Document ID: SEC-2014-0211-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals; Extension: Rule 203A-5
Posted Date: 2014-02-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6661-6662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02246]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 203A-5, OMB Control No. 3235-0688, SEC File No. 270-631.

    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 
(the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collections of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    The title for the collection of information is Rule 203A-5. Rule 
203A-5 (17 CFR 275.203A-5) established a one-time requirement for 
investment advisers registered with the Commission as of January 1, 
2012 to file a mandatory amendment to their Form ADV by March 30, 2012, 
and, if they no longer met Commission-registration eligibility 
requirements, to withdraw from registration by filing Form ADV-W by 
June 28, 2012. The deadlines for information collected pursuant the 
rule were March 30, 2012 (for Form ADV amendments) and June 28, 2012 
(for withdrawals). The Commission is no longer collecting any 
information pursuant to the rule.
    Accordingly, the staff estimates that, each year, no advisers will 
have to file a Form ADV amendment or Form ADV-W pursuant to rule 203A-
5, and that the total burden for the information collection is zero 
hours at a cost of $0. Although Commission staff estimates that there 
is no burden associated with rule 203A-5, the staff is requesting an 
hour burden of one hour for administrative purposes. 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 OMB 
control number.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will 
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to Thomas Bayer, 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.

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    Dated: January 29, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02246 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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