[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3033]


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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 45, SEC File No. 270-164, OMB Control No. 3235-0154.

    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 extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.
    Rule 45 imposes a filing requirement on registered holding 
companies and their subsidiaries under section 12(b) of the Act. Under 
the requirement, the companies must file a declaration seeking 
authority to make loans or otherwise extend credit to other companies 
in the same holding company system. Among others, the rule provides an 
exception from the filing requirement the performance of payment 
obligations under consolidated tax agreements. The Commission estimates 
15 recordkeepers together incur about 46 annual burden hours to comply 
with these requirements.
    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.
    There is no recordkeeping duty under rule 45. Further, there is no 
requirement to keep information obtained under rule 45, 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.
    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 e-mail to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 29, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-3033 Filed 11-5-04; 8:45 am]
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