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1 15 U.S.C. 80a–18(f)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 80a. 

3 17 CFR 270.18f–3. 

ML060670456, ML060670470, 

ML060670478, and ML060670489); 

7. Letter dated May 2, 2006, from ABB 

to NRC, ‘‘Final Status Survey Report— 

Building 5/6A Complex’’ with 

attachments (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML061300647, ML061600110, 

ML061600128, ML061600142, 

ML061600154, ML061600158, 

ML061600160, ML061600178, 

ML061600184, ML061600185, 

ML061600186, ML061600187, 

ML061600280, ML061600292, 

ML061600304, ML061600315, 

ML061600324, and ML061600331); 

8. Letter dated September 13, 2007, 

from ABB to NRC, ‘‘Final Status Survey 

Report’’ with attachments (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML072890334, 

ML072890351, ML072890359, 

ML072890361, ML072890362, 

ML072890533, ML072890542, 

ML072890545, ML072890552, 

ML072890556, ML072890565, 

ML072890572, ML072890586, 

ML072890590, ML072890603, 

ML072890611); 

9. Letter dated December 27, 2007, 

from ABB to NRC, ‘‘Partial Site Release’’ 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML080020357); 

10. Letter dated June 27, 2008, from 

ORISE to NRC, ‘‘Final Report— 

Confirmatory Survey for the Partial Site 

Release at the ABB Inc. CE Windsor 

Site; Windsor, Connecticut’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML082420398); and 

11. NRC Inspection Report 03000754/ 

2008001, dated September 30, 2008, 

(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML082730833 

and ML082730842). 

If you do not have access to ADAMS, 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room 

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 Public Document 

Room, O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 

20852. The Public Document Room 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, this 

30th day of December, 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eugene Cobey, 

Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of 

Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I. 

[FR Doc. E9–202 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Availability; NUREG–1307, 

Revision 13, ‘‘Report on Waste Burial 

Charges Changes in Decommissioning 

Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level 

Waste Burial Faciilities’’ 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the 

completion and availability of NUREG– 

1307, Revision 13, ‘‘Report on Waste 

Burial Charges,’’ dated December 2009. 

ADDRESSES: NUREG–1307 may be 

purchased from The Superintendent of 

Documents, U.S. Government Printing 

Office , P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 

20402–9328: http:// 

www.access.gop.gov/sudocs: 202–512– 

1800; or The National Technical 

Information Service, Springfield, 

Virginia 22161–0002; http:// 

www.ntis.gov; or locally, 703–605–6000. 

The publication may be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Room O1–F21, 

Rockville, Maryland. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. The public can gain 

entry into the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) through the agency’s 

public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov. 

This Web site provides text and image 

files of the NRC’s public documents. If 

you do not have access to ADAMS or if 

there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC PDR Reference Staff at 1–800– 

397–4209, 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clayton L. Pittiglio, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, Division of Policy 

and Rulemaking, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555, telephone (301) 415–1435, email Clayton.Pittiglio@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

requirement placed upon nuclear power 

reactor licensees by the NRC is that 

licensees must annually adjust the 

estimate of the cost of decommissioning 

their plants, in dollars of the current 

year, as part of the process to provide 

reasonable assurance that adequate 

funds for decommissioning will be 

available when needed. This report, 

which is revised periodically, explains 

the formula that is acceptable to the 

NRC for determining the minimum 

decommissioning fund requirements for 

nuclear power plants. The sources of 

information used in the formula are 

identified, and the values developed for 

the estimation of radioactive waste 

burial/disposition costs, by site and by 

year, are given. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22 day 

of December. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Timothy J. McGinty, 

Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Program. 

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Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 18f–3; SEC File No. 270–385; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0441. 

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 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Section 18(f)(1) 1 of the Investment 

Company Act of 1940 2 (the ‘‘Investment 

Company Act’’ or ‘‘Act’’) prohibits 

registered open-end management 

investment companies (‘‘funds’’) from 

issuing any senior security. Rule 18f–3 

under the Act 3 exempts from section 

18(f)(1) a fund that issues multiple 

classes of shares representing interests 

in the same portfolio of securities (a 

‘‘multiple class fund’’) if the fund 

satisfies the conditions of the rule. In 

general, each class must differ in its 

arrangement for shareholder services or 

distribution or both, and must pay the 

related expenses of that different 

arrangement. 

The rule includes one requirement for 

the collection of information. A 

multiple class fund must prepare, and 

fund directors must approve, a written 

plan setting forth the separate 

arrangement and expense allocation of 

each class, and any related conversion 

features or exchange privileges (‘‘rule 

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4Rule 18f–3(d). 

5This estimate is based on data from Form N– 

SAR, the semi-annual report that funds file with the 

Commission. In previous years, the staff estimated 

that each multiple class fund prepared and 

approved a rule 18f–3 plan. However, the staff has 

revised this estimate to reflect its belief that most 

registrants prepare and approve a single rule 18f– 

3 plan for all series funds offered by the registrants. 

6The estimate reflects the assumption that each 

registrant prepares and approves a rule 18f–3 plan 

every two years when issuing a new fund or new 

class or amending a plan (or that 560 of all 1,120 

registrants prepare and approve a plan each year). 

The estimate assumes that the time required to 

prepare a plan is 6 hours per plan (or 3360 hours 

for 560 registrants annually), and the time required 

to approve a plan is an additional 4 hours per plan 

(or 2240 hours for 560 registrants annually). 

7This hourly rate estimate is derived from annual 

salaries reported in: Securities Industry and 

Financial Markets Association, Management and 

Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 

(2007), modified to account for an 1800-hour work 

year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, 

firm size, employee benefits and overhead. 

8This hourly rate estimate is derived from fund 

representatives. 

1Most filings are made via the Commission’s 

electronic filing system; therefore, paper filings 

under Rule 30b2–1 occur only in exceptional 

circumstances. Electronic filing eliminates the need 

for multiple copies of filings. 

2Annual and periodic reports to the Commission 

become part of its public files and, therefore, are 

available for use by prospective investors and 

stockholders. 

3Rule 30b2–1(a) [17 CFR 270.30b2–1(a)]. 

18f–3 plan’’).4 Approval of the plan 

must occur before the fund issues any 

shares of multiple classes and whenever 

the fund materially amends the plan. In 

approving the plan, a majority of the 

fund board, including a majority of the 

fund’s independent directors, must 

determine that the plan is in the best 

interests of each class and the fund as 

a whole. 

The requirement that the fund prepare 

and directors approve a written rule 

18f–3 plan is intended to ensure that the 

fund compiles information relevant to 

the fairness of the separate arrangement 

and expense allocation for each class, 

and that directors review and approve 

the information. Without a blueprint 

that highlights material differences 

among classes, directors might not 

perceive potential conflicts of interests 

when they determine whether the plan 

is in the best interests of each class and 

the fund. In addition, the plan may be 

useful to Commission staff in reviewing 

the fund’s compliance with the rule. 

There are approximately 5,300 

multiple class funds offered by 1,120 

registrants.5 Based on a review of 

typical rule 18f–3 plans, the 

Commission’s staff estimates that the 

1,120 registrants together make an 

average of 560 responses each year to 

prepare and approve a written rule 18f– 

3 plan, requiring approximately 10 

hours per response and a total of 5,600 

burden hours per year in the aggregate.6

The staff estimates that preparation of 

the rule 18f–3 plan may require 6 hours 

of the services of an attorney employed 

by the fund, at a cost of approximately 

$295 per hour for professional time,7

and approval of the plan may require 4 

hours of the services of the board of 

directors, at a cost of approximately 

$2000 per hour.8 The staff therefore 

estimates that the aggregate annual cost 

of complying with the paperwork 

requirements of the rule is 

approximately $5,471,200 ((6 hours × 

560 responses × $295 = $991,200) + (4 

hours × 560 responses × $2000 = 

4,480,000)). 

The estimated annual burden of 5,600 

hours represents a decrease of 110 hours 

over the prior estimate of 5,710 hours. 

The decrease in burden hours is 

attributable to a change in the estimate 

of the number of responses that are 

submitted pursuant to the rule. 

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. 

Complying with this collection of 

information requirement is mandatory. 

Responses 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. 

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@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. 

January 5, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–159 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 30b2–1; SEC File No. 270–213; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0220. 

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 30b2–1 (17 CFR 270.30b2–1) 

under the Investment Company Act of 

1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) requires the filing 

of four copies of every periodic or 

interim report transmitted by or on 

behalf of any registered investment 

company to its stockholders.1 This 

requirement ensures that the 

Commission has information in its files 

to perform its regulatory functions and 

to apprise investors of the operational 

and financial condition of a registered 

investment companies.2

Registered management investment 

companies are required to send reports 

to stockholders at least twice annually. 

In addition, under rule 30b2–1, each 

registered investment company is 

required to file with the Commission 

Form N–CSR (17 CFR 274.128), 

certifying the financial statements.3 The 

annual burden of filing the reports is 

included in the burden estimate for 

Form N–CSR; however, we are 

requesting one burden hour remain in 

inventory for administrative purposes. 

The burden estimate for rule 30b2–1 

is made solely for the purposes of the 

Act and is not derived from a 

comprehensive or even representative 

survey or study of the costs of 

Commission rules and forms. 

The collection of information under 

rule 30b2–1 is mandatory. The 

information provided by rule 30b2–1 is 

not 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 OMB 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: 

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