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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2017-0105]

Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public
comment about our intention to request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval to reinstate an information collection. Under
procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before
seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on
proposed collections of information, including extensions and
reinstatement of previously approved collections.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 24, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by DOT docket no. NHTSA-
2017-0105) through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Telephone: 1-800-647-5527.
    Instructions: Submissions must include the agency name and docket
number for this proposed collection of information. Note all comments
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to
Room W12-140 on the ground level of the DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590 between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hisham Mohamed, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room #W43-437, NRM-310, Washington, DC 20590.
Mr. Mohamed's telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please identify the
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control
Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information.
    The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must be
included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
    (i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) 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) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
    (iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including 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 compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collections of information:
    Title: 49 CFR part 575.104; Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0519.
    Type of Request: Request for Reinstatement of a Currently Expired
Collection of Information.
    Abstract: Part 575.104, Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard
(UTQGS) requires tire manufacturers and tire brand owners to submit
reports to NHTSA regarding grades of all passenger car tire lines they
offer for sale in the United States. This information is used by
consumers of passenger car tires to compare tire quality in making
purchase decisions. The information is provided in several different
ways to ensure the consumer can readily see and understand the tire
grade: (1) Grades are molded into the sidewall of the tire so they can
be reviewed on both the new tire and the old tire that is being
replaced; (2) a paper label is affixed to the tread face of the new
tire providing the grade of that particular tire line along with an
explanation of the grading system; (3) tire manufacturers provide
dealers with brochures for public distribution listing grades of all of
the tire lines they offer for sale; and (4) NHTSA compiles the grading
information of all manufacturers' tire lines into a booklet that is
available to the public in printed form and on the NHTSA website.
    Affected Public: All passenger car tires manufacturers and brand
name owners offering passenger car tires for sale in the United States.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: There are approximately 160
individual tire brands sold in the United States. Because of industry
consolidation the actual number of respondents will be significantly
reduced, since manufacturers generally file reports on behalf of the
various individual brand names for which they produce tires. The actual
number of respondents is approximately 45.
    Frequency: Intermittently.
    Number of Responses: 160.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 91,288.
    Estimated Annual Burden Cost: $37,374,299 (approximately $37.4
million).
    Public Comments Invited: Comments are invited on:
     Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Department,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection;
     ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95 and 501.8.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 6a-4, Form 1-N; OMB Control No. 3235-0554; SEC File No.
270-496.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval. The Code of Federal Regulation
citation to this collection of information is 17 CFR 240.6a-4 and 17
CFR 249.10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) (the ``Act'').
    Section 6 of the Act \1\ sets out a framework for the registration
and regulation of national securities exchanges. Under the Commodity
Futures Modernization Act of 2000, a futures market may trade security
futures products by registering as a national securities exchange. Rule
6a-4 \2\ sets forth these registration procedures and directs futures
markets to submit a notice registration on Form 1-N.\3\ Form 1-N calls
for information regarding how the futures market operates, its rules
and procedures, its criteria for membership, its subsidiaries and
affiliates, and the security futures products it intends to trade. Rule
6a-4 also requires entities that have submitted an initial Form 1-N to
file: (1) Amendments to Form 1-N in the event of material changes to
the information provided in the initial Form 1-N; (2) periodic updates
of certain information provided in the initial Form 1-N; (3) certain
information that is provided to the futures market's members; and (4) a

monthly report summarizing the futures market's trading of security
futures products. The information required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 6a-4 is designed to enable the Commission
to carry out its statutorily mandated oversight functions and to ensure
that registered and exempt exchanges continue to be in compliance with
the Act.
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    The respondents to the collection of information are futures
markets.
    The Commission estimates that the total annual burden for all
respondents to provide the amendments and periodic updates under Rule
6a-4 would be 45 hours (15 hours/respondent per year x 3 respondents)
and $300 of miscellaneous clerical expenses. The Commission estimates
that the total annual burden for the filing of the supplemental
information and the monthly reports required under Rule 6a-4 would be
37.5 hours (12.5 hours/respondent per year x 3 respondents) (rounded to
38 hours) and $375 of miscellaneous clerical expenses.
    Compliance with Rule 6a-4 is mandatory. Information received in
response to Rule 6a-4 shall not be kept confidential; the information
collected is public information.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 60 days of this publication.
    Comments should be directed to: Charles Boucher, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-
mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Comments must be submitted within 60
days of this notice.

    Dated: April 22, 2010.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 28332; 812-13454]

The Mexico Fund, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application

 July 17, 2008.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of application under section 6(c) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from section 19(b) of
the Act and rule 19b-1 under the Act.

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    Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit The
Mexico Fund, Inc., a closed-end investment company, to make periodic
distributions of long-term capital gains with respect to its
outstanding common stock as frequently as twelve times each year.
    Applicants: The Mexico Fund, Inc. (``Fund'') and Impulsora del
Fondo Mexico, S.C. (``Adviser'').
    Filing Dates: November 21, 2007, June 26, 2008, and July 14, 2008.
Applicants have agreed to file an amendment during the notice period,
the substance of which is reflected in the notice.
    Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the
application will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by
5:30 p.m. on August 11, 2008, and should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, the reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090; Applicants, Sander Bieber, Esq.,
Dechert LLP, 1775 I Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Friedlander, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551-6837, or James M. Curtis,

Branch Chief, at<PHONE_NUMBER> (Division of Investment Management,
Office of Chief Counsel).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained for a fee at the
Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
20549-1520 (telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>).

Applicants' Representations

    Applicants represent that they will comply with the representations
and conditions in this Application before they rely on the order
requested.
    1. Applicants represent that the Fund is a registered closed-end
investment company registered under the Act. The Fund's investment
objective is long-term capital appreciation. The common stock issued by
the Fund is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund has not
issued preferred stock. Applicants believe that the Fund's stockholders
include investors who desire steady distributions of cash and who will
appreciate that the Fund wishes to implement a practice of providing
regular distributions pursuant to a plan of distribution as described
below.
    2. Applicants represent that the Adviser, which is organized as a
Mexican ``sociedad civil'' governed by the Federal Civil Code of
Mexico, is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The
Adviser is responsible for the overall management of the Fund and
currently has no investment advisory clients other than the Fund.
    3. Applicants represent that the Fund's Board of Directors
(``Board''), including a majority of the directors who are not
interested persons, as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act (each an
``Independent Director''), will adopt a plan (``Plan'') to make
periodic level distributions with respect to its common stock, based
upon a fixed percentage of the Fund's net asset value (``NAV'') or
market price per share of its common stock or at least a minimum fixed
dollar amount per year. Applicants represent that the Board will
request, and the Adviser will provide, such information as is
reasonably necessary to an informed determination of whether the Board
should adopt the Plan. In particular, the Board and the Independent
Directors will review information regarding the purpose and terms of
the Plan, the likely effects of the Plan on the Fund's long-term total
return (in relation to market price and NAV per common share) and the
relationship between the Fund's distribution rate on its common stock
under the Plan and the Fund's total return (in relation to NAV per
share); whether the rate of distribution would exceed the Fund's
expected total return in relation to its NAV per share; and any
foreseeable material effects of such Plan on the Fund's long-term total
return (in relation to market price and NAV per share). The Independent
Directors also will consider what conflicts of interest the Adviser and
the affiliated persons of the Adviser and the Fund might have with
respect to the adoption or implementation of such Plan. Applicants
represent that after considering such information the Board, including
the Independent Directors, will approve the Plan with respect to the
Fund's common stock provided that the Board, including the Independent
Directors, determine that the Plan is consistent with the Fund's
investment objectives and in the best interests of the Fund's common
stockholders.
    4. Applicants represent that the purpose of the Plan would be to
permit the Fund to provide its stockholders with a level, periodic
distribution. Applicants represent that under the Plan, the Fund would
distribute to its common stockholders a fixed percentage of the market
price of the Fund's common stock or a fixed percentage of NAV per share
or a fixed amount per share which percentage or amount may be adjusted
from time to time. Applicants state that the minimum annual
distribution rate with respect to the Fund's common stock under the
Plan would be independent of the Fund's performance during any
particular period but would be expected to correlate with the Fund's
performance over time. Applicants explain that each distribution on the
common stock would be at the stated rate then in effect, except for
extraordinary distributions and potential increases or decreases in the
final dividend periods in light of the Fund's performance for the
entire calendar year and to enable the Fund to comply with the
distribution requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (the ``Code'') for the calendar year. Applicants expect that
over time the NAV distribution rate with respect to the Fund's common
stock will approximately equal the Fund's total return on NAV.
    5. Applicants state that the Board also will adopt policies and
procedures under rule 38a-1 under the Act that are reasonably designed
to ensure that all notices sent to Fund stockholders with distributions
under the Plan (``Notices'') comply with condition II below, and that
all other written communications by the Fund or its agents regarding
distributions under the Plan will include the disclosure required by
condition III below. Applicants state that the Board also will adopt
policies and procedures that will require the Fund to keep records that
demonstrate the Fund's compliance with all of the conditions of the
requested order and that are necessary for the Fund to form the basis
for, or demonstrate the calculation of, the amounts disclosed in its
Notice.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 19(b) generally makes it unlawful for any registered
investment company to make long-term capital gains distributions more
than once each year. Rule 19b-1 limits the number of capital gains
dividends, as defined in section 852(b)(3)(C) of the Code
(``distributions''), that a fund may make with respect to any one
taxable year to one, plus a supplemental ``clean up'' distribution made
pursuant to section 855 of the Code not exceeding 10% of the total
amount distributed for the year, plus one additional capital gain
dividend made in whole or in part to avoid the excise tax under section
4982 of the Code.
    2. Section 6(c) provides that the Commission may, by order upon
application, conditionally or unconditionally exempt any person,
security, or transaction, or any class or classes of persons,
securities or transactions, from any provision of the Act, if and to
the extent that the exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public
interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act.
    3. Applicants state that the one of the concerns underlying section
19(b) and rule 19b-1 is that stockholders might be unable to
differentiate between regular distributions of capital gains and
distributions of investment income. Applicants state, however, that
rule 19a-1 effectively addresses this concern by requiring that a
separate statement showing the sources of a distribution (e.g.,
estimated net income, net short-term capital gains, net long-term
capital gains and/or return of capital) accompany any distributions (or
the confirmation of the reinvestment of distributions) estimated to be
sourced in part from capital gains or capital. Applicants state that
the same information also is included in the Fund's annual reports to
stockholders and on its IRS Form 1099-DIV, which is sent to each
stockholder who received distributions during the year.

    4. Applicants further state that the Fund will make the additional
disclosures required by the conditions set forth below, and the Fund
will adopt compliance policies and procedures in accordance with rule
38a-1 to ensure that all required Notices and disclosures are sent to
stockholders. Applicants argue that by providing the information
required by section 19(a) and rule 19a-1, and by complying with the
procedures adopted under the Plan and the conditions listed below, the
Fund would ensure that its stockholders are provided sufficient
information to understand that their periodic distributions are not
tied to the Fund's net investment income (which for this purpose is the
Fund's taxable income other than from capital gains) and realized
capital gains to date, and may not represent yield or investment
return. Applicants also state that compliance with the Fund's
compliance procedures and condition III set forth below will ensure
that prospective stockholders and third parties are provided with the
same information. Accordingly, applicants assert that continuing to
subject the Fund to section 19(b) and rule 19b-1 would afford
stockholders no extra protection.
    5. Applicants note that section 19(b) and rule 19b-1 also were
intended to prevent certain improper sales practices, including, in
particular, the practice of urging an investor to purchase shares of a
fund on the basis of an upcoming capital gains dividend (``selling the
dividend''), where the dividend would result in an immediate
corresponding reduction in NAV and would be in effect a taxable return
of the investor's capital. Applicants assert that the ``selling the
dividend'' concern should not apply to closed-end investment companies,
such as the Fund, which do not continuously distribute shares.
According to Applicants, if the underlying concern extends to secondary
market purchases of stock of closed-end funds that are subject to a
large upcoming capital gains dividend, adoption of a plan actually
helps minimize the concern by avoiding, through periodic distributions,
any buildup of large end-of-the-year distributions.
    6. Applicants assert that the application of rule 19b-1 to a Plan
actually could have an undesirable influence on portfolio management
decisions. Applicants state that, in the absence of an exemption from
rule 19b-1, the implementation of a Plan imposes pressure on management
(i) not to realize any net long-term capital gains until the point in
the year that the fund can pay all of its remaining distributions in
accordance with rule 19b-1, and (ii) not to realize any long-term
capital gains during any particular year in excess of the amount of the
aggregate pay-out for the year (since as a practical matter excess
gains must be distributed and accordingly would not be available to
satisfy pay-out requirements in following years), notwithstanding that
purely investment considerations might favor realization of long-term
gains at different times or in different amounts. Applicants thus
assert that the limitation on the number of capital gain distributions
that a fund may make with respect to any one year imposed by rule 19b-
1, may prevent the efficient operation of a Plan whenever that fund's
realized net long-term capital gains in any year exceed the total of
the periodic distributions that may include such capital gains under
the rule.
    7. In addition, Applicants assert that rule 19b-1 may cause fixed
regular periodic distributions under the Plan to be funded with returns
of capital \1\ (to the extent net investment income and realized short-
term capital gains are insufficient to fund the distribution), even
though realized net long-term capital gains otherwise could be
available. To distribute all of a fund's long-term capital gains within
the limits in rule 19b-1, a fund may be required to make total
distributions in excess of the annual amount called for by its Plan, or
to retain and pay taxes on the excess amount. Applicants thus assert
that the requested order would minimize these effects of rule 19b-1 by
enabling the Fund to realize long-term capital gains as often as
investment considerations dictate without fear of violating rule 19b-1.
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    8. Applicants request an order under section 6(c) granting an
exemption from the provisions of section 19(b) and rule 19b-1 to permit
each fund's common stock to distribute periodic capital gains dividends
(as defined in section 852(b)(3)(C) of the Code) as often as monthly in
any one taxable year in respect of its common stock.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that the order will be subject to the following
conditions:
    I. Compliance Review and Reporting. The Fund's chief compliance
officer will: (a) Report to the Fund's Board, no less frequently than
once every three months or at the next regularly scheduled quarterly
board meeting, whether (i) the Fund and the Adviser have complied with
the conditions to the requested order, and (ii) a Material Compliance
Matter, as defined in rule 38a-1(e)(2), has occurred with respect to
compliance with such conditions; and (b) review the adequacy of the
policies and procedures adopted by the Fund no less frequently than
annually.
    II. Disclosures to Fund Stockholders:
    A. Each Notice to the holders of the Fund's common stock, in
addition to the information required by section 19(a) and rule 19a-1:
    1. Will provide, in a tabular or graphical format:
    (a) The amount of the distribution, on a per common share basis,
together with the amounts of such distribution amount, on a per common
share basis and as a percentage of such distribution amount, from
estimated: (A) Net investment income; (B) net realized short-term
capital gains; (C) net realized long-term capital gains; and (D) return
of capital or other capital source;
    (b) The fiscal year-to-date cumulative amount of distributions, on
a per common share basis, together with the amounts of such cumulative
amount, on a per common share basis and as a percentage of such
cumulative amount of distributions, from estimated: (A) Net investment
income; (B) net realized short-term capital gains; (C) net realized
long-term capital gains; and (D) return of capital or other capital
source;
    (c) The average annual total return in relation to the change in
NAV for the 5-year period ending on the last day of the month prior to
the most recent distribution declaration date compared to the current
fiscal period's annualized distribution rate expressed as a percentage
of NAV as of the last day of the month prior to the most recent
distribution declaration date; and
    (d) The cumulative total return in relation to the change in NAV
from the last completed fiscal year to the last day of the month prior
to the most recent distribution declaration date compared to the fiscal
year-to-date cumulative distribution rate expressed as a percentage of
NAV as of the last day of the month prior to the most recent
distribution declaration date. Such disclosure shall be made in a type
size at least as large and as prominent as the estimate of the sources
of the current distribution; and
    2. will include the following disclosure:
    (a) ``You should not draw any conclusions about the fund's
investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the
terms of the Fund's Plan'';
    (b) ``The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its
income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a

portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of
capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you
invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital
distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment
performance and should not be confused with `yield' or `income' ''; and
    (c) ``The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this
Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting
purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for [accounting
and] tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment
experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject
to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form
1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these
distributions for federal income tax purposes.'' Such disclosure shall
be made in a type size at least as large as and as prominent as any
other information in the Notice and placed on the same page in close
proximity to the amount and the sources of the distribution.
    B. On the inside front cover of each report to stockholders under
rule 30e-1 under the Act, the Fund will:
    1. describe the terms of the Plan (including the fixed amount or
fixed percentage of the distributions and the frequency of the
distributions);
    2. include the disclosure required by condition II.A.2.a above;
    3. state, if applicable, that the Plan provides that the Board may
amend or terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to Fund
stockholders; and
    4. describe any reasonably foreseeable circumstances that might
cause the Fund to terminate the Plan and any reasonably foreseeable
consequences of such termination.
    C. Each report provided to stockholders under rule 30e-1 and in
each prospectus filed with the Commission on Form N-2 under the Act,
will provide the Fund's total return in relation to changes in NAV in
the financial highlights table and in any discussion about the Fund's
total return.
    III. Disclosure to Stockholders, Prospective Stockholders and Third
Parties:
    A. The Fund will include the information contained in the relevant
Notice, including the disclosure required by condition II.A.2 above, in
any written communication (other than a Form 1099) about the Plan or
distributions under the Plan by the Fund, or agents that the Fund has
authorized to make such communication on the Fund's behalf, to any Fund
common stockholder, prospective common stockholder or third-party
information provider;
    B. The Fund will issue, contemporaneously with the issuance of any
Notice, a press release containing the information in the Notice and
will file with the Commission the information contained in such Notice,
including the disclosure required by condition II.A.2 above, as an
exhibit to its next filed Form N-CSR; and
    C. The fund will post prominently a statement on its Web site
containing the information in each Notice, including the disclosure
required by condition II.A.2 above, and will maintain such information
on such Web site for at least 24 months.
    IV. Delivery of 19(a) Notices to Beneficial Owners: If a broker,
dealer, bank or other person (``financial intermediary'') holds common
stock issued by the Fund in nominee name, or otherwise, on behalf of a
beneficial owner, the Fund: (a) Will request that the financial
intermediary, or its agent, forward the Notice to all beneficial owners
of the Fund's shares held through such financial intermediary; (b) will
provide, in a timely manner, to the financial intermediary, or its
agent, enough copies of the Notice assembled in the form and at the
place that the financial intermediary, or its agent, reasonably
requests to facilitate the financial intermediary's sending of the
Notice to each beneficial owner of the fund's stock; and (c) upon the
request of any financial intermediary, or its agent, that receives
copies of the Notice, will pay the financial intermediary, or its
agent, the reasonable expenses of sending the Notice to such beneficial
owners.
    V. Additional Board Determinations if the Fund's Common Stock
Trades at a Premium:
    If:
    A. The Fund's common stock has traded on the exchange it primarily
trades on at the time in question at an average premium to NAV equal to
or greater than 10%, as determined on the basis of the average of the
discount or premium to NAV of the Fund's common shares as of the close
of each trading day over a 12-week rolling period (each such 12-week
rolling period ending on the last trading day of each week); and
    B. The Fund's annualized distribution rate for such 12-week rolling
period, expressed as a percentage of NAV as of the ending date of such
12-week rolling period, is greater than the Fund's average annual total
return in relation to the change in NAV over the 2-year period ending
on the last day of such 12-week rolling period; then:
    1. At the earlier of the next regularly scheduled meeting or within
four months of the last day of such 12-week rolling period, the Board
including a majority of the Independent Directors:
    (a) Will request and evaluate, and the Adviser will furnish, such
information as may be reasonably necessary to make an informed
determination of whether the Plan should be continued or continued
after amendment;
    (b) Will determine whether continuation, or continuation after
amendment, of the Plan is consistent with the Fund's investment
objective(s) and policies and in the best interests of the Fund and its
stockholders, after considering the information in condition V.B.1.a
above; including, without limitation:
    (1) Whether the Plan is accomplishing its purpose(s);
    (2) The reasonably foreseeable effects of the Plan on the Fund's
long-term total return in relation to the market price and NAV of the
Fund's common shares; and
    (3) The Fund's current distribution rate, as described in condition
V.B above, compared to with the Fund's average annual total return over
the 2-year period, as described in condition V.B, or such longer period
as the Board deems appropriate; and
    (c) Based upon that determination, will approve or disapprove the
continuation, or continuation after amendment, of the Plan; and
    2. The Board will record the information considered by it and the
basis for its approval or disapproval of the continuation, or
continuation after amendment, of the Plan in its meeting minutes, which
must be made and preserved for a period of not less than six years from
the date of such meeting, the first two years in an easily accessible
place.
    VI. Public Offerings: The Fund will not make a public offering of
the Fund's common stock other than:
    A. A rights offering below net asset value to holders of the Fund's
common stock;
    B. An offering in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan,
merger, consolidation, acquisition, spin-off or reorganization of the
Fund; or
    C. An offering other than an offering described in conditions VI.A
and VI.B above, unless, with respect to such other offering:
    1. The fund's average annual distribution rate for the six months
ending on the last day of the month ended immediately prior to the most
recent distribution declaration date, expressed as a percentage of NAV
per share as of such date, is no more than

1 percentage point greater than the fund's average annual total return
for the 5-year period ending on such date; and
    2. The transmittal letter accompanying any registration statement
filed with the Commission in connection with such offering discloses
that the Fund has received an order under section 19(b) to permit it to
make periodic distributions of long-term capital gains with respect to
its common stock as frequently as twelve times each year.
    VII. Amendments to Rule 19b-1: The requested relief will expire on
the effective date of any amendment to rule 19b-1 that provides relief
permitting certain closed-end investment companies to make periodic
distributions of long-term capital gains with respect to their
outstanding common stock as frequently as twelve times each year.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
pursuant to delegated authority.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-16867 Filed 7-23-08; 8:45 am]

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Memorandum to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0216

EPA staff attended the below OMB 12866 meetings. EPA did not have a speaking role in these meetings but rather listened to the presenters.

      1/05/2018:
      E.O. 12866 - Meeting on the "Notice of Proposed Withdrawal of the Final Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry." This meeting was requested by the Independent Petroleum Association of American (IPAA).

      1/18/2018:
      E.O. 12866 - Meeting on the "Notice of Proposed Withdrawal of the Final Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry." This meeting was requested by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

      1/26/2018:
      E.O. 12866 - Meeting on the "Notice of Proposed Withdrawal of the Final Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry." This meeting was requested by Clean Air Task Force (CATF).


[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1354-1355]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30761; Amdt. No. 3406]

Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and
Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard
Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums
and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports.
These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or
revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in the National
Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational
facilities, adding new obstacles, or changing air traffic requirements.
These changes are designed to provide safe and efficient use of the
navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under
instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

DATES: This rule is effective January 10, 2011. The compliance date for
each SIAP, associated Takeoff Minimums, and ODP is specified in the
amendatory provisions.
    The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in
the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as
of January 10, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters incorporated by reference in the
amendment is as follows:
    For Examination--
    1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected
airport is located;
    3. The National Flight Procedures Office, 6500 South MacArthur
Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169, or
    4. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    Availability--All SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPs are available
online free of charge. Visit http://www.nfdc.faa.gov to register.
Additionally, individual SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and ODP copies may
be obtained from:
    1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building,
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected
airport is located.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry J. Hodges, Flight Procedure
Standards Branch (AFS-420), Flight Technologies and Programs Divisions,
Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike
Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma
City, OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125);
Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule amends Title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97), by establishing,
amending, suspending, or revoking SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and/or ODPS.
The complete regulators description of each SIAP and its associated
Takeoff Minimums or ODP for an identified airport is listed on FAA form
documents which are incorporated by reference in this amendment under 5
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and 14 CFR part 97.20. The applicable FAA
Forms are FAA Forms 8260-3, 8260-4, 8260-5, 8260-15A, and 8260-15B when
required by an entry on 8260-15A.
    The large number of SIAPs, Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, in addition
to their complex nature and the need for a special format make
publication in the Federal Register expensive and impractical.
Furthermore, airmen do not use the regulatory text of the SIAPs,
Takeoff Minimums or ODPs, but instead refer to their depiction on
charts printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. The advantages
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the
complete description of each SIAP, Takeoff Minimums and ODP listed on
FAA forms is unnecessary. This amendment provides the affected CFR
sections and specifies the types of SIAPs and the effective dates of
the associated Takeoff Minimums and ODPs. This amendment also
identifies the airport and its location, the procedure, and the
amendment number.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of
each separate SIAP, Takeoff Minimums and ODP as contained in the
transmittal. Some SIAP and Takeoff Minimums and textual ODP amendments
may have been issued previously by the FAA in a Flight Data Center
(FDC) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency action of immediate
flight safety relating directly to published aeronautical charts. The
circumstances which created the need for some SIAP and Takeoff Minimums
and ODP amendments may require making them effective in less than 30
days. For the remaining SIAPS and Takeoff Minimums and ODPS, an
effective date at least 30 days after publication is provided.
    Further, the SIAPs and Takeoff Minimums and ODPS contained in this
amendment are based on the criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for
Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS). In developing these SIAPS and
Takeoff Minimums and ODPs, the TERPS criteria were applied to the
conditions existing or anticipated at the affected airports. Because of
the close and immediate relationship between these SIAPs, Takeoff
Minimums and ODPs, and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and
public procedures before adopting these SIAPS, Takeoff Minimums and
ODPs are impracticable and contrary to the public interest and, where
applicable, that good cause exists for making some SIAPs effective in
less than 30 days.

Conclusion

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26,1979); and
(3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

    Air traffic control, Airports, Incorporation by reference, and
Navigation (air).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 24, 2010.
Ray Towles,
Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, Title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97) is amended by
establishing, amending, suspending, or revoking Standard Instrument
Approach Procedures and/or Takeoff Minimums and/or Obstacle Departure
Procedures effective at 0902 UTC on the dates specified, as follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

0
1. The authority citation for part 97 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120,
44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 44721-44722.

0
2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:

Effective 10 FEB 2011

Searcy, AR, Searcy Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 1, Amdt 1A
Clifton-Morenci, AZ, Greenlee County, RNAV (GPS)-A, Orig
Red Bluff, CA, Red Bluff Muni, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP,
Amdt 4
Independence, IA, Independence Muni, NDB RWY 17, Amdt 2A
Perkin, IL, Perkin Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, Orig-A
Perkin, IL, Perkin Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 27, Orig-A
Perkin, IL, Perkin Muni, VOR-A, Amdt 7A
Lincoln, NE, Lincoln, ILS OR LOC RWY 36, Amdt 11E
Lincoln, NE, Lincoln, RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, Amdt 1A
Lincoln, NE, Lincoln, RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, Amdt 1B
Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Intl, ILS OR LOC RWY 32, Amdt 13
Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 32, Amdt 5
Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Intl, RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 32, Amdt 1
Mineral Point, WI, Iowa County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 4, Orig-A
Mineral Point, WI, Iowa County, RNAV (GPS) RWY 22, Orig-A
Prairie Du Chien, WI, Prairie Du Chien Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 14,
Orig-A
Prairie Du Chien, WI, Prairie Du Chien Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 29,
Orig-A
Prairie Du Chien, WI, Prairie Du Chien Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 32,
Orig-A
Prairie Du Chien, WI, Prairie Du Chien Muni, VOR/DME RWY 29, Amdt 8A
Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Alexander Field South Wood County, GPS RWY 20,
Orig-B
Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Alexander Field South Wood County, NDB OR GPS
RWY 29, Amdt 8B

Effective 10 MAR 2011

Monticello, AR, Monticello Muni/Ellis Field, RNAV (GPS) RWY 3, Amdt
1
El Dorado, KS, Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado, Takeoff Minimums and
Obstacle DP, Orig
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, ILS OR LOC RWY 30, Amdt 2
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Amdt 1
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 23, Amdt 1
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, RNAV (GPS) RWY 30, Amdt 1
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, Takeoff Minimums and
Obstacle DP, Amdt 5
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, VOR RWY 30, Amdt 9
Goodland, KS, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, VOR/DME RWY 30, Amdt 8
Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, Strother Field, Takeoff Minimums and
Obstacle DP, Orig
New Bern, NC, Coastal Carolina Rgnl, RADAR-1, Amdt 2B, CANCELLED
New York, NY, John F Kennedy Intl, RNAV (GPS) X RWY 31L, Amdt 1B
New York, NY, John F Kennedy Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 4L, Amdt 1B
New York, NY, John F Kennedy Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 4R, Amdt 1B
New York, NY, John F Kennedy Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 31L, Amdt 1B
New York, NY, John F Kennedy Intl, RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 31R, Amdt 1B
Dayton, OH, James M Cox Dayton Intl, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle
DP, Amdt 3
Defiance, OH, Defiance Memorial, GPS RWY 12, Orig, CANCELLED
Defiance, OH, Defiance Memorial, NDB RWY 12, Amdt 10, CANCELLED
Defiance, OH, Defiance Memorial, RNAV (GPS) RWY 12, Orig
Defiance, OH, Defiance Memorial, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP,
Orig
Sandusky, OH, Griffing Sandusky, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle DP,
Amdt 2
Allentown, PA, Allentown Queen City Muni, Takeoff Minimums and
Obstacle DP, Amdt 3

[FR Doc. 2010-33224 Filed 1-7-11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings  1

October 31, 2006.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
    Docket Number: EG07-6-000.
    Applicant: Caithness Long Island, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061027-5084.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:
    Docket Numbers: ER99-2948-006; ER00-2918-005; ER00-2917-005; ER05-
261-002; ER01-558-004; ER01-557-004; ER01-559-004; ER01-560-004; ER01-
556-004; ER01-1654-007; ER01-2641-005; ER05-728-002; ER01-1949-005;
ER04-485-002.
    Applicants: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Constellation Power
Source Generation, Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.;
Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc.; Holland Energy, LLC;
University Park Energy, LLC; Wolf Hills Energy, LLC; Big Sandy Peaker
Plant, LLC; Handsome Lake Energy, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station,
LLC; High Desert Power Project, LLC; Constellation NewEnergy
Commodities Group Main,

LLC; Power Provider, LLC; RE Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC.
    Description: Constellation Energy Group, Inc submits its
notification to FERC that it will no longer treat FPL Group MBR
Entities as affiliates under the terms of their respective market-based
rate tariffs.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0248.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-1807-024; ER01-2020-021.
    Applicants: Carolina Power & Light Company; Florida Power
Corporation.
    Description: Carolina Power & Light Co and Florida Power Corp
submit a Refund Report pursuant to the Commission's 5/21/03 Order.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061026-5022.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-44-005.
    Applicants: BOC Energy Services, Inc.
    Description: BOC Energy Services, Inc submits its notice of non-
material change in status.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061031-0163.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-515-001.
    Applicants: Black Oak Capital, LLC.
    Description: Black Oak Capital, LLC submits an amendment to its 9/
13/06 triennial updated market analysis.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061031-0162.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-311-001.
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc.; New York
Transmission Owners.
    Description: New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and the New
York Transmission Owners submit standard legal terms and conditions for
interconnection study agreements pursuant to Order 2006-B, etc.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0242.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-451-010.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits revisions to its
OATT in Compliance to Commission's 9/26/06 Order.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0247.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-72-000.
    Applicants: Plymouth Energy, LLC.
    Description: Plymouth Energy, LLC submits a notice of cancellation
of FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061027-0001.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-73-000.
    Applicants: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC.
    Description: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC submits First
Revised Sheet 2 et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume 1,
to be effective 10/10/06.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0160
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-74-000.
    Applicants: Caithness Long Island, LLC.
    Description: Petition of Caithness Long Island, LLC for order
accepting market-based rate tariff for filing and granting waivers and
blanket approvals.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0162.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-76-000; ER06-1451-001.
    Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
    Description: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation submits Notice of
Termination of its FERC Rate Schedule 315 proposed effective 11/1/06.
    Filed Date: 10/25/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0161.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 15, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-77-000.
    Applicants: Reliant Energy Etiwanda, Inc.
    Description: Reliant Energy Etiwanda Inc submits its Notice of
Cancellation of the Must-Run Service Agreement between Reliant Etiwanda
and the California Independent System Operator Corp.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0154.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-78-000.
    Applicants: Southern California Edison Company.
    Description: Southern California Edison Co submits revisions to its
Transmission Owner Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume
6 to reflect the annual update of the Transmission Revenue Balancing
Account Adjustment.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0143.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-79-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Services Inc.
    Description: Entergy Services, Inc submits a Revised
Interconnection Agreement between Cleco Power, LLC, Entergy Gulf States
Inc and Entergy Louisiana, LLC.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0125.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-80-000.
    Applicants: ACN Utility Services, Inc.
    Description: ACN Utility Services, Inc submits Notice of
Cancellation of its rate tariff, Original Volume No. 1.
    Filed Date: 10/26/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0245.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-81-000.
    Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
    Description: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation submits a revised
rate schedule sheet, Fourth Revised Sheet 227 to the Second Revised
Rate Schedule FERC No. 51.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0244.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-82-000.
    Applicants: Arizona Public Service Company.
    Description: Arizona Public Service Company submits revisions to
its OATT, Thirteenth Revised Volume No. 2 in compliance with FERC Order
2006B.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0246.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-83-000.
    Applicants: Arizona Public Service Company.
    Description: Arizona Public Service Company submits revisions to
its OATT, Thirteenth Revised Volume No. 2, First Revised Sheet No. 194
in Compliance filing to the FERC Order 676.
    Filed Date: 10/27/2006.
    Accession Number: 20061030-0243.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene

again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have
previously intervened in the same docket. 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.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of
that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a
new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the
comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the
Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov.
 To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet

access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-18806 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 15g-5, SEC File No. 270-348, OMB Control No. 3235-0394

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the existing
collection of information provided for in Rule 15g-5--Disclosure of
Compensation to Associated Persons in Connection with Penny Stock
Transactions--(17 CFR 240.15g-5) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    Rule 15g-5 requires brokers and dealers to disclose to customers
the amount of compensation to be received by their sales agents in
connection with penny stock transactions. The purpose of the rule is to
increase the level of disclosure to investors concerning penny stocks
generally and specific penny stock transactions.
    The Commission estimates that approximately 195 broker-dealers will
spend an average of 87 hours annually to comply with the rule. Thus,
the total compliance burden is approximately 16,965 burden-hours per
year.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60
days of this publication.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Please direct your written comments to: Pamela Dyson, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or send an email to
[email protected].

    Dated: April 17, 2018.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-89212; File No. SR-MIAX-2020-20]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities
Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 518, Complex Orders

July 1, 2020.
    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 June 25, 2020, Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC
(``MIAX'' or the ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') a proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by the
Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments
on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange is filing a proposal to amend Exchange Rule 518,
Complex Orders.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at http://www.miaxoptions.com/rule-filings/ at MIAX's principal
office, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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

    In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant 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 Exchange Rule 518, Complex Orders,
to adopt a new Complex Auction-on-Arrival-Only (``cAOAO'') order type
and to amend relevant portions of the rule to accurately describe the
behavior and operation of a cAOAO order.
    Currently, the Exchange offers a Complex Auction-on-Arrival or
``cAOA'' order that is a complex order designated to be placed into a
Complex Auction upon receipt or upon evaluation. Complex orders that
are not designated as cAOA will, by default, not initiate a Complex
Auction upon arrival, but except as described in Exchange Rule 518 will
be eligible to participate in a Complex Auction that is in progress
when such complex order arrives or if placed on the Strategy Book may
participate in or may initiate a Complex Auction, following evaluation
conducted by the System.\3\ Complex orders that are designated as cIOC
\4\ or cAOC \5\ are not eligible for cAOA designation, and their
evaluation will not result in the initiation of a Complex Auction
either upon arrival or if eligible when resting on the Strategy
Book.\6\ Any unexecuted balance of a cAOA order remaining upon the
completion of the auction process is eligible \7\ to be placed on the
Strategy Book.
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    \3\ See Exchange Rule 518(b)(2)(i); The term ``System'' means
the automated trading system used by the Exchange for the trading of
securities. See Exchange Rule 100.
    \4\ A Complex Immediate-or-Cancel or ``cIOC'' order is a complex
order that is to be executed in whole or in part upon receipt. Any
portion not so executed is cancelled. See Exchange Rule 518(b)(4).
    \5\ A Complex Auction-or-Cancel or ``cAOC'' order is a complex
limit order used to provide liquidity during a specific Complex
Auction with a time in force that corresponds with that of the
event. cAOC orders are not displayed to any market participant, and
are not eligible for trading outside of the event. A cAOC order with
a size greater than the aggregate auctioned size (as defined in Rule
518(d)(4)) will be capped for allocation purposes at the aggregate
auctioned size. See Exchange Rule 518(b)(3).
    \6\ See Exchange Rule 518(b)(2)(ii); The ``Strategy Book'' is
the Exchange's electronic book of complex orders and complex quotes.
See Exchange Rule 518(a)(17).
    \7\ Any unexecuted portion of a Complex Auction-eligible order
remaining at the end of the Response Time Interval will either be:
(A) Evaluated to determine if it may initiate another Complex
Auction; or (B) placed on the Strategy Book and ranked pursuant to
subparagraph (c)(3) of Exchange Rule 518. See Exchange Rule
518(d)(5)(ii).
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    The Exchange now proposes to adopt a new Complex Auction-on-
Arrival-Only or ``cAOAO'' order type. A cAOAO order is a complex order
that will be placed into an auction as described in Rule 518(d) if
eligible, and cancelled if not eligible. Any unexecuted balance of a
cAOAO order remaining upon the completion of the auction process is
also cancelled. Similar to Immediate-or-Cancel orders, the cAOAO order
type is designed to assist Members \8\ in achieving an expeditious
execution by exposing eligible Complex Orders for potential price
improvement before cancelling any unexecuted balance.
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    \8\ The term ``Member'' means an individual or organization
approved to exercise the trading rights associated with a Trading
Permit. Members are deemed ``members'' under the Exchange Act. See
Exchange Rule 100.
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Example 1
    Suppose the following market in complex strategy ABC:

MIAX dcMBBO: \9\ 1.00-1.10 (10 x 10)
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    \9\ The dcMBBO is calculated using the best displayed price for
each component of a complex strategy from the Simple Order Book. For
stock-option orders, the dcMBBO for a complex strategy will be
calculated using the Exchange's best displayed bid or offer in the
individual option component(s) and the NBBO in the stock component.
See Exchange Rule 518(a)(8).
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A cAOAO order is entered to buy 20 @1.07.
    A Request For Response (RFR) message is sent identifying the
complex strategy, the price, quantity of matched complex quotes and/or
orders at that price, imbalance quantity and side of the market of the
Complex Auction-eligible order, in accordance to Rule 518(d)(2).\10\
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    \10\ An auction is commenced as the cAOAO order satisfies the
URIP requirement described in Exchange Rule 518(c)(5)(i).
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    During the Response Time Interval, the following RFR Responses \11\
are received:
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    \11\ Members may submit a response to the RFR message (an ``RFR
Response'') during the Response Time Interval. RFR Responses may be
submitted in $0.01 increments. RFR Responses must be a cAOC order or
a cAOC eQuote as defined in Interpretations and Policies .02 of
Exchange Rule 518 and may be submitted on either side of the market.
See Exchange Rule 518(d)(4).

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Response 1: Sell 10 @1.07
Response 2: Sell 5 @1.06
    At the conclusion of the Response Time Interval, the cAOAO order
trades 15 @1.07.
    The remaining quantity of 5 contracts from the cAOAO order is then
cancelled.
    The Exchange also proposes to amend subsection (b), Types of
Complex Orders, to adopt a new Complex Auction-on-Arrival Only Order
type to be included among other complex order types that may be
submitted to the Exchange as provided by Exchange Rule 518(b)(1).
Certain provisions in current Exchange Rule 518 that apply to cAOA
orders would similarly apply to cAOAO orders. Therefore, the Exchange
proposes to amend the Rule to incorporate cAOAO orders as necessary.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend subsection (c)(6) to
provide that complex orders may be submitted as market orders and may
be designated as cAOA or cAOAO. Additionally, the Exchange proposes to
amend subsection (c)(6)(i) to provide that complex market orders
designated as cAOA or cAOAO may initiate a Complex Auction upon arrival
or join a Complex Auction in progress. Finally, the Exchange proposes
to amend subsection (c)(6)(ii) to provide that complex market orders
not designated as cAOA or cAOAO will trade immediately with any contra-
side complex orders or quotes, or against the individual legs, up to an
including the dcMBBO, and may be subject to the managed interest
process described in subparagraph (c)(4) of Exchange Rule 518, and the
evaluation process described in subparagraph (c)(5) of Exchange Rule
518.
    The Exchange also proposes to amend subsection (d)(1) to provide
that, in order to initiate a Complex Auction upon receipt, a Complex
Auction-eligible order must be designated as cAOA or cAOAO and must
meet the criteria described in Interpretations and Policies .03(b) of
Exchange Rule 518 regarding the URIP.\12\ A complex order not
designated as cAOA or cAOAO (i.e., a complex order considered by
default to be ``do not auction on arrival'' by the System) may (i) join
a Complex Auction in progress at the time of receipt; (ii) become a
Complex Auction-eligible order after resting on the Strategy Book and
may then automatically join a Complex Auction then in effect for the
complex strategy; or (iii) initiate a Complex Auction if it meets the
criteria described in Interpretations and Policies .03(a) of Exchange
Rule 518 regarding the IIP or .03(c) of Exchange Rule 518 regarding the
RIP. Complex orders processed through a Complex Auction may be executed
without consideration to prices of the same complex interest that might
be available on other exchanges.
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    \12\ Upon receipt of a complex order when the complex strategy
is open, the System will calculate an Upon Receipt Improvement
Percentage (``URIP'') value, which is a defined percentage of the
current dcMBBO bid/ask differential. Such percentage will be defined
by the Exchange and communicated to Members via Regulatory Circular.
If a Complex Auction-eligible order is priced equal to, or improves,
the URIP value and is also priced to improve other complex orders
and/or quotes resting at the top of the Strategy Book, the complex
order will be eligible to initiate a Complex Auction. See
Interpretations and Polices .03(b) of Exchange Rule 518.
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    The Exchange also proposes to amend subsection (d)(9) to provide
that a complex order not designated as cAOA or cAOAO will either be (i)
executed in full at a single price or at multiple prices up to its
limit price, with remaining contracts placed on the Strategy Book; (ii)
executed until the order exhausts the opposite side dcMBBO, at which
time the order will be placed on the Strategy Book and evaluated for
Complex Auction eligibility, or (iii) cancelled.
    The Exchange believes the proposed changes will allow the Exchange
to effectively implement the proposed cAOAO order type.
    The Exchange will announce the implementation date of the proposed
rule change by Regulatory Circular to be published no later than 90
days following the operative date of the proposed rule. The
implementation date will be no later than 90 days following the
issuance of the Regulatory Circular.
2. Statutory Basis
    MIAX believes that its proposed rule change is consistent with
Section 6(b) of the Act \13\ in general, and furthers the objectives of
Section 6(b)(5) of the Act \14\ in particular, in that it is designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote
just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and
coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling,
processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions
in, securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms 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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    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that its proposal to adopt a cAOAO order type
promotes just and equitable principles of trade, removes impediments to
and perfects the mechanisms of a free and open market and a national
market system and, in general, protects investors and the public
interest. The Exchange believes it is reasonable to provide an
opportunity for investors to seek to have their complex orders exposed
for an opportunity for price improvement and to also provide investors
the option to have such orders canceled if they are not filled. The
Exchange believes its proposal to amend other portions of Exchange Rule
518 to accurately describe the operation and behavior of a cAOAO order
benefits investors and the public interest by providing information
that investors can use to ascertain the suitability of an order type
relative to their investment objectives.
    The Exchange believes its proposed rule change promotes just and
equitable principles of trade and removes impediments to and perfects
the mechanisms of a free and open market and a national market system
and, in general, protects investors and the public interest by
providing an opportunity for investors to have their complex orders
exposed for an opportunity for price improvement. Furthermore, the
Exchange believes that it is appropriate to give Members the option to
have such orders canceled if they are not eligible to be posted.

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 that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on intra-market competition but will rather promote
inter-market competition as the Exchange is proposing an order type
that already exists on at least one other options exchange.\15\ The
Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive market in which
market participants can readily direct order flow to competing venues
who offer similar functionality. The Exchange believes the proposed
rule change will enhance competition among the various markets for
Complex Order execution, potentially resulting in more active Complex
Order trading on all exchanges.
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    \15\ See Nasdaq ISE Exchange Rules, Options 3, Section
14(b)(14).
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    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on intra-market competition as the Rules of the
Exchange apply

equally to all Exchange Members, and any Member of the Exchange may use
the cAOAO order type.

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

    Written comments were neither solicited nor received.

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 after the date of the filing, or such
shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective
pursuant to 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \16\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \17\
thereunder.
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    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \17\ 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 intent 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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    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 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-MIAX-2020-20 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-MIAX-2020-20. 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-MIAX-2020-20 and should be submitted on
or before July 29, 2020.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\18\
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    \18\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-14630 Filed 7-7-20; 8:45 am]
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