[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72225-72226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3603]


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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 54; SEC File No. 270-376; OMB Control No. 3235-0427.

    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.
    Sections 32 and 33 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 
1935, as amended (``Act''), and rules 53 and 54 under the Act, permit, 
among other things, utility holding companies registered under the Act 
to make direct or indirect investments in exempt wholesale generators 
(``EWGs'') and foreign utility companies (``FUCOs''), as defined in 
sections 32 and 33 of the Act, respectively, without the prior approval 
of the Commission, if certain conditions are met. Rule 54 does not 
create a reporting burden for respondents.
    It is estimated that there will be no burden hours associated with 
rule 54.

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    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.
    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 email to: [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: December 6, 2004.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-3603 Filed 12-10-04; 8:45 am]
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