Document ID: SEC-2014-1925-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-11-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68729-68730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27190]

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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:

    Rule 13h-1 and Form 13H, SEC File No. 270-614, OMB Control No. 
3235-0682.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ``PRA''), the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of 
extension of the existing collection of information provided for in 
Rule 13h-1 (17 CFR 240.13h-1) and Form 13H--registration of large 
traders \1\ submitted pursuant to Section 13(h) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange Act'').
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    \1\ Rule 13h-1(a)(1) defines ``large trader'' as any person that 
directly or indirectly, including through other persons controlled 
by such person, exercises investment discretion over one or more 
accounts and effects transactions for the purchase or sale of any 
NMS security for or on behalf of such accounts, by or through one or 
more registered broker-dealers, in an aggregate amount equal to or 
greater than the identifying activity level or voluntarily registers 
as a large trader by filing electronically with the Commission Form 
13H.
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    Rule 13h-1 and Form 13H under Section 13(h) of the Exchange Act 
established a large trader reporting framework.\2\ The framework 
assists the Commission in identifying and obtaining certain baseline 
information about traders that conduct a substantial amount of 
trading activity, as measured by volume or market value, in the U.S. 
securities markets.
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    \2\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 64976 (July 27, 
2011), 76 FR 46959 (August 3, 2011).
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    The identification, recordkeeping, and reporting framework 
provides the Commission with a mechanism to identify large traders 
and their affiliates, accounts, and transactions. Specifically, the 
rule requires large traders to identify themselves to the Commission 
and make certain disclosures to the Commission on Form 13H. Upon 
receipt of Form 13H, the Commission issues a unique identification 
number to the large trader, which the large trader then provides to 
its registered broker-dealers. Certain registered broker-dealers are 
required to maintain transaction records for each large trader, and 
are required to report that information to the Commission upon 
request.\3\ In addition, certain registered broker-dealers are 
required to adopt procedures to monitor their customers for activity 
that would trigger the identification requirements of the rule.
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    \3\ The Commission, pursuant to Rule 17a-25 (17 CFR 240.17a-25), 
currently collects transaction data from registered broker-dealers 
through the Electronic Blue Sheets (``EBS'') system to support its 
regulatory and enforcement activities. The large trader framework 
added two new fields, the time of the trade and the identity of the 
trader, to the EBS system.
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    The respondents to the collection of information are large 
traders. Each new large trader respondent files one response, which 
takes approximately 20 hours to complete. The average internal cost 
of compliance per response is $5,177, calculated as follows: (3 
hours of compliance manager time at $283 per hour) + (7 hours of 
legal time at $334 per hour) + (10 hours of paralegal time at $199 
per hour) = $5,177. Additionally, on average, each large trader 
respondent (including new respondents) files 2 responses per year, 
which take approximately 6 hours to complete. The average internal 
cost of compliance per response is $1,632, calculated as follows: (2 
hours of compliance manager time at $283 per hour) + (2 hours of 
legal time at $334 per hour) + (2 hours of paralegal time at $199 
per hour) = $1,632.
    Each registered broker-dealer's monitoring requirement takes 
approximately 15 hours per year. The average internal cost of 
compliance is $5,010, calculated as follows: 15 hours of legal time 
at $334 per hour = $5,010. The Commission estimates that it may send 
100 requests specifically seeking large trader data per year to each 
registered broker-dealer subject to the rule, and it would take each 
registered broker-dealer 2 hours to comply with each request 
Accordingly, the annual reporting hour burden for a broker-dealer is 
estimated to be 200 burden hours (100 requests x 2 burden hours/
request = 200 burden hours). The average internal cost of compliance 
per response is $398, calculated as follows: 2 hours of paralegal 
time at $199 per hour = $398.
    Compliance with Rule 13h-1 is mandatory. The information 
collection under proposed Rule 13h-1 is considered confidential 
subject to the limited exceptions provided by the Freedom of 
Information Act.\4\
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    \4\ See 5 U.S.C. 552 and 15 U.S.C. 78m(h)(7).
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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

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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, Acting 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: November 12, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27190 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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