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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 Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 204-2; SEC File No. 270-215; OMB Control No. 3235-0278.

    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 
(``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.
    The title for the collection of information is ``Rule 204-2'' (17 
CFR 275.204-2) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 
80b-1). Rule 204-2 requires SEC-registered investment advisers to 
maintain copies of certain books and records relating to their advisory 
business. The collection of information under rule 204-2 is necessary 
for the Commission staff to use in its examination and oversight 
program. This collection of information is mandatory. The respondents 
to the collection of information are investment advisers registered 
with the Commission. As of August 31, 2007, there were 10,787 SEC 
registered advisers. Responses provided to the Commission in the 
context of its examination and oversight program are generally kept 
confidential. The records that an adviser must keep in accordance with 
rule 204-2 must generally be retained for not less than five years.
    The Commission has estimated that compliance with the requirements 
of the rule imposes a total burden of approximately 181.1541 hours for 
an adviser. Based on our experience, the Commission staff estimates a 
total annual burden of 1,954,109 hours for the collection of this 
information.
    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: 
Alexander_T._Hunt@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, VA 22312, or send an e-mail to: 
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days 

of this notice.

    Dated: January 14, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-1056 Filed 1-22-08; 8:45 am]

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