[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 65 (Monday, April 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 17721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7603]


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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 24; SEC File No. 270-129; and OMB Control No. 3235-
0126.
    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 an extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 24 (17 CFR 250.24) under the Public Utility Holding Company 
Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. Section 79a et seq.) (``Act'') requires the 
filing with the Commission of certain information indicating that an 
authorized transaction has been carried out in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of the Commission order authorizing the 
transaction. The Commission needs the information under Rule 24 to 
ensure that the terms and conditions of its orders are being complied 
with, and the Commission uses the information to ensure appropriate 
compliance with the Act. The respondents are comprised of two groups of 
entities: (a) Registered holding companies under the Act and their 
direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliates; and (b) holding 
companies exempt from the provisions of the Act by rule or order from 
all provisions of the Act, except section 9(a)(2). It is estimated that 
the total number of respondents is 140, and the total number of annual 
responses is 335. The Commission estimates that the total annual 
reporting burden under rule 24 is 1005 hours (e.g., 335 filings x 3 
hours = 1005 burden hours).
    These estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the 
purposes 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. There is no requirement to keep the information in 
the forms 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; 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 29, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-7603 Filed 4-2-04; 8:45 am]
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