In the Matter of Vadda Energy Corp.; Order of Suspension of Trading, 4080-4081 [2016-01431]

Download as PDF 4080 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2016 / Notices described above would not impose any additional reporting requirements on ATSs because the data will be derived solely from trade reports submitted to the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities. FINRA believes that the proposal will have minimal to no impact on firms from a systems development perspective while significantly benefiting the marketplace as a whole. Thus, the proposal will provide additional transparency into ATS trading activity by enabling market participants and investors to have a better understanding of ATS block trading volume at no required cost to firms or ATSs. The proposed rule change would expand the benefits of FINRA’s ATS transparency program by providing additional transparency on monthly aggregate block trading on ATSs. The additional information may help market participants and investors to enhance their understanding of trading activity on ATSs and inform routing decisions based on this information. As discussed above, the proposal to publish ATS block trading volume would not impose any additional reporting requirements on firms, and as a result would have no direct impact on firms. Some firms may choose to incur costs to verify the information FINRA publishes, but these cost are voluntary and are also likely to be minimal. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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. As noted above, however, FINRA received written comments on the proposed rule change to adopt Rule 4552 and the MPID Requirement, many of which requested that FINRA eliminate Rule 4552 once the MPID Requirement was implemented and functioning as intended.32 The current proposed rule change addresses this concern expressed by earlier commenters by eliminating the reporting requirements in Rule 4552. 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 32 See ATS Approval Order, supra note 6, 79 FR at 4215. VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:09 Jan 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 as the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 33 and Rule 19b– 4(f)(6) thereunder.34 At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule should be approved or 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 (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or • Send an email to rule-comments@ sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– FINRA–2016–002 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–FINRA–2016–002. 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 (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 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 33 15 34 17 PO 00000 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 FINRA. 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–FINRA– 2016–002, and should be submitted on or before February 16, 2016. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.35 Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–01308 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [File No. 500–1] In the Matter of Vadda Energy Corp.; Order of Suspension of Trading January 21, 2016. It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of Vadda Energy Corp. (CIK No. 1082492), a Florida corporation with its principal place of business listed as Flower Mound, Texas with stock quoted on OTC Link (previously ‘Pink Sheets’) operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (‘OTC Link’) under the ticker symbol VDDA, because it has not filed any periodic reports since it filed its registration statement on September 30, 2013. On October 9, 2015, a delinquency letter was sent by the Division of Corporation Finance to Vadda Energy requesting compliance with its periodic filing obligations, and Vadda Energy received the delinquency letter on October 15, 2015, but failed to cure its delinquencies. The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the securities of the above-listed company. Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the securities of the above-listed company is suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m. EST on January 21, 2016, through 11:59 p.m. EST on February 3, 2016. 35 17 E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 25JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2016 / Notices By the Commission. Jill M. Peterson, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE [FR Doc. 2016–01431 Filed 1–21–16; 11:15 am] Re-Consideration Concerning the Scope of Authorizations in a Presidential Permit Issued to Plains LPG Services, L.P. in May 2014 for Existing Pipeline Facilities on the Border of the United States and Canada Under the St. Clair River [Public Notice: 9422] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P.; Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Notice is hereby given that Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P., 300 W. 6th Street, Suite 2230, Austin, TX 78701, a Federal Licensee under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), in connection with the financing of a small concern, has sought an exemption under Section 312 of the Act and Section 107.730, Financings which constitute Conflicts of Interest of the Small Business Administration (‘‘SBA’’) Rules and Regulations (13 CFR part 107). Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P. proposes to provide debt financing to Everspring, Inc., 1007 Church Street, Suite 420, Evanston, IL 60201. UTIMCO, an Associate of Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P., holds an indirect ownership interest in Everspring, Inc. of greater than 10 percent. Therefore, Everspring, Inc. is an Associate of Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P. The financing is brought within the purview of § 107.730(a) of the Regulations because Everspring, Inc. is an Associate of Escalate Capital Partners SBIC III, L.P. Therefore this transaction requires a prior SBA exemption. Notice is hereby given that any interested person may submit written comments on the transaction, within fifteen days of the date of this publication, to the Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416. Mark L. Walsh, Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation. [FR Doc. 2016–01412 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:09 Jan 22, 2016 Department of State. Notice. AGENCY: [License No. 06/06–0347] Jkt 238001 ACTION: On May 23, 2014, the Department of State (Department) issued two Presidential Permits to Plains LPG Services, L.P. (Plains LPG) based on Plains LPG’s acquisition of six existing pipelines under the St. Clair River and one existing pipeline under the Detroit River. Plains LPG had applied for new permits reflecting its ownership of the pipeline facilities, but it did not seek any change or expansion of the previous authorizations for the pipelines’ use. The Presidential Permits issued in 2014 were intended to mirror previous authorizations from the 1970s, but the Department’s records were incomplete, particularly with regard to the six pipelines under the St. Clair River in the vicinity of Marysville, Michigan. While Plains LPG’s application asserted that the appropriate authorization was for the transport of any ‘‘liquefied hydrocarbons,’’ the Department issued one permit in 2014 for all of the St. Clair facilities authorizing the transport of ‘‘light liquid hydrocarbons,’’ which reflected the Department’s understanding of how the St. Clair pipelines were actually used in the 1970s and more recently. After the new permits were issued, Plains LPG provided new information that alters the Department’s understanding of the historic authorization for two of the six St. Clair pipelines. These two pipelines were constructed in 1918; they have an outer diameter of eight inches and have subsequently been fitted with five-inch diameter liners. Specifically, Plains LPG provided the Department with copies of correspondence from 1971 between the Department and Dome Petroleum Corp. (the previous owner). In that correspondence Dome informed the Department that it had acquired the two St. Clair pipelines and that it planned to use them to transport ‘‘crude and other liquid hydrocarbons.’’ The Department wrote back to Dome acknowledging the letter and the company’s plans. The 1918 Presidential Permit had authorized the transport of crude oil. In light of this additional information, the Department is revisiting Plains SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4081 LPG’s 2012 application and considering whether to issue a new permit for these two St. Clair pipelines that would authorize the transport of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons, superseding the authorization in the 2014 Presidential Permit for the transport of only light liquid hydrocarbons. The Department published in the Federal Register a Notification of Receipt of Application for a Presidential Permit on December 5, 2012 (Federal Register Citation 77 FR 72430) and solicited public comment on the application for a 30-day period, during which time it received one public comment requesting the Department ensure the pipelines are maintained and operated under government environmental and safety oversight required by law. The Department notes that it is not reconsidering the scope of authorization for use of the other four Plains LPG pipelines under the St. Clair River, or the Plains LPG facilities under the Detroit River. Plains LPG is a Texas limited partnership with its principal place of business at 333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002. Plains LPG is a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and headquartered in Houston, Texas. The Department’s consideration of the Presidential Permit for the St. Clair pipeline facilities is pursuant to E.O. 13337, which delegates to the Secretary of State the President’s authority to receive applications for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a range of facilities at the borders of the United States, including pipelines for liquid petroleum products, and to issue or deny such Presidential Permits upon a national interest determination. The Department also is soliciting the views of concerned federal agencies. Consistent with E.O. 13337, the Department will determine whether issuance of a new Presidential Permit for two of the St. Clair Pipeline border facilities, as discussed in this notice, would serve the U.S. national interest. Interested parties are invited to submit comments within 30 days of the publication date of this notice on https:// www.regulations.gov with regard to whether issuing a new Presidential Permit for two of the St. Clair pipelines authorizing the transport of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons would serve the national interest. To submit a comment, go to https:// www.regulations.gov, enter the title of DATES: E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM 25JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4080-4081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01431]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[File No. 500-1]


In the Matter of Vadda Energy Corp.; Order of Suspension of 
Trading

January 21, 2016.
    It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is 
a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of 
Vadda Energy Corp. (CIK No. 1082492), a Florida corporation with its 
principal place of business listed as Flower Mound, Texas with stock 
quoted on OTC Link (previously `Pink Sheets') operated by OTC Markets 
Group Inc. (`OTC Link') under the ticker symbol VDDA, because it has 
not filed any periodic reports since it filed its registration 
statement on September 30, 2013. On October 9, 2015, a delinquency 
letter was sent by the Division of Corporation Finance to Vadda Energy 
requesting compliance with its periodic filing obligations, and Vadda 
Energy received the delinquency letter on October 15, 2015, but failed 
to cure its delinquencies.
    The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the 
protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the 
securities of the above-listed company.
    Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the securities of the 
above-listed company is suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m. EST on 
January 21, 2016, through 11:59 p.m. EST on February 3, 2016.


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    By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-01431 Filed 1-21-16; 11:15 am]
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