[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16961-16962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7596]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release 34-44089; File No. 600-22]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; MBS Clearing Corporation; Notice 
of Filing and Order Approving a Request for an Extension of Temporary 
Registration as a Clearing Agency

March 21, 2001.
    Notice is hereby given that on February 23, 2001, MBS Clearing 
Corporation (``MBSCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') an application pursuant to Section 19(a) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ requesting that the 
Commission grant MBSCC full registration as a clearing agency or in the 
alternative extend MBSCC's temporary registration as a clearing agency 
until such time as the Commission is able to grant MBSCC permanent 
registration.\2\ The Commission is publishing this notice and order to 
solicit comments from interested persons and to extend MBSCC's 
temporary registration as a clearing agency through September 30, 2001.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(a).
    \2\ Letter from Anthony Davidson, Managing Director and General 
Counsel, MBSCC (February 20, 2001).
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    On February 2, 1987, pursuant to Sections 17A(b) and 19(a) of the 
Act \3\ and Rule 17Ab2-1 promulgated thereunder,\4\ the Commission 
granted MBSCC registration as a clearing agency on a temporary basis 
for a period of eighteen months.\5\ The Commission subsequently has 
extended MBSCC's registration through March 31, 2001.\6\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b) and 78s(a).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.17Ab2-1.
    \5\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 24046. (February 2, 
1987), 52 FR 4218.
    \6\ Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 25957 (August 2, 1988), 
53 FR 29537; 27079 (July 31, 1989), 54 FR 34212; 28492 (September 
28, 1990), 55 FR 41148; 29751 (September 27, 1991), 56 FR 50602; 
31750 (January 21, 1993), 58 FR 6424; 33348 (December 15, 1993), 58 
FR 68183; 35132 (December 21, 1994), 59 FR 67743; 37372 (June 26, 
1996), 61 FR 35281; 38784 (June 27, 1997), 62 FR 36587; 39776 (March 
20, 1998), 63 FR 14740; 41211 (March 24, 1999), 64 FR 15854; and 
42568 (March 23, 2000), 65 FR 16980.
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    In the most recent extension of MBSCC's temporary registration, the 
Commission stated that it planned in the near future to seek comment on 
granting MBSCC permanent registration as a clearing agency. The 
extension of MBSCC's temporary registration will enable the Commission 
to do so within the next few months.
    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and

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arguments will be considered by the Commission in granting registration 
or instituting proceedings to determine whether registration should in 
accordance with Section 19(a)(1) of the Act.\7\ Persons making written 
submissions should file six copies thereof with the Secretary, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20549. Copies of the amended application for registration and all 
written comments will be available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Reference Room, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. 
All submissions should refer to File No. 600-22 and should be submitted 
by April 18, 2001.
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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(a)(1).
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    It is therefore ordered that MBSCC's temporary registration as a 
clearing agency (File No. 600-22) be and hereby is extended through 
September 30, 2001.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
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    \8\ 17 CFR 200.30-3 (a)(16).
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Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7596 Filed 3-27-01; 8:45 am]
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