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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 19 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0172. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Depreciation and Amortization 

(Including Information on Listed 

Property). 

Form: 4562. 

Description: Taxpayers use Form 4562 

to: (1) Claim a deduction for 

depreciation and/or amortization; (2) 

make a section 179 election to expense 

depreciable assets; and (3) answer 

questions regarding the use of 

automobiles and other listed property to 

substantiate the business use under 

section 274(d). 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

217,399,275 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1357. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: PS–78–91 (Final) Procedures for 

Monitoring Compliance with LowIncome Housing Credit Requirements; 

PS–50–92 (Final) Rules to Carry Out the 

Purposes of Section 42 and for 

Correcting. 

Description: PS–78–91 The 

regulations require state allocation plans 

to provide a procedure for state and 

local housing credit agencies to monitor 

for compliance with the requirements of 

section 42 and report any 

noncompliance to the I.R.S. PS–50–92 

These regulations concern the 

Secretary’s authority to provide 

guidance under section 42, and provide 

for the correction of administrative 

errors and omissions related to the 

allocation of low-income housing credit 

dollar amounts and recordkeeping. 

REG–114664–97. The regulation amends 

the procedures for state and local 

housing credit agencies’ compliance 

monitoring and the rules for State. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

104,899 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0531. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: United States Estate (and 

Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax 

Return, Estate of nonresident not a 

citizen of the United States. 

Form: 706–NA. 

Description: Under section 6018, 

executors must file estate tax returns for 

nonresident non-citizens that had 

property in the U.S. Executors use Form 

706–NS for this purpose. IRS uses the 

information to determine correct tax and 

credits. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,584 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–2070. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Rev. Proc. 2007–48 Rotable 

Spare Parts Safe Harbor Method. 

Description: The information for 

which the agency is requesting to collect 

will support a taxpayer’s claim for 

eligibility to use the safe harbor method 

of accounting for rotable spare parts 

provided in the proposed revenue 

procedures. The information will be 

submitted as a supporting schedule for 

the Form 3115, Application for Change 

in Accounting Method. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 75 

hour. 

OMB Number: 1545–0020. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Quarterly Federal Excise Tax 

Return. 

Form: 720. 

Description: The information supplied 

on Form 720 is used by the IRS to 

determine the correct tax liability. 

Additionally, the data is report by the 

IRS to Treasury so that funds may be 

transferred from the general revenue 

funds to the appropriate trust funds. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

3,567,704 hour. 

Clearance Officer: Glenn P. Kirkland, 

(202) 622–3428, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt, 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Robert Dahl, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–15458 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Purchase of Branch 

Office(s) and/or Transfer of Assets/ 

Liabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

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 October 9, 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 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

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 

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

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information 

about this proposed information 

collection from Patricia Goings, 

Financial Analyst, Applications (202) 

906–5668, 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. 


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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. 

OMB Number: 1550–0025. 

Form Number: OTS Forms 1584, 

1585, and 1589. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 

552.13 and 563.22. 

Description: Information provided to 

OTS is evaluated to determine whether 

the proposed assumption of liabilities 

and/or transfer of assets transactions 

complies with applicable laws, 

regulations, and policy, and will not 

have an adverse effect on the risk 

exposure to the insurance fund. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Savings Associations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

41. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: 

Event-generated. 

Estimated Burden Hours of Response: 

24 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden: 984 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

Dated: August 3, 2007. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3878 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0253] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice solicits comments for information 

needed to evaluate a credit 

underwriter’s experience. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before October 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov or to Nancy J. 

Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M35), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420 or e-mail to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0253’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 461–9769 or 

FAX (202) 275–5947. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520), Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Nonsupervised Lender’s 

Nomination and Recommendation of 

Credit Underwriter, VA Form 26–8736a. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0253. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 26–8736a is 

completed by nonsupervised lender’s 

and the lender’s nominee for credit 

underwriting with the Department of 

Veterans Affairs. Lenders are authorized 

by VA to make automatic guaranteed 

loans if approved for such purposes. 

The lender is required to have a 

qualified underwriter to review loans to 

be closed on automatic basis and 

determine that the loan meets VA’s 

credit underwriting standards. VA uses 

the data collected on the form to 

evaluate the nominee’s credit 

underwriting experience. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 750 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,000. 

Dated: July 25, 2007. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Records Management 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–15374 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0252] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice solicits comments for information 

needed to authorize nonsupervised 

lenders to close loans on an automatic 

basis. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before October 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov or to Nancy J. 

Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M35), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420 or e-mail to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0252’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 


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