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The Information Circular will also
disclose the trading hours of the Shares
and that the NAV for the Shares will be
calculated after 4 p.m. ET each trading
day. The Information Circular will
disclose that information about the
Shares and the corresponding Indexes
will be publicly available on the Shares’
Web site.
2. Statutory Basis
Nasdaq believes that the proposal is
consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act 17
in general and Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act 18 in particular, in that it is designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, remove
impediments to a free and open market
and a national market system, and, in
general, to protect investors and the
public interest. The Commission has
approved the NYSE Arca, Inc. listing
and trading of the Shares.19
In addition, Nasdaq believes that the
proposal is consistent with Rule 12f–5
under the Act 20 because it deems the
Shares to be an equity securities, thus
rendering trading in the Shares subject
to Nasdaq’s existing rules governing the
trading of equity securities.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
Nasdaq 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.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants or Others
Written comments were neither
solicited nor received.
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III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
change does not:
(i) Significantly affect the protection
of investors or the public interest;
(ii) impose any significant burden on
competition; and
(iii) become operative for 30 days
from the date on which it was filed, or
such shorter time as the Commission
may designate if consistent with the
protection of investors and the public
interest, it has become effective
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the
17 15
U.S.C. 78f(b).
U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
19 See supra note 5.
20 17 CFR 240.12f–5.
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Act 21 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)
thereunder.22
Nasdaq has asked the Commission to
waive the 30-day operative delay. The
Commission believes that such waiver is
consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest
because such waiver should benefit
investors by creating, without undue
delay, additional competition in the
market for the Shares. The Commission
has previously approved the listing and
trading of the Shares on another
exchange 23 and does not believe that
the proposed rule change presents any
novel or significant regulatory issues.
Therefore, the Commission designates
the proposed rule change as operative
upon filing.24
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the 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 furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
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 (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2008–092 on the
subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to the Secretary, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2008–092. 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
21 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). The Commission notes
that Nasdaq has satisfied the five day pre-filing
notice requirement.
23 See supra note 5.
24 For purposes only of waiving the operative date
of this proposal, the Commission has considered
the rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, and
capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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Internet Web site https://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 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
offices of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change;
the Commission does not edit personal
identifying information from
submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR–
NASDAQ–2008–092 and should be
submitted on or before January 6, 2009.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #11471 and #11580]
New Hampshire Disaster Number NH–
00005
Small Business Administration.
Amendment 1.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of New Hampshire (FEMA–
1799–DR), dated 10/03/2008.
Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
Incident Period: 09/06/2008 through
09/07/2008.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/05/2008.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 12/02/2008.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 07/03/2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 16, 2008 / Notices
The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for Private Non-Profit
organizations in the State of New
Hampshire, dated 10/03/2008, is hereby
amended to include the following areas
as adversely affected by the disaster.
Primary Counties: Merrimack.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–29719 Filed 12–15–08; 8:45 am]
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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Notice of Consideration of Energy
Efficiency and Smart Grid Standards
SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) is considering adopting
for itself and the distributors of TVA
power certain energy efficiency and
Smart Grid standards. The standards
being considered are the Integrated
Resource Planning, Rate Design
Modifications to Promote Energy
Efficiency Investments, Consideration of
Smart Grid Investments, and Smart Grid
Information standards listed in section
111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–617) as
amended by the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–
140). The standards will be considered
on the basis of their effect on
conservation of energy, efficient use of
facilities and resources, equity among
electric consumers, and the objectives of
the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.
Comments are requested from the public
on whether TVA should adopt these
standards or any variations on them.
DATES: All comments on these standards
must be received by April 30, 2009.
Written comments may be mailed to:
Veenita Bisaria, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 W. Summit Hill Drive,
WT3D–K, Knoxville, TN 37902, (865)
632–3939. Comments may also be
submitted via the Web, at https://
www.tva.com/purpa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Veenita Bisaria, Tennessee Valley
Authority (contact information above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Of the
standards being considered, the Public
Utility Regulatory Act of 1978 (Pub. L.
95–617) as amended by the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110–140) requires that TVA
consider these standards. Accordingly,
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data, views, and comments are
requested from the public on the
Integrated Resource Planning, Rate
Design Modifications to Promote Energy
Efficiency Investments, Consideration of
Smart Grid Investments, and Smart Grid
Information standards. Comments on
variations in any of the standards, as
well as views for or against their
adoption are welcome. These standards
are being presented in order to initiate
consideration and obtain the public’s
views on the need and desirability of
such standards. Determinations on the
appropriateness of the standards will be
made by the TVA Board of Directors.
The TVA Board will also determine,
what, if any, standards included in this
notice will be implemented by TVA for
itself and the distributors of TVA power.
Standards: The standards about
which a determination will be made are:
(1) Integrated Resource Planning.
Each electric utility shall (A) integrate
energy efficiency resources into utility,
State, and regional plans; and (B) adopt
policies establishing cost-effective
energy efficiency as a priority resource.
(2) Rate design modifications to
promote energy efficiency investments.
(A) The rates allowed to be charged by
any electric utility shall (i) align utility
incentives with the delivery of costeffective energy efficiency; and (ii)
promote energy efficiency investments.
(3) Consideration of smart grid
investments. Each State shall consider
requiring that, prior to undertaking
investments in nonadvanced grid
technologies, an electric utility of the
State demonstrate to the State that the
electric utility considered an investment
in a qualified smart grid system based
on appropriate factors, including (i)
Total costs; (ii) cost-effectiveness; (iii)
improved reliability; (iv) security; (v)
system performance; and (vi) societal
benefit.
(4) Smart Grid information. (A) All
electricity purchasers shall be provided
direct access, in written or electronic
machine-readable form as appropriate,
to information from their electricity
provider as provided in subparagraph
(B).
(B) Information. Information provided
under this section, to the extent
practicable, shall include:
(i) Prices. Purchasers and other
interested persons shall be provided
with information on (I) time-based
electricity prices in the wholesale
electricity market; and (II) time-based
electricity retail prices or rates that are
available to the purchasers.
(ii) Usage. Purchasers shall be
provided with the number of electricity
units, expressed in kwh, purchased by
them.
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(iii) Intervals and projections. Updates
of information on prices and usage shall
be offered on not less than a daily basis,
shall include hourly price and use
information, where available, and shall
include a day-ahead projection of such
price information to the extent
available.
(iv) Sources. Purchasers and other
interested persons shall be provided
annually with written information on
the sources of the power provided by
the utility, to the extent it can be
determined, by type of generation,
including greenhouse gas emissions
associated with each type of generation,
for intervals during which such
information is available on a costeffective basis.
(C) Access. Purchasers shall be able to
access their own information at any
time through the Internet and on other
means of communication elected by that
utility for Smart Grid applications.
Other interested persons shall be able to
access information not specific to any
purchaser through the Internet.
Information specific to any purchaser
shall be provided solely to that
purchaser.
Procedures: Written data, views, and
comments on the standards are
requested from the public. All material
relating to the standards must be
received by 5 p.m. EST on April 30,
2009. All materials received by TVA
before this designated time will be
considered by TVA. Written statements
of TVA staff concerning the standards
will be made part of the official record
at least 30 days before the date the
record closes, at which time they will be
made available to the public on request.
In order to assist interested consumers
in preparing written data, views, and
comments for the record, TVA will
operate a Web site (https://www.tva.com/
purpa) on which interested parties can
be informed about the standards set out
in this notice and on which interested
parties can submit comments and
materials on the standards. The official
record will consist of all comments and
materials submitted electronically and
all written materials submitted within
the time set forth above. A summary of
the record will be prepared by TVA staff
and will be transmitted to the TVA
Board of Directors along with the
complete record. The record will be
used by the Board in making the
determinations required by section
111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–617) as
amended by the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–
140) and in fulfilling its obligation
under the Tennessee Valley Authority
Act. Individual copies of the record will
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[FR Doc No: E8-29719]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration 11471 and 11580]
New Hampshire Disaster Number NH-00005
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 1.
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SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a
major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New
Hampshire (FEMA-1799-DR), dated 10/03/2008.
Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
Incident Period: 09/06/2008 through 09/07/2008.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/05/2008.
Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/02/2008.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/03/2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Escobar, Office of Disaster
Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW.,
Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of the President's major disaster
declaration for Private Non-Profit organizations in the State of New
Hampshire, dated 10/03/2008, is hereby amended to include the following
areas as adversely affected by the disaster.
Primary Counties: Merrimack.
All other information in the original declaration remains
unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-29719 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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