[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64341-64343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30646]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


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

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury; 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); and Office of Thrift 
Supervision (OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Joint notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, FDIC, and OTS (Agencies), as part of their continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invite the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed revisions to a 
continuing information collection, as

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required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Agencies are 
soliciting comment concerning their information collection titled, 
``Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance Application.'' The 
Agencies also give notice that they have sent the information 
collection to OMB for review and approval. The Agencies may not conduct 
or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: You should submit written comments to the Agencies and the OMB 
Desk Officer by January 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit comments to any or 
all of the Agencies. All comments, which should refer to the OMB 
control number, will be shared among the Agencies:
    OCC: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Public Information 
Room, 250 E Street, SW., Mail Stop 1-5, Attention: 1557-0014, 
Washington, DC 20219. You may make an appointment to inspect and 
photocopy comments at the same location by calling (202) 874-5043. In 
addition, you may fax your comments to (202) 874-4448 or E-mail them to 
[email protected].
    FDIC: Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Regulatory Analysis), 
Office of Executive Secretary, Room F-4058, Attention: Comments/OES, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Interagency 
Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance Application.'' Comments may be 
hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street 
Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 
5:00 p.m. [FAX number (202) 898-3838; Internet address: 
[email protected]]. Comments may be inspected and photocopied in the 
FDIC Public Information Center, Room 100, 801 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business days.
    OTS: Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel's Office, 
Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, 
Attention: 1550-0005, FAX Number (202) 906-6518, or E-mail to 
[email protected]. OTS will post comments and the 
related index on the OTS Internet site at www.ots.treas.gov. In 
addition, interested persons may inspect comments at the Public 
Reference Room, 1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To make an 
appointment, call (202) 906-5922, send an E-mail to 
[email protected], or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 
906-7755.
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the agencies: Alexander T. Hunt, OMB Desk Officer, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request additional information 
or a copy of the collection from:
    OCC: Jessie Dunaway, OCC Clearance Officer, or Camille Dixon, (202) 
874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 
For subject matter information, you may contact Cheryl Martin at (202) 
874-4614, Licensing Policy and Systems, Licensing Department, Office of 
the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20219.
    FDIC: Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Regulatory Analysis), 
(202) 898-7453, Office of the Executive Secretary, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.
    OTS: Sally W. Watts, OTS Clearance Officer, (202) 906-7380; Frances 
C. Augello, Senior Counsel, Business Transactions Division, (202) 906-
6151; Patricia D. Goings, Regulatory Analyst, Examination Policy, (202) 
906-5668; or Damon C. Zaylor, Regulatory Analyst, Examination Policy, 
(202) 906-6787, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agencies are proposing to extend for 
three years, with revision, the following currently approved 
information collection:
    Report Title: Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance 
Application.
    OCC's Title: Comptroller's Corporate Manual (Manual). The specific 
portions of the Manual covered by this notice are those that pertain to 
the Charter Application located in the Charters section of the Manual, 
which will become an interagency form.
    OMB Numbers:
    OCC: 1557-0014.
    FDIC: 3064-0001.
    OTS: 1550-0005.
    Form Numbers: 
    OCC: None.
    FDIC: 6200/05.
    OTS: 138.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profit.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Estimated Number of Respondents:
    OCC: 50.
    FDIC: 200.
    OTS: 20.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours per Response:
    OCC: 125.
    FDIC:125.
    OTS: 125.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
    OCC: 6,250.
    FDIC: 25,000.
    OTS: 2,500.
    Abstract: This submission covers a revision to the charter 
applications of the OCC and OTS and the deposit insurance application 
of the FDIC. The proposed form will make the application form uniform 
among the Agencies and is titled, ``Interagency Charter and Federal 
Deposit Insurance Application.'' The Agencies need the information to 
ensure that the covered proposed activities are permissible under law 
and regulation and are consistent with safe and sound banking 
practices. For example, the Agencies are required to consider financial 
and managerial resources, future earnings prospects, and community 
reinvestment. Further, the Agencies use the information to evaluate 
specific individuals' qualifications. Both financial institutions and 
individuals organizing a financial institution must provide this 
information.
    Current Actions: A task force of the Federal Financial Institutions 
Examination Council (FFIEC) has adapted, reformatted, and retitled the 
collection: Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance 
Application, pursuant to the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (CDRI). Comments were solicited in 
the Federal Register on September 18, 2001 (66 FR 48168). The agencies 
received one comment on the form. The comment is summarized in each 
agency's OMB submission.
    Comments: All comments will become a matter of public record. 
Written comments are invited on:
    a. Whether the information collection is necessary for the proper 
performance of the agencies' functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the agencies' estimates of the burden of the 
information collection, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;

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    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
    e. Estimates of capital or start up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

    Dated: December 4, 2001.
Mark J. Tenhundfeld,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
    Dated at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of December, 2001.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
    Dated: December 5, 2001.
Deborah Dakin,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division,Office of 
Thrift Supervision.
[FR Doc. 01-30646 Filed 12-11-01; 8:45 am]
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