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Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2023 / Notices across-the-board GS increase. The applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST rate range is $212,100 (level II of the Executive Schedule) for SL or ST employees who are covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system and $195,000 (level III of the Executive Schedule) for SL or ST employees who are not covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system. Agencies with certified performance appraisal systems for SES members and employees in SL and ST positions must also apply a higher aggregate limitation on pay—up to the Vice President’s salary ($272,100 in 2023.) Note that section 747 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117–328, December 29, 2022), contains a provision that continues the freeze on the payable pay rates for the Vice President and certain senior political appointees at the rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 31, 2022. The section 747 pay freeze is scheduled to end on the last day of the last pay period that begins in calendar year 2023 (January 13, 2024, for those on the standard biweekly pay period cycle). Future Congressional action will determine whether the pay freeze continues beyond that date. OPM guidance on the continued pay freeze for certain senior political officials can be found in CPM 2022–25 at https:// www.chcoc.gov/content/continued-payfreeze-certain-senior-political-officials7. Executive Order 14090 provides that the rates of basic pay for administrative law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372 are increased by 4.1 percent (rounded to the nearest $100) in 2023. The rate of basic pay for AL–1 is $183,500 (equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule). The rate of basic pay for AL–2 is $178,900. The rates of basic pay for AL–3/A through 3/F range from $122,400 to $169,600. The rates of basic pay for members of Contract Appeals Boards are calculated as a percentage of the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic pay are increased by 4.1 percent in 2023. On November 30, 2022, OPM issued a memorandum on behalf of the President’s Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor and the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and OPM) that continues GS locality payments for ALJs and certain other non-GS employee categories in 2023. By law, EX officials, SES members, employees in SL/ST positions, and employees in certain other equivalent pay systems are not VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Jan 26, 2023 Jkt 259001 authorized to receive locality payments. (Note: An exception applies to certain grandfathered SES, SL, and ST employees stationed in a nonforeign area on January 2, 2010. See CPM 2009– 27 at https://www.chcoc.gov/content/ nonforeign-area-retirement-equityassurance-act.) The memo is available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ 2022/extension-of-locality-pay-memofor-non-gs-employees-2023.pdf. On December 23, 2022, OPM issued a memorandum (CPM 2022–22) on the 2023 pay adjustments. (See https:// www.chcoc.gov/content/january-2023pay-adjustments.) The memorandum transmitted Executive Order 14090 and provided the 2023 salary tables, locality pay areas and percentages, and information on general pay administration matters and other related guidance. The ‘‘2023 Salary Tables’’ posted on OPM’s website at https:// www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/ pay-leave/salaries-wages/ are the official rates of pay for affected employees and are hereby incorporated as part of this notice. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Stephen Hickman, Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. 2023–01672 Filed 1–26–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325–39–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [SEC File No. 270–633, OMB Control No. 3235–0713] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 15Fi–2 Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–2736 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’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of extension of the previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 15Fi–2 (17 CFR 240.15Fi–2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). Rule 15Fi–2 requires security-based swaps (‘‘SBS’’) dealers and major SBS participants (collectively, ‘‘SBS Entities’’) to provide to their counterparties a trade acknowledgment, to provide prompt verification of the PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5387 terms provided in a trade acknowledgment of transactions from other SBS Entities, and to have written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to obtain prompt verification of the terms provided in a trade acknowledgment. The Rule promotes the efficient operation of the SBS market and facilitates market participants’ management of their SBSrelated risk. The Commission estimates that approximately 48 entities fit within the definition of SBS dealer, and zero entities fit within the definition of major SBS participant. Thus, we expect that approximately 48 entities will be required to register with the Commission as SBS Entities and will be subject to the trade acknowledgment provision and verification requirements of Rule 15Fi–2. The total estimated annual time burden of Rule 15Fi–2 is 22,848 hours. 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. The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by February 27, 2023 to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Dated: January 23, 2023. Sherry R. Haywood, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–01614 Filed 1–26–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [SEC File No. 270–38, OMB Control No. 3235–0045] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 19b–4 and Form 19b–4 Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–2736 E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 5388 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2023 / Notices 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’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of extension of the of the previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 19b–4 (17 CFR 240.19b–4), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). Section 19(b) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78s(b)) requires each self-regulatory organization (‘‘SRO’’) to file with the Commission copies of any proposed rule, or any proposed change in, addition to, or deletion from the rules of such SRO. Rule 19b–4 implements the requirements of section 19(b) by requiring the SROs to file their proposed rule changes on Form 19b–4 and by clarifying which actions taken by SROs are subject to the filing requirement set forth in section 19(b). Rule 19b–4(n) requires a designated clearing agency to provide the Commission advance notice (‘‘Advance Notice’’) of any proposed change to its rules, procedures, or operations that could materially affect the nature or level of risks presented by such clearing agency. Rule 19b–4(o) requires a registered clearing agency to submit for a Commission determination any security-based swap, or any group, category, type, or class of security-based swaps it plans to accept for clearing (‘‘Security-Based Swap Submission’’), and provide notice to its members of such submissions. The collection of information is designed to provide the Commission with the information necessary to determine, as required by the Act, whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act and the rules thereunder. The information is used to determine if the proposed rule change should be approved, disapproved, suspended, or if proceedings should be instituted to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule change. The respondents to the collection of information are SROs (as defined by section 3(a)(26) of the Act) 1, including national securities exchanges, national securities associations, registered clearing agencies, notice registered securities future product exchanges, and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. In calendar year 2021, each respondent filed an average of approximately 34 proposed rule changes. Each filing takes 1 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Jan 26, 2023 Jkt 259001 approximately 32 hours to complete on average. Thus, the total annual reporting burden for filing proposed rule changes with the Commission is 50,048 hours (34 proposals per year × 46 SROs × 32 hours per filing) for the estimated future number of 46 SROs.2 In addition to filing their proposed rule changes with the Commission, the respondents also are required to post each of their proposals on their respective websites, a process that takes approximately four hours to complete per proposal. Thus, the total annual reporting burden on respondents to post the proposals on their websites is 6,256 hours (34 proposals per year × 46 SROs × 4 hours per filing) for the estimated future number of 46 SROs. Further, the respondents are required to update their rulebooks, which they maintain on their websites, to reflect the changes that they make in each proposal they file. The total annual reporting burden for updating online rulebooks is 4,996 hours ((1,564 filings per year—293 withdrawn filings 3—22 disapproved filings 4) × 4 hours). Finally, a respondent is required to notify the Commission if it does not post a proposed rule change on its website on the same day that it filed the proposal with the Commission. The Commission estimates that SROs will fail to post proposed rule changes on their websites on the same day as the filing 16 times a year (across all SROs), and that each SRO will spend approximately one hour preparing and submitting such notice to the Commission, resulting in a total annual burden of 16 hours (16 notices × 1 hour per notice). Designated clearing agencies have additional information collection burdens. As noted above, pursuant to Rule 19b–4(n), a designated clearing agency must file with the Commission an Advance Notice of any proposed change to its rules, procedures, or operations that could materially affect the nature or level of risks presented by such designated clearing agency. The Commission estimates, based on historical rulemaking data that each designated clearing agency submitting Advance Notices will each submit two 2 Currently, there are 43 SROs, though not all of those SROs filed a proposed rule change in 2021. The Commission expects three additional respondents to register during the three-year period for which this Paperwork Reduction Act extension is applicable (one as a registered clearing agency and two as national securities exchanges), bringing the total number of respondents to 46. 3 For 43 SROs, 274 withdrawn filings equal approximately 6.37 filings per SRO. For 46 SROs, the figure would increase to 293 withdrawn filings. 4 For 43 SROs, 20 disapproved filings equal approximately 0.47 filings per SRO. For 46 SROs, the figure would increase to 22 disapproved filings. PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Advance Notices per year, with each submission taking 90 hours to complete. The total annual reporting burden for filing Advance Notices is therefore 900 hours (5 designated clearing agencies × 2 Advance Notices per year × 90 hours per response). Designated clearing agencies are required to post all Advance Notices to their websites, each of which takes approximately four hours to complete. For five Advance Notices, the total annual reporting burden for posting them to respondents’ websites is 40 hours (5 designated clearing agencies × 2 Advance Notices per year × 4 hours per website posting). Respondents are required to update the postings of those Advance Notices that become effective, each of which takes approximately four hours to complete. The total annual reporting burden for updating Advance Notices on the respondents’ websites is 40 hours (5 designated clearing agencies × 2 Advance Notices per year × 4 hours per website posting). Pursuant to Rule 19b–4(n)(5), the respondents are also required to provide copies of all materials submitted to the Commission relating to an Advance Notice to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (‘‘Board’’) contemporaneously with such submission to the Commission, which is estimated to take two hours. The total annual reporting burden for designated clearing agencies to meet this requirement is 20 hours (5 designated clearing agencies × 2 Advance Notices per year × 2 hours per response). The Commission estimates that three security-based swap clearing agencies will each submit 20 Security-Based Swap Submissions per year, with each submission taking 140 hours to complete resulting in a total annual reporting burden of 5,880 hours (3 respondent clearing agencies × 14 Security-Based Swap Submissions per year × 140 hours per response). Respondent clearing agencies are required to post all Security-Based Swap Submissions to their websites, each of which takes approximately four hours to complete. For 14 SecurityBased Swap Submissions, the total annual reporting burden for posting them to the three respondents’ websites is 168 hours (3 respondent clearing agencies × 14 Security-Based Swap Submissions per year × 4 hours per website posting). In addition, three clearing agencies that have not previously posted Security-Based Swap Submissions on their websites may need to update their existing websites to post such filings online. The Commission estimates that each of these three clearing agencies would spend E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2023 / Notices approximately 15 hours updating their existing websites, resulting in a total one-time burden of 45 hours (3 respondent clearing agencies × 15 hours per website update) or 15 hours annualized over three years. Respondent SROs will also have to provide training to staff members using the Electronic Form 19b–4 Filing System (‘‘EFFS’’) to submit SecurityBased Swap Submissions, Advance Notices, and/or proposed rule changes electronically. The Commission estimates that two anticipated national securities exchanges and one anticipated clearing agency will spend approximately 60 hours training all staff members who will use EFFS to submit Security-Based Swap Submissions, Advance Notices, and/or proposed rule changes electronically, or 20 hours annualized over three years. The Commission also estimates that these newly-registered and anticipated SROs will have a one-time burden of 390 hours to draft and implement internal policies and procedures for using EFFS to make these submissions, or 130 hours annualized over three years. The Commission estimates that each of the 46 respondents will spend 10 hours each year training new compliance staff members and updating the training of existing compliance staff members to use EFFS, for a total annual burden of 460 hours (46 respondent SROs × 10 hours). In connection with Security-Based Swap Submissions, counterparties may apply for a stay from a mandatory clearing requirement under Rule 3Ca–1. The Commission estimates that each clearing agency will submit five applications for stays from a clearing requirement per year and it will take approximately 18 hours to retrieve, review, and submit each application. Thus, the total annual reporting burden for the Rule 3Ca–1 stay of clearing requirement would be 270 hours (3 respondent clearing agencies × 5 stay of clearing applications per year × 18 hours to retrieve, review, and submit the stay of clearing information). Based on the above, the total estimated annual response burden pursuant to Rule 19b–4 and Form 19b– 4 is the sum of the total annual reporting burdens for filing proposed rule changes, Advance Notices, and Security-Based Swap Submissions; training staff to file such proposals; drafting, modifying, and implementing internal policies and procedures for filing such proposals; posting each proposal on the respondents’ websites; updating websites to enable posting of proposals; updating the respondents’ online rulebooks to reflect the proposals VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Jan 26, 2023 Jkt 259001 that became effective; submitting copies of Advance Notices to the Board; and applying for stays from clearing requirements, which is 69,259 hours. Compliance with Rule 19b–4 is mandatory. Information received in response to Rule 19b–4 shall not be kept confidential; the information collected is public information. 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. The public may view background documentation for this information collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by February 27, 2023 to (i) MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@ omb.eop.gov and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Dated: January 23, 2023. Sherry R. Haywood, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–01613 Filed 1–26–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–96735; File No. SR– NYSENAT–2023–04] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE National, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 7.31(i)(2) January 23, 2023. Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3 notice is hereby given that on January 19, 2023, NYSE National, Inc. (‘‘NYSE National’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). U.S.C. 78a. 3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 2 15 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5389 solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.31(i)(2) to enhance the Exchange’s existing Self Trade Prevention (‘‘STP’’) modifiers. The proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s website at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant parts of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and the Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.31(i)(2) to enhance the Exchange’s existing Self Trade Prevention (‘‘STP’’) modifiers. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to allow ETP Holders the option to apply STP modifiers to orders submitted not only from the same MPID, as the current rule provides, but also to orders submitted from (i) the same subidentifier of a particular MPID; (ii) other MPIDs associated with the same Client ID (as designated by the ETP Holder); and (iii) Affiliates of the ETP Holder. Background Currently, Rule 7.31(i)(2) offers optional anti-internalization functionality to ETP Holders in the form of STP modifiers that enable an ETP Holder to prevent two of its orders from executing against each other. Currently, ETP Holders can set the STP modifier to apply at the market participant identifier (‘‘MPID’’) level. The STP modifier on the order with the most recent time stamp controls the interaction between two orders marked with STP modifiers. STP functionality assists market participants by allowing E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5387-5389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-38, OMB Control No. 3235-0045]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 19b-4 
and Form 19b-4

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
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    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'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the of the 
previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 19b-
4 (17 CFR 240.19b-4), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'') (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Section 19(b) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78s(b)) requires each self-
regulatory organization (``SRO'') to file with the Commission copies of 
any proposed rule, or any proposed change in, addition to, or deletion 
from the rules of such SRO. Rule 19b-4 implements the requirements of 
section 19(b) by requiring the SROs to file their proposed rule changes 
on Form 19b-4 and by clarifying which actions taken by SROs are subject 
to the filing requirement set forth in section 19(b). Rule 19b-4(n) 
requires a designated clearing agency to provide the Commission advance 
notice (``Advance Notice'') of any proposed change to its rules, 
procedures, or operations that could materially affect the nature or 
level of risks presented by such clearing agency. Rule 19b-4(o) 
requires a registered clearing agency to submit for a Commission 
determination any security-based swap, or any group, category, type, or 
class of security-based swaps it plans to accept for clearing 
(``Security-Based Swap Submission''), and provide notice to its members 
of such submissions.
    The collection of information is designed to provide the Commission 
with the information necessary to determine, as required by the Act, 
whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act and the 
rules thereunder. The information is used to determine if the proposed 
rule change should be approved, disapproved, suspended, or if 
proceedings should be instituted to determine whether to approve or 
disapprove the proposed rule change.
    The respondents to the collection of information are SROs (as 
defined by section 3(a)(26) of the Act) \1\, including national 
securities exchanges, national securities associations, registered 
clearing agencies, notice registered securities future product 
exchanges, and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26).
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    In calendar year 2021, each respondent filed an average of 
approximately 34 proposed rule changes. Each filing takes approximately 
32 hours to complete on average. Thus, the total annual reporting 
burden for filing proposed rule changes with the Commission is 50,048 
hours (34 proposals per year x 46 SROs x 32 hours per filing) for the 
estimated future number of 46 SROs.\2\ In addition to filing their 
proposed rule changes with the Commission, the respondents also are 
required to post each of their proposals on their respective websites, 
a process that takes approximately four hours to complete per proposal. 
Thus, the total annual reporting burden on respondents to post the 
proposals on their websites is 6,256 hours (34 proposals per year x 46 
SROs x 4 hours per filing) for the estimated future number of 46 SROs. 
Further, the respondents are required to update their rulebooks, which 
they maintain on their websites, to reflect the changes that they make 
in each proposal they file. The total annual reporting burden for 
updating online rulebooks is 4,996 hours ((1,564 filings per year--293 
withdrawn filings \3\--22 disapproved filings \4\) x 4 hours). Finally, 
a respondent is required to notify the Commission if it does not post a 
proposed rule change on its website on the same day that it filed the 
proposal with the Commission. The Commission estimates that SROs will 
fail to post proposed rule changes on their websites on the same day as 
the filing 16 times a year (across all SROs), and that each SRO will 
spend approximately one hour preparing and submitting such notice to 
the Commission, resulting in a total annual burden of 16 hours (16 
notices x 1 hour per notice).
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    \2\ Currently, there are 43 SROs, though not all of those SROs 
filed a proposed rule change in 2021. The Commission expects three 
additional respondents to register during the three-year period for 
which this Paperwork Reduction Act extension is applicable (one as a 
registered clearing agency and two as national securities 
exchanges), bringing the total number of respondents to 46.
    \3\ For 43 SROs, 274 withdrawn filings equal approximately 6.37 
filings per SRO. For 46 SROs, the figure would increase to 293 
withdrawn filings.
    \4\ For 43 SROs, 20 disapproved filings equal approximately 0.47 
filings per SRO. For 46 SROs, the figure would increase to 22 
disapproved filings.
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    Designated clearing agencies have additional information collection 
burdens. As noted above, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(n), a designated 
clearing agency must file with the Commission an Advance Notice of any 
proposed change to its rules, procedures, or operations that could 
materially affect the nature or level of risks presented by such 
designated clearing agency. The Commission estimates, based on 
historical rulemaking data that each designated clearing agency 
submitting Advance Notices will each submit two Advance Notices per 
year, with each submission taking 90 hours to complete. The total 
annual reporting burden for filing Advance Notices is therefore 900 
hours (5 designated clearing agencies x 2 Advance Notices per year x 90 
hours per response).
    Designated clearing agencies are required to post all Advance 
Notices to their websites, each of which takes approximately four hours 
to complete. For five Advance Notices, the total annual reporting 
burden for posting them to respondents' websites is 40 hours (5 
designated clearing agencies x 2 Advance Notices per year x 4 hours per 
website posting). Respondents are required to update the postings of 
those Advance Notices that become effective, each of which takes 
approximately four hours to complete. The total annual reporting burden 
for updating Advance Notices on the respondents' websites is 40 hours 
(5 designated clearing agencies x 2 Advance Notices per year x 4 hours 
per website posting).
    Pursuant to Rule 19b-4(n)(5), the respondents are also required to 
provide copies of all materials submitted to the Commission relating to 
an Advance Notice to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (``Board'') contemporaneously with such submission to the 
Commission, which is estimated to take two hours. The total annual 
reporting burden for designated clearing agencies to meet this 
requirement is 20 hours (5 designated clearing agencies x 2 Advance 
Notices per year x 2 hours per response).
    The Commission estimates that three security-based swap clearing 
agencies will each submit 20 Security-Based Swap Submissions per year, 
with each submission taking 140 hours to complete resulting in a total 
annual reporting burden of 5,880 hours (3 respondent clearing agencies 
x 14 Security-Based Swap Submissions per year x 140 hours per 
response). Respondent clearing agencies are required to post all 
Security-Based Swap Submissions to their websites, each of which takes 
approximately four hours to complete. For 14 Security-Based Swap 
Submissions, the total annual reporting burden for posting them to the 
three respondents' websites is 168 hours (3 respondent clearing 
agencies x 14 Security-Based Swap Submissions per year x 4 hours per 
website posting). In addition, three clearing agencies that have not 
previously posted Security-Based Swap Submissions on their websites may 
need to update their existing websites to post such filings online. The 
Commission estimates that each of these three clearing agencies would 
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approximately 15 hours updating their existing websites, resulting in a 
total one-time burden of 45 hours (3 respondent clearing agencies x 15 
hours per website update) or 15 hours annualized over three years.
    Respondent SROs will also have to provide training to staff members 
using the Electronic Form 19b-4 Filing System (``EFFS'') to submit 
Security-Based Swap Submissions, Advance Notices, and/or proposed rule 
changes electronically. The Commission estimates that two anticipated 
national securities exchanges and one anticipated clearing agency will 
spend approximately 60 hours training all staff members who will use 
EFFS to submit Security-Based Swap Submissions, Advance Notices, and/or 
proposed rule changes electronically, or 20 hours annualized over three 
years. The Commission also estimates that these newly-registered and 
anticipated SROs will have a one-time burden of 390 hours to draft and 
implement internal policies and procedures for using EFFS to make these 
submissions, or 130 hours annualized over three years. The Commission 
estimates that each of the 46 respondents will spend 10 hours each year 
training new compliance staff members and updating the training of 
existing compliance staff members to use EFFS, for a total annual 
burden of 460 hours (46 respondent SROs x 10 hours).
    In connection with Security-Based Swap Submissions, counterparties 
may apply for a stay from a mandatory clearing requirement under Rule 
3Ca-1. The Commission estimates that each clearing agency will submit 
five applications for stays from a clearing requirement per year and it 
will take approximately 18 hours to retrieve, review, and submit each 
application. Thus, the total annual reporting burden for the Rule 3Ca-1 
stay of clearing requirement would be 270 hours (3 respondent clearing 
agencies x 5 stay of clearing applications per year x 18 hours to 
retrieve, review, and submit the stay of clearing information).
    Based on the above, the total estimated annual response burden 
pursuant to Rule 19b-4 and Form 19b-4 is the sum of the total annual 
reporting burdens for filing proposed rule changes, Advance Notices, 
and Security-Based Swap Submissions; training staff to file such 
proposals; drafting, modifying, and implementing internal policies and 
procedures for filing such proposals; posting each proposal on the 
respondents' websites; updating websites to enable posting of 
proposals; updating the respondents' online rulebooks to reflect the 
proposals that became effective; submitting copies of Advance Notices 
to the Board; and applying for stays from clearing requirements, which 
is 69,259 hours.
    Compliance with Rule 19b-4 is mandatory. Information received in 
response to Rule 19b-4 shall not be kept confidential; the information 
collected is public information.
    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.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by February 27, 2023 to (i) 
[email protected] and (ii) David Bottom, 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending 
an email to: [email protected].

    Dated: January 23, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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