

[Federal Register: March 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 48)]
[Notices]               
[Page 11407-11408]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension:
    Form N-8B-2, SEC File No. 270-186, OMB Control No. 3235-0186.

    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 collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    Form N-8B-2 (17 CFR 274.12) is the form used by unit investment 
trusts (``UITs'') that are currently issuing securities, including UITs 
that are issuers of periodic payment plan certificates and UITs of 
which a management investment company is the sponsor or depositor, to 
comply with the filing and disclosure requirements imposed by section 
8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8(b)). Form 
N-8B-2 requires disclosure about the organization of a UIT, its 
securities, the trustee, the personnel and affiliated persons of the 
depositor, the distribution and redemption of securities, and financial 
statements. The Commission uses the information provided in the 
collection of information to determine compliance with section 8(b) of 
the Investment Company Act.
    Based on the Commission's industry statistics, the Commission 
estimates that there would be approximately one initial filing on Form 
N-8B-2 and 9 post-effective amendment filings to the Form annually. The 
Commission estimates that each registrant filing an initial Form N-8B-2 
would spend 44 hours in preparing and filing the Form and that the 
total hour burden for all initial Form N-8B-2 filings would be 44 
hours. Also, the Commission estimates that each UIT filing a post-
effective amendment to Form N-8B-2 would spend 16 hours in preparing 
and filing the amendment and that the total hour burden for all post-
effective amendments to the Form would be 144 hours. By combining the 
total hour burdens estimated for initial Form N-8B-2 filings and post-
effective amendments filings to the Form, the Commission estimates that 
the total annual burden hours for all registrants on Form N-8B-2 would 
be 188. Estimates of the burden hours are made solely for the purposes 
of the PRA, and are not derived from a comprehensive or even a 
representative survey or study of the costs of SEC rules and forms.
    The information provided on Form N-8B-2 is mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-8B-2 will not be kept confidential. The 
Commission may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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

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technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions 
submitted in writing within 60 days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to 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.

    Dated: March 5, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4463 Filed 3-12-07; 8:45 am]

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