58556 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 189 / Thursday, September 30, 2004 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 04–21917 Filed 9–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

[RI 20–64, RI 20–64A, and RI 20–64B] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Review of a Revised 

Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice 

announces that the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) intends to submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for review of a revised 

information collection. RI20–64, You 

May Provide a Survivor Annuity for 

Your Former Spouse, is used by the 

Civil Service Retirement System to 

provide information about the amount 

of annuity payable after a survivor 

reduction and to offer eligible 

annuitants an opportunity to make a 

former spouse survivor annuity election. 

RI 20–64A, Former Spouse Survivor 

Annuity Election, is the election form 

the annuitant uses to make such an 

election. RI 20–64B, Information on 

Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your 

Former Spouse, is a pamphlet that 

provides important information to 

retirees under the Civil Service 

Retirement System who want to provide 

a survivor annuity for a former spouse. 

Comments are particularly invited on: 

whether this information is necessary 

for the proper performance of functions 

of OPM, and whether it will have 

practical utility; whether our estimate of 

the public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

and ways in which we can minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate technological 

collection techniques or others forms of 

information technology. 

Approximately 30 RI 20–64A forms 

are completed annually. The form takes 

approximately 45 minutes to complete. 

The annual estimated burden is 23 

hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606–

8358, FAX (202) 418–3251 or via e-mail 

to mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include 

a mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal 

should be received within 60 calendar 

days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to—Ronald W. Melton, Deputy Assistant 

Director, Retirement Services Program, 

Center for Retirement and Insurance 

Services, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 

3305, Washington, DC 20415–3540. 

For Information Regarding 

Administrative Coordination—Contact:

Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, 

Publications Team, Administrative 

Services Branch, (202) 606–0623.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Kay Coles James, 

Director.

[FR Doc. 04–21923 Filed 9–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–38–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon written request, copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, 450 Fifth Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Extension: 

Rule 15g–9, SEC File No. 270–325, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0385.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Sections 3501 et seq.), the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Section 15(c)(2) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Exchange 

Act’’) authorizes the Commission to 

promulgate rules that prescribe means 

reasonably designed to prevent 

fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative 

practices in connection with over-thecounter (‘‘OTC’’) securities transactions. 

Pursuant to this authority, the 

Commission in 1989 adopted Rule 15a–

6 (the ‘‘Rule’’), which was subsequently 

redesignated as Rule 15g–9, 17 CFR 

240.15g–9. The Rule requires brokerdealers to produce a written suitability 

determination for, and to obtain a 

written customer agreement to, certain 

recommended transactions in lowpriced stocks that are not registered on 

a national securities exchange or 

authorized for trading on NASDAQ, and 

whose issuers do not meet certain 

minimum financial standards. The Rule 

is intended to prevent the 

indiscriminate use by broker-dealers of 

fraudulent, high pressure telephone 

sales campaigns to sell low-priced 

securities to unsophisticated customers. 

The staff estimates that approximately 

240 broker-dealers incur an average 

burden of 78 hours per year to comply 

with this rule. Thus, the total burden 

hours to comply with the Rule is 

estimated at 18,720 hours (240 × 78). 

The broker-dealer must keep the 

written suitability determination and 

customer agreement required by the 

Rule for at least three years. Completing 

the suitability determination and 

obtaining the customer agreement in 

writing is mandatory for broker-dealers 

who effect transactions in penny stocks 

and do not qualify for an exemption, but 

does not involve the collection of 

confidential information. 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. 

General comments regarding the 

estimated burden hours should be 

directed to (i) the Desk Officer for the 

SEC, by sending an email to 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. 

Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information 

Officer, Office of Information 

Technology, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20549. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–2412 Filed 9–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon written request, copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549.

Extension: 

Rule 17a–1, SEC File No. 270–244, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0208.

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 

(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of the 

previously approved collection of 

information discussed below. 

Rule 17a–1 under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’)