[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30243-30244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12687]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Minimum Security Devices and Procedures

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

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ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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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, 44 U.S.C. 3507. OTS is soliciting public comments on the 
proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before June 23, 2011. 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) 393-6974; 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 [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., 
Washington, DC 20552 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], or on (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: Minimum Security Devices and Procedures.
    OMB Number: 1550-0062.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description: The requirement that savings associations establish a 
written security program is necessitated by the Bank Protection Act (12 
U.S.C. 1881-1884), which requires the Federal supervisory agencies to 
promulgate rules establishing minimum standards with which each 
financial institution must comply with respect to the installation, 
maintenance, and operation of security devices and procedures to 
discourage robberies, burglaries, and larcenies, and to assist in the 
identification and apprehension of persons who commit such acts. 
Pursuant to the statutory mandate, OTS adopted its regulations in 1969 
(12 CFR part 568). These regulations were revised in 1991 and in 2001. 
In accordance with part 568, a savings association must adopt a written 
security program, the association's board of directors must approve the 
program, and each association's security officer must report annually 
to the board on the effectiveness of the program. Section 568.5 
requires that savings associations and their subsidiaries comply with 
the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards, 
set forth in Appendix B to part 570. The other Federal supervisory 
agencies, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of the 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, adopted virtually identical regulations in 1969, and 
likewise revised them in 1991 and 2001.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 741.
    Estimated Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Burden: 1,482 hours.

    Dated: May 18, 2011.
Ira L. Mills,
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift 
Supervision.
[FR Doc. 2011-12687 Filed 5-23-11; 8:45 am]
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