49072 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2017 / Notices 

1This estimate is based on the following 

calculation: 1.25 × $204 (fund senior accountant’s 

hourly rate) = $255. 

2This estimate is based on the following 

calculation: .75 × $76 (administrative assistant 

hourly rate) = $57. 

3This estimate is based on the following 

calculation: 194 funds × $918 (total annual cost per 

fund) = $178,092. 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Form N–17f–2 (17 CFR 274.220) 

under the Investment Company Act is 

entitled ‘‘Certificate of Accounting of 

Securities and Similar Investments in 

the Custody of Management Investment 

Companies.’’ Form N–17f–2 is the cover 

sheet for the accountant examination 

certificates filed under rule 17f–2 (17 

CFR 270.17f–2) by registered 

management investment companies 

(‘‘funds’’) maintaining custody of 

securities or other investments. Form 

N–17f–2 facilitates the filing of the 

accountant’s examination certificates 

prepared under rule 17f–2. The use of 

the form allows the certificates to be 

filed electronically, and increases the 

accessibility of the examination 

certificates to both the Commission’s 

examination staff and interested 

investors by ensuring that the 

certificates are filed under the proper 

Commission file number and the correct 

name of a fund. 

Commission staff estimates that it 

takes: (i) On average 1.25 hours of fund 

accounting personnel at a total cost of 

$255 to prepare each Form N–17f–2; 1

and (ii) .75 hours of administrative 

assistant time at a total cost of $57 to file 

the Form N–17f–2 with the 

Commission.2 Approximately 194 funds 

currently file Form N–17f–2 with the 

Commission. Commission staff 

estimates that on average each fund files 

Form N–17f–2 three times annually for 

a total annual hourly burden per fund 

of approximately 6 hours at a total cost 

of $918. The total annual hour burden 

for Form N–17f–2 is therefore estimated 

to be approximately 1,164 hours. Based 

on the total annual costs per fund listed 

above, the total cost of Form N–17f–2’s 

collection of information requirements 

is estimated to be approximately 

$178,092.3

The estimate of average burden hours 

is made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not 

derived from a comprehensive or even 

a representative survey or study of the 

costs of Commission rules and forms. 

Complying with the collections of 

information required by Form N–17f–2 

is mandatory for those funds that 

maintain custody of their own assets. 

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. 

The public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following Web site, 

www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be 

directed to: (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 by sending an email to: Shagufta_

Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 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. Comments must be submitted to 

OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

Issued: October 18, 2017. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22907 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #15364 and #15365; 

Louisiana Disaster Number LA–00080] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Louisiana 

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 Louisiana (FEMA–4345– 

DR), dated 10/16/2017. 

Incident: Tropical Storm Harvey. 

Incident Period: 08/27/2017 through 

09/10/2017. 

DATES: Issued on 10/16/2017. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 12/15/2017. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 07/16/2018. 

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: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Assistance, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 

Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

10/16/2017, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of a 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 Parishes: Allen, Beauregard, 

Calcasieu, Cameron, Natchitoches, 

Red River, Sabine, Saint Charles, 

Vernon 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.500 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 153648 and for 

economic injury is 153650. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22923 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #15366 and #15367; 

SOUTH CAROLINA Disaster Number SC– 

00052] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of South Carolina 

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 South Carolina (FEMA– 

4346–DR), dated 10/16/2017. 

Incident: Hurricane Irma. 

Incident Period: 09/06/2017 through 

09/13/2017. 

DATES: Issued on 10/16/2017. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 12/15/2017. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 07/16/2018. 


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