[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 60 (Monday, March 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 16340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6950]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


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

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection unless the 
information collection displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its renewal, without change, 
of an information collection titled ``(MA)--Municipal Securities 
Dealers and Government Securities Brokers and Dealers Registration and 
Withdrawal.'' The OCC also gives notice that it has sent the 
information collection to OMB for review and approval.

DATES: You should submit your comments to the OCC and the OMB Desk 
Officer by April 28, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You should direct comments to: OCC: Communications Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Public Information Room, 
Mailstop 1-5, Attention: 1557-0184, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20219. Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by fax or e-mail. 
Comments may be sent by fax to (202) 874-4448, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. You can inspect and photocopy the comments 
at the OCC's Public Information Room, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20219. You can make an appointment to inspect the comments by calling 
(202) 874-5043.
    OMB: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer for the OCC, 1557-
0184, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
or a copy of the collection from John Ference, Acting 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval 
of the following information collection:
    Title: (MA)--Municipal Securities Dealers and Government Securities 
Brokers and Dealers Registration and Withdrawal.
    OMB Number: 1557-0184.
    Description: This submission covers existing forms and involves no 
change to the forms. The OCC requests only that OMB extend its approval 
of the information collection.
    This information collection is required to satisfy the requirements 
of the Securities Act Amendments of 1975 and the Government Securities 
Act of 1986 which require that any national bank that acts as a 
government securities broker/dealer or a municipal securities dealer 
notify the OCC of its broker/dealer activities. The OCC uses this 
information to determine which national banks are government and 
municipal securities broker/dealers and to monitor institutions entry 
into and exit from government and municipal securities broker/dealer 
activities. The OCC also uses the information in planning bank 
examinations.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3,080.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,706 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Comments

    The OCC has a continuing interest in the public's opinion regarding 
collections of information. Members of the public may submit comments 
regarding any aspect of this collection of information. All comments 
will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: March 11, 2004.
Mark J. Tenhundfeld,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. 04-6950 Filed 3-26-04; 8:45 am]
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