[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70778-70779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28740]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of information collection to be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA''), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FDIC may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The FDIC, 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 the renewal of an existing information collection, as 
required by the PRA. On September 20, 2012 (77 FR 58377), the FDIC 
solicited public comment for a 60-day period on the renewal of the 
following information collection: Procedures for Monitoring Bank 
Protection Act Compliance. No comments were received. Therefore, the 
FDIC hereby gives notice of submission

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of its request for renewal to OMB for review.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 27, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
the FDIC by any of the following methods:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.
     Email: [email protected] Include the name of the 
collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Gary A. Kuiper (202.898.3877), Counsel, Room NYA-
5046, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.
     Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard 
station at the rear of the 17th Street Building (located on F Street), 
on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
All comments should refer to the relevant OMB control number. A copy of 
the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for the 
FDIC: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary A. Kuiper, at the FDIC address 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently-
approved collection of information:
    Title: Procedures for Monitoring Bank Protection Act Compliance.
    OMB Number: 3064-0095.
    Affected Public: State nonmember banks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,700.
    Estimated burden per respondent: 0.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,350 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The collection requires insured 
state nonmember banks to comply with the Bank Protection Act and to 
review bank security programs.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All 
comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 21st day of November 2012.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-28740 Filed 11-26-12; 8:45 am]
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