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63600 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 202 / Tuesday, October 20, 2015 / Notices Comments may be submitted by any of SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE total of 12,000 external hours annually the following methods: COMMISSION (120 hours × 100 reports). The burden was estimated using Commission review Electronic Comments [SEC File No. 270–263; OMB Control No. 3235–0275] of filed Rule 17Ad–13 reports. The • Use the Commission’s Internet Commission estimates that, on average, comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ Submission for OMB Review; 120 hours are needed to perform the rules/sro.shtml); or Comment Request study, prepare the report, and retain the required records on an annual basis. • Send an email to rule-comments@ Upon Written Request, Copies Available Assuming an average hourly rate of an sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– From: Securities and Exchange independent accountant of $60, the CBOE–2015–085 on the subject line. Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC average total annual cost of the report is Paper Comments 20549–2736. $7,200. The total annual cost for the • approximate 100 respondents is Send paper comments in triplicate Extension: approximately $720,000. to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Rule 17Ad–13. The retention period for the Commission, 100 F Street NE., Notice is hereby given that pursuant Washington, DC 20549–1090. to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 recordkeeping requirement under Rule 17Ad–13 is three years following the All submissions should refer to File (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘PRA’’), the Securities and Exchange Commission date of a report prepared pursuant to the Number SR–CBOE–2015–085. This file (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the rule. The recordkeeping requirement number should be included on the Office of Management and Budget under Rule 17Ad–13 is mandatory to subject line if email is used. To help the (‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of assist the Commission and other Commission process and review your extension of the previously approved regulatory agencies with monitoring comments more efficiently, please use collection of information provided for in transfer agents and ensuring compliance only one method. The Commission will Rule 17Ad–13 (17 CFR 240.17Ad–13), with the rule. This rule does not involve post all comments on the Commission’s under the Securities Exchange Act of the collection of confidential Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). information. rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the Rule 17Ad–13 requires an annual An agency may not conduct or submission, all subsequent study and evaluation of internal sponsor, and a person is not required to amendments, all written statements accounting controls under the Securities respond to, a collection of information with respect to the proposed rule Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et under the PRA unless it displays a change that are filed with the seq.). It requires approximately 100 currently valid OMB control number. Commission, and all written registered transfer agents to obtain an communications relating to the annual report on the adequacy of their The public may view background proposed rule change between the internal accounting controls from an documentation for this information Commission and any person, other than independent accountant. In addition, collection at the following Web site, those that may be withheld from the transfer agents must maintain copies of http://www.reginfo.gov. Comments public in accordance with the any reports prepared pursuant to Rule should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 17Ad–13 plus any documents prepared for the Securities and Exchange available for Web site viewing and to notify the Commission and Commission, Office of Information and printing in the Commission’s Public appropriate regulatory agencies in the Regulatory Affairs, Office of Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., event that the transfer agent is required Management and Budget, Room 10102, to take any corrective action. These Washington, DC 20549, on official New Executive Office Building, recordkeeping requirements assist the business days between the hours of Washington, DC 20503 or by sending an Commission and other regulatory _ 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the email to: shagufta ahmed@ agencies with monitoring transfer agents filing also will be available for omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson, and ensuring compliance with the rule. Director/Chief Information Officer, inspection and copying at the principal Small transfer agents are exempt from office of the Exchange. All comments Securities and Exchange Commission, Rule 17Ad–13 as are transfer agents that c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street received will be posted without change; service only their own companies’ the Commission does not edit personal NE., Washington, DC 20549, or by securities. _ identifying information from Approximately 100 independent, sending an email to PRA Mailbox@ submissions. You should submit only professional transfer agents must file the sec.gov. Comments must be submitted information that you wish to make independent accountant’s report within 30 days of this notice. available publicly. All submissions annually. We estimate that the annual Dated: October 13, 2015. should refer to File Number SR–CBOE– internal time burden for each transfer Robert W. Errett, 2015–085 and should be submitted on agent to comply with Rule 17Ad–13 by Deputy Secretary. or before November 10, 2015. submitting the report prepared by the [FR Doc. 2015–26519 Filed 10–19–15; 8:45 am] independent accountant to the For the Commission, by the Division of BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated Commission is minimal. The time authority.14 required for the independent accountant to prepare the accountant’s report varies Robert W. Errett, with each transfer agent depending on Deputy Secretary. the size and nature of the transfer [FR Doc. 2015–26520 Filed 10–19–15; 8:45 am] agent’s operations. The Commission BILLING CODE 8011–01–P estimates that, on average, each report can be completed by the independent 14 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). accountant in 120 hours, resulting in a VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Oct 19, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\20OCN1.SGM 20OCN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES.