[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3944]



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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:
    Rule 3 and Form U-3A3-1, SEC File No.270-77, OMB Control No. 3235-
0160.

    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 U-3A3-1, [17 CFR 259.403] under the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 79, et seq., is an 
application for exemption from regulation, under Rule 3 of the Act, 
filed annually by banks that are incidentally public utility holding 
companies by virtue of holding utility securities in their capacity as 
a bank.
    Rule 3 requires the information collection prescribed by Form U-
3A3-1. The Commission estimates that the total annual reporting and 
record keeping burden of collections for Form U-3A3-1 is 10 hours (5 
responses x 2 hours = 10 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 
currently 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. 04-3944 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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