[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1072]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, 
DC 20549.
Extension:
     Rule 57(a); SEC File No. 270-376; OMB Control No. 3235-0428.
    Form U-57; SEC File No. 270-376; OMB Control No. 3235-0428.

    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'') is soliciting comments on the collections of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit these 
existing collections of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    Under rule 57(a) a Form U-57 must be used by a person filing under 
sections 33(a)(3)(B) and 33(c)(1) of the Act. The 101 annual responses 
together incur about 405 burden hours to comply with these 
requirements. The Commission estimates that the total annual reporting 
and recordkeeping burden is 405 (101 annual responses x 10 hours = 1010 
burden hours). This represents the same estimated hours annually in the 
paperwork burden from the prior estimate. The Commission needs the 
information required by Rule 57(a) in order for the Commission to be 
informed of when a registered holding company becomes a foreign utility 
company or when it acquires a foreign utility company. The Commission 
uses this information to determine the existence of detriment to the 
interests the Act was designed to protect. Compliance with the 
requirements to provide the information is mandatory. The information 
will not be kept confidential.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The estimate is not derived 
from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the 
costs of Commission rules and forms.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will 
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to Kenneth A. Fogash, Acting 
Associate Executive Director/CIO, Office of Information Technology, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20549.

    Dated: January 7, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-1072 Filed 1-16-04; 8:45 am]
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