[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26708]


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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:
    Form U-7D, SEC File No. 270-75, OMB Control No. 3235-0165.

    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 
request for extension of the previously approved collections of 
information discussed below.
    Form U-7D is used to file the certificate required by rule 7(D)(5) 
(17 CFR 250.7), under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 
(``Act'') 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq., to establish the exempt status of 
financing entities which own assets leased to electric or gas utility 
companies for the use in the lessee's utility business. Unless it 
claims the exemption authorized by those sections and provides 
sufficient information to meet the statutory tests for the exemption, 
such financing company would meet the statutory definition of electric 
or gas utility company, under section 2(a)(3) (``electric'') or section 
2(a)(4) (``gas'') of the Act, and such financing company would 
consequently be subject to regulation under the Act. Without the 
information provided on Form U-7D, the Commission would not have 
adequate access to the data used to establish that the filing company 
meets the requirements for exemption.
    Respondents to the request for information in Form U-7D are 
registered public utility holding companies and their financing 
subsidiaries. Respondents must file a Form U-7D in order to receive 
exempt status. We estimate the average time to prepare the information 
required by Form U-7D at 3 hours per response based on our informal 
questioning selected respondents. Since there are approximately 8 
respondents who file each year, the total annual respondent reporting 
burden is 24 hours at $115 per hour. There is no possibility of 
unwarranted disclosure because these are public documents and there are 
no questions of a sensitive nature.
    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) Kenneth A. Fogash, Acting 
Associate Executive Director/CIO, 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: October 13, 2003.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-26708 Filed 10-22-03; 8:45 am]
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