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2. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service (N1–95–10–10, 226 items, 226
temporary items). Records related to
agency programs such as groundwater
resource management; fire management;
wildfire prevention, preparedness, and
suppression; agency landownership and
exchanges; and title claims. Also
included are records related to grants,
land surveys, and engineering,
geospatial, and road construction
projects.
3. Department of the Army, Agencywide (N1–AU–11–1, 1 item, 1 temporary
item). Master files of an electronic
system used to track officer and soldier
assignments to the Korean Theater of
Operations.
4. Department of the Army, Agencywide (N1–AU–11–9, 1 item, 1 temporary
item). Master files of an electronic
system used to track Army aviation
products throughout their life cycle.
5. Department of the Army, Agencywide (N1–AU–10–106, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an
electronic system used to track the
location and duty status of deployed
personnel.
6. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census (DAA–0029–2013–0001, 6
items, 3 temporary items). Records
relating to the administration of housing
surveys in the field. Proposed for
permanent retention are public use data
files documenting the results of the
periodic surveys.
7. Department of State, Bureau of
Diplomatic Security (DAA–0059–2011–
0006, 11 items, 9 temporary items).
Records relating to management of
property, reimbursement agreements,
resource allocation working papers,
responses to congressional and agency
records requests, and working and
administrative records of a policy board
and an advisory board. Proposed for
permanent retention are substantive
records of a policy board and an
advisory board.
8. Department of Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service (DAA–0058–2012–
0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Lists of
pseudonyms used to protect the identity
of agency employees.
9. Department of Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service (DAA–0058–2013–
0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). User
agreements documenting the use of
personal electronic equipment for
agency business.
10. Department of Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service (DAA–0058–2013–
0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master
files of an electronic system used to
evaluate product quality and employee
performance.
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Multidistrict Litigation (N1–482–11–1,
12 items, 9 temporary items). Case files,
sealed records, duplicate judges’ orders,
and administrative files. Proposed for
permanent retention are docket sheets,
significant case files, and policies and
procedures.
Dated: February 7, 2013.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S.
Government.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Public Availability of the National
Science Foundation FY 2012 Service
Contract Inventory
National Science Foundation.
Notice of Public Availability of
FY 2012 Service Contract Inventories.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with Section
743 of Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111–117), the National Science
Foundation is publishing this notice to
advise the public of the availability of
the FY 2012 Service Contract inventory.
This inventory provides information on
service contract actions over $25,000
that were made in FY 2012. The
information is organized by function to
show how contracted resources are
distributed throughout the agency. The
inventory has been developed in
accordance with guidance issued on
November 5, 2010, and December 19,
2011, by the Office of Management and
Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement
Policy (OFPP). OFPP’s guidance is
available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
sites/default/files/omb/procurement/
memo/service-contract-inventoriesguidance-11052010.pdf and http://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/
omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventory-guidance.pdf . The
National Science Foundation has posted
its inventory and a summary of the
inventory on the National Science
Foundation homepage at the following
link: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/
pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13048.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding the service contract
inventory should be directed to Richard
Pihl in the BFA/DACS at 703–292–7395
or [email protected].
SUMMARY:

Dated: February 8, 2013.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. NRC–2012–0228]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted to OMB for review the
following proposal for the collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The NRC published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63893).
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR Part 71, ‘‘Packaging
and Transportation of Radioactive
Material’’.
3. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0008.
4. The form number if applicable:
N/A.
5. How often the collection is
required: On occasion. Application for
package certification may be made at
any time. Required reports are collected
and evaluated on a continuous basis as
events occur.
6. Who will be required or asked to
report: All NRC specific licensees who
place byproduct, source, or special
nuclear material into transportation, and
all persons who wish to apply for NRC
approval of package designs for use in
such transportation.
7. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 912.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 250.
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 59,782 (54,208
hrs. reporting + 1 hr. third-party
disclosure + 5,573 hrs. recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10
CFR part 71 establish requirements for
packaging, preparation for shipment,
and transportation of licensed material,
and prescribe procedures, standards,
and requirements for approval by NRC

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of packaging and shipping procedures
for fissile material and for quantities of
licensed material in excess of Type A
quantities.
The public may examine and have
copied, for a fee, publicly available
documents including the final
supporting statement at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, Room O–1F21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20874. The
OMB clearance requests are available at
the NRC worldwide web site: http://
www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doccomment/omb/. The document will be
available on the NRC’s home page site
for 60 days after the signature date of
this notice.
Comments and questions should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by March 15, 2013. Comments
received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
assurance of consideration cannot be
given to comments received after this
date.
Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–0008), NEOB–10202, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503.
Comments can also be emailed to
[email protected] or
submitted by telephone at 202–395–
4718.
The NRC Clearance Officer is
Tremaine Donnell, 301–415–6258.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of February, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
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Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Extension:
Rule 17f–4; OMB Control No. 3235–0225,
SEC File No. 270–232.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 350l–3520) (the ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act’’), the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
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summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Section 17(f) (15 U.S.C. 80a–17(f))
under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the ‘‘Act’’) 1 permits registered
management investment companies and
their custodians to deposit the securities
they own in a system for the central
handling of securities (‘‘securities
depositories’’), subject to rules adopted
by the Commission.
Rule 17f–4 (17 CFR 270.17f–4) under
the Act specifies the conditions for the
use of securities depositories by funds 2
and their custodians.
The Commission staff estimates that
140 respondents (including an
estimated 79 active funds that may deal
directly with a securities depository, an
estimated 42 custodians, and 19
possible securities depositories) 3 are
subject to the requirements in rule 17f–
4. The rule is elective, but most, if not
all, funds use depository custody
arrangements.4
Rule 17f–4 contains two general
conditions. First, a fund’s custodian
must be obligated, at a minimum, to
exercise due care in accordance with
reasonable commercial standards in
discharging its duty as a securities
intermediary to obtain and thereafter
maintain financial assets.5 This
obligation does not contain a collection
of information because it does not
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U.S.C. 80a.
amended in 2003, rule 17f–4 permits any
registered investment company, including a unit
investment trust or a face-amount certificate
company, to use a security depository. See Custody
of Investment Company Assets With a Securities
Depository, Investment Company Act Release No.
25934 (Feb. 13, 2003) (68 FR 8438 (Feb. 20, 2003)).
The term ‘‘fund’’ is used in this Notice to mean a
registered investment company.
3 The Commission staff estimates that, as
permitted by the rule, an estimated 2% of all active
funds may deal directly with a securities depository
instead of using an intermediary. The number of
custodians is estimated based on information from
Morningstar DirectSM. The Commission staff
estimates the number of possible securities
depositories by adding the 12 Federal Reserve
Banks and 7 active registered clearing agencies. The
Commission staff recognizes that not all of these
entities may currently be acting as a securities
depository for fund securities.
4 Based on responses to Item 18 of Form N–SAR
(17 CFR 274.101), approximately 98 percent of
funds’ custodians maintain some or all fund
securities in a securities depository pursuant to rule
17f–4.
5 Rule 17f–4(a)(1). This provision incorporates
into the rule the standard of care provided by
section 504(c) of Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code when the parties have not agreed
to a standard. Rule 17f–4 does not impose any
substantive obligations beyond those contained in
Article 8. Uniform Commercial Code, Revised
Article 8—Investment Securities (1994 Official Text
with Comments) (‘‘Revised Article 8’’).
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impose identical reporting,
recordkeeping or disclosure
requirements. Funds and custodians
may determine the specific measures
the custodian will take to comply with
this obligation.6 If the fund deals
directly with a depository, the
depository’s contract or written rules for
its participants must provide that the
depository will meet similar obligations,
which is a collection of information for
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction
Act. All funds that deal directly with
securities depositories in reliance on
rule 17f–4 should have either modified
their contracts with the relevant
securities depository, or negotiated a
modification in the securities
depository’s written rules when the rule
was amended. Therefore, we estimate
there is no ongoing burden associated
with this collection of information.7
Second, the custodian must provide,
promptly upon request by the fund,
such reports as are available about the
internal accounting controls and
financial strength of the custodian.8 If a
fund deals directly with a depository,
the depository’s contract with or written
rules for its participants must provide
that the depository will provide similar
financial reports,9 which is a collection
of information for purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act. Custodians
and depositories usually transmit
financial reports to funds twice each
year.10 The Commission staff estimates
that 42 custodians spend approximately
787 hours (by support staff) annually in
transmitting such reports to funds.11 In
addition, approximately 79 funds (i.e.,
two percent of all funds) deal directly
with a securities depository and may
6 Moreover, the rule does not impose any
requirement regarding evidence of the obligation.
7 The Commission staff assumes that new funds
relying on 17f–4 would choose to use a custodian
instead of directly dealing with a securities
depository because of the high costs associated with
maintaining an account with a securities
depository. Thus new funds would not be subject
to this condition.
8 Rule 17f–4(a)(2).
9 Rule 17f–4(b)(1)(ii).
10 The estimated 42 custodians would handle
requests for reports from an estimated 3,371 fund
clients (approximately 80 fund clients per
custodian) and the depositories from the remaining
79 funds that choose to deal directly with a
depository. It is our understanding based on staff
conversations with industry representatives that
custodians and depositories transmit these reports
to clients in the normal course of their activities as
a good business practice regardless of whether they
are requested. Therefore, for purposes of this
Paperwork Reduction Act estimate, the Commission
staff assumes that custodians transmit the reports to
all fund clients.
11 (3,371 fund clients × 2 reports) = 6,742
transmissions. The staff estimates that each
transmission would take approximately 7 minutes
for a total of approximately 787 hours (7 minutes
× 6,742 transmissions).

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