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###### Securities and Exchange Commission

          - [SEC File No. 270-028, OMB Control No. 3235-0032]

*Upon Written Request, Copies Available From:*                     Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2736                

                    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (“PRA”) (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 approval of extension of the previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 17f-1(b) (17 CFR 240.17f-1(b)), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a*et seq.*).                

Under Rule 17f-1(b) under the Exchange Act, approximately 9,500 entities in the securities industry are registered in the Lost and Stolen Securities Program (“Program”). Registration fulfills a statutory requirement that entities report and inquire about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen securities. Registration also allows entities in the securities industry to gain access to a confidential database that stores information for the Program.

The Commission staff estimates that 4 new entities will register in the Program each year. The staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to comply with Rule 17f-1(b) is one-half hour. Accordingly, the staff estimates that the total annual burden for all participants is 2 hours (4 × one-half hour). The Commission staff estimates that compliance staff work at subject entities results in an internal cost of compliance, at an estimated hourly wage of $344, of $172 per year per entity (.5 hours × $344 per hour = $172 per year). Therefore, the aggregate annual internal cost of compliance is approximately $688 ($172 × 4= $688).

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

                    The 30-day public comment period for this information collection request                           ( print page 95301)                        opens on December 3, 2024 and ends on January 2, 2025. View the full information request and submit comments at                     *https://www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAViewICR?​ref_​nbr=​202409-3235-016*                     or email comments to                     *MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@omb.eop.gov.*

Dated: November 25, 2024.

Vanessa A. Countryman,

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024-28124 Filed 11-29-24; 8:45 am]

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