[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 47 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 12268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4821]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 7, 2005.
    The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following public 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau 
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this information 
collection should be addressed to the OMB reviewer listed and to the 
Treasury Department Clearance Officer, Department of the Treasury, Room 
11000, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 11, 2005 
to be assured of consideration.

Departmental Offices/Office of the Undersecretary for Domestic Finance; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

    OMB Number: 1505-0174.
    CFR Cite: 12 CFR 1501.2.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Financial Subsidiaries (Interim Final Rule).
    Description: The regulation explains how a party may request that 
the Secretary of the Treasury determine that an activity is financial 
in nature and therefore one in which a financial subsidiary of a 
national bank may engage pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 24a.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 20 Hours.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 40 hours.

    OMB Number: 1505-0179.
    CFR Cite: 12 CFR 1501.2.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Financial Subsidiaries (Interim Final Rule).
    Description: The rule finds three types of activities to be 
financial in nature pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 24a(b)(3) and creates a means 
by which national banks may request that the Secretary define 
particular activities within one of the three categories.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 20 hours.

    OMB Number: 1505-0182.
    CFR Cite: 12 CFR Part 1500.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Merchant Banking Investments.
    Description: The rule requires financial holding companies engaged 
in merchant banking activities to maintain certain policies, 
procedures, records and systems to manage and monitor such activities 
in a safe and sound manner.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 450.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 50 hours.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 22,500 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Lois K. Holland, Departmental Offices, Room 
2110, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220, (202) 622-1563.
    OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503, (202) 395-7316.

Christopher L. Davis,
Treasury PRA Assistant.
[FR Doc. 05-4821 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
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