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hours recordkeeping, or 114 hours per
recordkeeper] and 99,118 hours for
Agreement State licensees [20,863 hours
reporting, or an average of 8.3 hours per
response + 78,255 hours recordkeeping,
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7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 32 establishes
requirements for specific licenses for the
introduction of byproduct material into
products or materials and transfer of the
products or materials to general
licensees or persons exempt from
licensing. It also prescribes
requirements governing holders of the
specific licenses. Some of the
requirements are for information which
must be submitted in an application for
a specific license, records which must
be kept, reports which must be
submitted, and information which must
be forwarded to general licensees and
persons exempt from licensing. In
addition, 10 CFR part 32 prescribes
requirements for the issuance of
certificates of registration (concerning
radiation safety information about a
product) to manufacturers or initial
transferors of sealed sources and
devices. Submission or retention of the
information is mandatory for persons
subject to the 10 CFR part 32
requirements. The information is used
by NRC to make licensing and other
regulatory determinations concerning
the use of radioactive byproduct
material in products and devices.
Submit, by June 13, 2005, comments
that address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
A copy of the draft supporting
statement may be viewed free of charge
at the NRC Public Document Room, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD
20852. OMB clearance requests are
available at the NRC World Wide Web
site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
doc-comment/omb/. The
document will be available on the NRC
Home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions about the
information collection requirements
may be directed to the NRC Clearance
Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear
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Regulatory Commission, T–5 F53,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, by
telephone at 301–415–7233, or by
Internet electronic mail to
INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of April, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and
Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Extension:
Rule 15c2–11; SEC File No. 270–196; OMB
Control No. 3235–0202.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collections of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit these existing
collections of information to the Office
of Management and Budget for
extension and approval.
The Commission adopted Rule 15c2–
11 1 (Rule 15c2–11 or Rule) in 1971
under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 2 (Exchange Act) to regulate the
initiation or resumption of quotations in
a quotation medium by a broker-dealer
for over-the-counter (OTC) securities.
The Rule was designed primarily to
prevent certain manipulative and
fraudulent trading schemes that had
arisen in connection with the
distribution and trading of unregistered
securities issued by shell companies or
other companies having outstanding but
infrequently traded securities. Subject to
certain exceptions, the Rule prohibits
brokers-dealers from publishing a
quotation for a security, or submitting a
quotation for publication, in a quotation
medium unless they have reviewed
specified information concerning the
security and the issuer.
The information required to be
reviewed is submitted by the
respondents to the National Association
of Securities Dealers Regulation
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(‘‘NASDR’’) on Form 211 for review and
approval.
According to NASDR estimates, we
believe that approximately 1,200 new
applications from broker-dealers to
initiate or resume publication of
covered OTC securities in the OTC
Bulletin Board and/or the Pink Sheets or
other quotation mediums were received
by the NASDR for the 2004 calendar
year. We estimate that 80% of the
covered OTC securities were issued by
reporting issuers, while the other 20%
were issued by non-reporting issuers.
We believe that it will take a brokerdealer about 4 hours to collect, review,
record, retain, and supply to the NASDR
the information pertaining to a reporting
issuer, and about 8 hours to collect,
review, record, retain, and supply to the
NASDR the information pertaining to a
non-reporting issuer.
We therefore estimate that brokerdealers who are the first to publish the
first quote for a covered OTC security of
a reporting issuer will require 3,840
hours (1,200 × 80% × 4) to collect,
review, record, retain, and supply to the
NASDR the information required by the
Rule. We estimate that the brokerdealers who are the first to publish the
first quote for a covered OTC security of
a non-reporting issuer will require 1,920
hours (1,200 × 20% × 8) to collect,
review, record, retain, and supply to the
NASDR the information required by the
Rule. We therefore estimate the total
annual burden hours for the first brokerdealers to be 5,760 hours (3,840 +
1,920). The Commission estimates that
the annual cost to comply with Rule
15c2–11 is $115,200 ($20 per hour times
5,760 hours).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20549.
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Dated: April 6, 2005.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5–1760 Filed 4–13–05; 8:45 am]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. IC–26831; File No. 812–13129]
John Hancock Life Insurance
Company, et al.
April 11, 2005.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of application for an
order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
‘‘Act’’) approving certain substitutions
of securities.
AGENCY:
Filing Date: The application was
filed on October 15, 2004 and amended
on February 9, 2005 and on April 11,
2005.
APPLICANTS: John Hancock Life
Insurance Company (‘‘John Hancock’’),
John Hancock Variable Life Insurance
Company (‘‘JHVLICO’’), and the
following separate accounts of John
Hancock and JHVLICO (‘‘Separate
Accounts’’): John Hancock Variable Life
Account S (‘‘Account S’’), John Hancock
Variable Life Account UV (‘‘Account
UV’’), John Hancock Variable Life
Account U (‘‘Account U’’), John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF
(‘‘Account JF’’), John Hancock Variable
Annuity Account I (‘‘Account I’’), and
John Hancock Variable Annuity
Account H (‘‘Account H’’) (collectively,
‘‘Applicants’’).
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants
request an order to permit certain unit
investment trusts to substitute shares of
the following series of John Hancock
Trust (‘‘JHT’’) (formerly, Manufacturers
Investment Trust): (a) Shares of JHT 500
Index Trust B for shares of each of the
following series of unaffiliated
registered investment companies: AIM
V.I. Premier Equity Fund (Series I and
Series II Shares) of AIM Variable
Insurance Funds, AllianceBernstein
Growth and Income Portfolio (Class B
Shares) of AllianceBernstein Variable
Products Series Fund, Inc.,
AllianceBernstein Premier Growth
Portfolio (Class B Shares) of
AllianceBernstein Variable Products
Series Fund, Inc., Fidelity VIP Growth
Portfolio (Service Class and Service
Class 2 Shares) of Variable Insurance
Products Fund, MFS Investors Growth
Stock Series (Initial Class) of MFS
Variable Insurance Trust, and Growth
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and Income Portfolio (Class VC Shares)
of Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.; (b)
shares of JHT Total Stock Market Index
Trust for shares of each of the following
series of unaffiliated registered
investment companies: Fidelity VIP
Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class
Shares) of Variable Insurance Products
Fund II, MFS Research Series (Initial
Class and Service Class) of MFS
Variable Insurance Trust, Putnam VT
Investors Fund (Class 1B Shares) of
Putnam Variable Trust, Oppenheimer
Capital Appreciation Fund/VA (Service
Class Shares) of Oppenheimer Variable
Account Funds, Mutual Shares
Securities Fund (Class 2 Shares) of
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance
Products Trust, Global Technology
Portfolio (Service Shares) of Janus
Aspen Series; (c) shares of JHT Mid Cap
Index Trust for shares of each of the
following series of unaffiliated
registered investment companies: Mid
Cap Value Portfolio (Class VC Shares) of
Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc., Putnam
VT Vista Fund (Class IB Shares) of
Putnam Variable Trust, MFS Mid Cap
Growth Series (Service Class Shares) of
MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Mid Cap
Stock Portfolio (Service Class Shares) of
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, and AIM
V.I. Capital Development Fund (Series I
and Series II shares) of AIM Variable
Insurance Funds; (d) shares of JHT
Small Cap Index Trust for shares of each
of the following series of unaffiliated
registered investment companies:
Delaware VIP Small Cap Value Series
(Service Class Shares) of Delaware VIP
Trust, Emerging Leaders Portfolio
(Service Class Shares) of Dreyfus
Investment Portfolios, Franklin Small
Cap Fund (Class 2 Shares) of Franklin
Templeton Variable Insurance Products
Trust, Delaware VIP Trend Series
(Service Class Shares) of Delaware VIP
Trust, MFS New Discovery Series
(Initial Class and Service Class Shares)
of MFS Variable Insurance Trust; (e)
shares of JHT International Equity Index
Trust B for shares of each of the
following series of unaffiliated
registered investment companies:
Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio (Service
Class and Service Class 2 Shares) of
Variable Insurance Products Fund,
Worldwide Growth Portfolio (Service
Shares) of Janus Aspen Series, and
Putnam VT International Equity Fund
(Class 1B Shares) of Putnam Variable
Trust; (f) shares of JHT U.S. Government
Securities Trust for shares of the
following series of an unaffiliated
registered investment company: Putnam
VT American Government Income Fund
(Class 1B Shares) of Putnam Variable
Trust; and (g) shares of JHT Bond Index
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Trust B for shares of the following series
of an unaffiliated registered investment
company: Franklin U.S. Government
Fund (Class 2 Shares) of Franklin
Templeton Variable Insurance Products
Trust.
HEARING OF NOTIFICATION: An order
granting the application will be issued
unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a
hearing by writing to the Secretary of
the Commission and serving Applicants
with a copy of the request personally or
by mail. Hearing requests should be
received by the Commission by 5:30
p.m. on April 29, 2005, and should be
accompanied by proof of service on
Applicants, in the form of an affidavit
or for lawyers a certificate of service.
Hearing requests should state the nature
of the writer’s interest, the reason for the
request and the issues contested.
Persons may request notification of a
hearing by writing to the Secretary of
the Commission.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20549.
Applicants: Raymond A. O’Hara III,
Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C., 943
Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880 and
Arnold R. Bergman, John Hancock Life
Insurance Company, 601 Congress
Street, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02210–
2801.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harry Eisenstein, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551–6764 or Zandra Bailes,
Branch Chief, Office of Insurance
Products, Division of Investment
Management, at (202) 551–6795.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is a summary of the
application. The complete application
may be obtained for a fee from the
Public Reference Branch of the
Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20549, (202) 942–8090.
Applicants’ Representations
1. John Hancock is a Massachusetts
stock life insurance company. On
February 1, 2000, John Hancock Mutual
Life Insurance Company converted to a
stock company from a mutual company
and changed its name to its present
name. As part of the demutualization
process, John Hancock became a
subsidiary of John Hancock Financial
Services, Inc., a newly-formed publiclytraded corporation. In April 2004, John
Hancock Financial Services, Inc. was
merged with a subsidiary of Manulife
Financial Corporation, a publicly-traded
corporation organized under the laws of
Canada. The merger was effected
pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of September 28, 2003.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.
Extension:
Rule 15c2-11; SEC File No. 270-196; OMB Control No. 3235-0202.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collections
of information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit these
existing collections of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval.
The Commission adopted Rule 15c2-11 \1\ (Rule 15c2-11 or Rule) in
1971 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 \2\ (Exchange Act) to
regulate the initiation or resumption of quotations in a quotation
medium by a broker-dealer for over-the-counter (OTC) securities. The
Rule was designed primarily to prevent certain manipulative and
fraudulent trading schemes that had arisen in connection with the
distribution and trading of unregistered securities issued by shell
companies or other companies having outstanding but infrequently traded
securities. Subject to certain exceptions, the Rule prohibits brokers-
dealers from publishing a quotation for a security, or submitting a
quotation for publication, in a quotation medium unless they have
reviewed specified information concerning the security and the issuer.
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\1\ 17 CFR 240.15c2-11.
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.
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The information required to be reviewed is submitted by the
respondents to the National Association of Securities Dealers
Regulation (``NASDR'') on Form 211 for review and approval.
According to NASDR estimates, we believe that approximately 1,200
new applications from broker-dealers to initiate or resume publication
of covered OTC securities in the OTC Bulletin Board and/or the Pink
Sheets or other quotation mediums were received by the NASDR for the
2004 calendar year. We estimate that 80% of the covered OTC securities
were issued by reporting issuers, while the other 20% were issued by
non-reporting issuers. We believe that it will take a broker-dealer
about 4 hours to collect, review, record, retain, and supply to the
NASDR the information pertaining to a reporting issuer, and about 8
hours to collect, review, record, retain, and supply to the NASDR the
information pertaining to a non-reporting issuer.
We therefore estimate that broker-dealers who are the first to
publish the first quote for a covered OTC security of a reporting
issuer will require 3,840 hours (1,200 x 80% x 4) to collect, review,
record, retain, and supply to the NASDR the information required by the
Rule. We estimate that the broker-dealers who are the first to publish
the first quote for a covered OTC security of a non-reporting issuer
will require 1,920 hours (1,200 x 20% x 8) to collect, review, record,
retain, and supply to the NASDR the information required by the Rule.
We therefore estimate the total annual burden hours for the first
broker-dealers to be 5,760 hours (3,840 + 1,920). The Commission
estimates that the annual cost to comply with Rule 15c2-11 is $115,200
($20 per hour times 5,760 hours).
Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60
days of this publication.
Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 5th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.
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Dated: April 6, 2005.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
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