[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20030-20031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10197]


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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, 450 Fifth 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549

Extension:
    [Rule 24 [17 CFR 250.24]; SEC File No. 270-129; OMB Control No. 
3235-0126]

    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 an extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 24 under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 
U.S.C. Section 79a et seq.) (``Act'') requires the filing with the 
Commission of certain information indicating that an authorized 
transaction has been carried out in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of the Commission order authorizing the transaction. The 
Commission needs the information under rule 24 to ensure that the terms 
and conditions of its orders are being complied with, and the 
Commission uses the information to ensure appropriate compliance with 
the Act. The respondents are comprised of two groups of entities: (a) 
Registered holding companies under the Act and their direct and 
indirect subsidiaries and affiliates; and (b) holding companies

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exempt from the provisions of the Act by rule or order from all 
provisions of the Act except section 9(a)(2). It is estimated that the 
total number of respondents is 134, and the average number of responses 
per respondent is 2.4 responses annually. The Commission estimates that 
the total annual reporting burden under rule 24 is 636 hours (e.g., 318 
filings  x  2 hours = 636 burden hours).
    These estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act and are not derived from a 
comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of 
SEC rules and forms. There is no requirement to keep the information in 
the forms confidential because it is public information.
    General comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (i) Desk officer for the Securities and 
Exchanger Commission Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, 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 OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 19, 1999.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10197 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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