[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3942]


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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 
20549-0004.
Extension:
    Rules 1(a) and 1(b) and Forms U5A and U5B, SEC File No.270-168, OMB 
Control No. 3235-0170.

    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 matters relating to 
the previously approved collections of information discussed below.
    Form U5A, [17 CFR 259.5a] under the Public Utility Holding Company 
Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 79, et seq., is a 
registration notification required to be filed under Rule 1(a) of the 
Act by any person proposing to become a registered holding company to 
notify the Commission of that fact. Form U5B [17 CFR 259.5b] under the 
Act is a registration statement required to be filed under Rule 1(b) by 
every registered holding company within 90 days of registration.
    Rules 1(a) and (b) require the information collection prescribed by 
Forms U5A and U5B. The Commission estimates that the total annual 
reporting and recordkeeping burden of collections for Forms U5A and U5B 
is 320 hours (4 combined response x 80 hours = 320 hours).
    The estimate of average burden hours are made for purposes of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act and are not derived from a comprehensive or 
representative survey or study of the costs of complying with the 
requirements of Commission rules and forms.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a current 
valid control number.
    Please direct general comments regarding the above information 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) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: February 13, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-3942 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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