[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52947-52948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1964]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549

Extension:

    Rule 58 and Form U-9C-3; SEC File No.: 270-400; OMB Control No.: 
3235-0457

    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'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized, below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    Rule 58 [17 CFR 250.58], under the Public Utility Holding Company 
Act of 1935 (``Act''), as amended (15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.) allows 
registered holding companies and their subsidiaries to acquire energy-
related and gas-related companies. Under that rule, acquisitions are 
made, within certain limits, without prior Commission approval under 
section 10 of the Act. To monitor compliance, the rule requires that 
within sixty days after the end of the first calendar quarter in which 
any exempt acquisition is made, and each calendar quarter thereafter, 
the registered holding company is required to file with the Commission 
a Certificate of Notification on Form U-9C-3 containing the information 
prescribed by that form. The information collection by the Commission 
is required by rule 58. The Commission uses this information to 
determine the existence of financial detriment, regarding the

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acquisition of certain energy-related companies, to the interests the 
Act is designed to protect. The Commission estimates that the total 
annual reporting burden is 464 annual burden hours to comply with these 
requirements, i.e., 29 respondents x 16 = 464 burden hours.
    The estimates of average burden hours are made 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 Commission rules 
and forms.
    Written comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (4) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will 
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

    Dated: August 23, 2004.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-1964 Filed 8-27-04; 8:45 am]
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