
[Federal Register: July 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 130)]
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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:
    Form N-8F; SEC File No. 270-136; OMB Control No. 3235-0157.

    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.
    Form N-8F (17 CFR 274.218) is the form prescribed for use by 
registered investment companies in certain circumstances to request 
orders of the Commission declaring that the registration of that 
investment company cease to be in effect. The form requests, from 
investment companies seeking a deregistration order, information about 
(i) the investment company's identity, (ii) the investment company's 
distributions, (iii) the investment company's assets and liabilities, 
(iv) the events leading to the request to deregister, and (v) the 
conclusion of the investment company's business. The information is 
needed by the Commission to determine whether an order of 
deregistration is appropriate.
    The Form takes approximately 3 hours on average to complete. It is 
estimated that approximately 330 investment companies file Form N-8F 
annually, so that the total annual burden for the form is estimated to 
be 990 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 on Form N-8F is not mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-8F 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 Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or send an e-mail to Shagufta 
Ahmed at Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Charles Boucher, 
Director/CIO, 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. Comments must be submitted to OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: June 30, 2010.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-16541 Filed 7-7-10; 8:45 am]
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