[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6264]


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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 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'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a 
request for extension of the previously approved collection of 
information discussed below.
    Under rule 57(a) of the Act, Form U-57 must be used by a person 
filing under sections 33(a)(3)(B) and 33(c)(1) of the Act providing 
that U-57 is the form on which (1) a company seeking to become a 
``foreign utility company'' may inform the Commission of that status, 
and (2) a registered holding company that acquires an interest in a 
``foreign utility company'' may inform the Commission of that 
acquisition. The 101 annual responses together incur about 405 burden 
hours to comply with these requirements.
    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.
    The Commission needs this information to determine if the 
registered holding companies and their subsidiaries (and, in certain 
instances, exempt holding companies) are in compliance with the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. There is no requirement to keep 
the information confidential because it is public information. 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 5th 
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. 04-6264 Filed 3-19-04; 8:45 am]
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