[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62634-62635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28500]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information 
Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 a continuing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. 
Currently, the OCC is soliciting comment concerning its renewal of an 
information collection titled, ``Municipal Securities Dealers and 
Government Securities Brokers and Dealers Registration and 
Withdrawal.''

DATES: You should submit written comments by January 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Communications Division, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, Mailstop 2-3, Attention: 1557-0184, 250 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to (202) 
874-5274, or by electronic mail to [email protected]. You can 
inspect and photocopy the comments at the OCC, 250 E Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC requires that 
visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by 
calling (202) 874-4700. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 
present valid government-issued photo identification and to submit to 
security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information 
from or a copy of the collection from Mary H. Gottlieb, Clearance 
Officer, (202) 874-5090, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division 
(1557-0184), Office

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of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20219.
    Additionally, you should send a copy of your comments to OCC Desk 
Officer, 1557-0184, by mail to U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street, NW., 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is proposing to extend OMB approval 
of the following information collection:
    Title: (MA)--Municipal Securities Dealers and Government Securities 
Brokers and Dealers Registration and Withdrawal.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0184.
    Form Numbers: MSD, MSDW, MSD-4, MSD-5, G-FIN, G-FINW.
    Abstract: This information collection is required to satisfy the 
requirements of the Securities Act Amendments of 1975 \1\ and the 
Government Securities Act of 1986 \2\ which require that any national 
bank that acts as a government securities broker/dealer or a municipal 
securities dealer notify the OCC of its broker/dealer activities. The 
OCC uses this information to determine which national banks are 
government and municipal securities broker/dealers and to monitor entry 
into and exit from government and municipal securities broker/dealer 
activities by institutions and registered persons. The OCC also uses 
the information in planning bank examinations.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78a-80b-17.
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-5.
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    Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved collection. The 
collection has not changed. The OCC asks only that OMB approve its 
revised estimates and extend its approval of the forms, revised only to 
add a clarification to the instructions.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 26.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 920.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 867 burden hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become 
a matter of public record. Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the information 
collection burden;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the 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 information.

    Dated: November 23, 2009.
Michele Meyer,
Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory Activities Division.
[FR Doc. E9-28500 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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