Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / Notices 59545 

Alexandria, Virginia, 22312; or send an 

e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: September 29, 2006. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–16624 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon written request, copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: 

Rule 206(3)–2; SEC File No. 270–216; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0243. 

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 (‘‘OMB’’) for 

extension and approval. 

Rule 206(3)–2, (17 CFR 275.206(3)–2) 

which is entitled ‘‘Agency Cross 

Transactions for Advisory Clients,’’

permits investment advisers to comply 

with section 206(3) of the Investment 

Advisers Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) (15 

U.S.C. 80b–6(3)) by obtaining a client’s 

blanket consent to enter into agency 

cross transactions (i.e., a transaction in 

which an adviser acts as a broker to both 

the advisory client and the opposite 

party to the transaction), provided that 

certain disclosures are made to the 

client. Rule 206(3)–2 applies to all 

registered investment advisers. In 

relying on the rule, investment advisers 

must provide certain disclosures to their 

clients. Advisory clients can use the 

disclosures to monitor agency cross 

transactions that affect their advisory 

account. The Commission also uses the 

information required by Rule 206(3)–2 

in connection with its investment 

adviser inspection program to ensure 

that advisers are in compliance with the 

rule. Without the information collected 

under the rule, advisory clients would 

not have information necessary for 

monitoring their adviser’s handling of 

their accounts and the Commission 

would be less efficient and effective in 

its inspection program. 

The information requirements of the 

rule consist of the following: (1) Prior to 

obtaining the client’s consent 

appropriate disclosure must be made to 

the client as to the practice of, and the 

conflicts of interest involved in, agency 

cross transactions; (2) at or before the 

completion of any such transaction the 

client must be furnished with a written 

confirmation containing specified 

information and offering to furnish 

upon request certain additional 

information; and (3) at least annually, 

the client must be furnished with a 

written statement or summary as to the 

total number of transactions during the 

period covered by the consent and the 

total amount of commissions received 

by the adviser or its affiliated brokerdealer attributable to such transactions. 

The Commission estimates that 

approximately 693 respondents use the 

rule annually, necessitating about 32 

responses per respondent each year, for 

a total of 22,176 responses. Each 

response requires an estimated 0.5 

hours, for a total of 11,088 hours. The 

estimated average burden hours are 

made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act and are not 

derived from a comprehensive or 

representative survey or study of the 

cost of Commission rules and forms. 

This collection of information is 

found at (17 CFR 275.206(3)–2) and is 

necessary in order for the investment 

adviser to obtain the benefits of Rule 

206(3)–2. The collection of information 

requirements under the rule is 

mandatory. Information subject to the 

disclosure requirements of Rule 206(3)–

2 does not require submission to the 

Commission; and, accordingly, the 

disclosure pursuant to the rule is not 

kept confidential. Commissionregistered investment advisers are 

required to maintain and preserve 

certain information required under Rule 

206(3)–2 for five (5) years. The longterm retention of these records is 

necessary for the Commission’s 

inspection program to ascertain 

compliance with the Advisers Act. 

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 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 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 sixty 60 days of this 

publication. 

Please direct your written comments 

to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, 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. 

Dated: October 2, 2006. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–16646 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

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[File No. 500–1] 

In the Matter of Pretory USA, Inc. (n/k/ 

a Sunrise Petroleum Resources, Inc.); 

Order of Suspension of Trading 

October 5, 2006. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Pretory 

USA, Inc. (n/k/a Sunrise Petroleum 

Resources, Inc.) because it has not filed 

any periodic reports since it filed an 

amended Form 10–SB on February 18, 

2000. 

The Commission is of the opinion that 

the public interest and the protection of 

investors require a suspension of trading 

in the securities of the above-listed 

company. 

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to 

section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, that trading in the abovelisted company is suspended for the 

period from 9:30 a.m. EDT on October 

5, 2006, through 11:59 p.m. EDT on 

October 18, 2006. 

By the Commission. 

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–8597 Filed 10–5–06; 11:50 am] 

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