[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52978-52979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25922]


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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, 
D.C. 20549
Existing Collection of Information:
    Rule 10a-1, SEC File No. 270-413, OMB Control No. 3235-new

    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 a collection currently in use on 
the following rule.
    Rule 10a-1 (17 CFR 240.10a-1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (``Exchange Act'') is intended to limit short selling of a 
security in a declining market, by requiring, in effect, that each 
successive lower price be established by a long seller. The price at 
which short sales may be effected is established by reference to the 
last sale price reported in the consolidated system or on a

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particular marketplace. Rule 10a-1 requires each broker or dealer that 
effects any sell order for a security registered on, or admitted to 
unlisted trading privileges, on a national securities exchange to mark 
the relevant order ticket either ``long'' or ``short.''
    There are approximately 1,500 brokers and dealers registered with 
the national securities exchanges. The Commission has considered each 
of these respondents for the purposes of calculating the reporting 
burden under Rule 10a-1. Each of these approximately 1,500 registered 
broker-dealers effects sell orders for securities registered on, or 
admitted to unlisted trading privileges, on a national securities 
exchange. In addition, each respondent makes an estimated 55,663 annual 
responses, for an aggregate total of 83,493,861 responses per year. 
Each response takes approximately .000143 hours to complete. Thus, the 
total compliance burden per year is 11,902 burden hours.
    General comments regarding the estimated burden hours should be 
directed to the Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange Commission 
at the address below. Any comments concerning the accuracy of the 
estimated average burden hours for compliance with Commission rules and 
forms should be directed to Michael E. Bartell, Associate Executive 
Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 450 5th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549 and Desk Officer 
for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 3208, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: October 3, 1996.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25922 Filed 10-8-96; 8:45 am]
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