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significant: (1) Hazards; (2) change in 

the types or significant increase in the 

amounts of any effluents that may be 

released offsite; (3) increase in 

individual or cumulative public or 

occupational radiation exposure; (4) 

construction impact; or (5) increase in 

the potential for or consequences from 

radiological accidents. The NRC staff 

has further determined that the 

requirements from which the exemption 

is sought involve the factors associated 

with 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(G)— 

scheduling requirements. Specifically, 

the proposed exemption postpones the 

EP onsite exercise from CY 2017, to the 

third quarter of CY 2018. Therefore, the 

exemption meets the eligibility criteria 

for exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 

51.22(c)(25). Therefore, pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.22(b), no environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement need be prepared in 

connection with the approval of this 

exemption request. 

V. Conclusion 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

that, pursuant to 10 CFR 70.17(a), the 

exemption is authorized by law and will 

not endanger life or property or the 

common defense and security and is 

otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the NRC hereby grants ACO 

an exemption from the requirements of 

10 CFR 70.22(i)(3)(xii), to allow ACO to 

postpone conducting the EP onsite 

exercise from CY 2017, to the third 

quarter of CY 2018. 

The NRC staff consulted with the 

Ohio Department of Health and the 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office 

prior to issuing this exemption. Neither 

objected to the issuance of this 

exemption. 

This exemption became effective 

upon issuance of the NRC letter dated 

December 29, 2017 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML17354A990). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on January 5, 

2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Craig G. Erlanger, 

Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, 

Safeguards, and Environmental Review, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon written request, copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Extension: 

Form PF, SEC File No. 270–636, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0679 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act’’), 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 (‘‘OMB’’) for 

extension and approval. 

Rule 204(b)–1 (17 CFR 275.204(b)-1) 

under the Investment Advisers Act of 

1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–1 et seq.) 

implements sections 404 and 406 of the 

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

Consumer Protection Act (the ‘‘DoddFrank Act’’) by requiring private fund 

advisers that have at least $150 million 

in private fund assets under 

management to report certain 

information regarding the private funds 

they advise on Form PF. These advisers 

are the respondents to the collection of 

information. 

Form PF is designed to facilitate the 

Financial Stability Oversight Council’s 

(‘‘FSOC’’) monitoring of systemic risk in 

the private fund industry and to assist 

FSOC in determining whether and how 

to deploy its regulatory tools with 

respect to nonbank financial companies. 

The Commission and the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission may also 

use information collected on Form PF in 

their regulatory programs, including 

examinations, investigations and 

investor protection efforts relating to 

private fund advisers. 

Form PF divides respondents into two 

broad groups, Large Private Fund 

Advisers and smaller private fund 

advisers. ‘‘Large Private Fund Advisers’’ 

are advisers with at least $1.5 billion in 

assets under management attributable to 

hedge funds (‘‘large hedge fund 

advisers’’), advisers that manage 

‘‘liquidity funds’’ and have at least $1 

billion in combined assets under 

management attributable to liquidity 

funds and registered money market 

funds (‘‘large liquidity fund advisers’’), 

and advisers with at least $2 billion in 

assets under management attributable to 

private equity funds (‘‘large private 

equity advisers’’). All other respondents 

are considered smaller private fund 

advisers. 

The Commission estimates that most 

filers of Form PF have already made 

their first filing, and so the burden 

hours applicable to those filers will 

reflect only ongoing burdens, and not 

start-up burdens. Accordingly, the 

Commission estimates the total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden of 

the collection of information for each 

respondent is as follows: 

(a) For smaller private fund advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 23 hours for each of the first 

three years; 

(b) For smaller private fund advisers 

that already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 15 hours for each of the next 

three years; 

(c) For large hedge fund advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 610 hours for each of the first 

three years; 

(d) For large hedge fund advisers that 

already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 560 hours for each of the next 

three years; 

(e) For large liquidity fund advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 588 hours for each of the first 

three years; 

(f) For large liquidity fund advisers 

that already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 280 hours for each of the next 

three years; 

(g) For large private equity advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 67 hours for each of the first 

three years; and 

(h) For large private equity advisers 

that already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 50 hours for each of the next 

three years. 

With respect to annual internal costs, 

the Commission estimates the collection 

of information will result in 92 burden 

hours per year on average for each 

respondent. With respect to external 

cost burdens, the Commission estimates 

a range from $0 to $50,000 per adviser. 

Estimates of average burden hours 

and costs are made solely for the 

purposes of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act and are not derived from a 

comprehensive or even representative 

survey or study of the costs of 

Commission rules and forms. 

Compliance with the collection of 

information requirements of Form PF is 

mandatory for advisers that satisfy the 

criteria described in Instruction 1 to the 

Form. Responses to the collection of 

information will be kept confidential to 

the extent permitted by law. The 

Commission does not intend to make 


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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

4See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78823 

(September 13, 2016), 81 FR 64240 (September 19, 

2016) (Order Approving File No. SR–FINRA–2016– 

018). 

5See Regulatory Notice 16–41 (October 2016). 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81114 

(July 11, 2017), 82 FR 32728 (July 17, 2017) (Order 

Approving File No. SR–FINRA–2017–015) and 

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81318 (August 

4, 2017), 82 FR 37484 (August 10, 2017) (Order 

Approving File No. SR–FINRA–2017–021). 

7See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77565 

(April 8, 2016), 81 FR 22136 (April 14, 2016) (Order 

Approving File No. SR–FINRA–2016–005); see also 

Regulatory Notice 16–23 (July 2016). 

8See Regulatory Notice 17–36 (November 2017). 

9 15 U.S.C. 78o–3(b)(6). 

public information reported on Form PF 

that is identifiable to any particular 

adviser or private fund, although the 

Commission may use Form PF 

information in an enforcement action. 

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. 

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 Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549; or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–82441; File No. SR–FINRA– 

2017–036] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Make Technical and 

Other Non-Substantive Changes 

Within FINRA Rules 

January 4, 2018. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on December 

22, 2017, Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed 

rule change as described in Items I, II, 

and III below, which Items have been 

prepared by FINRA. FINRA has 

designated the proposed rule change as 

constituting a ‘‘non-controversial’’ rule 

change under paragraph (f)(6) of Rule 

19b–4 under the Act,3 which renders 

the proposal effective upon receipt of 

this filing by the Commission. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

FINRA is proposing to make technical 

and other non-substantive changes 

within FINRA rules. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on FINRA’s website at 

http://www.finra.org, at the principal 

office of FINRA and at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, 

FINRA included statements concerning 

the purpose of and basis for the 

proposed rule change and discussed any 

comments it received on the proposed 

rule change. The text of these statements 

may be examined at the places specified 

in Item IV below. FINRA has prepared 

summaries, set forth in sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

On September 13, 2016, the SEC 

approved changes to FINRA Rules 2210 

(Communications with the Public), 2213 

(Requirements for the Use of Bond 

Mutual Fund Volatility Ratings), and 

2214 (Requirements for the Use of 

Investment Analysis Tools) that, among 

other things, eliminated the filing 

requirements for investment analysis 

tool report templates and retail 

communications concerning such tools 

and instead requires members to 

provide FINRA staff with access to 

investment analysis tools upon request.4

The implementation date for the 

changes was January 9, 2017.5

The proposed rule change would 

delete FINRA Rule 2214.03 to eliminate 

the requirement to re-file a writtenreport template or retail communication 

concerning an investment analysis tool, 

and conform the rule to changes 

approved in SR–FINRA–2016–018. In 

addition, the proposed rule change 

would renumber FINRA Rule 2214.04 

through 2214.07 as 2214.03 through 

2214.06, accordingly. 

Also, the proposed rule change would 

make technical changes to FINRA Rule 

7730 (Trade Reporting and Compliance 

Engine (TRACE)). On July 11, 2017, the 

SEC approved SR–FINRA–2017–015, 

which added the definition of ‘‘End-ofDay TRACE Transaction File’’ to Rule 

7730 as paragraph (g)(6). On August 4, 

2017, the SEC approved SR–FINRA– 

2017–021, which added ‘‘TRACE 

Security Activity Report’’ also as 

paragraph (g)(6). The proposed rule 

change would redesignate Rule 

7730(g)(6) (TRACE Security Activity 

Report) as 7730(g)(7) to avoid 

duplication.6

Finally, the proposed rule change 

would update a reference in FINRA 

Rule 9217 (Violations Appropriate for 

Disposition Under Plan Pursuant to SEA 

Rule 19b–1(c)(2)) to reflect that FINRA 

Rule 7430 (Synchronization of Member 

Business Clocks) has been renumbered 

as FINRA Rule 4590 (Synchronization of 

Member Business Clocks) to conform 

with SEC approval in SR–FINRA–2016– 

005.7

FINRA has filed the proposed rule 

change for immediate effectiveness. The 

implementation date for the proposed 

changes to FINRA Rules 2214 and 9217 

will be January 22, 2018. The 

implementation date for the proposed 

changes to FINRA Rule 7730 will be 

February 1, 2018, to coincide with the 

implementation date of earlier changes 

to the rule.8

2. Statutory Basis 

FINRA believes that the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the provisions 

of Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,9 which 

requires, among other things, that 

FINRA rules must be designed to 

prevent fraudulent and manipulative 

acts and practices, to promote just and 

equitable principles of trade, and, in 


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