[Federal Register: December 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 242)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Upon written request, copies available from: Securities and 
Exchange Commission Office of Filings and Information Services 
Washington, DC 20549.

Extension:
    Rule 15c2-8, SEC File No. 270-421, OMB Control No. 3235-0481

    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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    <bullet> Rule 15c2-8 Delivery of Prospectus
    Rule 15c2-8 requires broker-dealers to delivery preliminary or 
final prospectuses to specified persons in association with securities 
offerings. This requirement ensures that information concerning issuers 
flows to purchasers of the issuers' securities in a timely fashion. 
There are approximately 8,500 broker-dealer, any of which potentially 
may participate in an offering subject to Rule 15c2-8. The Commission 
estimates that Rule 15c2-8 creates approximately 50,000 burden hours 
with respect to 650 initial public offerings and 1,750 other offerings.
    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.
    Written comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate 
Executive Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 7, 1999.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32709 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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