[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 38 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 10842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03140]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-017, OMB Control No. 3235-0017]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rules 6a-1
and 6a-2, Form 1
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736
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'') has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the
previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 6a-1
(17 CFR 240.6a-1), Rule 6a-2 (17 CFR 240.6a-2), and Form 1 (17 CFR
249.1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') (15
U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
The Exchange Act sets forth a regulatory scheme for national
securities exchanges. Rule 6a-1 under the Exchange Act generally
requires an applicant for initial registration as a national securities
exchange to file an application with the Commission on Form 1. An
exchange that seeks an exemption from registration based on limited
trading volume also must apply for such exemption on Form 1. Rule 6a-2
under the Exchange Act requires registered and exempt exchanges: (1) to
amend the Form 1 if there are any material changes to the information
provided in the initial Form 1; and (2) to submit periodic updates of
certain information provided in the initial Form 1, whether such
information has changed or not. The information required pursuant to
Rules 6a-1 and 6a-2 is necessary to enable the Commission to maintain
accurate files regarding the exchange and to exercise its statutory
oversight functions. Without the information submitted pursuant to Rule
6a-1 on Form 1, the Commission would not be able to determine whether
the respondent has met the criteria for registration (or an exemption
from registration) set forth in Section 6 of the Exchange Act. The
amendments and periodic updates of information submitted pursuant to
Rule 6a-2 are necessary to assist the Commission in determining whether
a national securities exchange or exempt exchange is continuing to
operate in compliance with the Exchange Act.
Initial filings on Form 1 by prospective exchanges are made on a
one-time basis. The Commission estimates that it will receive
approximately one initial Form 1 filing per year and that each
respondent would incur an average burden of 880 hours to file an
initial Form 1. Therefore, the Commission estimates that the annual
burden for all respondents to file the initial Form 1 would be 880
hours (one response/respondent x one respondent x 880 hours/response).
There currently are 26 entities registered as national securities
exchanges. The Commission estimates that each registered or exempt
exchange files eleven amendments or periodic updates to Form 1 per
year, incurring an average burden of 25 hours per amendment to comply
with Rule 6a-2. The Commission estimates that the annual burden for all
respondents to file amendments and periodic updates to the Form 1
pursuant to Rule 6a-2 would be 7,150 hours (26 respondents x 25 hours/
response x 11 responses/respondent per year).
The total estimated annual time burden associated with Rules 6a-1
and 6a-2 is thus approximately 8,030 hours (880 + 7,150).
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.
The public may view and comment on this information collection
request at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202407-3235-025 or send an email comment to
[email protected] within 30 days of the day
after publication of this notice by March 31, 2025.
Dated: February 21, 2025.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03140 Filed 2-26-25; 8:45 am]
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