FDIC Federal Register Citations

[Federal Register: February 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 24)]
[Notices]              
[Page 6725-6726]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: 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 continuing information
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comments
concerning the following collection of information titled: Notice of
Branch Closure (3064-0109).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to
the FDIC by any of the following methods. All comments should refer to
the name of the collection:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html..     
E-mail: comments@fdic.gov. Include the name of the
collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Leneta G. Gregorie (202-898-3719) or Christopher
Siderys (202-898-8736), Paperwork Clearance Officer, Room F-1064,
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 a.m. and 5 p.m.
    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: Leneta G. Gregorie or Christopher
Siderys, at the address identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Proposal to renew the following currently approved collections of
information:

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    Title: Notice of Branch Closure.
    OMB Number: 3064-0109.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured depository institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,768.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.2 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 3,836 hours.
    General Description of Collection: An institution proposing to
close a branch must notify its primary regulator no later than 90 days
prior to the closing. Each FDIC-insured institution must adopt policies
for branch closings. This collection covers the requirements for
notice, and for policy adoption.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether this 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 methodologies 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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start up costs, and costs of operation,
maintenance and purchase of services to provide the information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be
summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of
this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 30th day of January, 2008.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie J. Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-1994 Filed 2-4-08; 8:45 am]

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