[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6725-6726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1994]


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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 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 collection of information titled: Notice of 
Branch Closure (3064-0109).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
the FDIC by any of the following methods. All comments should refer to 
the name of the collection:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the name of the 
collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Leneta G. Gregorie (202-898-3719) or Christopher 
Siderys (202-898-8736), Paperwork Clearance Officer, Room F-1064, 
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 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: Leneta G. Gregorie or Christopher 
Siderys, at the address identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of 
information:

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    Title: Notice of Branch Closure.
    OMB Number: 3064-0109.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured depository institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,768.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.2 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,836 hours.
    General Description of Collection: An institution proposing to 
close a branch must notify its primary regulator no later than 90 days 
prior to the closing. Each FDIC-insured institution must adopt policies 
for branch closings. This collection covers the requirements for 
notice, and for policy adoption.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether this 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 methodologies 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 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, this 30th day of January, 2008.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-1994 Filed 2-4-08; 8:45 am]
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