[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54601-54602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23019]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented unless it displays a currently valid 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. Currently, the 
OCC is soliciting comments concerning an extension, without change, of 
an information collection titled (MA)--Municipal Securities Dealers and 
Government Securities Brokers and Dealers Registration and Withdrawal. 
The OCC also gives notice that it has sent the information collection 
to OMB for review.

DATES: You should submit your written comments to both OCC and the OMB 
Reviewer by October 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You should send your written comments to the Communications 
Division, Attention: 1557-0184, Third Floor, Office of the Comptroller 
of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, 
you can send comments by facsimile transmission to (202) 874-5274, or 
by electronic mail to [email protected]. You can inspect and 
photocopy the comments at the OCC's Public Reference Room, 250 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20219, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days. 
You can make an appointment to inspect the comments by calling (202) 
874-5043.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request additional information 
from Jose Gabilondo, (202) 874-5335, Treasury and Market Risk Division, 
or a copy of the collection and supporting documentation submitted to 
OMB from Jessie Dunaway, Clearance Officer, or Camille Dixon, (202) 
874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division (1557-0184), 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval 
of the following information collection:
    Title: (MA)--Municipal Securities Dealers and Government Securities 
Brokers and Dealers Registration and Withdrawal.
    OMB Number: 1557-0184.
    Form Numbers: MSD, MSDW, MSD-4, MSD-5, G-FIN, G-FINW.
    Abstract: This information collection is required to satisfy the 
requirements of the Securities Act Amendments of 1975 and the 
Government Securities Act of 1986 which requires that any national bank 
that acts as a government securities broker/dealer or a municipal 
securities dealer notify the OCC of its broker/dealer activities. The 
OCC uses this information to determine which national banks are 
government and

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municipal securities broker/dealers and to monitor institutions entry 
into and exit from government and municipal securities broker/dealer 
activities. The OCC also uses the information in planning bank 
examinations.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 65.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3,080.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,706 burden hours.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander Hunt, (202) 395-7340, Paperwork Reduction 
Project 1557-0184, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10226, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Comments

    Your comment will become a matter of public record. You are invited 
to comment on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information has practical utility;
    (b) Whether the OCC's burden estimate is accurate;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and
    (e) Whether the OCC's estimates of the capital or startup costs and 
costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide 
information are accurate.

    Dated: August 31, 2000.
Mark J. Tenhundfeld,
Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. 00-23019 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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