[Federal Register: July 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 145)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-54173; File Nos. SR-DTC-2006-10, SR-FICC-2006-09, and
SR-NSCC-2006-08]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company,
Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, and National Securities Clearing
Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Changes Whereby the President of Each Clearing Agency Shall Also
Serve as Its Chief Executive Officer

July 19, 2006.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that on June 5, 2006, The
Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') and the National Securities Clearing
Corporation (``NSCC'') and that on June 6, 2006, the Fixed Income
Clearing Corporation (``FICC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule changes described in
Items I, II, and III below, which items have been prepared primarily by
DTC, FICC, and NSCC. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule changes from interested parties.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The purpose of the proposed rule changes is to provide that (1)
DTC's President shall serve as its Chief Executive Officer (``CEO'')
and (2) FICC's President shall serve as its CEO and is to make
conforming changes to NSCC's By-Laws concerning NSCC's President
serving as its CEO.\2\ The proposed rule changes also make conforming
changes throughout so that the By-Laws of DTC, FICC, and NSCC are
uniform.
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    \2\ NSCC's By-Laws currently provide that the President shall
serve as NSCC's CEO. NSCC's proposed rule change makes conforming
changes so that the language of NSCC's By-Laws is consistent with
the language of the By-Laws of DTC and FICC.
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, DTC, FICC, and NSCC included
statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule
changes and discussed any comments they received on the proposed rule
changes. The text of these statements may be examined at the places
specified in Item IV below. DTC, FICC, and NSCC have prepared
summaries, set forth in sections (A), (B), and (C) below, of the most
significant aspects of these statements.\3\
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    \3\ The Commission has modified the text of the summaries
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    The purpose of the proposed rule changes is (1) to amend DTC's By-
Laws so that DTC's President shall serve as its CEO \4\ and (2) to
amend FICC's By-Laws so that FICC's President shall serve as its CEO
\5\ and is to make conforming changes to NSCC's By-Laws.\6\ The
proposed rule changes also make conforming changes throughout so that
the By-Laws of DTC, FICC, and NSCC are uniform.
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    \4\ DTC By-Laws Article III, Section 3.3.
    \5\ FICC By-Laws Article III, Section 3.3.
    \6\ NSCC By-Laws Article III, Section 3.3.
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    DTC, FICC, and NSCC believe that the proposed rule changes are
consistent with the requirements of Section 17A(b)(3)(A) of the Act \7\
and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to DTC, FICC, and
NSCC because they should better enable DTC, FICC, and NSCC to
facilitate the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of
securities transactions.
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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    DTC, FICC, and NSCC do not believe that the proposed rule change
will have any impact on or impose any burden on competition.

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

    No written comments relating to the proposed rule change have been
solicited or received. DTC, FICC, and NSCC will notify the Commission
of any written comments received by DTC, FICC, and NSCC.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective upon filing pursuant
to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \8\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(3) \9\
thereunder because the proposed rule changes are concerned solely with
the administration of DTC, FICC, and NSCC. At any time within sixty
days of the filing of the proposed rule changes, the Commission may
summarily abrogate such rule changes if it appears to the Commission
that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest,
for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \9\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(3).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
changes are 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 e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include

File Numbers SR-DTC-2006-10, SR-FICC-2006-09, and SR-NSCC-2006-08 on
the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Numbers SR-DTC-2006-10, SR-FICC-

2006-09, and SR-NSCC-2006-08. These file numbers should be included on
the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the Commission process and
review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The
Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site
(http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all

subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the
proposed rule changes that are filed with the Commission, and all
written communications relating to the proposed rule changes 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 inspection and copying in the Commission's Public
Reference Section, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Copies of
such filings also will be available for inspection and copying at the
principal offices of DTC, FICC, and NSCC and on DTC's Web site at
https://login.dtcc.com/dtcorg/, and on FICC's Web site at http://www.ficc.com/gov/gov.docs.jsp?NS-query
, and on NSCC's Web site at

http://www.nscc.com/legal/. All comments received will be posted

without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying
information from submissions. You should submit only information that
you wish to make available publicly.
    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-DTC-2006-10, SR-
FICC-2006-09, and SR-NSCC-2006-08 and should be submitted on or before
August 18, 2006.

    For the Commission by the Division of Market Regulation,
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    \10\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 2677-019]

City of Kaukauna, WI; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing
and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

November 27, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2677-019.
    c. Date filed: August 29, 2007.
    d. Applicant: City of Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
    e. Name of Project: Badger-Rapide Croche Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Fox River in Outagamie County, near the city of
Kaukauna, Wisconsin. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mike Pedersen, Kaukauna Utilities, 777 Island
Street, P.O. Box 1777, Kaukauna, WI 54130-7077,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or Arie
DeWaal, Mead & Hunt, Inc., 6501 Watts Road, Madison, WI 53719, 608-273-
6380.
    i. FERC Contact: John Smith<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
    Motions to intervene and protests may be filed electronically via
the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-

Filing'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing project works consists of the following two
developments:
    As licensed, the existing Badger Development utilizes the head
created by the 22-foot-high Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Kaukauna
dam and consists of: (1) A 2,100-foot-long, 100-foot-wide power canal
that bifurcates into a 260-foot-long, 200-foot-wide canal and a 250-
foot-long, 80-foot-wide canal leading to; (2) the Old Badger powerhouse
containing two 1,000-kilowatt (kW) generating units for a total
installed capacity of 2,000 kW; and (3) the New Badger powerhouse
containing two 1,800-kilowatt (kW) generating units for a total
installed capacity of 3,600 kW; and (4) appurtenant facilities.
    As licensed, the existing Rapide Croche Development utilizes the
head created by the 20-foot-high Corps Rapide Croche dam, located
approximately 4.5 miles downstream from the Badger Development and
consists of: (1) A powerhouse, located on the south end of the dam,
containing four 600-kW generating units for a total installed capacity
of 2,400 kW; (2) the 5-mile-long, 12-kV transmission line; and (3)
appurtenant facilities.
    The license application also indicates that flashboards are used at
the Kaukauna (6-inch-high) and Rapide-Croche (30-inch-high) dams to
provide additional head for project generation.
    The proposed project would include decommissioning the Old Badger
and New Badger plants and constructing a new 7-MW powerhouse about 150
feet upstream from the existing New Badger plant site. Proposed project
works would consist of: (1) A modified power canal leading to; (2) a
new powerhouse with integral intake; and (3) two identical 3.5- to 3.6-
MW horizontal Kaplan ``S'' type turbines. The Old Badger development
would be converted to an alternative use. The New Badger development
would be decommissioned, demolished, and removed. The existing service
road would be demolished and removed. The tailrace area associated with
the existing Old Badger development would be filled with soil. A new
service road would be constructed over the filled area. No significant
changes are proposed for the Rapide Croche development.
    The existing Badger and Rapide Croche developments currently
operate in run-of-river mode and as proposed, the new project would
continue to operate in a run-of-river mode.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the

``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,<PHONE_NUMBER>. A copy is
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h
above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings and

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Acceptance letter.................  November 2007.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  April 2008.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).  June 2008.
Notice of application is ready for        October 2008.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft   June 2009.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 130 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of
the Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the
Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be webcast on the Commission's website at
www.sec.gov.

STATUS: This meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. (ET) and will be open to
the public via webcast on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to adopt amendments to
certain rules that govern money market funds and related form
amendments. The Commission will also consider whether to adopt
amendments to Form PF to revise reporting requirements for large
liquidity fund advisers, as well as certain technical amendments to
other forms.
    2. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to
the broker-dealer customer protection rule to require certain broker-
dealers to compute their customer and broker-dealer reserve deposit
requirements daily rather than weekly. The Commission also will
consider whether to seek comment on whether similar daily reserve
computation requirements should apply to broker-dealers and security-
based swap dealers with respect to their security-based swap customers.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed,
please contact Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office of the Secretary
at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.

    Dated: July 5, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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