[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24545]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Upon written request, copies available from: Securities and
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services,
Washington, DC 20549.
Extension: Rule 29, File No. 270-169, OMB Control No. 3235-0149;
Rule 83, File No. 270-82, OMB Control No. 3235-0181.
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'') requests comments on the collections of
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit these
collections of information to the Office of Management and Budget for
extension and approval.
Rule 29 [17 CFR 250.29] states that ``[a] copy of each annual
report submitted by any registered holding company or any subsidiary
thereof to a State Commission covering operations not reported to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission no later than ten days after such submission.''
The Commission receives about 62 annual reports per year under this
regulation, which imposes an annual burden of about 15.5 hours.
Rule 83 [17 CFR 250.83] authorizes an exemption from the ``at
cost'' requirements of Section 13(b) for ``the performance of any
service, sales, or construction contract for any associate company
which does not derive, directly or indirectly, any material part of its
income from sources within the United States and which is not a public
utility company operating within the United States * * *.'' The
Commission receives about one application per year under Rule 83, which
imposes an annual burden of about three hours.
The estimates of average burden hours are made for the purposes of
the Paperwork Reduction Act and are not derived from a comprehensive or
even a representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules
and forms.
It should be noted that ``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 are invited on (a) whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on respondents, 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 30 days of this publication.
Please direct your written comments to Michael E. Bartell,
Associate Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450
5th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549.
Dated: September 5, 1997.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24545 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8010-01-M
