2016-19274. Data Collection Available for Public Comments

ACTION:

60 Day notice and request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 requires federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.

DATES:

Submit comments on or before October 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Send all comments to Louis Cupp, New Markets Policy Analyst, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis Cupp, New Markets Policy Analyst, 202-619-0511, [e-mail], Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, 202-205-7030, [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The information collected on SBA Form 480, “Size Status Declaration” is a certification of small business size status. This information collection is used to determine whether SBIC financial assistance is provided only to small business concerns as defined in the Small Business Investment Act and SBA size regulations. Without this certification, businesses that exceed SBA's size standards could benefit from program resources meant for small businesses.

Title: “Size Status Declaration”.

Description of Respondents: Small business Investment Companies.

Form Number: 480.

Annual Responses: 2,500.

Annual Burden: 417.

Curtis Rich,

Management Analyst.