Document ID: SEC-2015-1071-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2015-06-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37031-37032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15814]

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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 FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736.

Extension:
    Rules 17h-1T and 17h-2T.
    SEC File No. 270-359, OMB Control No. 3235-0410.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``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 Rules 
17h-1T and 17h-2T (17 CFR 240.17h-1T and 17 CFR 240.17h-2T), under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Rule 17h-1T requires a covered broker-dealer to maintain and 
preserve records and other information concerning certain entities that 
are associated with the broker-dealer. This requirement extends to the 
financial and securities activities of the holding company, affiliates 
and subsidiaries of the broker-dealer that are reasonably likely to 
have a material impact on the financial or operational condition of the 
broker-dealer. Rule 17h-2T requires a covered broker-dealer to file 
with the Commission quarterly reports and a cumulative year-end report 
concerning the information required to be maintained and preserved 
under Rule 17h-1T.
    The collection of information required by Rules 17h-1T and 17h-2T, 
collectively referred to as the ``risk assessment rules'', is necessary 
to enable the Commission to monitor the activities of a broker-dealer 
affiliate whose business activities are reasonably likely to have a 
material impact on the financial or operational condition of the 
broker-dealer. Without this information, the Commission would be unable 
to assess the potentially damaging impact of the affiliate's activities 
on the broker-dealer.
    There are currently 306 respondents that must comply with Rules 
17h-1T and 17h-2T. Each of these 306 respondents are estimated to 
require 10 hours per year to maintain the records required under Rule 
17h-1T, for an aggregate estimated annual burden of 3,060 hours (306 
respondents x 10 hours). In addition, each of these 306 respondents 
must make five annual responses under Rule 17h-2T. These five responses 
are estimated to require 14 hours per respondent per year for an 
aggregate estimated annual burden of 4,284 hours (306 respondents x 14 
hours).
    In addition, new respondents must draft an organizational chart 
required under Rule 17h-1T and establish a system for complying with 
the risk assessment rules. The staff estimates that drafting the 
required organizational chart requires one hour and establishing a 
system for complying with the risk assessment rules requires three 
hours. Based on the unchanged number of filers in recent years, the 
staff estimates there will be zero new respondents, and thus, a 
corresponding estimated burden of zero hours for new respondents. Thus, 
the total compliance burden per year is approximately 7,344 burden 
hours (3,060 hours + 4,284 hours).
    The retention period for the recordkeeping requirement under Rule 
17h-1T is not less than two years following the date the notice is 
submitted. There is no specific retention period or recordkeeping 
requirement for Rule 17h-2T. The collection of information is 
mandatory. All information obtained by the Commission pursuant to the 
provisions of Rules 17h-1T and 17h-2T from a broker or dealer 
concerning a material associated person is deemed confidential 
information for the purposes of section 24(b) of the Exchange Act.
    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) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon,

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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: June 23, 2015.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-15814 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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