[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55248-55249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24070]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request--Savings Association Holding Company Report H-(b)11

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on

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proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 
Supervision within the Department of the Treasury will submit the 
proposed information collection requirement described below to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting public comments on 
the Savings Association Holding Company Report H-(b)11 proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before November 24, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to the collection by title (Savings 
Association Holding Company Report H-(b)11) or by OMB approval number 
(1550-0060), to Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel's 
Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20552; send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-6518; or send an 
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 Reading 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
about this proposed information collection from Kevin O'Connell, 
Affiliates Specialist, (202) 906-5693, Office of Thrift Supervision, 
1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may not conduct or sponsor an 
information collection, and respondents are not required to respond to 
an information collection, unless the information collection displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. As part of the approval process, we 
invite comments on the following information collection.
    Comments should address one or more of the following points:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of OTS;
    b. The accuracy of OTS's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use information technology.
    We will summarize the comments that we receive and include them in 
the OTS request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record. In this notice, OTS is soliciting comments concerning 
the following information collection.
    Title of Proposal: Savings Association Holding Company Report H-
(b)11.
    OMB Number: 1550-0060.
    Form Number: H-(b)11.
    Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 584.1(a)(2).
    Description: The H-(b)11 form is used to aid OTS in determining 
whether savings and loan holding companies are engaging in activities 
that may prove injurious to any subsidiary savings association, as well 
as to applicable statutes and regulations. We are seeking only a six-
month renewal of the current form, to March 31, 2004, as we are in the 
process of streamlining the form in conjunction with an expansion of 
holding company information to be gathered through the quarterly Thrift 
Financial Report. The streamlined H-(b)11, which we anticipate reducing 
the current 22 information request items to only four, would take 
effect April 1, 2004, in conjunction with the expanded Thrift Financial 
Report. The new H-(b)11 form is expected to be submitted for public 
notice by October of 2003.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Affected Public: Savings association holding companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 963.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: 2 (using the current form).
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 15.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden: 29,853 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, (202) 906-6467, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.
    OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., (202) 395-7316, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 15, 2003.

    By the Office of Thrift Supervision.
James E. Gilleran,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-24070 Filed 9-22-03; 8:45 am]
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