[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77398-77399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22067]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is 
soliciting comments concerning the following collections of information 
titled.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by 
any of the following methods. All comments should refer to the name and 
number of the collection:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the name and number of 
the collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Steve Hanft (202-898-3907), Clearance Officer, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.
     Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard 
station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located on F 
Street), on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB Desk 
Officer for the FDIC, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hanft, at the address identified 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of 
information:
    1. Title: Securities of Insured Nonmember Banks.
    OMB Number: 3064-0030.
    Form Numbers: 3, 4, 5.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Generally, any person subject to section 16 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to securities registered 
under 12 CFR part 335.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,333.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.6 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,800 hours.
    General Description of Collection: FDIC bank officers, directors, 
and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a specified class of 
registered equity securities are required to publicly report their 
transactions in equity securities of the issuer.
    2. Title: Forms Relating to Outside Counsel, Legal Support and 
Expert Services Programs.
    OMB Number: 3064-0122.
    Form Numbers: 5000/24-29; 5000/31-35; 5200/01; 5210/01-15.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Those who wish to be or are providers of legal 
support services to the FDIC.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,603.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.8 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,711 hours.
    General Description of Collection: These forms facilitate the 
procurement of and payment for legal services; ensure compliance with 
statutory and regulatory requirements relating to disqualifying 
conditions or conflicts of interest; and monitor the participation of 
women and minorities in legal services contracts.

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

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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 automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    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 
these collections. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 20th day of December, 2006.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-22067 Filed 12-22-06; 8:45 am]
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