Request for Information; National Nanotechnology Initiative Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy; Extension of Comment Period, 33174-33175 [2023-10958]

Download as PDF 33174 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 / Notices This Notice will be published in the Federal Register. Erica A. Barker, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–10933 Filed 5–22–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Request for Information; National Nanotechnology Initiative Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy; Extension of Comment Period Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). ACTION: Notice of request for information; extension of comment period. AGENCY: The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), is extending the comment period for the notice announcing a request for information and comments that appeared in the Federal Register of April 5, 2023. In that notice, NNCO requested information and comments on updating the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy. The NNCO is taking this action to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments. The NNI’s current strategy was prepared in 2011, with substantial public engagement. Federal agencies participating in NSET’s Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group have begun to review the 2011 NNI EHS Research Strategy and request input to help inform a revised and updated EHS strategy. DATES: The NNCO is extending the comment period on the notice published April 5, 2023 (88 FR 20194). Interested persons and organizations are invited to submit comments on or before 5 p.m. ET June 16, 2023. ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at regulations.gov. However, if you require an accommodation or cannot otherwise submit your comments via regulations.gov, please contact the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. OSTP will not accept comments by fax or by email, or comments submitted after the comment lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 May 22, 2023 Jkt 259001 period closes. To ensure that OSTP does not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. Additionally, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments. Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit your comments electronically. Information on how to use Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under ‘‘FAQ’’ (https://www.regulations.gov/faq). Privacy Note: OSTP’s policy is to make all comments received from members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly available. OSTP requests that no proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be submitted in response to this RFI. Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Respondents need not reply to all questions listed. For all submissions, clearly indicate which questions are being answered. Multiple submissions from an individual, group, or institution will be considered as supplements to the original response and not as new comments. Submissions should include the name(s) of the person(s) or organization(s) filing the comment. Any information obtained from this RFI is intended to be used by the Government on a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy development. OSTP will not respond to individual submissions. A response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. Please note that the United States Government will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of any information contained in a response. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhema Bjorkland at info@nnco.nano.gov or 202–517–1050. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Information: NEHI, on behalf of the NNI, is engaging the community early in the process to allow the public and key stakeholders to PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 inform revisions to the NNI EHS research strategy. In preparing comments, the public is invited to view the core research areas and their associated needs as set out in the NNI 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy (https:// www.nano.gov/2011EHSStrategy). The 2014 Progress Review on the Coordinated Implementation of the National Nanotechnology Initiative 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (https:// www.nano.gov/2014-EHS-ProgressReview) and 2017 Highlights of Recent Research on the Environmental, Health, and Safety Implications of Engineered Nanomaterials (https://www.nano.gov/ Highlights-Federal-NanoEHS-Report) provide additional information on the progress made in the core research areas. Information Requested: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6617, OSTP is soliciting public input through an RFI to obtain feedback from a wide variety of stakeholders, including individuals, industry, academia, research laboratories, nonprofits, and think tanks. OSTP is interested in public input to inform an updated nanotechnology EHS research strategy, specifically a strategy that focuses on the use of science-based risk analysis and risk management to protect public health and the environment while also fostering the technological advancements that benefit society. OSTP seeks responses to any or all of the following questions: 1. What are the research accomplishments in the following six core research areas identified in the 2011 NNI EHS Strategy? The six core research areas are (1) Nanomaterial Measurement Infrastructure, (2) Human Exposure Assessment, (3) Human Health, (4) Environment, (5) Risk Assessment and Risk Management Methods, and (6) Informatics and Modeling. 2. What research gaps remain in addressing the six NNI EHS core research areas listed in question 1? 3. The ethical, legal, and societal implications (ELSI) of nanotechnology are considered across the core research areas of the 2011 strategy. What additional ways could ELSI be more fully integrated throughout a refreshed NNI EHS research strategy? 4. What broad themes should the revised strategy adopt to integrate and connect the six research areas? 5. How should the updated NNI EHS research strategy reflect the evolution of nanotechnology beyond engineered nanomaterials to complex systems, structures, and devices? E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM 23MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 / Notices 6. The 2011 strategy focused on engineered nanomaterials and did not include incidental nanoscale materials such as nanoplastics and certain nanoscale particulate emissions such as those from 3D printing. If the updated strategy is revised to include some nonengineered or incidental nanomaterials, describe how to scope the strategy in a way that complements rather than being redundant with existing health and environmental research (e.g., by excluding the large body of existing research on air pollution, which can include nanoscale particles). Dated: May 18, 2023. Stacy Murphy, Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security Officer. 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 [FR Doc. 2023–10958 Filed 5–22–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3270–F1–P 1. Purpose SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–97520; File No. SR–MIAX– 2023–20] Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 518, Complex Orders May 17, 2023. 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 May 4, 2023, Miami International Securities Exchange LLC (‘‘MIAX’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a 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. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange is filing a proposal to amend Exchange Rule 518, Complex Orders. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange’s website at https://www.miaxoptions.com/rulefilings, at MIAX’s principal office, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. 1 15 2 17 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 May 22, 2023 Jkt 259001 The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 518, Complex Orders, to: (i) amend the definition of a conforming ratio and a non-conforming ratio to include the conforming and non-conforming ratios for stock-option orders; (ii) amend the definition of a complex order to insert the clarifying phrase, ‘‘conforming or non-conforming ratio’’ for stock-option orders; and (iii) adopt new paragraph (2) to Interpretations and Policies .01(c) of Rule 518 to describe the handling of stock-option orders with nonconforming ratios. Additionally, the Exchange proposes to make a minor non-substantive edit to the first paragraph of Interpretations and Policies .01(c) of Rule 518 to renumber the paragraph as paragraph (1). Background Currently, the Exchange defines a ‘‘complex order’’ as any order involving the concurrent purchase and/or sale of two or more different options in the same underlying security (the ‘‘legs’’ or ‘‘components’’ of the complex order), for the same account, in a conforming 3 or non-conforming ratio 4 for the purposes of executing a particular investment strategy. Mini-options may only be part of a complex order that includes other mini-options. Only those complex orders in the classes designated by the Exchange and 3 A ‘‘conforming ratio’’ is where the ratio between the sizes of the components of a complex order comprised solely of options is equal to or greater than one-to-three (.333) and less than or equal to three-to-one (3.00). See Exchange Rule 518(a)(8). 4 A ‘‘non-conforming ratio’’ is where the ratio between the sizes of the components of a complex order comprised solely of options is greater than three-to-one (3.00) or less than one-to-three (.333). See Exchange Rule 518(a)(16). PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 33175 communicated to Members 5 via Regulatory Circular with no more than the applicable number of legs, as determined by the Exchange on a classby-class basis and communicated to Members via Regulatory Circular, are eligible for processing. Additionally, a complex order can also be a ‘‘stock-option order’’ as described further, and subject to the limitations set forth, in Interpretations and Policies .01 of Rule 518. A stockoption order is an order to buy or sell a stated number of units of an underlying security (stock or Exchange Traded Fund Share (‘‘ETF’’)) or a security convertible into the underlying stock (‘‘convertible security’’) coupled with the purchase or sale of options contract(s) on the opposite side of the market representing either (i) the same number of units of the underlying security or convertible security, or (ii) the number of units of the underlying stock necessary to create a delta neutral position, but in no case in a ratio greater than eight-to-one (8.00), where the ratio represents the total number of units of the underlying security or convertible security in the option leg to the total number of units of the underlying security or convertible security in the stock leg. Only those stock-option orders in the classes designated by the Exchange and communicated to Members via Regulatory Circular with no more than the applicable number of legs as determined by the Exchange on a class-by-class basis and communicated to Members via Regulatory Circular, are eligible for processing.6 Proposal The Exchange now proposes to accept stock-option orders with ratios greater than eight-to-one, or non-conforming ratios, as defined herein. To support its proposal, the Exchange proposes to amend the definition of a ‘‘conforming ratio’’ in Exchange Rule 518(a)(8) to include the current ratio for stockoption orders accepted by the Exchange, which is where one component of the complex order is the underlying security (stock or ETF), or security convertible into the underlying stock (‘‘convertible security’’) and the ratio between the option component(s) and the underlying security (stock or ETF), or convertible security is less than or equal to eight-to-one (8.00). Specifically, as amended the proposed rule will provide that, a 5 The term ‘‘Member’’ means an individual or organization approved to exercise the trading rights associated with a Trading Permit. Members are deemed ‘‘members’’ under the Exchange Act. See Exchange Rule 100. 6 See Exchange Rule 518(a)(5). E:\FR\FM\23MYN1.SGM 23MYN1

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


Request for Information; National Nanotechnology Initiative 
Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy; Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

ACTION: Notice of request for information; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on 
behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) 
Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and 
Technology Council (NSTC), is extending the comment period for the 
notice announcing a request for information and comments that appeared 
in the Federal Register of April 5, 2023. In that notice, NNCO 
requested information and comments on updating the National 
Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) 
Research Strategy. The NNCO is taking this action to allow interested 
persons additional time to submit comments. The NNI's current strategy 
was prepared in 2011, with substantial public engagement. Federal 
agencies participating in NSET's Nanotechnology Environmental and 
Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group have begun to review the 2011 
NNI EHS Research Strategy and request input to help inform a revised 
and updated EHS strategy.

DATES: The NNCO is extending the comment period on the notice published 
April 5, 2023 (88 FR 20194). Interested persons and organizations are 
invited to submit comments on or before 5 p.m. ET June 16, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at regulations.gov. However, if you require an accommodation or 
cannot otherwise submit your comments via regulations.gov, please 
contact the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. OSTP will not accept comments by fax or by email, or comments 
submitted after the comment period closes. To ensure that OSTP does not 
receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. 
Additionally, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit 
your comments electronically. Information on how to use 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under ``FAQ'' (https://www.regulations.gov/faq).
    Privacy Note: OSTP's policy is to make all comments received from 
members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 
commenters should be careful to include in their comments only 
information that they wish to make publicly available. OSTP requests 
that no proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally 
identifiable information be submitted in response to this RFI.
    Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Respondents need 
not reply to all questions listed. For all submissions, clearly 
indicate which questions are being answered. Multiple submissions from 
an individual, group, or institution will be considered as supplements 
to the original response and not as new comments. Submissions should 
include the name(s) of the person(s) or organization(s) filing the 
comment.
    Any information obtained from this RFI is intended to be used by 
the Government on a non-attribution basis for planning and strategy 
development. OSTP will not respond to individual submissions. A 
response to this RFI will not be viewed as a binding commitment to 
develop or pursue the project or ideas discussed. This RFI is not 
accepting applications for financial assistance or financial 
incentives. Please note that the United States Government will not pay 
for response preparation, or for the use of any information contained 
in a response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhema Bjorkland at [email protected] 
or 202-517-1050. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the 
deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 
at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Information: NEHI, on behalf of 
the NNI, is engaging the community early in the process to allow the 
public and key stakeholders to inform revisions to the NNI EHS research 
strategy. In preparing comments, the public is invited to view the core 
research areas and their associated needs as set out in the NNI 2011 
Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy (https://www.nano.gov/2011EHSStrategy). The 2014 Progress Review on the 
Coordinated Implementation of the National Nanotechnology Initiative 
2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (https://www.nano.gov/2014-EHS-Progress-Review) and 2017 Highlights of Recent 
Research on the Environmental, Health, and Safety Implications of 
Engineered Nanomaterials (https://www.nano.gov/Highlights-Federal-NanoEHS-Report) provide additional information on the progress made in 
the core research areas.
    Information Requested: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6617, OSTP is 
soliciting public input through an RFI to obtain feedback from a wide 
variety of stakeholders, including individuals, industry, academia, 
research laboratories, nonprofits, and think tanks. OSTP is interested 
in public input to inform an updated nanotechnology EHS research 
strategy, specifically a strategy that focuses on the use of science-
based risk analysis and risk management to protect public health and 
the environment while also fostering the technological advancements 
that benefit society. OSTP seeks responses to any or all of the 
following questions:
    1. What are the research accomplishments in the following six core 
research areas identified in the 2011 NNI EHS Strategy? The six core 
research areas are (1) Nanomaterial Measurement Infrastructure, (2) 
Human Exposure Assessment, (3) Human Health, (4) Environment, (5) Risk 
Assessment and Risk Management Methods, and (6) Informatics and 
Modeling.
    2. What research gaps remain in addressing the six NNI EHS core 
research areas listed in question 1?
    3. The ethical, legal, and societal implications (ELSI) of 
nanotechnology are considered across the core research areas of the 
2011 strategy. What additional ways could ELSI be more fully integrated 
throughout a refreshed NNI EHS research strategy?
    4. What broad themes should the revised strategy adopt to integrate 
and connect the six research areas?
    5. How should the updated NNI EHS research strategy reflect the 
evolution of nanotechnology beyond engineered nanomaterials to complex 
systems, structures, and devices?

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    6. The 2011 strategy focused on engineered nanomaterials and did 
not include incidental nanoscale materials such as nanoplastics and 
certain nanoscale particulate emissions such as those from 3D printing. 
If the updated strategy is revised to include some non-engineered or 
incidental nanomaterials, describe how to scope the strategy in a way 
that complements rather than being redundant with existing health and 
environmental research (e.g., by excluding the large body of existing 
research on air pollution, which can include nanoscale particles).

    Dated: May 18, 2023.
Stacy Murphy,
Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-10958 Filed 5-22-23; 8:45 am]
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