[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 475-476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31356]


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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 Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Regulation BTR; OMB Control No. 3235-0579; SEC File No. 270-521.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities

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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.
    Regulation Blackout Trade Restriction (``Regulation BTR'') (17 CFR 
245.100-245.104) clarifies the scope and application of Section 306(a) 
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (``Act'') (15 U.S.C. 7244(a)). 
Section 306(a)(6) (15 U.S.C. 7244(a)(6)) of the Act requires an issuer 
to provide timely notice to its directors and executive officers and to 
the Commission of the imposition of a blackout period that would 
trigger the statutory trading prohibition of Section 306(a)(1) (15 
U.S.C. 7244(a)(1)). The information provided under Regulation BTR is 
mandatory and is available to the public. Approximately 1,230 issuers 
file Regulation BTR notices annually. We estimate that it takes 2 hours 
per response for an issuer to draft a notice to directors and executive 
officers for a total annual burden of 2,460 hours. The issuer prepares 
75% of the 2,460 annual burden hours for a total reporting burden of 
(1,230 x 2 hrs x .75) 1,845 hours. In addition, we estimate that an 
issuer distributes a notice to five directors and executive officers at 
an estimated 5 minutes per notice (1,230 blackout period x 5 notices x 
5 minutes) for a total reporting burden of 512 hours. The combined 
annual reporting burden is (1,845 hours + 512 hours) 2,357 hours.
    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: (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 send an e-mail to [email protected]; and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 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 to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 29, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-31356 Filed 1-5-09; 8:45 am]
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