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[Notices]               
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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 489 and Form F-N; SEC File No. 270-361; OMB Control No. 
3235-0411.

    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 requests for extension of the previously approved 
collections of information discussed below:
     Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the Securities Act of 1933 
(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.), Filing of Form by Foreign Banks and Insurance 
Companies and Certain of Their Holding Companies and Finance 
Subsidiaries; and Form F-N, Appointment of Agent for Service of Process 
by Foreign Banks and Foreign Insurance Companies and Certain of Their 
Holding Companies and Finance Subsidiaries Making Public Offerings of 
Securities in the United States
    Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign insurance 
companies and holding companies and finance subsidiaries of foreign 
banks and foreign insurance companies that are exempted from the 
definition of ``investment company'' by virtue of Rules 3a-1, 3a-5, and 
3a-6 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) 
to file Form F-N under the Securities Act of 1933 to appoint an agent 
for service of process when making a public offering of securities in 
the United States. Approximately seven entities are required by Rule 
489 to file Form F-N, which is estimated to require an average of one 
hour to complete. The estimated annual burden of complying with the 
rule's filing requirement is approximately eleven hours, as some of the 
entities submitted multiple filings.
    The estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.) and are not derived from a comprehensive or even representative 
survey or study of the cost of Commission rules and forms.
    The collection of information under Form F-N is mandatory. The 
information provided by the Form is not kept 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.
    General 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, or e-mail to: 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; 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: July 10, 2006.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-11231 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]

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