Document ID: SEC-2019-0715-0003
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2022-06-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34736-34737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12158]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-447, OMB Control No. 3235-0504]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 19b-4(e) 
and Form 19b-4(e)

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736.

    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'') is soliciting comments on the 
existing collection of information provided for in Rule 19b-4(e) (17 
CFR 240.19b-4(e)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78a et seq.) (the ``Act''). The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    Rule 19b-4(e) permits a self-regulatory organization (``SRO'') to 
list and trade a new derivative securities product without submitting a 
proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 
78s(b)), so long as such product meets the criteria of Rule 19b-4(e) 
under the Act. However, in order for the Commission to maintain an 
accurate record of all new derivative securities products traded on the 
SROs, Rule 19b-4(e) requires an SRO to file a summary form, Form 19b-
4(e), to notify the Commission when the SRO begins trading a new 
derivative securities product that is not required to be submitted as a 
proposed rule change to the Commission. Form 19b-4(e) should be 
submitted within five business days after an SRO begins trading a new 
derivative securities product that is not required to be submitted as a 
proposed rule change. In addition, Rule 19b-4(e) requires an SRO to 
maintain, on-site, a copy of Form 19b-4(e) for a prescribed period of 
time.
    This collection of information is designed to allow the Commission 
to maintain an accurate record of all new derivative securities 
products traded on the SROs that are not deemed to be proposed rule 
changes and to determine whether an SRO has properly availed itself of 
the permission granted by Rule 19b-4(e). The Commission reviews SRO 
compliance with Rule 19b-4(e) through its routine inspections of the 
SROs.
    The respondents to the collection of information are SROs (as 
defined by the Act), all of which are national securities

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exchanges. As of April 8, 2022 there were 24 entities registered as 
national securities exchanges with the Commission. The Commission 
receives an average total of 2,331 responses per year, which 
corresponds to an estimated annual hour burden of approximately 2,331 
hours (2,331 responses x 1 hour per response). At an average hourly 
cost of $72, the aggregate related internal cost of compliance for Rule 
19b-4(e) is approximately $167,832 per year (2,331 burden hours 
multiplied by $72/hour).
    Compliance with Rule 19b-4(e) is mandatory. Information received in 
response to Rule 19b-4(e) 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 
estimate of the burden of 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 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 by August 8, 2022.
    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.
    Please direct your written comments to: David Bottom, Acting 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 or send an 
email to: [email protected].

    Dated: June 1, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-12158 Filed 6-6-22; 8:45 am]
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