[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 83 (Thursday, April 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9714]


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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:
    Form U-6B-2; SEC File No. 270-169; OMB Control No. 3235-0163.

    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 requests for extension of the previously approved 
collections of information discussed below.
    The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. Section 
79a et seq.) requires the filing of an application and/or declaration 
on Form U-1 for prior Commission approval both for the issue and sale 
of a security and its acquisition by a company in a registered holding 
company system.\1\ Section 6(b) provides that the Commission shall 
exempt from the requirement of filing a declaration on Form U-1, by 
rules and regulations or orders and subject to such terms and 
conditions, as it deems appropriate in the public interest or for the 
protection of investors or consumers, certain security issuances and 
sales.
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    \1\ See section 6(a) (requiring prior Commission approval under 
the standards of section 7 for the issue and sale of securities) and 
section 9(a)(1) (requiring prior Commission approval under the 
standards of section 10 for the acquisition of securities).
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    Section 6(b) also contains a reporting requirement. It directs the 
issuer of securities exempted under section 6(b) to file with the 
Commission within ten days of the issue or sale a certificate of 
notification and directs the Commission to prescribe the form of and 
information required in this certificate. Rule 20(d) prescribes Form U-
6B-2 as the form of certificate of notification to be filed pursuant to 
section 6(b). Form U-6B-2 is also prescribed by Rule 52(c) (17 CFR 
250.52 (c)) and Rule 47(b) (17 CFR 250.47(b)) as the form of 
certificate of notification to be filed by a public utility subsidiary 
company of a registered holding company to notify the Commission of 
exempt issuances and sales of securities under Rule 52 Exemption of 
Issue and Sale of Certain Securities approved by state commissions and 
Rule 47 Exemption of Public Utility Subsidiaries as to Certain 
Securities Issued to the Rural Electrification Administration. The 
Commission receives about 177 Form U-6B-2s per year from 67 respondents 
who each file once, which imposes an annual burden of about 177 hours.
    The 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 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.
    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 via e-mail at: [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: April 26, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-9714 Filed 4-28-04; 8:45 am]
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