05-16780. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request-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 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 September 23, 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: Mark D. Menchik, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to [e-mail]; 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 facsimile 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: Savings and Loan Holding Company Registration Statement—H-(b)10.

OMB Number: 1550-0020.

Form Number: H-(b)10.

Regulation Requirement: 12 CFR 584.1.

Description: This information collection is used to determine a savings and loan holding company's adherence to the statutes, regulations, and conditions of approval to acquire an insured institution and whether any of the holding company's activities would be injurious to the operation of the subsidiary savings association.

Type of Review: Renewal.

Affected Public: Savings Associations.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 123.

Estimated Frequency of Response: Event-generated.

Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 8 hours.

Estimated Total Burden: 984 hours.

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

OMB Reviewer: Mark D. Menchik, [phone], Office of Management and Budget, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: August 12, 2005.

Deborah Dakin,

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.