Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Sub-Committee Meeting, 14286-14287 [2020-04989]

Download as PDF 14286 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 48 / Wednesday, March 11, 2020 / Notices rule change is consistent with Rule 17Ad–22(d)(11).11 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IV. Conclusion [SEC File No. 270–598, OMB Control No. 3235–0655] On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act, and in particular, with the requirements of Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act 12 and Rule 17Ad–22(d)(11) thereunder.13 It is therefore ordered pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 14 that the proposed rule change (SR–ICC–2020– 001), be, and hereby is, approved.15 Proposed Collection; Comment Request Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–2736. Extension: Regulation 14N and Schedule 14N. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.16 J. Matthew DeLesDernier, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–04920 Filed 3–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 85 FR 12956, March 5, 2020. PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF THE MEETING: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. The Open Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a future date. CHANGES IN THE MEETING: CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information; please contact Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. Dated: March 9, 2020 Vanessa A. Countryman, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–05100 Filed 3–9–20; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES 11 15 U.S.C. 17Ad–22(d)(11). U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F). 13 17 CFR 240.17Ad–22(d)(11). 14 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 15 In approving the proposed rule change, the Commission considered the proposal’s impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 16 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 12 15 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:37 Mar 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments on the collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for extension and approval. Schedule 14N (17 CFR 240.14n–101) requires the filing of certain information with the Commission by shareholders who submit a nominee or nominees for director pursuant to applicable state law, or a company’s governing documents. Schedule 14N provides notice to the company of the shareholder’s intent to have the company include the shareholder’s or shareholder groups’ nominee or nominees for director in the company’s proxy materials. This information is intended to assist shareholders in making an informed voting decision with regards to any nominee or nominees put forth by a nominating shareholder or group, by allowing shareholders to gauge the nominating shareholder’s interest in the company, longevity of ownership, and intent with regard to continued ownership in the company. We estimate that Schedule 14N takes approximately 40 hours per response and will be filed by approximately 42 issuers annually. In addition, we estimate that 75% of the 40 hours per response (30 hours per response) is prepared by the issuer for an annual reporting burden of 1,260 hours (30 hours per response × 42 responses). Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden imposed by the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (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 unless it displays a currently valid control number. Please direct your written comments to David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or send and an email to: PRA_ Mailbox@sec.gov. Dated: March 6, 2020. J. Matthew DeLesDernier, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–04950 Filed 3–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 11068] Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Sub-Committee Meeting The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, April 6, 2019, at the offices of ABS Consulting, 1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 625, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the forty fourth session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Facilitation Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, April 20–24, 2020. The agenda items to be considered include: —Decisions of other IMO bodies —Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Convention —Review and update of the annex of the FAL Convention —Application of single-window concept —Review and revision of the IMO Compendium on Facilitation and Electronic Business —Developing guidance for authentication, integrity and confidentiality of content for the purpose of exchange via a maritime single window —Consideration of descriptions of Maritime Services in the context of enavigation E:\FR\FM\11MRN1.SGM 11MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 48 / Wednesday, March 11, 2020 / Notices lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES —Development of amendments to the Recommendations on the establishment of National Facilitation Committees (FAL.5/Circ.2) —Development of guidelines on creating a tool to measure domestic implementation of the FAL Convention —Unsafe mixed migration by sea —Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons rescued at sea and stowaways —Guidance to address maritime corruption —Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) —Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation of maritime traffic relations with other organizations —Application of the Committee’s procedures on organization and method of work —Work program —Any other business Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating capacity of 30 for the room. Members of the public may also participate via teleconference, up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line, which will handle 500 participants. To access the teleconference line, participants should call (202) 475–4000 and use Participant Code: 839 604 42#. To facilitate the building security process, and to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at James.T.Bull@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372–1144, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593–7509 not later than Monday, March 30, 2020, seven days prior to the meeting. Requests made after Monday, March 30, 2020, might not be able to be accommodated. The ABS Consulting office is accessible by taxi, public transportation, and privately owned conveyance. Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ IMO. Jeremy M. Greenwood, Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2020–04989 Filed 3–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–09–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:37 Mar 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36377 (Sub-No. 1)] BNSF Railway Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company By petition filed on December 27, 2019, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) requests that the Board partially revoke the trackage rights exemption granted to it under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) in Docket No. FD 36377, as necessary to permit that trackage rights arrangement to expire at midnight on December 31, 2020. As explained by BNSF in its verified notice of exemption in Docket No. FD 36377, BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) entered into an agreement granting BNSF local trackage rights over two rail lines owned by UP between: (1) UP milepost 93.2 at Stockton, Cal., on UP’s Oakland Subdivision, and UP milepost 219.4 at Elsey, Cal., on UP’s Canyon Subdivision, a distance of 126.2 miles; and (2) UP milepost 219.4 at Elsey and UP milepost 280.7 at Keddie, Cal., on UP’s Canyon Subdivision, a distance of 61.3 miles. BNSF Verified Notice of Exemption 2, BNSF Ry.—Trackage Rights Exemption—Union Pac. R.R., FD 36377. BNSF further stated that the trackage rights arrangement is intended to permit BNSF to move empty and loaded ballast trains to and from the ballast pit located at Elsey. (Id.) BNSF filed its verified notice of exemption under the Board’s class exemption procedures at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7), explaining that, because the trackage rights covered by the notice in Docket No. FD 36377 are local rather than overhead rights, they do not qualify for the Board’s class exemption for temporary trackage rights under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8).See BNSF Verified Notice of Exemption 1 n.1, BNSF Ry.— Trackage Rights Exemption—Union Pac. R.R., FD 36377. In this sub-docket, BNSF has now filed a petition for partial revocation of the exemption as necessary to permit the trackage rights to expire at midnight on December 31, 2020, pursuant to the parties’ agreement. (See BNSF Pet. 1–2); see also BNSF Verified Notice of Exemption Ex. B at 2, BNSF Ry.— Trackage Rights Exemption—Union Pac. R.R., FD 36377. BNSF argues that granting this petition will promote the rail transportation policy. BNSF also argues that the revocation would be consistent with the limited scope of the transaction and would not have an adverse effect on shippers. (BNSF Pet. 3.) PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14287 Discussion and Conclusions Although BNSF and UP have expressly agreed on the duration of the proposed trackage rights agreement, trackage rights approved under the class exemption at § 1180.2(d)(7) typically remain effective indefinitely, regardless of any contract provisions. Occasionally, however, the Board has partially revoked a trackage rights exemption to allow those rights to expire after a limited time period rather than lasting in perpetuity. See, e.g., New Orleans Pub. Belt R.R.—Trackage Rights Exemption—Ill. Cent. R.R., FD 36198 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served June 20, 2018); BNSF Ry.—Temp. Trackage Rights Exemption—Union Pac. R.R., FD 35963 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Dec. 17, 2015) (granting a petition to partially revoke a trackage rights exemption involving the same lines at issue in this case). Granting partial revocation in these circumstances to permit the trackage rights to expire at the end of 2020 would eliminate the need for BNSF to file a second pleading seeking discontinuance when the agreement expires, thereby promoting the rail transportation goals at 49 U.S.C. 10101(2), (7) and (15). Moreover, partially revoking the exemption to limit the term of the trackage rights would have no adverse impact on shippers because the trackage rights at issue are solely to allow BNSF to move empty and loaded ballast trains to and from the ballast pit in Elsey for use in BNSF’s maintenance-of-way projects. (See BNSF Pet. 2.) Therefore, the Board will grant the petition and permit the trackage rights exempted in Docket No. FD 36377 to expire at midnight on December 31, 2020. To provide the statutorily mandated protection to any employee adversely affected by the discontinuance of trackage rights, the Board will impose the employee protective conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad— Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). This action is categorically excluded from environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c). It is ordered: 1. The petition for partial revocation of the trackage rights class exemption is granted. 2. As discussed above, the trackage rights in Docket No. FD 36377 are permitted to expire at midnight on December 31, 2020, subject to the employee protective conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line. 3. Notice of this decision will be published in the Federal Register. E:\FR\FM\11MRN1.SGM 11MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-04989]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11068]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization Sub-Committee Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on Monday, April 6, 2019, at the offices of ABS Consulting, 1525 Wilson 
Boulevard, Suite 625, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the forty fourth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee to 
be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, April 20-24, 2020.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Convention
--Review and update of the annex of the FAL Convention
--Application of single-window concept
--Review and revision of the IMO Compendium on Facilitation and 
Electronic Business
--Developing guidance for authentication, integrity and confidentiality 
of content for the purpose of exchange via a maritime single window
--Consideration of descriptions of Maritime Services in the context of 
e-navigation

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--Development of amendments to the Recommendations on the establishment 
of National Facilitation Committees (FAL.5/Circ.2)
--Development of guidelines on creating a tool to measure domestic 
implementation of the FAL Convention
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons 
rescued at sea and stowaways
--Guidance to address maritime corruption
--Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime Autonomous 
Surface Ships (MASS)
--Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation of maritime 
traffic relations with other organizations
--Application of the Committee's procedures on organization and method 
of work
--Work program
--Any other business

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of 30 for the room. Members of the public may also participate 
via teleconference, up to the capacity of the teleconference phone 
line, which will handle 500 participants. To access the teleconference 
line, participants should call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 
839 604 42#. To facilitate the building security process, and to 
request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1144, or in writing at 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-
7509 not later than Monday, March 30, 2020, seven days prior to the 
meeting. Requests made after Monday, March 30, 2020, might not be able 
to be accommodated. The ABS Consulting office is accessible by taxi, 
public transportation, and privately owned conveyance.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

Jeremy M. Greenwood,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-04989 Filed 3-10-20; 8:45 am]
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