Document ID: SEC-2007-0793-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Posted Date: 2007-06-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 111)]
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[Page 32147-32148]
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 N-CSR, SEC File No. 270-512, OMB Control No. 3235-0570.

    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.
    The title for the collection of information is ``Form N-CSR (17 CFR 
249.331 and 17 CFR 274.128) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Securities Exchange Act'') and under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) (``Investment 
Company Act''), Certified Shareholder Report of Registered Management 
Investment Companies.'' Form N-CSR is a combined reporting form used by 
management investment companies to file certified shareholder reports 
under the Investment Company Act and under the Securities Exhange Act. 
Form N-CSR is to be used for reports under section 30(b)(2) of the 
Investment Company Act and section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act, filed pursuant to rule 30b2-1(a) under the Investment 
Company Act (17 CFR 270.30b2-1(a)). Form N-CSR reports are to be filed 
with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to 
stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to 
stockholders under rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 
270.30e-1). The information provided on Form N-CSR may be used by the 
Commission in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and 
policymaking roles. The information filed with the Commission also 
permits the verification of compliance with

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securities law requirements and assures the public availability and 
dissemination of the information.
    The Commission estimates that there are 7,300 reports filed on Form 
N-CSR annually and that the average number of portfolios referenced in 
each filing is 2.5. The Commission further estimates that the hour 
burden for preparing and filing a report on Form N-CSR is 7.57 hours 
per portfolio. Given that filings on Form N-CSR are filed semi-
annually, filings on Form N-CSR require 15.14 hours per portfolio each 
year. The total annual hour burden for Form N-CSR, therefore, is 
estimated to be 138,153 hours.
    The information collection requirements imposed by Form N-CSR are 
mandatory. Responses to the collection of information 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: 
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: June 4, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-11159 Filed 6-8-07; 8:45 am]

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