Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 22021-22022 [2017-09585]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 90 / Thursday, May 11, 2017 / Notices 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. CONTACT PERSON: Keaven M. Stevenson, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 805, Arlington, VA 22230; (703) 292–8600; kstevens@nsf.gov. SUMMARY OF MINUTES: May be obtained from Dr. Susan E. Brennan, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 855, Arlington, VA 22230; (703) 292–5096; SBrennan@ 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. AGENDA: Agenda Topics. Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule’s Competitive Products List. DATES: Effective date: May 11, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Postal Service® hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on May 4, 2017, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contract 315 to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2017–127, CP2017–180. Monday, June 12, 2017; 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. • Remarks by the Committee Chair and NSF Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources (EHR) • EHR Investments in the STEM Workforce • Lifelong Learning for a Skilled Technical Workforce • The Many Faces of the STEM Workforce: Broadening Participation • Increasing Public Ownership of Scientific Research • Views from NSF’s Research Directorates • Discussion with NSF Director France ´ Cordova BILLING CODE 7710–12–P Tuesday June 13, 2017; 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. • • • • Recommendations to EHR Committee of Visitor Reports Update on NSF INCLUDES Open Licensing: Status Report and Discussion • Adjournment Final agenda will be located at https://www.nsf.gov/ehr/advisory.jsp. Dated: May 8, 2017. Crystal Robinson, Committee Management Officer. Stanley F. Mires, Attorney, Federal Compliance. [FR Doc. 2017–09548 Filed 5–10–17; 8:45 am] POSTAL SERVICE Product Change—Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement Postal ServiceTM. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule’s Competitive Products List. DATES: Effective date: May 11, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Postal Service® hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on May 4, 2017, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contract 316 to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2017–128, CP2017–181. SUMMARY: Stanley F. Mires, Attorney, Federal Compliance. [FR Doc. 2017–09565 Filed 5–10–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P [FR Doc. 2017–09547 Filed 5–10–17; 8:45 am] asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 7710–12–P POSTAL SERVICE Product Change—Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. ACTION: Notice. Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 May 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 22021 Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–0213. Extension: Rule 611, SEC File No. 270–540, OMB Control No. 3235–0600. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments on the existing collection of information provided for in Rule 611 (17 CFR 242.611). The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. • Rule 611 (17 CFR 242.611)—Order Protection Rule On June 9, 2005, effective August 29, 2005 (see 70 FR 37496, June 29, 2005), the Commission adopted Rule 611 of Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) to require any national securities exchange, national securities association, alternative trading system, exchange market maker, over-thecounter market maker, and any other broker-dealer that executes orders internally by trading as principal or crossing orders as agent, to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the execution of a transaction in its market at a price that is inferior to a bid or offer displayed in another market at the time of execution (a ‘‘trade-though’’), absent an applicable exception and, if relying on an exception, that are reasonably designed to assure compliance with the terms of the exception. Without this collection of information, respondents would not have a means to enforce compliance with the Commission’s intention to prevent trade-throughs pursuant to the rule. There are approximately 304 respondents 1 per year that will require an aggregate total of 18,240 hours to comply with this rule. It is anticipated that each respondent will continue to expend approximately 60 hours annually: Two hours per month of internal legal time and three hours per month of internal compliance time to ensure that its written policies and procedures are up-to-date and remain in 1 This estimate includes twelve national securities exchanges and one national securities association that trade NMS stocks. The estimate also includes the approximately 255 firms that were registered equity market makers or specialists at year-end 2015, as well as 36 alternative trading systems that operate trading systems that trade NMS stocks. E:\FR\FM\11MYN1.SGM 11MYN1 22022 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 90 / Thursday, May 11, 2017 / Notices compliance with Rule 611. The estimated cost for an in-house attorney is $396 per hour and the estimated cost for an assistant compliance director in the securities industry is $349 per hour. Therefore the estimated total cost of compliance for the annual hour burden is as follows: [(2 legal hours × 12 months × $396) × 304] + [(3 compliance hours × 12 months × $349) × 304] = $6,708,672.2 Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission’s estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 days of this publication. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Please direct your written comments to: Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or send an email to: PRA_ Mailbox@sec.gov. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Dated: May 8, 2017. Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary. II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change [FR Doc. 2017–09585 Filed 5–10–17; 8:45 am] asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 2 The total cost of compliance for the annual hour burden has been revised to reflect updated estimated cost figures for an in-house attorney and an assistant compliance director. These figures are from SIFMA’s Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2017, modified by Commission staff to account for an 1800-hour workyear and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits, and overhead. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 May 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 [Release No. 34–80613; File No. SR–ISE– 2017–37] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Complex Order Quoting May 5, 2017. 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 April 26, 2017, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (‘‘ISE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘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. I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange proposes to designate that a symbol will not be eligible for Market Maker quotes in the complex order book after the symbol migrates to Nasdaq INET technology. In addition, that symbol will trade in price/time priority. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s Web site at www.ise.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange 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. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. 1 15 2 17 PO 00000 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose Today, ISE permits Market Makers to enter quotes on certain symbols for complex strategies on the complex order book in their appointed options classes. Market Maker quotes for complex strategies are not automatically executed against bids and offers on the Exchange for the individual legs nor can they be marked for price improvement.3 Market Makers are not required to enter quotes on the Exchange’s complex order book. Quotes for complex orders are not subject to any quotation requirements that are applicable to Market Maker quotes in the regular market for individual options series or classes, nor is any volume executed in complex orders taken into consideration when determining whether Market Markers are meeting quotation obligations applicable to market maker quotes in the regular market for individual options series. The Exchange proposes to designate that a symbol will not be eligible for Market Maker quotes in the complex order book after the symbol migrates to the INET platform. Specifically, the Exchange filed a proposal to begin the system migration to Nasdaq INET in Q2 of 2017.4 The migration to INET will be on a symbol by symbol basis as specified by the Exchange in a notice to Members.5 The Exchange is proposing to implement this rule change on the INET platform as the symbols migrate to that platform. Once a symbol moves to INET no complex quoting 6 will be available for that symbol and the symbol will be allocated in price/time priority. INET is the proprietary core technology utilized across Nasdaq’s global markets and utilized on The NASDAQ Options Market LLC (‘‘NOM’’), NASDAQ PHLX LLC (‘‘Phlx’’) and NASDAQ BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’) (collectively, ‘‘Nasdaq Exchanges’’). The migration of ISE to the Nasdaq INET architecture would result in higher performance, scalability, and more robust architecture. With this system 3 See Supplementary Material .03 to Rule 722. Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80432 (April 11, 2017), 82 FR 18191 (April 17, 2017) (SR– ISE–2017–03) (Order Approving Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, to Amend Various Rules in Connection with a System Migration to Nasdaq INET Technology). 5 The Exchange will issue an Options Trader Alert prior to the migration and will specify the dates that symbols will migrate to the INET platform. 6 The Exchange notes that Phlx does not offer complex order quoting functionality. 4 See E:\FR\FM\11MYN1.SGM 11MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 90 (Thursday, May 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22021-22022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09585]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 611, SEC File No. 270-540, OMB Control No. 3235-0600.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the existing 
collection of information provided for in Rule 611 (17 CFR 242.611). 
The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information 
to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and 
approval.

 Rule 611 (17 CFR 242.611)--Order Protection Rule

    On June 9, 2005, effective August 29, 2005 (see 70 FR 37496, June 
29, 2005), the Commission adopted Rule 611 of Regulation NMS under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) to require any 
national securities exchange, national securities association, 
alternative trading system, exchange market maker, over-the-counter 
market maker, and any other broker-dealer that executes orders 
internally by trading as principal or crossing orders as agent, to 
establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to prevent the execution of a transaction in its 
market at a price that is inferior to a bid or offer displayed in 
another market at the time of execution (a ``trade-though''), absent an 
applicable exception and, if relying on an exception, that are 
reasonably designed to assure compliance with the terms of the 
exception. Without this collection of information, respondents would 
not have a means to enforce compliance with the Commission's intention 
to prevent trade-throughs pursuant to the rule.
    There are approximately 304 respondents \1\ per year that will 
require an aggregate total of 18,240 hours to comply with this rule. It 
is anticipated that each respondent will continue to expend 
approximately 60 hours annually: Two hours per month of internal legal 
time and three hours per month of internal compliance time to ensure 
that its written policies and procedures are up-to-date and remain in

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compliance with Rule 611. The estimated cost for an in-house attorney 
is $396 per hour and the estimated cost for an assistant compliance 
director in the securities industry is $349 per hour. Therefore the 
estimated total cost of compliance for the annual hour burden is as 
follows: [(2 legal hours x 12 months x $396) x 304] + [(3 compliance 
hours x 12 months x $349) x 304] = $6,708,672.\2\
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    \1\ This estimate includes twelve national securities exchanges 
and one national securities association that trade NMS stocks. The 
estimate also includes the approximately 255 firms that were 
registered equity market makers or specialists at year-end 2015, as 
well as 36 alternative trading systems that operate trading systems 
that trade NMS stocks.
    \2\ The total cost of compliance for the annual hour burden has 
been revised to reflect updated estimated cost figures for an in-
house attorney and an assistant compliance director. These figures 
are from SIFMA's Management & Professional Earnings in the 
Securities Industry 2017, modified by Commission staff to account 
for an 1800-hour work-year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for 
bonuses, firm size, employee benefits, and overhead.
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    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information 
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in 
writing within 60 days of this publication.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Please direct your written comments to: Thomas Bayer, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi 
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or send an email 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: May 8, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09585 Filed 5-10-17; 8:45 am]
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