23514 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 

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. 

meeting on Friday, May 4, 2012, at the 

time and location shown below. The 

Council is an advisory committee 

composed of representatives from 

Hispanic organizations and senior 

government officials. Along with its 

other responsibilities, the Council shall 

advise the Director of the Office of 

Personnel Management on matters 

involving the recruitment, hiring, and 

advancement of Hispanics in the 

Federal workforce. The Council is cochaired by the Chief of Staff of the 

Office of Personnel Management and the 

Assistant Secretary for Human 

Resources and Administration at the 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please contact the Office of Personnel 

Management at the address shown 

below if you wish to present material to 

the Council at the meeting. The manner 

and time prescribed for presentations 

may be limited, depending upon the 

number of parties that express interest 

in presenting information. 

DATES: May 4th, 2012, from 3–5 p.m. 

Location: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management, Theodore Roosevelt 

Building, the Pendleton, 5th Floor, 1900 

E St. NW., Washington, DC 20415. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Veronica E. Villalobos, Director for the 

Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office 

of Personnel Management, 1900 E St. 

NW., Suite 5H35, Washington, DC 

20415. Phone (202) 606–0040; Fax (202) 

606–2183; or email at 

Jesse.Frank@opm.gov. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9469 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–46–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

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’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

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 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). 

Rule 6c–7 requires that the separate 

account’s registration statement under 

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

et seq.) include a representation that 

Rule 6c–7 is being relied upon and is 

being complied with. This requirement 

enhances the Commission’s ability to 

monitor utilization of and compliance 

with the rule. There are no 

recordkeeping requirements with 

respect to Rule 6c–7. 

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.) 

Complying with the collection of 

information requirements of the rules is 

necessary to obtain a benefit. 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. 

The public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following Web site, 

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: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o RemiPavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted to OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9411 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

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’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

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 

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