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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 214 / Friday, November 4, 2016 / Notices
Wednesday, November 30, 2016; 8:00
a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Results from the 2016 Federal
Employees Viewpoint Survey (FEVS);
Discussion with Director and Chief
Operating Officer; Update: Committee
on Equal Opportunities in Science and
Engineering (CEOSE); Meeting WrapUp.
Expeditions, LLC, on October 23, 2015.
The issued permit allows the applicant
to operate a remote camp at Union
Glacier, Antarctica, and provide
logistical support services for scientific
and other expeditions, film crews, and
tourists. These activities include aircraft
support, cache positioning, camp and
field support, resupply, search and
rescue, medevac, medical support and
logistic support for some National
Operators.
Now the applicant proposes a permit
modification to continue permitted
activities, including minimization,
mitigation, and monitoring of waste, for
the 2016–2017 Antarctic season. The
Environmental Officer has reviewed the
modification request and has
determined that the amendment is not
a material change to the permit, and it
will have a less than a minor or
transitory impact.
DATES: October 23, 2015 to February 28,
2020.
The permit modification was issued
on October 31, 2016.
Dated: November 1, 2016.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of
Polar Programs.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Modification Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978
Advisory Committee for Education and
Human Resources; Notice of Meeting
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice concerning issues related to the
oversight, integrity, development and
enhancement of NSF’s business
operations.
Agenda
Tuesday, November 29, 2016; 1:00 p.m.–
5:30 p.m.
Welcome/Introductions; BFA/OIRM/
OLPA Updates; NSF Strategic Plan;
BOAC and Operations with its
Subcommittees; Update from
Subcommittee on National Academy of
Public Administration (NAPA);
Application of Lessons Learned from
Other Lessons-Learned Programs.
National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit modification
request received and permit issued
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of
1978.
AGENCY:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
a notice of requests to modify permits
issued to conduct activities regulated
and permits issued under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has
published regulations under the
Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45
Part 671 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This is the required notice
of a requested permit modification and
permit issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer,
Division of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
Or by email: ACApermits@nsf.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Foundation issued a permit (ACA 2016–
008) to David Rootes, Environmental
Manager, Antarctic Logistics and
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Agenda
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 8:00
a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Remarks by the Committee Chair and
NSF Assistant Director for Education
and Human Resources (EHR).
Discussion of Selected NSF Big Ideas
Related to EHR Goals.
Committee of Visitor Report on
Education Core Research
´
Discussion with France Cordova, NSF
Director
Thursday, December 1, 2016 8:00 a.m.–
1:00 p.m.
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, as amended), the National Science
Foundation (NSF) announces the
following meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee for
Education and Human Resources
(#1119).
Date/Time: November 30, 2016; 8:00
a.m.–5:00 p.m.
December 1, 2016; 8:00 a.m.–1:00
p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 375,
Arlington, VA 22230.
Operated assisted teleconference is
available for this meeting. Call 888–
658–9757 with password EHRAC and
you will be connected to the audio
portion of the meeting.
To attend the meeting in person, all
visitors must contact the Directorate for
Education and Human Resources (ehr_
ac@nsf.gov) at least 24 hours prior to the
teleconference to arrange for a visitor’s
badge. All visitors must report to the
NSF visitor desk located in the lobby at
the 9th and N. Stuart Streets entrance at
4201 Wilson Blvd. on the day of the
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teleconference to receive a visitor’s
badge.
Meeting materials and minutes will
also be available on the EHR Advisory
Committee Web site at https://
www.nsf.gov/ehr/advisory.jsp.
Type of Meeting: Open,
Teleconference.
Contact Person: Keaven M. Stevenson,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Room 805,
Arlington, VA 22230; (703) 292–8600;
kstevens@nsf.gov.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice with respect to the Foundation’s
science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education and
human resources programming.
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Discussion of INCLUDES and Selected
NSF Big Ideas
Committee of Visitor Reports
Other Business
Adjournment
Dated: November 1, 2016.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
November 7, 14, 21, 28,
December 5, 12, 2016.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
DATES:
Week of November 7, 2016
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of November 7, 2016.
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Week of November 21, 2016—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of November 21, 2016.
Week of November 28, 2016—Tentative
Dated: November 2, 2016.
Glenn Ellmers,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
9:00 A.M. Briefing on Uranium
Recovery (Public Meeting) (Contact:
Samantha Crane: 301–415–6380)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–79200]
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of December 5, 2016.
Order Granting a Limited Exemption
From Rule 102 of Regulation M
Concerning NASDAQ Stock Market
LLC’s New Product Support Incentives
Pursuant to Regulation M Rule 102(e)
Week of December 12, 2016—Tentative
October 31, 2016.
Week of December 5, 2016—Tentative
Thursday, December 15, 2016
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
9:30 A.M. Briefing on Equal
Employment Opportunity, Affirmative
Employment, and Small Business
(Public Meeting) (Contact: Larniece
Moore McKoy: 301–415–1942)
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
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meetings is subject to change on short
notice. For more information or to verify
the status of meetings, contact Glenn
Ellmers at 301–415–0442 or via email at
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Schedule can be found on the Internet
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On September 23, 2016, NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC (‘‘Exchange’’ or
‘‘NASDAQ’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) a proposal to amend
NASDAQ Rule 7014(f) to, among other
things, change their Lead Market Maker
Program (now renamed the ‘‘Designated
Liquidity Provider (‘‘DLP’’) Program’’) to
include a new rebate, the New Product
Support Incentive (‘‘NPSI’’).1 Under the
NPSI, the Exchange will pay a higher
rebate to market makers that act as DLPs
in newly launched exchange-traded
products (‘‘ETPs’’) that meet certain
conditions.2 The proposal became
effective upon filing pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(‘‘Exchange Act’’).3
Specifically, the Exchange will pay an
NPSI rebate to a DLP of $0.0070 per
executed share in the first year from the
ETP’s launch, on a decreasing scale
until the NPSI is phased out as the ETP
ages, terminating three years from the
ETP’s launch.4 In contrast, the largest
1 Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
Proposed Rule Change to Amend Nasdaq’s Fees at
Rule 7014(f), Exchange Act Release No. 78912 (Sep.
23, 2016); 81 FR 67019 (Sep. 29, 2016) (‘‘NPSI
Release’’).
2 ETPs eligible to be qualified securities for the
DLP Program are exchange-traded funds or indexlinked securities listed on NASDAQ pursuant to
NASDAQ Rules 5705 (Exchange Traded Funds:
Portfolio Depository Receipts and Index Fund
Shares), 5710 (Securities Linked to the Performance
of Indexes and Commodities, Including Currencies),
5720 (Trust Issued Receipts), 5735 (Managed Fund
Shares), or 5745 (NextShares). In addition, the ETPs
must have at least one DLP. Further, to qualify for
the NPSI, the DLP must be at the national best bid
or offer at least 20% of the time on average in the
assigned ETP, the ETP must have a three-month
ADV of less than 500,000, and the ETP must be less
than 36 months old. See NASDAQ Rule 7014(f)(1)
and (4). Collectively, securities for which rebates
under the NPSI are made are referred to in this
order as ‘‘NPSI Securities.’’
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). See also NPSI Release.
4 NASDAQ Rule 7014(f)(5)(B). The rebate
decreases to $0.0065 per executed share in the
second year and $0.0055 per executed share in the
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rebate that a DLP can collect under the
DLP Program’s ‘‘Basic Rebate’’ for a nonNPSI ETP is $0.0047 per executed
share.5 NASDAQ represents that the
NPSI is designed for the purpose of
incentivizing DLPs to support trading in
newly launched ETPs.6
With the implementation of the NPSI,
issuers of newly launched ETPs that
choose to list on NASDAQ are
automatically enrolled in the NPSI and
would indirectly benefit from this
liquidity support, which is intended to
incentivize market makers to engage in
more quotation and trading activity than
might otherwise be undertaken in the
absence of payments under the NPSI in
order to help facilitate the distribution
of newly launched ETPs. As such, the
Commission believes that participating
in the NPSI could constitute an indirect
attempt by the issuer to induce a bid for
or purchase of a covered security during
a restricted period potentially in
violation of Rule 102 of Regulation M.7
NASDAQ represents that the NPSI may
incentivize DLPs to support trading in
newly launched ETPs.8
The Commission has provided
limited, conditional exemptions from
Rule 102 for issuers to participate in a
number of similar programs, such as the
NASDAQ MQP, which also involved an
indirect attempt by the issuer to induce
a bid for or a purchase of a covered
security during a restricted period.9 Like
third. After the third year, no rebate is paid under
the NPSI. These rebates collectively are referred to
in this order as ‘‘NPSI Rebates.’’
5 See NASDAQ Rule 7014(f)(4)–(5)(A). In addition
to the Basic Rebate and NPSI, a DLP in qualifying
ETPs can also receive the ‘‘Additional Tape C ETP
Incentive,’’ which provides $0.0003 to $0.0005 per
executed share, depending on how many ETPs the
DLP is assigned to and other conditions are met.
See NASDAQ Rule 7014(f)(5)(C).
6 NPSI Release.
7 17 CFR 242.102. The Commission notes in this
regard the focus of the NPSI on newly launched
ETPs. Cf. Order Instituting Proceedings to
Determine Whether to Approve or Disapprove
Proposed Rule Changes Relating to Market Maker
Incentive Programs for Certain Exchange-Traded
Products, Exchange Act Release No. 67411 (Jul. 11,
2012), 77 FR 42052 (Jul. 17, 2012) (regarding the
similar NASDAQ Market Quality Program (‘‘MQP’’),
stating that ‘‘[t]he Commission believes that issuer
payments made under the SRO Proposals would
constitute an indirect attempt by the issuer of a
covered security to induce a purchase or bid in a
covered security during a restricted period in
violation of Rule 102’’ and noting that ‘‘under the
NASDAQ Proposal, the issuer payments would ‘be
used for the purpose of incentivizing one or more
Market Makers in the MQP Security,’ which could
induce bids or purchases for the issuer’s security
during a restricted period’’).
8 NPSI Release.
9 See Order Granting a Limited Exemption from
Rule 102 of Regulation M Concerning the NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC Market Quality Program Pilot
Pursuant to Regulation M Rule 102(e), Exchange
Act Rel. No. 69196 (Mar. 20, 2013); 78 FR 18410
(Mar. 26, 2013); Order Granting a Limited
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[NRC-2016-0001]
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
DATES: November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2016.
PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of November 7, 2016
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 7, 2016.
Week of November 14, 2016--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 14, 2016.
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Week of November 21, 2016--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 21, 2016.
Week of November 28, 2016--Tentative
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
9:00 A.M. Briefing on Uranium Recovery (Public Meeting) (Contact:
Samantha Crane: 301-415-6380)
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address--https://www.nrc.gov/.
Week of December 5, 2016--Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 5, 2016.
Week of December 12, 2016--Tentative
Thursday, December 15, 2016
9:30 A.M. Briefing on Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative
Employment, and Small Business (Public Meeting) (Contact: Larniece
Moore McKoy: 301-415-1942)
This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address--https://www.nrc.gov/.
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The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short
notice. For more information or to verify the status of meetings,
contact Glenn Ellmers at 301-415-0442 or via email at
Glenn.Ellmers@nrc.gov.
* * * * *
The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet
at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/schedule.html.
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The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation
to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or
the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another
format (e.g. braille, large print), please notify Kimberly Meyer, NRC
Disability Program Manager, at 301-287-0739, by videophone at 240-428-
3217, or by email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@nrc.gov. Determinations on
requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case
basis.
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Members of the public may request to receive this information
electronically. If you would like to be added to the distribution,
please contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969), or email
Brenda.Akstulewicz@nrc.gov or Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov.
Dated: November 2, 2016.
Glenn Ellmers,
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
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