Document ID: SEC-2017-1583-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2017-09-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20218]

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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 FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 203-2 and Form ADV-W; SEC File No. 270-40, OMB Control No. 
3235-0313

    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 ``Rule 203-2 (17 CFR 
275.203-2) and Form ADV-W (17 CFR 279.2) under the Investment Advisers 
Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b).'' Rule 203-2 under the Investment Advisers 
Act of 1940 establishes procedures for an investment adviser to 
withdraw its registration or pending registration with the Commission. 
Rule 203-2 requires every person withdrawing from investment adviser 
registration with the Commission to file Form ADV-W electronically on 
the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (``IARD''). The purpose 
of the information collection is to notify the Commission and the 
public when an investment adviser withdraws its pending or approved SEC 
registration. Typically, an investment adviser files a Form ADV-W when 
it ceases doing business or when it is ineligible to remain registered 
with the Commission.
    The potential respondents to this information collection are all 
investment advisers registered with the Commission or have applications 
pending with the Commission. The Commission has estimated that 
compliance with the requirement to complete Form ADV-W imposes a total 
burden of approximately 0.75 hours (45 minutes) for an adviser filing 
for full withdrawal and approximately 0.25 hours (15 minutes) for an 
adviser filing for partial withdrawal. Based on historical filings, the 
Commission estimates that there are approximately 741 respondents 
annually filing for full withdrawal and approximately 130 respondents 
annually filing for partial withdrawal. Based on these estimates, the 
total estimated annual burden would be 588 hours ((741 respondents x 
.75 hours) + (130 respondents x .25 hours)).
    Rule 203-2 and Form ADV-W do not require recordkeeping or records 
retention. The collection of information requirements under the rule 
and form are mandatory. The information collected pursuant to the rule 
and Form ADV-W are filings with the Commission. These filings are not 
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 background documentation for this 
information collection at the following Web site, 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, 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: September 19, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-20218 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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