49224 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 20, 2008 / Notices 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

May 22, 1995), the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget a request for extension of 

three previously-approved information 

collection forms for which approval will 

soon expire. The Establishment 

Information Form, the Wage Data 

Collection Form, and the Wage Data 

Collection Continuation Form are wage 

survey forms developed by OPM for use 

by the Department of Defense (DOD) to 

establish prevailing wage rates for 

Federal Wage System employees. 

DOD contacts approximately 21,200 

businesses annually to determine the 

level of wages paid by private enterprise 

establishments for representative jobs 

common to both private industry and 

the Federal Government. Each survey 

collection requires 1–4 hours of 

respondent burden, resulting in a total 

yearly burden of approximately 75,800 

hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Margaret A. Miller on (202) 606–2699, 

fax (202) 418–3251, or e-mail 

mamiller@opm.gov. Please include a 

mailing address with your request. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to: 

• Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy 

Associate Director for Performance and 

Pay Systems, Strategic Human 

Resources Policy Division, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 

1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20415–8200; e-mail pay-performancepolicy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606–

4264. 

• Brenda Aguilar, OPM Desk Officer, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606–2838; fax 

(202) 606–4264; or e-mail payperformance-policy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OPM 

published notice of its intention to 

request an extension of the information 

collection wage survey forms in the 

Federal Register on May 2, 2008 (73 FR 

24322). OPM received no comments. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Howard Weizmann, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–19193 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies 

Available From: U.S. Securities and 

Exchange Commission, Office of 

Investor Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Rule 15b6–1 and Form BDW, OMB Control 

No. 3235–0018, SEC File No. 270–17. 

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 a 

request to revise the collection of 

information discussed below. The Code 

of Federal Regulations citation to this 

collection of information is the 

following rule: 17 CFR 240.15b6–1. 

Broker-dealers use Form BDW (17 

CFR 249.501a) to withdraw from 

registration with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organizations, and the 

states. It is estimated that approximately 

737 broker-dealers withdraw from 

registration annually and, therefore, file 

a Form BDW via the internet with Web 

CRD, a computer system operated by the 

Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc. that maintains 

information regarding registered brokerdealers and their registered personnel. 

However, the Commission estimates 

that approximately 127 of these 737 

withdrawing broker-dealers would 

employ third-party filers to file Form 

BDW. The broker-dealers that employ 

third-parties would not incur an hour 

burden and, therefore, do not incur a 

reporting burden. As discussed below, 

however, these broker-dealers would 

incur a cost burden with respect to 

Form BDW. Therefore, the 610 brokerdealers that withdraw from registration 

by filing Form BDW themselves, would 

incur an aggregate annual reporting 

burden of 152.5 hours (610 × 0.25 

hours). 

Broker-dealers that employ thirdparties to file Form BDW would not 

incur a reporting burden, but would 

incur a cost burden in filing Form BDW. 

The Commission estimates that 127 

broker-dealers would employ thirdparties to file Form BDW. These brokerdealers would be billed by third-party 

filers at an estimated average 

compensation rate of $44.00 per hour. 

Therefore, the total annual cost burden 

to broker-dealers that employ thirdparty filers to file Form BDW would be 

approximately $1,397 (i.e., 127 × 0.25 

hours × $44 per hour) or $11 per 

withdrawing broker-dealer. 

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. Rule 15b6–1 does not 

have a retention of records requirement. 

Comments should be directed to (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 by 

sending an e-mail to: 

Alexander_T._Hunt@omb.eop.gov; and 

(ii) Lewis W. Walker, Acting CIO/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 

Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-mail 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: August 13, 2008, 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–19230 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: Rule 15c2–5, OMB Control No. 

3235–0198, SEC File No. 270–195. 

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 a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. The Code of Federal 

Regulations citation to this collection of 

information is the following: 17 CFR 

240.15c2–5. 

Rule 15c2–5 prohibits a broker-dealer 

from arranging or extending certain 

loans to persons in connection with the 

offer or sale of securities unless, before 

any element of the transaction is entered 

into, the broker-dealer: (1) Delivers to 

the person a written statement 

containing the exact nature and extent 

of the person’s obligations under the 

loan arrangement; the risks and 

disadvantages of the loan arrangement; 

and all commissions, discounts, and 

other remuneration received and to be 


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