[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38571-38572]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16143]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-62393; File No. SR-BX-2010-043]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of
Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Pricing for Direct Circuit
Connections

June 28, 2010.
    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 24, 2010, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``BX'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``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 the
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``SEC'' or ``Commission'') a proposed rule change to establish pricing
for 10Gb direct circuit connections and codify pricing for 10Gb [sic]
direct circuit connections for customers who are not co-located in the
Exchange's datacenter. The text of the proposed rule change is
available at http://nasdaq.cchwallstreet.com, at the Exchange'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 is proposing to establish fees for direct 10Gb circuit
connections, and codify fees for direct circuit connections capable of
supporting up to 1Gb, for customers who are not co-located at the
Exchange's datacenter. Currently, the Exchange already makes available
to co-located customers a 10Gb circuit connection and charges for each
a $1,000 initial installation charge as well as an ongoing monthly fee
of $5,000. The Exchange is establishing the same fees for non co-
located customers with a 10Gb circuit.\3\
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    \3\ BX provides an additional 1Gb copper connection option to
the Exchange for co-located customers. Given the technological
constraints of copper connections over longer distances, the
Exchange does not offer a copper connection option to users outside
of its datacenter.
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    The Exchange also already makes available to both co-located and
non co-located customers direct connections capable of supporting up to
1Gb, with per connection monthly fees of $500 for co-located customers
and $1,000 for non co-located customers. Monthly fees are higher for
non co-located customers because direct connections require BX

to provide cabinet space and middleware for those customers' third-
party vendors to connect into the datacenter and, ultimately, to the
trading system. Finally, for non co-located customers the Exchange
charges an optional installation fee of $925 if the customer chooses to
use an on-site router.
2. Statutory Basis
    BX believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the
provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\4\ in general, and with Sections
6(b)(5) of the Act,\5\ in particular, in that the proposal 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 mechanism of a
free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to
protect investors and the public interest. In particular, the proposal
will provide greater transparency into the connectivity options
available to market participants.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange also believes that the proposed rule change is
consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\6\ in general,
and with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\7\ 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 or system which the Exchange operates or controls. The filing
codifies and makes transparent the fees imposed for direct connections
to non co-located customers. These fees are uniform for all such
customers and are either comparable to fees charged to co-located
customers or vary due to different costs associated with providing
service to the two customer types.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    BX does not believe that the proposed rule change will result in
any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as amended.

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

    Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may
designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to
be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) By order approve such proposed rule change, or
    (B) Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be 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, as amended, 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 e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-BX-2010-043 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-BX-2010-043. This file
number 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 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 Web site 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
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. 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-BX-2010-043 and should be
submitted on or before July 23, 2010.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\8\
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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    \8\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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[Federal Register: March 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 55)]
[Notices]
[Page 14981-14983]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

March 13, 2008.
    The following notice of meeting is published pursuant to section
3(a) of the government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. No. 94-409), 5
U.S.C. 552b:

Agency Holding Meeting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Date and Time: March 20, 2008, 10 a.m.

Place: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Status: Open.

Matters to be Considered: Agenda. Note--Items listed on the agenda may
be deleted without further notice.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>. For a recorded message listing items struck
from or added to the meeting, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    This is a list of matters to be considered by the Commission. It
does not include a listing of all documents relevant to the items on
the agenda. All public documents, however, may be viewed on line at the
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link, or
may be examined in the Commission's Public Reference Room.

931th--Meeting

Regular Meeting

March 20, 2008, 10 a.m.

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           Item No.                 Docket No.            Company
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                             ADMINISTRATIVE
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A-1...........................  AD02-1-000.......  Agency Administrative
                                                    Matters.
A-2...........................  AD02-7-000.......  Customer Matters,
                                                    Reliability,
                                                    Security and Market
                                                    Operations.
A-3...........................  AD06-3-000.......  Energy Market Update.
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                                ELECTRIC
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E-1...........................  OMITTED..........
E-2...........................  RM08-3-000.......  Mandatory Reliability
                                                    Standard for Nuclear
                                                    Plant Interface
                                                    Coordination.
E-3...........................  AD07-12-000......  Reliability Standard
                                                    Compliance and
                                                    Enforcement in
                                                    Regions with
                                                    Regional
                                                    Transmission
                                                    Organizations or
                                                    Independent System
                                                    Operators.
E-4...........................  RR06-1-012.......  North American
                                                    Electric Reliability
                                                    Council, North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation.
                                RR07-1-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Texas Regional
                                                    Entity, a division
                                                    of ERCOT.
                                RR07-2-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Midwest Reliability
                                                    Organization.
                                RR07-3-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Northeast Power
                                                    Coordinating
                                                    Council, Inc.
                                RR07-4-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    ReliabilityFirst
                                                    Corporation.

                                RR07-5-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and SERC
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation.
                                RR07-6-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Southwest Power
                                                    Pool, Inc.
                                RR07-7-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Western Electricity
                                                    Coordinating
                                                    Council.
                                RR07-8-002.......  Delegation Agreement
                                                    Between the North
                                                    American Electric
                                                    Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Florida Reliability
                                                    Coordinating
                                                    Council.
                                RR08-2-000.......  North American
                                                    Electric Reliability
                                                    Corporation and
                                                    Western Electricity
                                                    Coordinating
                                                    Council.
E-5...........................  EL02-71-004......  State of California,
                                                    ex rel. Bill
                                                    Lockyer, Attorney
                                                    General of the State
                                                    of California v.
                                                    British Columbia
                                                    Power Exchange
                                                    Corporation, Coral
                                                    Power, LLC, Dynegy
                                                    Power Marketing,
                                                    Inc., Enron Power
                                                    Marketing, Inc.,
                                                    Mirant Americas
                                                    Energy Marketing,
                                                    LP, Reliant Energy
                                                    Services, Inc.,
                                                    Williams Energy
                                                    Marketing & Trading
                                                    Company, All Other
                                                    Public Utility
                                                    Sellers of Energy
                                                    and Ancillary
                                                    Services to the
                                                    California Energy
                                                    Resources Scheduling
                                                    Division of the
                                                    California
                                                    Department of Water
                                                    Resources, and All
                                                    Other Public Utility
                                                    Sellers of Energy
                                                    and Ancillary
                                                    Services into
                                                    Markets Operated by
                                                    the California Power
                                                    Exchange and
                                                    California
                                                    Independent System
                                                    Operator.
E-6...........................  ER04-157-014.....  Bangor Hydro-Electric
                                                    Company, Central
                                                    Maine Power Company,
                                                    NSTAR Electric & Gas
                                                    Corporation, New
                                                    England Power
                                                    Company, Northeast
                                                    Utilities Service
                                                    Company, The United
                                                    Illuminating
                                                    Company, Vermont
                                                    Electric Power
                                                    Company, Central
                                                    Vermont Public
                                                    Service Corp, Green
                                                    Mountain Power
                                                    Corporation.
                                ER04-714-006.....  Florida Power & Light
                                                    Company--New England
                                                    Division.
E-7...........................  ER08-394-000.....  Midwest Independent
                                                    Transmission System
                                                    Operator, Inc.
E-8...........................  ER06-1474-002,     PJM Interconnection,
                                 ER06-1474-004      L.L.C.
E-9...........................  EL08-31-000, ER08- Westar Energy, Inc.
                                 396-000.
E-10..........................  OMITTED..........
E-11..........................  ER03-583-007,      Entergy Services,
                                 ER03-681-005,      Inc. and EWO
                                 ER03-682-006.      Marketing, L.P.,
                                                    Entergy Services,
                                                    Inc. and Energy
                                                    Power, Inc.
                                ER03-744-005.....  Entergy Services,
                                                    Inc. and Entergy
                                                    Louisiana, Inc.
E-12..........................  ER06-615-011,      California
                                 ER06-615-012,      Independent System
                                 ER07-1257-000.     Operator
                                                    Corporation.
E-13..........................  ER05-1410-006,     PJM Interconnection,
                                 EL05-148-006.      L.L.C.
E-14..........................  ES08-24-000......  Startrans IO, L.L.C.
E-15..........................  RM01-8-008.......  Revised Public
                                                    Utility Filing
                                                    Requirements for
                                                    Electric Quarterly
                                                    Reports; Xcel Energy
                                                    Services, Inc.
E-16..........................  EL08-19-000......  Public Service
                                                    Electric and Gas
                                                    Company.
E-17..........................  EL08-17-000......  Connecticut Municipal
                                                    Electric Energy
                                                    Cooperative and
                                                    Richard Blumenthal
                                                    Attorney General for
                                                    the State of
                                                    Connecticut v.
                                                    Milford Power
                                                    Company, LLC and ISO
                                                    New England Inc.
E-18..........................  OMITTED..........
E-19..........................  EL07-95-000......  Black Oak Energy, LLC
                                                    v. New York
                                                    Independent System
                                                    Operator, Inc.
E-20..........................  OMITTED..........
E-21..........................  ER04-449-007,      New York Independent
                                 ER04-449-008,      System Operator,
                                 ER04-449-016.      Inc., New York
                                                    Transmission Owners.
                                ER07-543-000.....  Linden VFT, LLC.
E-22..........................  ER06-278-000,      The Nevada Hydro
                                 ER06-278-001,      Company, Inc.
                                 ER06-278-002,
                                 ER06-278-003,
                                 ER06-278-004,
                                 ER06-278-005,
                                 ER06-278-006.
E-23..........................  EL00-95-000, EL00- San Diego Gas &
                                 95-045, EL00-95-   Electric Company v.
                                 187.               Sellers of Energy
                                                    and Ancillary
                                                    Services into
                                                    Markets Operated by
                                                    the California
                                                    Independent System
                                                    Operator and the
                                                    California Power
                                                    Exchange.
                                EL00-98-000, EL00- Investigation of
                                 98-069, EL00-98-   Practices of the
                                 172.               California
                                                    Independent System
                                                    Operator Corporation
                                                    and the California
                                                    Power Exchange.
E-24..........................  ER07-799-002,      Norwalk Power, LLC.
                                 ER07-799-003,
                                 EL07-61-001,
                                 EL07-61-002.
E-25..........................  OMITTED..........
E-26..........................  ER07-539-003,      Niagara Mohawk Power
                                 ER07-539-004,      Corporation.
                                 ER07-540-003,
                                 ER07-540-004.
E-27..........................  AD08-2-000.......  Interconnection
                                                    Queuing Practices.
E-28..........................  RR07-16-001......  North American
                                                    Electric Reliability
                                                    Corporation.
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                              MISCELLANEOUS
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M-1...........................  RM07-1-000.......  Standards of Conduct
                                                    for Transmission
                                                    Providers.
M-2...........................  RM07-9-000.......  Revisions to Forms,
                                                    Statements, and
                                                    Reporting
                                                    Requirements for
                                                    Natural Gas
                                                    Pipelines.
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                                   GAS
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G-1...........................  OR06-10-000......  BP Pipelines (Alaska)
                                                    Inc., ConocoPhillips
                                                    Transportation
                                                    Alaska, Inc.,
                                                    ExxonMobil Pipeline
                                                    Company, Koch Alaska
                                                    Pipeline Company,
                                                    Unocal Pipeline
                                                    Company.
G-2...........................  OMITTED..........
G-3...........................  RP08-110-000.....  Columbia Gas
                                                    Transmission
                                                    Corporation.
G-4...........................  RP08-127-000.....  Columbia Gas
                                                    Transmission
                                                    Corporation.
G-5...........................  RP08-124-000.....  Columbia Gulf
                                                    Transmission
                                                    Company.
G-6...........................  OMITTED..........
G-7...........................  RP00-445-021.....  Alliance Pipeline
                                                    L.P.
G-8...........................  RP04-42-000, RP04- Southern Natural Gas
                                 42-002.            Company.
G-9...........................  OMITTED..........
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                                  HYDRO
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H-1...........................  DI07-1-001, P-     Public Utility
                                 2225-011.          District No. 1 of
                                                    Pend Oreille County,
                                                    Washington.
H-2...........................  P-12751-001......  Finavera Renewables
                                                    Ocean Energy, Ltd.
H-3...........................  P-2524-015.......  Grand River Dam
                                                    Authority.
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                              CERTIFICATES
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C-1...........................  CP06-54-000......  Broadwater Energy LLC
                                CP06-55-000, CP06- Broadwater Pipeline
                                 56-000.            LLC.
C-2...........................  CP07-207-000,      Colorado Interstate
                                 RP08-190-000.      Gas Company.
C-3...........................  OMITTED..........
C-4...........................  CP07-457-000.....  Iroquois Gas
                                                    Transmission System,
                                                    L.P.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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the public may view this briefing in the designated overflow room. This
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