Document ID: SEC-2006-1360-0002
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Posted Date: 2007-01-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 10)]
[Notices]               
[Page 2035-2036]
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.

Extension: Form 18-K, OMB Control No. 3235-0120, SEC File No. 270-
108.

    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 this request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Form 18-K (17 CFR 249.318) is an annual report form used by foreign 
governments and political subdivisions with securities listed on a 
United States exchange. The information to be collected is intended to 
ensure the adequacy of information available to investors in the 
registration of securities and assures public availability. The 
information provided is mandatory. Form 18-K is a public document. Form 
18-K takes approximately 8 hours to prepare and is filed by 
approximately 40 respondents for a total annual reporting burden of 320 
hours.
    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.

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    Written 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 send an e-mail to 
David_Rostker@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 3, 2007.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-546 Filed 1-16-07; 8:45 am]

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