[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42228-42229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16017]


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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-8B-2; SEC File No. 270-186; OMB Control No. 3235-
0186.

    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 requests for extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.
    Form N-8B-2--Registration Statement of Unit Investment Trusts that 
are Currently Issuing Securities.
    Form N-8B-2 is the form used by unit investment trusts (``UITs'') 
that are currently issuing securities, including UITs that are issuers 
of periodic payment plan certificates and UITs of which a management 
investment company is the sponsor or depositor, to comply with the 
filing and disclosure requirements imposed by section 8(b) of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 80a-8(b)]. Form N-8B-2 
requires disclosure about the organization of a UIT, its securities, 
the trustee, the personnel and affiliated persons of the depositor, the 
distribution and redemption of securities, and financial statements. 
The Commission uses the information provided in the collection of 
information to determine compliance with section 8(b) of the Investment 
Company Act.
    Based on the Commission's industry statistics, the Commission 
estimates that there would be approximately one initial filing on Form 
N-8B-2 and 11 post-effective amendment filings to the Form. The 
Commission estimates that each registrant filing an initial Form N-8B-2 
would spend 44 hours in preparing and filing the Form and that the 
total hour burden for all initial Form N-8B-2 filings would be 44 
hours. Also, the Commission estimates that each UIT filing a post-
effective amendment to Form N-8B-2 would spend 16 hours in preparing 
and filing the amendment and that the total hour burden for all post-
effective amendments to the Form would be 176 hours. By combining the 
total hour burdens estimated for initial Form N-8B-2 filings and post-
effective amendments filings to the Form, the Commission estimates that 
the total

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annual burden hours for all registrants on Form N-8B-2 would be 220. 
Estimates of the burden hours are made solely for the purposes of the 
PRA, and are not derived from a comprehensive or even a representative 
survey or study of the costs of SEC rules and forms.
    The information provided on Form N-8B-2 is mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-8B-2 will not be kept confidential. The 
Commission 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.
    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 email to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: July 6, 2004.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-16017 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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