[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2010)] [Notices] [Pages 39329-39330] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2010-16675] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Thrift Supervision Interagency Guidance on Asset Securitization Activities AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The proposed information collection request (ICR) 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 August 9, 2010. A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, can be obtained from RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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, N.W., Washington, DC 20552, by fax to (202) 906-6518, or by e-mail to [email protected]. 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">public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-7755. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, please contact Ira L. Mills at, [email protected] (202) 906-6531, or facsimile number (202) 906- 6518, Regulations and Legislation 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 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: Interagency Guidance on Asset Securitization Activities. OMB Number: 1550-0104. Form Number: N/A. Regulation requirement: 12 CFR part 570. Description: Institution management will use these information collections as the basis for the safe and sound operation of their asset securitization activities and to ensure that they minimize operational risk in these activities. OTS will use this information to evaluate the quality of an institution's risk management practices. OTS will also use the information to assist institutions without proper supervision of their asset securitization activities to implement corrective action to conduct these activities in a safe and sound manner. [[Page 39330]] Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit. Estimated Number of Respondents: 15. Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 20 hours. Estimated Frequency of Response: On occasion. Estimated Total Burden: 300 hours. Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 906-6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. Dated: July 1, 2010. Ira L. Mills, Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision. [FR Doc. 2010-16675 Filed 7-7-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6720-01-P