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internet website (http://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549 on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–PEARL–2020–30, and
should be submitted on or before
December 30, 2020.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.12
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–26995 Filed 12–8–20; 8:45 am]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270–173, OMB Control No.
3235–0178]

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
20549–02736

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Extension:
Rule 31a–1

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
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Rule 31a–1 (17 CFR 270.31a–1) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the ‘‘Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 80a) is entitled
‘‘Records to be maintained by registered
investment companies, certain majorityowned subsidiaries thereof, and other
persons having transactions with
registered investment companies.’’ Rule
31a–1 requires registered investment
companies (‘‘funds’’), and every
underwriter, broker, dealer, or
investment adviser that is a majorityowned subsidiary of a fund, to maintain
and keep current accounts, books, and
other documents which constitute the
record forming the basis for financial
statements required to be filed pursuant
to section 31 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a–
30) and of the auditor’s certificates
relating thereto. The rule lists specific
records to be maintained by funds. The
rule also requires certain underwriters,
brokers, dealers, depositors, and
investment advisers to maintain the
records that they are required to
maintain under federal securities laws.
The Commission periodically inspects
the operations of funds to insure their
compliance with the provisions of the
Act and the rules thereunder. The books
and records required to be maintained
by rule 31a–1 constitute a major focus
of the Commission’s inspection
program.
There are approximately 3,964
investment companies registered with
the Commission, all of which are
required to comply with rule 31a–1. For
purposes of determining the burden
imposed by rule 31a–1, the Commission
staff estimates that each fund is divided
into approximately four series, on
average, and that each series is required
to comply with the recordkeeping
requirements of rule 31a–1. Based on
conversations with fund representatives,
it is estimated that rule 31a–1 imposes
an average burden of approximately
1,750 hours annually per series for a
total of 7,000 annual hours per fund.
The estimated total annual burden for
all 3,964 funds subject to the rule
therefore is approximately 27,748,000
hours. Based on conversations with
fund representatives, however, the
Commission staff estimates that even
absent the requirements of rule 31a–1,
90 percent of the records created
pursuant to the rule are the type that
generally would be created as a matter
of normal business practice and to
prepare financial statements. Thus, the
Commission staff estimates that the total
annual burden associated with rule 31a–
1 is 2,774,800 hours.
The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not
derived from a comprehensive or even

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a representative survey or study. The
collection of information required by
rule 31a–1 is mandatory. Responses will
not be kept confidential. The records
required by rule 31a–1 are required to
be preserved pursuant to rule 31a–2
under the Investment Company Act (17
CFR 270.31a–2). Rule 31a–2 requires
that certain of these records be
preserved permanently, and that others
be preserved six years from the end of
the fiscal year in which any transaction
occurred. In both cases, the records
should be kept in an easily accessible
place for the first two years. 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 OMB control
number.
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 background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom,
Director/Chief Information Officer,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an
email to: [email protected].
Dated: December 4, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–27029 Filed 12–8–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 2120–0671]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection(s): Safety Management
Systems for Part 121 Certificate
Holders
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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