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On balance, the NRC’s principles of
good regulation demonstrate that the
granting of the requested exemption is
otherwise in the public interest. As an
initial matter, the exemption is
necessary for the restart of the AFRRI
TRIGA reactor. In its exemption request,
the licensee provided that such restart is
critical to national defense. The
licensing of the specified applicants for
AFRRI operator licenses would bring
the facility into compliance with the
staffing and surveillance requirements
of its technical specifications and would
facilitate the maintenance of its critical
systems. Additionally, as clearly,
openly, and independently determined
above, the licensee’s preferred method
of training and testing these applicants
with respect to control manipulations at
the INL NRAD TRIGA reactor will not
endanger life or property because the
operating and technical characteristics
of the INL NRAD TRIGA reactor are
sufficiently similar to those of the
AFRRI TRIGA reactor with respect to
control manipulations. Therefore, it
would be most efficient to approve the
licensee’s preferred method as opposed
to requiring some equally effective
alternative method. The requested
exemption would also maintain
unchanged the substantive requirements
upon the specified AFRRI applicants
with respect to training and testing. This
would further reliability by allowing
these applicants to complete their
applications with the underlying
requirements unchanged and by
allowing the operating test to be
conducted with the underlying
requirements unchanged. Finally, the
exemption would only apply to the
training and testing of the four named
applicants and would expire thereafter;
therefore, the exemption is narrowly
tailored to be efficient and to maintain
the reliability of the AFRRI operator
licensing program.
Based on the above, the NRC finds
that the requested exemption is
otherwise in the public interest.
D. Environmental Considerations
This exemption allows four named
applicants for an AFRRI TRIGA reactor
operator or senior operator license to
perform their training and testing
control manipulations required by 10
CFR 55.31(a)(5) and 10 CFR 55.45(b) at
the INL NRAD TRIGA reactor instead of
at the AFRRI TRIGA reactor.
For the following reasons, this
exemption meets the eligibility criteria
of 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25) for a categorical
exclusion. There are no special or
extraordinary circumstances present
that would preclude reliance on this
exclusion. The NRC determined, in
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accordance with 10 CFR
51.22(c)(25)(vi)(E), that the requirements
from which the exemption is sought
involve education, training, experience,
qualification, requalification, or other
employment suitability requirements.
The NRC also determined that granting
the requested exemption involves no
significant hazards consideration
because it does not authorize any
physical changes to the facility or any
of its safety systems or change any of the
assumptions or limits used in the
facility licensee’s safety analyses or
introduce any new failure modes; no
significant change in the types or
significant increase in the amounts of
any effluents that may be released
offsite because the exemption does not
affect any effluent release limits as
provided in the facility licensee’s
technical specifications or by 10 CFR
part 20, ‘‘Standards for Protection
Against Radiation’’; no significant
increase in individual or cumulative
public or occupational radiation
exposure because the exemption does
not affect limits on the release of any
radioactive material or the limits
provided in 10 CFR part 20 for radiation
exposure to workers or members of the
public; no significant construction
impact because the exemption does not
involve any changes to a construction
permit; and no significant increase in
the potential for or consequences from
radiological accidents because the
exemption does not alter any of the
assumptions or limits in the facility
licensee’s safety analyses. In addition,
the NRC determined that there would be
no significant impacts to biota, water
resources, historic properties, cultural
resources, or socioeconomic conditions
in the region. As such, there are no
extraordinary circumstances present
that would preclude reliance on this
categorical exclusion. Therefore,
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no
environmental impact statement or
environmental assessment need be
prepared in connection with granting
the requested exemption.
IV. Conclusion
Accordingly, the Commission has
determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR
55.11, the exemption is authorized by
law, will not endanger life or property,
and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, effective immediately, the
Commission hereby grants AFRRI an
exemption from 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) and
10 CFR 55.45(b) to allow the four
applicants for an AFRRI TRIGA reactor
operator or senior operator license,
specified by name in the licensee’s letter
dated October 7, 2021, to provide
evidence that they, as trainees, have
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successfully manipulated the controls of
the INL NRAD TRIGA reactor and to be
administered the portion of the
operating test requiring control
manipulations at the INL NRAD TRIGA
reactor. This exemption expires when
the training and initial testing of these
new applicants is completed.
Dated: October 22, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mohamed Shams,
Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and
Non-Power Production and Utilization
Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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POSTAL SERVICE
Sunshine Act Meetings
Tuesday, November 9,
2021, at 10:15 a.m.; and Wednesday,
November 10, 2021, at 9 a.m.
PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal
Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza SW, in the Benjamin Franklin
Room.
STATUS: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at
10:15 a.m.—Closed; Wednesday,
November 10, 2021, at 9 a.m.—Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 10:15
a.m. (Closed)
1. Strategic Issues.
2. Financial and Operational Matters.
3. Compensation and Personnel Matters.
4. Administrative Items.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at 9
a.m. (Open)
1. Remarks of the Chairman of the Board
of Governors.
2. Remarks of the Postmaster General
and CEO.
3. Approval of Minutes of Previous
Meetings.
4. Committee Reports.
5. Financial Matters, including FY2021
and Financial Statements, and
Annual Report to Congress.
6. FY2022 Integrated Financial Plan and
Financing Resolution.
7. FY2023 Congressional
Reimbursement Request.
8. Quarterly Service Performance
Report.
9. Approval of Tentative Agendas for
February 2022 Meetings.
10. Board Leadership.
A public comment period will begin
immediately following the adjournment
of the open session on November 10,
2021. During the public comment
period, which shall not exceed 60
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minutes, members of the public may
comment on any item or subject listed
on the agenda for the open session
above. Additionally, the public will be
given the option to join the public
comment session and participate via
teleconference. Registration of speakers
at the public comment period is
required. Should you wish to participate
via teleconference, you will be required
to give your first and last name, a valid
email address to send an invite and a
phone number to reach you should a
technical issue arise. Speakers may
register online at https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/BOG-11-102021. No more than three minutes shall
be allotted to each speaker. The time
allotted to each speaker will be
determined after registration closes.
Registration for the public comment
period, either in person or via
teleconference, will end on November 8
at 5 p.m. ET. Participation in the public
comment period is governed by 39 CFR
232.1(n).
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael J. Elston, Secretary of the
Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260–1000.
Telephone: (202) 268–4800.
Michael J. Elston,
Secretary.
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[Release No. 34–93405; File No. SR–BX–
2021–047]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq
BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend Equity 7,
Section 118 To Establish an Enhanced
Market Quality Program
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October 22, 2021.
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 October
12, 2021, Nasdaq BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III 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.
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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The Exchange proposes to amend
Equity 7, Section 118 to establish an
Enhanced Market Quality Program, as
described further below.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/
rulebook/bx/rules, at the principal office
of the Exchange, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
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.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
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The Exchange proposes to establish
an Enhanced Market Quality Program
that is similar to a program that exists
(with proposed amendments) on its
sister exchange, Nasdaq PHLX, LLC.3
The Enhanced Market Quality Program
is intended to provide supplemental
incentives to members that meet certain
quality standards in acting as market
makers for securities on the Exchange.
It rewards members that make a
significant contribution to market
quality by providing liquidity at the
national best bid and offer (‘‘NBBO’’) in
a large number of securities for a
significant portion of the day.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to
make a lump sum payment at the end
of each month (a ‘‘Fixed Payment’’) to
a member to the extent that the member,
through one or more of its MPIDs,
quotes at the NBBO for at least a
threshold percentage of the time during
Market Hours in an average number of
securities per day during the month
(satisfying the ‘‘NBBO requirement’’), as
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34–
92754 (August 25, 2021), 86 FR 48789 (August 31,
2021) (SR–Phlx–2021–47). The proposal reflects
changes to this program that Nasdaq PHLX, LLC is
proposing concurrently with this rule filing.
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specified below.4 On a daily basis, the
Exchange will determine the number of
securities in which each of a member’s
MPIDs satisfied the NBBO requirement.
The Exchange will aggregate all of a
member’s MPIDs to determine the
number of securities for purposes of the
NBBO requirement.
The Exchange proposes to limit the
applicability of the Program to the top
1,500 securities in each of Tapes A and
B, as determined by their total value
traded during the second month prior to
the current month (e.g., for October
2021, the measurement period for
determining the list will be August
2021).5 In doing so, the Exchange seeks
to target the Program at securities in
Tapes A and B that are most in demand
among market participants and which
trade extensively, so that an
improvement in quoting in those
securities would, in turn, stand improve
the attractiveness of the Exchange to
participants. The Exchange would
divide the 1,500 securities into three
equal groups (or ‘‘Classes’’) for each
Tape, with the top 500 ranked securities
placed in Class 3, the middle 500
ranked securities placed in Class 2, and
the lowest ranked 500 securities placed
in Class 1. The Exchange would assign
Fixed Payment amounts to each of the
three Classes in each Tape and in each
of the five Tiers, with these amounts
generally increasing from Class 1 to
Class 3, and from Tiers 1–5. Generally
speaking (with exceptions set forth in
the schedules below), this proposed
structure would provide the largest
Fixed Payments to those members that
meet the NBBO requirement in the
greatest number of qualifying securities
and those that trade most extensively,
and the lowest incentives to those
members that meet the NBBO
requirement in the fewest number of
qualifying securities and those that
trade least extensively.
The Program will be open to all
members. A member may but is not
4 For purposes of the Enhanced Market Quality
Program, a member will be deemed to quote at the
NBBO in a security if it quotes a displayed order
of at least 100 shares in the security and prices the
order at either the national best bid or the national
best offer or both the national best bid and offer for
the security. Additionally, for a particular Tape A
security to count towards the threshold for
qualifying for the Fixed Payment on a particular
day, and receiving the Fixed Payment, a member
has to quote such security at the NBBO for at least
30% of the time during Market Hours on that day.
For a particular Tape B security to count towards
the threshold for qualifying for the Fixed Payment
on a particular day, and receiving the Fixed
Payment, a member has to quote such security at
the NBBO for at least 50% of the time during
Market Hours on that day.
5 The Exchange notes that a symbol that did not
trade during the measurement month will not be
eligible for inclusion in the list.
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POSTAL SERVICE
Sunshine Act Meetings
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 10:15 a.m.; and Wednesday,
November 10, 2021, at 9 a.m.
PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475
L'Enfant Plaza SW, in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
STATUS: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 10:15 a.m.--Closed; Wednesday,
November 10, 2021, at 9 a.m.--Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 10:15 a.m. (Closed)
1. Strategic Issues.
2. Financial and Operational Matters.
3. Compensation and Personnel Matters.
4. Administrative Items.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at 9 a.m. (Open)
1. Remarks of the Chairman of the Board of Governors.
2. Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO.
3. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings.
4. Committee Reports.
5. Financial Matters, including FY2021 and Financial Statements, and
Annual Report to Congress.
6. FY2022 Integrated Financial Plan and Financing Resolution.
7. FY2023 Congressional Reimbursement Request.
8. Quarterly Service Performance Report.
9. Approval of Tentative Agendas for February 2022 Meetings.
10. Board Leadership.
A public comment period will begin immediately following the
adjournment of the open session on November 10, 2021. During the public
comment period, which shall not exceed 60
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minutes, members of the public may comment on any item or subject
listed on the agenda for the open session above. Additionally, the
public will be given the option to join the public comment session and
participate via teleconference. Registration of speakers at the public
comment period is required. Should you wish to participate via
teleconference, you will be required to give your first and last name,
a valid email address to send an invite and a phone number to reach you
should a technical issue arise. Speakers may register online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BOG-11-10-2021. No more than three minutes
shall be allotted to each speaker. The time allotted to each speaker
will be determined after registration closes. Registration for the
public comment period, either in person or via teleconference, will end
on November 8 at 5 p.m. ET. Participation in the public comment period
is governed by 39 CFR 232.1(n).
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michael J. Elston, Secretary of
the Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC
20260-1000. Telephone: (202) 268-4800.
Michael J. Elston,
Secretary.
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