Document ID: SEC-2018-0430-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2018-03-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11578-11579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05212]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

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Extension:
    Exchange Act Rules 13n-1-13n-12; Form SDR, SEC File No. 270-629, 
OMB Control No. 3235-0719

    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 Rules 13n-1 through 13n-12 
(17 CFR 240.13n-1 through 240.13n-12) and Form SDR (``Rules''), under 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(3) et seq.). The 
Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to 
the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and 
approval.
    Under the Rules, security-based swap data repositories (``SDRs'') 
are required to register with the Commission by filing a completed Form 
SDR (the filing of a completed Form SDR also constitutes an application 
for registration as a securities information processor (``SIP'')). SDRs 
are also required to abide by certain minimum standards set out in the 
Rules, including a requirement to update Form SDR, abide by certain 
duties and core principles, maintain data in accordance with the rules, 
keep systems in accordance with the Rules, keep records, provide 
reports to the Commission, maintain the privacy of security-based swaps 
(``SBSs'') data, make certain disclosures, and designate a Chief 
Compliance Officer. In addition, there are a number of collections of 
information contained in the Rules. The information collected pursuant 
to the Rules is necessary to carry out the mandates of the Dodd-Frank 
Act and help ensure an orderly and transparent market for SBSs.
    The Commission staff estimates that it will take an SDR 
approximately 481 hours to complete the initial Form SDR and any 
amendments thereto. This burden is composed of a one-time reporting 
burden that reflects the applicant's staff time (i.e. internal labor 
costs) to prepare and submit the Form to the Commission and includes 
the burden of responding to additional provisions incorporated from 
Form SIP and finally includes responding to the revised disclosure of 
business affiliations burden. Assuming a maximum of ten SDRs, the 
aggregate one-time estimated dollar cost to complete the initial Form 
SDR and any amendments thereto will be $793,840 ((Compliance Attorney 
at $334 per hour for 180 hours) + (Compliance Clerk at $64 per hour for 
301 hours) x (10 registrants)) and the aggregate ongoing cost per year 
will be $55,440 to comply with the rule.
    The Commission staff estimates that the average initial paperwork 
cost of filing a Form SDR to withdraw from registration will be 12 
hours per SDR with an estimated dollar cost of $4,008 to comply with 
the rule. The Commission estimates that an SDR will assign these 
responsibilities to a Compliance Attorney, calculated as follows: 
(Compliance Attorney at $334 per hour for 12 hours) x (1 SDR 
withdrawing) = $4,008.
    In addition, the Commission staff estimates that the average 
initial paperwork cost for each non-resident SDR to comply with Rule 
13n-1(f) will be 1 hour and $900 per SDR. Assuming a maximum of three 
non-resident SDRs, the aggregate one-time estimated dollar cost to 
comply with the rule will be $3,840, calculated as follows: ($900 for 
outside legal services + (Attorney at $380 per for 1 hour)) x (3 non-
resident registrants). Finally, the Commission believes that the costs 
of filing Form SDR in a tagged data format beyond the costs of 
collecting the required information will be minimal.
    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 
estimates 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.
    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: Pamela Dyson, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an email 
to: [email protected].

    Dated: March 9, 2018.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-05212 Filed 3-14-18; 8:45 am]
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