[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 6665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2940]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an 
Information 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 general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on the proposed renewal of an 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 ``Occasional Qualitative 
Surveys.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Steve Hanft, Paperwork Clearance Officer, Legal Division, Room MB-3064, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Occasional Qualitative 
Surveys.'' 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 a.m. and 5 p.m. Comments may also be submitted to the 
OMB desk officer for the FDIC: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hanft, (202) 898-3907, or at the 
address above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Occasional Qualitative Surveys.
    OMB Number: 3064-0127.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Financial institutions, their customers, and 
members of the public generally.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated time per response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,000 hours.
    General Description of Collection: This collection involves the 
occasional use of qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal information 
about regulatory burden, bank customer satisfaction, problems or 
successes in the bank supervisory process (both safety-and-soundness 
and consumer related), and similar concerns. In general, these surveys 
would not involve more than 500 respondents, would not require more 
than one hour per respondent, and would be completely voluntary. It is 
not contemplated that more than ten such surveys would be completed in 
any given year.

Request for Comment

    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 requests to OMB for renewal of 
this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 5th day of February, 2004.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-2940 Filed 2-10-04; 8:45 am]
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