05-23046. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request-Voluntary Dissolution

AGENCY:

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY:

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the proposal.

DATES:

Submit written comments on or before December 22, 2005.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the proposal or by OMB approval number, to OMB and OTS at these addresses: OTS Desk Officer, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to [phone]; and Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, by fax to [phone], or by e-mail to [e-mail]. 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 [phone], send an e-mail to [e-mail], or send a facsimile transmission to [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, contact Marilyn K. Burton at [e-mail], [phone], or fax number [phone], Chief Counsel's Office, 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.

Title of Proposal: Voluntary Dissolution.

OMB Number: 1550-0066.

Form Number: N/A.

Regulation Requirement: 12 CFR 546.4.

Description: 12 CFR 546.4 provides for federal associations to voluntarily dissolve through the submission of a statement of reasons and plan of dissolution. Approval is required by the board of directors, OTS, and the association's members. Plans for dissolution may be denied if OTS believes the plan is not in the best interests of concerned parties.

Type of Review: Renewal.

Affected Public: Savings Associations.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.

Estimated Frequency of Response: Event-generated.

Estimated Burden Hours per Response: Plan for dissolution—80 hours; disclosure to customers (averaging 4,140 customers per respondent)—ten minutes per customer.

Estimated Total Burden: 3,080.

Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, [phone], Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

OMB Reviewer: OTS Desk Officer, Fax: [phone], U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: November 16, 2005.

Deborah Dakin,

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.