Federal Register: September 25, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 186)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-23896
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: Schedule of Excess Risks
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before November 26, 2001.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this notice, the Financial Management Service solicits comments concerning the form ``Schedule of Excess Risks.''
SUMMARY:
Proposed collection; comment request,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial Management Service solicits comments on the collection of information described below.
Title: Schedule of Excess Risks.
OMB Number: 15100004.
Form Number: FMS 285A.
Abstract: This information is collected to assist the Treasury Department in determining whether a certified or applicant company is solvent and able to carry out is contracts, and whether the company is in compliance with Treasury excess risk regulations for writing Federal surety bonds.
Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,308.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 20 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,140.
Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the [[Page 49067]]
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of
operations, maintenance and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: September 19, 2001.
Judith R. Tillman,
Assistant Commissioner, Financial Operations.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Requests for additional information or copies of the form(s) and instructions should be directed to Dorothy Martin, Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East West Highway, Room 608A, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (202) 8746775.