84092 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 23, 2020 / Notices 

1The verified notice indicates that DUSR also 

will secure rights to operate into IC’s Geismar 

storage yard for purposes of interchanging rail cars 

there with IC. 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–418, OMB Control No. 

3235–0485] 

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: 

Rule 15c2–1 

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 15c2–1, (17 CFR 

240.15c2–1), under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 

seq.). The Commission plans to submit 

this existing collection of information to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. 

Rule 15c2–1 prohibits the 

commingling under the same lien of 

securities of margin customers (a) with 

other customers without their written 

consent, and (b) with the broker-dealer. 

The rule also prohibits the rehypothecation of customers’ margin 

securities for a sum in excess of the 

customer’s aggregate indebtedness. 

Pursuant to Rule 15c2–1, respondents 

must collect information necessary to 

prevent the re-hypothecation of 

customer securities in contravention of 

the rule, issue and retain copies of 

notices of hypothecation of customer 

securities in accordance with the rule, 

and collect written consents from 

customers in accordance with the rule. 

The information is necessary to ensure 

compliance with the rule, and to advise 

customers of the rule’s protections. 

There are approximately 48 

respondents (i.e., broker-dealers that 

conducted business with the public, 

filed Part II or Part IICSE of the FOCUS 

Report, did not claim an exemption 

from the Rule 15c3–3 reserve formula 

computation, and reported that they had 

a bank loan during at least one quarter 

of the current year) that require an 

aggregate total of approximately 1,080 

hours to comply with the rule. Each of 

these approximately 48 registered 

broker-dealers makes an estimated 45 

annual responses. Each response takes 

approximately 0.5 hours to complete. 

Thus, the total burden per year is 

approximately 1,080 hours. 

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 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: David Bottom, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia 

Roscoe, 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 

20549, or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: December 18, 2020. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28424 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11287] 

Sudan; Determination Under 

Presidential Proclamation 

I hereby determine, in accordance 

with section 5 of Presidential 

Proclamation No. 6958, of November 22, 

1996, that the suspension of entry into 

the United States of members or officials 

of the Government of Sudan (GOS) and 

members of the Sudanese armed forces 

is no longer necessary and should be 

terminated given the termination of the 

restrictive measures in UN Security 

Council Resolution 1054 and its 

successor resolution UNSCR 1070, and 

the significant shift in U.S. foreign 

policy toward Sudan following the 

installation of the new Sudanese 

Civilian-Led Transitional Government. 

Restrictions imposed in said 

proclamation, pursuant to Section 212(f) 

and 215 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act of 1952 as amended (8 

U.S.C. 1182(f) and section 301 of title 3, 

United States Code shall therefore lapse, 

and said proclamation shall terminate 

effective immediately. 

This determination will be reported to 

Congress and published in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

Michael R. Pompeo, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28271 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–26–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36456] 

Dutchtown Southern Railroad, L.L.C.— 

Lease and Operation Exemption— 

Illinois Central Railroad Company 

Dutchtown Southern Railroad, L.L.C. 

(DUSR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to lease from Illinois Central 

Railroad Company (IC) and operate 

approximately 9,285 feet of track known 

as the Rubber Lead Track, extending 

from a point on the Line roughly 

adjacent to milepost 386 + 1636.15’ on 

IC’s parallel main line, extending 

southeastward to a point proximate to 

milepost 388 + 357’ on the 

aforementioned, parallel-running IC 

main line in Geismar, Ascension Parish, 

La. (the Line).1

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Watco Holdings, Inc.— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

Dutchtown Southern Railroad, L.L.C., 

Docket No. FD 36457, in which Watco 

Holdings, Inc., seeks to continue in 

control of DUSR upon DUSR’s becoming 

a Class III rail carrier. 

DUSR states that it and IC will shortly 

execute agreements pursuant to which 

DUSR will lease the Line from IC and 

will be the operator of the Line. DUSR 

further states that the proposed 

agreements between DUSR and IC do 

not contain any provision limiting 

DUSR’s future interchange of traffic on 

the Line with a third-party connecting 

carrier. 

DUSR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in DUSR’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier. DUSR further certifies that its 

projected annual revenue will not 

exceed $5 million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after January 8, 2021, the effective 

date of the exemption (30 days after the 

verified notice was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 


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