
[Federal Register: January 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 6)]
[Notices]               
[Page 968-969]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 30b2-1; SEC File No. 270-213; OMB Control No. 3235-0220.

    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 (the ``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 30b2-1 (17 CFR 270.30b2-1) under the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) requires the filing of four copies of every 
periodic or interim report transmitted by or on behalf of any 
registered investment company to its stockholders.\1\ This requirement 
ensures that the Commission has information in its files to perform its 
regulatory functions and to apprise investors of the operational and 
financial condition of a registered investment companies.\2\
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    \1\ Most filings are made via the Commission's electronic filing 
system; therefore, paper filings under Rule 30b2-1 occur only in 
exceptional circumstances. Electronic filing eliminates the need for 
multiple copies of filings.
    \2\ Annual and periodic reports to the Commission become part of 
its public files and, therefore, are available for use by 
prospective investors and stockholders.
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    Registered management investment companies are required to send 
reports to stockholders at least twice annually. In addition, under 
rule 30b2-1, each registered investment company is required to file 
with the Commission Form N-CSR (17 CFR 274.128), certifying the 
financial statements.\3\ The annual burden of filing the reports is 
included in the burden estimate for Form N-CSR; however, we are 
requesting one burden hour remain in inventory for administrative 
purposes.
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    \3\ Rule 30b2-1(a) [17 CFR 270.30b2-1(a)].
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    The burden estimate for rule 30b2-1 is made solely for the purposes 
of the Act and is not derived from a comprehensive or even 
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules and 
forms.
    The collection of information under rule 30b2-1 is mandatory. The 
information provided by rule 30b2-1 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 OMB 
control number.
    Please direct general comments regarding the above information to 
the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or send an e-mail to:

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Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 
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.

    January 5, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E9-160 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am]

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