The MHC Forms consist of information
that must be filed in connection with certain proposals involving
savings and loan holding companies that are organized in mutual
form (MHCs), including the reorganization of a savings association
into MHC form, stock issuances of holding company subsidiaries of
MHCs, and conversions of MHCs to stock form. The Board requires the
submission of these filings to allow the Board to fulfill its
obligations to review such transactions under section 10(o) of the
Home Owners’ Loan Act (HOLA), as amended (12 U.S.C. § 1467a(o)) and
the Board’s Regulation MM –Mutual Holding Companies (12 CFR 239).
The Board uses the information submitted by an applicant or
notificant to evaluate these transactions with respect to the
relevant statutory and regulatory factors.
The estimated total annual
burden for these applications is 2,749 hours, and would decrease to
491 hours with the adopted revisions. The average estimated hours
per response for the FR MM-10(o)-1 (formerly the Form 1522) would
decrease from 400 hours to 60 hours, the FR MM-10(o)-2 (formerly
the Form 1523) would decrease from 350 hours to 30 hours, the FR
MM-AC (formerly the Form 1680) would decrease from 299 hours to 60
hours, the FR MM-PS (formerly the Form 1681) would remain unchanged
at 50 hours, the FR MM-OC (formerly the Form 1682) would decrease
from 150 hours to 50 hours, and the FR MM-OF (formerly the Form
1683) would remain unchanged at 1 hour. The Application for
Conversion (Form 1680), Proxy Statement (Form 1681), Offering
Circular (Form 1682), and Order Form (Form 1683) currently form a
family of information collections under OMB No. 7100-0335. This
proposal would add these forms to the family of information
collections under OMB No. 7100-0340.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.