[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 126 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 36074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12661]


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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 6a-3, SEC File No. 270-0015, OMB Control No. 3235-0021.

    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 of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') (15 
U.S.C. 78a et seq.) sets out a framework for the registration and 
regulation of national securities exchanges. Under Commission Rule 6a-3 
(17 CFR 240.6a-3), one of the rules that implements Section 6, a 
national securities exchange (or an exchange exempted from registration 
based on limited trading volume) must provide certain supplemental 
information to the Commission, including any material (including 
notices, circulars, bulletins, lists, and periodicals) issued or made 
generally available to members of, or participants or subscribers to, 
the exchange. Rule 6a-3 also requires the exchanges to file monthly 
reports that set forth the volume and aggregate dollar amount of 
securities sold on the exchange each month. The information required to 
be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 6a-3 is designed to 
enable the Commission to carry out its statutorily mandated oversight 
functions and to ensure that registered and exempt exchanges continue 
to be in compliance with the Act.
    The respondents to the collection of information are national 
securities exchanges and exchanges that are exempt from registration 
based on limited trading volume.
    The Commission estimates that each respondent makes approximately 
25 such filings on an annual basis at an average cost of approximately 
$21 per response. Currently, 12 respondents (ten national securities 
exchanges and two exempt exchanges) are subject to the collection of 
information requirements of Rule 6a-3. The Commission estimates that 
the total burden for all respondents is 150 hours (25 filings/
respondent per year x 0.5 hours/filing x 12 respondents) and $6300 
($21/response x 25 responses/respondent per year x 12 respondents) per 
year.
    Compliance with Rule 6a-3 is mandatory for registered and exempt 
exchanges. Information received in response to Rule 6a-3 shall not be 
kept confidential; the information collected is public information. As 
set forth in Rule 17a-1 under the Act,\1\ a national securities 
exchange is required to retain records of the collection of information 
for at least five years.
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    \1\ 17 CFR 240.17a-1.
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    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.
    Comments should be directed to (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 by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-
mail to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted within 30 
days of this notice.

    Dated: June 22, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-12661 Filed 6-29-07; 8:45 am]
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