[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41104-41109]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17175]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-75397; File No. SR-EDGX-2015-28]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend
the Market Data Section of Its Fee Schedule

July 8, 2015.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on July 1, 2015, EDGX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or
``EDGX'') 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 prepared by the Exchange. The
Exchange has designated the proposed rule change as one establishing or
changing a member due, fee, or other charge imposed by the Exchange
under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2)
thereunder,\4\ which renders the proposed rule change effective upon
filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange filed a proposal to amend the Market Data section of
its fee schedule to: (i) Adopt User fees, an Enterprise fee, and a
Digital Media Enterprise fee for the EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale feeds;
and (ii) make a non-substantive change to the description of the BATS
One Feed Enterprise Fee as well as correct a cross-reference within the
definition of ``Non-Professional User''.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available at the Exchange's
Web site at www.batstrading.com, at the principal office of the
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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 Exchange 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 Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant parts of such
statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend the Market Data section of its fee
schedule to: (i) Adopt User fees, an Enterprise fee, and a Digital
Media Enterprise fee for the EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale feeds; and
(ii) make a non-substantive change to the description of the BATS One
Feed Enterprise Fee as well as correct a cross-reference within the
definition of ``Non-Professional User''.
EDGX Top and Last Sale Fees
    EDGX Top is a market data feed that includes top of book quotations
and execution information for all equity securities traded on the
Exchange.\5\ EDGX Last Sale is a market data feed that includes last
sale information for all equity securities traded on Exchange.\6\
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    \5\ See Exchange Rule 13.8(c).
    \6\ See Exchange Rule 13.8(d).

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    Currently, the Exchange only charges fees for both internal and
external distribution of the EDGX Last Sale and EDGX Top feeds. The
cost of EDGX Last Sale for an Internal Distributor \7\ is $500 per
month. Likewise, the cost of EDGX Top for an Internal Distributor is
also $500 per month. The Exchange currently does not charge per User
\8\ fees for either EDGX Last Sale or EDGX Top. Therefore, the Exchange
does not currently require an External Distributor \9\ of EDGX Last
Sale or EDGX Top to count, classify (e.g., professional or non-
professional), or report to the Exchange information regarding the
customers to which they provide the data. Instead, the Exchange charges
an External Distributor of EDGX Last Sale a flat fee of $1,250 per
month. The Exchange also separately charges an External Distributor of
EDGX Top a flat fee of $1,250 per month. End Users currently do not pay
the Exchange for EDGX Last Sale or EDGX Top, nor are End Users required
to enter into contracts with the Exchange.
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    \7\ An ``Internal Distributor'' is defined as ``a Distributor
that receives the Exchange Market Data product and then distributes
that data to one or more Users within the Distributor's own
entity.'' See the Exchange Fee Schedule available at http://batstrading.com/support/fee_schedule/edgx/. A ``Distributor'' is
defined as ``any entity that receives the Exchange Market Data
product directly from the Exchange or indirectly through another
entity and then distributes it internally or externally to a third
party.'' Id.
    \8\ A ``User'' is defined as ``a natural person, a
proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or entity, or device
(computer or other automated service), that is entitled to receive
Exchange data.'' Id.
    \9\ An ``External Distributor'' is defined as ``a Distributor
that receives the Exchange Market Data product and then distributes
that data to a third party or one or more Users outside the
Distributor's own entity.'' Id.
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    Subscribers to either EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale are able to
receive, upon request and at no additional cost, EDGX Last Sale or EDGX
Top, as applicable. The Exchange also offers a New External Distributor
Credit under which new External Distributors of EDGX Top or EDGX Last
Sale will not be charged a Distributor Fee for their first three (3)
months.
    The Exchange now proposes to amend its fee schedule to incorporate
additional fees related to the EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale feeds.\10\
These fees include the following, each of which are described in detail
below: (i) Usage Fees for both Professional \11\ and Non-Professional
\12\ Users; \13\ (ii) Enterprise Fees; \14\ and (iii) a Digital Media
Enterprise Fee.
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    \10\ The Exchange notes that EDGA Exchange, Inc. (``EDGA''),
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc. (``BYX'') and BATS Exchange, Inc. (``BZX'',
together with the Exchange, EDGA and BYX, the ``BATS Exchanges'')
also filed proposed rule changes with Commission to adopt similar
fees for their respective Top and Last Sale market data product. See
File Nos. SR-EDGA-2015-25, SR-BYX-2015-30, and SR-BATS-2015-48. The
Exchange represents that the proposed fees will not cause the
combined cost of subscribing to each of the BATS Exchanges'
individual Top and Last Sale feeds to be greater than those
currently charged to subscribe to the BATS One Feed. See Securities
Exchange Act Release Nos. 74285 (February 18, 2015), 80 FR 9828
(February 24, 2015) (SR-BATS-2015-11); 74283 (February 18, 2015), 80
FR 9809 (February 24, 2015) (SR-EDGA-2015-09); 74282 (February 17,
2015), 80 FR 9487 (February 23, 2015) (SR-EDGX-2015-09); and 74284
(February 18, 2015), 80 FR 9792 (February 24, 2015) (SR-BYX-2015-09)
(``Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings''). In these filings, the
Exchange represented that the cost of subscribing to each of the
underlying individual feeds necessary to create the BATS One Feed
would not be greater than the cost of subscribing to the BATS One
Feed. Id.
    \11\ A ``Professional User'' is defined as ``any User other than
a Non-Professional User.'' See the Exchange Fee Schedule available
at http://batstrading.com/support/fee_schedule/edgx/.
    \12\ A ``Non-Professional User'' is defined as ``a natural
person who is not: (i) Registered or qualified in any capacity with
the Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, any state
securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or any
commodities or futures contract market or association; (ii) engaged
as an ``investment adviser'' as that term is defined in Section
[202(a)(11)] of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (whether or not
registered or qualified under that Act); or (iii) employed by a bank
or other organization exempt from registration under federal or
state securities laws to perform functions that would require
registration or qualification if such functions were performed for
an organization not so exempt.'' Id.
    \13\ The Exchange notes that User fees as well as the
distinctions based on professional and non-professional users have
been previously filed with or approved by the Commission by the BATS
Exchanges and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''). See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59582 (March 16, 2009), 74 FR
12423 (March 24, 2009) (Order approving SR-Nasdaq-2008-102). See
also the Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra note 10.
    \14\ The Exchange notes that Enterprise fees have been
previously filed with or approved by the Commission by the Exchange,
EDGA, BYX, BZX, Nasdaq, NYSE, and the CTA/CQ Plans. See Nasdaq Rule
7047. Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 71507 (February 7, 2014),
79 FR 8763 (February 13, 2014) (SR-NASDAQ-2014-011); 70211 (August
15, 2013), 78 FR 51781 (August 21, 2013) (SR-NYSE-2013-58); and
70010 (July 19, 2013) (File No. SR-CTA/CQ-2013-04). See also the
Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra note 10.
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    User Fees. The Exchange proposes to charge those who receive either
EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale from External Distributors different fees
for both their Professional Users and Non-Professional Users. The
Exchange will assess a monthly fee for Professional Users of $2.00 per
User. Non-Professional Users will be assessed a monthly fee of $0.05
per User.\15\ The Exchange does not propose to charge per User fees to
Internal Distributors.
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    \15\ The Exchange notes that EDGA, BYX and BZX also filed
proposed rule changes with Commission to adopt User fees for their
respective Top and Last Sale market data product. See File Nos. SR-
EDGA-2015-25, SR-BYX-2015-30, and SR-BATS-2015-48 (proposing a
monthly fee of $2.00 per Professional User and of $0.05 per Non-
Professional User for EDGA and BYX and a monthly fee of $4.00 per
Professional User and of $0.10 per Non-Professional User for BZX). A
vendor that wishes to create a product like the BATS One Summary
Feed could subscribe to each of the BATS Exchanges' Top and Last
Sale feeds. See the Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra note
10. Should a vendor subscribe to each of the BATS Exchanges' Top and
Last Sale feeds, it would be charged a total of $10.00 per month per
Professional User and $0.25 per month per Non-Professional User.
This amount is equal to, and not greater than the User Fees charged
for the BATS One Summary Feed. Id. (adopting fees of $10.00 per
month per Professional User and $0.25 per month per Non-Professional
User as well as a separate $1,000 per month Data Consolidation Fee
for the BATS One Summary Feed).
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    External Distributors would be required to count every Professional
User and Non-Professional User to which they provide EDGX Top and/or
EDGX Last Sale, the requirements for which are identical to that
currently in place for the BATS One Feed.\16\ Thus, the External
Distributor's count will include every person and device that accesses
the data regardless of the purpose for which the individual or device
uses the data. External Distributors must report all Professional and
Non-Professional Users in accordance with the following:
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    \16\ See the Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra note 10.
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     In connection with an External Distributor's distribution
of EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale, the Distributor should count as one User
each unique User that the Distributor has entitled to have access to
EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale. However, where a device is dedicated
specifically to a single individual, the Distributor should count only
the individual and need not count the device.
     The External Distributor should identify and report each
unique User. If a User uses the same unique method to gain access to
EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale, the Distributor should count that as one
User. However, if a unique User uses multiple methods to gain access to
EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale (e.g., a single User has multiple passwords
and user identifications), the External Distributor should report all
of those methods as an individual User.
     External Distributors should report each unique individual
person who receives access through multiple devices as one User so long
as each device is dedicated specifically to that individual.
     If an External Distributor entitles one or more
individuals to use the same device, the External Distributor should
include only the individuals, and not the device, in the count.
    Each External Distributor will receive a credit against its monthly
Distributor

Fee for EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale equal to the amount of its monthly
Usage Fees up to a maximum of the Distributor Fee for EDGX Top or EDGX
Last Sale. For example, an External Distributor will be subject to a
$1,250 monthly Distributor Fee where they elect to receive EDGX Top. If
that External Distributor reports User quantities totaling $1,250 or
more of monthly usage of EDGX Top, it will pay no net Distributor Fee,
whereas if that same External Distributor were to report User
quantities totaling $1,000 of monthly usage, it will pay a net of $250
for the Distributor Fee. External Distributors will remain subject to
the per User fees discussed above. The same would apply to receipt of
EDGX Last Sale.
    Enterprise Fee. The Exchange also proposes to establish a $15,000
per month Enterprise Fee that will permit a recipient firm who receives
EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale from an External Distributor to receive the
data for an unlimited number of Professional and Non-Professional
Users.\17\ For example, if a recipient firm had 15,000 Professional
Users who each receive EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale at $2.00 per month,
then that recipient firm will pay $30,000 per month in Professional
Users fees. Under the proposed Enterprise Fee, the recipient firm will
pay a flat fee of $15,000 for an unlimited number of Professional and
Non-Professional Users for EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale. A recipient firm
must pay a separate Enterprise Fee for each External Distributor that
controls display of EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale if it wishes such User
to be covered by an Enterprise Fee rather than by per User fees. A
recipient firm that pays the Enterprise Fee will not have to report its
number of such Users on a monthly basis. However, every six months, a
recipient firm must provide the Exchange with a count of the total
number of natural person users of each product, including both
Professional and Non-Professional Users. Lastly, the proposed
Enterprise Fee would be counted towards the Distributor Fee credit
described above, under which an External Distributor receives a credit
towards its Distributor Fee equal to the amount of its monthly EDGX Top
or EDGX Last Sale usage fees.
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    \17\ The Exchange notes that EDGA, BYX and BZX also filed
proposed rule changes with Commission to adopt Enterprise Fees for
their respective Top and Last Sale market data product. File Nos.
SR-EDGA-2015-25, SR-BYX-2015-30, and SR-BATS-2015-48 (proposing a
monthly Enterprise Fee of $15,000 for BZX Top and BZX Last Sale and
$10,000 for EDGA Top and Last Sale as well as BYX Top and Last
Sale). A vendor that wishes to create a product like the BATS One
Summary Feed could subscribe to each of the BATS Exchanges' Top and
Last Sale feeds. See the Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra
note 10. Should a vendor subscribe to each of the BATS Exchanges'
Top and Last Sale feeds, it would be charged a total monthly
Enterprise Fee of $50,000. This amount is equal to, and not greater
than the Enterprise Fee charged for the BATS One Summary Feed. Id.
(adopting a monthly Enterprise Fee of $50,000 as well as a separate
$1,000 per month Data Consolidation Fee for the BATS One Summary
Feed).
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    Digital Media Enterprise Fee. The Exchange proposes to adopt a
Digital Media Enterprise Fee of $2,500 per month for EDGX Top and EDGX
Last Sale.\18\ As an alternative to proposed User fees discussed above,
a recipient firm may purchase a monthly Digital Media Enterprise
license to receive EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale from an External
Distributor to distribute to an unlimited number of Professional and
Non-Professional Users for viewing via television, Web sites, and
mobile devices for informational and non-trading purposes only without
having to account for the extent of access to the data or the report
the number of Users to the Exchange. Lastly, the proposed Digital Media
Enterprise Fee would be counted towards the Distributor Fee credit
described above, under which an External Distributor receives a credit
towards its Distributor Fee equal to the amount of its monthly EDGX Top
and/or EDGX Last Sale usage fees.
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    \18\ The Exchange notes that EDGA, BYX and BZX also filed
proposed rule changes with Commission to adopt a Digital Media
Enterprise Fee for their respective Top and Last Sale market data
product. See File Nos. SR-EDGA-2015-25, SR-BYX-2015-30, and SR-BATS-
2015-48 (proposing a monthly Digital Media Enterprise Fee of $2,500
for their respective Top and Last Sale feeds). A vendor that wishes
to create a product like the BATS One Summary Feed could subscribe
to each of the BATS Exchanges' Top and Last Sale feeds. See the
Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra note 10. Should a vendor
subscribe to each of the BATS Exchanges' Top and Last Sale feeds, it
would be charged a total monthly Digital Media Enterprise Fee of
$10,000. This amount is less than the Digital Media Enterprise Fee
charged for the BATS One Summary Feed. See Securities Exchange Act
Release Nos. 74598 (March 27, 2015), 80 FR 17791 (April 2, 2015)
(SR-BATS-2015-24); 74599 (March 27, 2015), 80 FR 17812 (April 2,
2015) (SR-BYX-2015-19); 74600 (March 27, 2014), 80 FR 17797 (April
2, 2015) (SR-EDGA-2015-14); and 74601 (March 27, 2015), 80 FR 17804
(April 2, 2015) (SR-EDGX-2015-14) (adopting a monthly Digital Media
Enterprise Fee of $15,000 for the BATS One Summary Feed).
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Non-Substantive, Corrective Changes
    The Exchange proposes to make a non-substantive change to the
description of the BATS One Feed Enterprise Fee as well as correct a
cross-reference within the definition of ``Non-Professional User''.
    First, the proposed change to the description of the BATS One Feed
\19\ Enterprise Fee is intended to align with the descriptions of the
Enterprise Fees for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale proposed above. The fee
schedule currently states that:
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    \19\ In sum, the BATS One Feed is a data feed that disseminates,
on a real-time basis, the aggregate best bid and offer (``BBO'') of
all displayed orders for securities traded on EDGX and its
affiliated exchanges and for which the BATS Exchanges report quotes
under the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') Plan or the
Nasdaq/UTP Plan. The BATS One Feed also contains the individual last
sale information for the BATS Exchanges (collectively with the
aggregate BBO, the ``BATS One Summary Feed''). In addition, the BATS
One Feed contains optional functionality which enables recipients to
receive aggregated two-sided quotations from the BATS Exchanges for
up to five (5) price levels (``BATS One Premium Feed''). See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 73918 (December 23, 2014), 79 FR
78920 (December 31, 2014) (File Nos. SR-EDGX-2014-25; SR-EDGA-2014-
25; SR-BATS-2014-055; SR-BYX-2014-030) (Notice of Amendments No. 2
and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Changes, as
Modified by Amendments Nos. 1 and 2, to Establish a New Market Data
Product called the BATS One Feed) (``BATS One Approval Order'').

[a]s an alternative to User fees, a recipient firm may purchase a
monthly Enterprise license to receive the BATS One Feed from an
External Distributor to an unlimited number of Professional and Non-
Professional Users. A recipient firm must pay a separate Enterprise
Fee for each External Distributor that controls the display of the
BATS One Feed if it wishes such User to be covered by the Enterprise
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Fee. The Enterprise Fee is in addition to the Distributor Fee.

The Exchange proposes to delete the last sentence of the above
description stating that the Enterprise Fee is in addition to the
Distributor Fee. The original purpose of this sentence was to clarify
that the Distributor Fee and Enterprise Fee were separate fees.
However, the Exchange understands that this sentence has led to
confusion for the following reason. As is the case for the proposed
Enterprise Fees for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale described above, the
BATS One Feed Enterprise Fee is counted towards the Distributor Fee
credit, under which an External Distributor receives a credit towards
its Distributor Fee equal to the amount of its monthly BATS One Feed
Usage Fees. Stating that the Enterprise and Distributor fees were
separate fees has caused confusion regarding the application of the
Distributor Fee Usage Fee credit. Therefore, the Exchange proposes to
delete the last sentence stating that the Enterprise Fee is in addition
to the Distributor Fee. Deleting this sentence does not alter the
manner in which the Enterprise Fee is charged. Rather, it is intended
to avoid confusion and align the description with that of the proposed
Enterprise Fees for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale described above.
    Second, the Exchange proposes to correct a cross-reference within
the

definition of ``Non-Professional User''. In part, a ``Non-Professional
User'' is currently defined as ``a natural person who is not: . . .
engaged as an ``investment adviser'' as that term is defined in Section
201(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (whether or not
registered or qualified under that Act) . . .'' The definition
incorrectly states that the term ``investment adviser is defined under
Section 201(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, when it is, in
fact, defined under Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940. Therefore, the Exchange proposes to replace the reference to
Section 201(11) with Section 202(a)(11) within the definition of Non-
Professional User.
Implementation Date
    The Exchange proposes to implement the proposed changes to its fee
schedule on July 1, 2015.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with the objectives of Section 6 of the Act,\20\ in general, and
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4),\21\ in particular, as it is
designed to provide for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues,
fees and other charges among its members and other recipients of
Exchange data. The Exchange believes that the proposed rates are
equitable and non-discriminatory in that they apply uniformly to all
recipients of Exchange data. The Exchange believes the proposed fees
are competitive with those charged by other venues and, therefore,
reasonable and equitably allocated to recipients. Lastly, the Exchange
also believes that the proposed fees are reasonable and non-
discriminatory because they will apply uniformly to all recipients of
Exchange data.
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    The Exchange also believes that the proposed rule change is
consistent with Section 11(A) of the Act \22\ in that it supports (i)
fair competition among brokers and dealers, among exchange markets, and
between exchange markets and markets other than exchange markets and
(ii) the availability to brokers, dealers, and investors of information
with respect to quotations for and transactions in securities.
Furthermore, the proposed rule change is consistent with Rule 603 of
Regulation NMS,\23\ which provides that any national securities
exchange that distributes information with respect to quotations for or
transactions in an NMS stock do so on terms that are not unreasonably
discriminatory. In adopting Regulation NMS, the Commission granted
self-regulatory organizations and broker-dealers increased authority
and flexibility to offer new and unique market data to the public. It
was believed that this authority would expand the amount of data
available to consumers, and also spur innovation and competition for
the provision of market data.
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    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
    \23\ See 17 CFR 242.603.
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    In addition, the proposed fees would not permit unfair
discrimination because all of the Exchange's customers and market data
vendors will be subject to the proposed fees on an equivalent basis.
EDGX Last Sale and EDGX Top are distributed and purchased on a
voluntary basis, in that neither the Exchange nor market data
distributors are required by any rule or regulation to make this data
available. Accordingly, Distributors and Users can discontinue use at
any time and for any reason, including due to an assessment of the
reasonableness of fees charged. Firms have a wide variety of
alternative market data products from which to choose, such as similar
proprietary data products offered by other exchanges and consolidated
data. Moreover, the Exchange is not required to make any proprietary
data products available or to offer any specific pricing alternatives
to any customers.
    In addition, the fees that are the subject of this rule filing are
constrained by competition. As explained below in the Exchange's
Statement on Burden on Competition, the existence of alternatives to
EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale further ensures that the Exchange cannot
set unreasonable fees, or fees that are unreasonably discriminatory,
when vendors and subscribers can elect such alternatives. That is, the
Exchange competes with other exchanges (and their affiliates) that
provide similar market data products. If another exchange (or its
affiliate) were to charge less to consolidate and distribute its
similar product than the Exchange charges to consolidate and distribute
EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale, prospective Users likely would not
subscribe to, or would cease subscribing to, the EDGX Top or EDGX Last
Sale.
    The Exchange notes that the Commission is not required to undertake
a cost-of-service or rate-making approach. The Exchange believes that,
even if it were possible as a matter of economic theory, cost-based
pricing for non-core market data would be so complicated that it could
not be done practically.\24\
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    \24\ The Exchange believes that cost-based pricing would be
impractical because it would create enormous administrative burdens
for all parties, including the Commission, to cost-regulate a large
number of participants and standardize and analyze extraordinary
amounts of information, accounts, and reports. In addition, it is
impossible to regulate market data prices in isolation from prices
charged by markets for other services that are joint products. Cost-
based rate regulation would also lead to litigation and may distort
incentives, including those to minimize costs and to innovate,
leading to further waste. Under cost-based pricing, the Commission
would be burdened with determining a fair rate of return, and the
industry could experience frequent rate increases based on
escalating expense levels. Even in industries historically subject
to utility regulation, cost-based ratemaking has been discredited.
As such, the Exchange believes that cost-based ratemaking would be
inappropriate for proprietary market data and inconsistent with
Congress's direction that the Commission use its authority to foster
the development of the national market system, and that market
forces will continue to provide appropriate pricing discipline. See
Appendix C to NYSE's comments to the Commission's 2000 Concept
Release on the Regulation of Market Information Fees and Revenues,
which can be found on the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov/rules/concept/s72899/buck1.htm. See also Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 73816 (December 11, 2014), 79 FR 75200
(December 17, 2014) (SR-NYSE-2014-64) (Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an
Access Fee for the NYSE Best Quote and Trades Data Feed, Operative
December 1, 2014).
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    User Fees. The Exchange believes that implementing the Professional
and Non-Professional User fees for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale is
equitable and reasonable because it will result in greater availability
to Professional and Non-Professional Users. Moreover, introducing a
modest Non-Professional User fee for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale is
reasonable because it provides an additional method for retail
investors to access EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale data by providing the
same data that is available to Professional Users. The Exchange
believes that the proposed fees are equitable and not unfairly
discriminatory because they will be charged uniformly to recipient
firms and Users. The fee structure of differentiated Professional and
Non-Professional fees is utilized by the Exchange for the BATS One Feed
and has long been used by other exchanges for their proprietary data
products, and by the Nasdaq UTP and the CTA and CQ Plans in order to
reduce the price of data to retail investors and make it more broadly
available.\25\ Offering EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale to Non-Professional
Users with the same data available to

Professional Users results in greater equity among data recipients.
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    \25\ See the Initial BATS One Feed Fee Filings, supra note 10.
See also, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 20002, File No.
S7-433 (July 22, 1983) (establishing nonprofessional fees for CTA
data); Nasdaq Rules 7023(b), 7047.
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    In addition, the proposed fees are reasonable when compared to
similar fees for comparable products offered by the NYSE. Specifically,
NYSE offers NYSE BBO, which includes best bid and offer for NYSE traded
securities, for a monthly fee of $4.00 per professional subscriber and
$0.20 per non-professional subscriber.\26\ NYSE also offers NYSE
Trades, which is a data feed that provides the last sale information
for NYSE traded securities, for the same price as NYSE BBO. The
Exchange's proposed per User Fees for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale are
less than the NYSE's fees for NYSE Trades and NYSE BBO.
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    \26\ See NYSE Market Data Pricing dated May 2015 available at
http://www.nyxdata.com/.
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    Enterprise Fee. The proposed Enterprise Fee for EDGX Top and EDGX
Last Sale are equitable and reasonable as the fees proposed are less
than the enterprise fees currently charged for NYSE Trades and NYSE
BBO. The NYSE charges a separate enterprise fee of $190,000 per month
for NYSE Trades and NYSE BBO.\27\ In addition, the Enterprise Fee
proposed by the Exchange could result in a fee reduction for recipient
firms with a large number of Professional and Non-Professional Users.
If a recipient firm has a smaller number of Professional Users of EDGX
Top or EDGX Last Sale, then it may continue using the per User
structure and benefit from the per User Fee reductions. By reducing
prices for recipient firms with a large number of Professional and Non-
Professional Users, the Exchange believes that more firms may choose to
receive and to distribute the EDGX Top or EDGX Last Sale, thereby
expanding the distribution of this market data for the benefit of
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    The Exchange further believes that the proposed Enterprise Fee is
reasonable because it will simplify reporting for certain recipients
that have large numbers of Professional and Non-Professional Users.
Firms that pay the proposed Enterprise Fee will not have to report the
number of Users on a monthly basis as they currently do, but rather
will only have to count natural person users every six months, which is
a significant reduction in administrative burden. Finally, the Exchange
believes that it is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory to
establish an Enterprise Fee because it reduces the Exchange's costs and
the Distributor's administrative burdens in tracking and auditing large
numbers of Users.
    Digital Media Enterprise Fee. The Exchange believes that the
proposed Digital Media Enterprise Fee for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale
provides for an equitable allocation of reasonable fees among
recipients of the data and is not designed to permit unfair
discrimination among customers, brokers, or dealers. In establishing
the Digital Media Enterprise Fee, the Exchange recognizes that there is
demand for a more seamless and easier-to-administer data distribution
model that takes into account the expanded variety of media and
communication devices that investors utilize today. The Exchange
believes the Digital Media Enterprise Fee will be easy to administer
because data recipients that purchase it would not be required to
differentiate between Professional and Non-Professional Users, account
for the extent of access to the data, or report the number of Users.
This is a significant reduction on a recipient firm's administrative
burdens and is a significant value to investors. For example, a
television broadcaster could display EDGX Top and/or EDGX Last Sale
data during market-related programming and on its Web site or allow
viewers to view the data via their mobile devices, creating a more
seamless distribution model that will allow investors more choice in
how they receive and view market data, all without having to account
for and/or measure who accesses the data and how often they do so.
    The proposed Digital Media Enterprise Fee is equitable and
reasonable because it will also enable recipient firms to more widely
distribute data from EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale to investors for
informational purposes at a lower cost than is available today. For
example, a recipient firm may purchase an Enterprise license in the
amount of $15,000 per month for to receive EDGX Top and/or EDGX Last
Sale from an External Distributor for an unlimited number of
Professional and Non-Professional Users, which is greater than the
proposed Digital Media Enterprise Fee. The Exchange also believes the
amount of the Digital Media Enterprise Fee is reasonable as compared to
the existing enterprise fees discussed above because the distribution
of EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale data is limited to television, Web
sites, and mobile devices for informational purposes only, while
distribution of EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale data pursuant to an
Enterprise license contains no such limitation. The Exchange also
believes that the proposed Digital Media Enterprise Fee is equitable
and reasonable because it is less than similar fees charged by other
exchanges.\28\
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    \28\ The Nasdaq Stock Market offers proprietary data products
for distribution over the internet and television under alternative
fee schedules that are subject to maximum fee of $50,000 per month.
See Nasdaq Rule 7039(b). The NYSE charges a Digit Media Enterprise
fee of $40,000 per month for the NYSE Trade Digital Media product.
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 69272 (April 2, 2013), 78 FR
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    Non-Substantive, Corrective Changes. The Exchange believes that the
proposed non-substantive, corrective changes are consistent with
Section 6(b) of the Act,\29\ in general, and Section 6(b)(4) of the
Act,\30\ in particular, in that they provide for an equitable
allocation of reasonable fees among recipients of the data and is not
designed to permit unfair discrimination among customers, brokers, or
dealers. These proposed changes are equitable and reasonable because
the changes are designed to clarify the fee schedule and avoid
potential investor confusion. The amendment to the BATS One Enterprise
Fee is also intended to align the description with that of the proposed
Enterprise Fees for EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale described above. The
proposed changes are also non-discriminatory as they would apply to all
recipient firms uniformly.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as amended.
EDGX Top and EDGX Last Sale
    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as amended. The
Exchange's ability to price EDGX Last Sale and EDGX Top are constrained
by: (i) Competition among exchanges, other trading platforms, and Trade
Reporting Facilities (``TRF'') that compete with each other in a
variety of dimensions; (ii) the existence of inexpensive real-time
consolidated data and market-specific data and free delayed data; and
(iii) the inherent contestability of the market for proprietary data.
    The Exchange and its market data products are subject to
significant competitive forces and the proposed fees represent
responses to that competition. To start, the Exchange competes
intensely for order flow. It

competes with the other national securities exchanges that currently
trade equities, with electronic communication networks, with quotes
posted in FINRA's Alternative Display Facility, with alternative
trading systems, and with securities firms that primarily trade as
principal with their customer order flow.
    In addition, EDGX Last Sale and EDGX Top compete with a number of
alternative products. For instance, EDGX Last Sale and EDGX Top do not
provide a complete picture of all trading activity in a security.
Rather, the other national securities exchanges, the several TRFs of
FINRA, and Electronic Communication Networks (``ECN'') that produce
proprietary data all produce trades and trade reports. Each is
currently permitted to produce last sale information products, and many
currently do, including Nasdaq and NYSE. In addition, market
participants can gain access to EDGX last sale prices and top-of-book
quotations, though integrated with the prices of other markets, on
feeds made available through the SIPs.
    In sum, the availability of a variety of alternative sources of
information imposes significant competitive pressures on Exchange data
products and the Exchange's compelling need to attract order flow
imposes significant competitive pressure on the Exchange to act
equitably, fairly, and reasonably in setting the proposed data product
fees. The proposed data product fees are, in part, responses to that
pressure. The Exchange believes that the proposed fees would reflect an
equitable allocation of its overall costs to users of its facilities.
    In addition, when establishing the proposed fees, the Exchange
considered the competitiveness of the market for proprietary data and
all of the implications of that competition. The Exchange believes that
it has considered all relevant factors and has not considered
irrelevant factors in order to establish fair, reasonable, and not
unreasonably discriminatory fees and an equitable allocation of fees
among all Users. The existence of alternatives to EDGX Last Sale and
EDGX Top, including existing similar feeds by other exchanges,
consolidated data, and proprietary data from other sources, ensures
that the Exchange cannot set unreasonable fees, or fees that are
unreasonably discriminatory, when vendors and subscribers can elect
these alternatives or choose not to purchase a specific proprietary
data product if its cost to purchase is not justified by the returns
any particular vendor or subscriber would achieve through the purchase.
Non-Substantive, Corrective Changes
    The proposed non-substantive, corrective changes to the fee
schedule will not have any impact on completion. The proposed changes
are designed to clarify the fee schedule and avoid potential investor
confusion.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on
the proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \31\ and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4
thereunder.\32\ At any time within 60 days of the filing of the
proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend
such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-EDGX-2015-28 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-EDGX-2015-28. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://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 Web site 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
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-EDGX-2015-28, and should be
submitted on or before August 4, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\33\
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Secretary.
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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 17f-2(a), SEC File No. 270-34, OMB Control No. 3235-0034.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``PRA''), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the existing
collection of information provided for in Rule 17f-2(a) (17 CFR
240.17f-2(a)), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a
et seq.). The Commission plans to submit the existing collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for
extension and approval. Rule 17f-2(a) (Fingerprinting Requirements for
Securities Professionals) requires that securities professionals be
fingerprinted. This requirement serves to identify security-risk
personnel, to allow an employer to make fully informed employment
decisions, and to deter possible wrongdoers from seeking employment in
the securities industry. Partners, directors, officers, and employees
of exchanges, brokers, dealers, transfer agents, and clearing agencies
are included.
    The Commission staff estimates that approximately 4,500 respondents
will submit an aggregate total 300,700 new fingerprint cards each year
or approximately 67 fingerprint cards per year per registrant. The
staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary to complete
a fingerprint card is one-half hour. Thus, the total estimated annual
burden is 150,350 hours for all respondents (300,700 times one-half
hour). The average internal labor cost of compliance per hour is
approximately $283. Therefore, the total estimated annual internal
labor cost of compliance for all respondents is $42,549,050 (150,350
times $283).
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be 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.
    The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No
person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid OMB control number. 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<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: July 28, 2015.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Request for Comment

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting public comments
on the following information collection was published on April 30, 2014
(Federal Register/Vol. 79, No. 83/pp. 24494-24495).

DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on
or before September 3, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kathy Sifrit at the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Behavioral Safety
Research (NTI-132), W46-472, Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Sifrit's phone number is
202-366-0868 and her email address is<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2127--New.
    Title: Older Drivers and Navigation Devices.
    Form No.: NHTSA Form 1260.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Respondents: Drivers age 60 and older who have responded to a
solicitation for participation in a study of older drivers and
navigation devices and provided a phone number or email for contact.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: A maximum of 320 phone
conversations with respondents to a solicitation who have provided
contact information, to yield 160 participants.
    Estimated Time per Response: The average amount of time to respond
to the questions is estimated at 10 minutes for each telephone
conversation with a respondent.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 53.33 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: The questions will be presented a single
time.
    Abstract: Some older drivers have difficulty navigating to
unfamiliar places. As a result, they may restrict their driving thereby
decreasing their quality of life or attempt to drive and potentially
encounter difficulties including becoming lost and risking injury or
death. A number of electronic devices have been advanced as means to
prolong older adults' driving careers. These include electronic
navigation systems (ENSs), which could aid older drivers through
freeing cognitive resources otherwise needed for wayfinding. It is
possible, however, that these systems may increase driver workload
because they cause a distraction or select a route that is different
than the driver expects. The purpose of the study is to document
differences in older adults' driving performance while they drive to
familiar destinations, unfamiliar destinations using paper directions,
and unfamiliar

destinations using an ENS. The project will include participants who
are experienced in using navigation devices to explore the effects of
familiarity using an ENS on driving performance, and will then assess
the benefits of providing training in using an ENS to older adults.
Each driver who meets study inclusion criteria based on responses to
the proposed questions will be asked if he or she wishes to
participate. Volunteer participants will complete an evaluation session
conducted by a driver rehabilitation specialist (DRS) to determine
their fitness to drive. In the first segment of the study, participants
will complete multiple on-the-road drives using no directional aid,
turn-by-turn directions on paper, or an ENS. After participants have
finished the driving tasks, they will complete an ENS destination entry
task. In the next segment of the study, participants will receive
training in ENS use before completing the drives, with a DRS assessing
driver performance on each drive. The proposed questions are needed to
allow research staff to ensure that prospective participants meet study
inclusion criteria and facilitate their study participation. NHTSA will
use findings from this study to develop recommendations to health care
providers and to the public regarding safety consequences of older
drivers' use of ENSs, with the ultimate goal of reducing injuries and
loss of life on the highway.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comments Are Invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department of Transportation, including whether the information
will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication of this
notice.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0664]

Medical Device Interoperability; Public Workshop

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, in co-sponsorship with Continua Health Alliance
and the Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology
(CIMIT) is announcing a public workshop entitled ``Medical Device
Interoperability.'' The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate
discussion among FDA, industry, academia, professional societies,
clinical investigators and other interested parties on issues related
to safe and effective interoperable medical devices.
    Dates and Times: The public workshop will be held on January 25 and
26, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on January 27, 2010, from 9 a.m. to
12 noon. Participants are encouraged to arrive early to ensure time for
parking and security screening before the meeting. Security screening
will begin at 8 a.m. and registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.
    Location: The public workshop will be held at the FDA White Oak
Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993.
    Contact Persons: Sandy Weininger, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., WO62/rm. 4212, Silver Spring, MD 20993,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or John Murray, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., WO66/rm. 2634, Silver Spring, MD 20993,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Registration: To register for the public workshop, please visit the
following Web site: http://mdpnp.org/FDA_Interop_Workshop.php. There
is a registration fee of $500 to attend the public workshop to cover
the expenses and attendees must register in advance. The registration
process will be handled by Continua Health Alliance. In person,
attendance is limited to 200 participants.
    Registration may be limited to achieve balanced participation. Upon
registering, you will receive a notice indicating that your
registration has been received and is pending confirmation. You will
receive an additional email within 1 week notifying you if your
registration was accepted or declined. You may also register to attend
the public workshop via Web cast for a reduced fee.
    Non-U.S. citizens are subject to additional security screening, and
they should register as soon as possible. If you need special
accommodations because of a disability, please contact Susana Rosales
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>at least 7 days before the public
workshop.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Why Are We Holding This Public Workshop?

    The purpose of the public workshop is to facilitate discussion
among FDA and other interested parties regarding the safety and
effectiveness of interoperable medical devices.

II. What Are the Topics We Intend to Address at the Public Workshop?

    We hope to discuss a large number of issues at the public workshop,
including, but not limited to the following:
     What are the types of clinical scenarios that would make
use of medical device interoperability?
     What are the issues associated with premarket and
postmarket studies for interoperable medical devices?
     What tools (e.g., standards, guidances) are in place or
need to be developed to assure safety and effectiveness of
interoperable medical device systems? What issues should they address?
     What are the risks associated with medical device
interoperability and ``system of systems'' composing medical devices?
     What are other issues relevant to assuring the safety and
effectiveness of interoperable medical devices?

III. Where Can I Find Out More About This Public Workshop?

    Background information on the public workshop, registration
information, the agenda, information about lodging, and other relevant
information will be posted, as it becomes available, on the Internet at
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/meetings.html and at http://mdpnp.org/FDA_
Interop_Workshop.php.
    Transcripts: Transcripts of the public workshop may be requested in
writing from the Freedom of Information Office (HFI-35), Food and Drug
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm. 6-30, Rockville, MD 20857,
approximately 15 working days after the public workshop at a cost of 10
cents per page. A transcript of the public workshop will be available
on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: December 18, 2009.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Acting Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
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