Document ID: SEC-2007-0604-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Posted Date: 2007-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 81)]
[Notices]               
[Page 21057-21058]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549

Extension:
    Rule 15c3-1f, SEC File No. 270-440, OMB Control No. 3235-0496

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget a request for approval of extension on the following rule: 
17 CFR 240.15c3-1f (Appendix F to Rule 15c3-1 (``Appendix F'')).
    Appendix F requires a broker-dealer choosing to register, upon 
Commission approval, as an OTC derivatives dealer to develop and 
maintain an internal risk management system based on Value-at-Risk 
(``VaR'') models. Appendix F also requires the OTC derivatives dealer 
to notify Commission staff of the system and of certain other periodic 
information including when the VaR model deviates from the actual 
performance of the OTC derivatives dealer's portfolio. It is 
anticipated that five (5) broker-dealers will spend 1,000 hours per 
year complying with Rule 15c3-1f. The total burden is estimated to be 
approximately 5,000 hours.
    The records required to be kept pursuant to Appendix F and results 
of periodic reviews conducted pursuant to Rule 15c3-4 generally must be 
preserved under Rule 17a-4 of the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.17a-4) for a 
period of not less than three years, the first two years in an easily 
accessible place. The Commission will not generally publish or make 
available to any person notice or reports received pursuant to the 
Rule. The statutory basis for the Commission's refusal to disclose such 
information to the public is the exemption contained in Section (b)(4) 
of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, which essentially 
provides that the requirement of public dissemination does not apply to 
commercial or financial information which is privileged or 
confidential.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number.
    Comments should be directed to (1) 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 e-mail to: 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-
mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 
30 days of this notice.

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    Dated: April 23, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-8083 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]

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