59804 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Proposed Renewal 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. Currently, the 

OCC is soliciting comment concerning 

its extension, without change, of an 

information collection titled, ‘‘Release 

of Non-Public Information—12 CFR 4, 

Subpart C.’’

DATES: You should submit written 

comments by December 12, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0200, 

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 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. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0200, 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 

can request additional information or a 

copy of the collection from Mary 

Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, 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: Release of Non-Public 

Information—12 CFR 4, Subpart C. 

OMB Number: 1557–0200. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: This submission covers an 

existing regulation and involves no 

change to the regulation or to the 

information collections embodied in the 

regulation. The OCC requests only that 

OMB renew its approval of the 

information collections in the current 

regulation. 

The information collection is required 

to protect non-public OCC information 

from unnecessary disclosure in order to 

ensure that national banks and the OCC 

engage in a candid dialogue during the 

bank examination process. Individuals 

who request non-public OCC 

information are required to provide the 

OCC with information regarding the 

requester’s legal grounds for the request. 

Inappropriate release of information 

would inhibit open consultation 

between a bank and the OCC. 

The information requirements in 12 

CFR part 4, subpart C, are located as 

follows: 

12 CFR 4.33: Request for non-public 

OCC records or testimony. 

12 CFR 4.35(b)(3): Third parties 

requesting testimony. 

12 CFR 4.36(a)(2): OCC former 

employee notifying OCC of subpoena. 

12 CFR 4.37(a) and (b): Agreement to 

limit dissemination of released 

information. 

12 CFR 4.38(d): Request for 

authenticated records or certificate of 

nonexistence of records. 

The OCC uses the information to 

process requests for non-public OCC 

information and to determine if 

sufficient grounds exist for the OCC to 

release the requested information or 

provide testimony. This information 

collection makes the mechanism for 

processing requests more efficient and 

facilitates and expedites the OCC’s 

release of non-public information and 

testimony to the requester. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 110. 

Total Annual Responses: 170. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Total Annual Burden: 467 hours. 

Comments: 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: October 6, 2005. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20509 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds: North Pointe Insurance 

Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 2 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570; 

2005 Revision, published July 1, 2005, 

at 70 FR 38502. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6765. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable 

surety on Federal bonds is hereby 

issued to the following Company under 

31 U.S.C. 9304 to 9308. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their 

reference copies of the Treasury Circular 

570, 2005 Revision, on page 38531 to 

reflect this addition: North Pointe 

Insurance Company (NAIC # 27740). 

Business Address: P.O. Box 2223, 

Southfield, Michigan 48037–2223. 

Phone: (248) 358–1171 x–146. 

Underwriting Limitation b/: $3,268,000. 

Surety Licenses c/: DE, GA, IL, IN, IA, 

KS, KY, MD, MI, NE, NJ, OH, PA, SD, 

TN. Incorporated in: Michigan. 

Certificates of Authority expire on 

June 30 each year, unless revoked prior 

to that date. The Certificates are subject 

to subsequent annual renewal as long as 

the companies remain qualified (31 CFR 

part 223). A list of qualified companies 

is published annually as of July 1 in 

Treasury Department Circular 570, with 

details as to underwriting limitations, 

areas in which licensed to transact 

surety business and other information. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. A hard 

copy may be purchased from the 

Government Printing Office (GPO)