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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 55179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18613]

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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: Form N-8b-4; SEC File No. 270-180; OMB Control No. 3235-
0247.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``PRA''), the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (``OMB'') requests for extension of the 
previously approved collection of information discussed below.
     Form N-8b-4--Registration Statement of Face-Amount 
Certificate Companies
    Form N-8b-4 is the form used by face-amount certificate companies 
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-4 requires disclosure about the organization of a 
face-amount certificate company, its business and policies, its 
investment in securities, its certificates issued, 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 of 1940.
    Based on the Commission's industry statistics, the Commission 
estimates that there would be approximately 1 annual filing on Form N-
8b-4. The Commission estimates that each registrant filing a Form N-8b-
4 would spend 171 hours in preparing and filing the Form and that the 
total hour burden for all Form N-8b-4 filings would be 171 hours. 
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-4 is mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-8b-4 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: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 12, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-18613 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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