# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request—Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards
**AGENCY:**
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice and request for comment.
**SUMMARY:**
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the proposal.
**DATES:**
Submit written comments on or before July 1, 2005.
**ADDRESSES:**
Send comments, referring to the collection by title of the proposal or by OMB approval number, to OMB and OTS at these addresses: Mark D. Menchik, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to *[email protected];* 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 *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 *[email protected],* or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906-7755.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
To obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, contact Marilyn K. Burton at *[email protected],* (202) 906-6467, 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:* Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards.
*OMB Number:* 1550-0088.
*Form Number:* N/A.
*Regulation requirement:* 12 CFR part 572.
*Description:* Lending institutions are required by statute and OTS regulations to use the standard flood hazard determination form developed by FEMA when determining whether property securing the loan is or will be located in a special flood hazard and are required to retain a copy of the completed form.
*Type of Review:* Renewal.
*Affected Public:* Savings Associations.
*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 882.
*Estimated Number of Responses:* 202,860.
*Estimated Burden Hours per Response:* .25 hours.
*Estimated Frequency of Response:* Event-generated.
*Estimated Total Burden:* 51,597 hours.
*Clearance Officer:* Marilyn K. Burton, (202) 906-6467, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.
*OMB Reviewer:* Mark D. Menchik, (202) 395-3176, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
By the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Dated: May 23, 2005.
Richard M. Riccobono,
Acting Director.