[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13726]


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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 15Ba2-1 and Form MSD, SEC File No. 270-88, OMB Control No. 
3235-0083

    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 15Ba2-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides 
that an application for registration with the Commission by a bank 
municipal securities dealer must be filed on Form MSD.
    The staff estimates that approximately 40 respondents will utilize 
this application procedure annually, with a total burden of 60 hours. 
The staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to 
comply with the requirements of Rule 15Ba2-1 is 1.5 hours. The average 
cost per hour is approximately $40. Therefore, the total cost of 
compliance for the respondents is $2,400.
    Providing the information on the application is mandatory in order 
to register with the Commission as a bank municipal securities dealer. 
The information contained in the application will not be 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.
    General comments regarding the estimated burden hours should be 
directed to the following persons: (i) 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; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, 
Associate Executive Director, Office of Information Technology, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20549. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: May 15, 1998.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13726 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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