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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2020-0072]

Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System

    Under part 235 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that
on September 4, 2020, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned
the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to
discontinue or modify a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA-2020-0072.

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Neal E. Hathaway, A.V.P.--
Signal Maintenance & Construction, 1400 Douglas Street, MS/RM 0910,
Omaha, NE 68179.

    Specifically, UPRR seeks to discontinue the hold signals at control
point (CP) S1272 and CP S1279. It also seeks to classify a portion of
the West Intermodal Lead (Track 101) as yard track between Santa Teresa
Terminal, CP S1271 (milepost (MP) 1271.25) and hold signal CP S1272 (MP
1273.28), as well as a portion of the East Intermodal Lead (Track 202),
between hold signal CP S1279 (MP 1277.06) and Tarmac CP S1280 (MP
1278.85) at the Santa Teresa Fueling Facility, Lordsburg Subdivision
located in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
    UPRR states the reason for the changes is that operational changes
on each intermodal lead have led to a large reduction of throughput
moves on signal indication, both inbound and outbound.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested parties
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
     Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by October 16, 2020 will be considered by
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered if practicable.
    Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or signing the document, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-20421 Filed 9-15-20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0134 (2006)]

Asbestos in Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning its request for an extension
of the information collection requirements contained in the Asbestos in
Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101). The standard protects
employees from adverse health effects from occupational exposure to
Asbestos, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, asbestosis (an
emphysema-like condition) and gastrointestinal cancer.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
    Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by December 27, 2005.
    Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by December 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0134(2006), by any of the following methods:
    Regular mail, express delivery, hand-delivery, and messenger
service: Submit your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket
Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER> (OSHA's TTY number
is<PHONE_NUMBER>). OSHA Docket Office and Department of Labor hours
are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., ET.
    Facsimile: If your comments are 10 pages or fewer in length,
including attachments, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at
(202) 693-1648.
    Electronic: You may submit comments through the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov.
 Follow instructions on the OSHA Web page for

submitting comments.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read or download comments or
background materials, such as the complete Information Collection
Request (ICR) (containing the Supporting Statement, OMB-83-I Form, and
attachments), go to OSHA's Web page at http://www.OSHA.gov. In

addition, the ICR, comments, and submissions, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the address above.
You also may contact Todd Owen at the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR. For additional information on submitting comments, please see
the ``Public Participation'' heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Owen, Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-
2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and cost)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries,
illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
    On January 5, 2005, OSHA published the final rule for the Standards
Improvement Project--Phase II (70 FR 1112). The final rule removed and
revised provisions of standards that were outdated, duplicative,
unnecessary, or inconsistent, and clarified or simplified regulatory
language. The final rule contained two revisions to collections of
information contained in the Asbestos in Construction Standard. The
revisions included modifying the time the employer has to provide their
employees with exposure-monitoring results in 1926.1101(f)(5)(ii) from
``as soon as possible following receipt of the results'' to ``as soon
as possible but no later than 5 working days after the receipt of the
results,'' and removing the requirement to send the certification and
evaluation documentation required under Sec.  1926.1101(g)(6)(iii) to
OSHA's Directorate of Technical Support. The reduction in burden hours
was taken in the prior ICR.
    The information collection requirements specified in the Asbestos
in Construction Standard protect employees from the adverse health
effects that may result from asbestos exposure. The major information
collection requirements of the Asbestos in Construction Standard
include: Implementing an exposure-monitoring program that informs
employees of their exposure-monitoring results; and at multi-employer
worksites, notification of other onsite employers by employers
establishing regulated areas for the type of work performed with
asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and/or presumed asbestos-
containing materials (PACMs); the requirements that pertain to
regulated areas; and the measures they can use to protect their
employees from asbestos overexposure. Other provisions associated with
paperwork requirements include: evaluating and certifying alternative
control methods for Class I and Class II asbestos work and informing
laundry personnel of the requirement to prevent release of airborne
asbestos above the time-weighted average and excursion limit;
notification by employers and building/facility owners of designated
personnel and employees regarding the presence, location, and quantity
of ACMs and/or PACMs; using information, data, and analyses to
demonstrate that PACM does not contain asbestos; posting signs in
mechanical rooms/areas that employees may enter and that contain ACMs
and PACMs, informing them of the identity and location of these
materials and work practices that prevent disturbing the materials;
posting warning signs demarcating regulated areas; and affixing warning
labels to asbestos-containing products and to containers holding such
products. Additional provisions of the Standard that contain paperwork
requirements include: Developing specific information and training
programs for employees; providing medical surveillance for employees
potentially exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs, including administering an
employee medical questionnaire, providing information to the examining
physician, and providing the physician's written opinion to the
employee; maintaining records of objective data used for exposure
determinations, employee exposure-monitoring and medical surveillance
records, training records, the record (i.e., information, data, and
analyses) used to demonstrate that PACM does not contain asbestos, and
notifications made and received by

building/facility owners regarding the content to ACMs and PACMs;
making specified records (e.g., exposure-monitoring and medical
surveillance records) available to designated parties; and transferring
exposure-monitoring and medical surveillance records to the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on cessation of business.
    These paperwork requirements permit employers, employees and their
designated representatives, OSHA, and other specified parties to
determine the effectiveness of an employer's asbestos-control program.
It provides notification to building owners, subsequent building
owners, contractors and employees of the presence of asbestos so that
precautions can be taken to protect workers. It provides for monitoring
and medical surveillance to assure that exposures are kept low and
early symptoms are detected. Accordingly, the requirements ensure that
employees exposed to asbestos receive all of the protection afforded by
the Standard.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:

--Whether the information collection requirements are necessary for the
proper performance of the Agency's functions, including whether the
information is useful;
--The accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden (time and costs)
of the information collection requirements, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
--The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
--Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend approval of the collection of
information requirements necessitated by the Asbestos in Construction
Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101). The agency will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice, and will include this summary in
its request to OMB to extend the approval of these information
collection requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
    Title: Asbestos in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101).
    OMB Number: 1218-0134.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations;
Federal government; State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 286,821.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 53,719,202.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes ot maintain
records to 17.3 hours to train a competent person.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,569,658.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $30,730,200.

IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions

    You may submit comments and supporting materials in response to
this notice by (1) hard copy, (2) FAX transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Web page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant delay in the receipt of comments
by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
2350 (TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>) for information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of submissions by express delivery, hand
delivery, and courier service.
    All comments, submissions and background documents are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the above
address. Comments and submissions posted on OSHA's Web page are
available at http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for

information about materials not available through the OSHA Web page and
for assistance using the Web paged to locate docket submissions.
    Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice as well as other
relevant documents are available on OSHA's Web page. Since all
submissions become public, private information such as social security
numbers should not be submitted.

V. Authority and Signature

    Jonathan L. Snare, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this
notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-
2002 (67 FR 65008).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 21, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-6-000]

FirstEnergy Service Company; Notice of Filing

    Take notice that on December 6, 2017, FirstEnergy Service Company
(Service Company), on behalf of its affiliated franchised public
utilities and market-regulated power sales affiliates within the
FirstEnergy Corp. holding company system,\1\ submitted responses to the

request for additional information issued by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) in the above captioned proceeding on
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    \1\ As more fully described in Service Company's October 6, 2017
Waiver Request in the above-captioned proceeding, the relevant
franchised public utilities, referred to as the FE Franchised Public
Utilities, are Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Monongahela
Power Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and The Potomac Edison
Company. Currently, the FE Franchised Public Utilities dispatch
their respective generation resources through a single generation
dispatch group. The Market-regulated power sales affiliates are
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (``Solutions'') and Allegheny Energy
Supply Company, LLC (``AE Supply''). Currently, Solutions dispatches
all of the output of the generation that is owned or controlled by
Solutions and AE Supply.
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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. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than 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 December 27, 2017.

    Dated: December 15, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-91656; File No. SR-BOX-2021-10]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the
Short Term Option Series Program To Permit Monday and Wednesday
Expirations for Options Listed Pursuant to the Short Term Option Series
Program on the Invesco QQQ Trust SM Series ETF Trust

April 23, 2021.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on April 21, 2021, BOX Exchange LLC (the ``Exchange'') filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been
prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule from
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend IM-5050-6 (Short Term Option Series
Program) to permit Monday and Wednesday expirations for options listed
pursuant to the Short Term Option Series Program on the Invesco QQQ
TrustSM Series (``QQQ'') ETF Trust. The text of the proposed rule
change is available from the principal office of the Exchange, at the
Commission's Public Reference Room and also on the Exchange's internet
website at http://boxoptions.com.

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 self-regulatory organization
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 self-regulatory organization
has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the
most significant aspects of such statements.

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend IM-5050-6 (Short Term Option Series
Program) to permit Monday and Wednesday expirations for options listed
pursuant to the Short Term Option Series Program on the Invesco QQQ
TrustSM Series (``QQQ'') ETF Trust. This is a competitive
filing that is based on a proposal recently submitted by Nasdaq Phlx
LLC (``Phlx'').\3\
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91238 (March 2,
2021) (Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Permit Monday and
Wednesday expirations for options listed pursuant to the Short Term
Option Series Program on the Invesco QQQ TrustSM Series
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    A Short Term Option Series means a series in an option class that
is approved for listing and trading on the Exchange in which the series
is opened for trading on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday that is a business day and that expires on the Monday, Wednesday
or Friday of the next business week, or, in the case of a series that
is listed on a Friday and expires on a Monday, is listed one business
week and one business day prior to that expiration.\4\ The Exchange is
proposing to amend IM-5050-6 to permit the listing of options series
that expire on Mondays and Wednesdays in QQQ.
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    \4\ BOX Rule 100(a)(65) provides the term ``Short Term Option
Series'' which states that a series in an option class that is
approved for listing and trading on BOX in which the series is
opened for trading on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday that is a business day and that expires on the Monday,
Wednesday or Friday of the next business week, or, in the case of a
series that is listed on a Friday and expires on a Monday, is listed
one business week and one business day prior to that expiration. If
a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday is not a business day, the
series may be opened (or shall expire) on the first business day
immediately prior to that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday,
respectively. For a series listed pursuant to this section for
Monday expiration, if a Monday is not a business day, the series
shall expire on the first business day immediately following that
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Monday Expirations
    As proposed, with respect to Monday QQQ Expirations within IM-5050-
6(d), the Exchange may open for trading on any Friday or Monday that is
a business day series of options on QQQ to expire on any Monday of the
month that is a business day and is not a Monday in which Quarterly
Options Series on the same class expire (``Monday QQQ Expirations''),
provided that Monday QQQ Expirations that are listed on a Friday must
be listed at least one business week and one business day prior to the
expiration. The Exchange may list up to five consecutive Monday QQQ
Expirations at one time; the Exchange may have no more than a total of
five Monday QQQ Expirations.
Wednesday Expirations
    As proposed, with respect to Wednesday QQQ Expirations within IM-
5050-6(c), the Exchange may open for trading on any Tuesday or
Wednesday that is a business day series of options on QQQ to expire on
any Wednesday of the month that is a business day and is not a
Wednesday in which Quarterly Options Series on the same class expire
(``Wednesday QQQ Expirations''). The Exchange may list up to five
consecutive Wednesday QQQ Expirations at one time; the Exchange may
have no more than a total of five Wednesday QQQ Expirations.
Monday and Wednesday Expirations
    The interval between strike prices for the proposed Monday and
Wednesday QQQ Expirations will be the same as those for the current
Short Term Option Series for Wednesday and Friday expirations
applicable to the Program.\5\ Specifically, the Monday and Wednesday
QQQ Expirations will have a $0.50 strike interval minimum.\6\ As is the
case with other equity options series listed pursuant to the Program,
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    Pursuant to BOX Rule 100(a)(65), with respect to the Program, if
Monday is not a business day the series shall expire on the first
business day immediately following that Monday. This procedure differs
from the expiration date of Wednesday expiration series that are
scheduled to expire on a holiday. Pursuant to BOX Rule 100(a)(65), a
Wednesday expiration series shall expire on the first business day

immediately prior to that Wednesday, e.g., Tuesday of that week, if the
Wednesday is not a business day. For purposes of QQQ, however, the
Exchange believes that it is preferable to require Monday expiration
series in this scenario to expire on the Tuesday of that week rather
than the previous business day, e.g., the previous Friday, since the
Tuesday is closer in time to the scheduled expiration date of the
series than the previous Friday, and therefore may be more
representative of anticipated market conditions. Monday SPY expirations
are treated in this manner today.\7\ Cboe Exchange, Inc. (``Cboe'')
uses the same procedure for options on the S&P 500 index (``SPX'') with
Monday expirations that are listed pursuant to its Nonstandard
Expirations Pilot Program and that are scheduled to expire on a
holiday.\8\ Also, Nasdaq Phlx LLC (``Phlx'') \9\ and Nasdaq ISE, LLC
(``ISE'') \10\ use the same procedure for options on the Nasdaq-
100[supreg] (``NDX'') with Monday expirations that are listed pursuant
to its Nonstandard Expirations Pilot Programs, respectively.
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    \7\ See IM-5050-6(d).
    \8\ See Cboe Rule 4.13(e)(1) ``. . . If the Exchange is not open
for business on a respective Monday, the normally Monday expiring
Weekly Expirations will expire on the following business day. If the
Exchange is not open for business on a respective Wednesday or
Friday, the normally Wednesday or Friday expiring Weekly Expirations
will expire on the previous business day.''
    \9\ See Phlx Options 4A, Section 12(b)(5).
    \10\ See ISE Supplementary Material .07 to Options 4A, Section
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    Currently, for each option class eligible for participation in the
Program, the Exchange is limited to opening thirty (30) series for each
expiration date for the specific class.\11\ The thirty (30) series
restriction does not include series that are open by other securities
exchanges under their respective short term option rules; the Exchange
may list these additional series that are listed by other
exchanges.\12\ This thirty (30) series restriction would apply to
Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expiration series as well. In addition, the
Exchange will be able to list series that are listed by other
exchanges, assuming they file similar rules with the Commission to list
QQQ options expiring on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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    \11\ See IM-5050-6(b)(1).
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    Finally, the Exchange is amending IM-5050-6(b)(2), which addresses
the listing of Short Term Options Series that expire in the same week
as monthly or quarterly options series. Currently, that rule states
that no Short Term Option Series may expire in the same week in which
monthly option series on the same class expire (with the exception of
Monday and Wednesday SPY Expirations) or, in the case of Quarterly
Options Series, on an expiration that coincides with an expiration of
Quarterly Option Series on the same class.\13\ As with Monday and
Wednesday SPY Expirations, the Exchange is proposing to permit Monday
and Wednesday QQQ Expirations to expire in the same week as monthly
options series on the same class. The Exchange believes that it is
reasonable to extend this exemption to Monday and Wednesday QQQ
Expirations because Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations and standard
monthly options will not expire on the same trading day, as standard
monthly options expire on Fridays. Additionally, the Exchange believes
that not listing Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations for one week
every month because there was a monthly QQQ expiration on the Friday of
that week would create investor confusion.
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    The Exchange does not believe that any market disruptions will be
encountered with the introduction of P.M.-settled Monday and Wednesday
QQQ expirations. The Exchange has the necessary capacity and
surveillance programs in place to support and properly monitor trading
in the proposed Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations. The Exchange
currently trades P.M.-settled Short Term Option Series that expire
Monday and Wednesday for SPY and has not experienced any market
disruptions nor issues with capacity. Today, the Exchange has
surveillance programs in place to support and properly monitor trading
in Short Term Option Series that expire Monday and Wednesday for SPY.
    Similar to SPY, the introduction of QQQ Monday and Wednesday
expirations will, among other things, expand hedging tools available to
market participants and continue the reduction of the premium cost of
buying protection. The Exchange believes that Monday and Wednesday QQQ
expirations will allow market participants to purchase QQQ based on
their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their investment and
hedging needs more effectively.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposal is consistent with the
requirements of Section 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\14\ in general, and Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\15\ in
particular, in that it is designed 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 by providing the investing
public and other market participants more flexibility to closely tailor
their investment and hedging decisions in QQQ options, thus allowing
them to better manage their risk exposure.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    In particular, the Exchange believes the Program has been
successful to date and that Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations should
simply expand the ability of investors to hedge risk against market
movements stemming from economic releases or market events that occur
throughout the month in the same way that the Program has expanded the
landscape of hedging. Similarly, the Exchange believes Monday and
Wednesday QQQ Expirations should create greater trading and hedging
opportunities and flexibility, and will provide customers with the
ability to tailor their investment objectives more effectively. BOX
currently lists Monday and Wednesday SPY Expirations.\16\ Also, Cboe
\17\ currently permits Monday and Wednesday expirations for other
options with a weekly expiration, such as options on the SPX pursuant
to its Nonstandard Expirations Pilot Program and Phlx \18\ and ISE \19\
currently permit Monday and Wednesday expirations for other options
with a weekly expiration on NDX pursuant to its Nonstandard Expirations
Pilot Programs, respectively.
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    \16\ See IM-5050-6(c) and (d).
    \17\ See note 8 above.
    \18\ See note 9 above.
    \19\ See note 10 above.
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    With the exception of Monday expiration series that are scheduled
to expire on a holiday, there are no material differences in the
treatment of Monday and Wednesday QQQ expirations for Short Term Option
Series. The Exchange believes that it is consistent with the Act to
treat Monday expiration series that expire on a holiday differently
than Wednesday or Friday expiration series, since the proposed
treatment for Monday expiration series will result in an expiration
date that is closer in time to the scheduled expiration date of the
series, and therefore may be more representative of anticipated market
conditions. Monday SPY expirations are treated in this manner
today.\20\ Cboe uses the same procedure for SPX

options with Monday expirations that are listed pursuant to its
Nonstandard Expirations Pilot Program and that are scheduled to expire
on a holiday, as do Phlx and ISE for NDX options with Monday
expirations that are listed pursuant to their Nonstandard Expirations
Pilot Programs, respectively.
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    \20\ See IM-5050-6(d).
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    Given the similarities between Monday and Wednesday SPY Expirations
and the proposed Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations, the Exchange
believes that applying the provisions in IM-5050-6 that currently apply
to Monday and Wednesday SPY Expirations to Monday and Wednesday QQQ
Expirations is justified. For example, the Exchange believes that
allowing Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations and monthly QQQ
expirations in the same week will benefit investors and minimize
investor confusion by providing Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations in
a continuous and uniform manner. The Exchange also believes that is
appropriate to amend IM-5050-6(b)(2) to clarify that no Short Term
Option Series may expire on the same day as an expiration of Quarterly
Option Series on the same class, same as SPY.
    The Exchange represents that it has an adequate surveillance
program in place to detect manipulative trading in Monday and Wednesday
expirations, including Monday and Wednesday QQQ Expirations, in the
same way that it monitors trading in the current Short Term Option
Series and trading in Monday and Wednesday SPY Expirations. The
Exchange also represents that it has the necessary systems capacity to
support the new options series. Finally, the Exchange does not believe
that any market disruptions will be encountered with the introduction
of Monday and Wednesday QQQ expirations.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. In this regard and as indicated
above, the Exchange notes that the rule change is being proposed as a
competitive response to a filing submitted by Phlx.\21\ The
Exchange notes that having Monday and Wednesday QQQ expirations is not
a novel proposal, as Monday and Wednesday SPY Expirations are currently
listed on BOX. As noted above, Cboe uses the same procedure for SPX
options with Monday expirations that are listed pursuant to its
Nonstandard Expirations Pilot Program and that are scheduled to expire
on a holiday, as do Phlx and ISE for NDX options with Monday
expirations that are listed pursuant to their Nonstandard Expirations
Pilot Programs, respectively.
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    \21\ See supra, note 3.
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    The Exchange does not believe the proposal will impose any burden
on intramarket competition, as all market participants will be treated
in the same manner under this proposal. Additionally, the Exchange does
not believe the proposal will impose any burden on inter-market
competition, as nothing prevents the other options exchanges from
proposing similar rules to list and trade Short-Term Option Series with
Monday and Wednesday expirations.

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 comments on the
proposed rule change.

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

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i)
Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii)
become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or
such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \22\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder.\23\
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    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \23\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission
written notice of its intention to file the proposed rule change at
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission.
The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the
Act normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date of
its filing. However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \24\ permits the Commission
to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has
requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that
the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The
Commission notes that it recently approved Phlx's substantially similar
proposal to list and trade Monday QQQ Expirations and Wednesday QQQ
Expirations.\25\ The Exchange has stated that waiver of the operative
delay will allow the Exchange to list and trade the proposed product
immediately, allowing the Exchange to compete with the exchanges that
have this product in place. For these reasons, the Commission believes
that the proposed rule change presents no novel issues and that waiver
of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest, and will allow the Exchange to
remain competitive with other exchanges. Accordingly, the Commission
hereby waives the operative delay and designates the proposed rule
change operative upon filing.\26\
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    \24\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \25\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91614 (April 20,
2021).
    \26\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
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    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. If the Commission
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or
disapproved.

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-BOX-2021-10 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-BOX-2021-10. 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 website (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 website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-BOX-2021-10 and should be submitted on
or before May 20, 2021.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\27\
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    \27\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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[Notices]
[Pages 44625-44626]
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Filed 08/20/2018 Through 08/24/2018
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Notice

    Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public
its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's comment
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EIS No. 20180192, Draft, BLM, AZ, Ten West Link 500kV Transmission Line
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    Dated: August 28, 2018.
Robert Tomiak,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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Loading and Operating Instructions March 24, 2004 Terrestrial Investigation Model x2.0 NOTE: This model version has not completed scientific peer review and is for de monstration purposes only.

1. Loading TIM x2.0 Software to the Computer TIM x2.0 operates from the C: drive ( hard drive). A folder " avriskscurrent" MUST be created on the root directory of the computer C: drive. The following files are then downloaded to that folder:

" AvianRiskInputWorkbooktest. xls" " ReadMe. txt" " Avrisk1a. exe"

DO NOT nest the " avriskscurrent" folder into another folder because the software will fail to recognize critical portions of the data input.

2. Opening TIM x2.0 TIM x2.0 operates in the Excel spreadsheet environment. To open TIM x2.0, FIRST open Excel. Then open TIM x2.0 from the Excel spreadsheet by clicking on the fi le named " AvianRiskInputWorkbooktest" that is in the C: drive folder " avriskscurr ent". Excel will querry about opening macros, click " enable macros".

3. Running TIM x2.0 3.1 Inputting Information The TIM x2.0 input page allows for a number of pesticide fate, pesticide applica tion, toxicological, and biological inputs. These are the user defined inputs t o the model and allow the operator to tailor the model run to a pesticide specif ic scenario. The input page provides look up dialogue boxes for input parameter s to aid inthe completion of the input data. ( NOTE: dialogue boxes for the demo nstration version of TIM x2.0 are not complete and the referenced user manual is under development.)

The first box on the input sheet is Name of Run: File Name. Enter the name of t he model run ending with the suffix ". txt". This file name will be used later i n the model initiation phase so make note of it.

3.2 Initiating the Model Run Once the operator is satisfied with the selection of input parameters the model run is initiated by a mouse click on the " Click to Run Simulation" button on the right side of the input screen. A MSDOS box will appear on the screen. It wil l instruct the operator to " Enter file input file name . . ." Type in the file name as it appeared in the first entry box on the TIM x2.0 input sheet.

The Model will now begin running. It will present the scenario information for the run and stop. Press return on the keyboard to continue model run. The mode l will scroll through predictions of avian mortality and end at summary informat ion on bird survival. Click return on the keyboard to continue. The model will tabulate doses by route and then end. Click return on the keyboard to continue. The model will provide summary information on total avian pesticide doses at ti me of mortality. Click return on the keyboard to continue. The model will displa y binomial probabilities for avian mortality and halt. Click return on the keyb oard to continue.

3.3 Displaying Model Results Once the final click on the keyboard return has been made in the MSDOS window, t he operator will be automatically directed back to the TIM x2.0 input sheet. In order to view the results of the model, the operator will mouse click on " Click to Display Results" on the right side of the input page.

The model will move to the Excel workbook page entitled " Areport". This page wi ll summarize all input values used in the current model run. The page will also present tables of bird dose by exposure route and summay statistics. The page will present average mortality risk of the defined bird flock and will present a table of risks of mortality of 0 to N birds in a flock of N. If the operator w ants to save the information on the " Areport" page, it MUST be renamed by the op erator ( Windows " save as"), because subsequent model runs will clear this page.

To view graphic plots of exposure and mortality information, click on " Click to View Plots" on the right side of the " Areport" page. A new workbook page will b e presented entitled " plots" which will present a series of graphs. The operato r MUST click on the " Click to Update Plots" to view the graphical presentation o f the current model run. Failure to do so will result in plots reflecting previ ous model runs. If the operator wants to save the information on the " plots" pa ge, it MUST be renamed by the operator ( Windows " save as"), because subsequent m odel runs will clear this page.

3.4 Preparing for a New Model Run Clicking on the " Return to Input Page" on the " polts page will return the operat or to the TIM x2.0 input page. A new model run can be initiated as above.