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no environmental or historical documentation is 

required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 

1105.8(b), respectively. 

be filed by July 23, 2007, with: Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CAGY’s 

representative: John D. Heffner, 1920 N 

Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 

20036. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Dated: June 26, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–12678 Filed 7–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–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 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; 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: Notice of information 

collections to be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, the 

FDIC, and the OTS (the ‘‘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. On April 6, 2007, the agencies 

published a notice requesting public 

comment for sixty days on the 

extension, with revision, of the Transfer 

Agent Registration and Amendment 

Form (TA–1). In addition, 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. Currently, the OCC, FDIC, and 

OTS are soliciting comment concerning 

the extension, with revision, of the 

Transfer Agent Registration and 

Amendment Form. The Board has 

approved this information collection 

under its delegated authority from OMB. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 2, 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 http:// 

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: 

• 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)’’

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 


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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 listed below. 

OCC: Mary Gottlieb, OCC Clearance 

Officer, (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 

agencies, other than the Federal 

Reserve, 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. The Federal Reserve, under its 

delegated authority from OMB, has 

approved the extension for three years, 

with revision, of this information 

collection. 

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 § 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 TA–1 instructions 

direct respondents who are submitting 

amended data to complete the entire 

reporting form. The 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. 

On April 6, 2007, the agencies 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (72 FR 17222) requesting 

public comment for sixty days; the 

comment period for this notice expired 

on June 5, 2007. The agencies received 

no comments. 

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; 


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(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(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: June 20, 2007. 

Karen Solomon, 

Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities 

Division, Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, June 27, 2007. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Dated at Washington, DC., this 25th day of 

June, 2007. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

Dated: June 22, 2007. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division, Office of Thrift 

Supervision. 

[FR Doc. 07–3226 Filed 7–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P (1⁄4); 6210–01–P (1⁄4); 6714– 

01–P (1⁄4); 6720–01–P (1/4) 


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