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can be purchased from the reporting 

company. No electronic media coverage 

will be allowed. 

All interested parties wishing to make 

an oral presentation at the hearing must 

submit, following the above 

‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’, the 

name, address, telephone number, and 

facsimile number and e-mail address, if 

available, of the witness(es) representing 

their organization to Marideth Sandler, 

Executive Director of the GSP Program 

by 5 p.m., February 2, 2007. Requests to 

present oral testimony in connection 

with the public hearing must be 

accompanied by a written brief or 

statement, in English, and also must be 

received by 5 p.m., February 2, 2007. 

Oral testimony before the GSP 

Subcommittee will be limited to fiveminute presentations that summarize or 

supplement information contained in 

briefs or statements submitted for the 

record. Post-hearing briefs or statements 

will be accepted if they conform with 

the regulations cited above and are 

submitted, in English, by 5 p.m., March 

9, 2007. Parties not wishing to appear at 

the public hearing may submit prehearing briefs or statements, in English, 

by 5 p.m., February 2, 2007, and posthearing written briefs or statements, in 

English, by 5 p.m., March 9, 2007. 

In accordance with sections 

503(d)(1)(A) of the 1974 Act and the 

authority delegated by the President, 

pursuant to section 332(g) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, the U.S. Trade 

Representative has requested that the 

USITC provide its advice on whether 

any industry in the United States is 

likely to be adversely affected by a 

waiver of the competitive need limits 

specified in section 503(d)(1) of the 

1974 Act with respect to the articles of 

GSP beneficiary countries that are 

specified in the ‘‘List of Petitions 

Accepted in the 2006 GSP Annual 

Review .’’ Comments by interested 

persons on the USITC Report prepared 

as part of the product review should be 

submitted by 5 p.m., 10 days after the 

date of USITC publication of its report. 

Marideth Sandler, 

Executive Director, Generalized System of 

Preferences (GSP) Program, Office of the U.S. 

Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. E7–474 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W7–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information, Washington, DC 20549. 

Extension: Rule 17Ad–16, SEC File No. 270–

363, OMB Control No. 3235–0413. 

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 17Ad–16: Notice of 

Assumption or Termination of Transfer 

Agent Services 

Rule 17Ad–16, (17 CFR 240.17Ad–

16), under the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), requires 

a registered transfer agent to provide 

written notice to the appropriate 

qualified registered securities 

depository when assuming or 

terminating transfer agent services on 

behalf of an issuer or when changing its 

name or address. In addition, transfer 

agents that provide such notice shall 

maintain such notice for a period of at 

least two years in an easily accessible 

place. This rule addresses the problem 

of certificate transfer delays caused by 

transfer requests that are directed to the 

wrong transfer agent or the wrong 

address. 

We estimate that the transfer agent 

industry submits 600 Rule 17Ad–16 

notices to appropriate qualified 

registered securities depositories. The 

staff estimates that the average amount 

of time necessary to create and submit 

each notice is approximately 15 minutes 

per notice. Accordingly, the estimated 

total industry burden is 150 hours per 

year (15 minutes multiplied by 600 

notices filed annually). 

Because the information needed by 

transfer agents to properly notify the 

appropriate registered securities 

depository is readily available to them 

and the report is simple and 

straightforward, the cost is minimal. 

The average cost to prepare and send a 

notice is approximately $7.50 (15 

minutes at $30 per hour). This yields an 

industry-wide cost estimate of $4,500 

(600 notices multiplied by $7.50 per 

notice). 

The retention period for the 

recordkeeping requirements under Rule 

17Ad–16 is two years for both the 

clearing agencies and transfer agents. 

The recordkeeping requirement under 

Rule 17Ad–16 is mandatory to ensure 

accurate securityholder records, prompt 

and efficient clearance and settlement of 

securities transactions, and to assist the 

Commission and other regulatory 

agencies with monitoring transfer agents 

and ensuring compliance with the rule. 

This rule 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. 

Comments should be directed 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. Comments must 

be submitted within 60 days of this 

notice. 

January 8, 2007. 

J. Lynn Taylor, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–545 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–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: Form 18–K, OMB Control No. 

3235–0120, SEC File No. 270–108. 

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 this 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Form 18–K (17 CFR 249.318) is an 

annual report form used by foreign 

governments and political subdivisions 

with securities listed on a United States 

exchange. The information to be 

collected is intended to ensure the 

adequacy of information available to 

investors in the registration of securities 

and assures public availability. The 

information provided is mandatory. 

Form 18–K is a public document. Form 

18–K takes approximately 8 hours to 

prepare and is filed by approximately 40 

respondents for a total annual reporting 

burden of 320 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. 

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