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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81191 

(July 24, 2017), 82 FR 35256. 

4Amendment No. 1 is available at: https://

www.sec.gov/comments/sr-batsbzx-2017-46/ 

batsbzx201746-2272678-160970.pdf. 

5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

policies of the Fund of Funds and will 

be based on the NAVs of the Funds. 

9. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the 

Commission to exempt any persons or 

transactions from any provision of the 

Act if such exemption is necessary or 

appropriate in the public interest and 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and the purposes fairly 

intended by the policy and provisions of 

the Act. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act 

provides that the Commission may 

exempt any person, security, or 

transaction, or any class or classes of 

persons, securities, or transactions, from 

any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the 

exemption is consistent with the public 

interest and the protection of investors. 

Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the 

Commission to grant an order 

permitting a transaction otherwise 

prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds 

that (a) the terms of the proposed 

transaction are fair and reasonable and 

do not involve overreaching on the part 

of any person concerned; (b) the 

proposed transaction is consistent with 

the policies of each registered 

investment company involved; and (c) 

the proposed transaction is consistent 

with the general purposes of the Act. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, under delegated 

authority. 

Eduardo A. Aleman. 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19536 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

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: 

Rule 30b1–8 and Form N–CR SEC File No. 

270–657, OMB Control No. 3235–0705 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’) (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520), the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collections of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Rule 30b1–8 under the Act [17 CFR 

270.30b1–8], entitled ‘‘Current Report 

for Money Market Funds,’’ provides that 

every registered open-end management 

investment company, or series thereof, 

that is regulated as a money market fund 

under rule 2a–7 [17 CFR 270.2a–7], that 

experiences any of the events specified 

on Form N–CR [17 CFR 274.222], must 

file with the Commission a current 

report on Form N–CR within the time 

period specified in that form. The 

information collection requirements for 

rule 30b1–8 and Form N–CR are 

designed to assist Commission staff in 

its oversight of money market funds and 

its ability to respond to market events. 

It also provides investors with better 

and timelier disclosure of potentially 

important events. Finally, the 

Commission is able to use the 

information provided on Form N–CR in 

its regulatory, disclosure review, 

inspection, and policymaking roles. The 

rule imposes a burden per report of 

approximately 8.5 hours and $840, so 

that the total annual burden for the 

estimated 37 reports filed per year on 

Form N–CR is 315 hours and $31,080. 

The estimate of average burden hours 

is made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The estimate 

is based on communications with 

industry representatives, and is not 

derived from a comprehensive or even 

a representative survey or study. 

The collection of information on Form 

N–CR is mandatory for any fund that 

holds itself out as a money market fund 

in reliance on rule 2a–7. 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 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(s) 

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 

Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549; or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: September 11, 2017. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19509 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. 34–81558; File No. SR– 

BatsBZX–2017–46] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Bats 

BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 

Designation of a Longer Period for 

Commission Action on Proposed Rule 

Change, as Modified by Amendment 

No. 1, To List and Trade Shares of the 

Aptus Fortified Value ETF, a Series of 

ETF Series Solutions, Under Exchange 

Rule 14.11(c) 

September 8, 2017. 

On July 10, 2017, Bats BZX Exchange, 

Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 

thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to 

list and trade shares of the Aptus 

Fortified Value ETF, a series of ETF 

Series Solutions, under Exchange Rule 

14.11(c), which governs the listing and 

trading of Index Fund Shares. The 

proposed rule change was published for 

comment in the Federal Register on July 

28, 2017.3 On August 31, 2017, the 

Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the 

proposed rule change.4 The Commission 

has received no comment letters on the 

proposed rule change. 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 5 provides 

that, within 45 days of the publication 

of notice of the filing of a proposed rule 

change, or within such longer period up 

to 90 days as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or as to which the 

self-regulatory organization consents, 

the Commission shall either approve the 

proposed rule change, disapprove the 

proposed rule change, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether the 

proposed rule change should be 

disapproved. The 45th day after 

publication of the notice for this 

proposed rule change is September 11, 


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6 Id. 

7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31). 

1 30 responses × 1 hour per response = 30 hours 

per year. 

2017. The Commission is extending this 

45-day time period. 

The Commission finds that it is 

appropriate to designate a longer period 

within which to take action on the 

proposed rule change so that it has 

sufficient time to consider the proposed 

rule change, as modified by Amendment 

No. 1. Accordingly, the Commission, 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,6

designates October 26, 2017, as the date 

by which the Commission shall either 

approve or disapprove or institute 

proceedings to determine whether to 

disapprove the proposed rule change, as 

modified by Amendment No. 1 (File 

Number SR–BatsBZX–2017–46). 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.7

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19479 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

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: 

Rule 489 and Form F–N, SEC File No. 270– 

361, OMB Control No. 3235–0411 

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 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the 

Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 

seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign 

insurance companies and holding 

companies and finance subsidiaries of 

foreign banks and foreign insurance 

companies that are exempted from the 

definition of ‘‘investment company’’ by 

virtue of rules 3a–1 (17 CFR 270.3a–1), 

3a–5 (17 CFR 270.3a–5), and 3a–6 (17 

CFR 270.3a–6) under the Investment 

Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 

et seq.) to file Form F–N (17 CFR 

239.43) to appoint an agent for service 

of process when making a public 

offering of securities in the United 

States. The information is collected so 

that the Commission and private 

plaintiffs may serve process on foreign 

entities in actions and administrative 

proceedings arising out of or based on 

the offer or sales of securities in the 

United States by such foreign entities. 

The Commission received an average 

of 30 Form F–N filings from 22 unique 

filers each year for the last three years 

(2014–2016). The Commission has 

previously estimated that the total 

annual burden associated with 

information collection and Form F–N 

preparation and submission is one hour 

per filing. Based on the Commission’s 

experience with disclosure documents 

generally, the Commission continues to 

believe that this estimate is appropriate. 

Thus the estimated total annual burden 

for rule 489 and Form F–N is 30 hours.1

Estimates of average burden hours 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 rule 489 

and Form F–N is mandatory to obtain 

the benefit of the exemption. Responses 

to the collection of information 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 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 

Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549; or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: September 11, 2017. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19511 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Celerity Partners SBIC, L.P. 

[License No. 09/79–0445] 

Notice Seeking Exemption Under 

Section 312 of the Small Business 

Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest 

Notice is hereby given that Celerity 

Partners SBIC, L.P., 11150 Santa Monica 

Boulevard, Suite 1470, Los Angeles, CA 

90025, a Federal Licensee under the 

Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 

as amended (‘‘the Act’’), in connection 

with the sale of a small concern, has 

sought an exemption under Section 312 

of the Act, Section 107.730(a), you must 

not self-deal to the prejudice of a Small 

Business, the Licensee, its shareholders 

or partners, or SBA., and Section 

107.730(e)(3), Associate must not 

receive any income or anything of value 

from the Portfolio Concern unless it is 

for your benefit, with the exception of 

director’s fees, expenses, and 

distributions based upon the Associate’s 

ownership interest in the Concern. The 

transaction is brought within the 

purview of Sections 107.730(a) and 

107.730(e)(3) of the Regulations because 

which constitutes Conflicts of Interest of 

the Small Business Administration 

(‘‘SBA’’) Rules. Celerity Partners SBIC, 

L.P. proposes to sell eStudy Site Inc. 

(‘‘eSS), 292 Euclid Ave, Suite 225, San 

Diego, California 92114, with NRI 

Clinical Research (‘‘NRI’’) and, Meridien 

Research, Inc. (‘‘Meridien’’). Because the 

Associates, Mark Benham and Matt 

Kraus, will receive proceeds from their 

investments and carried interests from 

Meridien and NRI, and a transaction fee, 

this transaction constitutes Conflict of 

Interest requiring SBA’s prior written 

exemption. 

Notice is hereby given that any 

interested person may submit written 

comments on this transaction within 

fifteen days of the date of this 

publication to the Associate 

Administrator, Office of Investment and 

Innovation, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 Third Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. 

A. Joseph Shepard, 

Associate Administrator for Office of 

Investment and Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19484 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

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