Document ID: SEC-2014-1959-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-11-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 69889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27694]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: U.S. Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-2736.

Extension:
    Rule 10A-1; SEC File No. 270-425, OMB Control No. 3235-0468.

    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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 10A-1 (17 CFR 240.10A-1) implements the reporting requirements 
in Section 10A of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78j-1), which was enacted 
by Congress on December 22, 1995 as part of the Private Securities 
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Public Law No. 104-67, 109 Stat 737. 
Under section 10A and Rule 10A-1 reporting occurs only if a 
registrant's board of directors receives a report from its auditor that 
(1) there is an illegal act material to the registrant's financial 
statements, (2) senior management and the board have not taken timely 
and appropriate remedial action, and (3) the failure to take such 
action is reasonably expected to warrant the auditor's modification of 
the audit report or resignation from the audit engagement. The board of 
directors must notify the Commission within one business day of 
receiving such a report. If the board fails to provide that notice, 
then the auditor, within the next business day, must provide the 
Commission with a copy of the report that it gave to the board.
    Likely respondents are those registrants filing audited financial 
statements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 USC 78a, et 
seq.) and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1, et 
seq.).
    It is estimated that Rule 10A-1 results in an aggregate additional 
reporting burden of 10 hours per year. The estimated average burden 
hours are solely for purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act and are 
not derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or 
study of the costs of SEC rules or forms.
    There are no recordkeeping retention periods in Rule 10A-1. Because 
of the one business day reporting periods, recordkeeping retention 
periods should not be significant.
    Filing the notice or report under Rule 10A-1 is mandatory once the 
conditions noted above have been satisfied. Because these notices and 
reports discuss potential illegal acts, they are considered to be 
investigative records and are 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.
    The public may view the information discussed in this notice at 
www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be directed to: (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 by sending an email 
to: Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson, Acting Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington DC 20549 or send an email 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 
days of this notice.

    Dated: November 18, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27694 Filed 11-21-14; 8:45 am]
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