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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0510; FRL-8073-9]

Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerance Technical Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; technical correction.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of March 8,
2006 (FRL-7758-2) concerning the establishment of tolerances for
residues of spinosad in or on various commodities. This document is
being issued to correct a typographical omission.

DATES: This final rule is effective June 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0510. All documents in the
docket are listed on the regulations.gov web site. Although listed in
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov
, or, if only available in hard copy, at the Office

of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sidney Jackson, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington DC 20460-0001; telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    The Agency included in the final rule a list of those who may be
potentially affected by this action. If you have questions regarding
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the
person listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document and Other
Related Information?

    In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal
Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the
``Federal Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. What Does this Correction Do?

    FR Doc. 06-1939 published in the Federal Register of March 8, 2006
(71 FR 11519) (FRL-7758-2) is corrected as follows:
    On page 11526, in the amendment to Sec. 180.495 (a), the table
establishing tolerances appeared as a two column table. The table
should have appeared as a three column table. The omitted third column
should include the heading ``Expiration/Revocation Date'', and the
entry ``None'' to correspond to the tolerance listed in each row. This
document is being published to correct that omission.

III. Why is this Correction Issued as a Final Rule?

    Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B), provides that, when an Agency for good cause finds that
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary
to the public interest, the Agency may issue a final rule without
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has
determined that there is good cause for making today's technical
correction final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment,
because because the use of notice and comment procedures are
unnecessary to effectuate this correction. EPA finds that this
constitutes good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).

IV. Do Any of the Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Apply to this
Action?

    No. This action only corrects typographically omissions for a
previously published final rule and does not impose any new
requirements. EPA's compliance with the statutes and Executive Orders
for the underlying rule

is discussed in Unit VII. of the March 8, 2006, final rule (71 FR
11519).

V. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the Agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of this final rule in the Federal Register. This final
rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: June 14, 2006.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is corrected as follows:

PART 180--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

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2. As published in the Federal Register of March 8, 2006, on page
11526, second column, the amendatory instruction 2.i. to Sec.  180.495,
is corrected to read as follows:
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2. Section 180.495 is amended:
    i. In paragragh (a), in the table, by removing: Corn, forage at 1.0
ppm; corn, hay at 1.0 ppm; corn stover at 1.0 ppm; corn straw at 1.0
ppm; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17 at 0.02 ppm; sorghum,
forage at 1.0 ppm; sorghum, forage, hay at 1.0 ppm; sorghum, grain,
stover at 1.0 ppm; sorghum, straw at 1.0 ppm; wheat, forage at 1.0 ppm;
wheat, hay at 1.0 ppm and wheat, straw at 1.0 ppm; and by
alphabetically adding the commodities as set forth below.

Sec.  180.495  Spinosad; tolerances for residues.

    (a) * * *

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                                                             Expiration/
                   Commodity                     Parts per    Revocation
                                                  million        Date
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                              * * * * * * *
Alfalfa, seed.................................         0.15         None
Alfalfa, seed screenings......................          2.0         None
Animal feed, nongrass, group, 18, forage......         35.0         None
Animal feed, nongrass, group, 18, hay.........         30.0         None
                              * * * * * * *
Banana........................................         0.25         None
Food commodities..............................         0.02         None
Grain, cereal, group 16, forage, except rice..          2.5         None
Grain, cereal, group 16, hay, except rice.....         10.0         None
Grain, cereal, group, 16, stover, except rice.         10.0         None
Grain, cereal, group, 16, straw, except rice..          1.0         None
                              * * * * * * *
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17,               10.0         None
 forage.......................................
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay..          5.0         None
                              * * * * * * *
Onion, green..................................          2.0         None
                              * * * * * * *
Peanut, hay...................................         11.0         None
Peppermint, tops..............................          3.5         None
                              * * * * * * *
Spearmint, tops...............................          3.5         None
                              * * * * * * *
Vegetable, bulb, group 3, except green onion..         0.10        None.
                              * * * * * * *
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[Notices]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-76632; File No. SR-CBOE-2015-104]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule
Change To Trade Expiring MSCI EAFE Index Options Until 3:00 p.m.

December 11, 2015.

I. Introduction

    On November 13, 2015, the Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated (the ``Exchange'' or ``CBOE'') filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission''), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') \1\ and
Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to change the trading
hours for expiring MSCI EAFE Index (``EAFE'') options. This proposal
was published for comment in the Federal Register on November 25,
2015.\3\ The Commission received no comments regarding the proposal.
This order approves the proposed rule change on an accelerated basis.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76482 (November 19,
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to change the trading hours for expiring EAFE
options from 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on their expiration date to 3:00
p.m. (Chicago time) on their expiration date. When the Exchange first
listed EAFE options, the MSCI EAFE Index was not calculated and
disseminated during the entire time period during which EAFE options
were traded on the Exchange. Accordingly, the Exchange set the initial
trading hours for expiring EAFE options to align with expiring EAFE
futures contracts traded on the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
(``ICE''), which stopped trading at 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the
third Friday of the futures contracts month.\4\
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    \4\ See Notice, supra note 3, at 73840. The Exchange established
listing criteria that permits the trading of EAFE options ``after
trading in all component securities has closed for the day and the
index level is no longer widely disseminated at least once every
fifteen (15) seconds by one or more major market data vendors,
provided that EAFE futures contracts are trading and prices for
those contract may be used as a proxy for the current index value.''
See CBOE Rule 24.2.01(a)(8).
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    The MSCI EAFE Index, however, will now be calculated and
disseminated through the close of trading on U.S.

markets at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time). As such, the Exchange understands
that ICE is changing the trading hours for expiring EAFE futures
contracts listed on ICE from 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) to 3:15 p.m.
(Chicago time).\5\ Because the MSCI EAFE Index will now be calculated
and disseminated through the close of trading on U.S. markets (until
3:00 p.m. (Chicago time)) and because ICE is also changing the trading
hours for expiring EAFE futures (to close at 3:15 p.m. (Chicago time)),
the Exchange proposes to change the closing time for trading in
expiring EAFE options from 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) to 3:00 p.m.
(Chicago time) on their expiration date.
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    The Exchange proposes to close trading at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago
time)--rather than at 3:15 p.m. (Chicago time), the time ICE ceases
trading for expiring EAFE futures contracts--because, according to the
Exchange, on the last day of trading, the closing prices of the
component stocks, which are used to derive the exercise settlement
value of the EAFE options, are known at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) (or
shortly thereafter).\6\ The Exchange further notes that this proposed
rule change is consistent with the closing times for other expiring
P.M.-settled contracts that underlie indexes that close when the U.S.
equity markets close at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time).\7\
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    The Exchange proposes to change the trading hours for expiring EAFE
options beginning with the December 2015 expiration, which occurs on
December 18, 2015. The Exchange is proposing to have this change apply
to all EAFE options listed on or before the effective date of this
filing and all EAFE options listed afterward.

III. Discussion and Findings

    After careful review, the Commission finds that the proposed rule
change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.\8\
In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\9\ which requires, among
other things, that the rules of a national securities exchange be
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments
to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public
interest.
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    \8\ In approving this proposal, the Commission has considered
the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, and capital
formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Commission believes that it is consistent with the Act for the
Exchange to change the trading hours for expiring EAFE options from a
close of 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) to 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time), because
the MSCI EAFE Index will now be calculated and disseminated through the
close of trading at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) and thus the current index
value should be widely available to market participants throughout the
entire trading day. Further, the proposed rule change will allow the
trading hours of EAFE options to continue to closely align with the
trading hours of expiring EAFE futures contracts, which the Commission
believes will afford investors and market participants the ability to
continue to hedge across markets. The Commission also notes that the
trading hours are consistent with the closing times of other P.M.-
settled contracts listed on the Exchange that underlie indexes that
close when the U.S. equity markets close at 3:00 p.m. (Chicago
time).\10\
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    \10\ See CBOE Rules 24.6.01, 24.6.03, 24.6.04 and 24.9(e).
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    In addition, the Commission finds good cause, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2) of the Act,\11\ for approving the proposed rule change prior
to the 45th day after publication of notice in the Federal Register.
The proposed rule change to modify the trading hours of EAFE options
was published for a 15-day comment period to ensure that the public had
an opportunity to review the proposal and no comments were received.
The proposed rule change will increase the trading hours during which
EAFE options may be traded, which the Commission believes should
broaden the trading and hedging opportunities for investors. Further,
the Commission notes that the Exchange represents that the change to
the trading hours for EAFE futures will be implemented with the
December 2015 expiration. Accordingly, the Commission believes that
accelerated approval will maintain consistency in the trading hours of
EAFE options and EAFE futures contracts, which should enable cross-
market competition and facilitate hedging opportunities. For these
reasons, the Commission finds that good cause exists for approving the
proposed rule change on an accelerated basis.
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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IV. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\12\ that the proposed rule change (File No. SR-CBOE-2015-104) be,
and hereby is, approved on an accelerated basis.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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    \13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13849-000]

Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC; Notice of Preliminary
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

November 10, 2010.
    On September 30, 2010, Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC filed
an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of
the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Salem
Tidal Energy Project, which would be located on the Salem River, in
Salem County, New Jersey. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if
issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license
application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not
authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities
or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the
owners' express permission.
    Natural Currents proposes to develop this project in the stretch of
the Salem River between the confluence of Fenwick Creek just north of
the Penn's Neck Bridge (South Broadway, City of Salem, NJ) and the Mid
Atlantic Port Terminal to the south. The project proposes between 10
and 30 NC Sea Dragon or Red Hawk tidal turbines at a rated capacity of
100 kilowatts (kW). The exact number would be dependent on further
resource assessment, which would precisely characterize the water flow
speeds. Initial estimated production would be a minimum of 3,504,000 kW
hours per year with the installation of 10 units.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Roger Bason, Natural Currents Energy
Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, Highland, NY 12561; phone (845)
691-4009.
    FERC Contact: John M. Mudre,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 Days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp). Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters without prior
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. Although the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13849) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 170411380-7380-01]
RIN 0694-AH39

Russian Sanctions: Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity
List

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding ten entities to the Entity
List. The ten entities that are added to the Entity List have been
determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national
security or foreign policy interests of the United States. BIS is
taking this action to ensure the efficacy of existing sanctions on the
Russian Federation (Russia) for violating international law and fueling
the conflict in eastern Ukraine. These entities will be listed on the
Entity List under the destinations of the Crimea region of Ukraine and
Russia.

DATES: This rule is effective June 22, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, End-User Review Committee,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export Administration, Bureau of
Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>,
Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the EAR)
identifies entities and other persons reasonably believed to be
involved in, or that pose a significant risk of being or becoming
involved in, activities that are contrary to the national security or
foreign policy of the United States. The EAR imposes additional
licensing requirements on, and limits the availability of most license
exceptions for, exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to those
persons or entities listed on the Entity List. The license review
policy for each listed entity is identified in the License Review
Policy column on the Entity List and the impact on the availability of
license exceptions is described in the Federal Register notice adding
entities or other persons to the Entity List. BIS places entities on
the Entity List based on certain sections of part 744 (Control Policy:
End-User and End-Use Based) and part 746 (Embargoes and Other Special
Controls) of the EAR.
    The End-user Review Committee (ERC) is composed of representatives
of the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy, and
where appropriate, the Treasury. The ERC makes decisions to add an
entry to the Entity List by majority vote and to remove or modify an
entry by unanimous vote. The Departments represented on the ERC have
approved these changes to the Entity List.

Entity List Additions

Additions to the Entity List

    This rule adds ten entities to the Entity List. These ten entities
are being added on the basis of Sec.  744.11 (License requirements that
apply to entities acting contrary to the national security or foreign
policy interests of the United States) of the EAR. The ten entries
being added to the Entity List consist of two entries in the Crimea
region of Ukraine and eight entries in Russia.

    Under Sec.  744.11(b) (Criteria for revising the Entity List) of
the EAR, persons for whom there is reasonable cause to believe, based
on specific and articulable facts, have been involved, are involved, or
pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved in, activities
that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests
of the United States and those acting on behalf of such persons may be
added to the Entity List. The entities being added to the Entity List
have been determined to be involved in activities that are contrary to
the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
Specifically, in this rule, BIS adds entities to the Entity List for
violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern
Ukraine. These additions ensure the efficacy of existing sanctions on
Russia. The particular additions to the Entity List and related
authorities are described below.

A. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13660

    Three entities are added based on activities that are described in
Executive Order 13660 (79 FR 13493), Blocking Property of Certain
Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine, issued by President
Barack Obama on March 6, 2014. As described in the Executive Order,
President Obama found that the actions and policies of persons who have
asserted governmental authority in Crimea without the authorization of
the Government of Ukraine undermine democratic processes and
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability,
sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the
misappropriation of its assets, and thereby constitute an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. President Obama also declared a national emergency to
deal with that threat.
    Executive Order 13660 blocks all property and interests in property
that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or
that are or come within the possession or control of any United States
person (including any foreign branch) of any person determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly
or indirectly, misappropriation of state assets of Ukraine or of an
economically significant entity in Ukraine, among other activities.
Under Section 8 of the Order, all agencies of the United States
Government are directed to take all appropriate measures within their
authority to carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC), pursuant to Executive Order 13660, has designated the following
three entities as being within the scope of the Order: Bike Center,
Private Military Company `Wagner' and `Wolf' Holding of Security
Services. In conjunction with that designation, the Department of
Commerce adds all three entities to the Entity List under this rule and
imposes a license requirement for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-
country) of all items subject to the EAR to these blocked persons. This
license requirement implements an appropriate measure within the
authority of the EAR to carry out the provisions of Executive Order
13660.

B. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13661

    Three entities are added based on activities that are described in
Executive Order 13661 (79 FR 15533), Blocking Property of Additional
Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine, issued by President
Barack Obama on March 16, 2014. This Order expanded the scope of the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014
(79 FR 13493). As described in Executive Order 13661, President Obama
found that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian
Federation with respect to Ukraine--including the deployment of Russian
military forces in the Crimea region of Ukraine--undermine democratic
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security,
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to
the misappropriation of its assets, and thereby constitute an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of
the United States.
    Executive Order 13661 includes a directive that all property and
interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter
come within the United States, or that are or thereafter come within
the possession or control of any United States person (including any
foreign branch) of the following persons are blocked and may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: Persons
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State to have either materially assisted, sponsored or
provided financial, material or technological support for, or goods and
services to or in support of a senior official of the government of the
Russian Federation or operate in the defense or related materiel sector
in Russia. Under Section 8 of the Order, all agencies of the United
States Government are directed to take all appropriate measures within
their authority to carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control,
pursuant to Executive Order 13661, on behalf of the Secretary of
Treasury, and in consultation with the Secretary of State, has
designated the following three entities as being within the scope of
the Order: Concord Catering, Limited Liability Company Concord
Management Consulting and Molot-Oruzhie, OOO. BIS is also adding these
entities to the Entity List pursuant to Executive Order 13661.
    The three entities added to the Entity List under Executive Order
13661 meet the criteria of Section 1, subparagraph B of the Executive
Order 13661 because they operate in Russia's arms or related materiel
sector. With respect to these three entities, BIS imposes a license
requirement for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) of all
items subject to the EAR to these entities. This license requirement
implements an appropriate measure within the authority of the EAR to
carry out the provisions of Executive Order 13661.

C. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13685

    Four entities are added based on activities that are described in
Executive Order 13685 (79 FR 77357), Blocking Property of Certain
Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Crimea
Region of Ukraine, issued on December 19, 2014. In order to take
additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the Crimea region
of Ukraine with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 of
March 16, 2014, and Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014, President
Obama ordered certain additional prohibitions with respect to the
Crimea region of Ukraine. In particular, Executive Order 13685
prohibits the export, reexport, sale or supply, directly or indirectly,
from the United States or by a U.S. person, wherever located, of any
goods, services, or technology to the Crimea region of Ukraine. Under
Section 10 of the Order, all agencies of the United States Government
are directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to
carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control,

pursuant to Executive Order 13685, on behalf of the Secretary of the
Treasury and in consultation with the Secretary of State, has
designated the following four entities as operating in the Crimea
region of Ukraine: IFDK, ZAO; KPSK, OOO; Oboronlogistika; and Riviera
Sunrise Resort & Spa.
    In conjunction with these designations, BIS adds all four of these
entities to the Entity List under this rule and imposes a license
requirement for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) of all
items subject to the EAR to these blocked persons. This license
requirement implements an appropriate measure within the authority of
the EAR to carry out the provisions of Executive Order 13685.
    For the ten entities added to the Entity List based on activities
that are described in Executive Order 13660, 13661 or 13685, BIS
imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR and a
license review policy of presumption of denial. The license
requirements apply to any transaction in which items subject to the EAR
are to be exported, reexported, or transferred (in-country) to any of
the entities or in which such entities act as purchaser, intermediate
consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user. In addition, no license
exceptions are available for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-
country) to the entities being added to the Entity List in this rule.
    The acronyms ``a.k.a.'' (also known as) and ``f.k.a.'' (formerly
known as) are used in entries on the Entity List to help exporters,
reexporters and transferors to better identify listed persons on the
Entity List.
    This final rule adds the following ten entities to the Entity List:

Crimea Region of Ukraine

    (1) Riviera Sunrise Resort & Spa, a.k.a., the following one alias:

--Riviera Sunrise Resort and Spa.

    Lenin St. 2, Alushta, Crimea 29850, Ukraine; and
    (2) KPSK, OOO, a.k.a., the following two aliases:

--Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu `Krymskaya Pervaya
Strakhovaya Kompaniya'; and
--OOO `Krymskaya Pervaya Strakhovaya Kompaniya'.

    29 ul. Karla Marksa, Simferopol, Crimea 295006, Ukraine.

Russia

    (1) Bike Center, a.k.a., the following three aliases:

--Baik. V. Tsentr;
--Baik. V. Tsentr, OOO; and
--Bike V. Center.

    Nizhnije Mnevniki, 110, Moscow, Russia; and UL. Nikitskaya B.
D.1\1/4\, Korp .3, Moscow 103009, Russia; and 1\1/4\, str.3 ul.
Nikitskaya B., Moscow 103009, Russia;
    (2) Concord Catering,
    Nab. Lieutenant Schmidt D. 7, von Keyserling Mansion, St.
Petersburg 119034, Russia; and Ulitsa Volkhonka Dom 9, Moscow 119019,
Russia;
    (3) IFDK, ZAO, a.k.a., the following six aliases:

--Closed Joint Stock Company `IFD Kapital';
--IFD Kapital;
--IFD Kapital Group;
--IFD-Capital;
--IFD-Kapital; and
--Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo `IFD Kapital' (f.k.a., Zakrytoe
Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo IFD Karital).

    6 naberezhnaya, Krasnopresnenskaya, Moscow 123100, Russia;
    (4) Limited Liability Company Concord Management and Consulting,
a.k.a. the following three aliases:

--Konkord Menedzhment I Konsalting, OOO;
--LLC Concord Management and Consulting; and
--Obshchestvo S Ogrannichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Konkord Menedzhment I
Konsalting.

    d. 13 Litera A, Pom. 2-N N4, Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki, St.
Petersburg 191011, Russia;
    (5) Molot-Oruzhie, OOO, a.k.a., the following one alias:

-- Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu `Molot-Oruzhie'
(f.k.a., Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Proizvodstvenno
Instrument Kachestvo).

    135 ul. Lenina, Vyatskie Polyany, Kirov Obl. 612960, Russia;
    (6) Oboronlogistika, OOO, a.k.a., the following four aliases:

--Oboronlogistics Limited Liability Company;
--Oboronlogistics LLC;
--Oboronlogistika LLC; and
--Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu `Oboronlogistika'.

    d. 18 str. 3 prospekt Komsomolski, Moscow 119021, Russia; and ul.
Goncharnaya, house 28, building 2, Moscow 115172, Russia;
    (7) Private Military Company `Wagner', a.k.a., the following three
aliases:

--Chastnaya Voennaya Kompaniya `Vagner';
--Chvk Vagner; and
--PMC Wagner).

    Russia; and
    (8) `Wolf' Holding of Security Structures, a.k.a., the following
four aliases:

--Defense Holding Structure ``Wolf'';
--Holding Security Structure Wolf;
--Kholding Okhrannykh Struktur Volk; and
--Wolf Holding Company.

    ul. Panferova d. 18, Moscow 119261, Russia; and Nizhniye Mnevniki,
110, Moscow, Russia.

Export Administration Act of 1979

    Although the Export Administration Act of 1979 expired on August
20, 2001, the President, through Executive Order 13222 of August 17,
2001, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by Executive Order
13637 of March 8, 2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013) and as extended by
the Notice of August 4, 2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016), has
continued the Export Administration Regulations in effect under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act. BIS continues to carry out
the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as appropriate
and to the extent permitted by law, pursuant to Executive Order 13222,
as amended by Executive Order 13637.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is
required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA),
unless that collection of information displays a currently valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves
collections previously approved by OMB under control number 0694-0088,
Simplified Network Application Processing System, which includes, among
other things, license applications and carries a burden

estimate of 43.8 minutes for a manual or electronic submission.
    Total burden hours associated with the PRA and OMB control number
0694-0088 are not expected to increase as a result of this rule. You
may send comments regarding the collection of information associated
with this rule, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to
Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by email to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by fax to<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for
public comment and a delay in effective date are inapplicable because
this regulation involves a military or foreign affairs function of the
United States. (See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). BIS implementation of this
rule is necessary to protect U.S. national security or foreign policy
interests by preventing items from being exported, reexported, or
transferred (in country) to the entities being added to the Entity
List. If this rule were delayed to allow for notice and comment and a
delay in effective date, the ten entities being added to the Entity
List by this action would continue to be able to receive items without
a license and to conduct activities contrary to the national security
or foreign policy interests of the United States. In addition,
publishing a proposed rule would give these parties notice of the U.S.
Government's intention to place them on the Entity List and would
create an incentive for these persons to either accelerate receiving
items subject to the EAR to conduct activities that are contrary to the
national security or foreign policy interests of the United States,
and/or to take steps to set up additional aliases, change addresses,
and other measures to try to limit the impact of the listing on the
Entity List once a final rule was published. Further, no other law
requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for
public comment be given for this rule.
    5. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C.
553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., are not applicable. Accordingly,
no regulatory flexibility analysis is required and none has been
prepared.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Bureau of Industry and
Security amends part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15
CFR parts 730-774) as follows:

PART 744--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22
U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22
U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179;
E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59
FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 CFR,
1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p.
228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222,
66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice of August 4, 2016, 81 FR 52587
(August 8, 2016); Notice of September 15, 2016, 81 FR 64343
(September 19, 2016); Notice of November 8, 2016, 81 FR 79379
(November 10, 2016); Notice of January 13, 2017, 82 FR 6165 (January
18, 2017).

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2. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended:
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a. By adding under the destination of Crimea region of Ukraine, in
alphabetical order, two entities; and
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b. By adding under the destination of Russia, in alphabetical order,
eight Russian entities.
    The additions read as follows:

Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List

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        Country                     Entity                 requirement            policy            Citation
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CRIMEA REGION OF                                                * * * * * *
 UKRAINE.
                         KPSK, OOO, a.k.a., the        For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          following two aliases:        subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                         --Obshchestvo S                EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                          Ogranichennoi                 744.11 of the EAR)
                          Otvetstvennostyu `Krymskaya
                          Pervaya Strakhovaya
                          Kompaniya'; and
                         --OOO `Krymskaya Pervaya
                          Strakhovaya Kompaniya'
                         29 ul. Karla Marksa,
                          Simferopol, Crimea 295006,
                          Ukraine
                                                                 * * * * *
                         Riviera Sunrise Resort &      For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          Spa, a.k.a. the following     subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                          one alias:                    EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                         Riviera Sunrise Resort and     744.11 of the EAR)
                          Spa
                         Lenin St. 2, Alushta, Crimea
                          29850, Ukraine
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RUSSIA.................                                         * * * * * *

                         Bike Center, a.k.a., the      For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          following three aliases:      subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                         --Baik. V. Tsentr;             EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                         --Baik. V. Tsentr, OOO; and    744.11 of the EAR)
                         --Bike V. Center.
                         Nizhnije Mnevniki, 110,
                          Moscow, Russia; and Ul.
                          Nikitskaya B. D.11/4, Korp
                          .3, Moscow 103009, Russia;
                          and 1 \1/4\, str.3 ul.
                          Nikitskaya B., Moscow
                          103009, Russia
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Concord Catering, Nab.        For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          Lieutenant Schmidt D. 7,      subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                          von Keyserling Mansion, St.   EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                          Petersburg 119034, Russia;    744.11 of the EAR)
                          and Ulitsa Volkhonka Dom 9,
                          Moscow 119019, Russia
                                                                * * * * * *
                         IFDK, ZAO, a.k.a., the        For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          following six aliases:        subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                         --Closed Joint Stock Company   EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                          `IFD Kapital';                744.11 of the EAR)
                         --IFD Kapital;
                         --IFD Kapital Group;
                         --IFD-Capital;
                         --IFD-Kapital; and
                         --Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe
                          Obshchestvo `IFD Kapital'
                          (f.k.a., Zakrytoe
                          Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo
                          IFD Karital)
                         6 naberezhnaya,
                          Krasnopresnenskaya, Moscow
                          123100, Russia
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Limited Liability Company
                          Concord Management and
                          Consulting, a.k.a. the
                          following three aliases:
                         --Konkord Menedzhment I
                          Konsalting, OOO;
                         --LLC Concord Management and
                          Consulting; and
                         --Obshchestvo S
                          Ogrannichennoi
                          Otvetstvennostyu Konkord
                          Menedzhment I Konsalting
                         d. 13 Litera A, Pom. 2-N N4,
                          Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki,
                          St. Petersburg 191011,
                          Russia
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Molot-Oruzhie, OOO, a.k.a.,   For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          the following one alias:      subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                         --Obshchestvo S                EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                          Ogranichennoi                 744.11 of the EAR)
                          Otvetstvennostyu `Molot-
                          Oruzhie' (f.k.a.,
                          Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi
                          Otvetstvennostyu
                          Proizvodstvenno Instrument
                          Kachestvo)
                         135 ul. Lenina, Vyatskie
                          Polyany, Kirov Obl. 612960,
                          Russia
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Oboronlogistika, OOO,         For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following four    subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                         --Oboronlogistics Limited      744.11 of the EAR)
                          Liability Company;
                         --Oboronlogistics LLC;
                         --Oboronlogistika LLC; and
                         --Obshchestvo S
                          Ogranichennoi
                          Otvetstvennostyu
                          `Oboronlogistika'
                         d. 18 str. 3 prospekt
                          Komsomolski, Moscow 119021,
                          Russia; and ul.
                          Goncharnaya, house 28,
                          building 2, Moscow 115172,
                          Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *

                         Private Military Company      For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          `Wagner', a.k.a., the         subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                          following three aliases:      EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                         --Chastnaya Voennaya           744.11 of the EAR)
                          Kompaniya `Vagner';
                         --Chvk Vagner; and
                         --PMC Wagner)
                         Russia
                                                                * * * * * *
                         `Wolf' Holding of Security    For all items        Presumption of     82 FR [INSERT FR
                          Structures, a.k.a., the       subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER 06/
                          following four aliases:       EAR. (See Sec.                          22/17.
                         --Defense Holding Structure    744.11 of the EAR)
                          ``Wolf'';
                         --Holding Security Structure
                          Wolf;
                         --Kholding Okhrannykh
                          Struktur Volk; and
                         --Wolf Holding Company
                         ul. Panferova d. 18, Moscow
                          119261, Russia; and
                          Nizhniye Mnevniki, 110,
                          Moscow, Russia.
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    Dated: June 20, 2017.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0625, FRL-9449-6]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew
an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) concerning
the identification and listing of hazardous waste under RCRA. This ICR
is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2012. Before submitting the ICR
to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2011-0625, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20460.
     Hand Delivery: 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 3334,
Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2011-0625. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Kaps, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
703-308-6787; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

How can I access the docket and/or submit comments?

    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0625, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the RCRA Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The telephone number for the Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the
telephone number for RCRA Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Use http://www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft
collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified in this document.

What information is EPA particularly interested in?

    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.

What should I consider when I prepare my comments for EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used
that support your views.
    4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
    5. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
    6. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.

    7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.

What information collection activity or ICR does this apply to?

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
Business and other for-profit.
    Title: Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1189.24, OMB Control No. 2050-0053.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January
31, 2012. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Under the authority of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended, Congress directed the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a comprehensive
program for the safe management of hazardous waste. In addition,
Congress wrote that ``[a]ny person may petition the Administrator for
the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any regulation'' under RCRA
(section 7004(a)).
    40 CFR parts 260 and 261 contain provisions that allow regulated
entities to apply for petitions, variances, exclusions, and exemptions
from various RCRA requirements.
    Under 40 CFR 260.20(b), all rulemaking petitioners must submit
basic information with their demonstrations, including name, address,
and statement of interest in the proposed action. Under Sec.  260.21,
all petitioners for equivalent testing or analytical methods must
include specific information in their petitions and demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Administrator that the proposed method is equal to,
or superior to, the corresponding method in terms of its sensitivity,
accuracy, and reproducibility. Under Sec.  260.22, petitions to amend
part 261 to exclude a waste produced at a particular facility (more
simply, to delist a waste) must meet extensive informational
requirements. When a petition is submitted, the Agency reviews
materials, deliberates, publishes its tentative decision in the Federal
Register, and requests public comment. EPA also may hold informal
public hearings (if requested by an interested person or at the
discretion of the Administrator) to hear oral comments on its tentative
decision. After evaluating all comments, EPA publishes its final
decision in the Federal Register.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this ICR
is estimated to average 27 hours per response, and the annual
recordkeeping burden for this ICR is estimated to average 2 hours per
response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 2603.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 73,787 hours.
    Estimated total annual costs: $11,917,574. This includes an
estimated burden cost of $2,678,259 for labor and an estimated cost of
$9,239,315 for capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.

What is the next step in the process for this ICR?

    EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will
issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: August 1, 2011.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2016-4042; Summary Notice No. 2022-17]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wittman
Regional Airport.

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of
this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the
summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its
final disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket
number and must be received on or before April 11, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-4042
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140,
West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alphonso Pendergrass,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Angela O. Anderson,
Director, Regulatory Support Division, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2016-4042

    Petitioner: Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH)
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  139.101
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner seeks an exemption
from 14 CFR Sec.  139.101, general requirements for airport
certification. The relief sought under the exemption is to permit
certain unscheduled air carrier operations at KOSH at limited times
during the week of Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture
Oshkosh, July 25 through July31, 2022.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-67-000]

Notice of Filing: San Diego Gas & Electric Company

    Take notice that on May 14, 2018, San Diego Gas & Electric Company
submitted a response to the March 15, 2018 Show Cause Order.\1\
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    \1\ Alcoa Power Generation, Inc.--Long Sault Division, et al.,
162 FERC ] 61,224 (2018) (Show Cause Order).
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    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date.
Anyone filing a motion

to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an
original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the website that enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email
[email protected], or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 4, 2018.

    Dated: May 18, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2009-0001]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 60-day notice and request for comments; revision of a
currently approved information collection; OMB No. 1660-0099; FEMA Form
646-0, Citizen Corps Individual Registration.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
to comment on a proposed revision of a currently approved information
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this Notice seeks comments concerning the online registration process
for Citizen Corps Individual Registration.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 13, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to submit comments:

    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under docket ID
FEMA-2009-0001. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Office of Chief Counsel,
Regulation and Policy Team, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 835,
Wash, DC 20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    (4) E-mail. Submit comments to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Include docket
ID FEMA-2009-0001 in the subject line.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice that is available on the Privacy and Use Notice link on the
Administration Navigation Bar of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Kerry Hoerth, Community
Preparedness Division Program Specialist, FEMA,<PHONE_NUMBER> for
additional information. You may contact the Records Management Branch
for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile
number<PHONE_NUMBER> or e-mail address: FEMA-Information-
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Citizen Corps was launched as a Presidential
Initiative, Executive Order 13254, in 2002 with a mission to harness
the power of every individual through education, training, and
volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better
prepared for the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and
disasters of all kinds. In order to fulfill its mission, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Preparedness Division
(CPD) requires individuals to submit profiles electronically through
its information collection online process and forms.

Collection of Information

    Title: Citizen Corps Individual Registration.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
    OMB Number: OMB No. 1660-0099.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 646-0, Citizen Corps Individual
Registration.
    Abstract: FEMA's Community Preparedness Division (CPD) would like
to revise a currently approved collection for its individual
registration to allow members of the public to provide contact
information to receive national programmatic updates and announcements
such as upcoming preparedness demonstrations and training opportunities
and the opportunity to get involved in local organizations and events.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,600 burden hours.

                                                                   Annual Hour Burden
                                                 Table A.12--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                                             Number of      Avg. burden    Total annual                    Total annual
           Type of respondent             Form name/form     Number of     responses per   per response     burden (in      Avg. hourly     respondent
                                                No.         respondents     respondent      (in hours)        hours)        wage rate*         cost
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Individuals or households...............       FEMA Form          20,000               1       5 minutes           1,600           27.38       43,808.00
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    Total...............................  ..............          20,000  ..............  ..............           1,600  ..............       43,808.00
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* Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

    Estimated Cost: None.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-95040; File No. 4-533]

Joint Industry Plan; Order Approving Amendment No. 4 to the
National Market System Plan for the Selection and Reservation of
Securities Symbols Submitted by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, BOX
Exchange LLC, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., CBOE
EDGX Exchange, Inc., Cboe Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange LLC, Long-Term Stock Exchange,
Inc., MEMX LLC, Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC, MIAX
PEARL, LLC, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, New York
Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE Chicago,
Inc., and NYSE National, Inc.

June 3, 2022.

I. Introduction

    On February 11, 2021,\1\ The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''),
on behalf of itself and the participants to the National Market System
Plan for the Selection and Reservation of Securities Symbols
(``Symbology Plan'' or ``Plan''), filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 11A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 608 of
Regulation National Market System (``NMS'') thereunder,\3\ a proposal
to amend the Symbology Plan.\4\ The proposal represents the fourth
substantive amendment to the Plan (``Amendment'') and reflects changes
unanimously approved by the Plan participants (``Participants'').\5\
Amendment No. 4 was published for comment in the Federal Register on
March 8, 2022.\6\ On April 13, 2022, Nasdaq submitted a letter to the
Commission related to Amendment No. 4, which corrected an error in the
Plan document included in the original filing.\7\ This Order approves
Amendment No. 4 to the Plan as reflected in the Modification Letter.
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    \1\ See Letter from Jeffrey S. Davis, Senior Vice President and
Senior Deputy General Counsel, Nasdaq, to Vanessa Countryman,
Secretary, Commission (Feb. 11, 2022).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C 78k-1(a)(3).
    \3\ 17 CFR 242.608.
    \4\ The Plan was created to enhance the effectiveness and
efficiency of the national market system and to provide for fair
competition between the self-regulatory organizations that list
equity securities by establishing a uniform system for the selection
and reservation of securities symbols. The Plan, among other things,
sets forth the process for securing perpetual and limited-time
reservations, the use of a waiting list, the right to reuse a symbol
and the ability to request the release of a symbol.
    \5\ The Plan Participants are BOX Exchange LLC, Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., CBOE EDGX Exchange, Inc.,
Cboe Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.,
Investors Exchange LLC, Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc., MEMX LLC,
Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC, MIAX PEARL, LLC,
Nasdaq, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, New York
Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE
Chicago, Inc., and NYSE National, Inc.
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 94351 (March 2,
2022), 87 FR 13027 (March 8, 2022) (``Amendment No. 4 Notice''). The
Commission received comment letters that are not germane to the
Amendment and are available on the Commission's website at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/4-533/4-533.htm.
    \7\ See Letter from Jeffrey S. Davis, Senior Vice President and
Senior Deputy General Counsel, Nasdaq, to Vanessa Countryman,
Secretary, Commission, dated April 13, 2022 (``Modification
Letter''). In the Modification Letter, the Participants corrected
the list of Participants that was submitted with the Amendment. The
Plan submitted with the Amendment included two exchanges that are
not currently Participants in the Plan. The Plan submitted with the
Modification Letter reflects the current Participants in the Plan
and made no other changes to the Amendment.
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II. Background and Description of the Proposal

A. Background

    The Plan was created to establish a uniform system for the
selection and reservation of securities symbols and sets forth, among
other things, the process for securing symbol reservations, the use of
a waiting list, the ability to request the release of a symbol, and the
ability to reuse a symbol, provided that it does not create investor
confusion. Currently, Section IV of the Plan outlines the procedures
for the symbol reservation system, and provides Participants the
ability to reserve 20 perpetual (``List A'') and 1,500 limited-time
(``List B'') reservations, for 1-, 2-, and 3-character symbols, on the
one hand, and also for 4- and 5-character symbols, on the other. For
List B reservations, the Plan requires Plan Participants to have a
reasonable basis to believe that it will use the symbol within 24
months in order to reserve a symbol, but does not include a requirement
that such basis be furnished or that a symbol be reserved for a
specific issuer. There is also a process for reserving symbols under
the Plan, which provides for the use of a third-party processor and a
symbol reservation database. The Plan also includes, among other
things, provisions for the use of a waiting list, the right to reuse a
symbol, the ability to request the release of a symbol, the terms of
confidentiality, and the process for becoming a new Plan
participant.\8\
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    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 58904, 73 FR 67218
at 67222-23 (November 13, 2008) (File No. 4-533) (``Symbology Plan
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B. Description of Proposal

    In Amendment No. 4, the Participants propose to modify the Plan in
several aspects: (1) to require the release of all perpetual (List A)
reservations, except for those used for test symbols; (2) to increase
the number of List B symbols that can be reserved for 1-, 2-, and 3-
character symbols and for 4- and 5-character symbols, respectively,
from 1,500 to 2,500 symbols; (3) to require a party making a List B
reservation to specify confidentially an issuer associated with that
reservation and to maintain documentation supporting that request; (4)
to require List B reservations for exchange-traded products to be made
at the request of the issuer (or its agent); (5) to require
Participants to release any symbol that it no longer has a reasonable
basis for believing that the issuer will list a security using the
symbol; (6) to require a reservation for an issuer to be transferred to
another Participant, if it decides to list on that Participant; (7) to
prohibit the reservation of more than one symbol for a potential
listing that is not an exchange-traded product; (8) to allow
Participants who have reserved a symbol for one issuer to be on the
waitlist for that symbol for another issuer; and (9) to eliminate the
costs of entry for new Participants to the Plan, consistent with
existing practice. In addition, Amendment No. 4 also includes several
technical and

ministerial proposed changes to provide current information about the
names and principal place of business of certain Participants to the
Plan, and also makes changes to update outdated language in Sections
IV(b)(1-3) and (c)(1) the Plan regarding reservations prior to the
original effective date of the Symbology Plan.\9\
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    \9\ See Amendment No. 4 Notice, supra note 6, for a more
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III. Discussion and Commission Findings

    After careful review, the Commission is approving Amendment No. 4,
as modified, for the reasons discussed below. Section 11A of the Act
authorizes the Commission, by rule or order, to authorize or require
the self-regulatory organizations to act jointly with respect to
matters as to which they share authority under the Act in planning,
developing, operating, or regulating a facility of the national market
system.\10\ Rule 608 of Regulation NMS authorizes two or more SROs,
acting jointly, to file with the Commission proposed amendments to an
effective NMS plan,\11\ and further provides that the Commission shall
approve an amendment to an effective NMS plan if it finds that the
amendment is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the
protection of investors and the maintenance of fair and orderly
markets, to remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a
national market system, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of
the Act.\12\
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    \10\ See 15 U.S.C. 78k-1(a)(3)(B).
    \11\ See 17 CFR 242.608.
    \12\ See 17 CFR 242.608(b)(2).
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    The Commission believes that Amendment No. 4, as modified, is
consistent with the Act and meets the applicable standard provided in
Rule 608 of Regulation NMS.\13\ As described in the Notice, the Plan
Participants seek to amend the Symbology Plan to eliminate perpetual
reservations (except for test symbols), increase the number of List B,
limited-time symbol reservations, and make certain other amendments to
the Plan regarding the processes by which Plan Participants may make
symbol reservations.
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    With respect to List A reservations, the Plan Participants have
agreed to release all their perpetual reservations and eliminate all
perpetual reservations, except for those used as test symbols. The
Participants stated that elimination of perpetual reservations was
proposed in connection with the changes to require that all
reservations be made at the request of an issuer. The Commission
believes that removing the List A perpetual reservations other than
test symbols will help to ensure that Participants can only reserve
symbols related to identified issuers, which should promote fair
competition among exchanges that list securities. Ensuring that
Participants can only reserve symbols related to identified issuers is
also appropriate in the public interest because it should enable
issuers to make listing decisions based on factors that relate to the
quality of the listing markets, rather than on considerations of symbol
reservation.
    With respect to List B reservations, the Amendment proposes to
amend Section IV(b)(1)(B) to increase the number of symbol reservations
that a party can reserve from 1,500 to 2,500 symbols for symbols using
one, two or three characters, on the one hand, and for symbols using
four or five symbols, on the other hand. In the Notice, the Plan
Participants stated that this increase is ``necessary given the
substantial increase in the number of IPOs and other new listings,''
and noted that IPOs were at a 20-year low, with 62 IPOs that year, at
the time the Symbology Plan was approved in 2008, whereas more
recently, there were 480 and 1,058 IPOs in 2020 and 2021,
respectively.\14\ The Plan Participants also pointed to an increase in
recent years in the popularity of SPACs, which has similarly
necessitated the need to reserve of more symbols.\15\ The Plan
Participants stated that, given this current activity, the original
1,500 symbol reservation limits for one, two or three character
symbols, on the one hand, and for four or five character symbols, on
the other hand, are no longer appropriate. In approving the Symbology
Plan in 2008, the Commission discussed the history of ticker symbols
and noted that the increasing scarcity of available symbols highlighted
the need for a NMS plan to efficiently and fairly manage the supply of
ticker symbols.\16\ At that time, the Commission believed that the
allotment of 1,500 List B reservations for symbols using one, two or
three characters, on the one hand, and for symbols using four or five
symbols, on the other hand, was sufficient to allow Plan Participants
to reserve ``a sufficient number of symbols in the short-term for any
pending use.'' \17\ The Commission believes that it is appropriate for
the maintenance of fair and orderly markets to increase the number of
List B symbol reservations to accommodate recent listing activity.
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    \14\ See Notice, supra, at 13028.
    \15\ Specifically, according to the Participants, there were 613
SPAC IPOs in 2021 as compared to 248 SPAC IPOs in 2020, representing
a 247% increase. See id.
    \16\ See Symbology Plan Approval Order, supra note 9, at 67219-
20. In the Symbology Plan Approval Order, the Commission stated that
several factors have been increasing the demand particularly for
one, two and three character symbols, including: increased listings
of innovative products such as exchange-traded funds; the move by
Nasdaq to begin using one, two and three character symbols; and the
proliferation of standardized options.
    \17\ See Symbology Plan Approval Order at 67225.
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    The Plan Participants also seek to make certain other amendments to
Section IV(b)(1)(B) of the Plan with respect to the process for symbol
reservations, including specifying that: (i) no party shall make a List
B reservation request with respect to a particular symbol unless said
party has a reasonable basis to believe it will utilize such symbol
within the next 24 months; (ii) each List B request made by a party for
non-exchange traded products must be made in connection with the
potential listing of a security on such party at the request of the
issuer (or an agent of the issuer) of such security, and the reserving
party must confidentially indicate the potential listing in the Symbol
Reservation System and maintain documentation demonstrating that it has
a reasonable basis to believe that it will utilize such symbol for the
listing of such security within the next 24 months; (iii) all List B
reservation requests made by a party for exchange-traded products must
be made at the request of the issuer (or an agent of the issuer) of
such security; (iv) the party shall release the symbol if it no longer
reasonably believes that the issuer will list a security using the
symbol; and (v) a party shall not reserve more than one symbol per
potential security listing that is not an exchange-traded product.\18\
The Plan Participants state that these changes are intended to ensure
that each party reserves a symbol in connection with a potential
listing. The Commission believes that the amendments to Section
IV(b)(1)(B) that put in place requirements for the request of a symbol
reservation are appropriate in the public interest because they should
help to ensure that the Plan operates in a fair and orderly manner by
requiring each party to reserve symbols in connection with a potential
listing. In addition, sub clauses (iii) and (v) would put in place a
process to allow exchanges to reserve multiple symbols at the request
of an issuer for exchange-traded products that

is listing multiple potential securities, as these issuers commonly
issue more than one product with different root symbols, unlike
corporate issuers who rely on the same root symbol even where they have
multiple classes. The Commission believes that allowing exchanges to
reserve multiple symbols for issuers of such exchange-traded products
is appropriate in the public interest because it should reduce investor
confusion by allowing related exchange-traded products to potentially
have similar symbols. The Amendment also makes changes to the waitlist
provision in Section IV(b)(6)(c) that relate to the new List B
reservation process. Specifically, the Amendment would permit
Participants that already have a symbol reserved for a potential issuer
to be placed on the waitlist for the same symbol on behalf of another
potential issuer. The Commission believes that this change should
promote fair competition among the exchanges by allowing such
Participant to be placed on the waitlist, similar to other
Participants.
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    \18\ A corresponding clarifying change is proposed to Section
IV(b)(3)(C) to clarify that List B reservation requests must be
submitted in accordance with sub clauses (i) to (v) of Section
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    The Participants also propose to amend Section I(c) of the Plan to
eliminate the costs of entry for new participants because, as the
Amendment notes, the pro rata costs for new participants have been de
minimis or zero in recent years. The Commission believes that amending
Section I(c) of the Plan to eliminate such costs should remove
impediments to, and perfect the mechanisms of, a national market
system, by removing what has become an administrative burden for new
participants. In addition, the Amendment makes other technical and
ministerial changes to clarify provisions that pertain only to the
initial operation of the Plan and to update Participant
information.\19\ The Commission believes that these changes are
appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the Act, because
they will provide clarifying and more accurate information about the
existing practices under the Plan and also updated information about
the Plan Participants.
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    For the reasons discussed, the Commission finds that Amendment No.
4 to the Plan, as reflected in the Modification Letter, is consistent
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and in particular, Section 11A of the Act \20\ and Rule 608
\21\ thereunder in that Amendment No. 4 is appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors and the maintenance of fair
and orderly markets, to remove impediments to, and perfect the
mechanisms of, a national market system.
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
    \21\ 17 CFR 242.608.
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IV. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 11A of the Act,\22\
and Rule 608(b)(2) thereunder,\23\ that Amendment No. 4 to the Plan, as
modified, (File No. 4-533) is approved.
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    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78k-1.
    \23\ 17 CFR 242.608(b)(2).

    By the Commission.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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