Document ID: SEC-2014-0488-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16838-16839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06601]

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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:
    Rule 15b6-1 and Form BDW, SEC File No. 270-17, OMB Control No. 
3235-0018.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995

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(``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 
15b6-1 (17 CFR 240.15b6-1), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Registered broker-dealers use Form BDW (17 CFR 249.501a) to 
withdraw from registration with the Commission, the self-regulatory 
organizations, and the states. On average, the Commission estimates 
that it would take a broker-dealer approximately one hour to complete 
and file a Form BDW to withdraw from Commission registration as 
required by Rule 15b6-1. The Commission estimates that approximately 
488 broker-dealers withdraw from Commission registration annually \1\ 
and, therefore, file a Form BDW via the Internet with the Central 
Registration Depository, a computer system operated by the Financial 
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. that maintains information 
regarding registered broker-dealers and their registered personnel. The 
488 broker-dealers that withdraw from registration by filing Form BDW 
would incur an aggregate annual reporting burden of approximately 488 
hours.\2\
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    \1\ This estimate is based on Form BDW data collected over the 
past three years for fully registered broker-dealers. In fiscal year 
(from 10/1 through 9/30) 2011, 524 broker-dealers withdrew from 
registration. In fiscal year 2012, 428 broker-dealers withdrew from 
registration. In fiscal year 2013, 513 broker-dealers withdrew from 
registration. (524 + 428 + 513)/3 = 488.
    \2\ (488 x 1 hour) = 488 hours.
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    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 public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. 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 email to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief Information 
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 
F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: March 20, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06601 Filed 3-25-14; 8:45 am]
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