[Federal Register: March 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 48)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request--Procedures for 
Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement 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 April 12, 2007.

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 infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 
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, or send a facsimile transmission to 
(202) 906-7755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may access a copy of Form 1582 
with the proposed changes in redline on OTS's Web site at http://www.ots.treas.gov
 or you may request a copy from Donald W. Dwyer, 

Director, Applications, (202) 906-6414. To obtain a copy of the 
submission to OMB, please contact Marilyn K. Burton at 
marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 906-6467, or facsimile number (202) 

906-6518, Litigation 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

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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: Procedures for Monitoring Bank Secrecy Act.
    OMB Number: 1550-0041.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 563.177.
    Description: The information collected 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: Savings Associations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 840.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 28 hours.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Burden: 23,520 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, (202) 906-6467, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.
    OMB Reviewer: Desk Officer for OTS, Fax: (202) 395-6974, U.S. 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 7, 2007.
Deborah Dakin,
Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and Legislation Division.
[FR Doc. E7-4509 Filed 3-12-07; 8:45 am]

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