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1A redacted draft version of the trackage rights 

agreement between AZER and UP was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full draft version was 

concurrently filed under seal along with a motion 

for protective order, which will be addressed in a 

separate decision. As required by 49 CFR 

1180.6(a)(7)(ii), the parties must file a copy of the 

executed agreement within 10 days of the date the 

agreement is executed. 

Docket ID Requester Regulation(s) Nature of waiver 

PHMSA–2006–

25802.

CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission.

49 CFR 192.111, 192.201 

& 192.619.

To authorize the operation of a 172-mile gas transmission pipeline 

from Carthage, TX to Perryville, LA at an MAOP of 80% of 

SMYS. 

PHMSA–2006–

26533.

Gulf South Pipeline .......... 49 CFR 192.111, 192.201 

& 192.619.

To authorize the operation of certain segments of a proposed gas 

transmission pipeline from Carthage, TX to Harrisville, MS at an 

MAOP of 80% of SMYS. 

PHMSA–2007–

28276.

Golden Pass LNG Terminal, L.L.C..49 CFR 193.2301 ............. To authorize the use of automatic ultrasonic testing to inspect LNG 

tank welds. 

PHMSA–2006–

26613.

BP Exploration (Alaska) 

Inc..

49 CFR 195.424 ............... To authorize the movement of certain aboveground hazardous liquid pipeline sections during routine inspection and maintenance 

activities without reducing the operating pressure on approximately 150 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines in the North 

Slope of Alaska. 

PHMSA–2006–

26529.

ConocoPhillips Alaska 

Pipeline.

49 CFR 195.424 ............... To authorize the movement of certain aboveground hazardous liquid pipeline sections during routine inspection and maintenance 

activities without reducing the operating pressure on approximately 100 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines in the North 

Slope of Alaska. 

PHMSA–2006–

26528.

Dominion Transmission, 

Inc..

49 CFR 192.611 ............... To authorize the operation of 5,722 ft of a gas transmission pipeline between Loudon and Quantico, VA without reducing the operating pressure as a result of a change from a Class 1 to a 

Class 3 location. 

PHMSA–2006–

24058.

TransCanada Pipelines 

Limited, Portland Natural Gas Transmission 

System (PNGTS).

49 CFR 192.611 ............... To authorize the operation of 7,679 ft in two segments of the 

PNGTS pipeline near the town of North Windham, ME, without 

reducing the operating pressure as a result of a change from a 

Class 1 to a Class 3 location. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 

CFR 1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 23, 

2008. 

Barbara Betsock, 

Acting Director, Office of Regulations. 

[FR Doc. E8–1502 Filed 1–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35115] 

Arizona Eastern Railway, Inc.—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Union 

Pacific Railroad Company 

Pursuant to a written trackage rights 

agreement, Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP) has agreed to grant nonexclusive overhead trackage rights to 

Arizona Eastern Railway, Inc. (AZER) 

over a UP line of railroad known as the 

Lordsburg Subdivision, between 

milepost 1150.00 in Lordsburg, NM and 

milepost 1098.12, in Bowie, AZ, a 

distance of approximately 52.12 miles.1

AZER indicates that the transaction is 

scheduled to be consummated on or 

after February 11, 2008, the effective 

date of the exemption (30 days after the 

exemption was filed). 

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to improve service by establishing a rail 

link allowing AZER to move traffic 

originating or terminating on its BowieMiami Line and traffic originating or 

terminating on its soon to be acquired 

Clifton Subdivision. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk and 

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and 

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false 

or misleading information, the 

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to 

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The 

filing of a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed by February 4, 2008 (at least 7 days 

before the exemption become effective). 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, section 193, 121 Stat. 1844 

(2007), nothing in this decision 

authorizes the following activities at any 

solid waste rail transfer facility: 

collecting, storing or transferring solid 

waste outside of its original shipping 

container; or separating or processing 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘solid waste’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35115, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Mack H. 

Shumate, Jr., 101 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 

1920, Chicago, IL 60606 and John D. 

Heffner, 1750 K Street, NW., Suite 350, 

Washington, DC 20006. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 23, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–1474 Filed 1–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Interim 

Guidance Concerning the Terrorism 

Risk Insurance Reauthorization Act of 

2007 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides interim 

guidance to insurers, policyholders, 

state insurance regulators and the public 

concerning recent statutory 

amendments to the Terrorism Risk 

Insurance Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–297, 


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116 Stat. 2322) (the ‘‘Act’’). Those 

amendments revise the definition of an 

‘‘act of terrorism’’ covered by the Act, 

and make certain other changes. This 

notice addresses the changes to 

mandatory availability (’’make 

available’’) and disclosure requirements. 

DATES: This notice is effective 

immediately and will remain in effect 

until superseded by regulations or by 

subsequent notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Leikin, Deputy Director, 

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (202–

622–6770). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice provides interim guidance to 

assist insurers, policyholders, state 

insurance regulators and the public in 

understanding certain requirements of 

the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 

2002 as amended by the Terrorism Risk 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 

of 2007, pending the issuance of 

regulations by the Department of the 

Treasury. The interim guidance 

contained in this notice may be relied 

upon by insurers in complying with 

these statutory requirements prior to the 

issuance of regulations, but is not the 

exclusive means of compliance. This 

interim guidance remains in effect until 

superseded by regulations or subsequent 

notice. 

I. Background 

On November 26, 2002, the President 

signed into law the Terrorism Risk 

Insurance Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–297) 

(‘‘TRIA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’). The Act became 

effective immediately. It established a 

temporary Terrorism Risk Insurance 

Program (‘‘TRIP’’ or the ‘‘Program’’) of 

shared public and private compensation 

for insured commercial property and 

casualty losses resulting from an act of 

terrorism, as defined in the Act. The Act 

was scheduled to expire on December 

31, 2005. The Terrorism Risk Insurance 

Extension Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–144) 

(Extension Act) extended TRIA through 

December 31, 2007. On December 26, 

2007, the President signed into law the 

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program 

Reauthorization Act of 2007 

(‘‘Reauthorization Act’’). The 

Reauthorization Act extends the 

Program through December 31, 2014 

(with calendar years 2008–2014 being 

called the ‘‘Additional Program Years’’). 

Other provisions of the Reauthorization 

Act: 

• Revise the definition of ‘‘Act of 

Terrorism’’ to remove the requirement 

that the act of terrorism be committed 

by an individual acting on behalf of any 

foreign person or foreign interest in 

order to be certified as an ‘‘act of 

terrorism’’ for purposes of the Act. 

• Define ‘‘Insurer Deductible’’ for all 

Additional Program Years as the value 

of an insurer’s direct earned premium 

for commercial property and casualty 

insurance for the immediately preceding 

calendar year multiplied by 20 percent. 

• Set the Federal share of 

compensation for insured losses (subject 

to a $100 million Program Trigger) for 

all Additional Program Years at 85 

percent of that portion of the amount of 

insured losses that exceeds the 

applicable insurer deductible. 

• Require Treasury to submit a report 

to Congress and issue final regulations 

for determining the pro rata share of 

insured losses to be paid under the 

Program when aggregate insured losses 

exceed the annual liability cap of 

$100,000,000,000. 

• Require the Secretary of the 

Treasury to notify Congress not later 

than 15 days after the date of an act of 

terrorism as to whether aggregate 

insured losses are estimated to exceed 

$100,000,000,000. 

• Require for policies issued after the 

date of enactment, that insurers provide 

clear and conspicuous disclosure to the 

policyholder of the existence of the 

$100,000,000,000 cap at the time of 

offer, purchase, and renewal of a policy 

(in addition to current disclosure 

requirements). 

• Revise the recoupment provisions 

of the Act. For purposes of recouping 

the Federal share of compensation 

under the Act, the ‘‘insurance 

marketplace aggregate retention 

amount’’ for all Additional Program 

Years is the lesser of $27.5 billion and 

the aggregate amount, for all insurers, of 

insured losses during each Program 

Year. With regard to mandatory 

recoupment of the Federal share of 

compensation through policyholder 

surcharges, collection is required within 

a certain schedule specified in the 

Reauthorization Act. The limitation that 

surcharges not exceed 3 percent of the 

premium charged for property and 

casualty insurance coverage under the 

policy is eliminated (but remains in the 

case of discretionary recoupment). 

• Require Treasury to issue 

recoupment regulations within 180 days 

of enactment, and publish an estimate of 

aggregate insured losses within 90 days 

after an act of terrorism. 

• Require the President’s Working 

Group on Financial Markets to perform 

an ongoing analysis regarding the longterm availability and affordability of 

terrorism risk insurance and submit 

reports in 2010 and 2013. 

• Require the Comptroller General to 

examine and report on the availability 

and affordability of insurance coverage 

for nuclear, biological, chemical, and 

radiological terrorist events; the future 

outlook for such coverage; and the 

capacity of insurers and State workers 

compensation funds to manage the risk 

associated with nuclear, biological, 

chemical, and radiological terrorist 

events. 

• Require the Comptroller General to 

study and report on the question of 

whether there are specific markets in 

the United States where there are 

unique capacity constraints on the 

amount of terrorism risk insurance 

available. 

II. Interim Guidance 

Treasury will be issuing regulations to 

administer and implement TRIA, as 

amended by the Reauthorization Act. 

This notice is issued to assist insurers 

in complying with certain new statutory 

requirements pending the issuance of 

such regulations. This notice contains 

interim guidance concerning 

compliance with the mandatory 

availability or ‘‘make available’’

requirements in section 103(c) of the 

Act, and the disclosure notice 

requirements in section 103(b) of the 

Act. Other requirements in current 

regulations remain in effect. 

Given the change in the definition of an 

‘‘Act of Terrorism,’’ will Treasury be 

issuing specific guidance concerning the 

language in property and casualty 

insurance policies? 

As noted above, the Reauthorization 

Act revises the definition of an ‘‘act of 

terrorism’’ in section 102(1)(A)(iv) of 

TRIA and removes the requirement that 

the act be committed by an individual 

or individuals ‘‘acting on behalf of any 

foreign person or foreign interest’’ to be 

certified as an ‘‘act of terrorism’’. 

Treasury understands that the 

language in property and casualty 

insurance policies describing a 

‘‘certified’’ act of terrorism covered by 

TRIA and other (or ‘‘non-certified’’) acts 

of terrorism has varied. In addition, 

insurers have designed their insurance 

contracts and notifications to 

policyholders concerning potential 

changes to the certification criteria for 

‘‘acts of terrorism’’ differently. Insurers 

must determine how their policy 

language and particular circumstances 

are affected by the revised definition of 

an act of terrorism. 

It is Treasury’s intent with this 

guidance and in subsequent regulations 

to address the statutory requirements 

and regulations of TRIA, as amended by 

the Reauthorization Act. The decision 

whether to certify an act of terrorism 

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as amended by the Reauthorization Act. 

Treasury will consider losses resulting 

from an act of terrorism (as now defined 

in TRIA) that are covered by an insurer 

under a policy for property and casualty 

insurance to be insured losses covered 

by the Program, provided the insurer 

makes payment to the policyholder in 

accordance with the terms and 

conditions of the policy, appropriate 

business practices, and other applicable 

requirements and conditions. 

How do the ‘‘make available’’ and 

disclosure requirements apply to initial 

offers of coverage and offers of renewal? 

There is no change to the TRIA 

requirements in section 103(c) that 

insurers make available, in all property 

and casualty insurance policies, 

coverage for insured losses that does not 

differ materially from the terms, 

amounts, and other coverage limitations 

applicable to losses arising from events 

other than acts of terrorism. However, 

because the ‘‘make available’’

requirements apply to ‘‘insured losses,’’

and an ‘‘insured loss’’ is defined, in 

part, as a loss resulting from an ‘‘act of 

terrorism,’’ the revision of the definition 

of an act of terrorism in the 

Reauthorization Act to eliminate the 

‘‘foreign person or interest’’ element 

(i.e., to add what is often referred to as 

‘‘domestic terrorism’’) may have an 

impact on an insurer’s compliance with 

the ‘‘make available’’ requirements. 

The Reauthorization Act is effective 

immediately upon enactment, December 

26, 2007. The TRIA regulations in 31 

CFR 50.21(a) generally provide that the 

‘‘make available’’ requirements apply at 

the time of the initial offer of coverage 

or offer of renewal of an existing policy. 

Thus, any initial offers of coverage, or 

offers of renewal of existing policies, 

made on or after the date of enactment, 

must be consistent with the revised 

definition of act of terrorism. 

The Reauthorization Act also made no 

change to the requirement in section 

103(b) in TRIA that insurers provide 

clear and conspicuous disclosure to the 

policyholder of the premium charged 

for insured losses covered by the 

Program and the Federal share of 

compensation for insured losses under 

the Program. These disclosures must be 

made on a separate line item in the 

policy, at the time of offer, purchase, 

and renewal of the policy. However, 

disclosure of the premium must now 

reflect the premium charged for insured 

losses (as determined by the revised 

definition of an act of terrorism). 

As stated above, any initial offers of 

coverage, or offers of renewal of existing 

policies, made on or after the date of 

enactment must be consistent with the 

revised definition of ‘‘act of terrorism.’’

So too, the required disclosure must be 

made on a separate line item in the 

policy, at the time of offer, purchase, 

and renewal of the policy. Treasury 

realizes that as a practical matter, 

insurers may have to modify operations 

and may be subject to rate and policy 

form filing and/or prior approval 

processes, and therefore may need some 

time to meet these requirements. 

Treasury expects that all insurers will 

provide compliant initial and renewal 

offers and disclosures as quickly as 

possible. In this regard, Treasury 

considers March 31, 2008, to be the 

latest reasonable date for compliant 

offers of coverage and disclosures to 

policyholders (including reprocessing of 

policies, if necessary, where a compliant 

post-December 26, 2007 offer and/or 

disclosure was not possible), barring 

unforeseen or unusual circumstances. If 

the March 31 date is not met by an 

insurer, Treasury will expect the insurer 

to demonstrate, when submitting a 

claim for the Federal share of 

compensation under the Program, why 

it could not comply by that date. 

Does an insurer have to provide a 

separate, new offer of terrorism risk 

insurance coverage for property and 

casualty insurance policies that are in 

mid-term as of January 1, 2008, if the 

insurer previously complied with the 

Act’s ‘‘make available’’ requirement 

when the policy was issued or renewed 

prior to December 26, 2007? 

Because under TRIA regulations, the 

‘‘make available’’ requirements apply at 

the time of the initial offer of coverage 

or offer of renewal of an existing policy, 

no new offer is required if coverage for 

the duration of the policy term was 

offered under the provisions of the Act 

at the time of the offer. This is the case 

whether the offer was accepted or 

rejected. If no new offer is made, then 

a new disclosure of the premium 

charged for insured losses covered by 

the Program and the Federal share of 

compensation for insured losses is also 

not required, because under TRIA the 

disclosure requirements apply at the 

time of offer, purchase and renewal of 

the policy. 

If existing coverage for an act of 

terrorism does not continue for the 

duration of the policy term beyond 

December 31, 2007, such as a case 

where an exclusion becomes effective 

upon some circumstance, then a new 

offer is required for the duration of the 

policy term. 

If for any reason an insurer makes a 

new offer mid-term, and that offer is 

after December 26, 2007, then the offer 

must be based on the Reauthorization 

Act’s requirements. The associated 

disclosure of the premium must reflect 

the premium for insured losses in 

accordance with the revised definition 

of act of terrorism. Disclosure of the 

$100 billion cap must also be provided, 

as explained below. 

What if a policy renewal or application 

was processed in 2007 for coverage 

becoming effective in 2008 and the 

insurer did not ‘‘make available’’

terrorism coverage? 

The Reauthorization Act continues 

the ‘‘make available’’ requirement for 

insurers under TRIA. If an insurer 

wishes to receive Federal compensation 

under the Program for insured losses, 

the insurer must ‘‘make available’’

terrorism coverage for insured losses for 

all policies becoming effective in 2008, 

even if the policy was processed in late 

2007 or early 2008. As noted in 

guidance above, Treasury expects that 

all insurers will provide policyholders 

an offer of terrorism coverage and 

appropriate disclosures as quickly as 

possible. 

When must the new disclosure to 

policyholders of the $100 billion cap on 

liability be made? 

The Reauthorization Act requires a 

clear and conspicuous disclosure to the 

policyholder of the existence of the 

$100 billion cap under section 103(e)(2) 

of TRIA. The requirement applies to 

‘‘any policy that is issued after the date 

of enactment’’ of the Reauthorization 

Act, or December 26, 2007. Under 

section 103(e)(2), if the aggregate 

insured losses exceed $100 billion 

during a Program Year, Treasury shall 

not make any payment for any portion 

of the amount of such losses that 

exceeds $100 billion, and no insurer 

that has met its insurer deductible shall 

be liable for the payment of any portion 

of the amount of such losses that 

exceeds $100 billion. The disclosure 

must be made at the time of offer, 

purchase and renewal of the policy. 

For policies issued after December 26, 

2007, this disclosure must be provided 

to the policyholder at the first 

occurrence thereafter of an offer, 

purchase or renewal. 

As noted above, Treasury realizes that 

as a practical matter, insurers may need 

some time to meet these requirements. 

Treasury expects that all insurers will 

provide compliant disclosures as 

quickly as possible. In this regard, 

Treasury considers March 31, 2008, to 

be the latest reasonable date for 

providing the cap disclosure (including 

reprocessing of policies, if necessary, 

where a compliant disclosure was not 

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circumstances. If the March 31 date is 

not met by an insurer, Treasury will 

expect the insurer to demonstrate, when 

submitting a claim for the Federal share 

of compensation under the Program, 

why it could not comply by that date. 

May an insurer still use NAIC Model 

Disclosure Forms to meet the disclosure 

requirement for property and casualty 

insurance policies? 

Under 31 CFR 50.17(e) of the TRIA 

regulations, insurers are permitted to 

use NAIC Model Disclosure Forms No. 

1 and 2 to satisfy the disclosure 

requirements of section 103(b)(2) of the 

Act, provided that the insurer uses the 

most current forms that are available at 

the time of disclosure and the current 

forms are deemed to satisfy the 

disclosure requirements of the Act. The 

National Association of Insurance 

Commissioners (NAIC) has recently 

modified the forms and Treasury has 

deemed the newly modified forms to 

satisfy the disclosure requirements, 

including the cap disclosure 

requirement. The new forms will be 

found on the Treasury Web site at 

http://www.treasury.gov/trip. Insurers 

are not required to use the NAIC forms, 

and may use other means to comply 

with the disclosure requirements. 

Dated: January 22, 2008. 

Taiya Smith, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–1467 Filed 1–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4811–42–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

CMIA Annual Report and Direct Cost 

Claims 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Management 

Service, 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 a 

continuing information collection. By 

this notice, the Financial Management 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the ‘‘CMIA Annual Report and Direct 

Cost Claims.’’

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 31, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 3700 

East West Highway, Records and 

Information Management Branch, Room 

135, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form(s) and instructions 

should be directed to Victor Poore, 

Office of the Director of Operations, 401 

14th Street, SW., Room 423A, 

Washington, DC 20227, (202) 874–6751. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: CMIA Annual Report and Direct 

Cost Claims. 

OMB Number: 1510–0061. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: States and Territories must 

report interest owed to and from the 

Federal government for major Federal 

assistance programs on an annual basis. 

The data is used by Treasury and other 

Federal agencies to verify State and 

Federal interest claims, to assess State 

and Federal cash management practices 

and to exchange amounts of interest 

owed. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Federal Government, 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

56. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

Average of 393.5 hours per state. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 22,036. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget 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. 

Sheryl R. Morrow, 

Assistant Commissioner, Federal Finance. 

[FR Doc. 08–348 Filed 1–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Financial Management 

Policies—Interest Rate Risk 

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 March 31, 2008. 

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, and 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 Scott Ciardi, (202) 906–

6960, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 

G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. 


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