Notice2024-08413
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17Ac2-1
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April 19, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08413]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-095, OMB Control No. 3235-0084]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17Ac2-1
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'') is soliciting comments on the existing
collection of information provided for in Rule 17Ac2-1 (17 CFR
240.17Ac2-1), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 17Ac2-1, pursuant to Section 17A(c) of the Exchange Act,
generally requires transfer agents for whom the Commission is the
transfer agent's Appropriate Regulatory Agency (``ARA''), to file an
application for registration with the Commission on Form TA-1 and to
amend their registrations under certain circumstances.
Specifically, Rule 17Ac2-1 requires transfer agents to file a Form
TA-1 application for registration with the Commission where the
Commission is their ARA. Such transfer agents must also amend their
Form TA-1 if the existing information on their Form TA-1 becomes
inaccurate, misleading, or incomplete within 60 days following the date
the information became inaccurate, misleading, or incomplete.
Registration filings on Form TA-1 and amendments thereto must be filed
with the Commission electronically, absent an exemption, on EDGAR
pursuant to Regulation S-T (17 CFR 232).
The Commission annually receives approximately 209 filings on Form
TA-1 from transfer agents required to register as such with the
Commission. Included in this figure are approximately 196 amendments
made annually by transfer agents to their Form TA-1 as required by Rule
17Ac2-1(c) to address information that has become inaccurate,
misleading, or incomplete and approximately 13 new applications by
transfer agents for registration on Form TA-1 as required by Rule
17Ac2-1(a). Based on past submissions, the staff estimates that on
average approximately twelve hours are required for initial completion
of Form TA-1 and that on average one and one-half hours are required
for an amendment to Form TA-1 by each such firm. Thus, the subtotal
burden for new applications for registration filed on Form TA-1 each
year is approximately 156 hours (12 hours times 13 filers = 156) and
the subtotal burden for amendments to Form TA-1 filed each year is
approximately 294 hours (1.5 hours x 196 filers = 294). The cumulative
total is approximately 450 burden hours per year (156 hours plus 294
hours).
Of the approximately 450 hours per year associated with Rule 17Ac2-
1, the Commission staff estimates that (i) sixty percent (270 hours)
are spent by compliance staff at an estimated hourly wage of $344, for
a total of $92,880 per year (270 hours x $344 per hour = $92,880 per
year; (ii) forty percent (180 hours) are spent by attorneys at an
estimated hourly wage of $462, for a total of $83,160 per year (180
hours x $462 per hour = $83,160 per year); and (iii) the total internal
cost of compliance associated with the Rule is thus approximately
$176,040 per year ($92,880 in compliance staff costs + $83,160 in
attorney costs = $176,040 per year).
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 by
June 18, 2024.
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 John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an email to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c0c0e1d03113d35303e33241c2f393f723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc8c8e9d8391bdb5b0beb3a49cafb9bff2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: April 16, 2024.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08413 Filed 4-18-24; 8:45 am]
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