31754 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2001 / Notices

OMB Number: 1545–1596.

Form Number: IRS Form 8857.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Request for Innocent Spouse

Relief.

Description: Section 6103(e) of the

Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers

to request, and IRS to grant, ‘‘innocent

spouse’’ relief when: taxpayer filed a

joint return with tax substantially

understated; taxpayer establishes no

knowledge of, or benefit from, the

understatement; and it would be

inequitable to hold the taxpayer liable.

GAO Report GAO/GGD–97–34

recommended that IRS develop a form

to make relief easier for the public to

request.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

21,336.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent:

Learning about the law or the

form.

17 min.

Preparing the form ................. 22 min.

Copying, assembling, and

sending the form to the IRS.

20 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

21,123 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports, Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–14683 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the

Currency

Proposed Extension of Information

Collection; 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 take this opportunity to

comment on a continuing information

collection, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. The OCC is

soliciting comment concerning its

information collection titled,

‘‘Assessment of Fees—12 CFR 8.’’

DATES: You should submit written

comments by August 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You should direct written

comments to the Communications

Division, Office of the Comptroller of

the Currency, Public Information Room,

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0223,

250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC

20219. In addition, comments may be

sent by facsimile transmission to (202)

874–4448, or by electronic mail to

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can

inspect and photocopy the comments at

the OCC’s Public Information Room, 250

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.

You can make an appointment to

inspect the comments by calling (202)

874–5043.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You

can request additional information or a

copy of the collection from Jessie

Dunaway or Camille Dixon, (202) 874–

5090, Legislative and Regulatory

Activities Division, Office of the

Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC

is proposing to extend OMB approval of

the following information collection:

Title: Assessment of Fees—12 CFR 8.

OMB Number: 1557–0223.

Description: The OCC is requesting

comment on its proposed extension,

without change, of the information

collection titled, ‘‘Assessment of Fees—

12 CFR 8.’’ The National Bank Act

authorizes the OCC to collect

assessments, fees, and other charges as

necessary or appropriate to carry out the

responsibilities of the OCC. The OCC

will require national banks to provide

the OCC with ‘‘receivables attributable’’

data from independent credit card

banks, that is, national banks that

primarily engage in credit card

operations and are not affiliated with a

full service national bank. ‘‘Receivables

attributable’’ are the total amount of

outstanding balances due on credit card

accounts owned by an independent

credit card bank (the receivables

attributable to those accounts) on the

last day of an assessment period, minus

receivables retained on the bank’s

balance sheet as of that day. The OCC

will use the information to verify the

accuracy of each bank’s assessment

computation and to adjust the

assessment rate for independent credit

card banks over time.

Type of Review: Extension of OMB

approval.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit (national banks).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

35.

Estimated Total Annual Responses:

70.

Frequency of Response:

Semiannually.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1

hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 70

hours.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a respondent is not

required to respond to, an information

collection unless the information

collection displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and

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 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: June 4, 2001.

Mark J. Tenhundfeld,

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory

Activities Division.

[FR Doc. 01–14674 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 8839

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

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,