Notice2024-22047
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-1(c) and Form X-17F-1A
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September 26, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78919-78920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22047]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-029, OMB Control No. 3235-0037]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-1(c)
and Form X-17F-1A
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 17f-1(c) (17 CFR
240.17f-1(c) and Form X-17F-1A (17 CFR 249.100) 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 17f-1(c) requires approximately 9,500 entities in the
securities industry to report lost, stolen, missing, or counterfeit
securities certificates to the Commission or its designee, to a
registered transfer agent for the issue, and, when criminal activity is
suspected, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such entities are
required to use Form X-17F-1A to make such reports. Filing these
reports fulfills a statutory requirement that reporting institutions
report and inquire about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen
securities. Since these reports are compiled in a central database, the
rule facilitates reporting institutions to access the database that
stores information for the Lost and Stolen Securities Program
(``Program'').
We estimate that the total reporting burden for Regulation 17f-
1(c), as adopted, for all respondents is approximately 2,937.5 hours.
These burdens consist of a one-time burden in connection with Accenture
Federal Services LLC (``Accenture'') becoming the new Program operator
of approximately 2,000 hours for set-up, and annual burdens thereafter
of approximately 25 hours for maintenance and 287.5 hours for
reporting. [2,000 + 3(25 + 287.5) = 2,937.5 hours]
<bullet> The Commission estimates that approximately 50 reporting
institutions will be subject to this one-time burden, which corresponds
to 40 hours for each of the applicable reporting institutions. Further,
the Commission estimates that updates in the applicable reporting
institutions' systems to maintain this connectivity will impose an
aggregate ongoing annualized burden of 25 burden hours, which
corresponds to 30 minutes for each of the applicable reporting
institutions. Accordingly, this estimated burden to establish and
maintain connectivity with Accenture over three years results in an
aggregate burden of 691.67 hours per year or 13.83 hours per applicable
reporting institution per year. [(50 Respondents x 1 Responses over 3
years) = 50 x (40 hour) = 2,000 hours/3 years = 666.67 hours per year;
(50 Respondents x 1 Responses) = 50 x (.5 hours) = 25 hours; 666.67
hours + 25 hours = 691.67 hours; 691.67 hours/50 Respondents = 13.83
hours/Respondent].
<bullet> In addition, we estimate that approximately 115 reporting
institutions will submit a report on average 30 times each year. The
staff estimates that the average amount of time necessary for each
reporting institution to comply with the Rule 17f-1(c) and Form X-17F-
1A is five minutes. As a result, the total hourly burden for the
periodic reporting burden under Rule 17f-1(c) is approximately 287.5
hours [(115 Respondents x 30 Responses) x (5 minutes/60 minutes/hour)].
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
November 25, 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.
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Please direct your written comments to: Austin Gerig, Director/
Chief Data Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Oluwaseun
Ajayi, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an email to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#045456455b49656d68666b7c447761672a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88d8dac9d7c5e9e1e4eae7f0c8fbedeba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: September 23, 2024.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-22047 Filed 9-25-24; 8:45 am]
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