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11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

12 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

13 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). In addition, Rule 

19b–4(f)(6)(iii) requires that a self-regulatory 

organization submit to the Commission written 

notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, 

along with a brief description and text of the 

proposed rule change, at least five business days 

prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule 

change, or such shorter time as designated by the 

Commission. Phlx has satisfied the five-day prefiling requirement. 

14 Id. 

15For purposes only of waiving the operative 

delay, the Commission has considered the proposed 

rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, and capital 

formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 16 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

protection of investors or the public 

interest; (2) impose any significant 

burden on competition; and (3) become 

operative for 30 days from the date of 

this filing, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate, it has 

become effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 11 and Rule 19b–

4(f)(6) thereunder.12

A proposed rule change filed under 

19b–4(f)(6) normally may not become 

operative prior to 30 days after the date 

of filing.13 However, Rule 19b–

4(f)(6)(iii) 14 permits the Commission to 

designate a shorter time if such action 

is consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest. The 

Exchange has requested that the 

Commission waive the 30-day operative 

delay. The Commission believes that 

waiving the 30-day operative delay is 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and in the public interest 

because it will allow the Pilot Program 

to continue uninterrupted.15

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission may summarily abrogate 

such rule change if it appears to the 

Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or otherwise in furtherance of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

No. SR–Phlx–2007–10 on the subject 

line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

Station Place, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–Phlx–2007–10. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. Copies of such filing will also be 

available for inspection and copying at 

the principal office of Phlx. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change; the Commission does 

not edit personal identifying 

information from submissions. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–Phlx–2007–10 and should be 

submitted on or before March 15, 2007. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.16

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–2987 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 296] 

Delegation by the Under Secretary of 

State for Political Affairs to the 

Assistant Secretary of State for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs of the 

Functions Relating to Emergency 

Import Restrictions on Iraqi Cultural 

Antiquities 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by the laws of the 

United States, including Section 1 of the 

State Department Basic Authorities Act 

and the Presidential Memorandum for 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Homeland Security—Assignment of 

Functions Relating to Import 

Restrictions on Iraqi Antiquities, dated 

May 5, 2006 (71 FR 28,753), and 

delegated to the Under Secretary of 

State for Political Affairs pursuant to 

Delegation of Authority No. 294 (July 6, 

2006), I hereby delegate to the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs the functions of the 

President under section 3002 of the 

Emergency Protection for Iraqi Cultural 

Antiquities Act of 2004 (title III of 

Public Law 108–429). 

In performing such functions, the 

Assistant Secretary of State shall consult 

the Secretary of Homeland Security and 

the heads of other departments and 

agencies or their designees, as 

appropriate. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary of State, the 

Deputy Secretary of State, the Under 

Secretary of State for Political Affairs 

and the Under Secretary of State for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

may at any time exercise any function 

or authority delegated by this delegation 

of authority. 

Any act, executive order, regulation or 

procedure subject to, or affected by, this 

delegation shall be deemed to be such 

act, executive order, regulation or 

procedure as amended from time to 

time. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: December 22, 2007. 

R. Nicholas Burns, 

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–3011 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: State 

Route 91 Improvements. The Project 

Begins on State Route 91/State Route 

67/U.S. 321 West of State Route 362 

and Extends to Just West of State 

Route-37 (U.S. 19E), Elizabethton, 

Carter County, TN 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for a proposed highway 

project in Carter County, Tennessee. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen M. Brunelle, Planning and 

Program Management Team Leader, 

Federal Highway Administration—

Tennessee Division Office, 640 

Grassmere Park Road, Suite 112, 

Nashville, TN 37211. 615–781–5772. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An 

environmental assessment (EA) was 

prepared for the proposed project and 

completed on June 7, 2002. Since the 

June 7, 2002 EA approval, technical 

studies identified sensitive 

environmental features which 

warranted the consideration of 

additional alternatives beyond the ones 

studied for the western half of the 

original preferred alternative presented 

in the EA. The identified environmental 

issues could result in potential 

significant impacts. As a result, the 

FHWA in cooperation with the 

Tennessee Department of 

Transportation will prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

on a proposal to provide an improved 

corridor from west of State Route 362 to 

just west of State Route-37 (U.S. 19E), a 

distance of approximately four miles. 

Alternatives to be considered include: 

(1) No-build; (2) a Transportation 

System Management (TSM) alternative; 

(3) a transit alternative; (4) one or more 

build alternatives that could include 

constructing a roadway on a new 

location, upgrading existing State Route91, or a combination of both, and (5) 

other alternatives that may arise from 

public input. Public scoping meetings 

will be held for the project corridor. As 

part of the scoping process, federal, 

state, and local agencies and officials; 

private organizations; citizens; and 

interest groups will have an opportunity 

to identify issues of concern and 

provide input on the purpose and need 

for the project, range of alternatives, 

methodology, and the development of 

the Environmental Impact Statement. A 

Coordination Plan will be developed to 

include the public in the project 

development process. This plan will 

utilize the following outreach efforts to 

provide information and solicit input: 

newsletters, an internet Web site, e-mail 

and direct mail, informational meetings 

and briefings, public hearings, and other 

efforts as necessary and appropriate. A 

public hearing will be held upon 

completion of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement and public notice will 

be given of the time and place of the 

hearing. The Draft EIS will be available 

for public and agency review and 

comment prior to the public hearings. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

identified and taken into account, 

comments and suggestions are invited 

from all interested parties. Comments 

and questions concerning the proposed 

action should be directed to the FHWA 

contact person identified above at the 

address provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

proposed program). 

Issued on: February 15, 2007. 

Karen M. Brunelle, P.E., 

Planning and Program Mgmt. Team Leader 

Nashville, TN. 

[FR Doc. E7–2997 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highways in Washington 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA 

and other Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA and other Federal 

agencies that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, I–405 Renton Nickel 

Improvement Project between Tukwila 

and Renton in the State of Washington. 

Those actions grant licenses, permits, 

and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on any of the 

listed highway projects will be barred 

unless the claim is filed on or before 

August 21, 2007. If the Federal law that 

authorizes judicial review of a claim 

provides a time period of less than 180 

days for filing such claim, then that 

shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Boch, Major Project Oversight 

Manager, Federal Highway 

Administration, Jackson Federal 

Building, 915 2nd Avenue, Room 3142, 

Seattle, Washington, 98174; telephone: 

(206) 220–7536; and e-mail: 

Steve.Boch@fhwa.dot.gov. The FHWA 

Washington Division’s Oversight 

Manager’s regular office hours are 

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Pacific 

Time). You may also contact Allison 

Ray, I–405 Environmental Manager, 

Washington State Department of 

Transportation (WSDOT), 600–108th 

Avenue NE, Suite 405, Bellevue, 

Washington, 98004; telephone: (425) 

456–8500; and e-mail: 

rayalli@wsdot.wa.gov. The I–405 

Corridor Program’s regular office hours 

are between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Pacific 

Time). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the following highway 

project in the State of Washington: I–

405 Renton Nickel Improvement Project. 

This project extends along I–405 from 

just east of the I–5/I–405 interchange in 

Tukwila north to the SR 169 

interchange, and south on SR 167 to SW 

41st Street. It consists of one new 

general-purpose lane in each direction 

along I–405 throughout most of the 

project limits. On SR 167, the project 

will extend the existing southbound 

HOV lane north to I–405 and add a 

southbound auxiliary lane from I–405 to 

the SW 41st Street off-ramp. The actions 

by the Federal agencies, and the laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

are described in the October 2006 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and the 

January 31, 2007 Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI), and in other 

documents in the FHWA administrative 

record. The EA, FONSI and other 

documents in the FHWA administrative 

record are available by contacting the 

FHWA or WSDOT at the addresses 

provided above. The EA can be viewed 

and downloaded from the project Web 

site at www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/i405/ 

corridor/library/rentea.htm or viewed at 

public libraries in the project area. Since 

Federal funding is not currently 

available for this project, an FHWA 

project number has not been 

established. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions on the listed projects 

as of the issuance date of this notice and 

all laws under which such actions were 

taken, including but not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321–4351]; 

Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 

109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act, as amended [42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and 

Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 

U.S.C. 319]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Anadromous 

Fish Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

757(a)–757(g)]; Fish and Wildlife 


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