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 December 22, 2008.
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., 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 Patricia D. Goings (202) 906-5668, 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.
Comments should address one or more of the following points:
a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of OTS;
b. The accuracy of OTS's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection;
c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of information technology.
We will summarize the comments that we receive and include them in the OTS request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. In this notice, OTS is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection.
Title of Proposal: Voluntary Dissolution.
OMB Number: 1550-0066.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Regulation Requirement: 12 CFR part 546.
Description: Pursuant to 12 CFR 546.4, a Federal savings association's board of directors may propose a plan for dissolution of the association by submitting a statement listing the reasons and a plan of dissolution to the OTS. A plan of dissolution may be denied or recommendations to the plan may be made by OTS if it believes the plan is inadvisable and not in the best interests of all concerned.
Notice letters are sent to each depositor of the institution's intent to dissolve.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3.
Estimated Frequency of Response: Other; as applied for.
Estimated Total Burden: 3,350 hours.
Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 906-6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.
Dated: October 16, 2008.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
[FR Doc. E8-25092 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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