[Federal Register: September 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 15c3-4; SEC File No. 270-441; OMB Control No. 3235-0497.
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 a request for extension of the previously approved
collection of information discussed below.
Rule 15c3-4 (17 CFR 240.15c3-4) (the ``Rule'') under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (the ``Exchange Act'')
requires certain broker-dealers that are registered with the Commission
as OTC Derivatives Dealers to establish, document, and maintain a
system of internal risk management controls. The Rule sets forth the
basic elements for an OTC Derivatives Dealer to consider and include
when establishing, documenting, and reviewing its internal risk
management control system, which are designed to, among other things,
ensure the integrity of an OTC Derivatives Dealer's risk measurement,
monitoring, and management process, to clarify accountability at the
appropriate organizational level, and to define the permitted scope of
the dealer's activities and level of risk. The Rule also requires that
management of an OTC Derivatives Dealer must periodically review, in
accordance with written procedures, the OTC Derivatives Dealer's
business activities for consistency with its risk management
guidelines.
The staff estimates that that the average amount of time an OTC
Derivatives Dealer will spend implementing its risk management control
system is 2,000 hours and that, on average, an OTC Derivatives Dealer
will spend approximately 200 hours each year reviewing and updating its
risk management control system. Currently, five firms are registered
with the Commission as an OTC Derivatives Dealer. The staff estimates
that approximately one additional OTC Derivatives Dealer may become
registered within the next three years. Accordingly, the staff
estimates the total hour burden for six OTC Derivatives Dealers to be
1,200 hours annually.
The staff believes that the cost of complying with Rule 15c3-4 will
be approximately $205 per hour.\1\ This per hour cost is based upon an
annual average hourly salary for a compliance manager who would be
responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of Rule 15c3-
4. The total annual cost for all affected OTC Derivatives Dealers is
estimated to be $246,000, based on 1,200 hours at $205 per hour.
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\1\ Based on the average annual salary for a Compliance Manager
based inside New York City of about $69,000, as reflected in SIA
Management and Professional Earnings for 2005, modified to account
for an 1,800-hour work-year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for
bonuses, firm size, employee benefits and overhead.
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The records required to be made by OTC Derivatives Dealers pursuant
to the Rule and the results of the periodic reviews conducted under
paragraph (d) of Rule 15c3-4 must be preserved under Rule 17a-4 of the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.17a-4) for a period of not less than three
years, the first two years in an accessible place. The Commission will
not generally publish or make available to any person notice or reports
received pursuant to the Rule. The statutory basis for the Commission's
refusal to disclose such information to the public is the exemption
contained in Section (b)(4) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.
552, which essentially provides that the requirement of public
dissemination does not apply to commercial or financial information
which is privileged or confidential.
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.
Comments should be directed to (i) the Desk Officer for the SEC,
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 or by
sending an e-mail to: David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov;
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and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities
and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: September 18, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-8136 Filed 9-22-06; 8:45 am]
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