Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 12, 2010 / Notices 62613 

(‘‘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 15b11–1 (17 CFR 240.15b11–1) 

requires that futures commission 

merchants and introducing brokers 

registered with the Commidity Futures 

Trading Commission that conduct a 

business in security futures products 

must notice-register as broker-dealers 

pursuant to Section 15(b)(11)(A) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.). Form BD–N (17 CFR 

249.501b) is the Form by which these 

entities must notice register with the 

Commission. 

The total annual burden imposed by 

Rule 15b11–1 and Form BD–N is 

approximately 8 hours, based on 

approximately 21 responses (10 initial 

filings + 11 amendments). Each initial 

filing requires approximately 30 

minutes to complete and each 

amendment requires approximately 15 

minutes to complete. There is no annual 

cost burden. 

The Commission will use the 

information collected pursuant to Rule 

15b11–1 to understand the market for 

securities futures product and fulfill its 

regulatory obligations. 

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 has 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 

Jeffrey Heslop, Acting Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/c Remi PavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25501 Filed 10–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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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: 

Form 144; OMB Control No. 3235–0101; 

SEC File No. 270–112. 

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 Budget for extension and 

approval. 

Form 144 (17 CFR 239.144) is used to 

report the sale of securities during any 

three-month period that exceeds 5,000 

shares or other units or has an aggregate 

sales price that does not exceed $50,000. 

Under Sections 2(11), 4(1), 4(2), 4(4) and 

19(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 

U.S.C. 77b, 77d(1)(2)(4) and 77s(a)) and 

Rule 144 (17 CFR 230.144) there under, 

the Commission is authorize to solicit 

the information required to be supplied 

by Form 144. Form 144 takes 

approximately 1 burden hour per 

response and is filed by 23,361 

respondents for a total of 23,361 total 

burden hours. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether this proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden imposed by the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collections 

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. 

Please direct your written comments 

to Jeffrey Heslop, Acting Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Remi Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312, 

or send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25499 Filed 10–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Act Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on October 13, 2010 at 10 a.m., in the 

Auditorium, Room L–002. 

The subject matter of the Open 

Meeting will be: 

1. The Commission will consider 

whether to adopt an interim final 

temporary rule under Section 766 of the 

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 

111–203, to provide for the reporting of 

certain security-based swap transactions 

and including an interpretive note 

regarding retention and recordkeeping 

requirements for certain security-based 

swap transactions. 

2. The Commission will consider 

whether to propose Regulation MC 

pursuant to Section 765 of the DoddFrank Act to mitigate conflicts of 

interest at security-based swap clearing 

agencies, security-based swap execution 

facilities, and national security 

exchanges that post or make available 

for trading security-based swaps. 

3. The Commission will consider 

whether to propose rules that would 

implement Section 945 of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act, which requires an issuer 

of asset-backed securities (ABS) to 

perform a review of the assets 

underlying the ABS and disclose 

information relating to the review. The 

Commission will also consider whether 

to propose rules that would implement 

Section 15E(s)(4)(A) of the Exchange Act 

as added by Section 932 of the Act, 

which requires an ABS issuer or 

underwriter to make publicly available 

the findings and conclusions of any 

third-party due diligence report. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have been 

added, deleted or postponed, please 

contact: The Office of the Secretary at 

(202) 551–5400. 


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