[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46229-46230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13151]


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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 October 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Steve Hanft, Clearance Officer, Legal Division, 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 OMB: FDIC Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, 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: 8,500.
    Estimated time per response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8,500 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 850 respondents, would not require more 
than one hour per respondent, and would be completely voluntary. It is 
not contemplated that more than fifteen 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; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide the information.
    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, August 8, 2006.


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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-13151 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am]
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