[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 48 (Monday, March 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12506-12507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1060]


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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 11Aa3-2, SEC File No. 270-439, OMB Control No. 3235-0500.

    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 a request a revision of revision to the existing collection 
of information discussed below.
    Rule 11Aa3-2 provides that self-regulatory organizations (SROs) 
may, acting jointly, file a National Market System Plan (``NMS Plan'') 
or may propose an amendment to an effective NMS Plan by submitting the 
text of the plan or amendment to the Secretary of the Commission, 
together with a statement of the purpose of such plan or amendment and, 
to the extent applicable, the documents and information required by 
paragraphs (b)(4) and (5) of Rule 11Aa3-2. A recently-adopted amendment 
to Rule 11Aa3-2 will require all participants in NMS Plans to arrange 
for posting on a designated Web site a current and complete version of 
the NMS Plans and amendments to such NMS Plans.
    The collection of information is designed to permit the Commission 
to achieve its statutory directive to facilitate the development of a 
national market system. The information is used to determine if a NMS 
Plan, or an amendment thereto, should be approved and implemented.
    The respondents to the collection of information are self-
regulatory

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organizations (as defined by the Act), including national securities 
exchanges and national securities associations.
    Ten respondents file an average total of twelve responses per year, 
which corresponds to an estimated annual response burden of 553 hours.
    Compliance with Rule 11Aa3-2 is required to obtain or retain the 
benefits provided to those SROs who, acting jointly, shall sponsor a 
NMS Plan. Information received in response to Rule 11Aa3-2 shall not be 
kept confidential; the information collected 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.
    Written comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (a) 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 by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]; and (b) 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 the Office of Management and Budget 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 1, 2005.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1060 Filed 3-11-05; 8:45 am]
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