6434 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 9, 2010 / Notices 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: January 25, 2010. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Murray Bloom, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1995 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request 

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, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Office of 

Financial Stability (OFS) is soliciting 

comments concerning the Use of Funds 

Survey for Capital Purchase Program 

participants. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 12, 2010 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Department of the Treasury, Daniel 

Abramowitz, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220; 

(202) 927–9645. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form(s) and instructions 

should be directed as above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Troubled Asset Relief Program 

(TARP)—Capital Purchase Program 

(CPP) Use of Funds Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0222. 

Abstract: Authorized under the 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 

(EESA) of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–343), the 

Department of the Treasury has 

implemented several aspects of the 

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). 

The TARP includes several components 

including a voluntary Capital Purchase 

Program (CPP) under which the 

Department has purchased qualifying 

capital in U.S. banking organizations. 

The CPP is an important part of the 

Department’s efforts to restore 

confidence in our financial system and 

ensure that credit continues to be 

available to consumers and businesses. 

As an essential part of restoring 

confidence, the Treasury has committed 

to determining the effectiveness of the 

CPP. Additionally, American taxpayers 

are particularly interested in knowing 

how banks have used the money that 

Treasury has invested through the CPP. 

Consequently, the Treasury is seeking 

responses from banking institutions that 

have received CPP funds regarding: how 

the CPP investment has affected the 

banks’ operations, how these 

institutions have used CPP funds, and 

how their usage of CPP funds has 

changed over time. The information will 

be used to gauge how participants in the 

CPP are utilizing TARP capital. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector: 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

640. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 51,200 hours. 

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 shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information including the validity of the 

methodology and assumption used; (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: January 16, 2010. 

Daniel Abramowitz, 

Office of Financial Stability PRA Program 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2716 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Procedures for Monitoring Secrecy Act 

Compliance 

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 April 12, 2010. 

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., and 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 Louise Batdorf (202) 

906–7087, 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. 


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