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Burden on The Public: 

a. Annual reporting burden: 1667 

hours. 

b. Annual record keeping burden: 250 

hours. 

c. Estimated average burden per 

response: 10 minutes. 

d. Frequency of response: Annually. 

e. Estimated number of likely 

respondents: 10,000. 

f. Estimated cost to respondents: 

$0.00/$0.00. 

This notice is issued in Washington, DC 

on, April 10, 2007. 

Wilbert Bryant, 

Associate Director for Management. 

[FR Doc. 07–1975 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6051–01–M 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB 

Review, Request for Comments 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad 

Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding 

an Information Collection Request (ICR) 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

request a revision to the following 

collection of information: 3220–0030, 

Application for Survivor Insurance 

Annuities, consisting of RRB Form(s) 

AA–17, Application for Widow(er)’s 

Annuity, AA–17b, Application for 

Determination of Widow(er)’s Disability, 

AA–17cert, Application Summary and 

Certification, AA–18, Application for 

Mother’s/Father’s and Childs Annuity, 

AA–19, Application for Child’s 

Annuity, AA–19a, Application for 

Determination of Child’s Disability, and 

AA–20, Application for Parent’s 

Annuity. Our ICR describes the 

information we seek to collect from the 

public. Completion is required to obtain 

or retain benefits. One response is 

required of each respondent. Review 

and approval by OIRA ensures that we 

impose appropriate paperwork burdens. 

The RRB invites comments on the 

proposed collection of information to 

determine (1) The practical utility of the 

collection; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden of the collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information that is the 

subject of collection; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of collections on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments to RRB or OIRA must contain 

the OMB control number of the ICR. For 

proper consideration of your comments, 

it is best if RRB and OIRA receive them 

within 30 days of publication date. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (72 FR 4543 on January 

31, 2007) required by 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2). That request elicited no 

comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Application for Survivor 

Insurance Annuities. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0030. 

Form(s) submitted: AA–17, AA–17b, 

AA–17cert, AA–18, AA–19, AA–19a, 

AA–20. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

households. 

Abstract: Under Section 2(d) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act, monthly 

survivor annuities are payable to 

surviving widow(er)s, parents, 

unmarried children, and in certain 

cases, divorced wives (husband), 

mothers (fathers), remarried widow(er)s 

and grandchildren of deceased railroad 

employees. The collection obtains 

information needed by the RRB for 

determining entitlement to and amount 

of the annuity applied for. 

Changes Proposed: The RRB proposes 

minor, non-burden impacting, editorial 

changes to all of the forms in the 

collection. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4,137. 

Total annual responses: 4,137. 

Total annual reporting hours: 1,718. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents can be obtained from 

Charles Mierzwa, the agency clearance 

officer (312–751–3363) or 

Charles.Mierzwa@rrb.gov. 

Comments regarding the information 

collection should be addressed to 

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois, 60611–2092 or 

Ronald.Hodapp@rrb.gov and to the 

OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, at the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10230, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7557 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[OMB Control No. 3235–; SEC File No.—

270–577] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549 

XBRL Voluntary Program 

Questionnaire 

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 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit the proposed collection 

of information, the XBRL Voluntary 

Program Questionnaire, to the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The XBRL Voluntary Program 

Questionnaire consists mainly of 

questions based on the respondent’s 

experience with submitting eXtensible 

Business Reporting Language (‘‘XBRL’’) 

tagged data to the Commission on a 

voluntary basis as a supplemental 

exhibit to specified filings under the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.) and Investment 

Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 

et seq.). 

The Commission needs the 

information to learn about the voluntary 

program from the participant 

perspective. Responses to the 

questionnaire are voluntary and will be 

publicly available. The Commission 

plans to use the information to help it 

assess the feasibility and desirability of 

using tagged data on a more widespread 

and, possibly, mandated, basis in the 

future. In addition, the information may 

also be used by the Commission or its 

staff in connection with public analyses 

of the responses. The likely respondents 

to the questionnaire are the participants 

in the voluntary program. 

We estimate that 80 respondents will 

take 4 hours per response for a total 

reporting burden of 320 hours. 

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 imposed by the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 


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1Form X–17A–5 (17 CFR 249.617). 

1Form N–23c–3 requires the fund to state its 

registration number, its full name and address, the 

date of the accompanying shareholder notification, 

and the type of offer being made (periodic, 

discretionary, or both). 

2Rule 24b–3 under the Investment Company Act 

(17 CFR 270.24b–3), however, would generally 

exempt the fund from that requirement when the 

materials are filed instead with the NASD, as nearly 

always occurs under NASD procedures, which 

apply to the underwriter of every fund. 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the 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 R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley 

Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an 

e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7488 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: 

Rule 17a–12; SEC File No. 270–442; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0498. 

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 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

• Rule17a–12, Reports To Be Made by 

Certain OTC Derivatives Dealers 

Rule17a–12 (17 CFR 240.17a–12) 

under the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) requires 

OTC derivatives dealers to file quarterly 

Financial and Operational Combined 

Uniform Single Reports (‘‘FOCUS’’

reports) on Part IIB of Form X–17A–5,1

the basic document for reporting the 

financial and operational condition of 

OTC derivatives dealers. Rule 17a–12 

also requires that OTC derivatives 

dealers file audited financial statements 

annually. The reports required under 

Rule 17a–12 provide the Commission 

with information used to monitor the 

operations of OTC derivatives dealers 

and to enforce their compliance with 

the Commission’s rules. These reports 

also enable the Commission to review 

the business activities of OTC 

derivatives dealers and to anticipate, 

where possible, how these dealers may 

be affected by significant economic 

events. 

The staff estimates that that the 

average amount of time necessary to 

prepare and file the information 

required by Rule 17a–12 is 180 hours 

per OTC derivatives dealer annually: an 

average of twenty hours preparing each 

of four quarterly reports and an 

additional 100 hours for the annual 

audit. Five entities are presently 

registered as OTC derivatives dealers 

and the staff does not expect that any 

additional OTC derivatives dealers will 

become registered within the next three 

years. Thus the total burden is estimated 

to be 900 hours annually (180 times 5 

equals 900). 

General comments regarding the 

estimated burden hours should be 

directed to the following persons: (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 

send an e-mail to: 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov and (ii) R. 

Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information 

Officer, 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. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7490 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: 

Rule 23c–3 and Form N–23c–3; SEC File 

No. 270–373; OMB Control No. 3235–

0422. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 350 et. seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension and 

approval of the collections of 

information discussed below. 

Rule 23c–3 (17 CFR 270.23c–3) under 

the Investment Company Act of 1940 

(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) is entitled: 

‘‘Repurchase of Securities of Closed-End 

Companies.’’ The rule permits certain 

closed-end investment companies 

(‘‘closed-end funds’’ or ‘‘funds’’) 

periodically to offer to repurchase from 

shareholders a limited number of shares 

at net asset value. The rule includes 

several reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. The fund must send 

shareholders a notification that contains 

specified information each time the 

fund makes a repurchase offer (on a 

quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis, 

or for certain funds, on a discretionary 

basis not more often than every two 

years). The fund also must file copies of 

the shareholder notification with the 

Commission (electronically through the 

Commission’s Electronic Data 

Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval 

System (‘‘EDGAR’’)) attached to Form 

N–23c–3 (17 CFR 274.221), a cover 

sheet that provides limited information 

about the fund and the type of offer the 

fund is making.1 The fund must 

describe in its annual report to 

shareholders the fund’s policy 

concerning repurchase offers and the 

results of any repurchase offers made 

during the reporting period. The fund’s 

board of directors must adopt written 

procedures designed to ensure that the 

fund’s investment portfolio is 

sufficiently liquid to meet its repurchase 

obligations and other obligations under 

the rule. The board periodically must 

review the composition of the fund’s 

portfolio and change the liquidity 

procedures as necessary. The fund also 

must file copies of advertisements and 

other sales literature with the 

Commission as if it were an open-end 

investment company subject to section 

24 of the Investment Company Act (15 

U.S.C. 80a–24) and the rules that 

implement section 24.2

The requirement that the fund send a 

notification to shareholders of each offer 

is intended to ensure that a fund 

provides material information to 

shareholders about the terms of each 

offer, which may differ from previous 


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