Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

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Federal Register: July 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 144)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [REMOVED PRIVATE FIELD]

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:

Rule 17a-6; OMB Control No. 3235-0489; SEC File No. 270-433.

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.

Rule 17a-6 (17 CFR 240.17a-6) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) permits national securities exchanges, national securities associations, registered clearing agencies, and the

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (collectively, ``SROs'') to destroy or convert to microfilm or other recording media records maintained under Rule 17a-1, if they have filed a record destruction plan with the Commission and the Commission has declared such plan effective.

There are currently 27 SROs: 17 National securities exchanges, 1 national securities association, and 9 registered clearing agencies. Of the 27 SROs, 2 SRO respondents have filed a record destruction plan with the Commission. The staff calculates that the preparation and filing of a new record destruction plan should take 160 hours. Further, any existing SRO record destruction plans may require revision, over time, in response to, for example, changes in document retention technology, which the Commission estimates will take much less than the 160 hours estimated for a new plan. Thus, the total annual compliance burden is estimated to be 60 hours per year. The approximate cost per hour is $305, resulting in a total cost of compliance for these respondents of $18,300 per year (60 hours @ $305 per hour).

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 Shagufta_

Ahmed@omb.eop.gov and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/Chief Information

Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or by sending an e-mail to

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: July 23, 2009.

Elizabeth M. Murphy,

Secretary.

FR Doc. E9-17943 Filed 7-28-09; 8:45 am

BILLING CODE 8010-01-P

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