[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45803-45804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18101]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Interagency Bank Merger Act Application

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection request (ICR) 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

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is soliciting public comments on the proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 5, 2008. A copy 
of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, can be obtained 
from RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

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 Ira L. Mills at 
[email protected], (202) 906-6531, or facsimile number (202) 906-
6518, Regulations and 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: Interagency Bank Merger Act Application.
    OMB Number: 1550-0016.
    Form Number: N/A.
    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 reviewed.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 17.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 30 hours.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Other: As required.
    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: August 1, 2008.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
[FR Doc. E8-18101 Filed 8-5-08; 8:45 am]
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