OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not
an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on
any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB
Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Pursuant to
5 CFR 1320.11(c), OMB files this comment on this information
collection request (ICR). The agency shall examine public comment
in response to the NPRM and will describe in the supporting
statement of its next collection any public comments received
regarding the collection as well as why (or why it did not)
incorporate the commenter’s recommendation. The next submission to
OMB must include the draft final rule.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2021
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2021
166
0
166
74,145
0
74,145
4,718,196
0
4,718,196
Form N-2 is filed by closed-end
investment companies in connection with an initial registration of
securities under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the
Securities Act of 1933.
US Code:
15
USC 80a-8 Name of Law: Investment Company Act of 1940
US Code: 15
USC 77f Name of Law: Securities Act of 1933
The new total annual hour
burden of 97,352 hours represents an increase of 23,207 hours over
the previous burden hour estimate of 74,145 hours. In addition, the
new total annual external cost burden of $6,560,918 represents an
increase of $1,842,722 over the previous external cost burden of
$4,718,196. The increase in burden hours and external costs are
primarily attributable to the increase in the estimated number of
Form N-2 post-effective amendments filed annually (largely due to a
change in methodology for estimating such filings). The increases
were offset in part by the proposed amendments, which would permit
eligible affected funds to forward incorporate information from
their Exchange Act reports, thus reducing the need for such funds
to file a post-effective amendment or a prospectus supplement to
update information in the registration statement.
$22,200,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Amy Miller 202 551-4447
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.