[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6262]


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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

Rule 29; SEC File No. 270-169; and OMB Control No. 3235-0149.

    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 29 under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
amended, (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 79, et seq., requires that ``[a] copy of 
each annual report submitted by any registered holding company or any 
of its subsidiaries to a state commission covering operations not 
reported to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall be filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than ten days 
after its submission.''
    The regulation requires that the same reports prepared and filed 
under state law be filed with the Commission. The information collected 
under Rule 29 permits the Commission to remain current on developments 
that are reported to state commissions, but that may not otherwise be 
reported to the Commission. This information is beneficial to the 
liaison the Commission maintains with state governments and is also 
useful in the preparation of annual reports to the U.S. Congress 
required under Section 23 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 79(w).
    The Commission receives about 62 annual reports per year under this 
regulation. We estimate, on the basis of informal discussions with 
respondents, that the rule imposes a burden of about .25 hours each 
year for each respondent, who makes only one submission. Therefore, a 
total annual burden of 15.50 hours is imposed. The cost of this 
reporting burden is estimated to be $100 per hour or $1,550 total for 
all respondents. The responses are public records so confidentiality is 
not an issue. All registered companies and their subsidiaries are 
required to make the filings.
    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, or send an e-mail to: [email protected].; 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: March 15, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-6262 Filed 3-22-04; 8:45 am]
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