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these meetings may be obtained by
contacting the Committee at Office of
Personnel Management, Federal
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee,
Room 7H31, 1900 E Street NW,
Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606–2858.
This meeting is open to the public,
with an audio option for listening. This
notice sets forth the participation
guidelines for the meeting.
Meeting Agenda. The committee
meets to discuss various agenda items
related to the determination of
prevailing wage rates for the Federal
Wage System. The committee’s agenda
is approved one week prior to the public
meeting and will be available upon
request at that time.
Public Participation: The September
19, 2024, meeting of the Federal
Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee is
open to the public through advance
registration. Public participation is
available for the meeting. All
individuals who plan to attend the
virtual public meeting to listen must
register by sending an email to
[email protected] with the subject
line ‘‘September 19, 2024’’ no later than
Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
The following information must be
provided when registering:
• Name.
• Agency and duty station.
• Email address.
• Your topic of interest.
Members of the press, in addition to
registering for this event, must also
RSVP to [email protected] by September
17, 2024.
A confirmation email will be sent
upon receipt of the registration. Audio
teleconference information for
participation will be sent to registrants
the morning of the virtual meeting.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kayyonne Marston,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2024–18982 Filed 8–22–24; 8:45 am]
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Extension: Rule 17Ad–4(b) &
(c)
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
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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. 3501 et seq.) the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the existing collection of information
provided for in the following rule: Rule
17Ad–4(b) & (c) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’). The
Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval.
Rule 17Ad–4(b) & (c) (17 CFR
240.17Ad–4) is used to document when
transfer agents are exempt, or no longer
exempt, from the minimum
performance standards and certain
recordkeeping provisions of the
Commission’s transfer agent rules.
Pursuant to Rule 17Ad–4(b), if the
Commission or the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (‘‘OCC’’) is
the appropriate regulatory authority
(‘‘ARA’’) for an exempt transfer agent,
that transfer agent is required to prepare
and maintain in its possession a notice
certifying that it is exempt from certain
performance standards and
recordkeeping and record retention
provisions of the Commission’s transfer
agent rules. This notice need not be
filed with the Commission or OCC. If
the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (‘‘Fed’’) or the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (‘‘FDIC’’)
is the transfer agent’s ARA, that transfer
agent must prepare a notice and file it
with the Fed or FDIC.
Rule 17Ad–4(c) sets forth the
conditions under which a registered
transfer agent loses its exempt status.
Once the conditions for exemption no
longer exist, the transfer agent, to keep
the appropriate ARA apprised of its
current status, must prepare, and file if
the ARA for the transfer agent is the Fed
or the FDIC, a notice of loss of exempt
status under paragraph (c). The transfer
agent then cannot claim exempt status
under Rule 17Ad–4(b) again until it
remains subject to the minimum
performance standards for non-exempt
transfer agents for six consecutive
months.
ARAs use the information contained
in the notices required by Rules 17Ad–
4(b) and 17Ad–4(c) to determine
whether a registered transfer agent
qualifies for the exemption, to

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determine when a registered transfer
agent no longer qualifies for the
exemption, and to determine the extent
to which that transfer agent is subject to
regulation.
The Commission estimates that
approximately 10 registered transfer
agents each year prepare or file notices
in compliance with Rules 17Ad–4(b)
and 17Ad–4(c). The Commission
estimates that each such registered
transfer agent spends approximately 1.5
hours to prepare or file such notices for
an aggregate total annual burden of 15
hours (based on approximately 1.5
burden hours per year for the
approximately 10 transfer agents). The
Commission also estimates the aggregate
annual internal cost of compliance for
the 10 registered transfer agents is
approximately $4.785 (based on 1.5
hours annual burden × $319 hourly
wage × 10 respondents). This reflects an
increase in aggregate annual internal
cost of compliance of $540 due to the
increase in the hourly wage of transfer
agents from $283 to $319.
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 on respondents; 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
October 22, 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.
Please direct your written comments
to: Austin Gerig, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Oluwaseun
Ajayi, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549, or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: August 19, 2024.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–18918 Filed 8–22–24; 8:45 am]
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