[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58351-58352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23012]


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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 Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213

Extension:
    Form N-CSR; OMB Control No. 3235-0570, SEC File No. 270-512

    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'') 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-CSR (17 CFR 249.331 and 274.128) is a combined reporting 
form used by registered management investment companies (``funds'') to 
file certified shareholder reports under the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) (``Investment Company Act'') and the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange 
Act''). Specifically, Form N-CSR is to be used for reports under 
section 30(b)(2) of the Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-29(b)(2)) 
and section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) and 
78o(d)), filed pursuant to rule 30b2-1(a) under the Investment Company 
Act (17 CFR 270.30b2-1(a)). Reports on Form N CSR are to be filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') no later than 
10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is 
required to be transmitted to stockholders under rule 30e-1 under the 
Investment Company Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1).
    Form N-CSR is filed semi-annually, and the Commission estimates 
that there are 3,288 respondents. The Commission also estimates that 
the average number of portfolios referenced in each filing is 3.75. The 
Commission further estimates that the hour burden for preparing and 
filing a report on Form N-CSR is 7.21

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hours per portfolio. Given that filings on Form N-CSR are filed semi-
annually, filings on Form N-CSR require 14.42 hours per portfolio each 
year. The total annual hour burden for Form N-CSR, therefore, is 
estimated to be 177,799 hours. The estimated total annual cost burden 
to respondents for outside professionals associated with the collection 
of data relating to Form N-CSR is $3,189,771.
    The information collection requirements imposed by Form N-CSR are 
mandatory. Responses to the collection of information will not be 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: [email protected]; and (ii) 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: [email protected]. 
Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 17, 2013.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23012 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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