Notice2026-01659
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17ab2-2
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Published
January 28, 2026
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 3748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01659]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[OMB Control No. 3235-0728]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17ab2-2
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 (44 U.S.C. Sec. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC or ``Commission'') is submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) this request for extension of the proposed
collection of information provided for in Rule 17ab2-2 (17 CFR
240.17ab2-2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a
et seq.).
Exchange Act Rule 17ab2-2 establishes procedures for making
determinations affecting covered clearing agencies in certain defined
circumstances. Exchange Act Rule 17ab2-2(a) establishes procedures for
the Commission to make a determination, either of its own initiative or
upon application by any clearing agency or member of a clearing agency,
whether a covered clearing agency is systemically important in multiple
jurisdictions. Exchange Act Rule 17ab2-2(b) establishes procedures to
determine, if the Commission deems appropriate, whether any of the
activities of a clearing agency providing central counterparty
services, in addition to clearing agencies registered with the
Commission for the purpose of clearing security-based swaps, have a
more complex risk profile. Exchange Act Rule 17ab2-2(c) provides a
procedure for the Commission to determine, either of its own initiative
or upon application by any clearing agency or member of a clearing
agency, whether to rescind any such determinations previously made by
the Commission.
A clearing agency or one of its members that seeks a determination
from the Commission under Rule 17ab2- or rescission of any
determination previously made by the Commission under Rule 17ab2-2 must
submit an application to the Commission. A respondent would have the
burden of preparing such application for submission to the Commission.
The Commission would use the information in the collection to
facilitate its determination regarding systemic importance in multiple
jurisdictions or a recission of a determination. It is unlikely that
confidential information would be included in the collection of
information, but such information received would be kept confidential
subject to provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Commission staff believes that Rule 17ab2-2 would impose a PRA
burden on a clearing agency that applies for a determination from the
Commission under the rule. Commission staff estimate that two
respondent clearing agencies (or a member of a clearing agency) could
submit an application for such a determination.
Commission staff estimates that each respondent clearing agency
incurs a one-time burden of 10 hours and a one-time cost of $2,190 to
draft and review a determination request submitted to the Commission,
for a total of 20 hours and $4,380 for all respondents. The total
annualized burden and cost for all respondents are 6.66 hours and
$1,460.
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 OMB Control Number.
The public may view and comment on this information collection
request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202511-3235-003">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202511-3235-003</a> or email comment to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a57584234555758345553485b34495f59457e7f697145757c7c73797f685a757778347f756a347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6528273d4b2a28274b2a2c37244b3620263a0100160e3a0a03030c060017250a08074b000a154b020a13">[email protected]</span></a> within 30 days of the day
after publication of this notice, by March 2, 2026.
Dated: January 26, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-01659 Filed 1-27-26; 8:45 am]
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