[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46983-46984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18544]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Application Processing Fees

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 October 14, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the 
proposal or 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

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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. and 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: Application Processing Fees.
    OMB Number: 1550-0053.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Regulation Requirement: 12 CFR part 502.
    Description: Pursuant to Section 9 of the Home Owners' Loan Act, 12 
U.S.C. 1467, the Director of the OTS is authorized to charge 
assessments to recover the costs of examining savings associations and 
their affiliates, to charge fees to recover the costs of processing 
applications and other filings, and to charge fees to cover OTS's 
direct and indirect expenses in regulating savings associations and 
their affiliates.
    An institution must submit a fee with certain applications, 
including Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 filings, notices, and 
requests (hereafter collectively referred to as ``applications''), 
before such applications will be accepted for processing by OTS. 12 CFR 
part 502.5. The institution is required to state how it calculates the 
appropriate fee, in accordance with OTS's schedule. 12 CFR part 502.70. 
The most recent fee schedule was published in Thrift Bulletin TB 48-21 
dated May 28, 2004.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,477.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,477.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Other; as required.
    Estimated Total Burden: 53 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 906-6531, Office of Thrift 
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

    Dated: August 6, 2008.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
[FR Doc. E8-18544 Filed 8-11-08; 8:45 am]
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