Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices 28075 

Percent 

Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 11768B and for 

economic injury is 11769B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–13826 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration # 11772 and # 11773] 

Florida Disaster # FL–00043 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Florida (FEMA—1840—DR), 

dated 06/04/2009. 

Incident: Severe storms, flooding, 

tornadoes, and straight-line winds. 

Incident Period: 05/17/2009 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 06/04/2009. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 08/03/2009. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 03/04/2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing And 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

06/04/2009, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Baker, Clay, Flagler, 

Putnam, Volusia. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 4.500 

Businesses And Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 117726 and for 

economic injury is 117736. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–13828 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 17a–11; OMB Control No. 3235–0085; 

SEC File No. 270–94. 

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 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the existing collection of information 

provided for in the following rule: Rule 

17a–11 (17 CFR 240.17a–11) under the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’). 

The Commission plans to submit this 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. 

In response to an operational crisis in 

the securities industry between 1967 

and 1970, the Commission adopted Rule 

17a–11 (17 CFR 240.17a–11) under the 

Exchange Act on July 11, 1971. The 

Rule requires broker-dealers that are 

experiencing financial or operational 

difficulties to provide notice to the 

Commission, the broker-dealer’s 

designated examining authority 

(‘‘DEA’’), and the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’) if the 

broker-dealer is registered with the 

CFTC as a futures commission 

merchant. Rule 17a–11 is an integral 

part of the Commission’s financial 

responsibility program which enables 

the Commission, a broker-dealer’s DEA, 

and the CFTC to increase surveillance of 

a broker-dealer experiencing difficulties 

and to obtain any additional 

information necessary to gauge the 

broker-dealer’s financial or operational 

condition. 

Rule 17a–11 also requires over-thecounter (‘‘OTC’’) derivatives dealers and 

broker-dealers that are permitted to 

compute net capital pursuant to 

Appendix E to Exchange Act Rule 15c3– 

1 to notify the Commission when their 

tentative net capital drops below certain 

levels. OTC derivatives dealers must 

also provide notice to the Commission 

of backtesting exceptions identified 

pursuant to Appendix F of Rule 15c3– 

1 (17 CFR 15c3–1f). 

Compliance with the Rule is 

mandatory. The Commission will 

generally not publish or make available 

to any person notice or reports received 

pursuant to Rule 17a–11. The 

Commission believes that information 

obtained under Rule 17a–11 relates to a 

condition report prepared for the use of 

the Commission, other federal 

governmental authorities, and securities 

industry self-regulatory organizations 

responsible for the regulation or 

supervision of financial institutions. 

Only broker-dealers whose capital 

declines below certain specified levels 

or who are otherwise experiencing 

financial or operational problems have a 

reporting burden under Rule 17a–11. In 

2008, the Commission received 

approximately 400 notices under this 

Rule. The Commission did not receive 

any Rule 17a–11 notices from OTC 

derivatives dealers or broker-dealers 

that are permitted to compute net 

capital pursuant to Appendix E to 

Exchange Act Rule 15c3–1. 

Each broker-dealer reporting pursuant 

to Rule 17a–11 will spend 

approximately one hour preparing and 

transmitting the notice required by the 

rule. Accordingly, the total estimated 

annualized burden under Rule 17a–11 is 

400 hours. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed 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 proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be 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 

28076 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices 

1 15 U.S.C. 78m(f). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq. 

3 17 CFR 240.13f–1. 

writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

Comments should be directed to 

Charles Boucher, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 

Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-mail 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13814 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–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: 

Form 13F; SEC File No. 270–22; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0006. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), 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. 

Section 13(f)1 of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 19342 (the ‘‘Exchange 

Act’’) empowers the Commission to: (1) 

Adopt rules that create a reporting and 

disclosure system to collect specific 

information; and (2) disseminate such 

information to the public. Rule 13f-13

under the Exchange Act requires 

institutional investment managers that 

exercise investment discretion over 

accounts—having in the aggregate a fair 

market value of at least $100,000,000 of 

exchange-traded or NASDAQ-quoted 

equity securities—to file quarterly 

reports with the Commission on Form 

13F. 

The information collection 

requirements apply to institutional 

investment managers that meet the $100 

million reporting threshold. Section 

13(f)(5) of the Exchange Act defines an 

‘‘institutional investment manager’’ as 

any person, other than a natural person, 

investing in or buying and selling 

securities for its own account, and any 

person exercising investment discretion 

with respect to the account of any other 

person. Form 13F under the Exchange 

Act defines ‘‘investment discretion’’ for 

purposes of Form 13F reporting. 

The reporting system required by 

Section 13(f) of the Exchange Act is 

intended, among other things, to create 

in the Commission a central repository 

of historical and current data about the 

investment activities of institutional 

investment managers, and to improve 

the body of factual data available to 

regulators and the public. 

The Commission staff estimates that 

4,052 respondents make approximately 

16,208 responses under the rule each 

year. The staff estimates that on average, 

Form 13F filers spend 98.8 hours/year 

to prepare and submit the report. In 

addition, the staff estimates that 210 

respondents file approximately 840 

amendments each year. The staff 

estimates that on average, Form 13F 

filers spend 4 hours/year to prepare and 

submit amendments to Form 13F. The 

total annual burden of the rule’s 

requirements for all respondents 

therefore is estimated to be 401,178 

hours ((4,052 filers x 98.8 hours) + (210 

filers x 4 hours)). 

The estimate of average burden hours 

is made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The estimate 

is not derived from a comprehensive or 

even a representative survey or study of 

the costs of Commission rules. 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. 

Please direct general comments 

regarding the above information to the 

following persons: (i) Desk Officer for 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 

or send an e-mail to Shagufta Ahmed at 

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

Charles Boucher, Director/CIO, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

C/O Shirley Martinson, 6432 General 

Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or 

send an e-mail to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must 

be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13813 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

28760; File No. 812–13604] 

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund 

Trust, et al.; Notice of Application 

June 8, 2009. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of an application under 

section 6(c) of the Investment Company 

Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) for an exemption 

from rule 12d1–2(a) under the Act. 

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants 

request an order to permit funds of 

funds relying on rule 12d1–2 under the 

Act to invest in certain financial 

instruments. 

APPLICANTS: PowerShares ExchangeTraded Fund Trust, PowerShares 

Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, 

PowerShares India Exchange-Traded 

Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively 

Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 

(collectively, ‘‘PowerShares Trusts’’), 

AIM Counselor Series Trust, AIM Equity 

Funds, AIM Funds Group, AIM Growth 

Series, AIM International Mutual Funds, 

AIM Investment Funds, AIM Investment 

Securities Funds, AIM Sector Funds, 

AIM Tax-Exempt Funds, AIM 

Treasurer’s Series Trust, AIM Variable 

Insurance Funds, and Short-Term 

Investments Trust (collectively, ‘‘AIM 

Trusts’’ and together with PowerShares 

Trusts, the ‘‘Trusts’’), Invesco 

PowerShares Capital Management LLC 

(‘‘IPCM’’) and Invesco Aim Advisors, 

Inc. (‘‘IAA’’) and Invesco Aim 

Distributors, Inc. (the ‘‘Distributor’’). 

DATES: Filing Dates: The application was 

filed on November 14, 2008, and 

amended on May 26, 2009. Applicants 

have agreed to file an amendment 

during the notice period, the substance 

of which is reflected in this notice. 

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An 

order granting the application will be 

issued unless the Commission orders a 

hearing. Interested persons may request 

a hearing by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary and serving 

applicants with a copy of the request, 

personally or by mail. Hearing requests 

should be received by the Commission 

by 5:30 p.m. on July 6, 2009 and should 

be accompanied by proof of service on 

applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, 

for lawyers, a certificate of service. 

Hearing requests should state the nature 

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the 

request, and the issues contested. 

Persons who wish to be notified of a 

hearing may request notification by 

writing to the Commission’s Secretary.