[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42459-42462]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15112]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-89256; File No. SR-Phlx-2020-33]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Phlx's
Pricing Schedule To Waive Certain Fees

July 8, 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, Nasdaq PHLX LLC (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the
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 proposes to amend Phlx's Pricing Schedule at Options
7, Section 8, ``Membership Fees'' and Options 7, Section 9, ``Other
Member Fees.'' Phlx also proposes other technical amendments to various
sections of Options 7.
    While the changes proposed herein are effective upon filing, the
Exchange has designated the amendments become operative on July 1,
2020.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/phlx/rules, at the
principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public
Reference Room.

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

    In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such
statements.

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

1. Purpose
    Phlx proposes to amend its pricing within Options 7, Section 8,
``Membership Fees'' and Options 7, Section 9, ``Other Member Fees.''
Phlx also proposes to update the name of the ``Penny Pilot Program''
within Options 7. Each change will be described below.
Options 7, Section 8
    Phlx proposes to amend Options 7, Section 8, ``Membership Fees,''
at Part A, ``Permit and Registration Fees,'' to waive the Floor Lead
Market Maker and Floor Market Maker \3\ Permit Fee of $6,000, for the
months of July and August 2020, for those members and member
organizations who paid the Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market
Maker Permit Fee in March 2020 and were not otherwise registered as a
Streaming Quote Trader \4\ or Remote Streaming Quote Trader \5\ in
March 2020.
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    \3\ A ``Floor Market Maker'' is a Market Maker who is neither an
SQT or an RSQT.
    \4\ A ``Streaming Quote Trader'' or ``SQT'' means a Market Maker
who has received permission from the Exchange to generate and submit
option quotations electronically in options to which such SQT is
assigned. An SQT may only submit such quotations while such SQT is
physically present on the trading floor of the Exchange. An SQT may
only submit quotes in classes of options in which the SQT is
assigned. See Options 1, Section 1(b)(54).
    \5\ A ``Remote Streaming Quote Trader'' or ``RSQT'' means a
Market Maker that is a member affiliated with an Remote Streaming
Quote Trader Organization with no physical trading floor presence
who has received permission from the Exchange to generate and submit
option quotations electronically in options to which such RSQT has
been assigned. A qualified RSQT may function as a Remote Lead Market
Maker upon Exchange approval. An RSQT is also known as a Remote
Market Maker (``RMM'') pursuant to Options 2, Section 11. A Remote
Streaming Quote Organization (``RSQTO'') or Remote Market Maker
Organization (``RMO'') are Exchange member organizations that have
qualified pursuant to Options 2, Section 1. See Options 1, Section
1(b)(49).
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    Open outcry on the Exchange's Trading Floor was closed on March 17,
2020 \6\ and did not re-open until June 3, 2020.\7\ At the time that
open outcry trading became unavailable in March 2020, Floor Lead Market
Makers and Floor Market Makers were unable to transact business on the
Phlx Trading Floor. The Exchange assessed these members and member
organizations the monthly Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market
Maker Fee of $6,000 during the time period when open outcry trading was
unavailable. The Exchange seeks to waive the Floor Lead Market Maker
and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee, for the months of July and August
2020, for those members and member organizations that paid the Floor
Lead Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee in March 2020, and
were not otherwise registered as a Streaming Quote Trader or as a
Remote Streaming Quote Trader in March 2020. This waiver of the Floor
Lead Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee, for the months of
July and August 2020, is intended to relieve Floor Lead Market Makers
and Floor Market Makers, who do not otherwise stream quotes, of these
fees for two months to ensure that these market makers continue to
provide liquidity to the Trading Floor.
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    \6\ See Options Trader Alert #2020-07.
    \7\ See Options Trader Alert #2020-08.
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    The Exchange proposes to remove obsolete rule text, which was
relevant in June 2020, regarding fee waivers for the Floor Broker
Permit Fee, the Clerk Fee and the Streaming Quote Trader (``SQT'')
Fees, which are no longer available. The Exchange also proposes to
remove obsolete rule text related to an electronic Permit Fee credit
that was offered in June 2020 and is no longer available.
Options 7, Section 9
    The Exchange proposes to remove obsolete rule text, which was
relevant in June 2020, regarding a fee waiver for the Floor Facility
Fee, which is no longer available.

Penny Pilot
    The Exchange proposes to amend the description of Penny Symbols to
replace the term ``Penny Pilot Program'' with ``Penny Interval
Program,'' and replace the terms ``Penny Pilot Options'' and ``Penny
Pilot'' with ``Penny Symbol.'' On April 1, 2020, the Commission
approved the amendment to the OLPP to make permanent the Pilot Program
(the ``OLPP Program'').\8\ The Exchange recently filed a proposal to
amend Phlx Options 3, Section 3 to conform the rule to Section 3.1 of
the Plan for the Purpose of Developing and Implementing Procedures
Designed to Facilitate the Listing and Trading of Standardized Options
(the ``OLPP'').\9\ The Exchange's proposal amended Phlx Options 3,
Section 3 to refer to a Penny Interval Program instead of a Penny Pilot
Program. The proposed amendments conform the name of the program and
also amend other references by removing the term ``pilot options'' and
instead referring to Penny or Non-Penny Symbols. Specifically, the
Exchange proposes to amend Options 7, Section 1; Options 7, Section 4;
and Options 7, Section 6.
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    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88532 (April 1,
2020), 85 FR 19545 (April 7, 2020) (File No. 4-443) (``Approval
Order'').
    \9\ See SR-Phlx-2020-32 (not yet published).
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act,\10\ in general, and furthers the objectives of
Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\11\ in particular, in that it
provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and
other charges among members and issuers and other persons using any
facility, and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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    The Commission and the courts have repeatedly expressed their
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation
NMS, while adopting a series of steps to improve the current market
model, the Commission highlighted the importance of market forces in
determining prices and SRO revenues and, also, recognized that current
regulation of the market system ``has been remarkably successful in
promoting market competition in its broader forms that are most
important to investors and listed companies.'' \12\
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    \12\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005),
70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) (``Regulation NMS Adopting
Release'').
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    Likewise, in NetCoalition v. Securities and Exchange Commission
\13\ (``NetCoalition'') the D.C. Circuit upheld the Commission's use of
a market-based approach in evaluating the fairness of market data fees
against a challenge claiming that Congress mandated a cost-based
approach.\14\ As the court emphasized, the Commission ``intended in
Regulation NMS that `market forces, rather than regulatory
requirements' play a role in determining the market data . . . to be
made available to investors and at what cost.'' \15\
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    \13\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525 (D.C. Cir. 2010).
    \14\ See NetCoalition, at 534-535.
    \15\ Id. at 537.
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    Further, ``[n]o one disputes that competition for order flow is
`fierce.' . . . As the SEC explained, `[i]n the U.S. national market
system, buyers and sellers of securities, and the broker-dealers that
act as their order-routing agents, have a wide range of choices of
where to route orders for execution'; [and] `no exchange can afford to
take its market share percentages for granted' because `no exchange
possesses a monopoly, regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of
order flow from broker dealers'. . . .'' \16\ Although the court and
the SEC were discussing the cash equities markets, the Exchange
believes that these views apply with equal force to the options
markets.
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    \16\ Id. at 539 (quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No.
59039 (December 2, 2008), 73 FR 74770, 74782-83 (December 9, 2008)
(SR-NYSEArca-2006-21)).
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Options 7, Section 8
    Phlx's proposal to amend Options 7, Section 8, ``Membership Fees,''
at Part A, ``Permit and Registration Fees,'' to waive the Floor Lead
Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee,\17\ for the months of
July and August 2020, provided a member or member organization (1) paid
the Floor Lead Market Maker or Floor Market Maker Permit Fee in March
2020; and (2) was not otherwise registered as a Streaming Quote Trader
or as a Remote Streaming Quote Trader in March 2020, is reasonable.
Open outcry on the Exchange's Trading Floor was closed on March 17,
2020 \18\ and did not re-open until June 3, 2020.\19\ At the time that
open outcry trading became unavailable in March 2020, certain Floor
Lead Market Makers and Floor Market Makers were unable to transact
business on the Phlx Trading Floor. The Exchange assessed these members
and member organizations the monthly Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor
Market Maker Fee of $6,000 during the time period that open outcry was
unavailable for trading. The Exchange seeks to waive the Floor Lead
Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee, for the months of July
and August 2020, for those members and member organizations that paid
the Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee in March
2020, and were not otherwise registered as a Streaming Quote Trader or
as a Remote Streaming Quote Trader in March 2020. This waiver of the
Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee, for the
months of July and August 2020, is intended to relieve Floor Lead
Market Makers and Floor Market Makers, who do not otherwise stream
quotes, of these fees for two months to ensure that these market makers
continue to provide liquidity to the Trading Floor.
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    \17\ Phlx assesses a Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market
Maker Permit Fee of $6,000.
    \18\ See Options Trader Alert #2020-07.
    \19\ See Options Trader Alert #2020-08.
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    Phlx's proposal to amend Options 7, Section 8, ``Membership Fees,''
at Part A, ``Permit and Registration Fees,'' to waive the Floor Lead
Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee,\20\ for the months of
July and August 2020, provided a member or member organization (1) paid
the Floor Lead Market Maker or Floor Market Maker Permit Fee in March
2020; and (2) was not otherwise registered as a Streaming Quote Trader
or as a Remote Streaming Quote Trader in March 2020, is equitable and
not unfairly discriminatory. The Exchange is proposing to waive fees
for members and member organizations that solely conducted a business
within open outcry trading and did not otherwise conduct an electronic
business during the time period that open outcry trading was
unavailable. Floor Lead Market Makers and Floor Market Makers are by
definition not Streaming Quote Traders \21\ or Remote Streaming Quote
Traders. Some members and member organizations are registered to
transact a market making business both on the Trading Floor and also
electronically. The Exchange proposes to compensate members and member
organizations who conducted a market making business on the Trading
Floor in March

2020, and did not conduct an electronic business, because these members
and member organizations were not able to transact any business on Phlx
from March 17, 2020 through June 3, 2020, when open outcry trading was
unavailable. Floor Lead Market Makers and Floor Market Maker have
certain trading obligations, pursuant to Options 8, Section 27,\22\ and
incur certain infrastructure costs to provide liquidity on the
Exchange's Trading Floor. The Exchange will uniformly apply the waiver
to all members and member organizations who only conducted a market
making business on Phlx's Trading Floor in March 2020 as a Floor Lead
Market Maker or Floor Market Maker, and did not otherwise act in a
market making capacity electronically on Phlx.
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    \20\ Phlx assesses a Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market
Maker Permit Fee of $6,000.
    \21\ The Exchange notes that Streaming Quote Traders were able
to register as Remote Market Makers, pursuant to Options 2, Section
11, during the period of time that the Trading Floor was
unavailable. In addition, the Exchange waived Streaming Quote Trader
Fees from April 2020 through June 2020. See Securities Exchange Act
Release Nos. 88525 (March 31, 2020), 85 FR 19185 (April 6, 2020)
(SR-Phlx-2020-12); and 89041 (June 10, 2020), 85 FR 36438 (June 16,
2020) (SR-Phlx-2020-28).
    \22\ Phlx Options 8, Section 27(f) provides, ``(f) A Floor
Market Maker is required to trade either (a) 1,000 contracts and 300
transactions, or (b) 10,000 contracts and 100 transactions, on the
Exchange each quarter. Transactions executed in the trading crowd
where the contra-side is an ROT are not included.''
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    The Exchange's proposal to remove obsolete rule text, which was
relevant in June 2020, regarding fee waivers for the Floor Broker
Permit Fee, the Clerk Fee and the SQT Fees, as well as an electronic
Permit Fee credit, which fee waivers and credit are no longer
available, is reasonable, equitable and not unfairly discriminatory.
Options 7, Section 9
    The Exchange's proposal to remove obsolete rule text, which was
relevant in June 2020, regarding a fee waiver for the Floor Facility
Fee, which is no longer available, is reasonable, equitable and not
unfairly discriminatory.
Penny Pilot
    The Exchange's proposal to amend rule text relating to the Penny
Pilot Program to replace the term ``Penny Pilot Program'' with ``Penny
Interval Program,'' and replace the terms ``Penny Pilot Options'' and
``Penny Pilot'' with ``Penny Symbol'' is reasonable, equitable and not
unfairly discriminatory. The proposed amendments conform the name of
the program and also amend other references by removing the term
``pilot options'' and instead referring to Penny or Non-Penny Symbols.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend Options 7, Section 1;
Options 7, Section 4; and Options 7, Section 6.

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

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Inter-Market Competition
    The proposal does not impose an undue burden on inter-market
competition. The Exchange believes its proposal remains competitive
with other options markets and will offer market participants with
another choice of where to transact options. The Exchange notes that it
operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants
can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a
particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities available at
other venues to be more favorable. In such an environment, the Exchange
must continually adjust its fees to remain competitive with other
exchanges that have been exempted from compliance with the statutory
standards applicable to exchanges. Because competitors are free to
modify their own fees in response, and because market participants may
readily adjust their order routing practices, the Exchange believes
that the degree to which fee changes in this market may impose any
burden on competition is extremely limited.
Intra-Market Competition
Options 7, Section 8
    Phlx's proposal to amend Options 7, Section 8, ``Membership Fees,''
at Part A, ``Permit and Registration Fees,'' to waive the Floor Lead
Market Maker and Floor Market Maker Permit Fee,\23\ for the months of
July and August 2020, provided a member or member organization (1) paid
the Floor Lead Market Maker or Floor Market Maker Permit Fee in March
2020; and (2) was not otherwise registered as a Streaming Quote Trader
or as a Remote Streaming Quote Trader in March 2020, does not impose an
undue burden on competition. The Exchange is proposing to waive fees
for members and member organizations that solely conducted a business
within open outcry trading and did not otherwise conduct an electronic
business during the time period that open outcry trading was
unavailable. Floor Lead Market Makers and Floor Market Makers are by
definition not Streaming Quote Traders \24\ or Remote Streaming Quote
Traders. Some members and member organizations are registered to
transact a market making business both on the Trading Floor and also
electronically. The Exchange proposes to compensate members and member
organizations who conducted a market making business on the Trading
Floor in March 2020, and did not conduct an electronic business,
because these members and member organizations were not able to
transact any business on Phlx from March 17, 2020 through June 3, 2020,
when open outcry trading was unavailable. Floor Lead Market Makers and
Floor Market Maker have certain trading obligations, pursuant to
Options 8, Section 27,\25\ and incur certain infrastructure costs to
provide liquidity on the Exchange's Trading Floor. The Exchange will
uniformly apply the waiver to all members and member organizations who
only conducted a market making business on Phlx's Trading Floor in
March 2020 as a Floor Lead Market Maker or Floor Market Maker, and did
not otherwise act in a market making capacity electronically on Phlx.
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    \23\ Phlx assesses a Floor Lead Market Maker and Floor Market
Maker Permit Fee of $6,000.
    \24\ The Exchange notes that Streaming Quote Traders were able
to register as Remote Market Makers, pursuant to Options 2, Section
11, during the period of time that the Trading Floor was
unavailable. In addition, the Exchange waived Streaming Quote Trader
Fees from April 2020 through June 2020. See Securities Exchange Act
Release Nos. 88525 (March 31, 2020), 85 FR 19185 (April 6, 2020)
(SR-Phlx-2020-12); and 89041 (June 10, 2020), 85 FR 36438 (June 16,
2020) (SR-Phlx-2020-28).
    \25\ Phlx Options 8, Section 27(f) provides, ``(f) A Floor
Market Maker is required to trade either (a) 1,000 contracts and 300
transactions, or (b) 10,000 contracts and 100 transactions, on the
Exchange each quarter. Transactions executed in the trading crowd
where the contra-side is an ROT are not included.''
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    The Exchange's proposal to remove obsolete rule text, which was
relevant in June 2020, regarding fee waivers for the Floor Broker
Permit Fee, the Clerk Fee and the SQT Fees, as well as an electronic
Permit Fee credit, which fee waivers and credit are no longer
available, does not impose an undue burden on competition.
Options 7, Section 9
    The Exchange's proposal to remove obsolete rule text, which was
relevant in June 2020, regarding a fee waiver for the Floor Facility
Fee, which is no longer available, does not impose an undue burden on
competition.
Penny Pilot
    The Exchange's proposal to amend rule text relating to the Penny
Pilot Program to replace the term ``Penny Pilot Program'' with ``Penny
Interval Program,'' and replace the terms ``Penny Pilot Options'' and
``Penny Pilot'' with ``Penny Symbol'' does not impose an undue burden
on competition. The proposed amendments conform the name of the program
and also amend other references by removing the term

``pilot options'' and instead referring to Penny or Non-Penny Symbols.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend Options 7, Section 1;
Options 7, Section 4; and Options 7, Section 6.

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

    No written comments were either solicited or received.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.\26\
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    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
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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: (i)
Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the
protection of investors; or (iii) 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-Phlx-2020-33 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2020-33. 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-Phlx-2020-33 and should be submitted on
or before August 4, 2020.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\27\
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    \27\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-138-000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Atlantic Sunrise Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Atlantic Sunrise Project, proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-referenced docket. Transco
requests authorization to expand its existing pipeline system from the
Marcellus Shale production area in northern Pennsylvania to deliver an
incremental 1.7 million dekatherms per day of year-round firm
transportation capacity to its existing southeastern market areas.
    The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff
concludes that approval of the project would result in some adverse
environmental impacts; however, most of these impacts would be reduced
to less-than-significant levels with the implementation of Transco's
proposed mitigation and the additional measures recommended in the
draft EIS.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated as a cooperating
agency in the preparation of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have
jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources
potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the National
Environmental Policy Act analysis. Although the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers provided input to the conclusions and recommendations
presented in the draft EIS, the agency will present its own conclusions
and recommendations in its respective record of decision or
determination for the project.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of about 197.7 miles of pipeline composed of
the following facilities:
     183.7 miles of new 30- and 42-inch-diameter natural gas
pipeline in Pennsylvania;
     11.5 miles of new 36- and 42-inch-diameter pipeline
looping in Pennsylvania;
     2.5 miles of 30-inch-diameter replacements in Virginia;
and
     associated equipment and facilities.
    The project's proposed aboveground facilities include two new
compressor stations in Pennsylvania; additional compression and related
modifications to three existing compressor stations in Pennsylvania and
Maryland; two new meter stations and three new regulator stations in
Pennsylvania; and minor modifications at existing aboveground
facilities at various locations in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North
Carolina, and South Carolina to allow for bi-directional flow and the
installation of supplemental odorization, odor detection, and/or odor
masking/deodorization equipment.
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the draft EIS to federal, state,
and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest

groups; Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners and
other interested individuals and groups; newspapers and libraries in
the project area; and parties to this proceeding. Paper copy versions
of this EIS were mailed to those specifically requesting them; all
others received a CD version. In addition, the draft EIS is available
for public viewing on the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the
eLibrary link. A limited number of copies are available for
distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the proposal in the final EIS, it is
important that the Commission receive your comments on or before June
27, 2016.
    For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
project docket number (CP15-138-000) with your submission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert
staff available to assist you at<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project.
    (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a
variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission.
New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on
``eRegister.'' If you are filing a comment on a particular project,
please select ``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type.
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426.
    (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the
Commission invites you to attend one of the public comment meetings its
staff will conduct in the project area to receive comments on the draft
EIS. We \1\ encourage interested groups and individuals to attend and
present oral comments on the draft EIS. We will begin our sign up of
speakers at 6:30 p.m. All meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. and are
scheduled as follows:
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    \1\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
of the FERC's Office of Energy Projects.

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                   Date                               Location
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June 13, 2016.............................  Manheim Township High
                                             School, 115 Blue Streak
                                             Boulevard, Lancaster, PA
                                             17601,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
June 14, 2016.............................  Lebanon Valley College, Lutz
                                             Auditorium, 101 N. College
                                             Avenue, Annville, PA 17003,
<PHONE_NUMBER>.
June 15, 2016.............................  Bloomsburg University, Haas
                                             Center for the Arts--
                                             Mitrani Hall, 400 E. Second
                                             Street, Bloomsburg, PA
                                             17815,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
June 16, 2016.............................  Lake Lehmon High School,
                                             1128 Old Route 115, Dallas,
                                             PA 18612,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
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    The Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will
participate (jointly with FERC) in the public comment meetings to
gather information on this proposal to assist them in the review of the
permit application for the proposed activity.
    The joint comment meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a
description of our environmental review process by Commission staff,
after which speakers will be called. The meetings will end once all
speakers have provided their comments or at 10:30 p.m., whichever comes
first. Please note that there may be a time limit of three minutes to
present comments, and speakers should structure their comments
accordingly. If time limits are implemented, they will be strictly
enforced to ensure that as many individuals as possible are given an
opportunity to comment. The meetings will be recorded by a court
reporter to ensure comments are accurately recorded. Transcripts will
be entered into the formal record of the Commission proceeding.
    Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (Title 18 Code of Federal Regulations Part
385.214).\2\ Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the
Commission's decision. The Commission grants affected landowners and
others with environmental concerns intervenor status upon showing good
cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this
proceeding that no other party can adequately represent. Simply filing
environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do
not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
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Questions?

    Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search,'' and enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP15-
138). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>; for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription that allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and
submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you
spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: May 5, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #1

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC15-35-000.
    Applicants: AltaGas Power Holdings (U.S.) Inc., Veresen U.S. Power
Inc.
    Description: Joint Application for Authorization Under Section 203
of the Federal Power Act, Request for Expedited Consideration and
Confidential Treatment of AltaGas Power Holdings (U.S.) Inc., et al.
    Filed Date: 11/21/14.
    Accession Number: 20141121-5261
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/14.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER12-162-009; ER11-3876-012; ER11-2044-012; ER10-
2611-010.
    Applicants: Bishop Hill Energy II LLC, Cordova Energy Company LLC,
MidAmerican Energy Company, Saranac Power Partners, L.P.
    Description: Notification of Change in Status of the Berkshire
Hathaway Parties.
    Filed Date: 11/21/14.
    Accession Number: 20141121-5248.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-162-001.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Tariff Amendment per 35.17(b): 2881R1 Substitute City
of Chanute, KS NITSA NOA to be effective 8/1/2014.
    Filed Date: 11/24/14.
    Accession Number: 20141124-5101.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/15/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-428-001.
    Applicants: Nevada Power Company.
    Description: Compliance filing per 35: Errata to Order No. 1000
Third Regional Compliance Filing to be effective 1/1/2015.
    Filed Date: 11/21/14.
    Accession Number: 20141121-5218.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-463-000.
    Applicants: San Gorgonio Westwinds II, LLC.
    Description: Initial rate filing per 35.12, MBR Application to be
effective 1/9/2015.
    Filed Date: 11/21/14.
    Accession Number: 20141121-5202.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-464-000.
    Applicants: Idaho Power Company.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) rate filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): Order
No. 676-H Waiver Request and Compliance Filing to be effective 2/1/
2015.
    Filed Date: 11/24/14.
    Accession Number: 20141124-5008.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/15/14.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-465-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Request for Waiver of Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc.
    Filed Date: 11/21/14.
    Accession Number: 20141121-5245.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/14.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: November 24, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2021-0173]

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and
Budget; OMB Control Number 1625-0113

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of
its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0113,
Crewmember Identification Documents; without change.
    Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the
public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting
comments as described below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before May 10, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number [USCG-2021-0173] to the Coast Guard using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public
participation and request for comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for further instructions on submitting comments.
    A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the internet
at https://www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available
from: Commandant (CG-6P), Attn: Paperwork Reduction Act Manager, U.S.
Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7710,
Washington, DC 20593-7710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.L. Craig, Office of Privacy
Management, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, or fax<PHONE_NUMBER>, for questions
on these documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    This notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to
OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard
collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information
describing the Collection's purpose, the Collection's likely burden on
the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection,
and other important information describing the Collection. There is one
ICR for each Collection.
    The Coast Guard invites comments on whether this ICR should be
granted based on the Collection being necessary for the proper
performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard
would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the
Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the Collection;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of information
subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
Collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    In response to your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not
to seek an extension of approval for the Collection. We will consider
all comments and material received during the comment period.
    We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments
and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of
the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG-2021-0173], and
must be received by May 10, 2021.

Submitting Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be
submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions. Documents
mentioned in this notice, and all public comments, are in our online
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online
docket and sign up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments
are posted.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted
without change to https://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and
submissions in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System
of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020).

Information Collection Request

    Title: Crewmember Identification Documents.
    OMB Control Number: 1625-0113.
    Summary: This information collection covers the requirement that
crewmembers on vessels calling at U.S. ports must carry and present on
demand an identification that allows the identity of crewmembers to be
authoritatively validated.
    Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 70111 mandated that the Coast Guard establish
regulation about crewmember identification. The regulations are in 33
CFR part 160 Subpart D.
    Forms: None.
    Respondents: Crewmembers, and operators of certain vessels.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated burden remains 32,955 hours a
year.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended.

    Dated: March 3, 2021.
Kathleen Claffie,
Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S. Coast Guard.
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