[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 26614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12572]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


OMB Approval of Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency (OCC) hereby gives notice that it has submitted to and 
received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of an emergency 
clearance for an information collection titled Preliminary Survey of 
Nonbanked Status. The OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: May 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the submission may be requested from the OCC 
Contact listed later in this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Number: 1557-0209.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Title: Preliminary Survey of Nonbanked Status.
    Description: The OCC encourages national banks to provide access to 
financial services by all Americans. Last fall, the OCC initiated a 
major project to learn more about why millions of households have no 
banking relationships (nonbanked), and whether some banks have found 
ways of profitably serving them.
    As part of this initiative, the OCC is planning to conduct a multi-
mode survey, the Survey of Financial Activities and Attitudes (Final 
Survey) to learn more about how nonbanked households conduct their 
financial activities and what factors may keep them from using services 
offered by banks and other financial institutions.
    This information collection concerns the OCC's Preliminary Survey 
of Nonbanked Status (Preliminary Survey) of 1,000 adults. The 
Preliminary Survey will be conducted as a portion of the University of 
Maryland Survey Research Center's Semiannual National Omnibus Survey 
scheduled for May 1997. The OCC will use the information from the 
Preliminary Survey primarily to inform the sampling design for the 
Final Survey, which is scheduled for fall 1997. The OCC needed to 
employ OMB's emergency approval procedures for the Preliminary Survey 
to have its questions included in Maryland's National Omnibus Survey. 
The OCC expects to provide opportunity for public comment regarding the 
Final Survey in summer 1997.
    Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 113.
    OCC Contact: Jessie Gates or Dionne Walsh, (202)874-5090, 
Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander Hunt, (202)395-7340, Paperwork Reduction 
Project 1557-0209, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10226, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 7, 1997.
Karen Solomon,
Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. 97-12572 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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