60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Electronic Choice of Address and Agent, 17698-17699 [2018-08380]

Download as PDF 17698 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 78 / Monday, April 23, 2018 / Notices amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES hours.2 Commission staff further estimates that the cost of the hourly burden per repurchase is $305 (one half hour of a compliance attorney’s time at $345 per hour,3 and two hours of clerical time at $66 per hour 4). The total annual cost for all funds is estimated to be $111,020.5 In addition, the fund must file with the Commission a copy of any written solicitation to purchase securities given by or on behalf of the fund to 10 or more persons. The copy must be filed as an exhibit to Form N–CSR (17 CFR 249.331and 274.128).6 The burden associated with filing Form N–CSR is addressed in the submission related to that form. 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. Complying with the collection of information requirements of the rule is mandatory. The filings that the rule requires to be made with the Commission are available to the public. 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 website, 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 2 This estimate is based on the following calculation: 364 repurchases × 2.5 hours per repurchase = 910 hours. 3 The $345/hour figure for a compliance attorney is from SIFMA’s Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013, modified by Commission staff to account for an 1800-hour work-year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits and overhead (includes a CPI inflation adjustment from the 2013 estimate). 4 The $66/hour figure for a compliance clerk is from SIFMA’s Office Salaries in the Securities Industry 2013, modified by Commission staff to account for an 1800-hour work-year and multiplied by 2.93 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits and overhead (includes a CPI inflation adjustment from the 2013 estimate). 5 This estimate is based on the following calculation: 364 repurchases × $305 per repurchase = $111,020. 6 In addition, Item 9 of Form N–CSR requires closed-end funds to disclose information similar to the information that was required in Form N–23C– 1, which was discontinued in 2004. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Apr 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 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. United States Small Business Administration. A. Joseph Shepard, Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation. [FR Doc. 2018–08417 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P Dated: April 18, 2018. Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE [FR Doc. 2018–08402 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Public Notice: 10387] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Electronic Choice of Address and Agent Notice of request for public comment. ACTION: Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company Pursuant to the authority granted to the United States Small Business Administration under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, under Section 309 of the Act and Section 107.1900 of the Small Business Administration Rules and Regulations (13 CFR 107.1900) to function as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Company License No. 02/ 72–0557 issued to Mercury Capital, L.P. said license is hereby declared null and void. Dated: April 13, 2018. United States Small Business Administration. Michele Schimpp, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation. [FR Doc. 2018–08415 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Surrender of License of Small Business Investment Company Pursuant to the authority granted to the United States Small Business Administration under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, under Section 309 of the Act and Section 107.1900 of the Small Business Administration Rules and Regulations (13 CFR 107.1900) to function as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Company License No. 01/ 01–0396 issued to Seacoast Capital Partners II, L.P., said license is hereby declared null and void. Dated: April 5, 2018. PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to June 22, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Web: Persons with access to the internet may comment on this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the document by entering ‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2018–0015’’ in the Search field. Then click the ‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete the comment form. • Email: PRA_BurdenComments@ state.gov. You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: • Title of Information Collection: Electronic Choice of Address and Agent. • OMB Control Number: 1405–0186. • Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection. • Originating Office: CA/VO/L/R. • Form Number: DS–261. • Respondents: Beneficiaries of approved immigrant visa petitions. • Estimated Number of Respondents: 300,000. • Estimated Number of Responses: 300,000. • Average Time per Response: 10 minutes. • Total Estimated Burden Time: 50,000 hours. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\23APN1.SGM 23APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 78 / Monday, April 23, 2018 / Notices • Frequency: On Occasion. • Obligation To Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit. We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to: • Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper functions of the Department. • Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used. • Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. • Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your personal information, will be available for public review. Abstract of Proposed Collection The DS–261 allows the beneficiary of an approved and current immigrant visa petition to provide the Department with his or her current address, which will be used for communications with the beneficiary. The DS–261 also allows the beneficiary to appoint an agent to receive mailings from the National Visa Center (NVC) and assist in the filing of various application forms and/or paying the required fees. The beneficiary is not required to appoint an agent but must provide current contact information. All cases will be held at NVC until the DS– 261 is electronically submitted to the Department. Methodology Applicants will complete the form online and submit it electronically to the Department. Edward J Ramotowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2018–08380 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–06–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES [Docket No. AB 1262X] Alliance Terminal Railroad, LLC— Discontinuance of Service and Discontinuance of Trackage Rights Exemption—in Denton and Tarrant Counties, Texas Alliance Terminal Railroad, LLC (ATR) has filed a verified notice of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Apr 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 exemption under 49 CFR 1152 subpart F–Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service and trackage rights over approximately 23.9 miles of rail line in Denton and Tarrant Counties, Tex. (the Line). Specifically, ATR is seeking to discontinue (a) service over approximately 12.9 miles of subleased track that is owned by BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) and was previously leased to Quality Terminal Services LLC, a non-carrier corporate affiliate of ATR, in Haslet, Tex.,1 and (b) an additional 11 miles of incidental, overhead trackage rights over BNSF Main Line #2 in Haslet and Saginaw, Tex., splitting from BNSF Main Line #1 at milepost 359.0 and rejoining BNSF Main Line #1 at milepost 370.0. The Line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 76052 and 76247. ATR has certified that: (1) It has handled no local or overhead traffic over the Line for at least two years; (2) any overhead traffic on the Line can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of a rail service on the Line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the Line is pending either with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of a complainant within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication) and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. The verified notice states that the Line ‘‘constitutes the entirety of ATR’s past operations.’’ Where, as here, the carrier is discontinuing service over its entire system, the Board does not normally impose labor protection under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), unless the evidence indicates the existence of: (1) A corporate affiliate that will continue substantially similar rail operations; or (2) a corporate parent that will realize substantial financial benefits over and above relief from the burden of deficit operations by its subsidiary railroad. See Honey Creek R.R.—Aban. Exemption—in Henry Cty., Ind., AB 865X (STB served Aug. 20, 2004); Wellsville, Addison & Galeton R.R.—Aban., 354 I.C.C. 744 (1978); and Northampton & Bath R.R.—Aban., 354 I.C.C. 784 (1978). According to ATR, after discontinuance no corporate affiliate of ATR will continue similar 1 ATR states that the subleased track lies adjacent to BNSF Main Line #2 and that there are no mileposts associated with the subleased track or BNSF Main Line #2. ATR further states that the subleased track lies approximately between milepost 362.2 and milepost 365.0 on BNSF Main Line #1. PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17699 operations, nor will ATR’s parent company realize substantial financial benefits over and above relief from a common carrier obligation over a line that ATR has not operated over in more than two years. Therefore, employee protection conditions will not be imposed. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) 2 to subsidize continued rail service has been received, this exemption will be effective May 23, 2018,3 unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues and formal expressions of intent to file an OFA to subsidize continued rail service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 4 must be filed by May 3, 2018.5 Petitions for reconsideration must be filed by May 14, 2018, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. A copy of any petition filed with Board should be sent to ATR’s representative, Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Board decisions and notices are available on our website at ‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’ Decided: April 18, 2018. By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of Proceedings. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2018–08420 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 2 The Board modified its OFA procedures effective July 29, 2017. Among other things, the OFA process now requires potential offerors, in their formal expression of intent, to make a preliminary financial responsibility showing based on a calculation using information contained in the carrier’s filing and publicly available information. See Offers of Financial Assistance, EP 729 (STB served June 29, 2017); 82 FR 30,997 (July 5, 2017). 3 ATR initially filed its verified notice of exemption on March 12, 2018. ATR supplemented its notice on March 22, 2018 and April 3, 2018. Therefore, April 3 will be considered the official filing date. 4 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is set at $1,800. See Regulations Governing Fees for Servs. Performed in Connection with Licensing & Related Servs.—2017 Update, EP 542 (Sub-No. 25) (STB served July 28, 2017). 5 Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are not appropriate. Because there will be an environmental review during abandonment, this discontinuance does not require environmental review. E:\FR\FM\23APN1.SGM 23APN1

Agencies

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17698-17699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08380]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10387]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Electronic 
Choice of Address and Agent

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. 
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are 
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals 
and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for 
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to June 
22, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web: Persons with access to the internet may comment on 
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the 
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2018-0015'' in the Search 
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment 
form.
     Email: [email protected].
    You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information 
collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
     Title of Information Collection: Electronic Choice of 
Address and Agent.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0186.
     Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: CA/VO/L/R.
     Form Number: DS-261.
     Respondents: Beneficiaries of approved immigrant visa 
petitions.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 300,000.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 300,000.
     Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
     Total Estimated Burden Time: 50,000 hours.

[[Page 17699]]

     Frequency: On Occasion.
     Obligation To Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a 
Benefit.
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost 
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are 
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you 
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your 
personal information, will be available for public review.

Abstract of Proposed Collection

    The DS-261 allows the beneficiary of an approved and current 
immigrant visa petition to provide the Department with his or her 
current address, which will be used for communications with the 
beneficiary. The DS-261 also allows the beneficiary to appoint an agent 
to receive mailings from the National Visa Center (NVC) and assist in 
the filing of various application forms and/or paying the required 
fees. The beneficiary is not required to appoint an agent but must 
provide current contact information. All cases will be held at NVC 
until the DS-261 is electronically submitted to the Department.

Methodology

    Applicants will complete the form online and submit it 
electronically to the Department.

Edward J Ramotowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2018-08380 Filed 4-20-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-06-P
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.