[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 20030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10196]


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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 17a-3 [17 CFR 240.17a-3], SEC File No. 270-026, OMB Control 
No. 3235-0033

    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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 17a-3 [17 CFR 240.17a-3] under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 requires records to be made by certain exchange members, brokers, 
and dealers, to be used in monitoring compliance with the Commission's 
financial responsibility program and antifraud and antimanipulation 
rules as well as other rules and regulations of the Commission and the 
self-regulatory organizations. It is estimated that approximately 7,900 
active broker-dealer respondents registered with the Commission incur 
an aggregate burden of 1,967,412 hours per year to comply with this 
rule.\1\
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    \1\ The Commission has increased its estimated number of active 
broker-dealers to 7,900 from the 7,769 that was included in the 60-
day notice for the extension request. 64 FR 7915 (Feb. 17, 1999). In 
addition, the number of burden hours listed above reflects an 
adjustment for the increase in broker-dealers and an additional 312 
hours required for OTC derivative dealers as discussed in Exchange 
Act Rel. No. 39455 (Dec. 17, 1997), which was inadvertently omitted 
from the 1,934,481 hours included in the 60-day notice for the 
extension request.
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    Rule 17a-3 does not contain record retention requirements. 
Compliance with the rule is mandatory. The required records are 
available only to the examination staff of the Commission and the self-
regulatory organization of which the broker-dealer is a member. 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.
    Written comments regarding the above information 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 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate 
Executive Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549. 
Comments must be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 19, 1999.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10196 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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