[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 203 (Monday, October 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62381-62382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24779]


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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 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 is soliciting public comments on the proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before November 19, 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 Legislation 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: Application Processing Fees.
    OMB Number: 1550-0053.
    Form Number: N/A.
    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

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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: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,477.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,477.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 2 minutes.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Other; as required.
    Estimated Total Burden: 49 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 906-6531, Office of Thrift 
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

    Dated: October 14, 2008.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
[FR Doc. E8-24779 Filed 10-17-08; 8:45 am]
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