Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Notices 55179 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(C). 

2See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52131 

(Jul. 27, 2005), 70 FR 44707 (Aug. 3, 2005). 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

4See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52131, 

70 FR at 44708. 

5A proposed rule filing may take effect upon 

filing with the Commission pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) if it is properly designated by the selfregulatory organization as effecting a change that: 

‘‘(i) Does not significantly affect the protection of 

investors or the public interest; (ii) Does not impose 

any significant burden on competition; and (iii) By 

its terms, does not become operative for 30 days 

after the date of the filing, or such shorter time as 

the Commission may designate * * *.’’ 17 CFR 

240.19b–4(f)(6). 

6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(C). 

*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: 

Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/ 

policy-making/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 the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

August Spector, at 301–415–7080, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

aks@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

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This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred 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). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: September 15, 2005. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–18784 Filed 9–16–05; 10:14 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M 

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: Form N–8b–4; SEC File No. 270–

180; OMB Control No. 3235–0247. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘PRA’’), the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

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

previously approved collection of 

information discussed below. 

• Form N–8b–4—Registration 

Statement of Face-Amount Certificate 

Companies 

Form N–8b–4 is the form used by 

face-amount certificate companies to 

comply with the filing and disclosure 

requirements imposed by Section 8(b) of 

the Investment Company Act of 1940 

[15 U.S.C. 80a–8(b)]. Form N–8b–4 

requires disclosure about the 

organization of a face-amount certificate 

company, its business and policies, its 

investment in securities, its certificates 

issued, the personnel and affiliated 

persons of the depositor, the 

distribution and redemption of 

securities, and financial statements. The 

Commission uses the information 

provided in the collection of 

information to determine compliance 

with Section 8(b) of the Investment 

Company Act of 1940. 

Based on the Commission’s industry 

statistics, the Commission estimates that 

there would be approximately 1 annual 

filing on Form N–8b–4. The 

Commission estimates that each 

registrant filing a Form N–8b–4 would 

spend 171 hours in preparing and filing 

the Form and that the total hour burden 

for all Form N–8b–4 filings would be 

171 hours. Estimates of the burden 

hours are made solely for the purposes 

of the PRA, and are not derived from a 

comprehensive or even a representative 

survey or study of the costs of SEC rules 

and forms. 

The information provided on Form 

N–8b–4 is mandatory. The information 

provided on Form N–8b–4 will not be 

kept confidential. 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 

above information 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 10102, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503 or e-mail to: 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. 

Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information 

Officer, Office of Information 

Technology, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–18613 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[File No. SR–NASD–2005–093] 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934; 

Release No. 52426/September 14, 2005; 

In the Matter of: The National 

Association of Securities Dealers, 

Incorporated; Order of Summary 

Abrogation 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(C) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’),1 is 

summarily abrogating a proposed rule 

change of The National Association of 

Securities Dealers, Incorporated 

(‘‘NASD’’). 

On July 20, 2005, the NASD filed SR–

NASD–2005–093.2 The NASD 

submitted the rule change for immediate 

effectiveness pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) of the Exchange Act.3 The 

proposed rule change amended NASD 

Rule 3370 to clarify that members must 

make an affirmative determination and 

document compliance when effecting 

long sale orders. In the proposal, the 

NASD stated that it proposed to amend 

Rule 3370, ‘‘to re-adopt expressly the 

affirmative determination requirements 

as they now relate to member 

obligations with respect to long sales 

under Regulation SHO’’.4 The NASD 

designated the rule change proposal as 

‘‘non-controversial’’ under paragraph 

(f)(6) of Rule 19b–4 under the Exchange 

Act,5 which renders the proposal 

effective upon filing with the 

Commission. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(C) of the 

Exchange Act,6 at any time within 60 

days of the date of filing a proposed rule 

change pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of