Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 169 / Thursday, September 1, 2005 / Notices 52137 

Document ADAMS 

Accession No. Date 

Pathfinder Mines Corporation, Shirley Basin Application for Alternate Concentration Limits, Page Revisions for 

Section 1.3.

ML003721101 6/1/00 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Request for Additional Information—Shirley Basin Application for Alternate Concentration Limits.ML012050189 7/20/01 

Pathfinder Mines Corporation, Shirley Basin Application for Alternate Concentration Limits, Response to NRC’s 

Request for Information.

ML012530116 

ML012530146 

8/29/01 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service response to NRC, listing the threatened, endangered, and candidate species 

that may exist in Carbon County, Wyoming.

ML022880471 9/26/02 

Pathfinder Mines Corporation, Shirley Basin Application for Alternate Concentration Limits, Revisions to Section 

4—Compliance Monitoring.

ML023310580 11/21/02 

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Classification of Groundwater, Shirley Basin Facility ................. ML030070703 1/3/03 

Pathfinder Mines Corporation, First Response to September 13, 2003, Request for Additional Information—

ACL Application.

ML033250352 11/14/03 

Pathfinder Mines Corporation, Response to September 13, 2003, Request for Additional Information—ACL Application.ML040350749 1/30/04 

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Spring Creek Stream Assessment, Draft Work Plan for Biotic 

Survey, Shirley Basin Site, Wyoming.

ML040920255 3/22/04 

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Request for Additional Information, Pathfinder Mines, Alternate 

Concentration Limits Application, Shirley Basin Site, Wyoming.

ML041410244 3/22/04 

U.S. NRC, to Pathfinder Mines Corporation—Request for Additional Information Concerning Alternate Concentration Limits Application for the Shirley Basin, Wyoming Site.ML043130569 11/1/04 

Spring Creek Evaluation for Pathfinder Mines Corporation, Shirley Basin Mine ..................................................... ML050280249 1/12/05 

2004 Spring Creek Aquatic Study, Shirley Basin Mine Area, October 2004 ........................................................... ML050280249 1/12/05 

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information, November 1, 2004.ML050970395 3/30/05 

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Biotic and Physical Survey of the Spring Creek Drainage System in the Vicinity of the Shirley Basin Mine Tailings Site, October 2004.ML050970382 3/30/05 

Environmental Assessment for Amendment to Source Materials License SUA–442 for Ground Water Alternate 

Concentration Limits.

ML052270503 7/31/05 

If you do not have access to ADAMS 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–

415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 25th day of 

August 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert A. Nelson, 

Chief Uranium Processing Section, Fuel Cycle 

Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E5–4786 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

which provides opportunity for public 

comment on new or revised data 

collections, the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed data collections. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed information collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of the information; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden related to 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Title and Purpose of information 

collection: 

Applicant Background Survey: New 

information collection. 

This information collection is needed 

to comply with Federal laws and 

regulations. 5 U.S.C. Chapter 72 § 7201 

establishes an anti-discrimination 

policy. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964, § 2000e–8 [§ 709], requires 

agencies to make and keep relevant 

records to identify unlawful 

employment practices. 29 CFR part 1602 

allows agencies to collect data to 

determine if there is any adverse impact 

on employment practices such as 

recruitment or selection. 

The RRB’s Equal Employment Office 

needs to collect data to assess the 

impact of the agency’s recruitment 

processes on the hiring of minorities, 

women and people with disabilities. To 

obtain the information necessary to 

conduct a proper assessment, the RRB 

proposes the use of Form EEO–44, 

Applicant Background Survey, which 

will collect information about the racial 

or ethnic identity, gender and disability 

of applicants for RRB jobs from outside 

of the Federal government. Form EEO–

44 will only be viewed by RRB Human 

Resources personnel and Equal 

Employment Opportunity officials. 

Summarized data from all external 

applicants for a position will be used to 

identify hiring barriers which limit or 

tends to limit employment 

opportunities for members of a 

particular sex, race, or ethnic 

background, or based on an individual’s 

disability status. 

The EEO–44 will contain a ‘‘Plain 

English’’ assurance that the information 

will be kept highly confidential and 

only shared with authorized RRB 

officials. This assurance will 

specifically state that the information 

obtained will be kept as a running tally 

which cannot be disaggregated into 

individual names, that information from 

the form is not entered into the RRB’s 

personnel database, that the information 

will not be provided to selecting 

officials or any others who can affect the 

selection, or to the public, and that the 

forms will be destroyed after the 

position is filled. The information 

52138 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 169 / Thursday, September 1, 2005 / Notices 

1 17 CFR 270.17f–5. All references to rules 17f–

5, 17f–7, 17d–1, or 19b–1 in this notice are to 17 

CFR 270.17f–5, 17 CFR 270.17f–7, 17 CFR 270.17d–

1, and 17 CFR 270.19b–1, respectively. 

2See section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act 

[15 U.S.C. 80a–17(f)]. 

3This figure is an estimate of the number of new 

funds each year, based on data reported by funds 

in 2004 on Form N–1A and Form N–2 [17 CFR 

274.101]. In practice, not all funds will use foreign 

custody managers, and the actual figure may be 

smaller. 

4This estimate is the same used in connection 

with the adoption of the amendments to rule 17f–

5 and of rule 17f–7 in 1999, based on staff review 

of custody contracts and other research. The 

number of global custodians has not changed 

significantly since 1999. 

maintained will not include the 

applicant’s name or other identifier. 

Completion of one form will be 

requested of each respondent. 

Completion is voluntary. 

Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden 

The estimated annual respondent 

burden is as follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(min) 

Burden 

(hrs) 

EEO–44 ................................................................................................................................................... 800 5 67 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information or to obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

justification, form, and/or supporting 

material, please call the RRB Clearance 

Officer at (312) 751–3363 or send an email request to 

Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments 

regarding the information collection 

should be addressed to Ronald J. 

Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 

N. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–

2092 or send an e-mail to 

Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Comments 

should be received within 60 days of 

this notice. 

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–17388 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–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 17f–5; SEC File No. 270–259; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0269. 

Rule 17f–7; SEC File No. 270–470; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0529. 

Form N–17D–1; SEC File No. 270–231; 

OMB Control No. 3235–0229. 

Rule 19b–1; SEC File No. 270–312; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0354. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) requests for extension of the 

previously approved collections of 

information discussed below. 

Rule 17f–5. Rule 17f–5 under the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 

U.S.C. 80a] (‘‘Investment Company Act’’

or ‘‘Act’’) governs the custody of the 

assets of registered management 

investment companies (‘‘funds’’) with 

custodians outside the United States.1

Under rule 17f–5, the fund’s board of 

directors must find that it is reasonable 

to rely on each delegate it selects to act 

as the fund’s foreign custody manager. 

The delegate must agree to provide 

written reports that notify the board 

when the fund’s assets are placed with 

a foreign custodian and when any 

material change occurs in the fund’s 

custody arrangements. The delegate 

must agree to exercise reasonable care, 

prudence, and diligence, or to adhere to 

a higher standard of care. When the 

foreign custody manager selects an 

eligible foreign custodian, it must 

determine that the fund’s assets will be 

subject to reasonable care if maintained 

with that custodian, and that the written 

contract that governs each custody 

arrangement will provide reasonable 

care for fund assets. The contract must 

contain certain specified provisions or 

others that provide at least equivalent 

care. The foreign custody manager must 

establish a system to monitor the 

contract and the appropriateness of 

continuing to maintain assets with the 

eligible foreign custodian. 

The collection of information 

requirements in rule 17f–5 are intended 

to provide protection for fund assets 

maintained with a foreign bank 

custodian whose use is not authorized 

by statutory provisions that govern fund 

custody arrangements,2 and that is not 

subject to regulation and examination 

by U.S. regulators. The requirement that 

the fund board determine that it is 

reasonable to rely on each delegate is 

intended to ensure that the board 

carefully considers each delegate’s 

qualifications to perform its 

responsibilities. The requirement that 

the delegate provide written reports to 

the board is intended to ensure that the 

delegate notifies the board of important 

developments concerning custody 

arrangements so that the board may 

exercise effective oversight. The 

requirement that the delegate agree to 

exercise reasonable care is intended to 

provide assurances to the fund that the 

delegate will properly perform its 

duties. 

The requirements that the foreign 

custody manager determine that fund 

assets will be subject to reasonable care 

with the eligible foreign custodian and 

under the custody contract, and that 

each contract contain specified 

provisions or equivalent provisions, are 

intended to ensure that the delegate has 

evaluated the level of care provided by 

the custodian, that it weighs the 

adequacy of contractual provisions, and 

that fund assets are protected by 

minimal contractual safeguards. The 

requirement that the foreign custody 

manager establish a monitoring system 

is intended to ensure that the manager 

periodically reviews each custody 

arrangement and takes appropriate 

action if developing custody risks may 

threaten fund assets. 

The Commission’s staff estimates that 

each year, approximately 207 

registrants 3 could be required to make 

an average of one response per registrant 

under rule 17f–5, requiring 

approximately 2 hours of director time 

per response, to make the necessary 

findings concerning foreign custody 

managers. The total annual burden 

associated with these requirements of 

the rule would be up to approximately 

414 hours (207 registrants × 2 hours per 

registrant). The staff further estimates 

that during each year, approximately 15 

global custodians 4 would be required to 

make an average of 4 responses per 

custodian concerning the use of foreign 

custodians other than depositories. The 

staff estimates that each response would 

take approximately 275 hours, requiring 

approximately 1100 total hours 

annually per custodian. The total 

annual burden associated with these 

requirements of the rule would be 

approximately 16,500 hours (15 global