Document ID: SEC-2021-0286-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2021-03-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 38 (Monday, March 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 12045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04139]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Extension Form Id 3235-0328]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Upon Written Request

Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of 
FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-2736

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''), 
the Commission is soliciting comments on the collection of information 
summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this existing 
collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget.
    Form ID (OMB Control No. 3235-0328) must be completed and filed 
with the Commission by all individuals, companies, and other 
organizations who seek access to file electronically on the 
Commission's primary electronic filing system, Electronic Data 
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (``EDGAR''). Those seeking 
access to file on EDGAR typically include those who are required to 
make certain disclosures pursuant to the federal securities laws. The 
information provided on Form ID is an essential part of the security of 
EDGAR. Form ID is not a public document because it is used solely for 
the purpose of screening applicants and granting access to EDGAR. Form 
ID must be submitted whenever an applicant seeks an EDGAR 
identification number (Central Index Key or CIK) and access codes to 
file on EDGAR.
    The Commission may consider, among other things, amendments to Form 
ID that would result in a more uniform and secure process for EDGAR 
access by requiring certain applicants that already have a CIK, but do 
not have EDGAR access codes, to submit the Form ID to obtain access to 
EDGAR. If these amendments are adopted, for purposes of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, the estimated total number of annual Form ID filings for 
filers with CIKs that need to obtain access codes is approximately 404 
filings.\1\ Additionally, we would update the current approved estimate 
of the annual number of Form ID filings for new filers without CIKs 
(46,842 filings) by approximately 1,247 filings.\2\
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    \1\ We base this estimate on the average number of filers with 
CIKs who have obtained access codes to EDGAR for the past three 
fiscal years. (524 + 359 + 330)/3 = 404.
    \2\ We base this estimate on the number of Form ID filings for 
filers with no CIKs for the past three fiscal years and subtracting 
it from the current approved estimate. ((49,269 + 48,136 + 46,861)/
3) - 46,842 = 1,247.
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    Thus, for purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the estimated 
total number of annual Form ID filings would increase from 46,842 
filings to 48,493 filings.\3\ The estimate of 0.15 hours per response 
would stay the same, as the filers with CIKs would be filling out the 
same information as filers without CIKs. The estimated total annual 
burden would increase from 7,026 hours to 7,274 hours.\4\ The estimate 
that the filers are responsible for 100% of the total burden hours 
would stay the same.
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    \3\ 46,842 + 404 + 1,247 = 48,493.
    \4\ 48,493 x 0.15 = 7,274.
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    In relation to the potential amendments described above, the 
Commission may consider amending the Form ID to delete references to 
applicants that do not have CIKs. If adopted, this amendment would 
clarify that a Form ID submission would also be required by applicants 
that already have CIKs but do not have EDGAR access codes. Separately, 
the Commission may also consider modifying Form ID to update its 
instructions and cross-references to Volume I of the EDGAR Filer 
Manual.\5\
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    \5\ See Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual, Proposed 
Collection and Comment Request for Form ID, Release No. 33-10902 
(Dec. 11, 2020) [86 FR 7968] (Feb. 3, 2021)] (allowing applicants to 
EDGAR the option of obtaining electronic notarizations and remote 
online notarizations). The Commission also amended 17 CFR 232.10(b) 
to remove the manual signature requirement for EDGAR access requests 
to allow electronic signature requests. Id. The methods of 
notarization provide an efficient means of authenticating signatures 
in connection with requests for EDGAR access.
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    Other than the potential amendments to require certain applicants 
that already have a CIK, but do not have EDGAR access codes, to submit 
the Form ID, we do not believe that these additional amendments to the 
Form ID would make any substantive modifications to any existing 
collection of information requirements or impose any new substantive 
recordkeeping or information collection requirements within the meaning 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    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 background documentation for this information 
collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by 
sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: February 24, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-04139 Filed 2-26-21; 8:45 am]
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