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Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Comments must be submitted to OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Dated: January 28, 2008. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–1841 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

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 203–2 and Form ADV–W; SEC 

File No. 270–40; OMB Control No. 

3235–0313. 

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 a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

The title for the collection of 

information is ‘‘Rule 203–2 (17 CFR 

275.203–2) and Form ADV–W (17 CFR 

279.2) under the Investment Advisers 

Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b).’’ Rule 203–

2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 

1940 establishes procedures for an 

investment adviser to withdraw its 

registration with the Commission. Rule 

203–2 requires every person 

withdrawing from investment adviser 

registration with the Commission to file 

Form ADV–W electronically on the 

Investment Adviser Registration 

Depository (‘‘IARD’’). The purpose of 

the information collection is to notify 

the Commission and the public when an 

investment adviser withdraws its 

pending or approved SEC registration. 

Typically, an investment adviser files a 

Form ADV–W when it ceases doing 

business or when it is ineligible to 

remain registered with the Commission. 

The potential respondents to this 

information collection are all 

investment advisers registered with the 

Commission. The Commission has 

estimated that compliance with the 

requirement to complete Form ADV–W 

imposes a total burden of approximately 

0.75 hours (45 minutes) for an adviser 

filing for full withdrawal and 

approximately 0.25 hours (15 minutes) 

for an adviser filing for partial 

withdrawal. Based on historical filings, 

the Commission estimates that there are 

approximately 500 respondents 

annually filing for full withdrawal and 

approximately 500 respondents 

annually filing for partial withdrawal. 

Based on these estimates, the total 

estimated annual burden would be 500 

hours ((500 respondents × .75 hours) + 

(500 respondents × .25 hours)). 

Rule 203–2 and Form ADV–W do not 

require recordkeeping or records 

retention. The collection of information 

requirements under the rule and form 

are mandatory. The information 

collected pursuant to the rule and Form 

ADV–W are filings with the 

Commission. These filings are 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 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 e-mail to: 

Alexander_T._Hunt@omb.eop.gov; and 

(iii) 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 28, 2007. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–1843 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

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 203–3, Form ADV–H; SEC File 

No. 270–481; OMB Control No. 

3235–0538. 

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 a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

The title for the collection of 

information is ‘‘Rule 203–3 and Form 

ADV–H under the Investment Advisers 

Act of 1940.’’ Rule 203–3 (17 CFR 

275.203–3) under the Investment 

Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b) 

establishes procedures for an 

investment adviser to obtain a hardship 

exemption from the electronic filing 

requirements of the Investment Advisers 

Act. Rule 203–3 requires every person 

requesting a hardship exemption to file 

Form ADV–H (17 CFR 279.3) with the 

Commission. The purpose of this 

collection of information is to permit 

advisers to obtain a hardship 

exemption, on a continuing or 

temporary basis, to not complete an 

electronic filing. The temporary 

hardship exemption permits advisers to 

make late filings due to unforeseen 

computer or software problems, while 

the continuing hardship exemption 

permits advisers to submit all required 

electronic filings on hard copy for data 

entry by the operator of the IARD. 

The respondents to the collection of 

information are all investment advisers 

that are registered with the Commission. 

The Commission has estimated that 

compliance with the requirement to 

complete Form ADV–H imposes a total 

burden of approximately 1 hour for an 

adviser. Based on our experience with 

hardship filings, we estimate that we 

will receive 11 Form ADV–H filings 

annually. Based on the 60 minute per 

respondent estimate, the Commission 

estimates a total annual burden of 11 

hours for this collection of information. 

Rule 203–3 and Form ADV–H do not 

require recordkeeping or records 

retention. The collection of information 

requirements under the rule and form 

are mandatory. The information 

collected pursuant to the rule and Form 

ADV–H consists of filings with the 

Commission. These filings are 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 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 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 

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