[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4058]


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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, 450 
Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.
    Extension: Rule 83; SEC File No. 270-82; OMB Control No. 3235-0181.
    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 a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 83, Exemption in the Case of Transactions with Foreign 
Associates, sauthorizes an exemption from the ``at cost'' standard of 
section 13(b) of the Public Utility Holding Company act of 1935 (the 
``Act'') for services provided to associated foreign utility companies.
    Rule 83 requires a registered holding company system that wishes to 
avail itself of this exemption from section 13(b) of the Act to submit 
an application, in the form of a declaration, to the Commission. The 
Commission will grant the application if, by reason of the lack of any 
major interest of holders of securities offered in the United States in 
servicing arrangements affecting such serviced subsidiaries, such an 
application for exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public 
interest or for the protection of investors.
    Rule 83 does not create a record-keeping burden or retention burden 
on respondents. The rule does, however, contain reporting and filing 
requirements. The filing requirement of rule 83 is necessary to obtain 
a benefit. Responses are not kept confidential. Rule 83 does not impose 
a cost burden. The Commission has not received any applications 
specifically under rule 83 in the past 3 years. The only rule 83 
related filings were made within the context of large filings 
concerning other matters. Therefore, we estimate the burden of rule 83 
as zero.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the purpose 
of the paperwork Reduction Act and are not derived from a comprehensive 
or even a representative survey or study of the costs of SEC 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 Fifth 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. 04-4058 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
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