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OMB Control No: 3235-0697	ICR Reference No: 202012-3235-013
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201910-3235-015
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: CF 270-647
Title: Form SD
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/29/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/24/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2023
Responses	1,278	0	1,481
Time Burden (Hours)	458,065	0	528,846
Cost Burden (Dollars)	103,575,152	0	113,012,752

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

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3235-AM06	Final or interim final rulemaking	86 FR 4662	01/15/2021

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Form SD	SEC 0697

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,278	1,481	-203
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	458,065	528,846	-70,781
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	103,575,152	113,012,752	-9,437,600

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: Form SD is the specialized disclosure form that is currently used to file Conflict Minerals Reports pursuant to Rule 13p-1 of the Exchange Act. The current OMB inventory also includes burden estimates for the 2016 Rules that implemented Section 13(q) of the Exchange Act but were later disapproved by Congress. The Adopting Release amends Form SD to re-implement Section 13(q) by including on that collection of information the disclosures required by resource extraction issuers under Section 13(q) pursuant to Rule 13q-1. For purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and after taking into account a program adjustment to the burden estimates of the 2016 Rules, we estimate that, for this collection of information, the final amendments will result in a decrease in annual responses from 1,481 to 1,278 responses; a decrease in internal burden hours 70,781 hours; and a decrease in professional costs of $9,437,600.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $103,479,690

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. Yes

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

Agency Contact: Elliot Staffin 202 551-3243

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