30 Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 240 / Friday, December 15, 2023 / Notices
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also
will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of the
Exchange. Do not include personal
identifiable information in submissions;
you should submit only information
that you wish to make available
publicly. We may redact in part or
withhold entirely from publication
submitted material that is obscene or
subject to copyright protection. All
submissions should refer to file number
SR–PEARL–2023–64 and should be
submitted on or before January 5, 2024.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.167
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–27531 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am]
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Extension: Form
N–17f–1
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
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.
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Form N–17f–1 (17 CFR 274.219) is
entitled ‘‘Certificate of Accounting of
Securities and Similar Investments of a
Management Investment Company in
the Custody of Members of National
Securities Exchanges.’’ The form serves
as a cover sheet to the accountant’s
certificate that is required to be filed
periodically with the Commission
pursuant to rule 17f–1 (17 CFR 270.17f–
1) under the Act, entitled ‘‘Custody of
Securities with Members of National
Securities Exchanges,’’ which sets forth
the conditions under which a fund may
place its assets in the custody of a
member of a national securities
exchange. Rule 17f–1 requires, among
other things, that an independent public
accountant verify the fund’s assets at the
end of every annual and semi-annual
fiscal period, and at least one other time
during the fiscal year as chosen by the
independent accountant. Requiring an
independent accountant to examine the
fund’s assets in the custody of a member
of a national securities exchange assists
Commission staff in its inspection
program and helps to ensure that the
fund assets are subject to proper
auditing procedures. The accountant’s
certificate stating that it has made an
examination, and describing the nature
and the extent of the examination, must
be attached to Form N–17f–1 and filed
with the Commission promptly after
each examination. The form facilitates
the filing of the accountant’s certificates,
and increases the accessibility of the
certificates to both Commission staff
and interested investors.
Commission staff estimates that it
takes: (i) 1 hour of clerical time to
prepare and file Form N–17f–1; and (ii)
0.5 hour for the fund’s chief compliance
officer to review Form N–17f–1 prior to
filing with the Commission, for a total
of 1.5 hours. Each fund is required to
make 3 filings annually, for a total
annual burden per fund of
approximately 4.5 hours.1 Commission
staff estimates that an average of 21
funds currently file Form N–17f–1 with
the Commission 3 times each year, for
a total of 64 responses annually.2 The
total annual hour burden for Form N–
17f-1 is therefore estimated to be
approximately 95 hours.3
The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not
1 This estimate is based on the following
calculation: (1.5 hours × 3 responses annually = 4.5
hours).
2 This estimate is based on a review of Form N–
17f–1 filings made with the Commission over the
last three years.
3 This estimate is based on the following
calculations: (4.5 hours × 21 funds = 94.5 total
hours).

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derived from a comprehensive or even
a representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules. Compliance
with the collections of information
required by Form N–17f–1 is mandatory
for funds that place their assets in the
custody of a national securities
exchange member. 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 background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice by January 16, 2024 to (i)
MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@
omb.eop.gov and (ii) David Bottom,
Director/Chief Information Officer,
Securities and Exchange Commission, c/
o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an
email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: December 12, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq
ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend Its GPS
Antenna Fees at General 8, Section 1
December 11, 2023.

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 November
29, 2023, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (‘‘ISE’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III, below, which Items have been
prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.

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