01-6684. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION:

Notice of information collection to be submitted to OMB for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FDIC hereby gives notice that it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for OMB review and approval of the information collection system described below.

Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved collection.

Title: Occasional Qualitative Surveys.

OMB Number: 3064-0127.

Annual Burden:

Estimated annual number of respondents: 5,000.

Estimated time per response: 1 hour.

Average annual burden hours: 5,000 hours.

Expiration Date of OMB Clearance: March 31, 2001.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt, [phone], Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503.

FDIC Contact: Tamara R. Manly, [phone], Office of the Executive Secretary, Room F-4058, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429.

Comments: Comments on this collection of information are welcome and should be submitted on or before April 18, 2001 to both the OMB reviewer and the FDIC contact listed above.

ADDRESSES:

Information about this submission, including copies of the proposed collection of information, may be obtained by calling or writing the FDIC contact listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The collection involves the occasional use of qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal information about regulatory burden, problems or successes in the bank supervisory process (including both safety-and-soundness and consumer-related exams), and similar concerns.

Dated: March 13, 2001.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.