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Request. In support of its Request, the
Postal Service filed the following
materials: (1) A redacted version of the
Governors’ Decision, originally filed in
Docket No. MC2009–25, authorizing
certain Priority Mail contracts; 2 (2) a
redacted version of the contract; 3 (3) a
requested change in the Competitive
Product List; 4 (4) a Statement of
Supporting Justification as required by
39 CFR 3020.32; 5 (5) a certification of
compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a); 6
and (6) an application for nonpublic
treatment of the materials filed under
seal.7
In the Statement of Supporting
Justification, Mary Prince Anderson,
Acting Manager, Sales and
Communications, Expedited Shipping,
asserts that the service to be provided
under the contract will cover its
attributable costs, make a positive
contribution to institutional costs, and
increase contribution toward the
requisite 5.5 percent of the Postal
Service’s total institutional costs. Id.,
Attachment D. Thus, Ms. Anderson
contends there will be no issue of
subsidization of competitive products
by market dominant products as a result
of this contract. Id.
Related contract. A redacted version
of the specific Priority Mail Contract 19
is included with the Request. The
contract will become effective on the
day that the Commission provides all
necessary regulatory approvals. It is
terminable upon 30 days notice by a
party, but could continue for 3 years
with annual adjustments. The Postal
Service represents that the contract is
consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(1). See
id., Attachment D. The Postal Service
will not provide the shipper with
customized pricing for eligible Priority
Mail items mailed by the shipper.
The Postal Service filed much of the
supporting materials, including the
specific Priority Mail Contract 19, under
seal. In its Request, the Postal Service
maintains that the contract and related
financial information, including the
customer’s name and the accompanying
analyses that provide prices, terms,
conditions, cost data, and financial
projections should remain under seal.
Id. at 2. It also requests that the
Commission order that the duration of
such treatment of all customer
identifying information be extended
2 Attachment A to the Request, reflecting
Governors’ Decision No. 09–6, April 27, 2009.
3 Attachment B to the Request.
4 Attachment C to the Request.
5 Attachment D to the Request.
6 Attachment E to the Request.
7 Attachment F to the Request.
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indefinitely, instead of ending after 10
years. Id., Attachment F at 1 and 7.
II. Notice of Filings
The Commission establishes Docket
Nos. MC2010–1 and CP2010–1 for
consideration of the Request pertaining
to the proposed Priority Mail Contract
19 product and the related contract,
respectively. In keeping with practice,
these dockets are addressed on a
consolidated basis for purposes of this
order; however, future filings should be
made in the specific docket in which
issues being addressed pertain.
Interested persons may submit
comments on whether the Postal
Service’s filings in the captioned
dockets are consistent with the policies
of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642 and 39
CFR part 3015 and 39 CFR 3020 subpart
B. Comments are due no later than
October 22, 2009. The public portions of
these filings can be accessed via the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Paul L.
Harrington to serve as Public
Representative in these dockets.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
Nos. MC2010–1 and CP2010–1 for
consideration of the matter raised in
each docket.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L.
Harrington is appointed to serve as
officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in these
proceedings.
3. Comments by interested persons in
these proceedings are due no later than
October 22, 2009.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Data Collection Available for Public
Comments and Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Small Business
Administration’s intentions to request
approval on a new and/or currently
approved information collection.
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DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments
regarding whether this information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, whether the burden estimates
are accurate, and if there are ways to
minimize the estimated burden and
enhance the quality of the collection, to
Cynthia Pitts, Director, Disaster
Administrative Services, Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street, 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Pitts, Director, Disaster
Administrative Services 202–205–7570
cynthia.pitts@sba.gov Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst, 202–205–7030
curtis.rich@sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Disaster
loans are authorized upon terms and
conditions to (1) assure proper use of
proceeds, (2) comply with established
record keeping requirements, and (3)
assure sound credit positions. Recordkeeping requirements provide a basis to
assure proper use of proceeds and
satisfy loan conditions.
Title: ‘‘Borrower’s Progress
Certification.’’
Description of Respondents:
Recipients of Disaster Loans.
Form Number: 1366.
Annual Responses: 12,078.
Annual Burden: 11,312.
Jacqueline White,
Chief, Administrative Information Branch.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Form N–8A; File No. 270–135; OMB Control
No. 3235–0175]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon written request, copy available
from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
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 (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
The Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (‘‘1940 Act’’) (15 U.S.C.
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80a–1 et seq.), requires investment
companies to register with the
Commission before they conduct any
business in interstate commerce.
Section 8(a) of the 1940 Act provides
that an investment company shall be
deemed to be registered upon receipt by
the Commission of a notification of
registration in such form as the
Commission prescribes. Form N–8A (17
CFR 274.10) is the form for notification
of registration that the Commission has
adopted under section 8(a). The purpose
of such notification of registration
provided on Form N–8A is to notify the
Commission of the existence of
investment companies required to be
registered under the 1940 Act and to
enable the Commission to administer
the provisions of the 1940 Act with
respect to those companies. After an
investment company has filed its
notification of registration under section
8(a), the company is then subject to the
provisions of the 1940 Act which govern
certain aspects of its organization and
activities, such as the composition of its
board of directors and the issuance of
senior securities. Form N–8A requires
an investment company to provide its
name, state of organization, form of
organization, classification, the name
and address of each investment adviser
of the investment company, the current
value of its total assets and certain other
information readily available to the
investment company. If the investment
company is filing a registration
statement as required by Section 8(b) of
the 1940 Act concurrently with its
notification of registration, Form N–8A
requires only that the registrant file the
cover page (giving its name, address and
agent for service of process) and sign the
form in order to effect registration.
Each year approximately 105
investment companies file a notification
on Form N–8A, which is required to be
filed only once by an investment
company. The Commission estimates
that preparing Form N–8A requires an
investment company to spend
approximately 1 hour so that the total
burden of preparing Form N–8A for all
affected investment companies is 105
hours. Estimates of average burden
hours are made solely for the purposes
of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and are
not derived from a comprehensive or
even a representative survey or study of
the costs of Commission rules and
forms.
The collection of information on Form
N–8A is mandatory. The information
provided on Form N–8A is not kept
confidential. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
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information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
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 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 Charles Boucher, Director/CIO,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432 General
Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or
send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: October 14, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Rule 38a–1; SEC File No. 270–522; OMB
Control No. 3235–0586]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon written request, copies available
from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
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 (the
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Rule 38a–1 (17 CFR 270.38a–1) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a) (‘‘Investment Company
Act’’) is intended to protect investors by
fostering better fund compliance with
securities laws. The rule requires every
registered investment company and
business development company
(‘‘fund’’) to: (i) Adopt and implement
written policies and procedures
reasonably designed to prevent
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violations of the Federal securities laws
by the fund, including procedures for
oversight of compliance by each
investment adviser, principal
underwriter, administrator, and transfer
agent of the fund; (ii) obtain the fund
board of director’s approval of those
policies and procedures; (iii) annually
review the adequacy of those policies
and procedures and the policies and
procedures of each investment adviser,
principal underwriter, administrator,
and transfer agent of the fund, and the
effectiveness of their implementation;
(iv) designate a chief compliance officer
to administer the fund’s policies and
procedures and prepare an annual
report to the board that addresses
certain specified items relating to the
policies and procedures; and (v)
maintain for five years the compliance
policies and procedures and the chief
compliance officer’s annual report to the
board.
The rule contains certain information
collection requirements that are
designed to ensure that funds establish
and maintain comprehensive, written
internal compliance programs. The
information collections also assist the
Commission’s examination staff in
assessing the adequacy of funds’
compliance programs.
While Rule 38a–1 requires each fund
to maintain written policies and
procedures, most funds are located
within a fund complex. The experience
of the Commission’s examination and
oversight staff suggests that each fund in
a complex is able to draw extensively
from the fund complex’s ‘‘master’’
compliance program to assemble
appropriate compliance policies and
procedures. Many fund complexes
already have written policies and
procedures documenting their
compliance programs. Further, a fund
needing to develop or revise policies
and procedures on one or more topics
in order to achieve a comprehensive
compliance program can draw on a
number or outlines and model programs
available from a variety of industry
representatives, commentators, and
organizations.
There are approximately 4638 funds
subject to Rule 38a–1. Among these
funds, 105 were newly registered in the
past year. These 105 funds, therefore,
were required to adopt and document
the policies and procedures that make
up their compliance programs.
Commission staff estimates that the
average annual hour burden for a fund
to adopt and document these policies
and procedures is 80 hours. Thus, we
estimate that the aggregate annual
burden hours associated with the
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Form N-8A; File No. 270-135; OMB Control No. 3235-0175]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Upon written request, copy available from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549-0213.
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 (the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the
collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to
submit this existing collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension and approval.
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (``1940 Act'') (15
U.S.C.
[[Page 54110]]
80a-1 et seq.), requires investment companies to register with the
Commission before they conduct any business in interstate commerce.
Section 8(a) of the 1940 Act provides that an investment company shall
be deemed to be registered upon receipt by the Commission of a
notification of registration in such form as the Commission prescribes.
Form N-8A (17 CFR 274.10) is the form for notification of registration
that the Commission has adopted under section 8(a). The purpose of such
notification of registration provided on Form N-8A is to notify the
Commission of the existence of investment companies required to be
registered under the 1940 Act and to enable the Commission to
administer the provisions of the 1940 Act with respect to those
companies. After an investment company has filed its notification of
registration under section 8(a), the company is then subject to the
provisions of the 1940 Act which govern certain aspects of its
organization and activities, such as the composition of its board of
directors and the issuance of senior securities. Form N-8A requires an
investment company to provide its name, state of organization, form of
organization, classification, the name and address of each investment
adviser of the investment company, the current value of its total
assets and certain other information readily available to the
investment company. If the investment company is filing a registration
statement as required by Section 8(b) of the 1940 Act concurrently with
its notification of registration, Form N-8A requires only that the
registrant file the cover page (giving its name, address and agent for
service of process) and sign the form in order to effect registration.
Each year approximately 105 investment companies file a
notification on Form N-8A, which is required to be filed only once by
an investment company. The Commission estimates that preparing Form N-
8A requires an investment company to spend approximately 1 hour so that
the total burden of preparing Form N-8A for all affected investment
companies is 105 hours. Estimates of average burden hours are made
solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and are not
derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study
of the costs of Commission rules and forms.
The collection of information on Form N-8A is mandatory. The
information provided on Form N-8A is not kept confidential. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
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 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 Charles Boucher, Director/
CIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432
General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: October 14, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-25206 Filed 10-20-09; 8:45 am]
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