Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 164 / Monday, August 25, 1997 / Notices 44995

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

Agenda

I. Chairman’s Welcome and Approval of

Minutes

II. Director’s Report

III. Appropriations Report

IV. Legislative/Public Affairs Report

V. Office of Museum Services Program

Reports

VI. Office of Library Services Program

Reports

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Linda Bell,

Director of Policy, Planning and Budget,

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library

Services.

[FR Doc. 97–22676 Filed 8–21–97; 12:58 pm]

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POSTAL SERVICE

Board of Governors; Sunshine Act

Meeting

TIMES AND DATES: 12:30 p.m., Monday,

September 8, 1997; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday,

September 9, 1997.

PLACE: Boston, Massachusetts, at the

Westin Hotel, Copley Place, 10

Huntington Avenue, in the Essex

Ballroom.

STATUS: September 8 (Closed);

September 9 (Open).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Monday, September 8—12:30 p.m.

(Closed)

1. Status Report on the Tray

Management System.

2. Five-Year Strategic Plan.

3. Fiscal Year 1998 EVA Plan.

4. Fiscal Year 1997 PCES Recognition

Awards.

5. Postal Rate Commission Opinion and

Recommended Decision in Docket

No. MC97–3, Bound Printed Matter,

Weight Limitations.

6. Postal Rate Commission Opinion and

Recommended Decision in Docket

No. MC97–4, Bulk Parcel Return

Service and Shipper Paid

Forwarding.

7. Budget Outlook.

Tuesday, September 9—8:30 a.m.

(Open)

1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting,

August 4–5, 1997.

2. Remarks of the Postmaster General/

Chief Executive Officer.

3. Postal Rate Commission FY 1998

Budget.

4. Fiscal Year 1998 Operating Budget.

5. Preliminary FY 1999 Appropriation

Request.

6. Tentative Agenda for the October 6–

7, 1997, meeting in Norman,

Oklahoma.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Koerber, Secretary of the

Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant

Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20260–

1000. Telephone (202) 268–4800.

Thomas J. Koerber,

Secretary.

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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 17Ad-15, SEC File No. 270–360,

OMB Control No. 3235–0409

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.

Rule 17Ad-15, Signature Guarantees,

requires transfer agents to establish

written standards for the acceptance or

rejection of guarantees of securities

transfers from eligible guarantor

institutions. Transfer agents are also

required to establish procedures to

ensure that those standards are used by

the transfer agent to determine whether

to accept or reject guarantees from

eligible guarantor institutions. Also

transfer agents must maintain, for a

period of three years following the date

of a rejection of transfer, a record of all

transfers rejected, along with the reason

for the rejection, identification of the

guarantor, and whether the guarantor

failed to meet the transfer agent’s

guarantee standard. These

recordkeeping requirements assist the

Commission and other regulatory

agencies with monitoring transfer agents

and ensuring compliance with the rule.

It is estimated that there are 1,431

registered transfer agents. Of the 1,431

registered transfer agents, approximately

795 will receive fewer than 100 items

for transfer. It is expected that most

small transfer agents will have few, if

any, rejections. The estimated number

of hours necessary for each transfer

agent to comply with the Rule 17Ad-15

is forty hours annually. The total annual

burden is 31,800 hours for transfer

agents, based upon past submissions.

The average cost per hour is

approximately $30. Therefore, the total

cost of compliance for transfer agents is

$954,000.

The retention period for the

recordkeeping requirement under Rule

17Ad-15 is three years following the

date of a rejection of transfer. The

recordkeeping requirement under Rule

17Ad-15 is mandatory to assist the

Commission and other regulatory

agencies with monitoring transfer agents

and ensuring compliance with the rule.

This rule does not involve the collection

of confidential information. Please note

that 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.

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 3208, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, D.C. 20503; and

(ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

N.W. Washington, DC 20549. Comments

must be submitted to OMB within 30

days of this notice.

Dated: August 18, 1997.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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[Release No. 34–38949; File No. SR–DTC–

97–11]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The

Depository Trust Company; Notice of

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of

Proposed Rule Change Relating to

Fees and Charges

August 19, 1997.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(‘‘Act’’),1 notice is hereby given that on

June 19, 1997, The Depository Trust

Company (‘‘DTC’’) filed with the

Securities and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule

change as described in Items I, II, and

III below, which items have been

prepared primarily by DTC. The