International Product Change-Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service Agreement, 32260 [2023-10696]

Download as PDF 32260 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 97 / Friday, May 19, 2023 / Notices POSTAL SERVICE International Product Change—Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service Agreement Postal ServiceTM. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Competitive Product List in the Mail Classification Schedule. DATES: Date of notice: May 19, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher C. Meyerson, (202) 268– 7820. SUMMARY: The United States Postal Service® hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on May 15, 2023, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a USPS Request to Add Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package International Service Contract 20 to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2023–157 and CP2023–161. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tram T. Pham, Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance. [FR Doc. 2023–10696 Filed 5–18–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–12–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [SEC File No. 270–616, OMB Control No. 3235–0671] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Extension: Rule 613 of Regulation NMS Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission; Office of FOIA Services; 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–2736 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 connection with a National Market System (NMS) Plan filed with the Commission under Rule 613 (17 CFR 242.613), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). The Commission plans to submit this existing collection VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 May 18, 2023 Jkt 259001 of information to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. Rule 613 of Regulation NMS (17 CFR part 242) required national securities exchanges and national securities associations (‘‘Participants’’) to jointly submit to the Commission a national market system (‘‘NMS’’) plan to govern the creation, implementation, and maintenance of a consolidated audit trail (‘‘CAT’’) and Central Repository for the collection of information for NMS securities. On February 27, 2015, the Participants submitted the CAT NMS Plan to the Commission.1 On April 27, 2016, the Commission published a notice soliciting comments from the public (‘‘CAT NMS Plan Notice’’).2 On November 15, 2016, the Commission approved the CAT NMS Plan (‘‘CAT NMS Plan Order’’), including the information collections proposed in the CAT NMS Plan Notice, and certain additional information collections.3 Since July 2020, the date of the last PRA renewal, the Commission believes one additional information collection was completed: a one-time independent audit of the fees, costs, and expenses incurred by the Participants on behalf of CAT NMS, LLC prior to the Effective Date 4 of the Plan; 5 In addition. certain information collection requirements 1 See Letter from Participants to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Commission, dated February 27, 2015. The Participants filed the CAT NMS Plan on September 30, 2014. See Letter from the Participants, to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Commission, dated September 30, 2014. The CAT NMS Plan filed on February 27, 2015, was an amendment to and replacement of the Initial CAT NMS Plan (the ‘‘Amended and Restated CAT NMS Plan’’). On December 24, 2015, the Participants submitted an Amendment to the Amended and Restated CAT NMS Plan. See Letter from Participants to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Commission, dated December 23, 2015 (the ‘‘Amendment’’). On February 9, 2016, the Participants filed with the Commission an identical, but unmarked, version of the Amended and Restated CAT NMS Plan, dated February 27, 2015, as modified by the Amendment, as well as a copy of the request for proposal issued by the Participants to solicit Bids from parties interested in serving as the Plan Processor for the consolidated audit trail. Unless the context otherwise requires, the ‘‘CAT NMS Plan’’ shall refer to the Amended and Restated CAT NMS Plan, as modified by the Amendment. 2 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77724 (April 27, 2016), 81 FR 30613 (May 17, 2016). The burdens associated with the CAT NMS Plan Notice were submitted under OMB number 3235–0671 which relates to the NMS Plan required to be filed under Rule 613. 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79318 (November 15, 2016), 81 FR 84696 (November 23, 2016), available at https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/ nms/2016/34-79318.pdf (‘‘CAT NMS Plan Order’’). 4 The ‘‘Effective Date’’ is the date the Commission approved the CAT NMS Plan, which is November 15, 2016. See id. 5 See CAT NMS Plan Order, supra note 3, at 84940. PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 have completed at least the implementation stage, although certain ongoing costs remain, including: (1) development of a Central Repository tasked with the receipt, consolidation, and retention of reported order and execution information submitted by Participants and their members; 6 (2) the requirement that each Participant, and any member of such Participant, record and electronically report to the Central Repository details for each order and Reportable Event documenting the life of an order through the process of original receipt or origination, routing, modification, cancellation, and execution (in whole or in part) for each NMS security; 7 (3) the requirement that the CAT NMS Plan require the Central Repository to collect and retain on a current and continuous basis NBBO information for each NMS security, transaction reports reported pursuant to an effective transaction reporting plan, and Last Sale Reports reported pursuant to the Options Price Reporting Authority Plan; 8 (4) the requirement that the CAT NMS Plan must require that every national securities exchange and national securities association develop and implement a surveillance system, or enhance existing surveillance systems, reasonably designed to make use of the consolidated information contained in the consolidated audit trail; 9 (5) an annual requirement that that the CAT LLC financials be (i) in compliance with GAAP, (ii) be audited by an independent public accounting firm, and (iii) be made publicly available; 10 and (6) a requirement that each Participant conduct background checks for its employees and contractors that will use the CAT System.11 This Notice addresses both the ongoing information collection requirements noted above and the remaining information collection requirements noticed in the CAT NMS Plan Notice and certain additional information collections of the CAT NMS Plan Order, which are: (1) a one-time report from the Participants discussing the feasibility and advisability of allowing Industry Members to bulk download the Raw Data that it has submitted to the Central Repository; 12 (2) a one-time assessment of the nature and extent of errors in the Customer 6 See 17 CFR 242.613. 17 CFR 242.613(c)(1), (c)(5), (c)(6), (c)(7). 8 See 17 CFR 242.613(e)(7). 9 See 17 CFR 242.613(f). 10 Id. 11 Id. The Commission believes that these background checks are necessary to ensure that only authorized and qualified persons are using the CAT System. 12 Id. at 84941. 7 See E:\FR\FM\19MYN1.SGM 19MYN1

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POSTAL SERVICE


International Product Change--Priority Mail Express 
International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package 
International Service Agreement

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a Priority Mail Express 
International, Priority Mail International & First-Class Package 
International Service contract to the list of Negotiated Service 
Agreements in the Competitive Product List in the Mail Classification 
Schedule.

DATES: Date of notice: May 19, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher C. Meyerson, (202) 268-
7820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Postal Service[supreg] 
hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on 
May 15, 2023, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a USPS 
Request to Add Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail 
International & First-Class Package International Service Contract 20 
to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at www.prc.gov, 
Docket Nos. MC2023-157 and CP2023-161.

Tram T. Pham,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-10696 Filed 5-18-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710-12-P
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