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AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this Federal Register notice to inform the public that, in the future, publicly available correspondence originating from the Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking (DARR) in the Office of New Reactors (NRO) will be transmitted SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46621 only by a computer-based email distribution system listserv to addressees and subscribers. This change does not affect the availability of official agency records in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which may be accessed through NRC’s Web page at www.nrc.gov. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013–0170 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2013–0170. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron S. Goodwin, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–6146; email: Cameron.Goodwin@nrc.gov. Further information This electronic distribution process was first utilized by the Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL) in October 2008. All four regions are also utilizing this process for their operating reactor correspondence. Region 2 was the final region to convert to electronic distribution in June of 2013. Public feedback regarding this process has been positive. This process distributes correspondence documents to the addressees and members of the listserv at the same time. Distribution of documents containing safeguards, proprietary or security-related E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1 46622 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 148 / Thursday, August 1, 2013 / Notices information, or other information that is withheld from public disclosure will not be affected by this initiative. This initiative will be implemented by August 2013. Individuals may subscribe to receive DARR generated correspondence by entering the following URL into their web browser address bar: https://www.nrc.gov/publicinvolve/listserver.html, Or through NRC’s Web site, www.nrc.gov. as described below: 1. Go to the NRC’s public Web site (www.nrc.gov). 2. Click on the ‘‘Public Meetings and Involvement’’ tab. 3. On this page, under the heading ‘‘Information and Meeting Schedules to Help You Participate,’’ click on ‘‘Subscribe to Email Updates.’’ 4. On this page, scroll down to the Lyris Subscription Services. 5. Enter your email address. 6. You have the option to select ‘‘All Advanced Reactor Correspondence’’ or the individual designs. 7. Once you have selected the designs, click on the ‘‘Subscribe’’ button. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 2013. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Cameron S. Goodwin, Project Manager, Small Modular Reactor Licensing Branch 2, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2013–18522 Filed 7–31–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–70050; File No. 10–209] Application of Topaz Exchange, LLC for Registration as a National Securities Exchange; Findings, Opinion, and Order of the Commission July 26, 2013. I. Introduction mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES On July 3, 2012, Topaz Exchange, LLC (‘‘Topaz Exchange’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) an Application for Registration as a National Securities Exchange (‘‘Form 1 Application’’) 1 under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 1 On March 1, 2013, the Commission issued an order granting Topaz Exchange exemptive relief, subject to certain conditions, in connection with the filing of its Form 1 Application. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 69011, 78 FR 14844 (March 7, 2013). Because Topaz Exchange’s Form 1 Application was incomplete without the exemptive relief, the date of filing of such application is March 1, 2013. Id. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:02 Jul 31, 2013 Jkt 229001 (‘‘Act’’).2 On December 19, 2012, Topaz Exchange submitted Amendment No. 1 to its Form 1 Application.3 On December 31, 2012, Topaz Exchange submitted Amendment No. 2 to its Form 1 Application.4 Notice of the Form 1 Application, as modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, was published for comment in the Federal Register on March 7, 2013.5 The Commission received four comment letters regarding the Form 1 Application.6 Topaz Exchange submitted a detailed response to comments on July 11, 2013.7 On July 11, 2013, Topaz Exchange submitted Amendment No. 3 to the Form 1 Application.8 U.S.C. 78f. No. 1, among other things, includes changes to the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Topaz Exchange, LLC (‘‘Topaz Exchange LLC Agreement’’) and the Constitution of Topaz Exchange, LLC (‘‘Topaz Exchange Constitution’’) concerning board composition and size, the initial director election process, and the use of regulatory funds. Amendment No. 1 also includes revisions to proposed rules of Topaz Exchange to remove rules relating to complex orders; to respond to comments on the Form 1 application from Commission staff; and to reflect recent changes to comparable rules of International Securities Exchange, LLC (‘‘ISE’’). Amendment No. 1 further provides additional descriptions in the Form 1 Application regarding proposed allocation procedures, auction mechanisms, execution of qualified contingent crosses, and the interim and initial director election processes, and removes references to complex orders. 4 Amendment No. 2, among other things, provides updated information regarding the board of directors of ISE and the Corporate Governance Committee of ISE and includes information regarding Longitude S.A., a newly incorporated affiliate of Topaz Exchange, which information includes the Articles of Incorporation and financial information for Longitude S.A. Finally, Amendment No. 2 provides an updated organizational chart that reflects the affiliates of Topaz Exchange. 5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 69012 (March 1, 2013), 78 FR 14847 (‘‘Notice’’). 6 See Letter from Angelo Evangelou, Associate General Counsel, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, dated April 23, 2013 (‘‘CBOE Letter’’); Letter from Jeffrey S. Davis, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, dated April 25, 2013 (‘‘NASDAQ Letter’’); Letter from Janet McGinness, EVP and Corporate Secretary, NYSE Euronext, General Counsel, NYSE Markets, to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, dated May 10, 2013 (‘‘NYSE Euronext Letter I’’); and Letter from Janet McGinness, EVP and Corporate Secretary, NYSE Euronext, General Counsel, NYSE Markets, to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, dated June 20, 2013 (‘‘NYSE Euronext Letter II’’). 7 See Letter from Michael Simon, General Counsel and Secretary, Topaz Exchange, to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, dated July 10, 2013 (‘‘Topaz Exchange Response Letter’’). 8 Amendment No. 3, among other things, includes changes to proposed Topaz Exchange rules to respond to concerns raised by the commenters and to reflect changes to comparable ISE rules since the filing of Amendment No. 1. The changes are discussed below in Section II.D. Amendment No. 3 also provides further descriptions or updates PO 00000 2 15 3 Amendment Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 II. Discussion Under Sections 6(b) and 19(a) of the Act,9 the Commission shall by order grant an application for registration as a national securities exchange if the Commission finds, among other things, that the proposed exchange is so organized and has the capacity to carry out the purposes of the Act and can comply, and can enforce compliance by its members and persons associated with its members, with the provisions of the Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and the rules of the exchange. As discussed in greater detail below, the Commission finds that Topaz Exchange’s application for exchange registration meets the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Further, the Commission finds that the proposed rules of Topaz Exchange are consistent with Section 6 of the Act in that, among other things, they assure a fair representation of the exchange’s members in the selection of its directors and administration of its affairs and provide that one or more directors shall be representative of issuers and investors and not be associated with a member of the exchange, or with a broker or dealer; 10 and that they are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, promote just and equitable principles of trade, foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in securities, and remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms of a free and open market and a national market system and, in general, protect investors and the public interest and are not designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, or broker-dealers.11 Finally, the Commission finds that Topaz Exchange’s proposed rules do not impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.12 A. Overview of Ownership of Topaz Exchange Topaz Exchange is structured as a Delaware limited liability company information in the Form 1 Application. The changes proposed in Amendment No. 3 are not substantive, are consistent with the existing rules of other registered national securities exchanges, or are responsive to the concerns of the commenters and do not raise any new or novel regulatory issues. 9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b) and 15 U.S.C. 78s(a), respectively. 10 See 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(3). 11 See 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 12 See 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8). E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46621-46622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18522]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2013-0170]


Status of the Office of New Reactors' Implementation of 
Electronic Distribution of Advanced Reactor Correspondence

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Implementation of electronic distribution of advanced reactor 
correspondence; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this 
Federal Register notice to inform the public that, in the future, 
publicly available correspondence originating from the Division of 
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking (DARR) in the Office of New Reactors 
(NRO) will be transmitted only by a computer-based email distribution 
system listserv to addressees and subscribers. This change does not 
affect the availability of official agency records in the NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which may be 
accessed through NRC's Web page at www.nrc.gov.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0170 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access information related to this document, which the NRC 
possesses and is publicly available, using any of the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0170. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC 
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron S. Goodwin, Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-6146; email: Cameron.Goodwin@nrc.gov.

Further information

    This electronic distribution process was first utilized by the 
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL) in October 2008. All 
four regions are also utilizing this process for their operating 
reactor correspondence. Region 2 was the final region to convert to 
electronic distribution in June of 2013. Public feedback regarding this 
process has been positive. This process distributes correspondence 
documents to the addressees and members of the listserv at the same 
time. Distribution of documents containing safeguards, proprietary or 
security-related

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information, or other information that is withheld from public 
disclosure will not be affected by this initiative.
    This initiative will be implemented by August 2013. Individuals may 
subscribe to receive DARR generated correspondence by entering the 
following URL into their web browser address bar: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html, Or through NRC's Web site, www.nrc.gov. 
as described below:
    1. Go to the NRC's public Web site (www.nrc.gov).
    2. Click on the ``Public Meetings and Involvement'' tab.
    3. On this page, under the heading ``Information and Meeting 
Schedules to Help You Participate,'' click on ``Subscribe to Email 
Updates.''
    4. On this page, scroll down to the Lyris Subscription Services.
    5. Enter your email address.
    6. You have the option to select ``All Advanced Reactor 
Correspondence'' or the individual designs.
    7. Once you have selected the designs, click on the ``Subscribe'' 
button.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cameron S. Goodwin,
Project Manager, Small Modular Reactor Licensing Branch 2, Division of 
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2013-18522 Filed 7-31-13; 8:45 am]
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