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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4209-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2015-0002]

New Hampshire; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-4209-DR), dated March 25,
2015, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: March 25, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated March 25, 2015, the President issued a major disaster declaration
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford
Act''), as follows:

I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State of
New Hampshire resulting from a severe winter storm and snowstorm
during the period of January 26-28, 2015, is of sufficient severity
and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare
that such a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Public Assistance in the
designated areas and Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. You are
further authorized to provide snow assistance under the Public
Assistance program for a limited period of time during or proximate
to the incident period. Consistent with the requirement that Federal
assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the
Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of
the total eligible costs. Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Public Assistance also will be limited to 75 percent of the
total eligible costs, with the exception of projects that meet the
eligibility criteria for a higher Federal cost-sharing percentage
under the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Pilot Program for
Debris Removal implemented pursuant to section 428 of the Stafford
Act.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, James N. Russo, of FEMA is appointed
to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major disaster.
    The following areas of the State of New Hampshire have been
designated as adversely affected by this major disaster:

Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties for Public
Assistance.
    Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties for snow
assistance under the Public Assistance program for any continuous
48-hour period during or proximate the incident period.
    All areas within the State of New Hampshire are eligible for
assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA)
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048,
Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In
Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for
Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster
Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared
Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER18-2518-000]

Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing
Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization: Black Hills
Electric Generation, LLC

    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
Black Hills Electric Generation, LLC's application for market-based
rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such
application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is October 22, 2018.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also available for electronic review in the
Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the website that enables subscribers to receive
email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s).
For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email
[email protected]. or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: October 1, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-54169; File No. SR-CBOE-2006-45]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change Regarding
the Review Authority of the Board of Directors

July 18, 2006.

I. Introduction

    On May 5, 2006, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated
(``CBOE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4
thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend its rules to clarify the
authority of CBOE's Board of Directors (``Board'') with respect to
actions or inactions of CBOE committees and CBOE officers,
representatives, or designees. The proposed rule change was published
for comment in the Federal Register on June 2, 2006.\3\ The Commission
received one comment letter regarding the proposal \4\ and a response
to the comment letter from the Exchange.\5\ This order approves the
proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53872 (May 25,
2006), 71 FR 32156.
    \4\ See letter to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, Commission, from
Lawrence J. Blum, Member, CBOE, dated June 5, 2006 (``Blum
Letter'').
    \5\ See letter to Nancy Sanow, Assistant Director, Division of
Market Regulation (``Division''), Commission, from Jennifer M.
Lamie, Managing Senior Attorney, Legal Division, CBOE, dated July 7,
2006 (``CBOE Response Letter'').
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to add new CBOE Rule 2.2, Power of the Board
to Review Exchange Decisions, which would provide that, in connection
with any delegation to a committee or committees pursuant to Article
EIGHTH of CBOE's Certificate of Incorporation (``Certificate''), the
Board would retain the power and authority to review, affirm, modify,
suspend, or overrule any and all actions or inactions of CBOE
committees, and of all officers, representatives, or designees of CBOE.
Proposed CBOE Rule 2.2 would not apply to actions taken (or inactions)
pursuant to Chapters XVII (Discipline), XVIII (Arbitration), and XIX
(Hearings and Review) of the Exchange's Rules, unless specifically
provided for in those Rules, or to actions taken by (or inactions of)
the Nominating Committee or Executive Committee pursuant to Article IV
of the Exchange's Constitution, which sets forth the Exchange's
nominations process. In addition, the proposed rule change would amend
CBOE Rule 2.1, Committees of the Exchange, to clarify that CBOE
committees would have, in addition to the powers and duties that are
specifically granted in the Exchange's Constitution or Rules, only such
other powers and duties as may be delegated to them by the Board.

III. Discussion and Commission Findings

    The Commission has carefully reviewed the proposed rule change, the
comment letter received, and the CBOE Response Letter, and finds that
the proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the
Act,\6\ and, in particular, the requirements of Section 6 of the
Act.\7\ Specifically, the Commission finds that the proposed rule
change is consistent with Section 6(b)(1) of the Act,\8\ which requires
that an exchange be so organized and have the capacity to be able to
carry out the purposes of the Act and to comply, and (subject to any
rule or order of the Commission pursuant to Section 17(d) \9\ or
19(g)(2) \10\ of the Act) to enforce compliance by its members and
persons associated with its members, with the provisions of the Act,
the rules and regulations thereunder, and the rules of the Exchange.
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    \6\ In approving this proposed rule change the Commission has
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition,
and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).
    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78q(d).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(g)(2).
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    The commenter asserted that the proposed rule change is unnecessary
and generally in conflict with the CBOE Constitution.\11\ The commenter
also expressed concern that the aim of the proposed rule change is to
reduce the influence of member/owners.\12\ In response, the Exchange
noted that CBOE is a membership corporation formed

under Delaware's General Corporation Law, which provides that ``the
business and affairs of every corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of a board of directors, except as may be otherwise * * *
provided in its certificate of incorporation * * * * '' \13\ CBOE
stated that its Certificate provides that the Board is CBOE's governing
body and is vested with all powers necessary for the management of the
Exchange's business and affairs, except to the extent that the
authority, powers, and duties of such management are delegated to a
committee or committees established pursuant to CBOE's Constitution or
Rules. According to CBOE, its Certificate and Constitution provide that
the Board may establish one or more committees, each of which has the
authority, powers, and duties as may be prescribed in the Constitution,
Exchange Rules, or by resolution of the Board.\14\ CBOE advised that,
under these provisions, it has established various committees and has
delegated to those committees specific authority, powers, and duties.
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    \11\ See Blum Letter at 1, supra note 4.
    \12\ Id. at 2.
    \13\ See CBOE Response Letter, supra note 5, at 1.
    \14\ Id.
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    CBOE further noted that its Rules provide that each committee ``is
subject to the control and supervision of the Board.'' \15\ CBOE
stated, however, that such supervisory power alone does not make
explicit the power of the Board to directly modify or overrule the
action (or inaction) of a committee when the decision-making authority
with respect to the action has been delegated to the committee. CBOE
pointed out that the specific delegations contained in its
Constitution, Rules, and resolutions vary in scope: Some involve a
complete delegation and others involve a limited delegation where the
Board has explicitly or implicitly reserved certain authorities. CBOE
noted that, although the specific delegations contained in its
Constitution, Rules, and Board resolutions vary in describing the scope
of the authority delegated, its Board retains the power to revoke,
limit, or change a committee delegation, either by rule change or by
resolution as appropriate.
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    \15\ CBOE Rule 2.1(d).
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    The purpose of the proposed rule change, CBOE asserted, is to apply
an explicit, uniform standard of review by the Board to the general
organizational and administrative structure of CBOE's committees and to
resolve any ambiguity that may exist. Thus, CBOE contended that the
proposed rule change would clarify that the Board retains the power and
authority to review, affirm, modify, suspend or overrule any and all
actions or inactions of CBOE committees and officers, representatives,
or designees, except as otherwise specified. In CBOE's view, the
proposal is consistent with its Certificate and Constitution.
    CBOE also advised that the proposed rule change is consistent with
the provisions of its Constitution pertaining to the Executive
Committee. CBOE stated that the Executive Committee is a committee of
the Board that performs the functions of the Board when the Board is
not in session or it is not practicable to arrange a meeting of the
Board within the time reasonably available. Thus, to the extent that
the Executive Committee would take any action pursuant to Article VII,
Section 7.2 of its Constitution, CBOE asserted that the Board retains
jurisdiction over those matters and may later determine to review,
affirm, modify, suspend or overrule any and all actions of the
Executive Committee.
    In the Commission's view, the Exchange has provided a sufficient
basis on which the Commission can find that, as a federal matter under
the Act, the Exchange is complying with its own Certificate and
Constitution. Further, in approving this proposal, the Commission is
relying on CBOE's representation that the proposed rule change is
appropriate under Delaware state law.\16\ Thus, the Commission believes
that the proposed rule change clarifies the Board's review authority by
providing an explicit, uniform standard to be applied to any delegation
of Board authority, powers, and duties and is consistent with the Act.
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    \16\ Telephone conference among Jennifer M. Lamie, Managing
Senior Attorney, Legal Division, CBOE; Leah Mesfin, Special Counsel,
Division, Commission; and Jan Woo, Attorney, Division, Commission,
on July 18, 2006.
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IV. Conclusion

    For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange, and in
particular, with Section 6(b)(1) of the Act.\17\
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).
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    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\18\ that the proposed rule change (File No. SR-CBOE-2006-45) is
hereby approved.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\19\
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    \19\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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