Document ID: SEC-2014-1589-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56833-56834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22548]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, Washington, DC 20549-2736.

Extension:
    Rule 12g3-2, SEC File No. 270-104, OMB Control No. 3235-0119.

    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'') 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 for approval.
    Rule 12g3-2 (17 CFR 240.12g3-2) under the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (the ``Exchange Act'') provides an exemption from Section 12(g) 
of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78l(g)) for foreign private issuers. 
Rule 12g3-2 is designed to provide investors in foreign securities with 
information about such securities and the foreign issuer. The 
information filed under Rule 12g3-2 must be filed with the Commission 
and is publicly available. We estimate that it takes 8.95 hours per 
response to prepare and is filed by approximately 1,386 respondents. 
Each respondent files an estimated 12 times submissions pursuant to 
Rule 12g3-per year for a total of 16,632 respondents. We estimate that 
25% of 8.95 hours per response (2.2375 hours per response) to provide 
the information required under Rule 12g3-2 for a total annual reporting 
burden of 37,214 hours (2.2375 hours per response x 16,632 responses).
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether this proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the performance of the 
functions of the agency, including whether the

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information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden imposed by 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 comment to Thomas Bayer, 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: PRAMailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: September 17, 2014.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22548 Filed 9-22-14; 8:45 am]
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