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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.14
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736.
Extension:
Form N–MFP and Rule 30b1–7, SEC File
No. 270–604, OMB Control No. 3235–
0657.
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
(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of the
previously approved collection of
information discussed below.
Section 30(b) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Investment
Company Act’’) 1 provides that ‘‘[e]very
registered investment company shall file
with the Commission . . . such
information, documents, and reports
(other than financial statements), as the
Commission may require to keep
reasonably current the information and
documents contained in the registration
statement of such company . . . .’’ 2
Rule 30b1–7 under the Investment
Company Act, entitled ‘‘Monthly Report
for Money Market Funds,’’ provides that
every registered investment company, or
series thereof, that is regulated as a
money market funds under rule 2a–7 3
must file with the Commission a
monthly report of portfolio holdings on
Form N–MFP 4 no later than the fifth
business day of each month.5 Form N–
MFP sets forth the specific disclosure
items that money market funds must
provide. Filers must submit this report
electronically using the Commission’s
electronic filing system (‘‘EDGAR’’) in
Extensible Markup Language (‘‘XML’’)
format.
Compliance with rule 30b1–7 is
mandatory for any fund that holds itself
1 15
U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.
U.S.C. 80a–30(b).
3 17 CFR 270.2a–7.
4 17 CFR 274.201.
5 17 CFR 270.30b1–7.
2 15
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out as a money market fund in reliance
on rule 2a–7. Responses to the
disclosure requirements will not be 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.
The following estimates of average
burden hours and costs are made solely
for purposes of the Paperwork
Reduction Act and are not derived from
a comprehensive or even representative
survey or study of the cost of
Commission rules and forms. A fund
must comply with the requirement to
prepare Form N–MFP in order to hold
itself out to investors as a money market
fund or the equivalent of a money
market fund in reliance on rule 2a–7.
The collection of information is
mandatory for money market funds that
rely on rule 2a–7, and responses to the
information collections will not be kept
confidential.
The Commission estimates there are
currently 429 6 money market funds that
report information on Form N–MFP,
with approximately 10 7 of them being
new money market funds that are filing
reports on Form N–PORT for the first
time.
We estimate that 35% of money
market funds (or 150 money market
funds, broken down into 146 existing
funds and 4 new funds) 8 license a
software solution and file reports on
Form N–MFP in house; we further
estimate that each fund that files reports
on Form N–MFP in house requires an
average of approximately 47 burden
hours to compile (including review of
the information), tag, and electronically
file the Form N–MFP for the first time
and an average of approximately 13
burden hours for subsequent filings.9
Therefore, we estimate the per fund
average annual hour burden is 96
6 This estimate is based on staff review of reports
on Form N–MFP filed with the Commission for the
month ended February 28, 2018.
7 This estimate is based on staff review of reports
on Form N–MFP filed with the Commission for
2015 (1 new filer), 2016 (23 new filers), and 2017
(6 new filers). Amortizing those numbers over three
years provides an estimate of 10 new filers per year.
8 The estimate is based on the following
calculation: (429 money market funds × 35% = 150
money market funds. Of that amount, we estimate
that 4 are new money market funds (10 new money
market fund filers each year × 35% = 3.5 funds,
rounded to 4). Therefore, 150 money market
funds—4 new money market funds = 146 existing
money market funds.
9 We understand that the required information is
currently maintained by money market funds
pursuant to other regulatory requirements or in the
ordinary course of business. Accordingly, for the
purposes of our analysis, we do not ascribe any
time to producing the required information.
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hours 10 for existing funds and 130
hours 11 for new money market funds.
Based on an estimate of 146 existing
fund filers and 4 new fund filers each
year, we estimate that filing reports on
Form N–MFP in house takes 23,536
hours and costs funds, in aggregate,
$6,754,832 per year.12
We estimate that 65% of money
market funds (or 279 money market
funds, broken down into 272 existing
fund and 7 new funds) 13 retain the
services of a third party to provide data
aggregation and validation services as
part of the preparation and filing of
reports on Form N–MFP on the fund’s
behalf; we further estimate that each
fund requires an average of
approximately 26 burden hours to
compile and review the information
with the service provider prior to
electronically filing the report for the
first time and an average of
approximately 9 burden hours for
subsequent filings. Therefore, we
estimate the per fund average annual
hour burden is 108 hours 14 for existing
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10 This
estimate is based on the following
calculation: 12 filings per year × 13 burden hours
per filing = 156 burden hours per year.
11 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: (First month’s initial filing × 47 burden
hours) + (11 subsequent month filings × 13 burden
hours per filing) = 190 burden hours per year.
12 These estimates are based on the following
calculations: Existing fund filers: (156 hours ×
blended hourly rate of $287 for a Financial
Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund Senior
Accountant ($209 per hour), Senior Database
Administrator ($329 per hour), Senior Portfolio
Manager ($317 per hour), Compliance Manager
($298 per hour)) = $44,772. The blended hourly rate
was calculated as ($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 +
209)/5 = $287. There are 146 existing money market
funds who use in house solutions × 156 hours with
a monetized cost of $44,772 per fund = 22,776
hours with a monetized cost of $6,536,712.
New money market fund filers: (190 hours ×
blended hourly rate of $287 for a Financial
Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund Senior
Accountant ($209 per hour), Senior Database
Administrator ($329 per hour), Senior Portfolio
Manager ($317 per hour), Compliance Manager
($298 per hour)) = $54,530. The blended hourly rate
was calculated as ($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 +
209)/5 = $287. Four new money market funds × 190
hours with a monetized cost of $54,530 per fund
= 760 hours with a monetized cost of $218,120.
Aggregate annual hourly burden for all funds
filing reports on Form N–MFP in house: 22,776
hours + 760 hours = 23,536 hours.
Aggregate annual costs for all funds filing reports
on Form N–MFP in house: $6,536,712 + $218,120
= $6,754,832.
13 The estimate is based on the following
calculation: (429 money market funds × 65% = 279
money market funds. Of that amount, we estimate
that 7 are new money market funds (10 new money
market fund filers each year × 65% = 6.5 funds,
rounded to 7). Therefore, 279 money market
funds—7 new money market funds = 272 existing
money market funds.
14 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: 12 filings per year × 9 burden hours per
filing = 108 burden hours per year.
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funds and 125 hours 15 for new money
market funds. Based on an estimate of
272 existing fund filers and 7 new fund
filers each year, we estimate that filing
reports on Form N–MFP using a service
provider takes 41,131 hours and costs
funds, in aggregate, $8,682,037 per
year.16 In sum, we estimate that filing
reports on Form N–MFP imposes a total
annual hour burden of 64,667 hours,17
at an aggregate cost of $15,436,869 on
all money market funds.18
Cost to Respondents
Cost burden is the cost of goods and
services purchased in connection with
complying with the collection of
information requirements of rule 30b1–
7 and Form N–MFP. The cost burden
does not include the cost of the hour
burden discussed in Item 12 above.
Based on discussions with industry
participants, we estimate that money
market funds that file reports on Form
N–MFP in house license a third-party
software solution to assist in filing their
reports at an average cost of $3,900 per
fund per year. In addition, we estimate
that money market funds that use a
service provider to prepare and file
reports on Form N–MFP pay an average
fee of $9,300 per fund per year. In sum,
15 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: (First month’s initial filing × 26 burden
hours) + (11 subsequent month filings × 9 burden
hours per filing) = 125 burden hours per year.
16 These estimates are based on the following
calculations: Existing fund filers: (108 hours ×
blended hourly rate of $287 for a Financial
Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund Senior
Accountant ($209 per hour), Senior Database
Administrator ($329 per hour), Senior Portfolio
Manager ($317 per hour), Compliance Manager
($298 per hour)) = $30,996. The blended hourly rate
was calculated as ($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 +
209)/5 = $287. There are 272 existing money market
funds who use a third-party service provider × 148
hours with a monetized cost of $30,996 per fund
= 40,256 hours with a monetized cost of $8,430,912.
New money market fund filers: (125 hours ×
blended hourly rate of $287 for a Financial
Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund Senior
Accountant ($209 per hour), Senior Database
Administrator ($329 per hour), Senior Portfolio
Manager ($317 per hour), Compliance Manager
($298 per hour)) = $35,875. The blended hourly rate
was calculated as ($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 +
209)/5 = $287. Seven new money market funds ×
125 hours with a monetized cost of $35,875 per
fund = 875 hours with a monetized cost of
$251,125.
Aggregate annual hourly burden for all funds
filing reports on Form N–MFP in house: 40,256
hours + 875 hours = 41,131 hours.
Aggregate annual costs for all funds filing reports
on Form N–MFP in house: $8,430,912 + $251,125
= $8,682,037.
17 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: 23,536 hours for filers licensing a
software solution and filing in-house + 41,131
hours for filers using a third-party service provider
= 64,667 hours in total.
18 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: $6,754,832 (in-house filers) +
$8,682,037 (filers using a service provider) =
$15,436,869.
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we estimate that all money market funds
incur on average, in the aggregate,
external annual costs of $3,179,700.19
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:
Lindsay.M.Abate@omb.eop.gov; and (ii)
Charles Riddle, Acting Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Candace
Kenner, 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: April 12, 2019.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–07658 Filed 4–16–19; 8:45 am]
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[Release No. 34–85604; File No. SR–
CboeBZX–2019–026]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To Extend the
Pilot for Certain Options Market Rules
That Are Linked to the Equity Market
Plan To Address Extraordinary Market
Volatility
April 11, 2019.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on April 9,
2019, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
19 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: (150 money market funds (146 existing
funds + 4 new funds) that file reports on Form N–
MFP in house × $3,900 per fund, per year) + (279
money market funds (272 existing funds + 7 new
funds) that file reports on Form N–MFP using a
service provider × $9,300 per fund, per year) =
$3,179,700.
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736.
Extension:
Form N-MFP and Rule 30b1-7, SEC File No. 270-604, OMB Control
No. 3235-0657.
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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the
previously approved collection of information discussed below.
Section 30(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment
Company Act'') \1\ provides that ``[e]very registered investment
company shall file with the Commission . . . such information,
documents, and reports (other than financial statements), as the
Commission may require to keep reasonably current the information and
documents contained in the registration statement of such company . . .
.'' \2\ Rule 30b1-7 under the Investment Company Act, entitled
``Monthly Report for Money Market Funds,'' provides that every
registered investment company, or series thereof, that is regulated as
a money market funds under rule 2a-7 \3\ must file with the Commission
a monthly report of portfolio holdings on Form N-MFP \4\ no later than
the fifth business day of each month.\5\ Form N-MFP sets forth the
specific disclosure items that money market funds must provide. Filers
must submit this report electronically using the Commission's
electronic filing system (``EDGAR'') in Extensible Markup Language
(``XML'') format.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 80a-30(b).
\3\ 17 CFR 270.2a-7.
\4\ 17 CFR 274.201.
\5\ 17 CFR 270.30b1-7.
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Compliance with rule 30b1-7 is mandatory for any fund that holds
itself out as a money market fund in reliance on rule 2a-7. Responses
to the disclosure requirements will not be 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.
The following estimates of average burden hours and costs are made
solely for purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act and are not derived
from a comprehensive or even representative survey or study of the cost
of Commission rules and forms. A fund must comply with the requirement
to prepare Form N-MFP in order to hold itself out to investors as a
money market fund or the equivalent of a money market fund in reliance
on rule 2a-7. The collection of information is mandatory for money
market funds that rely on rule 2a-7, and responses to the information
collections will not be kept confidential.
The Commission estimates there are currently 429 \6\ money market
funds that report information on Form N-MFP, with approximately 10 \7\
of them being new money market funds that are filing reports on Form N-
PORT for the first time.
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\6\ This estimate is based on staff review of reports on Form N-
MFP filed with the Commission for the month ended February 28, 2018.
\7\ This estimate is based on staff review of reports on Form N-
MFP filed with the Commission for 2015 (1 new filer), 2016 (23 new
filers), and 2017 (6 new filers). Amortizing those numbers over
three years provides an estimate of 10 new filers per year.
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We estimate that 35% of money market funds (or 150 money market
funds, broken down into 146 existing funds and 4 new funds) \8\ license
a software solution and file reports on Form N-MFP in house; we further
estimate that each fund that files reports on Form N-MFP in house
requires an average of approximately 47 burden hours to compile
(including review of the information), tag, and electronically file the
Form N-MFP for the first time and an average of approximately 13 burden
hours for subsequent filings.\9\ Therefore, we estimate the per fund
average annual hour burden is 96
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hours \10\ for existing funds and 130 hours \11\ for new money market
funds. Based on an estimate of 146 existing fund filers and 4 new fund
filers each year, we estimate that filing reports on Form N-MFP in
house takes 23,536 hours and costs funds, in aggregate, $6,754,832 per
year.\12\
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\8\ The estimate is based on the following calculation: (429
money market funds x 35% = 150 money market funds. Of that amount,
we estimate that 4 are new money market funds (10 new money market
fund filers each year x 35% = 3.5 funds, rounded to 4). Therefore,
150 money market funds--4 new money market funds = 146 existing
money market funds.
\9\ We understand that the required information is currently
maintained by money market funds pursuant to other regulatory
requirements or in the ordinary course of business. Accordingly, for
the purposes of our analysis, we do not ascribe any time to
producing the required information.
\10\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: 12
filings per year x 13 burden hours per filing = 156 burden hours per
year.
\11\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: (First
month's initial filing x 47 burden hours) + (11 subsequent month
filings x 13 burden hours per filing) = 190 burden hours per year.
\12\ These estimates are based on the following calculations:
Existing fund filers: (156 hours x blended hourly rate of $287 for a
Financial Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund Senior Accountant
($209 per hour), Senior Database Administrator ($329 per hour),
Senior Portfolio Manager ($317 per hour), Compliance Manager ($298
per hour)) = $44,772. The blended hourly rate was calculated as
($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 + 209)/5 = $287. There are 146 existing
money market funds who use in house solutions x 156 hours with a
monetized cost of $44,772 per fund = 22,776 hours with a monetized
cost of $6,536,712.
New money market fund filers: (190 hours x blended hourly rate
of $287 for a Financial Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund
Senior Accountant ($209 per hour), Senior Database Administrator
($329 per hour), Senior Portfolio Manager ($317 per hour),
Compliance Manager ($298 per hour)) = $54,530. The blended hourly
rate was calculated as ($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 + 209)/5 = $287.
Four new money market funds x 190 hours with a monetized cost of
$54,530 per fund = 760 hours with a monetized cost of $218,120.
Aggregate annual hourly burden for all funds filing reports on
Form N-MFP in house: 22,776 hours + 760 hours = 23,536 hours.
Aggregate annual costs for all funds filing reports on Form N-
MFP in house: $6,536,712 + $218,120 = $6,754,832.
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We estimate that 65% of money market funds (or 279 money market
funds, broken down into 272 existing fund and 7 new funds) \13\ retain
the services of a third party to provide data aggregation and
validation services as part of the preparation and filing of reports on
Form N-MFP on the fund's behalf; we further estimate that each fund
requires an average of approximately 26 burden hours to compile and
review the information with the service provider prior to
electronically filing the report for the first time and an average of
approximately 9 burden hours for subsequent filings. Therefore, we
estimate the per fund average annual hour burden is 108 hours \14\ for
existing funds and 125 hours \15\ for new money market funds. Based on
an estimate of 272 existing fund filers and 7 new fund filers each
year, we estimate that filing reports on Form N-MFP using a service
provider takes 41,131 hours and costs funds, in aggregate, $8,682,037
per year.\16\ In sum, we estimate that filing reports on Form N-MFP
imposes a total annual hour burden of 64,667 hours,\17\ at an aggregate
cost of $15,436,869 on all money market funds.\18\
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\13\ The estimate is based on the following calculation: (429
money market funds x 65% = 279 money market funds. Of that amount,
we estimate that 7 are new money market funds (10 new money market
fund filers each year x 65% = 6.5 funds, rounded to 7). Therefore,
279 money market funds--7 new money market funds = 272 existing
money market funds.
\14\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: 12
filings per year x 9 burden hours per filing = 108 burden hours per
year.
\15\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: (First
month's initial filing x 26 burden hours) + (11 subsequent month
filings x 9 burden hours per filing) = 125 burden hours per year.
\16\ These estimates are based on the following calculations:
Existing fund filers: (108 hours x blended hourly rate of $287 for a
Financial Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund Senior Accountant
($209 per hour), Senior Database Administrator ($329 per hour),
Senior Portfolio Manager ($317 per hour), Compliance Manager ($298
per hour)) = $30,996. The blended hourly rate was calculated as
($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 + 209)/5 = $287. There are 272 existing
money market funds who use a third-party service provider x 148
hours with a monetized cost of $30,996 per fund = 40,256 hours with
a monetized cost of $8,430,912.
New money market fund filers: (125 hours x blended hourly rate
of $287 for a Financial Reporting Manager ($280 per hour), Fund
Senior Accountant ($209 per hour), Senior Database Administrator
($329 per hour), Senior Portfolio Manager ($317 per hour),
Compliance Manager ($298 per hour)) = $35,875. The blended hourly
rate was calculated as ($280 + $209 + $329 + $317 + 209)/5 = $287.
Seven new money market funds x 125 hours with a monetized cost of
$35,875 per fund = 875 hours with a monetized cost of $251,125.
Aggregate annual hourly burden for all funds filing reports on
Form N-MFP in house: 40,256 hours + 875 hours = 41,131 hours.
Aggregate annual costs for all funds filing reports on Form N-
MFP in house: $8,430,912 + $251,125 = $8,682,037.
\17\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: 23,536
hours for filers licensing a software solution and filing in-house +
41,131 hours for filers using a third-party service provider =
64,667 hours in total.
\18\ This estimate is based on the following calculation:
$6,754,832 (in-house filers) + $8,682,037 (filers using a service
provider) = $15,436,869.
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Cost to Respondents
Cost burden is the cost of goods and services purchased in
connection with complying with the collection of information
requirements of rule 30b1-7 and Form N-MFP. The cost burden does not
include the cost of the hour burden discussed in Item 12 above.
Based on discussions with industry participants, we estimate that
money market funds that file reports on Form N-MFP in house license a
third-party software solution to assist in filing their reports at an
average cost of $3,900 per fund per year. In addition, we estimate that
money market funds that use a service provider to prepare and file
reports on Form N-MFP pay an average fee of $9,300 per fund per year.
In sum, we estimate that all money market funds incur on average, in
the aggregate, external annual costs of $3,179,700.\19\
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\19\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: (150
money market funds (146 existing funds + 4 new funds) that file
reports on Form N-MFP in house x $3,900 per fund, per year) + (279
money market funds (272 existing funds + 7 new funds) that file
reports on Form N-MFP using a service provider x $9,300 per fund,
per year) = $3,179,700.
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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:
[email protected]; and (ii) Charles Riddle, Acting Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o
Candace Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or send an email
to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30
days of this notice.
Dated: April 12, 2019.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07658 Filed 4-16-19; 8:45 am]
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