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confidential treatment of fiduciary 

income, expense, and loss data in 

Schedule FS and data in Schedule HC. 

The proposed TFR changes that 

would take effect as of June 30, 2009, 

would eliminate two existing items, 

revise two existing items, add 77 new 

items, add six new reporting codes in 

Schedule CMR, and add four new 

questions to Schedule SI on whether a 

thrift is a trustee or custodian for certain 

types of accounts or provides certain 

services in connection with orders for 

securities transactions regardless of 

whether the thrift exercises trust 

powers. 

The proposed TFR revisions that 

would take effect December 31, 2009, 

would eliminate the entire Schedule 

CSS from the TFR, would add 75 new 

line items for assets and liabilities 

measured at fair value on a recurring 

basis in a new Schedule FV— 

Consolidated Assets and Liabilities 

Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring 

Basis for thrifts with total assets greater 

than $10 billion, and would revise 

Schedule FS—Fiduciary and Related 

Services by revising 14 existing line 

items and adding 68 new line items. 

OTS estimates that the 

implementation of these reporting 

revisions will result in an increase in 

the current reporting burden imposed 

by the TFR on all savings associations. 

As part of the approval process, we 

invite comments addressing one or more 

of the following points: 

a. Whether the proposed revisions to 

the TFR collections of information are 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, 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 

information collections on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques, the Internet, 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. 

OTS will summarize the comments 

received and include them in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

OMB Reviewer: Desk Officer for OTS, 

FAX: (202) 395–6974, U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725—17th 

Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Dated: September 24, 2008. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–22988 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Savings and Loan Holding Company 

Registration Statement—H–(b)10 

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 December 1, 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 

http://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 Lane Langford (202) 

906–7027, 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. 

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. 

Title of Proposal: Savings and Loan 

Holding Company Registration 

Statement—H(b)10. 

OMB Number: 1550–0020. 

Form Numbers: H–(b)10. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR Part 

584. 

Description: The Statement is used to 

collect information concerning the 

acquisition, as well as any changes to 

intercompany relationships of the 

savings and loan holding company and 

its subsidiaries since submission of the 

holding company acquisition 

application. 

OTS reviews the Statement for 

adequacy of answers to items and 

completeness in all material respects. In 

particular, OTS reviews each Statement 

to determine whether there has been 

adequate disclosure of pertinent facts. 

The Statement provides factual 

information concerning the date of 

consummation of transactions and the 

number of shares acquired whereas 

estimates of such information are 

provided in the application. In addition, 

a requirement is contained in the 

Statement concerning changes to 

information filed during the application 

process. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 


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Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

65. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 65. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: 

Other; Once, on becoming an S & L 

holding company. 

Estimated Total Burden: 520 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–22984 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Reasonable Charges for Inpatient DRG 

and SNF Medical Services; 2009; Fiscal 

Year Update 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 17.101 of Title 38 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations sets 

forth the Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) medical regulations concerning 

‘‘reasonable charges’’ for medical care or 

services provided or furnished by VA to 

a veteran: 

—For a nonservice-connected disability 

for which the veteran is entitled to 

care (or the payment of expenses of 

care) under a health plan contract; 

—For a nonservice-connected disability 

incurred incident to the veteran’s 

employment and covered under a 

worker’s compensation law or plan 

that provides reimbursement or 

indemnification for such care and 

services; or 

—For a nonservice-connected disability 

incurred as a result of a motor vehicle 

accident in a State that requires 

automobile accident reparations 

insurance. 

The regulations include 

methodologies for establishing billed 

amounts for the following types of 

charges: Acute inpatient facility charges; 

skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility (SNF) charges; partial 

hospitalization facility charges; 

outpatient facility charges; physician 

and other professional charges, 

including professional charges for 

anesthesia services and dental services; 

pathology and laboratory charges; 

observation care facility charges; 

ambulance and other emergency 

transportation charges; and charges for 

durable medical equipment, drugs, 

injectables, and other medical services, 

items, and supplies identified by 

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding 

System (HCPCS) Level II codes. The 

regulations also provide that data for 

calculating actual charge amounts at 

individual VA facilities based on these 

methodologies will either be published 

in a notice in the Federal Register or 

will be posted on the Internet site of the 

Veterans Health Administration Chief 

Business Office, currently at http:// 

www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/ 

index.asp, under ‘‘Charge Data.’’ Certain 

of these charges are hereby updated as 

described in the Supplementary 

Information section of this notice. These 

changes are effective October 1, 2008. 

When charges for medical care or 

services provided or furnished at VA 

expense by either VA or non-VA 

providers have not been established 

under other provisions of the 

regulations, the method for determining 

VA’s charges is set forth at 38 CFR 

17.101(a)(8). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Romona Greene, Chief Business Office 

(168), Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 254–0361. (This is not a 

toll free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Of the 

charge types listed in the Summary 

section of this notice, only the acute 

inpatient facility charges and skilled 

nursing facility/sub-acute inpatient 

facility charges are being changed. 

Charges for the following charge types: 

partial hospitalization facility charges; 

outpatient facility charges; physician 

and other professional charges, 

including professional charges for 

anesthesia services and dental services; 

pathology and laboratory charges; 

observation care facility charges; 

ambulance and other emergency 

transportation charges; and charges for 

durable medical equipment, drugs, 

injectables, and other medical services, 

items, and supplies identified by 

HCPCS Level II codes are not being 

changed. These Outpatient facility 

charges and Professional charges remain 

the same as set forth in a notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 26, 2007 (72 FR 246). 

Based on the methodologies set forth 

in 38 CFR 17.101(b), this document 

provides an update to acute inpatient 

charges that were based on 2008 

diagnosis related group (DRG). Acute 

inpatient facility charges by DRG are set 

forth in Table A in the September 28, 

2007, Federal Register notice (72 FR 

188). Table A in this notice provides 

updated charges based on 2009 DRGs 

and will replace Table A in the 

September 28, 2007, notice. 

Also, this document provides for an 

updated all-inclusive per diem charge 

for skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility charge using the 

methodologies set forth in 38 CFR 

17.101(c) and it is adjusted by a 

geographic area factor based on the 

location where the care is provided. The 

skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility per diem charge is set 

forth in Table B in the September 28, 

2007, Federal Register notice. Table B 

in this notice provides the updated allinclusive nationwide skilled nursing 

facility/sub-acute inpatient facility per 

diem charge and will replace Table B in 

the September 28, 2007, notice. 

The charges in this update for acute 

inpatient facility and skilled nursing 

facility/sub-acute inpatient facility 

services are effective October 1, 2008. 

In this update, we are retaining the 

table designations used for acute 

inpatient facility charges by DRGs in the 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on September 28, 2007. We also are 

retaining the table designation used for 

skilled nursing facility/sub-acute 

inpatient facility charges in the notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 28, 2007. Accordingly, the 

tables identified as being updated by 

this notice correspond to the applicable 

tables published in the September 28, 

2007, notice, beginning with Table A 

through Table B. 

We have updated the list of data 

sources presented in Supplementary 

Table 1 to reflect the updated data 

sources used to establish the updated 

charges described in this notice. 

We have also updated the list of VA 

medical facility locations. As a 

reminder, in Supplementary Table 3 

posted on the internet site of the 

Veterans Health Administration Chief 

Business Office, currently at http:// 

www1.va.gov/CBO/apps/rates/ 

index.asp, we set forth the list of VA 

medical facility locations, which 

includes the first three-digits of their 

ZIP Codes and provider-based/nonprovider-based designations. 

Consistent with VA’s regulations, the 

updated data tables and supplementary 

tables containing the changes described 

in this notice will be posted on the 

Internet site of the Veterans Health 

Administration Chief Business Office, 

currently at http://www1.va.gov/CBO/ 

apps/rates/index.asp, under ‘‘Charge 

Data.’’ 


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