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OMB Control No: 3235-0697	ICR Reference No: 201211-3235-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: CF 270-647
Title: Form SD
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 02/12/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/13/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2016	36 Months From Approved
Responses	5,994	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,225,273	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,178,378,167	0	0

Abstract: Form SD is filed by issuers to provide disclosures regarding the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals in their products.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 78w(a), 78mm Name of Law: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
US Code: 15 USC 78c(b), 78l, 78m, 78o(d), Name of Law: Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 111 - 203 1502 Name of Law: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3235-AK84	Final or interim final rulemaking	77 FR 56274	09/12/2012

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Form SD	SEC XXXX

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	5,994	5,994
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,225,273	2,225,273
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,178,378,167	1,178,378,167

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The regulation in Release No. 34-67716 implements Section 13(p) of the Exchange Act, which was added by Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Section 1502 directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules requiring certain companies that manufacture products to disclose annually whether conflict minerals in those products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, those minerals include tantalum, tin, gold, and tungsten. The final rule requires reporting companies that manufacture products or contract to have products manufactured that contain conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of those products to conduct a reasonable inquiry into the origin of those conflict minerals. Based on the inquiry, a company may have to conduct a more extensive inquiry that requires the exercise of due diligence on the source and chain of custody of its conflict minerals. Depending on the results of the due diligence, the company may have to describe the products containing conflict minerals that are not "DRC conflict free" in a conflict minerals report and obtain an independent private sector audit of that report. We estimate that the regulation will result in approximately 2,225,273 new burden hours of in-house personnel time and approximately $1,178,378,167 in new costs for the services of outside professionals.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $150,000

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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]? Yes

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

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: John Fieldsend 202 551-3343

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