Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 51342-51343 [E9-23996]

Download as PDF 51342 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / Notices Commission’s Web site (https:// www.prc.gov). The Commission appoints Paul L. Harrington to serve as Public Representative in this proceeding. III. Ordering Paragraphs It is ordered: 1. The Commission establishes Docket No. CP2009–66 for consideration of the issues raised in this docket. 2. Comments by interested persons in these proceedings are due no later than October 7, 2009. 3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. Harrington is appointed to serve as officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to represent the interests of the general public in this proceeding. 4. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the Federal Register. Dated: September 30, 2009. By the Commission. Judith M. Grady, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–24002 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice of reporting requirements submitted for OMB Review. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has made such a submission. DATES: Submit comments on or before November 5, 2009. If you intend to comment but cannot prepare comments promptly, please advise the OMB Reviewer and the Agency Clearance Officer before the deadline. Copies: Request for clearance (OMB 83–1), supporting statement, and other documents submitted to OMB for review may be obtained from the Agency Clearance Officer. ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to: Agency Clearance Officer, Jacqueline White, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20416; and OMB Reviewer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:15 Oct 05, 2009 Jkt 220001 Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline White, Agency Clearance Officer, (202) 205–7044. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Disaster Assistance Customer Feedback Survey. SBA Form Number: 2313. Frequency: On Occasion. Description of Respondents: SBIC Investment Companies. Responses: 24,284. Annual Burden: 2,014. Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or by sending an e-mail to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted within 30 days of this notice. Jacqueline White, Chief, Administrative Information Branch. [FR Doc. E9–24003 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] Dated: September 30, 2009. Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–23993 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549–0213. Extension: Rule 15c3–1, OMB Control No. 3235–0200, SEC File No. 270–197. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments on the collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for extension and approval. Rule 15c3–1 (17 CFR 240.15c3–1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) requires brokers and dealers to have at all times sufficient liquid assets to meet their current liabilities, particularly the claims of customers. The rule facilitates monitoring the financial condition of brokers and dealers by the Commission and the various self-regulatory organizations. It is estimated that the active broker-dealer respondents registered with the Commission incur an aggregate burden of 73,300 hours per year to comply with this rule. Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549–0213. Extension: Rule 17f–1(b), OMB Control No. 3235– 0032; SEC File No. 270–28. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for approval of extension of the existing collection of information provided for in the following rule: Rule 17f–1(b) (17 CFR 240.17f–1(b)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (the ‘‘Exchange Act’’). Rule 17f–1(b) under the Exchange Act requires approximately 26,000 entities in the securities industry to register in the Lost and Stolen Securities Program (‘‘Program’’). Registration fulfills a statutory requirement that entities report and inquire about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen securities. Registration also allows entities in the securities industry to gain access to a confidential database that stores information for the Program. We estimate that 1,000 new entities will register in the Program each year. The staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to comply with the Rule 17f–1(b) is one-half hour. The total burden is therefore 500 hours (1,000 times one-half) annually for all participants. E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / Notices Rule 17f–1(b) is a registration obligation only. Registering under Rule 17f–1(b) is mandatory to obtain the benefit of a central database that stores information about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen securities for the Program. Reporting institutions required to register under Rule 17f–1(b) will not be kept confidential; however, the Program database will be kept confidential. Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or by sending an e-mail to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted within 30 days of this notice. Dated: September 30, 2009. Florence E. Harmon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–23996 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Proposed Collection; Comment Request Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 20549–0213. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Extension: Rule 30b1–6T, SEC File No. 270–599, OMB Control No. 3235–0652. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments on the collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for extension and approval. Rule 30b1–6T (17 CFR 270.30b1–6T) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) is entitled: ‘‘Weekly VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:15 Oct 05, 2009 Jkt 220001 Portfolio Report for Certain Money Market Funds.’’ The rule requires that if the market-based net asset value (‘‘market-based NAV’’) of a registered investment company, or series thereof, that is regulated as a money market fund under rule 2a–7 (17 CFR 270.2a–7) on any business day is less than $.9975 1 that money market fund must promptly notify the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) by electronic mail and provide a portfolio schedule to the Commission within one business day. Subsequently, the money market fund must submit a portfolio schedule within two business days after the end of each week until the fund’s market-based NAV at the end of the week equals or exceeds $.9975. The portfolio schedule must be sent electronically in Microsoft Excel format. The purpose of the rule is to facilitate the Commission’s oversight of money market funds and ensure that the Commission receives substantially similar information to that which it received from money market funds participating in the Treasury Department’s Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds (‘‘Guarantee Program’’), which had guaranteed the $1.00 share value of accounts held by investors as of September 19, 2008 in participating money market funds.2 The Guarantee Program was established to help stabilize money market funds following a period of substantial redemptions that threatened the ability of some money market funds to maintain the $1.00 share value.3 The program expired on September 18, 2009. Commission staff estimates estimate, based on past experience under the Guarantee Program, that 10 money market funds are required by rule 30b1– 6T to provide weekly reports disclosing certain information regarding the fund’s portfolio holdings. Staff estimates that money market funds require an average of approximately 6 burden hours to compile and electronically submit the initial required portfolio holdings information, and an average of approximately 4 burden hours in 1 Most money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value per share of $1.00, but a few seek to maintain a stable net asset value per share of a different amount, e.g., $10.00. For convenience, we generally refer to the stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. 2 Our staff estimates that approximately 79 percent of money market funds participated in the Guarantee Program, and that the money market funds that did not participate in the program were mostly funds that invest predominately in U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government securities. 3 See Press Release, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Announces Guaranty Program for Money Market Funds (Sept. 19, 2008), available at https://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1147.htm. PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 51343 subsequent reports.4 Based on these estimates, we estimate that the annual burden will be 210 hours per money market fund that is required to provide the information and an aggregate annual burden of 2100 hours for all of the money market funds required to submit portfolio schedules.5 The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Compliance with rule 30b1–6T is mandatory for any money market fund whose market-based NAV is less than $.9975. Responses to the disclosure requirements will be kept confidential. The Commission requests written comments on: (a) Whether the collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission’s estimate of the burdens of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 days of this publication. Please direct your written comments to Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 4 We understand that the required information is currently maintained by money market funds pursuant to other regulatory requirements or in the ordinary course of business. Accordingly, for the purposes of our analysis, we do not ascribe any time to gathering the required information. 5 Because one report is required each week, a fund would submit 52 reports in one year. The first report would require 6 hours and subsequent reports would require 4 hours each. The difference between the hours is due to the fact that funds generally would not incur the additional start-up time applicable to the first report. The annual burden of the reporting requirement would be 210 hours (1 report × 6 hours = 6 hours, 51 reports × 4 hours = 204 hours, and 6 hours + 204 hours = 210 hours). 210 hours × 10 (the estimated number of money market funds that will be required to submit portfolio schedules under the rule each year) = 2,100 hours. E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51342-51343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23996]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 17f-1(b), OMB Control No. 3235-0032; SEC File No. 270-28.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a 
request for approval of extension of the existing collection of 
information provided for in the following rule: Rule 17f-1(b) (17 CFR 
240.17f-1(b)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a 
et seq.) (the ``Exchange Act'').
    Rule 17f-1(b) under the Exchange Act requires approximately 26,000 
entities in the securities industry to register in the Lost and Stolen 
Securities Program (``Program''). Registration fulfills a statutory 
requirement that entities report and inquire about missing, lost, 
counterfeit, or stolen securities. Registration also allows entities in 
the securities industry to gain access to a confidential database that 
stores information for the Program.
    We estimate that 1,000 new entities will register in the Program 
each year. The staff estimates that the average number of hours 
necessary to comply with the Rule 17f-1(b) is one-half hour. The total 
burden is therefore 500 hours (1,000 times one-half) annually for all 
participants.

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    Rule 17f-1(b) is a registration obligation only. Registering under 
Rule 17f-1(b) is mandatory to obtain the benefit of a central database 
that stores information about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen 
securities for the Program. Reporting institutions required to register 
under Rule 17f-1(b) will not be kept confidential; however, the Program 
database will be kept confidential. Please note that an agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control 
number.
    Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or by sending an e-mail to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/Chief Information 
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an e-mail 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: September 30, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-23996 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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