38676 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 148 / Tuesday, August 4, 2009 / Notices 

issuer of a class of securities registered 

under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 

‘‘Securities Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.). 

Form 11–K provides employees of an 

issuer with financial information so that 

they can assess the performance of the 

investment vehicle or stock plan. Form 

11–K is filed on occasion. The 

information collected must be filed with 

the Commission and is publicly 

available. Form 11–K takes 

approximately 30 burden hours per 

response and is filed by 2,000 

respondents for a total of 60,000 burden 

hours. 

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. 

Written comments regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

the following persons: (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 send an 

e-mail to 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

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 to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–18559 Filed 8–3–09; 8:45 am] 

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Proposed Extension of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 204, OMB Control No. 3235–0647, 

SEC File No. 270–586. 

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 204 (17 CFR 242.204) under the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.) requires that, subject 

to certain limited exceptions, if a 

participant of a registered clearing 

agency has a fail to deliver position at 

a registered clearing agency it must 

immediately close out the fail to deliver 

position by purchasing or borrowing 

securities by no later than the beginning 

of regular trading hours on the 

settlement day following the day the 

participant incurred the fail to deliver 

position. Rule 204 is intended to help 

further the Commission’s goal of 

reducing fails to deliver by maintaining 

the reductions in fails to deliver 

achieved by the adoption of temporary 

Rule 204T, as well as other actions 

taken by the Commission. In addition, 

Rule 204 is intended to help further the 

Commission’s goal of addressing 

abusive ‘‘naked’’ short selling in all 

equity securities. 

Several provisions under Rule 204 

will impose a ‘‘collection of 

information’’ within the meaning of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

I. Allocation Notification 

Requirement: It is estimated that the 

active broker-dealer respondents 

registered with the Commission incur 

an aggregate burden of 394,626 hours 

per year to comply with this provision 

of Rule 204. 

II. Demonstration Requirement for 

Fails to Deliver on Long Sales: It is 

estimated that the active broker-dealer 

respondents registered with the 

Commission incur an aggregate burden 

of 270,063 hours per year to comply 

with this provision of Rule 204. 

III. Pre-Borrow Notification 

Requirement: It is estimated that the 

active broker-dealer respondents 

registered with the Commission incur 

an aggregate burden of 397,152 hours 

per year to comply with this provision 

of Rule 204. 

IV. Certification Requirement: It is 

estimated that the active broker-dealer 

respondents registered with the 

Commission incur an aggregate burden 

of 394,626 hours per year to comply 

with this provision of Rule 204. 

V. Pre-Fail Credit Demonstration 

Requirement: It is estimated that the 

active broker-dealer respondents 

registered with the Commission incur 

an aggregate burden of 394,626 hours 

per year to comply with this provision 

of Rule 204. 

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 will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate 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. 

Comments should be directed to 

Charles Boucher, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 

Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–18560 Filed 8–3–09; 8:45 am] 

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[ File No. 500–1] 

In the Matter of Gulf Alternative Energy 

Corporation; Order of Suspension of 

Trading 

July 31, 2009. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Gulf 

Alternative Energy Corporation (trading 

symbol: GAEC) because of questions 

regarding the accuracy and adequacy of 

information contained in press releases 

and on its website regarding the quality 

of the company’s technology and the 

company’s business prospects and 

agreements. 

The Commission is of the opinion that 

the public interest and the protection of 

the investors require a suspension of 

trading in the securities of Gulf 

Alternative Energy Corporation. 

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to 

Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, that trading in the 

securities of the above-listed company is 

suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m. 

EDT, July 31, 2009, through 11:59 p.m. 

EDT, on August 13, 2009. 

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