[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 48690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19974]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 602, SEC File No. 270-404, OMB Control No. 3235-0461

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the existing 
collection of information provided for in Rule 602 of Regulation NMS 
(17 CFR 240.602), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78a et seq.). The Commission plans to submit this existing collection 
of information to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for 
extension and approval.
    Rule 602 of Regulation NMS, Dissemination of Quotations in NMS 
securities, contains two related collections. The first collection of 
information is found in Rule 602(a).\1\ This third-party disclosure 
requirement obligates each national securities exchange and national 
securities association to make available to quotation vendors for 
dissemination to the public the best bid, best offer, and aggregate 
quotation size for each ``subject security,'' as defined under the 
Rule. The second collection of information is found in Rule 602(b).\2\ 
This disclosure requirement obligates any exchange member and over-the-
counter (``OTC'') market maker that is a ``responsible broker or 
dealer,'' as defined under the Rule, to communicate to an exchange or 
association its best bids, best offers, and quotation sizes for subject 
securities.\3\
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    \1\ 17 CFR 242.602(a).
    \2\ 17 CFR 242.602(b).
    \3\ Under Rule 602(b)(5), electronic communications networks 
(``ECNs'') have the option of reporting to an exchange or 
association for public dissemination, on behalf of customers that 
are OTC market makers or exchange market makers, the best-priced 
orders and the full size for such orders entered by market makers on 
the ECN, to satisfy such market makers' reporting obligation under 
Rule 602(b). Since this reporting requirement is an alternative 
method of meeting the market makers' reporting obligation, and 
because it is directed to nine or fewer persons (ECNs), this 
collection of information is not subject to OMB review under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'').
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    It is anticipated that twenty-three respondents, consisting of 
twenty-two national securities exchanges and one national securities 
association, will collectively respond approximately 5,780,026,336,314 
times per year pursuant to Rule 602(a) at 18.22 microseconds per 
response, resulting in a total annual burden of approximately 30,590 
hours. It is anticipated that no respondents will have a reporting 
burden pursuant to Rule 602(b).\4\
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    \4\ For the reporting obligation under Rule 602(b), the 
respondents are exchange members and OTC market makers. The 
Commission believes that communication of quotations through an 
exchange's electronic trading system effectively means that exchange 
members currently have no reporting burden under Rule 602(b) for 
these quotations. The Commission also believes that there are 
presently no OTC market makers that quote other than on an exchange.
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    Thus, the aggregate third-party disclosure burden under Rule 602 is 
30,590 hours annually which is comprised of 30,590 hours relating to 
Rule 602(a) and 0 hours relating to Rule 602(b).
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed collections of information; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of collections of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions 
submitted in writing within 60 days of this publication.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Please direct your written comments to: Charles Riddle, Acting 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o Candace Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an 
email to: [email protected].

    Dated: September 11, 2019.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-19974 Filed 9-13-19; 8:45 am]
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