public Information Room, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. You 

can make an appointment to inspect 

comments by calling (202) 874–5043. 

Board: You may submit comments, 

which should refer to ‘‘FR TA–1, 7100–

0099,’’ by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

Include the OMB control number for 

this information collection in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 202–452–3819 or 202–452–

3102. 

• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available from 

the Board’s Web site at 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

unless modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper in Room MP–500 of the Board’s 

Martin Building (20th and C Streets, 

NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 

weekdays. 

FDIC: You may submit comments, 

which should refer to ‘‘Transfer Agent 

Registration and Amendment Form, 

3064–0026’’ by any of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/ 

laws/federal/notices.html. 

• E-mail: comments@FDIC.gov. 

Include ‘‘Transfer Agent Registration 

and Amendment Form, 3064–0026’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Steven F. Hanft (202–898–

3907), Clearance Officer, Attn: 

Comments, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20429. 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand delivered to the guard station at 

the rear of the 550 17th Street Building 

(located on F Street) on business days 

between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Public Inspection: All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/ 

federal/notices.html including any 

personal information provided. 

Comments may be inspected at the FDIC 

Public Information Center, Room E–

1002, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22226, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 

business days. 

OTS: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘1550–NEW (Form TA–

1),’’ by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail address: 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

Please include ‘‘1550–NEW (Form TA–

1)’’ in the subject line of the message 

and include your name and telephone 

number in the message. 

• Fax: (202) 906–6518. 

• Mail: Information Collection 

Comments, Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, 

Attention: ‘‘1550–NEW (Form TA–1).’’

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Guard’s 

Desk, East Lobby Entrance, 1700 G 

Street, NW., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 

business days, Attention: Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Attention: ‘‘1550–NEW (Form 

TA–1).’’


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Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and OMB 

Control Number for this information 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to the OTS 

Internet Site at http://www.ots.treas.gov/ 

pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.ots.treas.gov/ 

pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=67&an=1. In 

addition, you may inspect comments at 

the Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street, 

NW., by appointment. To make an 

appointment for access, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755. (Prior notice identifying the 

materials you will be requesting will 

assist us in serving you.) We schedule 

appointments on business days between 

10 a.m. and 4 p.m. In most cases, 

appointments will be available the next 

business day following the date we 

receive a request. 

Additionally, commenters may send a 

copy of their comments to the OMB 

desk officer for the Agencies by mail to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about the proposed 

information collection discussed in this 

notice, please contact any of the agency 

clearance officers whose names appear 

below. 

OCC: 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. 

Board: Michelle E. Shore, Federal 

Reserve Board Clearance Officer, (202) 

452–3829, Division of Research and 

Statistics, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, 20th and C 

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551. 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) users may call (202) 263–4869. 

FDIC: Steven F. Hanft, Clearance 

Officer, (202) 898–3907, Legal Division, 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20429. 

OTS: Marilyn K. Burton, OTS 

Clearance Officer, at 

marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 

906–6467, or facsimile number (202) 

906–6518, Litigation Division, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Banking Agencies are proposing to 

extend for three years, with revision, the 

uniform interagency Transfer Agent 

Registration and Amendment Form. The 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

Act) requires any person acting as a 

transfer agent to register as such and to 

amend registration information when it 

changes. 

Report Title: Transfer Agent 

Registration and Amendment Form. 

Form Number: TA–1. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.25 

hours: registration, 10 minutes: 

amendment. 

OCC: 

OMB Number: 1557–0124. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3 

registrations, 10 amendments. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5 

hours. 

Board: 

OMB Number: 7100–0099. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5 

registrations, 10 amendments. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8 

hours. 

FDIC: 

OMB Number: 3064–0026. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2 

registrations, 13 amendments. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5 

hours. 

OTS: 

On October 13, 2006, the President 

signed the FSRRA into law. One of the 

provisions of the FSRRA contains an 

amendment to section 3(a)(34) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

Section 3(a)(34) of the Act defines 

‘‘appropriate regulatory agency’’ and 

includes OTS as an appropriate 

regulatory agency for certain activities, 

thus authorizing OTS to collect certain 

information. Therefore, OTS is seeking 

OMB approval for this new collection of 

information. 

OMB Number: 1550–NEW. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5 

registrations, 10 amendments. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8 

hours. 

General Description of Reports 

This information collection is 

mandatory: Sections 17A(c), 17(a)(3), 

and 23(a) of the Act, as amended (15 

U.S.C. 78q–1(c), 78q(a)(3), and 78w(a)) 

(OCC, Board, FDIC, and OTS). 

Additionally, the Federal Reserve’s 

Regulation H (section 208.31(a)) and 

Regulation Y (section 225.4(d)), as well 

as part 341.3 of the FDIC’s Rules and 

Regulations implement the provisions of 

the Act. The registrations are public 

filings and are not considered 

confidential. 

Abstract 

Section 17A(c) of the Act requires all 

transfer agents for securities registered 

under section 12 of the Act to register 

‘‘by filing with the appropriate 

regulatory agency * * * an application 

for registration in such form and 

containing such information and 

documents * * * as such appropriate 

regulatory agency may prescribe as 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of this section.’’ In 

general, an entity performing transfer 

agent functions for a security is required 

to register if the security is registered on 

a national securities exchange and if the 

issuer has total assets of $10 million or 

more and a class of equity security held 

of record by 500 or more persons. 

Current Actions 

Currently, the FR TA–1 instructions 

direct respondents who are submitting 

amended data to complete the entire 

reporting form. The Banking Agencies 

propose to revise the instructions to 

state that respondents who are filing 

amended data would be required to 

complete questions 1, 2, and 3 

(appropriate regulatory agency, filing 

status, and full name of registrant 

organization, respectively) and, 

additionally, only those data items that 

are inaccurate, incomplete, or 

misleading. This would make filing an 

amended TA–1 easier for respondents 

and better highlight the data that has 

been changed. 

OTS seeks OMB approval to institute 

use of the TA–1 for savings associations 

intending to engage in transfer agent 

activities. 

Request for Comment 

The Agencies invite comment on: 

(a) Whether the collections of 

information 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 

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(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; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or start up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

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: March 16, 2007. 

Stuart E. Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, April 2, 2007. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

March, 2007. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

Dated: March 29, 2007. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division, Office of Thrift 

Supervision. 

[FR Doc. 07–1708 Filed 4–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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

6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

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 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 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The OCC is 

soliciting comment concerning an 

extension of OMB approval of the 

information collection titled, 

‘‘Disclosure and Reporting of CRARelated Agreements (12 CFR part 35).’’

The OCC also gives notice that it has 

sent the information collection to OMB 

for review and approval. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 7, 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 and supporting 

documentation submitted to OMB by 

contacting: Mary Gottlieb 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: 

Title: Disclosure and Reporting of 

CRA-Related Agreements (12 CFR Part 

35). 

OMB Number: 1557–0219. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

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). 

Affected Public: Individuals; 

Businesses or other for-profit. 

Burden Estimates: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

362. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

2,813. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,899 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments: A 60-day Federal Register 

notice was issued on January 16, 2007 

(72 FR 1802). No comments were 

received. 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; 


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