[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68756-68759]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24956]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-96295; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2022-053]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend
Rule 11.9(f) To Permit Affiliated Users To Enable Match Trade
Prevention

November 10, 2022.
    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 October 27, 2022 Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or
``BZX'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange
filed the proposal as a ``non-controversial'' proposed rule change
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder.\4\ 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.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``BZX'') proposes to
amend Exchange Rule 11.9(f) (``Match Trade Prevention (``MTP'')
Modifiers'') to permit affiliated Users to enable Match Trade
Prevention at the parent company level. The text of the proposed rule
change is provided in Exhibit 5.
    The text of the proposed rule change is also available on the
Exchange's website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/equities/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/), at the Exchange's Office of the Secretary, and at
the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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

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

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 11.9(f) (``Match Trade
Prevention (``MTP'') Modifiers'') to add the term ``affiliate
identifier'' to the definition of ``Unique Identifier'' while also
adding a description of eligibility to utilize the proposed affiliate
identifier. Adding an affiliate identifier for MTP functionality on the
Exchange would allow affiliated Users \5\ to enable MTP at the
affiliate level, in addition to the current MTP functionality based on
market participant identifier (``MPID''), Exchange Member identifier,
trading group identifier, or Exchange Sponsored Participant identifier
(any such existing identifier, a ``Unique Identifier'').\6\ Currently,
the Exchange's MTP functionality prevents certain contra side orders
entered by a User from executing, provided that each order has been
marked with the same Unique Identifier.\7\ MTP functionality is
currently available only to individual Users on the Exchange, and
cannot be enabled by affiliated Users who each maintain individual
Exchange memberships or Sponsored Participant relationships.
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    \5\ See Exchange Rule 1.5(cc). ``User'' is defined as ``[a]ny
Member or Sponsored Participant who is authorized to obtain access
to the System pursuant to Rule 11.3.'' The ``System'' is ``[t]he
electronic communications and trading facility designated by the
Board through which securities orders of Users are consolidated for
ranking, execution and, when applicable, routing away.'' See
Exchange Rule 1.5(aa). The term ``Member'' means any registered
broker or dealer that has been admitted to membership in the
Exchange. See Exchange Rule 1.5(n).
    \6\ See Exchange Rule 11.9(f).
    \7\ Id.
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    As noted above, there are currently four Unique Identifiers that a
User may choose from when submitting an order subject to MTP: (i) MPID;
\8\ (ii) Exchange Member identifier; (iii) trading group identifier;
and (iv) Exchange Sponsored Participant identifier.\9\ MTP
functionality is optional for Users and is not automatically
implemented by the Exchange. Both the buy and the sell order must
include the same Unique Identifier in order to prevent an execution
from occurring and to effect a cancel instruction. For example, a User
who enables MTP functionality using the MPID Unique Identifier will
prevent contra side executions between the same MPID from occurring. A
User who enables MTP using the Exchange Member Unique Identifier would
prevent contra side executions between any MPID associated with that
User and not just a single MPID. The trading group Unique Identifier
permits Users to prevent matched trades amongst traders or desks within
a certain firm, but allows orders from outside such group or desk to
interact with other firm orders. Users who enable MTP functionality
using the Exchange Sponsored Participant Unique Identifier will prevent
matched trades between contra side orders with an identical Sponsored
Participant identifier. The Exchange is not proposing any change in
functionality for the current Unique Identifiers described above.
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    \8\ An MPID is a four-character unique identifier that is
approved by the Exchange and assigned to a Member for use on the
Exchange to identify the Member firm on the orders sent to the
Exchange and resulting executions.
    \9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 60266 (July 9,
2009), 74 FR 34380 (July 15, 2009) SR-BATS-2009-022 (``Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To
Amend BATS Rule 11.9, Entitled ``Orders and Modifiers''''), in which
the Exchange adopted Member Match Trade Prevention (now known as
MTP) and designated MPID, Exchange Member identifier, or Exchange
Sponsored Participant identifier as Unique Identifiers. See also
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67093 (June 1, 2012), 77 FR
33798 (June 7, 2012) SR-BATS-2012-018 (``Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Amend BATS Rules
Related to the Operation of BATS Post Only Orders and Match Trade
Prevention Functionality''), which amended the definition of Unique
Identifier to include trading group identifier.
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    The Exchange now proposes to amend Rule 11.9(f) and enhance its
existing MTP functionality by introducing a fifth Unique Identifier,
affiliate identifier, which will allow a User to prevent its orders
from matching with another User that is an affiliate of the User. In
addition to the proposed addition of the affiliate identifier, the
Exchange also proposes to add language to Rule 11.9(f) in order to
provide clarity to Users about how eligibility for use of the affiliate
identifier will be determined.\10\
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    \10\ Infra note 14.

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The proposed addition of the affiliate identifier does not present any
new or novel MTP functionality, but rather would extend existing MTP
functionality to a User who demonstrates an affiliate relationship with
another User who maintains a separate membership or Sponsored
Participant relationship on the Exchange. Generally speaking, an
affiliated entity is an organization that directly or indirectly
controls another entity, or is directly controlled by another entity,
or which is under common control alongside another entity. The concept
of affiliation is formally recognized in securities law, particularly
Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.\11\ As applied to the Exchange,
there are situations where two separate entities (i.e., Users) maintain
individual memberships or Sponsored Participant relationships on the
Exchange even as Firm A owns a controlling percentage of Firm B (i.e.,
Firm A and Firm B are affiliated entities). The proposed functionality
would serve as an additional tool that Users may enable in order to
assist with compliance with the various securities laws relating to
potentially manipulative trading activity such as wash sales \12\ and
self-trades.\13\ Additionally, the proposed functionality would provide
Users an additional solution to manage order flow by preventing
undesirable executions against the User's affiliates. As is the case
with the existing risk tools, Users, and not the Exchange, have full
responsibility for ensuring that their orders comply with applicable
securities rules, laws, and regulations. Furthermore, as is the case
with the existing risk settings, the Exchange does not believe that the
use of the proposed MTP functionality can replace User-managed risk
management solutions.
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    \11\ See 17 CFR 230.405. An affiliate of, or person affiliated
with, a specified person, is a person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, the person specified.
    \12\ A ``wash sale'' is generally defined as a trade involving
no change in beneficial ownership that is intended to produce the
false appearance of trading and is strictly prohibited under both
the federal securities laws and FINRA rules. See, e.g., 15 U.S.C
78i(a)(1); FINRA Rule 6140(b) (``Other Trading Practices'').
    \13\ Self-trades are ``transactions in a security resulting from
the unintentional interaction of orders originating from the same
firm that involve no change in beneficial ownership of the
security.'' FINRA requires members to have policies and procedures
in place that are reasonably designed to review trading activity
for, and prevent, a pattern or practice of self-trades resulting
from orders originating from a single algorithm or trading desk, or
related algorithms or trading desks. See FINRA Rule 5210,
Supplementary Material .02.
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    The Exchange is proposing to allow affiliated Users that maintain
individual Exchange memberships or Sponsored Participant relationships
to utilize MTP where one User is an affiliate of another User.\14\
Specifically, the Exchange is proposing to allow affiliated Users to
use MTP functionality in order to prevent executions from occurring
between those individual Users. When a User requests MTP at the
affiliate level and an affiliate relationship is confirmed by the
Exchange, the Exchange will assign an identical affiliate identifier to
each User that will be used to prevent executions between contra side
orders entered by the Users using the same affiliate identifier. The
purpose of this proposed change is to extend MTP functionality to
affiliated Users in order to prevent transactions between Users who
maintain individual memberships on the Exchange but where an affiliate
relationship exists for which MTP functionality may be useful.
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    \14\ The Exchange will consider a User to be an affiliate of
another User if: (i) Greater than 50% ownership is identified in a
User's Form BD; and (ii) the Users execute an affidavit stating that
a control relationship exists between the two Users.
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    To demonstrate how MTP will operate with the proposed affiliate
identifier, the Exchange has included examples of potential scenarios
in which MTP may be used by affiliated Users. For all examples below,
Firm A and Firm B are presumed to have a controlling affiliate
relationship and will use an affiliate identifier of ``A'' when
requesting MTP at the affiliate level. Firm C is unaffiliated with
Firms A and B and uses an affiliate identifier of ``C''.
Affiliate Level MTP
    Scenario 1: Firm A submits a buy order. Firm B submits a sell
order. Firm C also submits a sell order. Firm A has enabled MTP at the
affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm B has enabled
MTP at the affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm C
has not enabled MTP. Firm A's buy order is prevented from executing
with Firm B's sell order as each firm has enabled MTP at the affiliate
level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm A's buy order will be
permitted to execute with Firm C's sell order because Firm C has not
enabled MTP.
    Scenario 2: Firm A submits a buy order. Firm B submits a sell
order. Firm C also submits a sell order. Firm A has enabled MTP at the
affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm B has not
enabled MTP. Firm C has enabled MTP at the affiliate level using an
affiliate identifier of C. Firm A's order will be eligible to trade
with both Firm B and Firm C. Firm A's order is eligible to trade with
Firm B because Firm B did not enable MTP. In order for MTP to prevent
the matching of contra side orders, both the buy and sell order must
contain an MTP modifier. Firm A's order is also eligible to trade with
Firm C because even though Firm A and Firm C have both enabled MTP at
the affiliate level, Firm A and Firm C have been assigned different
affiliate identifiers.
    Scenario 3: Firm A submits a buy order and a sell order. Firm B
submits a buy order. Firm A has enabled MTP at the affiliate level
using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm B has enabled MTP at the
affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm A's buy order
is not eligible to execute with Firm A's sell order because Firm A has
enabled MTP at the affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of A.
Firm A's sell order is not eligible to execute with Firm B's buy order
because both Firm A and Firm B have enabled MTP at the affiliate level
using an affiliate identifier of A.
    Scenario 4: Firm A submits a buy order and a sell order. Firm B
submits a sell order. Firm C submits a sell order. Firm A has enabled
MTP at the affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm B
has enabled MTP at the affiliate level using an affiliate identifier of
A. Firm C has enabled MTP at the affiliate level using an affiliate
identifier of C. Firm A's buy order is not eligible to execute with
Firm A's sell order because Firm A has enabled MTP at the affiliate
level using an affiliate identifier of A. Firm A's buy order is not
eligible to execute with Firm B's sell order because both Firm A and
Firm B have enabled MTP at the affiliate level using an affiliate
identifier of A. Firm A's buy order is eligible to execute with Firm
C's sell order because while Firm A and Firm C have enabled MTP at the
affiliate level, Firm A and Firm C have been assigned different
affiliate identifiers.
    The Exchange plans to implement the proposed rule change during the
fourth quarter of 2022 or first quarter of 2023, and will announce the
implementation date via Trade Desk Notice.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with
the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to the
Exchange and, in particular, the requirements of Section 6(b) of the
Act.\15\ Specifically, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change
is consistent with the Section 6(b)(5) \16\ requirements that the rules
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an exchange be 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.
Additionally, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is
consistent with the Section 6(b)(5) \17\ requirement that the rules of
an exchange not be designed to permit unfair discrimination between
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \17\ Id.
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    In particular, the Exchange believes that the proposed affiliate
level MTP functionality promotes just and equitable principles of trade
by allowing Users to better manage order flow and prevent undesirable
trading activity such as wash sales'' \18\ or self-trades \19\ that may
occur as a result of the velocity of trading in today's high-speed
marketplace. The proposed affiliate identifier and description of
eligibility to utilize the proposed affiliate identifier does not
introduce any new or novel functionality, but rather will extend the
Exchange's MTP functionality in a manner generally consistent with the
functionality currently offered at the MPID, Exchange Member, trading
group, and Sponsored Participant levels because the proposed Users are
required to have control over the affiliated User and transactions
entered by the firms may be viewed as functionally originating from one
User.\20\ For instance, the Users may share traders or trading
strategies, and elected to not impose information barriers between
trading desks. In this regard, Users may desire MTP functionality on an
affiliate level that will help them achieve compliance \21\ with
regulatory rules regarding wash sales and self-trades in a very similar
manner to the way that the current MTP functionality applies on the
existing Unique Identifier level. In this regard, the proposed
affiliate level MTP functionality will permit Users that have separate
memberships or Sponsored Participant relationships but who also
maintain an affiliate relationship, to prevent the execution of
transactions by and between the Users.
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    \18\ Supra note 5.
    \19\ Supra note 6.
    \20\ The Exchange notes that the proposed rule filing is similar
in in concept to how derivatives markets sometimes contemplate
ownership and relationship between accounts. Specifically, in the
derivatives markets, rules have developed around of the idea of
``beneficial ownership'', and whether separate accounts have common
ownership. For example, the CME Group (``CME''), an operator of
global derivatives markets, recognizes that ``buy and sell orders
for different accounts with common beneficial ownership . . . shall
also be deemed to violate the prohibition on wash trades.'' See CME
Rule 534. See also https://www.cmegroup.com/rulebook/files/cme-group-Rule-534.pdf, FAQ Q2, which describes ``common beneficial
ownership'' as accounts with common beneficial ownership that is
less than 100%.
    \21\ The Exchange reminds Users that while they may utilize MTP
to help develop potential transactions such as wash sales or self-
trades, Users, not the Exchange, are ultimately responsible for
ensuring that their orders comply with applicable rules, laws, and
regulations.
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    The Exchange also believes that the proposed rule change is fair
and equitable, and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination. By
way of example, subject to appropriate information barriers, many firms
that are Users of the Exchange operate both a principal market making
desk, which is responsible for handling and executing orders for the
benefit of the User, and an agency trading desk that is responsible for
handling and executing customer orders. In such instances, the User may
elect to utilize MTP to prevent transactions between their market maker
desk and their agency trading desk. In contrast, other firms may be
part of a corporate structure that separates those business lines into
separate, but affiliated, entities either for business, compliance, or
historical reasons, with each entity maintaining its own Exchange
membership. In scenarios where one User indirectly or directly controls
the other User (e.g., voting power, shared traders and algorithms,
shared trading strategies, shared technology, etc.), it is logical that
the Users, though separate entities, may determine that transactions
between their firms would potentially run afoul of certain securities
rules, laws, or regulations, such as wash sales and self-trades. In
this regard, absent the proposed rule change, such affiliated entities
would not receive the same treatment as firms operating similar
business lines within a single entity that is a User of the Exchange.
Accordingly, the Exchange believes that its proposed policy is fair and
equitable, and not unreasonably discriminatory.

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

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. MTP is an optional
functionality offered by the Exchange and Users are free to decide
whether to use MTP in their decision-making process when submitting
orders to the Exchange.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed affiliate identifier does
not impose any intramarket competition as it seeks to enhance an
existing functionality available to all Users. The Exchange is not
proposing to introduce any new or novel functionality, but rather is
proposing to provide an extension of its existing MTP functionality to
Users who have an affiliate relationship with another User of the
Exchange. Additionally, the proposed rule specifies which Users are
eligible to use the affiliate identifier and is available to any User
who satisfies such criteria. MTP will continue to be an optional
functionality offered by the Exchange and the addition of affiliate
level MTP will not change how the current Unique Identifiers and MTP
functionality operate.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed affiliate identifier does
not impose any undue burden on intermarket competition. MTP is an
optional functionality offered by the Exchange and Users are not
required to use MTP functionality when submitting orders to the
Exchange. Further, the Exchange is not required to offer MTP and is
choosing to do so as a benefit for Users who wish to enable MTP
functionality. Moreover, the proposed change is not being submitted for
competitive reasons, but rather to provide Users enhanced order
processing functionality that may prevent undesirable executions by
affiliated Users such as wash sales or self-trades.

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

    The Exchange neither solicited nor received comments on the
proposed rule change.

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) of the Act \22\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \23\ thereunder
because the proposal does not: (i) significantly affect the protection
of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden
on competition; and (iii) by its terms, become operative for 30 days
from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the
Commission may

designate if consistent with the protection of investors and the public
interest.\24\
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    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \23\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \24\ In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) requires the Exchange to
give the Commission written notice of the Exchange's intent to file
the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and text of
the proposed rule change, at least five business days prior to the
date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as
designated by the Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this
requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the
Act \25\ normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date
of its filing. However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \26\ permits the
Commission to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent
with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange
has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that
the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The Exchange
states that waiver of the 30-day operative delay would permit
affiliated Users to immediately enable MTP functionality in order to
better manage order flow and assist with preventing undesirable
executions in the same manner as individual Users who currently enable
MTP at either the MPID, Exchange Member identifier, or Exchange
Sponsored Participant identifier levels. The Commission believes that
waiver of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection
of investors and the public interest because the proposed rule change
does not raise any new or novel issues. Accordingly, the Commission
hereby waives the operative delay and designates the proposal operative
upon filing.\27\
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    \25\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \26\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \27\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.\28\
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    \28\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(C).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
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 protected]. Please include
File Number SR-CboeBZX-2022-053.

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-CboeBZX-2022-053. 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-CboeBZX-2022-053, and should be
submitted on or before December 7, 2022.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\29\
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    \29\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611; FRL-9990-71-ORD]

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy
Communities (SHC) Subcommittee Meeting--April 2019

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
(ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors
(BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, from 8:30
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open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD Docket is (202)
566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer (DFO)
via mail at: Jace Cuj[eacute], Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science
Policy, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; via
phone/voice mail at:<PHONE_NUMBER>; via fax at:<PHONE_NUMBER>; or via
email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    General Information: The meeting is open to the public. Any member
of the public interested in receiving a draft agenda, attending the
meeting, or making a presentation at the meeting may contact Jace
Cuj[eacute], the Designated Federal (DFO), via any of the contact
methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Individuals making an oral presentation will be limited to a total of
three minutes. For security purposes, all attendees must provide their
names to the DFO by registering online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-sustainable-and-healthy-communities-subcommittee-meeting-tickets-56580152760 by March 26, 2019, and must go through a metal
detector, sign in with the security desk, and show REAL ID Act-
compliant government-issued photo identification to enter the building.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the
start of the meeting to allow sufficient time for security screening.
Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited to
the following: Overview of materials provided to the subcommittee,
review of charge questions, overview and illustrations of SHC's draft
Strategic Research Action Plan and research topics, and subcommittee
deliberations.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
please contact Jace Cuj[eacute]<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>To
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Jace Cuj[eacute],
preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give the EPA as
much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: February 28, 2019.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-507-000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Sea Robin Pipeline
Company, LLC; Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Request
for Extension of Time

    Take notice that on October 11, 2022, Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Company, LLC (Transco), 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas
77056, requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 31, 2023, in
order to complete abandonment activities as authorized in Transco's
VR22 to Shore Abandonment Project (Project) in the March 18, 2021 Order
Granting Abandonment \1\ (March

18 Order). The March 18 Order, Ordering Paragraph (C) required Transco
\2\ to complete abandonment of the facilities within one year of the
order date. On December 22, 2021, Transco requested an extension of
time until December 31, 2022, to complete abandonment of Project
facilities, that we granted on March 15, 2022.
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    \1\ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, 174 FERC ]
62,169 (2021).
    \2\ Transco is the operator of the pipeline facilities proposed
to be abandoned.
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    Transco now requests an extension of time until December 31, 2023,
to complete abandonment of the Project facilities. Transco states that
it has completed the majority of abandonment activities but will be
unable to complete the removal of approximately 14,240 feet of 24-inch-
diameter pipe located in state waters. Transco avers that the
contractor it selected was originally scheduled to begin removal of the
pipe in state waters in July of 2022, however, delays in the remaining
abandonment activities pushed the state water removals outside of their
anticipated timeframe. The barges required for the removal are now
unavailable through the end of November 2022. Transco asserts that
seasonal weather conditions and water levels prohibit safe removal of
the state water pipeline beginning December 2022. Transco states that
the most favorable weather window of offshore construction activities
is generally May through September of each year. Accordingly, Transco
requests an extension until December 31, 2023, which it asserts will
allow flexibility in scheduling around weather events that may delay
abandonment activities.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Transco's request for
an extension of time may do so. No reply comments or answers will be
considered. If you wish to obtain legal status by becoming a party to
the proceedings for this request, you should, on or before the comment
date stated below, file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(18 CFR 157.10).\3\
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the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas
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    As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural
Gas Act facilities when such requests are contested before order
issuance. For those extension requests that are contested,\4\ the
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45
days.\5\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the
extension.\6\ The Commission will not consider arguments that re-
litigate the issuance of the certificate order, including whether the
Commission properly found the project to be in the public convenience
and necessity and whether the Commission's environmental analysis for
the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.\7\
At the time a pipeline requests an extension of time, orders on
certificates of public convenience and necessity are final and the
Commission will not re-litigate their issuance.\8\ The OEP Director, or
his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that
are uncontested.
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    \4\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
    \5\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
    \6\ Id. at P 40.
    \7\ Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate the issuance
of an NGA section 3 authorization, including whether a proposed
project is not inconsistent with the public interest and whether the
Commission's environmental analysis for the permit order complied
with NEPA.
    \8\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
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    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to Commission's Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected] or call toll-free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 28, 2022.

    Dated: October 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP05-163-004]

Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

January 6, 2005.
    Take notice that on December 22, 2005, Paiute Pipeline Company
(Paiute) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second
Revised Volume No. 1-A, the following tariff sheets:

2nd Sub Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 10
Sub Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 10
Sub Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 10
Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 32
Substitute Original Sheet No. 37
First Revised Sheet No. 63A.1
Second Revised Sheet No. 63B
Original Sheet No. 63B.1
Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 161

    Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance
with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18
CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing will be considered by the
Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Such protests
must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of
the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest
must serve a copy of that document upon all parties to the proceeding.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu
of paper using the ``efiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons

unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For

TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2021-0604; Project Identifier 2019-CE-007-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Pacific Aerospace Limited Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD)
for certain Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL airplanes. This
proposed AD was prompted by mandatory continuing airworthiness
information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another
country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation
product. The MCAI identifies the unsafe condition as insufficient
clearance between the engine mount, the Beta control rod, and the
inter-turbine temperature (ITT) sensing probe that could lead to
chafing damage. This proposed AD would require inspecting the engine
mount, the temperature probe, and the reversing cable for damage, and
taking any necessary corrective actions. The FAA is proposing this AD
to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by September
13, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail address above between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    For service information identified in this NPRM, contact the Civil
Aviation Authority of New Zealand, Level 15, Asteron Centre, 55
Featherston Street, Wellington 6011; phone: +64 4 560 9400; fax: +64 4
569 2024; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>You may view this service
information at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational
Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106. For information on
the availability of this material at the FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket at https://www.regulations.gov by
searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2021-0604; or in person at
Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this NPRM, any comments
received, and other information. The street address for Docket
Operations is listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Kiesov, Aviation Safety Engineer,
General Aviation & Rotorcraft Section, FAA, International Validation
Branch, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106; phone: (816) 329-
4144; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposal. Send your comments to an address listed
under ADDRESSES. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2021-0604; Project Identifier
2019-CE-007-AD'' at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful
comments reference a specific portion of the proposal, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposal because of those comments.
    Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in
the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR
11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you
provide. The agency will also post a report summarizing each
substantive verbal contact received about this NPRM.

Confidential Business Information

    CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments responsive to this NPRM contain commercial
or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that
you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to
this NPRM, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' The FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of this NPRM. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to Mike
Kiesov, Aviation Safety Engineer, General Aviation & Rotorcraft
Section, FAA, International Validation Branch, 901 Locust, Room 301,
Kansas City, MO 64106. Any commentary that the FAA receives which is
not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket
for this rulemaking.

Background

    The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is the aviation authority
for New Zealand, has issued AD DCA/750XL/35, effective date February 7,
2019 (referred to after this as ``the MCAI''), to correct an unsafe
condition for certain Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL airplanes.
The MCAI states:

    DCA/750XL/35 is prompted by a review of the engine installation
procedures, which identified that the clearance between the engine
mount, the Beta control rod and the inter-turbine temperature (ITT)
sensing probe could be insufficient and result in chafing damage.
The [CAA] AD is issued to introduce the instructions in Pacific
Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin (MSB) PACSB/XL/102 issue 2,
dated 5 November 2018.

    You may examine the MCAI in the AD docket at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2021-
0604.

Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51

    The FAA reviewed Pacific Aerospace Limited Mandatory Service
Bulletin PACSB/XL/102, Issue 2, dated November 5, 2018. This service
information specifies procedures for removing support clamps if
installed by following the prior version of the service bulletin;
inspecting the engine mount, the temperature probe, and the reversing
cable for signs of chafing or damage; installing anti-chafing blade
tape onto the engine mount tube; and obtaining further guidance for
corrective actions. This service information is reasonably available
because the interested parties have access to it through their normal
course of business or by the means identified in ADDRESSES.

FAA's Determination

    This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another
country and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to
the FAA's bilateral agreement with this State of Design Authority, it
has notified the FAA of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI and
service information referenced above. The FAA is issuing this NPRM
after determining the unsafe condition described previously is likely
to exist or develop on other products of the same type design.

Proposed AD Requirements in This NPRM

    This proposed AD would require accomplishing the actions in the
service information described above, except as discussed under
Differences Between

this Proposed AD and the Service Information.

Differences Between This Proposed AD and the Service Information

    Where the service information states to contact Pacific Aerospace
Limited if chafing or any damage is present on an engine mount,
temperature probe, or reversing cable, this proposed AD would require
contacting the CAA of New Zealand.

Costs of Compliance

    The FAA estimates that this AD, if adopted as proposed, would
affect 23 airplanes of U.S. registry.
    The FAA also estimates that it would take about 2 work-hours per
airplane to comply with the inspection and install anti-chafing blade
tape. The average labor rate is $85 per work-hour and required parts
would cost about $10 per product for an estimated cost of $4,140 on
U.S. operators, or $180 per airplane.
    The damage found during the proposed inspection may vary from
airplane to airplane. The FAA has no way of knowing how much damage
each airplane may have or the cost to repair the damage for each
airplane.
    Contacting the CAA of New Zealand, if required, would take about 1
work-hour for an estimated cost of $85 per airplane.
    The FAA has included all known costs in this cost estimate.
According to the manufacturer, however, some of the costs of this AD
may be covered under warranty, thereby reducing the cost impact on
affected operators.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for
failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of
information displays a current valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number for this information collection is 2120-0056. Public
reporting for this collection of information is estimated to take
approximately 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. All responses to this collection of
information are mandatory. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to: Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Federal Aviation Administration, 10101 Hillwood
Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177-1524.

Authority for This Rulemaking

    Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to
issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the
authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII: Aviation Programs,
describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's authority.
    The FAA is issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General requirements.
Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with promoting safe flight
of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for
practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary
for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within the scope of that
authority because it addresses an unsafe condition that is likely to
exist or develop on products identified in this rulemaking action.

Regulatory Findings

    The FAA determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not
have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
    For the reasons discussed above, I certify this proposed
regulation:
    (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866,
    (2) Would not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and
    (3) Would not have a significant economic impact, positive or
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by
reference, Safety.

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 39 as follows:

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

0
1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.

Sec.  39.13  [Amended]

0
2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness
directive:

Pacific Aerospace Limited: Docket No. FAA-2021-0604; Project
Identifier 2019-CE-007-AD.

(a) Comments Due Date

    The FAA must receive comments on this airworthiness directive
(AD) by September 13, 2021.

(b) Affected ADs

    None.

(c) Applicability

    This AD applies to Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL
airplanes, serial numbers 101 through 215, 220, 8001, and 8002,
certificated in any category.

(d) Subject

    Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) Code 7100, Power Plant
System.

(e) Unsafe Condition

    This AD was prompted by mandatory continuing airworthiness
information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another
country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation
product. The MCAI identifies the unsafe condition as insufficient
clearance between the engine mount, the Beta control rod, and the
inter-turbine temperature (ITT) sensing probe that could lead to
chafing damage. The FAA is issuing this AD to prevent damage to the
engine mount, temperature probe, and the reversing cable. The unsafe
condition, if not addressed, could result in chafing damage to the
ITT system and binding of the Beta control rod.

(f) Actions and Compliance

    (1) Unless already done, within 165 hours time-in-service after
the effective date of this AD, inspect the engine mount, the
temperature probe, and the reversing cable for damage, and, before
further flight, take all necessary corrective actions and install
anti-chafing blade tape onto the engine mount tube by following the
Accomplishment Instructions in Pacific Aerospace Limited Mandatory
Service Bulletin PACSB/XL/102, Issue 2, dated November 5, 2018.
    (2) Where the service information states to contact Pacific
Aerospace Limited if chafing or any damage is present on an engine
mount, temperature probe, or reversing cable, this AD requires
instead that you contact the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of New
Zealand at the contact information in paragraph (h)(3) of this AD.

 (g) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (1) The Manager, International Validation Branch, has the
authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the
procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19,
send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight
Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information
directly to the manager of the certification office, send it to the
attention of the person identified in Related Information

or by email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate
principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the local flight standards district office/certificate holding
district office.

 (h) Related Information

    (1) For more information about this AD, contact Mike Kiesov,
Aviation Safety Engineer, General Aviation & Rotorcraft Section,
FAA, International Validation Branch, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas
City, MO 64106; phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (2) Refer to CAA of New Zealand AD DCA/750XL/35, effective date
February 7, 2019, for more information. You may examine the CAA AD
in the AD docket at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and
locating Docket No. FAA-2021-0604.
    (3) For service information identified in this AD, contact the
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, Level 15, Asteron Centre,
55 Featherston Street, Wellington 6011; phone: +64 4 560 9400; fax:
+64 4 569 2024; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>You may view this
referenced service information at the FAA, Airworthiness Products
Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO
64106. For information on the availability of this material at the
FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Issued on July 21, 2021.
Gaetano A. Sciortino,
Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Compliance & Airworthiness
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 34559; File No. 812-15291]

AGL Separate Account VL-R, et al;

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order (``Order'') approving the
substitution of certain securities pursuant to section 26(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order pursuant to Section
26(c) of the Act approving the proposed substitution of shares of the
Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Portfolio, Initial Class of
Variable Insurance Products Fund V for shares of the VALIC Company I
Government Money Market I Fund of VALIC Company I held by certain
separate accounts as investment options for certain variable life
insurance and variable annuity contracts issued by American General
Life Insurance Company and The United States Life Insurance Company in
the City of New York.

Applicants: American General Life Insurance Company, The United States
Life Insurance Company in the City of New York, AGL Separate Account
VL-R, AGL Separate Account D, USL Separate Account USL A, and USL
Separate Account USL VL-R.

Filing Dates: The application was filed on December 21, 2021 and
amended on March 28, 2022.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing
the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on May 10,
2022, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in
the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service.
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request,
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants:
Suzanne Ragsdale, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, or Lisa
Reid Ragen, Branch Chief, at<PHONE_NUMBER> (Division of Investment
Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' amended and
restated application, dated March 28, 2022, which may be obtained via
the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field,
on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at,
at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You
may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
    Dated: April 15, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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