Regulation SCI and Form SCI

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form Form SCI IC19 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC14 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC13 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC12 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC11 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC21 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC20 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC18 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form SCI IC10 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
3235-0703 Supporting Statement (CC proposal).pdf	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-12-07	Repair queued
Form SCI.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-04-14	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
262601	IC 29.2 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262600	IC 29.1 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262599	IC 28.1 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - initial burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262598	IC 27.2 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - ongoing burden Competing Considators		New
262596	IC 27.1 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262593	IC 26.2 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - initial burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262592	IC 26.1 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - initial burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262591	IC 25.2 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262590	IC 25.1 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262589	IC 24.2 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - initial burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262588	IC 24.1 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - initial burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262587	IC 23.5 - Access to EFFS - digital ID - Competing Consolidators		New
262586	IC 23.4 - Access to EFFS - digital ID - Current SCI Entities		New
262585	IC 23.3 - Access to EFFS - digital ID - New SCI Entities		New
262584	IC 23.2 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262583	IC 23.1 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262581	IC 22.1 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - initial burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262580	IC 21.2 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - Competing Consolidators		New
262579	IC 21.1 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - Current SCI Entities		New
262577	IC 20.2 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - Competing Consolidators		New
262576	IC 20.1 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - Current SCI Entities		New
262575	IC 19.2 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - Competing Consolidators		New
262574	IC 19.1 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - Current SCI Entities		New
262573	IC 18.2 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - Competing Consolidators		New
262572	IC 18.1 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - Current SCI Entities		New
262571	IC 17.2 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2) - Competing Consolidators		New
262570	IC 17.1 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2) - Current SCI Entities		New
262569	IC17 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2) - New Entities		New
262568	IC 16.2 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(ii) - Competing Consolidators		New
262567	IC 16.1 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(ii) - Current SCI Entities		New
262566	IC 15.2 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(i) - Competing Consolidators		New
262565	IC 15.1 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(i) - Current SCI Entities		New
262564	IC 14.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - Competing Consolidators		New
262563	IC 14.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - Current SCI Entities		New
262561	IC 13.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - Competing Consolidators		New
262560	IC 13.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - Current SCI Entities		New
262559	IC 12.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - Competing Consolidators		New
262558	IC 12.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - Current SCI Entities		New
262557	IC 11.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - Competing Consolidators		New
262556	IC 11.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - Current SCI Entities		New
262555	IC 10.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - Competing Consolidators		New
262554	ICR 10.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - Current SCI Entities		New
262552	IC 9.3 - Mandate participation in certain testing for plan processors required by Rule 1004		New
262551	IC 9.2 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262550	IC 9.1 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262547	IC 8.2 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 – initial burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262546	IC 8.1 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 – initial burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262545	IC 7.2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) – ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262544	IC 7.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) – ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262543	IC 6.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) - initial burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262541	IC 5.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities non-SROs		New
262540	IC 4.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators		New
262539	IC 3.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - initial burden - Competing Consolidator		New
262537	IC 2.2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidator		New
262536	IC 2.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities		New
262535	IC 1.2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - initial burden - competing consolidators		New
262533	IC 1.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - initial burden- Current SCI Entities		New
232088	IC29 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
232087	IC27 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
232086	IC25 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
232085	IC23 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
232079	IC19 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
232078	IC17 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2)		Modified
232077	IC16 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(ii) - New SCI Entities		Modified
232076	IC14 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
232075	IC13 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
232074	IC12 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
232073	IC11 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
232072	IC9 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - ongoing burden- New SCI Entities		Modified
232071	IC7 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
232068	IC5 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) -ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities non-SROs		Modified
232067	IC4 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - ongoing burden - SCI SROs		Modified
232066	IC2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
216647	IC 31 - Access to EFFS - digital ID		Unchanged
216646	IC22 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
216640	IC6 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
207227	IC28 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
207226	IC26 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
207225	IC24 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
207224	IC21 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
207223	IC20 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
207214	IC18 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
207212	IC15 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(i) - New SCI Entities		Modified
207211	IC10 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - New SCI Entities	Form and Instruction	Modified
207210	IC30 - Mandate participation in certain testing for plan processors required by Rule 1004		Unchanged
207209	IC8 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
207208	IC3 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - initial burden - New SCI Entities		Modified
207206	IC1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - initial burden-- New SCI Entities		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3235-0703	ICR Reference No: 202309-3235-015
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202111-3235-005
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: TM-270-653
Title: Regulation SCI and Form SCI
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/07/2023

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2025	03/31/2025
Responses	5,416	2,784
Time Burden (Hours)	331,757	148,160
Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,467,493	3,789,577

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Abstract: Regulation SCI would update and formalize a regulatory framework for ensuring that the U.S. securities trading markets develop and maintain systems with adequate capacity, integrity, resiliency, availability, and security, and reinforce the requirement that such systems operate in compliance with relevant laws and rules. Regulation SCI is intended to advance the goals of the national market system by enhancing the capacity, integrity, resiliency, availability, and security of the automated systems of entities important to the functioning of the U.S. securities markets, and reinforce the requirement that such systems operate in compliance with the Exchange Act and relevant rules. The Commission recently proposed to update the national market system for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination of information with respect to quotations for and transactions in national market system (“NMS”) stocks. Specifically, the Proposal would expand the content of the information with respect to quotations for and transactions in NMS stocks that must be made available under Regulation NMS and introduce a decentralized consolidation model whereby “competing consolidators” would assume responsibility for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination functions currently performed by the exclusive Securities Information Processors (“SIPs”). Among other things, the Proposal would expand the definition of “SCI entity” to include competing consolidators, so that all competing consolidators would be subject to Regulation SCI.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 78a et seq Name of Law: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3235-AN25	Proposed rulemaking	88 FR 23146	04/13/2023

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 88

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
IC 1.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - initial burden- Current SCI Entities
IC 1.2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - initial burden - competing consolidators
IC 10.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - Competing Consolidators
IC 11.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - Current SCI Entities
IC 11.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - Competing Consolidators
IC 12.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - Current SCI Entities
IC 12.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - Competing Consolidators
IC 13.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - Current SCI Entities
IC 13.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - Competing Consolidators
IC 14.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - Current SCI Entities
IC 14.2 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - Competing Consolidators
IC 15.1 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(i) - Current SCI Entities
IC 15.2 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(i) - Competing Consolidators
IC 16.1 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(ii) - Current SCI Entities
IC 16.2 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(ii) - Competing Consolidators
IC 17.1 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2) - Current SCI Entities
IC 17.2 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2) - Competing Consolidators
IC 18.1 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - Current SCI Entities
IC 18.2 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - Competing Consolidators
IC 19.1 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - Current SCI Entities
IC 19.2 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - Competing Consolidators
IC 2.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 2.2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidator
IC 20.1 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - Current SCI Entities
IC 20.2 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - Competing Consolidators
IC 21.1 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - Current SCI Entities
IC 21.2 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - Competing Consolidators
IC 22.1 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - initial burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 23.1 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 23.2 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 23.3 - Access to EFFS - digital ID - New SCI Entities
IC 23.4 - Access to EFFS - digital ID - Current SCI Entities
IC 23.5 - Access to EFFS - digital ID - Competing Consolidators
IC 24.1 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - initial burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 24.2 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - initial burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 25.1 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 25.2 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 26.1 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - initial burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 26.2 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - initial burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 27.1 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 27.2 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - ongoing burden Competing Considators
IC 28.1 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - initial burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 29.1 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 29.2 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 3.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - initial burden - Competing Consolidator
IC 31 - Access to EFFS - digital ID
IC 4.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 5.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities non-SROs
IC 6.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) - initial burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 7.1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) – ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 7.2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) – ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 8.1 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 – initial burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 8.2 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 – initial burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 9.1 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities
IC 9.2 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - ongoing burden - Competing Consolidators
IC 9.3 - Mandate participation in certain testing for plan processors required by Rule 1004
IC1 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - initial burden-- New SCI Entities
IC10 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC11 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC12 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(3) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC13 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(4) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC14 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(5) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC15 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(i) - New SCI Entities
IC16 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(1)(ii) - New SCI Entities
IC17 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2)
IC17 - Dissemination of information required by Rule 1002(c)(2) - New Entities
IC18 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(1) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC19 - Material systems change notice required by Rule 1003(a)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC2 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(a) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities
IC20 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(1) and (b)(2) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC21 - SCI review required by Rule 1003(b)(3) - New SCI Entities	Form SCI	Form SCI
IC22 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC23 - Access to EFFS - EAUF - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities
IC24 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC25 - Corrective action required by Rule 1002(a) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities
IC26 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC27 - Identification of critical SCI systems, major SCI events, de minimis SCI events, and material systems changes - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities
IC28 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC29 - Recordkeeping required by Rules 1005 and 1007 - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities
IC3 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC30 - Mandate participation in certain testing for plan processors required by Rule 1004
IC4 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) - ongoing burden - SCI SROs
IC5 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(b) -ongoing burden - Current SCI Entities non-SROs
IC6 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC7 - Policies and procedures required by Rule 1001(c) - ongoing burden - New SCI Entities
IC8 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - initial burden - New SCI Entities
IC9 - Mandate participation in certain testing for non-plan processors required by Rule 1004 - ongoing burden- New SCI Entities
ICR 10.1 - SCI event notice required by Rule 1002(b)(1) - Current SCI Entities

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	5,416	2,784	0	2,632	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	331,757	148,160	0	183,597	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,467,493	3,789,577	0	6,677,916	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The Commission has proposed amendments to the rule that would revise collections of information, and the corresponding burdens, in this OMB number. These revisions are discussed in more detail in the attached Supporting Statement.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $180,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 12/07/2023

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