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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-77938; File No. SR-OCC-2016-007]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation;
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Related to The Options
Clearing Corporation's Membership Approval Process

May 27, 2016.
    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 May 16, 2016, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') 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 primarily by OCC. 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. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the
Proposed Rule Change

    The purpose of this proposed rule change is to: (i) Vest the
authority to approve or disapprove new membership applications with
OCC's Risk Committee,\3\ and (ii) delegate authority to the Executive
Chairman or President of OCC to approve new membership applications
provided that: (a) It is not recommended that the Risk Committee impose
additional membership criteria upon the applicant pursuant to Section
1, Interpretation and Policy .06 of Article V of OCC's By-Laws, and (b)
the Risk Committee is given not less than five business days to
determine that the application should be reviewed at a meeting of the
Risk Committee and the Risk Committee has not requested that the
application be reviewed at a meeting of the Risk Committee within such
five day period.
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    \3\ OCC's Risk Committee is a committee of OCC's Board of
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II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, OCC 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. OCC has prepared summaries, set forth in sections (A),
(B), and (C) below, of the most significant aspects of these
statements.

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

(1) Purpose
    The purpose of this proposed rule change is to streamline OCC's
membership approval process by: (i) Allowing OCC's Executive Chairman
or President to approve pro forma applications for clearing membership,
and (ii) to vest ultimate authority with OCC's Risk Committee, not its
Board, to approve or disapprove applications for clearing membership
that are not approved by either OCC's Executive Chairman or President.
To this end, OCC is proposing to: (i) Vest the authority to approve or
disapprove new membership applications with OCC's Risk Committee, and
(ii) delegate authority to the Executive Chairman or President of OCC
to approve new membership applications provided that: (a) It is not
recommended by the Risk Committee's designated delegates or agents that
the Risk Committee impose additional membership criteria upon the
applicant pursuant to Section 1, Interpretation and Policy .06 of
Article V of OCC's By-Laws, and (b) the Risk Committee is given not
less than five business days to determine that the application should
be reviewed at a meeting of the Risk Committee and the Risk Committee
has not requested that the application be reviewed at a meeting of the
Risk Committee within such five day period. The practical effect of the
proposed rule change is that either OCC's Executive Chairman or
President would be approving most applications for clearing membership
at OCC since most applicants for clearing membership choose to have
their application presented for approval only when such approval is pro
forma in nature (i.e., the applicant meets all of the clearing
membership requirements at OCC and there is no need to impose
additional membership requirements). OCC believes that the proposed
rule change would better allocate the time and resources of the Board
and Risk Committee and ensure applications for clearing membership are
considered in a timely manner.
Background
    OCC believes that its membership criteria are objective standards
that are designed not to unfairly discriminate in

the admission of participants to OCC,\4\ as well as to provide for fair
and open access to OCC.\5\ Currently, the authority to approve or
disapprove new applications for clearing membership resides with the
Board.\6\ Under Article V, Section 2 of OCC's By-Laws, OCC's Risk
Committee, including its designated delegates or agents, is responsible
for reviewing applications for clearing membership, and the Risk
Committee is responsible for making a recommendation of approval or
disapproval to the Board (in part, relying on OCC's Management's review
and recommendation).\7\ OCC's management (``Management'') performs the
substantive review of applications for clearing membership on behalf of
the Risk Committee. Management reviews a given application against
OCC's membership criteria, which are set forth in Article V of OCC's
By-Laws as well as Chapters 2 and 3 of OCC's Rules. Based on its
review, Management, as the subject matter expert on OCC's membership
criteria, either recommends an application for approval without
conditions, recommends an application for approval with conditions (in
accordance with OCC's By-Laws, Article V, Section 1, Interpretation and
Policy .06), or does not recommend an application for approval. The
Risk Committee, based on Management's review of the application,
recommends a course of action to OCC's Board. OCC's Board then approves
or disapproves applications for clearing membership based on the Risk
Committee's recommendation.
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    \4\ See 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \5\ See 7 U.S.C. 7a-1(c)(2)(C)(iii)(III).
    \6\ See OCC's By-Laws Article V, Section 2.
    \7\ See OCC's By-Laws Article V, Section 2. The Risk Committee,
from a practical perspective, has designated OCC's management as its
agent to review applications for clearing membership. OCC's
management reviews applications for clearing membership and makes a
recommendation to the Risk Committee concerning the applicant's
satisfaction of OCC's membership criteria.
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    Moreover, since the rules of the Commission and the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission require OCC to have rules that do not
unfairly discriminate in the admission of participants and provide fair
and open access,\8\ OCC believes that, under its rules, it is required
to admit applicants for clearing membership that clearly meet OCC's
membership criteria, and therefore, the Board's ultimate approval of an
application for clearing membership for which Management does not
recommend approval with conditions or disapproval is pro forma. From a
timing perspective, applications for clearing membership often do not
track the Risk Committee or Board's regular meeting schedule and, on
occasion, the Board has had to convene a special meeting for the sole
purpose of considering an application for clearing membership or
otherwise seek [sic] approval via unanimous written consent, which is
an inefficient use of the Board's time and resources. In an effort to
better allocate the time and resources of OCC's Board and Risk
Committee as well as streamline its clearing membership approval
process, OCC is proposing the amendments to Articles V and VIII of its
By-Laws as well as the Board and Risk Committee Charters described
below. The effect of such amendments is that either OCC's Executive
Chairman or President would approve most applications for clearing
membership, thereby allowing the Board and the Risk Committee to better
allocate their time and resources.
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    \8\ See 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F) and 7 U.S.C. 7a-1(c)(2)(C).
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Changes To Vest Authority of New Applicant Approvals With the Risk
Committee
    OCC is proposing to amend Article V, Section 2 of its By-Laws to
vest the authority to approve or disapprove new applicants for clearing
membership with the Risk Committee. OCC believes that the members of
the Board comprising the Risk Committee are capable of appropriately
acting on membership applications. The Risk Committee is currently
delegated the authority to (1) review applications for clearing
membership and recommend approval or disapproval thereof to the Board,
(2) conduct hearings if requested by applicants whose applications are
proposed to be disapproved, and (3) review and approve or disapprove
requests by clearing members to expand clearing activities.\9\
Therefore, OCC believes that requiring the Board to approve or
disapprove an application for clearing membership that has already been
reviewed by, and received a recommendation for approval or disapproval
from, the Risk Committee is redundant and represents an inefficient use
of the Board's time. Accordingly, OCC believes that the Risk Committee
is the appropriate governing body in which to vest ultimate authority
to approve or disapprove applications for clearing membership.\10\
Should the Risk Committee propose to disapprove an application for
clearing membership, the Risk Committee must first provide the
applicant an opportunity to be heard and present evidence on its own
behalf (as is currently the case today with respect to the Board's
decision to disapprove an application for clearing membership).\11\
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    \9\ See Section IV of the Risk Committee Charter attached hereto
as Exhibit 5B.
    \10\ The Board would continue to oversee OCC's membership
criteria and ongoing membership standards through its authority to
approve changes to OCC's By-Laws and Rules (and specifically those
By-Laws and Rules that concern membership). The Risk Committee would
inform the Board, at the Board's next regularly scheduled meeting,
of applications for clearing membership pursuant to proposed Article
V, Section 2(c) of the By-Laws.
    \11\ See OCC's By-Laws Article V, Section 2. Typically, however,
if OCC's due diligence review reveals issues that would prevent the
Board or the Risk Committee from approving an application for
clearing membership, the applicant voluntarily remediates such
issues prior to the presentation of the application for clearing
membership to the Risk Committee.
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    In order to effect the foregoing, and in addition to proposed
changes to Article V, Section 2 of the By-Laws, OCC is proposing
conforming changes to Article V, Sections 1 and 3 of the By-Laws as
well as the Board and Risk Committee Charters.\12\ Such conforming
changes would identify that the Risk Committee, and not the Board,
would approve applications for clearing membership. Additionally, OCC
is proposing changes to Article VIII, Section 2 of the By-Laws (as well
as the Board and Risk Committee Charters) to identify that the Risk
Committee, and not the Board, would set initial clearing fund
requirements in connection with the approval of an application for
clearing membership.
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    \12\ Marked versions of the Board and Risk Committee Charters
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Delegation of Authority To Approve Applications for Membership to the
Executive Chairman or President of OCC
    In order to better streamline OCC's membership application approval
process, and allow the Board and the Risk Committee to more efficiently
allocate their time, OCC is proposing additional amendments to Article
V, Section 2 of its By-Laws to allow OCC's Executive Chairman or its
President to approve certain applications for clearing membership. As
described above: (i) OCC believes that, based on the applicable rules
of the Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
applications for clearing membership that clearly meet OCC's membership
criteria must be approved,\13\ and (ii) applications for clearing
members do not necessarily track the Risk Committee or Board's regular
meeting schedule and, on occasion, the Board has had to convene in a
special meeting for the sole purpose of considering a clearing member

application or otherwise seek approval via unanimous written consent,
which is not a good use of either the Board or the Risk Committee's
time and resources. Therefore, OCC is proposing to amend Article V,
Section 2 of its By-Laws to delegate the authority to approve
applications for clearing membership to the Executive Chairman or
President of OCC provided that: (i) It is not recommended that the Risk
Committee impose additional membership criteria upon the applicant
pursuant to Section 1, Interpretation and Policy .06 of Article V of
OCC's By-Laws, and (ii) the Risk Committee is given not less than five
business days from the date it is notified by its designated delegates
or agents that the Executive Chairman or President intends to approve a
given application to determine that such application should be reviewed
at a meeting of the Risk Committee and the Risk Committee has not
requested that the application be reviewed at a meeting of the Risk
Committee within such five day period. If five business days pass and
no member of the Risk Committee notifies Management that a given
application for clearing membership should be reviewed at a meeting of
the Risk Committee, then the Executive Chairman and President shall
have the authority to approve the application for clearing membership.
This proposed change would have the effect of allowing either OCC's
Executive Chairman or the President to approve most applications for
clearing membership received by OCC. Neither the Executive Chairman nor
the President would be allowed to disapprove an application for
clearing membership. Instead, if either the Executive Chairman or
President determined he could not approve an application for clearing
membership, the application would be considered by the Risk Committee
for approval or disapproval at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
OCC believes that allowing the Executive Chairman or President to
approve applications for clearing membership that clearly meet OCC's
membership criteria would allow the Board and the Risk Committee to
allocate their time to more efficiently and effectively.
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    \13\ See 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F) and 7 U.S.C. 7a-1(c)(2)(C).
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(2) Statutory Basis
    OCC believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) \14\ of the Act because it is designed to remove
impediments to a national system for the prompt and accurate clearance
and settlement of securities transactions by streamlining OCC's
membership approval process. By vesting the authority to approve or
disapprove applications for clearing membership with the Risk Committee
and by delegating authority to the Executive Chairman or the President
to approve new applications provided that: (i) It is not recommended
that the Risk Committee impose additional membership criteria upon the
applicant pursuant to Section 1, Interpretation and Policy .06 of
Article V of OCC's By-Laws, and (ii) the Risk Committee is given not
less than five business days to determine that the application should
be reviewed at a meeting of the Risk Committee and the Risk Committee
has not requested that the application be reviewed at a meeting of the
Risk Committee within such five day period, OCC will not subject
applicants for clearing membership to the regular meeting cycle of the
Board or the Risk Committee, particularly when the approval of an
application for clearing membership is pro forma in nature.
Additionally, by streamlining OCC's membership approval process in this
manner, OCC's Board and Risk Committee will be able to deploy their
time and resources in a more efficient manner and allow the Board and
Risk Committee more time to focus on other matters of significance to
OCC and its role as a systemically important financial market utility.
As a result, OCC believes the proposed rule change is also reasonably
designed to provide for governance arrangements that are clear and
transparent to fulfill the public interest requirements in Section 17A
of the Act \15\ applicable to clearing agencies and support the
objectives of owners and participants in accordance with Rule 17Ad-
22(d)(8).\16\ The proposed rule change is not inconsistent with any
rules of OCC, including those rules proposed to be amended.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
    \16\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(d)(8).
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    OCC does not believe that the proposed rule change would impact or
impose a burden on competition.\17\ OCC believes that the proposed rule
change would not disadvantage or favor any particular user of OCC's
services in relationship to another user because it would apply equally
to all potential users of OCC, and would not impact current users of
OCC. For the foregoing reasons, OCC does not believe that the proposed
rule change would have any impact or impose a burden on competition.
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(I).
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(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change
Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments on the proposed rule change were not and are not
intended to be solicited with respect to the proposed rule change and
none have been received.

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

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the
Commission may designate 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 or disapprove the 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 is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-OCC-2016-007 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2016-007. 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 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
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of OCC and on OCC's
Web site at http://www.theocc.com/components/docs/legal/rules_and_bylaws/sr_occ_16_007.pdf.
    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-OCC-2016-007
and should be submitted on or before June 23, 2016.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\18\
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    \18\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP08-403-000]

Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC, BP Energy Company, Delta Energy,
LLC, Direct Energy, Hess Corporation, Honda of America Mfg., Inc.,
Integrys Energy Services, Inc., Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., National
Energy Marketers Association, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Sequent
Energy Management, L.P., Complainants, v. Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation, Respondent; Notice of Complaint

June 9, 2008.
    Take notice that on June 6, 2008, pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of
the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717c, Part 154 of the Commission's
Regulations, Subpart G of Part 284 of the Commission Regulations,
specifically sections 284.222(g) and 284.222(h), and Rule 206 of the
Rules and Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, Atmos Energy
Marketing, LLC, BP Energy Company, Delta Energy, LLC, Direct Energy,
Hess Corporation, Honda of America Mfg., Inc., Interstate Gas Supply,
Inc., National Energy Marketers Association, Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation, and Sequent Energy Management, L.P. (Complainants) filed a
formal complaint against Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
(Respondent), requesting the Commission to direct the Respondent to
cease and desist from implementing unilaterally substantial changes to
its current primary delivery points under currently effective contracts
and new services, though actions that are not authorized under its
tariff and are contrary to law.
    The Complainants further request emergency relief to require the
Respondent to cease and desist from unilaterally compelling its firm
shippers to amend the primary delivery points under their contracts by
establishing an arbitrary deadline of July 31, 2008, for making
elections for service at the new primary delivery points, or otherwise
face the potential inability to continue to receive firm services in
accordance with their currently effective contracts.
    The Complainants have requested fast track processing of the
complaint.
    The Complainants state that a copy of the complaint has been served
on the Respondent.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests 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. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. The Respondent's
answer and all interventions, or protests, must be filed on or before
the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and
protests must be served on the Complainants.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions 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 or intervention 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>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on June 20, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-55949; File No. SR-Amex-2007-61]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To
Clarify the Method by Which Specialists Execute Odd-Lot Market Orders
in Rule 205--AEMI

June 25, 2007.
    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 21, 2007, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or
``Exchange'') 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 substantially prepared by Amex.
Amex has filed this proposal pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act
\3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(5) thereunder,\4\ which renders it effective upon
filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(5).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to adopt clarifying changes to Rule 205--AEMI
to specify that a specialist on the Exchange executes unelected odd-lot
market orders, along with all other outstanding unexecuted odd-lot
market orders on the AEMI book, at the price of the specialist's quote
30 seconds after the later of (i) the entry of such order into AEMI or
(ii) the last round-lot election of a previously entered odd-lot market
order.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on Exchange's Web
site (http://www.amex.com), at Amex'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, Amex 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. Amex 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, Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    Pursuant to its most recent amendment, Rule 205--AEMI(b) currently
specifies that, to the extent an odd-lot market order is not elected by
a round-lot transaction within 30 seconds of entry into AEMI, such
order will be executed against the specialist's quote 30 seconds after
entry of the order into AEMI.\5\
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    The Exchange is now submitting the instant rule change to clarify,
more consistently with the way the AEMI system has been configured,
that such unelected unexecuted odd-lot market orders are executed,
along with all other outstanding unexecuted odd-lot market orders on
the AEMI book, at the price of the specialist's quote 30 seconds after
the later of (i) the entry of such order into AEMI or (ii) the last
round-lot election of a previously entered odd-lot market order.
    While the current version of Rule 205--AEMI(b) implies that every
odd-lot market order has a unique 30-second timer for execution (if not
elected by virtue of an earlier round-lot transaction), the instant
rule change is necessary to clarify that, in certain limited scenarios,
an unelected odd-lot market order can receive executions in under 30
seconds (where tied to executions of earlier-entered odd-lot market
orders) \6\ and, in rare circumstances, more than 30 seconds.\7\
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    \6\ The Exchange estimates that executed odd-lot volume that may
fall into this category is less than 15,000 shares per day, or less
than 1.5% of all odd-lot executed volume and less than 0.03% of Amex
executed volume.
    \7 \ The Exchange estimates that this occurs only several times
per day when, within a 30-second window, multiple odd-lot market
orders are entered followed by round-lot transactions insufficient
in size to elect all of them. In such circumstances, remaining
unelected odd-lot market order(s) may take more than 30 seconds
after their entry to execute, depending on the timing of subsequent
round-lot transactions. For example, if three 50-share market buy
orders are entered at :01, :02, and :03 seconds, followed at :29
seconds by execution of a new 100 share order at $10, the first two
market buy orders are both executed against the specialist at $10 at
:29 seconds. Then, the timer in AEMI resets back to zero, and the
remaining 50-share market buy order is executed against the
specialist upon the earlier of (i) the next round-lot transaction
(at the price of said transaction) or (ii) the expiration of 30
seconds (at the price of the specialist's then best offer),
resulting in execution anywhere from 26 to 56 seconds after original
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 2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is designed to be consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act,\8\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,\9\ in particular, in that it is designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the
mechanism of a free and open market and national market system and, in

general, to protect investors and the public interest.
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change will impose no burden on competition that
is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the
Act.

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

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the
proposed rule change.

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

    Because the proposed rule change does not: (1) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public interest; (2) impose any
significant burden on competition; and (3) have the effect of limiting
the access to or availability of an existing order entry or trading
system of the Exchange, the foregoing rule change has become effective
immediately pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \10\ and
Rule 19b-4(f)(5) thereunder.\11\ At any time within 60 days of the
filing of such proposed rule change, the Commission may summarily
abrogate 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 the furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
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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 e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include

File Number SR-Amex-2007-61 on the subject line.

Paper Comments:

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

    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Amex-2007-61. 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 inspection
and copying 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 Amex. 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-Amex-2007-61 and should be
submitted on or before July 23, 2007.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
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Florence E. Harmon,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural
Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Filings Instituting Proceedings

    Docket Numbers: PR14-38-000.
    Applicants: Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc.
    Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b)(1)/.: Second Amended
Application for Approval of Statement of Operating Conditions to be
effective 10/9/2013; TOFC: 980.
    Filed Date: 6/26/14.
    Accession Number: 20140626-5049.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/17/14.
    284.123(g) Protests Due:

    Docket Numbers: PR14-39-000.
    Applicants: Rocky Mountain Natural Gas LLC.
    Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b)(1) +(g): Revised
Statement of Operating Conditions to be effective 6/1/2014; TOFC: 1300.
    Filed Date: 6/26/14.
    Accession Number: 20140626-5104.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/17/14.
    284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/25/14.

    Docket Numbers: CP14-508-000.
    Applicants: Southern Natural Gas Company.
    Description: Abbreviated Application for Authorization to
Abandonment Exchange and/or Transportation Agreements between Southern
Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. and Gulf South Pipeline Company.
    Filed Date: 6/27/14.
    Accession Number: 20140627-5067.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/18/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP14-827-000.
    Applicants: East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC.
    Description: Wacker Project In-service Notice.
    Filed Date: 6/26/14.
    Accession Number: 20140626-5076.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/8/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP14-1059-000.
    Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
    Description: July 1 31, 2014 Auction to be effective 7/1/2014.
    Filed Date: 6/27/14.
    Accession Number: 20140627-5093.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP14-1060-000.
    Applicants: Kern River Gas Transmission Company.
    Description: 2014 Capacity Release to be effective 8/1/2014.
    Filed Date: 6/27/14.
    Accession Number: 20140627-5105.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP14-1061-000.
    Applicants: Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC.
    Description: Neg Rate 2014-06-27 Enserco to be effective 7/1/2014.
    Filed Date: 6/27/14.
    Accession Number: 20140627-5107.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP14-1062-000.
    Applicants: Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.
    Description: Limited Section 4 Rate Change to be effective 8/1/
2014.
    Filed Date: 6/27/14.
    Accession Number: 20140627-5111.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP14-1063-000.
    Applicants: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing
per 154.204: Negotiated Rate Release eff 7-1-14 to be effective 7/1/
2014.
    Filed Date: 6/27/14.
    Accession Number: 20140627-5146.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/9/14.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR Sec.  385.211 and Sec.  385.214) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests
may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to
the proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing

requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: June 30, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-53370; File No. SR-PCX-2006-11]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change
Requiring Archipelago Securities, L.L.C. To Enter Two-Sided Quotes

February 24, 2006.
    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 February 9, 2006, the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (``PCX'' or
``Exchange''), through its wholly-owned subsidiary PCX Equities, Inc.
(``PCXE''), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II 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 and is approving the
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C 78s(b)(1).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange, through PCXE, proposes to amend its rules governing
the Archipelago Exchange (``ArcaEx''), the equities trading facility of
PCXE. The Exchange proposes to amend PCXE Rule 7.58 to specify that its
broker-dealer facility, Archipelago Securities, L.L.C. (``Arca
Securities''), would be responsible for entering two-sided orders in
all stocks eligible for trading on ArcaEx for purposes of fulfilling
the two-sided quote requirement found in section 6(a)(i)(B) of the
Intermarket Trading System Plan (``ITS Plan''). Further, the Exchange
proposes to expand certain exceptions recently

granted by the Commission to the ownership and voting restrictions in
the PCX Holdings, Inc. (``PCXH'') Certificate of Incorporation to
encompass the proposed new functionality.
    The text of the proposed rule change appears below. Additions are
in italics. Deleted items are in [brackets].
* * * * *

PCX Equities, Inc.

Rule 7
    Rule 7.58 [Reserved.] Compliance with Two-Sided Quote Requirement
in ITS Plan. Archipelago Securities, L.L.C. will enter two-sided orders
in all stocks eligible for trading on the Archipelago Exchange for
purposes of fulfilling the two-sided quote requirement found in section
6(a)(i)(B) of the ITS Plan. The quote parameters for these purposes
will be buy orders priced at $0.01 and sell orders priced at two times
the previous day's close for the particular security, or, if required
due to technology considerations, orders would be priced as near as
possible to the parameters above.
* * * * *

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. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item III below, and is set forth in sections A, B, and C below.

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to add new language to PCXE Rule 7.58 to
specify that the broker-dealer facility of ArcaEx, Arca Securities,
would be responsible for entering two-sided orders in all stocks
eligible for trading on ArcaEx for purposes of fulfilling the quoting
requirements found in section 6(a)(i)(B) of the ITS Plan. Section 6(a)
of the ITS Plan states that ``a member in any Exchange Market may trade
any System security provided that continuous two-sided quotations in
such security are required to be, and are, furnished under section
6(a)(i)(B) by or on behalf of such Exchange Participant to other
Participants.''
    In the past, another broker-dealer affiliate of ArcaEx, Wave
Securities, L.L.C. (``Wave''), performed this function.\3\ The Exchange
has determined that transferring this responsibility to the broker-
dealer Arca Securities, a facility of the Exchange, is appropriate at
this time, given that Wave will no longer be owned by Archipelago
Holdings, Inc. (``Archipelago''). To accommodate the two-sided quote
requirement, Arca Securities would enter buy and sell orders in every
listed symbol eligible for trading at the start of core trading on
ArcaEx.\4\ All buy orders would be priced at $0.01, and all sell orders
would be priced at two times the previous day's close for the
particular security, or, if required due to technology considerations,
orders would be priced as near as possible to the parameters above. The
orders would be entered with a time in force during the core trading
session on ArcaEx and, by their terms, would expire at the close of the
core trading session. Should an execution result from these two-sided
orders, Arca Securities, an ETP Holder on ArcaEx, would honor trades at
the price of the orders entered.\5\
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    \3\ See letter from David E. Rosedahl, Pacific Exchange, Inc.,
to John Polise, Division of Market Regulation (``Division''),
Commission, regarding ArcaEx's compliance with the two-sided quote
requirements of the ITS Plan, dated July 31, 2002.
    \4\ See PCXE Rule 7.34.
    \5\ Any trade occurring on the Exchange with an obvious error in
terms, including price, is subject to the Clearly Erroneous Policy
set forth in PCXE Rule 7.10. The Exchange represents that it would
apply the procedures set forth in Rule 7.10 in an even-handed and
fair manner in the event a transaction involving Arca Securities
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    Arca Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Archipelago, which
recently acquired PCXH.\6\ In the rule filings relating to this
acquisition, the Exchange requested that the Commission provide certain
exceptions to the ownership and voting limitations contained in the
Certificate of Incorporation of PCXH to allow any ``Related Person'' of
Archipelago who is a prohibited person not covered by the definition of
permitted person (as such terms are defined by the PCXH Certificate of
Incorporation) to exceed certain voting and ownership restrictions in
PCXH's Certificate of Incorporation for certain time periods, as
approved by the Commission. The Commission granted Arca Securities one
such exception to the PCXH ownership and voting restrictions with
respect to its Outbound Router \7\ functionality, on the condition that
it would not undertake any activities other than those set forth in the
Arca-PCX Approval order, unless such activity was first approved by the
Commission.\8\
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    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52497 (September 22,
2005), 70 FR 56949 (September 29, 2005) (SR-PCX-2005-90) (order
granting approval of proposed rule changes in relation to the
acquisition of PCXH by Archipelago) (``Arca-PCX Approval Order'').
    \7\ In the Arca-PCX Approval Order, the Commission defined the
Outbound Router function of Arca Securities as follows: ``an
optional routing service for ArcaEx to route orders to other
securities exchanges, facilities of securities exchanges, automated
trading systems, electronic communications networks or other brokers
or dealers from ArcaEx in compliance with PCXE Rules.'' See Arca-PCX
Approval Order at 56952.
    \8\ The Commission initially granted the exception with respect
to Arca Securities' Outbound Router functionality. See Arca-PCX
Approval Order, at 56952-56953 and 56958-56959.
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    Because this filing requests approval for new Arca Securities
functionality, i.e., permission to enter two-sided orders in all stocks
eligible for trading on ArcaEx for purposes of section 6(a)(i)(B) of
the ITS Plan, the Exchange has requested that the Commission also
approve an expansion of the exception to the PCXH ownership and voting
restrictions to incorporate the proposed functionality and extend the
exception from the PCXH ownership and voting restrictions to this new
function of Arca Securities.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with section 6(b) of the Act \9\ in general and furthers the objectives
of section 6(b)(5),\10\ in particular, in that it 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 facilitating transaction in
securities, and to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms of
a free and open market and a national market system.

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. Further, the Exchange
believes the proposed functionality will not create a condition of
unfair competition with respect to its affiliate, Arca Securities, and
other equity trading permit holders because the proposed quoting
parameters are designed to avoid order interaction. The orders entered
by Arca Securities under the proposed functionality will not be
intended to result in transactions but rather will be entered for the
sole purpose of satisfying ITS Plan requirements to provide continuous
two-sided quotations. The Exchange

anticipates that the non-competitively priced orders placed by Arca
Securities for these purposes would be filled only in exceptional
circumstances and therefore the Exchange believes there would be a very
remote potential for a conflict of interest between the Exchange's
self-regulatory obligations and its commercial interests. For these
reasons, the Exchange believes it is appropriate and consistent with
the Act to permit Arca Securities to undertake the proposed new
functionality.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments on the proposed rule change were neither solicited
nor received.

III. 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 e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include

File Number SR-PCX-2006-11 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-PCX-2006-11. 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 inspection and
copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of such
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the
principal office of the PCX. 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-PCX-2006-11 and should be submitted on or before March
27, 2006.

IV. Commission's Findings and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of
Proposed Rule Change

    The Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange.\11\ In
particular, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is
consistent with section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\12\ which requires that an
exchange have rules designed, among other things, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, 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.
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    \11\ In approving this rule change, the Commission notes that it
has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency,
competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    Under the proposal, Arca Securities, an affiliated broker-dealer of
the Exchange, would maintain two-sided quotes in all stocks eligible
for trading on ArcaEx for purposes of fulfilling the two-sided quote
requirement found in section 6(a)(i)(B) of the ITS Plan. The
performance of this functionality by Arca Securities, without
Commission approval, would, however, cause Arca Securities to violate
ownership and voting restrictions set forth in the PCXH Certificate of
Incorporation.\13\
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    \13\ See PCXH Certificate of Incorporation, Article Nine. See
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    Arca Securities, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Archipelago, is a
``Related Person'' \14\ of Archipelago and an ETP Holder. Consequently,
Archipelago's ownership of Arca Securities would cause Arca Securities
to exceed the voting and ownership limitations imposed by Article Nine
of the PCXH Certificate of Incorporation, absent an exception. The
Commission approved such an exception in the Arca-PCX Approval Order.
The exception is, however, limited in scope to allow Arca Securities to
provide an optional outbound routing service for ArcaEx and does not
include the functionality contained in this proposal.\15\ PCX has
requested that the Commission approve an expansion of the exception to
the PCXH ownership and voting restrictions to allow Arca Securities to
enter two-sided quotes on ArcaEx for the purpose of complying with
section 6(a)(i)(B) of the ITS Plan.
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    \14\ The term ``Related Person,'' as defined in the PCXH
Certificate of Incorporation, means (i) with respect to any person,
all ``affiliates'' of such person (as such terms are defined in Rule
12b-2 under the Act); (ii) with respect to any person constituting a
trading permit holder of PCX or an equities trading permit holder of
PCXE, any broker dealer with which such holder is assoicated; and
(iii) any two or more persons that have any agreement, arrangement
or understanding (whether or not in writing ) to act together for
the purpose of acquiring, voting, holding or disposing of shares of
the capital stock of PCXH. PCXH Certificate of Incorporation,
Article Nine, Section 1(b).
    \15\ See Arca-PCX Order at 56958-56959. See also supra notes 7
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    The Commission believes that extending the exception from the PCXH
voting and ownership restrictions to this new function of Arca
Securities is consistent with section 6(b)(5) of the Act. Accordingly,
Arca Securities may provide continuous two-sided quotes on ArcaEx for
the purpose of complying with the ITS Plan. This exception is subject
to the same conditions described in the Arca-PCX Approval Order.\16\
Specifically, Arca Securities is, and will continue to be, operated and
regulated as a facility of PCX and another self-regulatory organization
(NASD) has, and will continue to have, primary regulatory
responsibility for Arca Securities pursuant to Rules 17d-1 and 17d-2
under the Act.
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    Pursuant to section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\17\ the Commission may not
approve a proposed rule change prior to the thirtieth day after the
date of publication of the notice thereof, unless the Commission finds
good cause for so finding. The Commission hereby finds good cause for
approving this proposed rule change prior to the thirtieth day after
the publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register. The
Commission notes that the Exchange has represented that Archipelago
entered into a definitive agreement to sell its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Wave, the entity which currently performs the functionality
which is the subject of this proposal on behalf of the Exchange.\18\
Further, the Commission notes that Archipelago may, among other things,
continue to own Wave until the earlier of (i) the closing date of the
merger of Archipelago and the New York Stock

Exchange, Inc., or (ii) March 31, 2006.\19\ Because of the timing of
these transactions, the Commission believes there is good cause for
granting accelerated approval, in order to ensure that the Exchange is
able to comply with the ITS Plan, without interruption, after Wave is
sold.
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \18\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53202 (January 31,
2006), 71 FR 6530 (February 8, 2006) (SR-PCX-2006-04),at 6535.
    \19\ See id., at 6365.
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V. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to section 19(b)(2) of the Act,
that the proposed rule change (SR-PCX-2006-11), is hereby approved on
an accelerated basis.\20\
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
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Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

June 2, 2006.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER95-362-023.
    Applicants: Stand Energy Corporation.
    Description: Stand Energy Corp submits First Revised Sheet No. 1 to
correct the language in section 5.(a) tariff sheets.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0110.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER02-2134-004.
    Applicants: Just Energy, LLC.
    Description: Just Energy, LLC submits its Supplemental Triennial
Market Analysis Filing.
    Filed Date: May 23, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0069.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-99-002.
    Applicants: Just Energy New York, LLC.
    Description: Just Energy New York, LLC submits its Supplement
Filing for Triennial Filing.
    Filed Date: May 23, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0067.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-100-002.
    Applicants: Just Energy Texas, LLC.
    Description: Just Energy Texas, LLC submits its Supplemental
Triennial Market Analysis Filing.
    Filed Date: May 23, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0065.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER03-563-058; EL04-102-014.
    Applicants: Devon Power LLC.
    Description: Devon Power LLC submits its 8th compliance report.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0109.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-187-003.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest ISO submits a supplement to its May 8, 2006
Compliance Filing of a Large Generator Interconnection Agreement.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0100.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-232-002.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits amendments to the PJM
OATT and the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM.
    Filed Date: May 25, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0103.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 15, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-823-002.
    Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc.
    Description: Westar Energy, Inc resubmits First Revised Sheet No. 4
to Rate Schedule FERC No. 233 with the City of Robinson, Kansas.
    Filed Date: May 25, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0203.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 15, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-909-001.
    Applicants: PNM Resources Operating Companies.
    Description: Public Service Company of New Mexico and Texas-New
Mexico Power Co submit corrected version of Substitute First Revised
Sheet No. 98 incorporating changes described in the April 27, 2006
filing, effective May 1, 2006.
    Filed Date: May 25, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0204.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 15, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-994-001.
    Applicants: Western Kentucky Energy Corp.
    Description: Western Kentucky Energy Corp submits an Errata to
Notice of Succession.
    Filed Date: May 25, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0102.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 15, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1048-000.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest ISO submits proposed revisions to Attachment P
of the Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0085.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1049-000.
    Applicants: Appalachian Power Company.
    Description: Appalachian Power Co submits a Cost-Based Formula Rate
Agreement for Full Requirements Electric Service with the City of
Salem, VA.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0083.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1051-000.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest ISO submits an unexecuted Large Generator
Interconnection Agreement among MinnDakota Wind LLC, Northern States
Power Comany.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0086.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.
    Docket Numbers: ER06-1052-000.
    Applicants: American Transmission Company LLC.
    Description: American Transmission Co, LLC submits an executed
Distribution Transmission Interconnection Agreement with Eagle River
Light & Water dated April 27, 2006.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0117.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.
    Docket Numbers: ER06-1053-000.
    Applicants: American Transmission Company LLC.
    Description: American Transmission Co, LLC submits an executed
Distribution-Transmission Interconnection Agreement with Muscoda
Utilities.
    Filed Date: May 26, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0111.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 16, 2006.
    Docket Numbers: ER06-1054-000.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System.
    Description: Midwest ISO submits proposed revisions to its OATT,
FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume No.1.
    Filed Date: May 30, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0107.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 20, 2006.
    Docket Numbers: ER06-1055-000.
    Applicants: Newmont Nevada Energy Investment LLC.
    Description: Newmont Nevada Energy Investment LLC submits FERC
Electric Tariff Original Volume No.1 under.
    Filed Date: May 30, 2006.
    Accession Number: 20060601-0105.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 20, 2006.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests 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. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    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
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also 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 dockets(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 ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PF14-3-000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment For the Planned Rock Springs
Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of the Rock Springs Expansion Project
(Project) involving construction and operation of facilities by
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (Transco) in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, Maryland. The Commission will
use this EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the
project is in the public convenience and necessity.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies on the project. Your input will help the Commission staff
determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. Please note that
the scoping period will close on March 10, 2014.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and local government
representatives should notify their constituents of this planned
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the planned facilities. The company
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with
state law.
    A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural
Gas Facility on My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for
viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses
a number of typically-asked questions, including the use of eminent
domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings.

Summary of the Planned Project

    Transco is proposing to construct facilities to provide 192,000
dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation capacity from
Transco's Market Pool Station 210 in Mercer County, New Jersey to Old
Dominion Electric Cooperative's (ODEC) proposed expansion, referred to
as the Wildcat Point Generating Facility (Wildcat Plant) in Cecil
County, Maryland. Construction of the Project is scheduled to begin on
August 1, 2015 to meet the proposed in-service date of August 2016.
    The Rock Springs Expansion Project would consist of the following
facilities:
     Approximately 10.6 miles of new 20-inch diameter pipeline
lateral from Transco's existing Mainlines ``A'' and ``B'' near milepost
(MP) 1682.8 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to the proposed Wildcat
Plant in Cecil County, Maryland;
     Piping and valve modifications to the existing Transco
Compressor Station 200 in Chester County, Pennsylvania;
     A pig launcher and valve facility at the start of the
pipeline lateral, including two tie-ins; \1\
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     A back-pressure control regulator valve to increase
operational pressure flexibility; located either (1) near the existing
30-inch Mainline ``A'' block valve at MP 1691.1 or (2) near MP 1682.8,
both in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and
     A 4,000 horsepower electric motor driven compressor
station, designated as Compressor Station 196, with metering facilities
at the terminus of the pipeline lateral. A pig receiver to be installed
at the terminus of the pipeline lateral within the compressor station.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix
1.\2\
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    \2\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in
the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all
those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at
www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the
Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, or call<PHONE_NUMBER>. For instructions on
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb approximately
220.9 acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline
lateral. Following construction, Transco would maintain approximately
55.3 acres for permanent operation of the Project's facilities; the
remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. Transco
is continuing to evaluate the construction and operation land
requirements for the launcher and valve facility at the start of the
pipeline lateral, as well as the back-pressure control regulator valve,
therefore the aforementioned acreages are preliminary estimations.
Approximately 34 percent of the proposed pipeline route is situated
adjacent to existing utility or road rights-of-way.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us
\3\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about
proposals. This process is referred to as scoping. The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the

important environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests
public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We
will consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the planned project under these
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     land use;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     cultural resources;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     air quality and noise;
     endangered and threatened species; and
     public safety.
    We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the planned project
or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen
or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    Although no formal application has been filed, we have already
initiated our NEPA review under the Commission's pre-filing process.
The purpose of the pre-filing process is to encourage early involvement
of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before
the FERC receives an application. As part of our pre-filing review, we
have begun to contact some federal and state agencies to discuss their
involvement in the scoping process and the preparation of the EA.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We
will consider all comments on the EA before we make our recommendations
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the
Public Participation section beginning on page 6.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues
related to this project to formally cooperate with us in the
preparation of the EA.\4\ Agencies that would like to request
cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for filing
comments provided under the Public Participation section of this
notice. Currently, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has
expressed its intention to participate as a cooperating agency in the
preparation of the EA to satisfy its NEPA responsibilities related to
this project.
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    \4\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation
with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office(s), and to
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on
historic properties.\5\ We will define the project-specific Area of
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO(s) as the project
develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum
encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include
construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor
stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status
of consultations under section 106.
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    \5\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regulations
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic
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Currently Identified Environmental Issues

    We have already identified several issues that we think deserve
attention based on a preliminary review of the planned facilities and
the environmental information provided by Transco. This preliminary
list of issues may change based on your comments and our analysis.
     Transco has identified 19 waterbodies during preliminary
field surveys that are crossed within the proposed Project area. Five
of the waterbody crossings are characterized as intermediate crossings
and the remaining are characterized as minor waterbody crossings with
crossing widths less than 10 feet. The intermediate waterbody crossings
vary in crossing widths ranging from 10 to 49 feet. The intermediate
waterbody crossings include: Fishing Creek (21.0 feet wide); Peters
Creek (46.5 feet wide); Puddle Duck Creek (14.9 feet wide); Conowingo
Creek (49.2 feet wide); and Unnamed Tributary of Conowingo Creek (10
feet wide).
     Transco has identified four palustrine emergent wetlands
during preliminary field surveys that are crossed within the proposed
Project area totaling approximately 0.4 acre of temporary impact.
     Preliminary field surveys, along with review of available
sources and informal consultation with federal and state agencies have
established that three federally-listed species (bog turtle [Clemmys
muhlenbergii], small whorled pogonia [Isotria medeoloides], and Indiana
bat [Myotis sodalis]), one species proposed to be federally-listed as
endangered (northern long-eared bat [Myotis septentrionalis]), and 36
state-listed or protected species could potentially occur within the
proposed Project area.
     Two residences along the pipeline route near MP 8.6 may be
impacted by construction activities as they are located within 50 feet
of the proposed workspace.

Public Participation

    You can make a difference by providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the project. Your comments should focus on
the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and
measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific
your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your
comments are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so
that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before March
10, 2014.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
project docket number (PF14-3-000) with your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature located on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the
link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested
persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling
feature located on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the
link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments
in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file

with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by
clicking on ``eRegister.'' You must select the type of filing you are
making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please
select ``Comment on a Filing''; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address:
    Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.

Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within
certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits
comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related
to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and
government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the
planned project.
    If we publish and distribute the EA, copies will be sent to the
environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would
prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD
version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please
return the attached Information Request (appendix 2).

Becoming an Intervenor

    Once Transco files its application with the Commission, you may
want to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in
the User's Guide under the ``e-filing'' link on the Commission's Web
site. Please note that the Commission will not accept requests for
intervenor status at this time. You must wait until the Commission
receives a formal application for the project.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF14-
3-000). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
    Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the
Commission's calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.

    Dated: February 7, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84870-84871]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2023-0546; Summary Notice No. 2023-49]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Mammoth
Freighters, LLC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of
this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary
is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.

DATES: Comments on this notice must identify the petition docket number
and

must be received on or before January 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2023-0546
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Privacy: Privacy: Except for Confidential Business Information
(CBI) as described in the following paragraph, and other information as
described in title 14, Code of Federal regulations (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 FAA will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal
contact received.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Smith, AIR-646, Federal
Aviation Administration, phone<PHONE_NUMBER>, email
[email protected].
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, District of Columbia on November 30, 2023.
Daniel J. Commins,
Manager, Integration and Performance Branch.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2023-0546.
    Petitioner: Mammoth Freighters, LLC.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  25.785(j), 25.812(e),
25.813(b), 25.857(e), 25.1447(c)(1), 25.1449.
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner is seeking relief from
the affected sections of 14 CFR, to support supplemental type
certificate approval for the conversion of Boeing Model 777-200LR and
777-300ER series airplanes from an all-passenger configuration to an
all-cargo configuration and allow for supernumerary access into the
Class E cargo compartment during flight.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-83484; File No. SR-OCC-2017-020]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Options Clearing Corporation;
Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on
Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed
Rule Change Concerning Enhanced and New Tools for Recovery Scenarios

June 20, 2018.
    On December 18, 2017, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'')
proposed rule change SR-OCC-2017-020 (``Proposed Rule Change'')
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ concerning enhanced and new
tools for recovery scenarios.\3\ The Proposed Rule Change was published
for comment in the Federal Register on December 26, 2017.\4\ To date,
the Commission has received one comment letter to the Proposed Rule
Change.\5\ On March 22, 2018, the Commission instituted proceedings
under Section 19(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Act \6\ to determine whether to
approve or disapprove the Proposed Rule Change.\7\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ On December 8, 2017, OCC also filed this proposal as an
advance notice SR-OCC-2017-809 (``Advance Notice'') with the
Commission pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of Title VIII of the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, entitled the
Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C.
5465(e)(1)) and Rule 19b-4(n)(1)(i) of the Act (17 CFR 240.19b-
4(n)(1)(i)). Notice of filing of the Advance Notice was published
for comment in the Federal Register on January 23, 2018. Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 82513 (Jan. 17, 2018), 83 FR 3244 (Jan. 23,
2018) (SR-OCC-2017-809).
     On January 22, 2018, the Commission sent OCC a request for
additional information, which tolls the Commission's 60-day review
period for the Advance Notice. See Memorandum from Office of
Clearance and Settlement, Division of Trading and Markets, dated
January 23, 2018, available at https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-occ-2017-809/occ2017809.htm. The new review period will be 60 days from
the date the Commission receives the information requested. See
Section 806(e)(1). The proposal in the Proposed Rule Change and the
Advance Notice shall not take effect until all regulatory actions
required with respect to the proposal are completed.
    \4\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82531 (Dec. 19, 2017),
82 FR 61107 (Dec. 26, 2017) (SR-OCC-2017-020).
    \5\ See Letter from Jacqueline H. Mesa, Senior Vice President of
Global Policy, FIA, dated Jan. 16, 2018, available at https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-occ-2017-020/occ2017020.htm. Since the
proposal contained in the Proposed Rule Change was also filed as an
Advance Notice, the Commission is considering all public comments
received on the proposal regardless of whether the comments are
submitted to the Proposed Rule Change or the Advance Notice.
    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B)(i).
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82926 (March 22,
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    Section 19(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act provides that, after initiating
proceedings, the Commission shall issue an order approving or
disapproving the proposed rule change not later than 180 days after the
date of publication of notice of filing of the proposed rule change.\8\
The Commission may, however, extend the period for issuing an order
approving or disapproving the proposed rule change by not more than 60
days if the Commission determines that a longer period is appropriate
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    The 180th day after publication of the notice for the Proposed Rule
Change in the Federal Register is June 24, 2018. The Commission finds
it appropriate to designate a longer period within which to issue an
order approving or disapproving the Proposed Rule Change so that it has
sufficient time to consider the Proposed Rule Change and the comment
received. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act,\10\ designates August 23, 2018 as the date
by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove the Proposed
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    The Commission also seeks additional comment to help further inform
its analysis of the Proposed Rule Change. Specifically, the Commission
invites interested persons to provide views, data, and arguments
concerning the Proposed Rule Change, including whether the Proposed
Rule Change is consistent with the Act and the applicable rules or
regulations thereunder. Please note that comments previously received
on the substance of the Proposed Rule Change will be considered
together with comments submitted in response to this notice. Therefore,
while commenters are free to submit additional comments at this time,
they need not re-submit earlier comments.
    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-OCC-2017-020 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2017-020. 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 such filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of OCC and on OCC's website at
https://www.theocc.com/about/publications/bylaws.jsp.
    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-OCC-2017-020 and
should be submitted on or before July 11, 2018. Any person who wishes
to file a rebuttal to any other person's submission must file that
rebuttal on or before July 17, 2018.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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