[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17530]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Submission for OMB Review; 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 proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before November 20, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the 
proposal or by OMB approval number, to OMB and OTS at these addresses: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for OTS, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974; and 
Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, by fax to 
(202) 906-6518, or by e-mail to [email protected]. 
OTS will post comments and the related index on the OTS Internet Site 
at http://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: For further information or to obtain a 
copy of the submission to OMB, please contact Marilyn K. Burton at 
[email protected], (202) 906-6467, or facsimile number (202) 
906-6518, Litigation Division, Chief Counsel's Office, 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.
    Title of Proposal: Loan Application Register (HMDA).
    OMB Number: 1550-0021.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Regulation requirement: 12 CFR part 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 part 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.
    OMB Reviewer: Desk Officer for OTS, Fax: (202) 395-6974, U.S. 
Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 13, 2006.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-17530 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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