Comments on Proposed Rule:
Temporary Postponement of the Final Phase-In Period for Acceleration of Periodic Report Filing Dates

[RELEASE NOS. 33-8477; 34-50254; File No. S7-32-04]

• Fred T. Hadeed, CFO, United Therapeutics Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland, November 30, 2004 (File name: fthadeed9629.htm)
   
• Katherine A. O'Brien, First Vice President and Director of Financial Reporting, Astoria Financial Corporation, October 1, 2004 (File name: astoria100104.pdf)
   
• Michael J. Holliday, Chair, Committee on Securities Regulation, Business Law Section, New York State Bar Association, October 1, 2004 (File name: holliday100104.pdf)
   
• Robert J. Kueppers, Chair, Center for Public Company Audit Firms, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, October 1, 2004 (File name: rjkueppers100104.pdf)
   
• Charlotte M. Bahin, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, America's Community Bankers, October 1, 2004 (File name: cmbahin100104.pdf)
   
• Steven G. Walker, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, and Charles D. Evers, Jr., Vice President, Corporate Accounting, Protective Life Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama, October 1, 2004 (File name: cdevers7657.htm)
   
• Loretta V. Cangialosi, Vice President and Controller, Pfizer Inc., October 1, 2004 (File name: pfizer100104.pdf)
   
• Carl L. Gorday, Assistant Secretary, Law Department, AmSouth Bancorporation, October 1, 2004 (File name: amsouth100104.pdf)
   
• Kenneth A. Vecchione, Chief Financial Officer, MBNA Corporation, September 30, 2004 (File name: s73204-21.pdf)
   
• Sherri R. Billings, Executive Vice President and CFO, First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Harrison, Arkansas, September 30, 2004 (File name: srbillings9109.htm)
   
• Ernst & Young LLP, September 30, 2004 (File name: ernstyoung093004.pdf)
   
• Leslie A. Segal, Founder and Principal, Addison, received September 30, 2004 (File name: segal093004.pdf)
   
• Ralph S. Cunningham, Chairman, Audit and Conflicts Committee, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, September 30, 2004 (File name: rscunningham09304.pdf)
   
• Stephanie K. Kushner, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Signal Corporation, September 29, 2004 (File name: s73204-19.pdf)
   
• Steve Odland, Chairman, President and CEO, AutoZone, Inc., Chairman, Corporate Governance Task Force Business Roundtable, September 29, 2004 (File name: sodland092904.pdf)
   
• Deloitte & Touche LLP, September 28, 2004 (File name: deloitte092804.pdf)
   
• Dixie L. Johnson, Committee Chair, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, September 28, 2004 (File name: blsaba092804.pdf)
   
• BDO Seidman, LLP, September 28, 2004 (File name: bdoseidman092804.pdf)
   
• Elizabeth D. Brumley, CPA, Controller, MAXXAM, Inc., Houston, Texas, September 27, 2004 (File name: edbrumley3978.htm)
   
• PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, September 27, 2004 (File name: pricewater092704.pdf)
   
• Michael S. Ciskowski, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Valero Energy Corporation, September 24, 2004 (File name: s73204-26.pdf)
   
• Henry B. Schram, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, The Chubb Corporation, September 24, 2004 (File name: chubbcorp092404.pdf)
   
• Daisy Lee, Vineyard National Bancorp, Rancho Cucamonga, California, September 23, 2004 (File name: dlee8650.htm)
   
• Arnold C. Hanish, Executive Director, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer, Eli Lilly and Company , September 21, 2004 (File name: achanish092104.pdf)
   
• Francis J. O'Brien, Chief Financial Officer, ICU Medical, Inc., September 20, 2004 (File name: icumedical092004.pdf)
   
• Gary Bilello, CPA, Alachua, Florida, September 17, 2004 (File name: gbilello9527.htm)
   
• KPMG LLP, September 16, 2004 (File name: kpmg091604.pdf)
   
• Broc Romanek, Robert M. Stanton, and J. David Woodruff, Securities Law Committee, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Inc., September 16, 2004 (File name: bromanek091604.pdf)
   
• Christopher C. Chaffin, Senior Legal Counsel, BMC Software, Inc., September 15, 2004 (File name: ccchaffin091504.htm)
   
• Robert B. Fowles, CPA, CFO, Spectrum Organic Products, Inc., Petaluma, California, September 16, 2004 (File name: rbfowles3231.htm)
   
• George Yungmann, Vice President, Financial Standards, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, September 15, 2004 (File name: gyungmann091504.pdf)
   
• Jean H. Gibson, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, September 10, 2004 (File name: s73204-18.pdf)
   
• Joseph A. Caccamo, Esq., Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, September 10, 2004 (File name: beckpol091004.pdf)
   
• Don J. Gaidano, Finance Director, Horizon Organic Dairy, Boulder, Colorado, September 8, 2004 (File name: djgaidano1228.htm)
   
• William B. Bierce, Esq., Bierce & Kenerson, P.C., September 7, 2004 (File name: biercekenerson090704.htm)
   
• W. Brinkley Dickerson, Jr., Troutman Sanders LLP, September 3, 2004 (File name: dickerson090304.pdf)
   
• Larry K. Moxley, Chief Financial Officer and Deby Lutes, Executive Assistant, Corporate, FirstBank Northwest, September 1, 2004 (File name: lkmoxley090104.htm)
   
• Elaine G. Meyers, CFO, Franklin Financial Services Corporation, August 30, 2004 (File name: egmeyers083004.pdf)
   
• Paul Allen, CPA, SVP-Audit, Planning Budget, Leesburg, Florida, August 27, 2004 (File name: pallen6031.htm)
   
• Paul K. Mueller, CPA, AICPA, FICPA, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, FFLC Bancorp, Inc., Leesburg, Florida, August 27, 2004 (File name: pkmueller2310.htm)
   
• Donald G. DeBuck, Vice President and Controller, CSC, August 26, 2004 (File name: ddebuck082604.htm)
   
• Doug Pierce, CPA, responsible for SEC Reporting, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colorado, August 26, 2004 (File name: dpierce4210.htm)
   
• Memorandum from the Division of Corportion Finance enclosing letters dated July 28, 2004 from James H. Quigley, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP and August 3, 2004 from Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP mentioned in footnote 18, dated August 20, 2004 (File name: s73204-1.pdf)
   

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