Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 76055-76057 [2015-30746]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 234 / Monday, December 7, 2015 / Notices the date of the filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii),14 the Commission may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. FINRA has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay. The Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. Such waiver will allow FINRA to implement the proposed rule change to coincide with the effective dates of the relevant consolidated FINRA rules. Therefore, the Commission hereby waives the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposed rule change to be operative upon filing with the Commission.15 At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule should be approved or disapproved. IV. Solicitation of Comments Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Electronic Comments • Use the Commission’s Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or • Send an email to rule-comments@ sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– FINRA–2015–050 on the subject line. Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–FINRA–2015–050. This file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will 14 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). purposes only of waiving the operative delay for this proposal, the Commission has considered the proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 15 For VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Dec 04, 2015 Jkt 238001 post all comments on the Commission’s Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal offices of FINRA. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–FINRA– 2015–050, and should be submitted on or before December 28, 2015. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.16 Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–30721 Filed 12–4–15; 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 FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–2736. Extension: Rules 17Ad–22—Clearing Agency Standards and Governance, SEC File No. 270–646, OMB Control No. 3235–0695. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments on the existing collection of information provided for in Rules 17Ad–22 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). The Commission plans to submit this existing collection 16 17 PO 00000 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76055 of information to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. i. Standards for Clearing Agencies a. Measurement and Management of Credit Exposures Rule 17Ad–22(b)(1) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to measure its credit exposures to its participants at least once each day, and limit its exposures to potential losses from defaults by its participants in normal market conditions so that the operations of the clearing agency would not be disrupted and non-defaulting participants would not be exposed to losses that they cannot anticipate or control. The purpose of the collection of information is to enable the clearing agency to monitor and limit its exposures to its participants. b. Margin Requirements Rule 17Ad–22(b)(2) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to: (i) Use margin requirements to limit its credit exposures to participants in normal market conditions; (ii) use riskbased models and parameters to set margin requirements; and (iii) review the models and parameters at least monthly. The purpose of the collection of information is to enable the clearing agency to maintain sufficient collateral or margin. c. Financial Resources Rule 17Ad–22(b)(3) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to maintain sufficient financial resources to withstand, at a minimum, a default by the participant family to which it has the largest exposure in extreme but plausible market conditions, provided that a registered clearing agency acting as a central counterparty for securitybased swaps shall maintain additional financial resources sufficient to withstand, at a minimum, a default by the two participant families to which it has the largest exposures in extreme but plausible market conditions, in its capacity as a central counterparty for security-based swaps. The purpose of the collection of information is to enable the clearing agency to satisfy all of its settlement obligations in the event of a participant default. E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 76056 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 234 / Monday, December 7, 2015 / Notices d. Model Validation Rule 17Ad–22(b)(4) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide for an annual model validation consisting of evaluating the performance of the clearing agency’s margin models and the related parameters and assumptions associated with such models by a qualified person who is free from influence from the persons responsible for the development or operation of the models being validated. The purpose of the collection of information is to enable the clearing agency to obtain an assessment of its margin model by a qualified, independent person. e. Non-Dealer Access Rule 17Ad–22(b)(5) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide the opportunity for a person that does not perform any dealer or security-based swap dealer services to obtain membership at the clearing agency to clear securities for itself or on behalf of other persons. The purpose of the collection of information is to enable more market participants to obtain indirect access to clearing agencies. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES f. Portfolio Size and Transaction Volume Restrictions Rule 17Ad–22(b)(6) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to have membership standards that do not require that participants maintain a portfolio of any minimum size or that participants maintain a minimum transaction volume. The purpose of the collection of information is to remove unnecessary barriers to participation in clearing agencies that provide CCP services. g. Net Capital Restrictions Rule 17Ad–22(b)(7) would require a clearing agency that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide a person that maintains net capital equal to or greater than $50 million with the ability to obtain membership at the clearing agency, provided that such persons are able to comply with other reasonable membership standards, with any net capital requirements being scalable so that they are proportional to the risks VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Dec 04, 2015 Jkt 238001 posed by the participant’s activities to the clearing agency. The rule also permits a clearing agency to provide for a higher net capital requirement (i.e., higher than $50 million) as a condition for membership at the clearing agency if the clearing agency demonstrates to the Commission that such a requirement is necessary to mitigate risks that could not otherwise be effectively managed by other measures, such as scalable limitations on the transactions that the participants may clear through the clearing agency, and the Commission approves the higher net capital requirement as part of a rule filing or clearing agency registration application. The purpose of the collection of information is to remove unnecessary barriers to clearing access by market participants with a net capital level above $50 million, while at the same time facilitating sound risk management practices by clearing agencies by encouraging them to examine and articulate the benefits that higher net capital requirements would create through having clearing agencies develop scalable membership standards that links the activities any participants could potentially engage in with the potential risks posed by the participant. h. Record of Financial Resources Rule 17Ad–22(c)(1) would require that each fiscal quarter (based on calculations made as of the last business day of the clearing agency’s fiscal quarter), or at any time upon Commission request, a clearing agency that performs CCP services shall calculate and maintain a record of the financial resources necessary to meet the requirement in Rule 17Ad–22(b)(3) and sufficient documentation to explain the methodology it uses to compute such financial resource requirement. The purpose of the collection of information is to enable the Commission to monitor the financial resources of clearing agencies that provide CCP services. i. Annual Audited Financial Statements Rule 17Ad–22(c)(2) would require a clearing agency to post on its Web site an annual audited financial statement that must (i) be a complete set of financial statements of the clearing agency for the most recent two fiscal years of the clearing agency and be prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (‘‘U.S. GAAP’’), except that for a clearing agency that is a corporation or other organization incorporated or organized under the laws of any foreign country, the financial statements may be prepared PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 according to U.S. GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (‘‘IFRS’’); (ii) be audited in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board by a registered public accounting firm that is qualified and independent in accordance with Rule 2– 01 of Regulation S–X (17 CFR 210.2–01); and (iii) include a report of the registered public accounting firm that complies with paragraphs (a) through (d) of Rule 2–02 of Regulation S–X (17 CFR 210.2–02). The purpose of the collection of information is to enable the Commission to monitor the financial resources of clearing agencies that provide CCP services. j. Transparent and Enforceable Rules and Procedures Rule 17Ad–22(d)(1) would require clearing agencies to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide for a well-founded, transparent, and enforceable legal framework for each aspect of their activities in all relevant jurisdictions. The purpose of the collection of information is to help ensure that clearing agencies’ policies and procedures do not cause confusion or legal uncertainty among their participants because they are unclear, incomplete or conflict with other applicable laws or judicial precedent. The Commission believes that 10 registered clearing agencies will incur a total burden of approximately 8,029 hours annually. Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 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 proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on respondents; 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. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Please direct your written comments to: Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 234 / Monday, December 7, 2015 / Notices • OMB Control Number: 1405–0184. • Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection. • Originating Office: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of Admissions, PRM/A. Dated: December 2, 2015. • Form Number: DS–7655. Robert W. Errett, • Respondents: Refugee applicants for Deputy Secretary. the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. [FR Doc. 2015–30746 Filed 12–4–15; 8:45 am] • Estimated Number of Respondents: BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 50 Department of State contractors, grantees, and cooperative agreement partners. • Estimated Number of Responses: DEPARTMENT OF STATE 200. [Public Notice: 9369] • Average Time per Response: 30 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information minutes. • Total Estimated Burden Time: 100 Collection: Iraqi Citizens and Nationals hours. Employed by Federal Contractors and • Frequency: On occasion. Grantees • Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain a Benefit. ACTION: Notice of request for public We are soliciting public comments to comment and submission to OMB of permit the Department to: proposed collection of information. • Evaluate whether the proposed SUMMARY: The Department of State has information collection is necessary for submitted the information collection the proper functions of the Department. • Evaluate the accuracy of our described below to the Office of estimate of the time and cost burden for Management and Budget (OMB) for this proposed collection, including the approval. In accordance with the validity of the methodology and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we assumptions used. are requesting comments on this • Enhance the quality, utility, and collection from all interested clarity of the information to be individuals and organizations. The collected. purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 • Minimize the reporting burden on days for public comment. those who are to respond, including the DATES: Submit comments directly to the use of automated collection techniques Office of Management and Budget or other forms of information (OMB) up to January 6, 2016. technology. ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the Please note that comments submitted Department of State Desk Officer in the in response to this Notice are public Office of Information and Regulatory record. Before including any detailed Affairs at the Office of Management and personal information, you should be Budget (OMB). You may submit aware that your comments as submitted, comments by the following methods: including your personal information, • Email: oira_submission@ will be available for public review. omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS Abstract of proposed collection: form number, information collection The information requested will be title, and the OMB control number in used to verify the employment of Iraqi the subject line of your message. citizens and nationals for the processing • Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk and adjudication of other refugee, Officer for Department of State. asylum, special immigrant visa, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: other immigration claims and Direct requests for additional applications. information regarding the collection Methodology: listed in this notice, including requests The method for the collection of for copies of the proposed collection information will be via electronic instrument and supporting documents, submission. The format for compiling to Sophie Yan Gao, PRM/Admissions, the information will be the Department 2025 E Street NW., SA–9, 8th Floor, of State’s eForms application which is Washington, DC 20522–0908, who may currently used by over 36,000 be reached on (202) 453–9255 or at Department users worldwide. GaoY1@state.gov. Contracting Officers and Grants Officers will distribute by email to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: • Title of Information Collection: Iraqi contractors, grantees and cooperative Citizens and Nationals Employed by agreement partners under their Federal Contractors, Grantees and authority the DS–7655 form file and Cooperative Agreement Partners. Cerenade e-Form filler installation mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 100 F Street NE., Washington DC 20549, or send an email to: PRA_ Mailbox@sec.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Dec 04, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76057 instructions. Respondents, using the Cerenade filler, will complete the form and email the form file to their Contracting Officers or Grants Officer. Dated: November 27, 2015. Larry Bartlett, Director, Office of Admissions, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2015–30775 Filed 12–4–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–33–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 9370] Notice of Public Meeting The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday January 26, 2016, in Room 5 of the DOT Conference Center, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the third Session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, on February 1–5, 2016. The agenda items to be considered include: —Decisions of other IMO bodies —Validated model training courses —Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of competency —Guidance for the implementation of the 2010 Manila Amendments —Comprehensive review of the 1995 STCW–F Convention —Role of the human element —Revision of the Guidelines on Fatigue —Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of the ISM Code by Administrations (resolution A.1071(28)) on training audits —Review of STCW passenger shipspecific safety training —Amendments to SOLAS chapter II–1 and associated guidelines on damage control drills for passenger ships —Completion of the detailed review of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) —Revision of requirements for escape route signs and equipment location markings in SOLAS and related instruments —Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for lowflashpoint fuels —Review MODU Code, LSA Code and MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1 Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. Upon request, members of E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736.

Extension:
    Rules 17Ad-22--Clearing Agency Standards and Governance, SEC 
File No. 270-646, OMB Control No. 3235-0695.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA'')(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the existing 
collection of information provided for in Rules 17Ad-22 under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). The Commission 
plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office 
of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.

i. Standards for Clearing Agencies

a. Measurement and Management of Credit Exposures

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(1) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to measure its credit 
exposures to its participants at least once each day, and limit its 
exposures to potential losses from defaults by its participants in 
normal market conditions so that the operations of the clearing agency 
would not be disrupted and non-defaulting participants would not be 
exposed to losses that they cannot anticipate or control. The purpose 
of the collection of information is to enable the clearing agency to 
monitor and limit its exposures to its participants.

b. Margin Requirements

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(2) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to: (i) Use margin 
requirements to limit its credit exposures to participants in normal 
market conditions; (ii) use risk-based models and parameters to set 
margin requirements; and (iii) review the models and parameters at 
least monthly. The purpose of the collection of information is to 
enable the clearing agency to maintain sufficient collateral or margin.

c. Financial Resources

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(3) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to maintain sufficient 
financial resources to withstand, at a minimum, a default by the 
participant family to which it has the largest exposure in extreme but 
plausible market conditions, provided that a registered clearing agency 
acting as a central counterparty for security-based swaps shall 
maintain additional financial resources sufficient to withstand, at a 
minimum, a default by the two participant families to which it has the 
largest exposures in extreme but plausible market conditions, in its 
capacity as a central counterparty for security-based swaps. The 
purpose of the collection of information is to enable the clearing 
agency to satisfy all of its settlement obligations in the event of a 
participant default.

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d. Model Validation

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(4) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide for an annual 
model validation consisting of evaluating the performance of the 
clearing agency's margin models and the related parameters and 
assumptions associated with such models by a qualified person who is 
free from influence from the persons responsible for the development or 
operation of the models being validated. The purpose of the collection 
of information is to enable the clearing agency to obtain an assessment 
of its margin model by a qualified, independent person.

e. Non-Dealer Access

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(5) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide the opportunity 
for a person that does not perform any dealer or security-based swap 
dealer services to obtain membership at the clearing agency to clear 
securities for itself or on behalf of other persons. The purpose of the 
collection of information is to enable more market participants to 
obtain indirect access to clearing agencies.

f. Portfolio Size and Transaction Volume Restrictions

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(6) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to have membership 
standards that do not require that participants maintain a portfolio of 
any minimum size or that participants maintain a minimum transaction 
volume. The purpose of the collection of information is to remove 
unnecessary barriers to participation in clearing agencies that provide 
CCP services.

g. Net Capital Restrictions

    Rule 17Ad-22(b)(7) would require a clearing agency that provides 
CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide a person that 
maintains net capital equal to or greater than $50 million with the 
ability to obtain membership at the clearing agency, provided that such 
persons are able to comply with other reasonable membership standards, 
with any net capital requirements being scalable so that they are 
proportional to the risks posed by the participant's activities to the 
clearing agency. The rule also permits a clearing agency to provide for 
a higher net capital requirement (i.e., higher than $50 million) as a 
condition for membership at the clearing agency if the clearing agency 
demonstrates to the Commission that such a requirement is necessary to 
mitigate risks that could not otherwise be effectively managed by other 
measures, such as scalable limitations on the transactions that the 
participants may clear through the clearing agency, and the Commission 
approves the higher net capital requirement as part of a rule filing or 
clearing agency registration application. The purpose of the collection 
of information is to remove unnecessary barriers to clearing access by 
market participants with a net capital level above $50 million, while 
at the same time facilitating sound risk management practices by 
clearing agencies by encouraging them to examine and articulate the 
benefits that higher net capital requirements would create through 
having clearing agencies develop scalable membership standards that 
links the activities any participants could potentially engage in with 
the potential risks posed by the participant.

h. Record of Financial Resources

    Rule 17Ad-22(c)(1) would require that each fiscal quarter (based on 
calculations made as of the last business day of the clearing agency's 
fiscal quarter), or at any time upon Commission request, a clearing 
agency that performs CCP services shall calculate and maintain a record 
of the financial resources necessary to meet the requirement in Rule 
17Ad-22(b)(3) and sufficient documentation to explain the methodology 
it uses to compute such financial resource requirement. The purpose of 
the collection of information is to enable the Commission to monitor 
the financial resources of clearing agencies that provide CCP services.

i. Annual Audited Financial Statements

    Rule 17Ad-22(c)(2) would require a clearing agency to post on its 
Web site an annual audited financial statement that must (i) be a 
complete set of financial statements of the clearing agency for the 
most recent two fiscal years of the clearing agency and be prepared in 
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (``U.S. 
GAAP''), except that for a clearing agency that is a corporation or 
other organization incorporated or organized under the laws of any 
foreign country, the financial statements may be prepared according to 
U.S. GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by 
the International Accounting Standards Board (``IFRS''); (ii) be 
audited in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board by a registered public accounting firm that is 
qualified and independent in accordance with Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-
X (17 CFR 210.2-01); and (iii) include a report of the registered 
public accounting firm that complies with paragraphs (a) through (d) of 
Rule 2-02 of Regulation S-X (17 CFR 210.2-02). The purpose of the 
collection of information is to enable the Commission to monitor the 
financial resources of clearing agencies that provide CCP services.

j. Transparent and Enforceable Rules and Procedures

    Rule 17Ad-22(d)(1) would require clearing agencies to establish, 
implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to provide for a well-founded, transparent, and 
enforceable legal framework for each aspect of their activities in all 
relevant jurisdictions. The purpose of the collection of information is 
to help ensure that clearing agencies' policies and procedures do not 
cause confusion or legal uncertainty among their participants because 
they are unclear, incomplete or conflict with other applicable laws or 
judicial precedent.
    The Commission believes that 10 registered clearing agencies will 
incur a total burden of approximately 8,029 hours annually.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
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 proposed collection of information; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on 
respondents; 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.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Please direct your written comments to: Pamela Dyson, Director/
Chief

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Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington DC 20549, or send an email 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: December 2, 2015.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-30746 Filed 12-4-15; 8:45 am]
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