[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64795-64796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3035]


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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 71 and Forms U-12(I) -(A) and -(B); SEC File No. 
270-61; OMB Control No. 3235-0173.

    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 71 [17 CFR 250.71], under the Public Utility Holding Company 
Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), (15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.), requires 
that certain information be filed by employees of registered holding 
companies who represent the companies' interests before Congress, the 
Commission or the

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on either Form U-12(I)-A or Form 
U-12(I)-B. The filings must provide, among other things, the identity 
of the representative, the person's position and compensation and a 
quarterly statement of those expenses not incurred in the ordinary 
course of business. Employees appearing for the first time must file 
this information on Form U-12(I)-A within ten days of an appearance. 
Employees appearing on a regular basis may file the information in 
advance on Form U-12(I)-B, which will remain valid for the remainder of 
the year in which it was first filed and for the following two calendar 
years. Thereafter, it may be renewed for additional three-year periods 
within thirty days of the expiration of the prior filing. The 
information collection prescribed by Form U-12(I)-A and Form U-12(I)-B 
is required by rule 71 under the Act. Rule 71 implements section 12(i) 
of the Act, which expressly requires the filing of the prescribed 
disclosure information with the Commission in the interest of investors 
and consumers. The Commission estimates that the total annual reporting 
burden of collections under rule 71 is 167 hours (250 responses x forty 
minutes = 167 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.
    There is no recordkeeping requirement for the rule 71 reporting 
duty. It is mandatory that qualifying employees provide the information 
required by rule 71. 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.
    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: November 2, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-3035 Filed 11-5-04; 8:45 am]
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