[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 236 (Friday, December 7, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 63517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30306]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

12 CFR Part 584

[No. 2001-76]
RIN 1550-AB52


Authority for Certain Savings and Loan Holding Companies To 
Engage in Financial Activities

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Thrift Supervision is extending the comment 
period for the proposed rule published on November 8, 2001. The 
proposed rule would clarify what financial activities are authorized 
for certain savings and loan holding companies after the Gramm-Leach-
Bliley Act. This extension will allow interested persons until January 
10, 2002 to provide comments on the proposed rule.

DATES: Comments must be received by January 10, 2002.

ADDRESSES:   
    Mail: Send comments to Regulations Comments, Chief Counsel's 
Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20552, Attention Docket No. 2001-69.
    Delivery: Hand deliver comments to the Guard's Desk, East Lobby 
Entrance, 1700 G Street, NW., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on business days, 
Attention Regulation Comments, Chief Counsel's Office, Docket No. 2001-
69.
    Facsimile: Send facsimile transmissions to FAX Number (202) 906-
6518, Attention Docket No. 2001-69.
    E-mail: Send e-mail to ``[email protected]'', Attention 
Docket No. 2001-69, and include your name and telephone number.
    Availability of comments: You may access the public comments and an 
index of comments on the OTS Internet Site at ``www.ots.treas.gov''. In 
addition, you may inspect comments at the Public Reference Room, 1700 G 
Street, NW., by appointment. To make an appointment for access, call 
(202) 906-5922, send an e-mail message to public.info@ots.treas.gov">public.info@ots.treas.gov, or 
send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-7755. (Please identify the 
materials you would like to inspect, to assist us in serving you.) We 
schedule appointments on business days between 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. In 
most cases, appointments will be available the next business day 
following the date we receive your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna M. Deale, (202) 906-7488, 
Manager, Holding Company and Affiliate Policy, Office of Supervision 
Policy; Kevin A. Corcoran, (202) 906-6962, Assistant Chief Counsel for 
Business Transactions, Business Transactions Division, Office of Chief 
Counsel; and Sally Warner Watts, (202) 906-7380, Counsel (Banking and 
Finance), Regulations and Legislation Division, Office of Chief 
Counsel; Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20552. If you want to access any of these telephone numbers by text 
telephone (TTY), you may call the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 8, 2001, OTS published a 
proposed rule on financial activities that are authorized for certain 
savings and loan holding companies after the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (66 
FR 56488). That rule required interested persons to submit their 
comments by December 10, 2001.
    During the comment period, OTS received a written request to extend 
the comment period until January 10, 2002. The requestor, an 
association representing financial organizations, sought an extension 
to permit its member institutions to have time to review the proposal, 
consider its implications, and develop meaningful comments.
    In response to this request, OTS is extending the comment period 
for the proposed rule until January 10, 2002. This will allow time for 
the requestor and other interested persons to develop and submit 
comments on the proposed rule.
    OTS encourages e-mail or facsimile submissions to ensure that it 
receives comments in a timely manner, in light of recent experience 
with postal service interruptions in the Washington, DC area.

    Dated: December 3, 2001.

    By the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Ellen Seidman,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-30306 Filed 12-6-01; 8:45 am]
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