[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6513]


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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 55, SEC File No. 270-376, OMB Control No. 3235-0430.

    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 55 of the Act, a filing must be under section 33(c)(1) 
of the Act for a ``safe harbor'' for acquisitions of foreign utility 
companies by registered holding companies. The filing is made only for 
foreign utility companies that meet specific criteria. The 11 annual 
responses together will incur approximately 39,710 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 
should be directed 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 email 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 16, 2004.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-6513 Filed 3-23-04; 8:45 am]
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