Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 / Notices 8297 

Week of March 19, 2012—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 19, 2012. 

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* The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings, 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415–1651. 

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The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

public-meetings/schedule.html. 

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The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify Bill 

Dosch, Chief, Work Life and Benefits 

Branch, at 301–415–6200, TDD: 301– 

415–2100, or by email at 

william.dosch@nrc.gov. Determinations 

on requests for reasonable 

accommodation will be made on a caseby-case basis. 

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This notice is distributed 

electronically to subscribers. If you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969), 

or send an email to 

darlene.wright@nrc.gov. 

Dated: February 9, 2012. 

Rochelle C. Bavol, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3527 Filed 2–10–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Submission of Information Collection 

for OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Survey of Nonparticipating Single 

Premium Group Annuity Rates 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) is requesting that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) extend approval, under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, of a 

collection of information (OMB control 

number 1212–0030; expires March 31, 

2012). This voluntary collection of 

information is a quarterly survey of 

insurance company rates for pricing 

annuity contracts. The American 

Council of Life Insurers conducts the 

survey for PBGC. This notice informs 

the public of PBGC’s request and solicits 

public comment on the collection of 

information. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by March 15, 2012 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

via electronic mail at 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or by fax 

to (202) 395–6974. 

Copies of the request (including the 

collection of information) may be 

obtained without charge by writing to 

the Disclosure Division of the Office of 

the General Counsel of PBGC at the 

above address, visiting the Disclosure 

Division, faxing a request to 202–326– 

4042, or calling 202–326–4040 during 

normal business hours. (TTY and TDD 

users may call the Federal relay service 

toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to 

be connected to 202–326–4040.) The 

Disclosure Division will email, fax, or 

mail the requested information to you, 

as you request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas H. Gabriel, Attorney, or 

Catherine B. Klion, Manager, Regulatory 

and Policy Division, Legislative and 

Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005–4026, 202– 

326–4024. (For TTY/TDD users, call the 

Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC’s 

regulations prescribe actuarial valuation 

methods and assumptions (including 

interest rate assumptions) to be used in 

determining the actuarial present value 

of benefits under single-employer plans 

that terminate (29 CFR part 4044) and 

under multiemployer plans that 

undergo a mass withdrawal of 

contributing employers (29 CFR part 

4281). Each month PBGC publishes the 

interest rates to be used under those 

regulations for plans terminating or 

undergoing mass withdrawal during the 

next month. 

The interest rates are intended to 

reflect current conditions in the annuity 

markets. To determine these interest 

rates, PBGC gathers pricing data from 

insurance companies that are providing 

annuity contracts to terminating 

pension plans through a quarterly 

‘‘Survey of Nonparticipating Single 

Premium Group Annuity Rates.’’ The 

American Council of Life Insurers 

distributes the survey and provides 

PBGC with ‘‘blind’’ data (i.e., PBGC is 

unable to match responses with the 

companies that submitted them). PBGC 

also uses the information from the 

survey in determining the interest rates 

it uses to value benefits payable to 

participants and beneficiaries in PBGCtrusteed plans for purposes of PBGC’s 

financial statements. 

The survey is directed at insurance 

companies that have volunteered to 

participate, most or all of which are 

members of the American Council of 

Life Insurers. The survey is conducted 

quarterly and will be sent to 

approximately 22 insurance companies. 

Based on experience under the current 

approval, PBGC estimates that 6 

insurance companies will complete and 

return the survey. PBGC further 

estimates that the average annual 

burden of this collection of information 

is 12 hours and $360. 

The collection of information has 

been approved by OMB under control 

number 1212–0030 through March 31, 

2012. PBGC is requesting that OMB 

extend its approval for another three 

years. 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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

February 2012. 

John H. Hanley, 

Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3417 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 6c–7; SEC File No. 270–269; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0276. 

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’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

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1 $67/hour figure for a Compliance Clerk is from 

SIFMA’s Office Salaries in the Securities Industry 

2010, 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. 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Rule 6c–7 (17 CFR 270.6c–7) under 

the Investment Company Act of 1940 

(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) (‘‘1940 Act’’) 

provides exemption from certain 

provisions of Sections 22(e) and 27 of 

the 1940 Act for registered separate 

accounts offering variable annuity 

contracts to certain employees of Texas 

institutions of higher education 

participating in the Texas Optional 

Retirement Program. There are 

approximately 50 registrants governed 

by Rule 6c–7. The burden of compliance 

with Rule 6c–7, in connection with the 

registrants obtaining from a purchaser, 

prior to or at the time of purchase, a 

signed document acknowledging the 

restrictions on redeemability imposed 

by Texas law, is estimated to be 

approximately 3 minutes of professional 

time per response for each of 

approximately 2400 purchasers 

annually (at an estimated $67 per 

hour),1 for a total annual burden of 120 

hours (at a total annual cost of $8,040). 

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 or forms. The 

Commission does not include in the 

estimate of average burden hours the 

time preparing registration statements 

and sales literature disclosure regarding 

the restrictions on redeemability 

imposed by Texas law. The estimate of 

burden hours for completing the 

relevant registration statements are 

reported on the separate PRA 

submissions for those statements. (See 

the separate PRA submissions for Form 

N–3 (17 CFR 274.11b) and Form N–4 (17 

CFR 274.11c.) 

The Commission requests written 

comments 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 of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected; and (d) 

ways to 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 Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, C/O Remi 

Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3335 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 11a–2; SEC File No. 270–267; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0272. 

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’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Rule 11a–2 (17 CFR 270.11a–2) under 

the Investment Company Act of 1940 

(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) permits certain 

registered insurance company separate 

accounts, subject to certain conditions, 

to make exchange offers without prior 

approval by the Commission of the 

terms of those offers. Rule 11a–2 

requires disclosure, in certain 

registration statements filed pursuant to 

the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a 

et seq.) of any administrative fee or sales 

load imposed in connection with an 

exchange offer. 

There are currently 693 registrants 

governed by Rule 11a–2. The 

Commission includes the estimated 

burden of complying with the 

information collection required by Rule 

11a–2 in the total number of burden 

hours estimated for completing the 

relevant registration statements and 

reports the burden of Rule 11a–2 in the 

separate PRA submissions for those 

registration statements (see the separate 

PRA submissions for Form N–3 (3235– 

0316), Form N–4 (3235–0318) and Form 

N–6 (3235–0503). The Commission is 

requesting a burden of one hour for Rule 

11a–2 for administrative purposes. 

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 or forms. 

With regard to Rule 11a–2, the 

Commission includes the estimate of 

burden hours in the total number of 

burden hours estimated for completing 

the relevant registration statements and 

reported on the separate PRA 

submissions for those statements (see 

the separate PRA submissions for Form 

N–3, Form N–4 and Form N–6). The 

information collection requirements 

imposed by Rule 11a–2 are mandatory. 

Responses to the collection of 

information will not be kept 

confidential. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s estimate of the burden of 

the collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected; and (d) 

ways to 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 Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, C/O Remi 

Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

February 8, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3336 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

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