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licensees to respond to ATF firearms

trace requests within 24 hours. The

column for license renewal fees in item

10c. has been eliminated. ATF F 7 is no

longer used for the renewal of licenses.

Therefore, the identification of license

renewal fees is not a relevant function

of this form. A revision to the form

includes the addition to item 14. of

‘‘military’’ as a category of licensed

premises. This information will aid ATF

in determining the applicant’s

compliance with the requirement for

suitable premises from which business

may be conducted. Question 22F. has

been added as a result of the Violent

Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Act of 1994. This statute amended the

Gun Control Act to make it unlawful for

any person subject to a court order

restraining them from harassing,

stalking, or threatening an intimate

partner or child of such partner to ship,

transport, possess, or receive firearms.

Question 23E. has been added as a

result of the Omnibus Consolidated

Appropriations Act of 1997, which

amended the Gun Control Act. This

amendment made it unlawful for any

person convicted of a misdemeanor

crime of domestic violence to ship,

transport, possess, or receive firearms or

ammunition in or affecting interstate

commerce. There have been format

changes to the form so the form will be

more understandable to the applicant.

Type of Review: Extension with

changes.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, individuals or households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1

hour and 15 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 12,500.

Request For Comments

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have 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 of

information 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.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

John W. Magaw,

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

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 take this

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Currently, the Office of Thrift

Supervision within the Department of

the Treasury is soliciting comments

concerning the Thrift Financial Report.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before October 14, 1997

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Manager,

Dissemination Branch, Records

Management and Information Policy,

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20552,

Attention 1550–0023. These

submissions may be hand delivered to

1700 G Street, NW. From 9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. on business days; they may be

sent by facsimile transmission to FAX

Number (202) 906–7755; or they may be

sent by e-mail:

public.info@ots.treas.gov. Comments

sent by facsimile transmission that are

over 25 pages in length should be sent

to FAX Number (202) 906–6956. Those

commenting by e-mail should include

their name and telephone number.

Comments will be available for

inspection at 1700 G Street, NW., from

9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on business

days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trudy Reeves, Financial Reporting

Division, Office of Thrift Supervision,

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC

20552, (202) 906–7317. Additional

information is also available by

requesting Document Number 80053 on

OTS’s Publifax line at (202) 906–5660 or

by calling (202) 906–6078.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Thrift Financial Report.

OMB Number: 1550–0023.

Form Numbers: OTS 1313, OTS 1568.

Abstract: The information collections

described herein will apply to all

savings associations. The collections are

necessary to monitor and supervise the

thrift industry.

Current Actions: After reviewing its

current supervisory and examination

needs, the OTS is proposing to make

certain changes to the Thrift Financial

Report (TFR) effective with the March

31, 1998 report. The OTS has limited

the proposed changes for 1998 to

minimize the burden to the savings and

loan industry. Overall, the changes will

reduce the estimated burden associated

with the TFR. A description of the

proposed changes follows:

• Add a question in Schedule SQ as

follows:

Does the reporting association have a

Subchapter S election in effect for

federal income tax purposes for the

current tax year?

This data item will provide a means

of identifying associations electing

Subchapter S status. Because this is a

yes/no question and it is anticipated

that it will be answered ‘‘yes’’ by less

than 20% of the industry, it is not

projected to add any additional burden

to the industry.

• Modify Schedule CCR

The revisions will reduce CCR by

approximately 14 data items and add 4

additional data items which will be

automatically generated by the

electronic filing software provided to all

associations by the OTS. The deleted

section is the worksheet calculation of

the tangible capital requirement.

The four Prompt Corrective Action

(PCA) ratios will be added at the end of

the form. These will be generated by the

electronic filing software and therefore

have no burden associated with them.

They will provide instant feed-back to

associations as they complete the form

and would be regenerated whenever an

amendment to CCR is filed. This

addition would eliminate the need for

running a separate program to calculate

these ratios each time amendments are

filed.

• Year 2000 Change

SQ170 and all date fields in the

electronic filing software will be

expanded to accommodate four digits in

the year field.

Type of Review: Revision.

Affected Public: Business or For

Profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents

and Recordkeepers: 1271.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 33

hours average.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 167,772 hours.

Request for Comments: Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality; (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including 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.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

Catherine C. M. Teti,

Director, Records Management and

Information Policy.

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