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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: New collection.
2. The title of the information
collection: Comprehensive
Decommissioning Program, Including
Annual Data Collection, OMB 3150–
xxxx.
3. The form number if applicable:
N/A.
4. How often the collection is
required: Annually (to keep site
information current).
5. Who will be required or asked to
report: Agreement States who have
signed Section 274(b) Agreements with
NRC and are regulating uranium
recovery and/or complex sites
undergoing decommissioning.
6. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 68. (2 responses for
each respondent.)
7. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 34.
8. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 677 hours
(approximately 20 hours per
respondent).
9. An indication of whether Section
3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: N/A.
10. Abstract: Agreement States will be
asked to provide information about
uranium recovery and complex sites
undergoing decommissioning regulated
by the Agreement States on an annual
basis. The information request will
allow the NRC to compile, in a
centralized location, more complete
information on the status of
decommissioning and decontamination
in the United States in order to provide
a national perspective on
decommissioning. The information will
be made available to the public by the
NRC in order to ensure openness and
promote communication to enhance
public confidence in the national
decommissioning program. This does
not apply to information, such as trade
secrets and commercial or financial
information provided by the Agreement
States as privileged or confidential.
Information such as financial assurance
and the status of decommissioning
funding would need to be identified by
the Agreement State as privileged or
confidential, whereupon the NRC would
withhold such information from public
access and treat it as sensitive or non-
sensitive, per the considerations in 10
CFR 2.390 and 9.17. This does not apply
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to financial assurance or
decommissioning funding information
that is already available to the public.
Although specific details of the funding
mechanisms are treated as confidential,
beneficial lessons learned regarding the
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improvement of decommissioning-
related funding will be shared with the
Agreement States.
A copy of the final supporting
statement may be viewed free of charge
at the NRC Public Document Room, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD
20852. OMB clearance requests are
available at the NRC worldwide Web
site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
doc-comment/omb/index.html. The
document will be available on the NRC
home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by December 10, 2007. Comments
received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
assurance of consideration cannot be
given to comments received after this
date: Nathan J. Frey, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–xxxx), NEOB–10202, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503.
Comments can also be e-mailed to
Nathan_J._Frey@omb.eop.gov or
submitted by telephone at (202) 395–
7345.
The NRC Clearance Officer is
Margaret A. Janney, 301–415–7245.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of November, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret A. Janney,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
[FR Doc. E7–22034 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am]
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Extension: Rule 206(3)–3T, SEC File No.
270–571, OMB Control No. 3235–0630.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 350l et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collections of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit these existing
collections of information to the Office
of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
extension and approval.
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Temporary rule 206(3)–3T (17 CFR
275.206(3)–3T) under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–1
et seq.) is entitled: ‘‘Temporary rule for
principal trades with certain advisory
clients.’’ The temporary rule provides
investment advisers who are registered
with the Commission as broker-dealers
an alternative means to meet the
requirements of section 206(3) of the
Advisers Act (15 U.S.C. 80b–6(3)) when
they act in a principal capacity in
transactions with certain of their
advisory clients. The temporary rule,
and its attendant paperwork burdens,
will expire and no longer be effective on
December 31, 2009.
Temporary rule 206(3)–3T permits
dually-registered advisers to satisfy the
Advisers Act’s principal trading
restrictions by: (i) Providing written,
prospective disclosure regarding the
conflicts arising from principal trades;
(ii) obtaining written, revocable consent
from the client prospectively
authorizing the adviser to enter into
principal transactions; (iii) making oral
or written disclosure and obtaining the
client’s consent before each principal
transaction; (iv) sending to the client
confirmation statements disclosing the
capacity in which the adviser has acted;
and (v) delivering to the client an
annual report itemizing the principal
transactions.
Providing the information required by
rule 206(3)–3T is necessary for dually-
registered advisers to obtain the benefit
of the alternative means of complying
with section 206(3) of the Advisers Act.
Disclosures under the rule provide
important investor protections when
advisers engage in principal trades.
Clients of advisers will primarily use
the information to monitor principal
trades in their accounts.
The Commission staff estimates that
approximately 380 investment advisers
make use of rule 206(3)–3T, and that on
average an investment adviser spends
approximately 1,301 hours annually in
complying with the requirements of the
rule. The Commission staff therefore
estimates the total annual burden of the
rule’s paperwork requirements to be
494,440 hours.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collections of information
are 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 burdens of the collections of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burdens of the collections
of information on respondents,
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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 R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson 6432 General Green Way,
Alexandria, Virginia 22312; or send an
e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: November 5, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–22006 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am]
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[File No. 500–1]
In the Matter of Ames Department
Stores, Inc., Bradlees, Inc., Caldor
Corp., and Stuarts Department Stores,
Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading
November 7, 2007.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Ames
Department Stores, Inc. because it has
not filed any periodic reports since it
filed a Form 10–Q for the period ended
May 4, 2002.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Bradlees,
Inc. because it has not filed any periodic
reports since it filed a Form 10–Q for
the period ended October 28, 2000.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Caldor
Corp. because it has not filed any
periodic reports since it filed a Form
10–Q for the period ended October 31,
1998.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Stuarts
Department Stores, Inc. because it has
not filed any periodic reports since it
filed a Form 10–Q for the period ended
October 28, 1995.
The Commission is of the opinion that
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the public interest and the protection of
investors require a suspension of trading
in the securities of the above-listed
companies.
Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to
Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange
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Act of 1934, that trading in the above-
listed companies is suspended for the
period from 9:30 a.m. EST on November
7, 2007, through 11:59 p.m. EST on
November 20, 2007.
By the Commission.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 07–5625 Filed 11–7–07; 11:20 am]
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[Release No. 34–56736; File No. SR–MSRB–
2007–04]
Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed
Rule Change Relating to Amendments
to Rule G–40 on E-Mail Contacts
November 2, 2007.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on October
16, 2007, the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board (‘‘MSRB’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been substantially prepared by the
MSRB. The Commission is publishing
this notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested
persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The MSRB is filing with the
Commission a proposed rule change
consisting of amendments to Rule G–40,
on electronic mail contacts, that would
more fully conform MSRB requirements
to Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) requirements
relating to contact information. The
MSRB proposes that the amendments
become effective on December 31, 2007
to coincide with the effective date of
recently-approved FINRA
requirements.3 The text of the proposed
rule change is available on the MSRB’s
Web site (http://www.msrb.org), at the
MSRB’s principal office, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56179
(August 1, 2007), 72 FR 44203 (August 7, 2007)
(SR–NASD–2007–034).
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
MSRB included statements concerning
the purpose of and basis for the
proposed rule change and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed
rule change. The text of these statements
may be examined at the places specified
in Item IV below. The MSRB has
prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
In 2002, the MSRB adopted Rule G–
40, on e-mail contacts, to establish a
reliable method for electronic
communication with brokers, dealers
and municipal securities dealers
(collectively, ‘‘dealers’’).4 The rule
requires, among other things, that
dealers use Form G–40 to appoint a
‘‘Primary Contact’’ for purposes of
electronic communication between the
dealer and the MSRB. The Primary
Contact must be either a Series 53-
registered municipal securities principal
or a Series 51-registered municipal fund
securities limited principal.5 Dealers are
required to submit their original forms
and any subsequent changes
electronically through their electronic
G–40 account using the appropriate user
ID and password. The rule also requires
that each dealer maintain an Internet
electronic mail account to permit
communication with the MSRB, and to
review and, if necessary, update its
Primary Contact information within 17
business days after the end of each
calendar quarter.
4 In adopting the rule, the MSRB stated that the
events of September 11, 2001 and the weeks that
followed, emphasized the importance of, and need
for an efficient and reliable means of official
communication between regulators and the
industry, and that establishing a reliable method for
electronic communication was necessary to allow
the MSRB to efficiently alert dealers to official
communications, including time-sensitive
developments, rule changes, notices, etc., as well as
to facilitate dealers’ internal distribution of such
information. The MSRB also noted that it had
discontinued publication of MSRB Reports in 2002
(since that time, all MSRB notices have been
available exclusively on the MSRB Web site at
http://www.msrb.org.). The rule was approved in
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 46043 (June 6,
2002), 67 FR 40762 (June 13, 2002) (SR–MSRB
2002–05).
5 Dealers may also appoint an ‘‘Optional Contact’’
and this person does not have to be a registered
principal.
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