60 Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 111 / Tuesday, June 9, 2020 / Notices
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270–203, OMB Control No.
3235–0195]

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

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Extension:
Rule 17Ab2–1, Form CA–1

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 collection of information
provided for in Rule 17Ab2–1 (17 CFR
240.17Ab2–1) and Form CA–1:
Registration of Clearing Agencies (17
CFR 249b.200) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’)
(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 17Ab2–1 and Form CA–1 require
clearing agencies to register with the
Commission and to meet certain
requirements with regard to, among
other things, the clearing agency’s
organization, capacities, and rules. The
information is collected from the
clearing agency upon the initial
application for registration on Form
CA–1. Thereafter, information is
collected by amendment to the initial
Form CA–1 when changes in
circumstances that render certain
information on Form CA–1 inaccurate,
misleading, or incomplete necessitate
modification of the information
previously provided to the Commission.
The Commission uses the information
disclosed on Form CA–1 to (i)
determine whether an applicant meets
the standards for registration set forth in
Section 17A of the Exchange Act, (ii)
enforce compliance with the Exchange
Act’s registration requirement, and (iii)
provide information about specific
registered clearing agencies for
compliance and investigatory purposes.
Without Rule 17Ab2–1, the Commission
could not perform these duties as
statutorily required.
The Commission staff estimates that
the average Form CA–1 requires
approximately 340 hours to complete
and submit for approval, and that on
average, the Commission receives one
application each year. The Commission
staff estimates that completion of an

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initial Form CA–1 will result in an
internal cost of compliance of
approximately $132,140 per year. The
Commission staff estimates that it
receives one amendment per year, and
that an amendment requires
approximately 60 hours of the exempt
or registered clearing agency’s staff time.
The Commission staff estimates that
amendment of a filed Form CA–1 will
result in an internal cost of compliance
of approximately $25,480 per year.
Therefore, the aggregate hour burden is
approximately 400 hours per year (340
+ 60) and the aggregate internal cost of
compliance is approximately $157,620
per year ($132,140 + $25,480).
The external costs associated with
work on Form CA–1 include fees
charged by outside lawyers and
accountants to assist the applicant or
registrant to collect and prepare the
information sought by the form (though
such consultations are not required by
the Commission). The Commission staff
estimates that these external costs are
more likely when novel questions arise
under a new application, rather than
under periodic review and amendment.
The staff estimates an annual external
cost of 45 hours of an Attorney’s time
(estimated at $420 per hour) and 10
hours of a Senior Accountant’s time
(estimated at $219 per hour) for
preparation of the Form CA–1, resulting
in an aggregate external cost of
approximately $21,090 per year (18,900
+ 2,190).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
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 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: David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,

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DC 20549, or send an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: June 3, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270–112, OMB Control No.
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Submission for OMB Review;
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:
Form 144

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 this
request for extension of the previously
approved collections of information
discussed below.
Form 144 (17 CFR 239.144) is used to
report the sale of securities during any
three-month period that exceeds 5,000
shares or other units and has an
aggregate sales price that does not
exceed $50,000. Under Sections
2(a)(11), 4(a)(1), 4(a)(2), 4(a)(4) and 19(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C.
77b(a)(11), 77d(a)(1), 77d(a)(2), 77d(a)(4)
and 77s (a)) and Rule 144 (17 CFR
230.144) there under, the Commission is
authorized to solicit the information
required to be supplied by Form 144.
The objectives of the rule could not be
met, if the information collection was
not required. The information collected
must be filed with the Commission and
is publicly available. Form 144 takes
approximately one burden hour per
response and is filed by 33,725
respondents for a total of 33,725 total
burden hours.
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.
The public may view background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Written comments and

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