Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 164 / Wednesday, August 25, 2010 / Notices 52379 

1The average cost per hour is $258. Therefore the 

total cost of compliance for the respondents is 

$731,430. 1 17 CFR 242.602(a). 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

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 17a–3(a)(16); SEC File No. 270–452; 

OMB Control No. 3235–0508. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Sec. 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 17a–3(a)(16) (17 CFR Sec. 

240.17a–3(a)(16)) under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’) (15 

U.S.C. 78q et seq.) identifies the records 

required to be made by broker-dealers 

that operate internal broker-dealer 

systems. Those records are to be used in 

monitoring compliance with the 

Commission’s financial responsibility 

program and antifraud and 

antimanipulative rules, as well as other 

rules and regulations of the Commission 

and the self-regulatory organizations. It 

is estimated that approximately 105 

active broker-dealer respondents 

registered with the Commission incur 

an average burden of 2,835 hours per 

year (105 respondents multiplied by 27 

burden hours per respondent equals 

2,835 total burden hours) to comply 

with this rule.1

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 60 days of this 

publication. 

Comments should be directed to: 

Charles Boucher, 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: August 17, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21033 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request; Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Regulation A; OMB Control No. 3235– 

0286; SEC File No. 270–110 (Forms 1–A 

and 2–A). 

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. 

Regulation A (17 CFR 230.251 

through 230.263) provides an exemption 

from registration under the Securities 

Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) for 

certain limited offerings of securities by 

issuers who do not otherwise file 

reports with the Commission. Form 

1–A is an offering statement filed under 

Regulation A. Form 2–A is used to 

report sales and use of proceeds in 

Regulation A offerings. All information 

is provided to the public for review. The 

information required is filed on 

occasion and is mandatory. We estimate 

approximately 100 issuers file Forms 

1–A and 2–A annually. We estimate that 

Form 1–A takes approximately 608 

hours to prepare, Form 2–A takes 

approximately 12 hours to prepare, and 

Regulation A takes one administrative 

hour to review for a total of 621 hours 

per response. We estimate that 75% of 

621 hours per response (465.75 hours) is 

prepared by the company for a total 

annual burden of 46,575 hours (465.75 

× 100 responses). 

An agency may 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 regarding the 

above information should be directed to 

the following persons: (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 send an 

e-mail to: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Charles Boucher, Director/CIO 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 to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: August 18, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21034 Filed 8–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–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 20549–2013. 

Revision: 

Rule 602; SEC File No. 270–404; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0461. 

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 existing collection of information 

provided for in Rule 602 of Regulation 

NMS (17 CFR 240.602), under the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.). The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for revision 

and approval. 

Rule 602 of Regulation NMS, 

Dissemination of Quotations in NMS 

securities, contains two related 

collections. The first collection of 

information is found in Rule 602(a).1

This reporting requirement obligates 

each national securities exchange and 


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