[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 100 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29849-29850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request--Interagency Bank Merger Act Application

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 July 21, 2008.

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 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: You can request additional information 
about this proposed information collection from Patricia D. Goings, 
(202) 906-5668, 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;
    b. The accuracy of OTS's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection;
    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 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: Interagency Bank Merger Act Application.
    OMB Number: 1550-0016.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Regulation requirement: 12 CFR Parts 546, 552 and 563.
    Description: The Office of Thrift Supervision, Comptroller of the 
Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System each use the Interagency Bank Merger Act 
Application form to collect information for bank merger proposals that 
require prior approval under the Bank Merger Act. Prior approval is 
required for every merger transaction involving affiliated or 
nonaffiliated institutions and must be sought from the regulatory 
agency of the depository institution that would survive the proposed 
transaction. A merger transaction may include a merger, consolidation, 
assumption of deposit liabilities, or certain asset transfers between 
or among two or more institutions. The information collected by the 
remaining notifications and forms assist the regulatory agency in 
fulfilling their statutory responsibilities as supervisors. The 
regulatory agency uses the information to evaluate the controlling 
owners, senior officers, and directors of the insured depository 
institutions subject to their oversight.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 17.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 hours.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Other: As requested.
    Estimated Total Burden: 510 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 906-6531, Office of Thrift 
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

    Dated: April 4, 2008.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
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