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(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: May 15, 2007. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

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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 (OCC), 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, ‘‘(MA) 

Real Estate Lending and Appraisals (12 

CFR 34).’’ 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 June 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0190, 

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, 

1557–0190, 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 

may 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: (MA) Real Estate Lending and 

Appraisals (12 CFR 34). 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0190. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

revision, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: Title XI of the Financial 

Institutions Reform, Recovery and 

Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), 12 

U.S.C. 3331 et seq., directs the Federal 

banking agencies to publish appraisal 

rules for federally related transactions. 

This submission covers those statutorily 

required appraisal rules. These 

regulations are required by statute and 

are used by the agencies to ensure the 

safe and sound operation of financial 

institutions. 

National banks must review and 

maintain records required under 12 CFR 

Part 34 Subpart C (Appraisal 

Requirements) and Subpart D (Real 

Estate Lending Standards) and file the 

reports required by Subpart E (Other 

Real Estate Owned). 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Burden Estimates: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,800. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

3,610. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 99,050 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments: A 60-day Federal Register 

Notice was issued on March 14, 2007 

(72 FR 11934). 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: May 15, 2007. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

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