22740 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2011 / Notices 

www.prc.gov). The Commission 

encourages interested persons to review 

the Notice in its entirety. 

The Commission appoints Kenneth E. 

Richardson to serve as Public 

Representative in this docket. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MT2011–4 for consideration of the 

matters raised in this Notice. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth 

E. Richardson is appointed to serve as 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

3. Comments by interested persons 

are due no later than April 29, 2011. 

4. Reply comments are due no later 

than May 6, 2011. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Ruth Ann Abrams, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9819 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Corrected Extension: 

Rule 19b–4 and Form 19b–4; OMB Control 

No. 3235–0045; SEC File No. 270–38. 

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. 

1. Rule 19b–4 (17 CFR 240.19b–4) and 

Form 19b–4—Filings with respect to 

proposed rule changes by self-regulatory 

organizations. 

Section 19(b) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘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 (17 CFR 240.19b– 

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 deemed 

proposed rule changes and so must be 

filed pursuant to Section 19(b). 

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, or if 

proceedings should be instituted to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

The respondents to the collection of 

information are self-regulatory 

organizations (as defined by the Act), 

including national securities exchanges, 

national securities associations, 

registered clearing agencies and the 

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. 

Twenty-five respondents file an 

average total of 1,405 responses per 

year. Each response takes approximately 

38.057 hours to complete. The total 

annual reporting burden for filing 

proposed rule changes is 53,470 hours. 

The respondents are required to post all 

proposed rule changes to their Web 

sites, each of which takes approximately 

four hours to complete. For 1,405 

proposed rule changes, the total annual 

reporting burden for posting them to 

respondents’ Web sites is 5,620 hours. 

The respondents are required to update 

the postings of those proposed rule 

changes which become effective (on 

average, 1,071 per year), each of which 

takes approximately four hours to 

complete. The total annual reporting 

burden for updating proposed rule 

change postings on the respondents’ 

Web sites is 4,284 hours. Thus, 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, posting them to the 

respondents’ Web sites, and updating 

the postings of those that become 

effective on the respondents’, which is 

63,374 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. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimates of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be 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 comments to: 

Thomas Bayer, Chief Information 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 

6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22312 or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: April 14, 2011. 

Cathy H. Ahn, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9775 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. 34–64306; File No. 4–626] 

Comment Request on Existing Private 

and Public Efforts To Educate 

Investors 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

ACTION: Request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In connection with a study 

regarding financial literacy among 

investors as mandated by the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act of 2010 (the ‘‘Dodd-Frank 

Act’’), the Securities and Exchange 

Commission is requesting public 

comment on the effectiveness of existing 

private and public efforts to educate 

investors. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before June 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/other.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number 4–626 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

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