41818 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 31, 2007 / Notices 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 25, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–14695 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–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 (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 the renewal of 

an 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 

information collection titled, 

‘‘Interagency Statement on Complex 

Structured Finance Transactions.’’ 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 August 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0229, 

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 may 

personally inspect and photocopy 

comments at the OCC’s Public 

Information Room, 250 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC. For security reasons, 

the OCC requires that visitors make an 

appointment to inspect comments. You 

may do so by calling (202) 874–5043. 

Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification and submit to security 

screening in order to inspect and 

photocopy comments. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0229, 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, (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: Interagency Statement on 

Complex Structured Finance 

Transactions. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0229. 

Type of Review: Regular review. 

Description: The statement describes 

the types of internal controls and risk 

management procedures that the 

agencies (OCC, Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System, Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of 

Thrift Supervision, and the Securities 

and Exchange Commission) believe are 

particularly effective in assisting 

financial institutions to identify and 

address the reputational, legal, and 

other risks associated with complex 

structured finance transactions. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Burden Estimates: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 21. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 525 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Comments: The OCC issued a 60-day 

Federal Register notice on May 21, 

2007. 72 FR 28553. 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: July 26, 2007. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 07–3733 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Blue Ribbon Panel on VA-Medical 

School Affiliations; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Blue Ribbon Panel on VAMedical School Affiliations has 

scheduled a meeting for September 21, 

2007, in Room 542 at 1800 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC from 8:30 a.m. 

until 2 p.m. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Panel is to advise 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 

through the Under Secretary for Health, 

on issues related to a comprehensive 

philosophical framework to enhance 

VA’s partnerships with medical schools 

and affiliated institutions. 

The panelists will review VA’s 

current affiliations with medical schools 

and will receive background 

presentations and issue papers on 

various topics that are relevant to the 

Panel’s deliberations. 

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral statements to the Panel. 

Oral presentations will be limited to five 

minutes or less, depending on the 

number of participants. Interested 

parties may also provide written 

comments for review by the Panel prior 

to the meeting or at any time, by e-mail 

to Gloria.Holland@va.gov or by mail to 

Gloria J. Holland, Ph.D. Special 

Assistant for Policy and Planning to the 

Chief Academic Affiliations Officer, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., (14), 

Washington, DC 20420. 

Dated: July 25, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–3714 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 


rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES