Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an Information Collection; Comment Request, 46229-46230 [E6-13151]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 155 / Friday, August 11, 2006 / Notices hsrobinson on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 Estimated average time per response per institution: Initial notice, 80 hours; annual notice and change in terms, 8 hours; opt-out notice, 8 hours. Subtotal, annual burden hours for institutions: 64,728 hours. Estimated annual number of consumer respondents: 223,475. Estimated average time per consumer response: 30 minutes. Subtotal, annual burden hours for consumers: 111,738. Total annual burden: 176,466 hours. General Description of Collection: The elements of this information collection are required under section 504 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Public Law 106–102. The collection mandates notice requirements and restrictions on a financial institution’s ability to disclose nonpublic personal information about consumers to nonaffiliated third parties. The collection also includes the filing of notices by consumers with their financial institutions. 5. Title: Applicant Background Questionnaire. OMB Number: 3064–0138. Form Number: FDIC 2100/14. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: FDIC job applicants who are not current FDIC employees. Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000. Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes. Total Annual Burden: 500 hours. General Description of Collection: The FDIC Applicant Background Questionnaire is completed voluntarily by FDIC job applicants who are not current FDIC employees. Responses to questions on the survey provide information on gender, age, disability, race/national origin, and to the applicant’s source of vacancy announcement information. The FDIC uses the data to evaluate the effectiveness of various recruitment methods, and to ensure that the agency meets workforce diversity objectives. Request for Comment Comments are invited on: (a) Whether these collections of information are 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 collections, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collections on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:03 Aug 10, 2006 Jkt 208001 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 collections 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 these collections. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated at Washington, DC, August 8, 2006. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–13150 Filed 8–10–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an Information Collection; Comment Request Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). AGENCY: ACTION: Notice and request for comment. The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comments concerning an information collection titled ‘‘Occasional Qualitative Surveys.’’ SUMMARY: Comments must be submitted on or before October 10, 2006. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to Steve Hanft, Clearance Officer, Legal Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ‘‘Occasional Qualitative Surveys.’’ Comments may be handdelivered 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. Comments may also be submitted to OMB: FDIC Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46229 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hanft, (202) 898–3907, or at the address above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently approved collection of information: Title: Occasional Qualitative Surveys. OMB Number: 3064–0127. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Financial institutions, their customers, and members of the public generally. Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,500. Estimated time per response: 1 hour. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8,500 hours. General Description of Collection: This collection involves the occasional use of qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal information about regulatory burden, bank customer satisfaction, problems or successes in the bank supervisory process (both safety-andsoundness and consumer related), and similar concerns. In general, these surveys would not involve more than 850 respondents, would not require more than one hour per respondent, and would be completely voluntary. It is not contemplated that more than fifteen such surveys would be completed in any given year. 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; (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, August 8, 2006. E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1 46230 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 155 / Friday, August 11, 2006 / Notices Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–13151 Filed 8–10–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies hsrobinson on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than September 7, 2006. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: 1. Webster Financial Corporation, Waterbury, Connecticut; to merge with NewMil Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire NewMil Bank, both of New Milford, Connecticut. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:03 Aug 10, 2006 Jkt 208001 B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. The Industrial Bank of Taiwan Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, and IBT Holdings Corp., Cerritos, California; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of EverTrust Bank, City of Industry, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 8, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6–13137 Filed 8–10–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566: 1. National City Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio; to acquire Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust, and Fidelity Bankshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Fidelity Realty & Appraisal Services, Inc., all of West Palm Beach, Florida, and engage in real estate appraisal services and operating a savings association, pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(2)(i) and (b)(4)(ii), of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 8, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc.E6–13136 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than September 7, 2006. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Douglas A. Banks, Vice President) 1455 Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Administration for Children and Families Proposed Projects Title: Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation—Intermediary Survey. OMB No.: New Collection. Description: This proposed information collection activity is for a survey to be completed by Compassion Capital Fund intermediary grantees as a part of the outcome and impact study components of the Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation. The Compassion Capital Fund Evaluation is a multi-component study designed to examine the effectiveness of the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) in meeting its objective of improving the organizational capacity of faith-based and community organizations. The CCF program works through intermediary organizations to provide capacity building assistance to interested faithbased and community organizations. The purpose of this data collection activity is to obtain more detailed information about the management processes and service delivery and monitoring approaches used by CCF intermediaries in providing technical and financial assistance to increase the organizational capacity of faith-based and community organizations. Respondents: CCF intermediary grantees. 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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46229-46230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13151]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an 
Information 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 comment on the proposed renewal of an information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is soliciting comments 
concerning an information collection titled ``Occasional Qualitative 
Surveys.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Steve Hanft, Clearance Officer, Legal Division, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. All 
comments should refer to ``Occasional Qualitative Surveys.'' 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. Comments may also be submitted to OMB: FDIC Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hanft, (202) 898-3907, or at the 
address above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Occasional Qualitative Surveys.
    OMB Number: 3064-0127.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Financial institutions, their customers, and 
members of the public generally.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,500.
    Estimated time per response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8,500 hours.
    General Description of Collection: This collection involves the 
occasional use of qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal information 
about regulatory burden, bank customer satisfaction, problems or 
successes in the bank supervisory process (both safety-and-soundness 
and consumer related), and similar concerns. In general, these surveys 
would not involve more than 850 respondents, would not require more 
than one hour per respondent, and would be completely voluntary. It is 
not contemplated that more than fifteen such surveys would be completed 
in any given year.

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; (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, August 8, 2006.


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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-13151 Filed 8-10-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6714-01-P
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