[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22273]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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, Public Law 104-13. Today, the Office of Thrift Supervision within
the Department of the Treasury solicits comments on the Service
Corporation Activity Collection Package.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before October 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Manager, Dissemination Branch, Information
Management and Services Division, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, Attention 1550-0013. Hand deliver
comments to the Public Reference Room, 1700 G Street, NW., lower level,
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on business days. Send facsimile
transmissions to FAX Number (202) 906-7755; or (202) 906-6956 (if
comments are over 25 pages). Send e-mails to
public.info@ots.treas.gov'', and include your name and telephone
number. Interested persons may inspect comments at the Public Reference
Room, 1700 G St. N.W., from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on business days.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadine Washington, Supervision, Office
of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, (202)
906-6706.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Service Corporation Activity.
OMB Number: 1550-0013.
Form Number: None.
Abstract: 12 CFR Section 545.74 requires savings associations to
obtain approval or notify the OTS prior to engaging in activities
through a service corporation that are not preapproved by regulation.
It also contains a recordkeeping requirement for securities brokerage
services. 12 CFR Section 559.12 governs the issuance of securities.
These requirements allow the OTS to review service corporation
activities and to ensure that they will not adversely affect an
institution's safety and soundness.
Current Actions: OTS proposes to renew this information collection
without revision.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Affected Public: Business or For Profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 141.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2.25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 315 hours.
Request for Comments
The OTS will summarize comments submitted in response to this
notice or will include these comments in its request for OMB approval.
All comments will become a matter of public record. The OTS invites
comment 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or starting costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
information.
Dated: August 19, 1999.
John E. Werner,
Director, Information & Management Services.
[FR Doc. 99-22273 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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