[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1781]


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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-54A; SEC File No. 270-182; OMB Control No. 3235-0237.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.] (the ``PRA''), 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.
     Form N-54A under the Investment Company Act of 1940; 
Notification of Election to be Subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 Filed Pursuant to Section 54(a) of the 
Act.
    Form N-54A [17 CFR 274.53] is the notification to the Commission of 
election to be regulated as a business development company. A company 
making such an election only has to file a Form N-54A once.
    It is estimated that approximately 46 respondents per year file 
with the Commission a Form N-54A. Form N-54A requires approximately 0.5 
burden hours per response resulting from creating and filing the 
information required by the Form. The total burden hours for Form N-54A 
would be 23.0 hours per year in the aggregate. The estimated annual 
burden of 23.0 hours represents an increase of 21.0 hours over the 
prior estimate of 2.0 hours. The increase in burden hours is 
attributable to an increase in the number of respondents from 4 to 46.
    The estimate of average burden hours for Form N-54A is made solely 
for the purposes of the PRA and is not derived from a comprehensive or 
even representative survey or study of the cost of Commission rules and 
forms.
    The collection of information under Form N-54A is mandatory. The 
information provided by the Form is 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.
    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 e-mail to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Comments 
must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

     January 30, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-1781 Filed 2-8-06; 8:45 am]
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