Document ID: SEC-2016-1208-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2016-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45339-45340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16494]

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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.

Extension:
    Rule 15Ba2-1 and Form MSD; SEC File No. 270-0088, OMB Control 
No. 3235-0083.

    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 15Ba2-1 (17 CFR 
240.15Ba2-1) and Form MSD (17 CFR 249.1100), under the Securities and 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange Act''). The 
Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to 
the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and 
approval.
    Rule 15Ba2-1 provides that an application for registration with the 
Commission by a bank municipal securities dealer must be filed on Form 
MSD. The Commission uses the information obtained from Form MSD filings 
to determine whether bank municipal securities dealers meet the 
standards for registration set forth in the Act, to maintain a central 
registry where members of the public may obtain information about 
particular bank municipal securities dealers, and to develop risk 
assessment information about bank municipal securities dealers.
    Based upon past submissions, the staff estimates that approximately 
21 respondents will utilize this application procedure annually. The 
staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to comply 
with the requirements of Rule 15Ba2-1 and Form MSD is 1.5 hours per 
respondent, for a total burden of approximately 31.5 hours per year. 
The staff estimates that the average internal compliance cost per hour 
is approximately $343. Therefore, the estimated total annual cost of 
compliance for the respondents is approximately $10,805.
    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 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

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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: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: July 6, 2016.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-16494 Filed 7-12-16; 8:45 am]
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