[Federal Register: July 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 145)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
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 the proposal.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 25, 2001.
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, FAX Number (202) 906-6518, or e-mail to
infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov.
Public Inspection: Comments and the related index will be posted on
the OTS Internet Site at www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, interested
persons may inspect comments at the Public Reference Room, 1700 G
Street, NW., by appointment. To make an appointment, call (202) 906-
5922, send an e-mail to, or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-
7755. (Prior notice identifying the materials you will be requesting
will assist us in serving you.) Appointments will be scheduled on
business days between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. In most cases, appointments
will be available the next business day following the date we receive
your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You can request additional information
about this proposed information collection from John Davidson, Project
Manager, Office of Supervision Policy, Office of Thrift Supervision,
1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, (202) 906-7976.
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 the 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 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: Procedures for Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act.
OMB Number: 1550-0041.
Form Number: N/A.
Description: This report enables OTS to determine whether a savings
association has implemented a program reasonably designed to assure and
monitor compliance with the currency recordkeeping and reporting
requirements established by Federal Statute and the U.S. Department of
Treasury regulations.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,057.
Estimated Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 2.
Estimated Total Burden: 2,114.
Clearance Officer: Sally W. Watts, (202) 906-7380, Office of Thrift
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.
OMB Reviewer: Alexander Hunt, (202) 395-7860, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: July 23, 2001.
Deborah Dakin,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations & Legislation.
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