[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44779-44780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12707]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request--Loan Application Register (HMDA)

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 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 its proposal to extend this 
information collection.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before October 6, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the 
proposal or

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by OMB approval number, 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 
public.info@ots.treas.gov">public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 
906-7755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
about this proposed information collection from Celeste Anderson, 
Senior Project Manager, Compliance and Consumer Protection, (202) 906-
7990, 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, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of OTS's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
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 appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of 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: Loan Application Register (HMDA).
    OMB Number: 1550-0021.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 203.
    Description: The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), 12 U.S.C. 
2801, requires this collection of information. In accordance with the 
HMDA, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) 
promulgates and administers HMDA regulations, which are prescribed as 
part of the FRB's Regulation C (12 CFR 203), implementing the HMDA (12 
U.S.C. 2801-2810). HMDA forms as well as collection and recordkeeping 
requirements are approved under OMB Control No. 7100-0247. The FRB 
supporting statement forms the decisional basis for the OMB action. 
This submission discusses the burden imposed by Regulation C on the 
institutions OTS regulates.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Affected Public: Savings Associations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 639 (loan application registers 
(LARs)).
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 0.03 hours per application 
(approximately 9,657 applications per LAR).
    Estimated Total Burden: 185,125 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, (202) 906-6467, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

    Date: August 1, 2006.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
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