1236 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 4 / Monday, January 7, 2008 / Notices 

1These matters are higher margin levels, fraud or 

manipulation, recordkeeping, reporting, listing 

standards, or decimal pricing for security futures 

products; sales practices for security futures 

products for persons who effect transactions in 

security futures products; or rules effectuating the 

obligation of Security Futures Product Exchanges 

and Limited Purpose National Securities 

Associations to enforce the securities laws. See 15 

U.S.C. 78s(b)(7)(A). 

Postal Service analysts will describe the 

model refinements that they have made, 

the reasons that they made them, and 

respond to questions from the 

Commission’s technical staff and the 

public designed to clarify the nature of, 

and the reasons for, the Postal Service’s 

changes to the model. 

To allow further clarification once 

interested persons have the benefit of 

the Postal Service’s explanations, a 

second conference is scheduled for 

January 23, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the 

Commission’s hearing room. At this 

second conference, interested persons 

may seek additional information from 

Postal Service analysts, and explore the 

reasons for the methodologies and data 

employed by the Postal Service. At this 

conference, interested persons may also, 

if they wish, offer potential additional 

improvements or alternatives for 

discussion prior to submitting written 

comments on the Postal Service’s filing. 

Steven W. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–36 Filed 1–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; 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 19b–7 and Form 19b–7; OMB Control 

No. 3235–0553; SEC File No. 270–495. 

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 19b–7 (17 CFR 240.19b–7) and 

Form 19b–7—Filings with respect to 

proposed rule changes submitted 

pursuant to section 19(b)(7) of the Act. 

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 

provides a framework for self-regulation 

under which various entities involved 

in the securities business, including 

national securities exchanges and 

national securities associations 

(collectively, self-regulatory 

organizations or ‘‘SROs’’), have primary 

responsibility for regulating their 

members or participants. The role of the 

Commission in this framework is 

primarily one of oversight: the Exchange 

Act charges the Commission with 

supervising the SROs and assuring that 

each complies with and advances the 

policies of the Exchange Act. 

The Exchange Act was amended by 

the Commodity Futures Modernization 

Act of 2000 (‘‘CFMA’’). Prior to the 

CFMA, federal law did not allow the 

trading of futures on individual stocks 

or on narrow-based stock indexes 

(collectively, ‘‘security futures 

products’’). The CFMA removed this 

restriction and provides that trading in 

security futures products would be 

regulated jointly by the Commission and 

the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (‘‘CFTC’’). 

The Exchange Act requires all SROs 

to submit to the SEC any proposals to 

amend, add, or delete any of their rules. 

Certain entities (Security Futures 

Product Exchanges) would be national 

securities exchanges only because they 

trade security futures products. 

Similarly, certain entities (Limited 

Purpose National Securities 

Associations) would be national 

securities associations only because 

their members trade security futures 

products. The Exchange Act, as 

amended by the CFMA, established a 

procedure for Security Futures Product 

Exchanges and Limited Purpose 

National Securities Associations to 

provide notice of proposed rule changes 

relating to certain matters.1 Rule 19b–7 

and Form 19b–7 implemented this 

procedure. 

The collection of information is 

designed to provide the Commission 

with the information necessary to 

determine, as required by the Act, 

whether the proposed rule change is 

consistent with the Act and the rules 

thereunder. The information is used to 

determine if the proposed rule change 

should remain in affect or abrogated. 

The respondents to the collection of 

information are SROs. 

Five respondents file an average total 

of 12, which corresponds to an 

estimated annual response burden of 

207 hours. At an average cost per 

response of $4,607.25, the resultant total 

related cost of compliance for these 

respondents is $55,287 per year (12 

responses × $4,607.25/response = 

$55,287). 

Compliance with Rule 19b–7 is 

mandatory. Information received in 

response to Rule 19b–7 shall not be kept 

confidential; the information collected 

is public information. 

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 shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimates 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: 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. 

Dated: December 27, 2007. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–2 Filed 1–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed 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 10f–3; SEC File No. 270–237; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0226. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collections of information 

discussed below. The Commission plans 

to submit this existing collection of 

information to the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for 

extension and approval. 


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