[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 65964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31450]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the public and other Federal agencies to 
comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the 
FDIC is soliciting comments concerning an information collection titled 
``Deposit Broker Processing Guide.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Thomas E. Nixon, Senior Attorney (Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898-8766, 
Office of the Executive Secretary, Room 4060, Attention: Comments/OES, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Deposit Broker Processing 
Guide.'' Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the 
rear of the 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]].
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas E. Nixon, at the address 
identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Deposit Broker Processing Guide.
    Affected Public: Deposit Brokers with brokered deposits at failed 
insured depository institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents (annual): 70.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Estimated Number of responses (annual): 70.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 140 hours.
    General Description of Collection: In order to assist the FDIC to 
pay deposit insurance to persons who had deposited funds in a failed 
depository institution through a deposit broker, the FDIC requests 
deposit brokers who opened a deposit account in a failed institution to 
provide the FDIC with information about the parties for whom the broker 
acted as an agent and the amounts of their deposits.

Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the 
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and 
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be 
summarized or included in the FDIC's request to OMB for approval of 
this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 17th day of December, 2001.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
James D. LaPierre,
Deputy Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-31450 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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