

[Federal Register: March 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 43)]
[Notices]               
[Page 11236]
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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 22d-1; SEC File No. 270-275; OMB Control No. 3235-
0310.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3501-3520], the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
requests for extension of the previously approved collection of 
information discussed below.
    Rule 22d-1 [17 CFR 270.22d-1] under the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (the ``Act'') (15 U.S.C. 80a et seq.) provides registered 
investment companies that issue redeemable securities (``funds'') an 
exemption from section 22(d) of the Investment Company Act to the 
extent necessary to permit scheduled variations in or elimination of 
the sales load on fund securities for particular classes of investors 
or transactions, provided certain conditions are met. The rule imposes 
an annual burden per series of a fund of approximately 15 minutes, so 
that the total annual burden for the approximately 5,015 series of 
funds that might rely on the rule is estimated to be 1,254 hours.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not derived from a 
comprehensive or even a representative survey or study.
    The collection of information required by rule 22d-1 is mandatory. 
Responses will not be 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, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: February 27, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-3111 Filed 3-3-06; 8:45 am]

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