[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44953-44954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4136]


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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: Form BDW, SEC File No. 270-17, OMB Control No. 3235-0018.

    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 for extension on the collection of information 
discussed below. The Code of Federal Regulations citation to this 
collection of information is the following rule: 17 CFR 240.15b6-1.
    Broker-dealers and notice-registered broker-dealers use Form BDW 
(17 CFR 249.501a) to withdraw from registration with the Commission, 
the self-regulatory organizations, and the states. It is estimated that 
approximately 900 fully registered broker-dealers annually will incur 
an average burden of 15 minutes, or 0.25 hours, to file for withdrawal 
on Form BDW via the internet with Web CRD, a computer system operated 
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. that maintains 
information regarding fully registered broker-dealers and their 
registered personnel. It is further estimated that 140 futures 
commission merchants that are notice-registered broker-dealers annually 
will incur an average burden of 15 minutes, or 0.25 hours, to file for 
withdrawal on Form BDW by sending the completed Form BDW to the 
National Futures Association, which maintains information regarding 
notice-registered broker-dealers on behalf of the Commission. The 
annualized compliance burden per year for both fully registered and 
notice-registered broker-dealers is 260 hours [1,040 (900 fully 
registered broker-dealers + 140 notice-registered broker-dealers) x .25 
= 260 hours]. The annualized cost to respondents, utilizing staff at an 
estimated cost of $101 per hour, would be $ 26,260 (260 x $101 = 
$26,260). 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. Rule 15b6-1 does not have a retention 
of records requirement.
    General comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer

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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 (ii) R. Corey Booth, Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    July 25, 2005.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4136 Filed 8-3-05; 8:45 am]
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