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Brent J. Fields,
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Extension:
Rule 11a–3. SEC File No. 270-321, OMB
Control No. 3235–0358.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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.
Section 11(a) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) (15 U.S.C.
80a–11(a)) provides that it is unlawful
for a registered open-end investment
company (‘‘fund’’) or its underwriter to
make an offer to the fund’s shareholders
or the shareholders of any other fund to
exchange the fund’s securities for
securities of the same or another fund
on any basis other than the relative net
asset values (‘‘NAVs’’) of the respective
securities to be exchanged, ‘‘unless the
terms of the offer have first been
submitted to and approved by the
Commission or are in accordance with
such rules and regulations as the
Commission may have prescribed in
respect of such offers.’’ Section 11(a)
was designed to prevent ‘‘switching,’’
the practice of inducing shareholders of
one fund to exchange their shares for
the shares of another fund for the
purpose of exacting additional sales
charges.
Rule 11a–3 (17 CFR 270.11a–3) under
the Act of 1940 is an exemptive rule that
permits open-end investment
companies (‘‘funds’’), other than
insurance company separate accounts,
and funds’ principal underwriters, to
make certain exchange offers to fund
shareholders and shareholders of other
funds in the same group of investment
companies. The rule requires a fund,
among other things, (i) to disclose in its
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prospectus and advertising literature the
amount of any administrative or
redemption fee imposed on an exchange
transaction, (ii) if the fund imposes an
administrative fee on exchange
transactions, other than a nominal one,
to maintain and preserve records with
respect to the actual costs incurred in
connection with exchanges for at least
six years, and (iii) give the fund’s
shareholders a sixty day notice of a
termination of an exchange offer or any
material amendment to the terms of an
exchange offer (unless the only material
effect of an amendment is to reduce or
eliminate an administrative fee, sales
load or redemption fee payable at the
time of an exchange).
The rule’s requirements are designed
to protect investors against abuses
associated with exchange offers, provide
fund shareholders with information
necessary to evaluate exchange offers
and certain material changes in the
terms of exchange offers, and enable the
Commission staff to monitor funds’ use
of administrative fees charged in
connection with exchange transactions.
The staff estimates that there are
approximately 1,633 active open-end
investment companies registered with
the Commission as of March 2014. The
staff estimates that 25 percent (or 408)
of these funds impose a non-nominal
administrative fee on exchange
transactions. The staff estimates that the
recordkeeping requirement of the rule
requires approximately 1 hour annually
of clerical time per fund, for a total of
408 hours for all funds.
The staff estimates that 5 percent of
these 1,633 funds (or 82) terminate an
exchange offer or make a material
change to the terms of their exchange
offer each year, requiring the fund to
comply with the notice requirement of
the rule. The staff estimates that
complying with the notice requirement
of the rule requires approximately 1
hour of attorney time and 2 hours of
clerical time per fund, for a total of
approximately 246 hours for all funds to
comply with the notice requirement.1
The staff estimates that such notices
will be enclosed with other written
materials sent to shareholders, such as
annual shareholder reports or account
statements, and therefore any burdens
associated with mailing required notices
are accounted for in the burdens
associated with Form N–1A registration
statements for funds. The recordkeeping
and notice requirements together
1 This
estimate is based on the following
calculations: (1,633 (funds) × 0.05% = 82 funds);
(82 × 1 (attorney hour) = 82 total attorney hours);
(82 (funds) × 2 (clerical hours) = 164 total clerical
hours); (82 (attorney hours) + 164 (clerical hours)
= 246 total hours).
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therefore impose a total burden of 654
hours on all funds.2 The total number of
respondents is 490, each responding
once a year.3 The burdens associated
with the disclosure requirement of the
rule are accounted for in the burdens
associated with the Form N–1A
registration statement for funds.
The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not
derived from a comprehensive or even
a representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules and forms.
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 control
number.
The public may view the background
documentation for this information
collection at the following Web site,
www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10102, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503,
or by sending an email to: Shagufta_
Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela
Dyson, Director/Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549
or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@
sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: March 10, 2015.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions
on Proposed Highway in California
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims
for Judicial Review of Actions by the
California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327,
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
AGENCY:
The FHWA, on behalf of
Caltrans, is issuing this notice to
SUMMARY:
2 This estimate is based on the following
calculations: (246 (notice hours) + 408
(recordkeeping hours) = 654 total hours).
3 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: (408 funds responding to recordkeeping
requirement + 82 funds responding to notice
requirement = 490 total respondents).
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 51 / Tuesday, March 17, 2015 / Notices
announce actions taken by Caltrans and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that are
final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C.
139(l)(1). The actions relate to a
proposed highway project known as
CURE Safety Improvement that
proposes to remove all fixed objects in
the clear recovery zone along a 4-mile
section of the southbound roadside of
Highway 101 between King City and
Greenfield in Monterey County, State of
California. Those actions grant licenses,
permits, and approvals for the project.
DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on
behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public
of final agency actions subject to 23
U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim seeking
judicial review of the Federal agency
actions on the highway project will be
barred unless the claim is filed on or
before August 14, 2015. If the Federal
law that authorizes judicial review of a
claim provides a time period of less
than 150 days for filing such claim, then
that shorter time period still applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Caltrans: Matt Fowler, Environmental
Branch Chief, Caltrans, 50 Higuera
Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401,
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
(805) 542–4603 or matt.c.fowler@
dot.ca.gov. For U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service: Steve Henry, Deputy Field
Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B,
Ventura, CA 93003, Monday through
Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (805) 644–1766,
ext 307 or steve.henry@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective
July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned, and
the Caltrans assumed environmental
responsibilities for this project pursuant
to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given
that the Caltrans and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service have taken final agency
actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by
issuing licenses, permits, and approvals
for the following highway project in the
State of California: The project would
remove approximately 320 mature
Tasmanian blue gum trees (Eucalyptus
globulus) and one Monterey cypress tree
(Cupressus macrocarpa), remove metal
beam guardrail from the edge of the
pavement, replace drainage headwalls
with flared end sections or drainage
inlets, and relocate overhead utility pole
guy wires and mission bell poles in the
clear recovery zone. Additional work at
these locations includes minor grading
to reestablish flow lines, applying
permanent erosion control, removing
and replacing damaged barbed wire
fencing, installing planting with
irrigation, and constructing three
maintenance vehicle pullouts. The
primary purpose of the project would
remove all fixed objects in the clear
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recovery zone along a 4-mile section of
the southbound roadside of Highway
101 between King City and Greenfield
in Monterey County. The actions by the
Federal agencies, and the laws under
which such actions were taken, are
described in the Environmental
Assessment/Finding of No Significant
Impact (EA/FONSI) for the project,
approved on January 29, 2015 and in
other documents in the FHWA project
records. The EA/FONSI and other
project records are available by
contacting Caltrans as provided above.
The Caltrans EA/FONSI can be viewed
and downloaded from the Caltrans Web
site project Web site at: https://
www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/projects/cure_
eir.pdf or viewed at two public libraries
in the project area. This notice applies
to all Federal agency decisions as of the
issuance date of this notice and all laws
under which such actions were taken,
including but not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–
4335].
2. Air: Clean Air Act [23 U.S.C. 109
(j) and 42 U.S.C 7521(a)].
3. Historic and Cultural Resources:
National Historic Preservation Act of
1966, as amended (NHPA), 16 U.S.C.
470 (f) et seq.]; Archeological Resources
Protection Act of 1977 [16 U.S.C.
470(aa)-470 (ll)]; Archeological and
Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C.
469–469(c)]; Native American Grave
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013].
4. Wildlife: Federal Endangered
Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531–1543]; Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act [16
U.S.C. 661–666(C); Migratory Bird
Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 760c-760g].
5. Social and Economic: NEPA
implementation [23 U.S.C. 109(h)]; Civil
Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)2000(d)(1)].
6. Wetlands and Water Resources:
Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1344]
7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990
Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 13112
Invasive Species; E.O. 11988 Floodplain
management; E.O. 12898 Federal actions
to Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low Income
Populations.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1)
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Issued on: March 9, 2015.
Gary Sweeten,
North Team Leader, Project Delivery, Federal
Highway Administration, Sacramento,
California.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA–2015–0005]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of request for comments.
The Federal Transit
Administration invites public comment
about its intention to request the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval to renew the following
information collection:
SUMMARY:
49 U.S.C. 5320 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit
in Parks Program
The information collected is
necessary to determine eligibility of
applicants and ensure the proper and
timely expenditure of federal funds
within the scope of the program. The
Federal Register notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments for
the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks
Program was published on December
29, 2014 (Citation 79 FR 248). No
comments were received from that
notice.
Comments must be submitted
before April 16, 2015. A comment to
OMB is most effective, if OMB receives
it within 30 days of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia
Swain, Office of Administration, Office
of Management Planning, (202) 366–
0354.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 49 U.S.C. 5320 Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks Program (OMB Number:
2132–0574).
Abstract: This collection involves
FTA’s Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks
Program. This program is necessary
because it addresses the challenge of
increasing traffic pollution and
crowding in and around our National
parks and other federal lands. To
address these concerns, this program
has provided more than $163 million in
funding for alternative transportation
systems, such as shuttle buses, rail
connections and even bicycle trails. On
October 1, 2013, the Paul S. Sarbanes
Transit in Parks Program was repealed
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in
California
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions
by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), pursuant to
23 U.S.C. 327, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to
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announce actions taken by Caltrans and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions
relate to a proposed highway project known as CURE Safety Improvement
that proposes to remove all fixed objects in the clear recovery zone
along a 4-mile section of the southbound roadside of Highway 101
between King City and Greenfield in Monterey County, State of
California. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for
the project.
DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is advising the
public of final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim
seeking judicial review of the Federal agency actions on the highway
project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before August
14, 2015. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim
provides a time period of less than 150 days for filing such claim,
then that shorter time period still applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Caltrans: Matt Fowler,
Environmental Branch Chief, Caltrans, 50 Higuera Street, San Luis
Obispo, CA 93401, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., (805) 542-
4603 or matt.c.fowler@dot.ca.gov. For U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
Steve Henry, Deputy Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office,
2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003, Monday through Friday 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. (805) 644-1766, ext 307 or steve.henry@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned,
and the Caltrans assumed environmental responsibilities for this
project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given that the
Caltrans and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have taken final agency
actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing licenses, permits,
and approvals for the following highway project in the State of
California: The project would remove approximately 320 mature Tasmanian
blue gum trees (Eucalyptus globulus) and one Monterey cypress tree
(Cupressus macrocarpa), remove metal beam guardrail from the edge of
the pavement, replace drainage headwalls with flared end sections or
drainage inlets, and relocate overhead utility pole guy wires and
mission bell poles in the clear recovery zone. Additional work at these
locations includes minor grading to reestablish flow lines, applying
permanent erosion control, removing and replacing damaged barbed wire
fencing, installing planting with irrigation, and constructing three
maintenance vehicle pullouts. The primary purpose of the project would
remove all fixed objects in the clear recovery zone along a 4-mile
section of the southbound roadside of Highway 101 between King City and
Greenfield in Monterey County. The actions by the Federal agencies, and
the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in the
Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI)
for the project, approved on January 29, 2015 and in other documents in
the FHWA project records. The EA/FONSI and other project records are
available by contacting Caltrans as provided above. The Caltrans EA/
FONSI can be viewed and downloaded from the Caltrans Web site project
Web site at: https://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/projects/cure_eir.pdf or
viewed at two public libraries in the project area. This notice applies
to all Federal agency decisions as of the issuance date of this notice
and all laws under which such actions were taken, including but not
limited to:
1. General: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C.
4321-4335].
2. Air: Clean Air Act [23 U.S.C. 109 (j) and 42 U.S.C 7521(a)].
3. Historic and Cultural Resources: National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966, as amended (NHPA), 16 U.S.C. 470 (f) et seq.];
Archeological Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 U.S.C. 470(aa)-470
(ll)]; Archeological and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 469-
469(c)]; Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
[25 U.S.C. 3001-3013].
4. Wildlife: Federal Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531-1543];
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661-666(C); Migratory
Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 760c-760g].
5. Social and Economic: NEPA implementation [23 U.S.C. 109(h)];
Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)-2000(d)(1)].
6. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1344]
7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 13112
Invasive Species; E.O. 11988 Floodplain management; E.O. 12898 Federal
actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and
Low Income Populations.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1)
Issued on: March 9, 2015.
Gary Sweeten,
North Team Leader, Project Delivery, Federal Highway Administration,
Sacramento, California.
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