The information disclosed under Rule
605 of Regulation NMS will be used by investors, broker-dealers,
and market centers to help analyze order execution practices and
evaluate different market centers. Respondents will be market
centers. The Commission recently adopted amendments to Regulation
NMS to require new disclosures by broker-dealers relating to their
handling of certain categories of orders and enhance existing
disclosures relating to their handling to certain other categories
of orders and solicited public comment. As part of this, the
Commission also amended Rule 605(a)(2) to require market centers to
keep reports required pursuant to Rule 605(a)(1) posted on an
Internet Web site that is free of charge and readily accessible to
the public for a period of three years from the initial date of
posting on the Internet Web site. This amendment does not impose a
burden because Rule 605 as previously adopted required that reports
to be posted to an Internet Web site and the amendment merely
prescribes a minimum period of time that the reports shall remain
posted. We are adjusting the burden for Rule 605, however, because
we have increased our estimate of the number of
respondents.
US Code:
15
USC 17k-1 Name of Law: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
US Code: 15
USC 78q Name of Law: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The total annual hourly and
cost burden increased from 9,504 hours and $4,717,152,
respectively, to 27,432 hours and $13,615,416, respectively due to
an increase in the number of respondents from 132 to 381 since the
most recent renewal. This increase was due to the inclusion of OTC
market makers among the respondents, which had erroneously been
omitted in the 2016 renewal.
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No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Amir Katz 202 551-2000
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.