Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 191 / Thursday, October 2, 1997 / Notices 51707

1OPRA is a National Market System Plan

approved by the Commission pursuant to Section

11A of the Exchange Act and Rule 11Aa3–2

thereunder. See Securities Exchange Act Release

No. 17638 (Mar. 18, 1981).

with an overview of dose modeling

methods that may be useful in

demonstrating compliance with dosebased radiological criteria for license

termination. The objectives of the

workshop are to provide information on

Federally-sponsored dose models

appropriate for decommissioning

assessments, and to discuss selection

criteria for evaluating and accepting

dose models used to demonstrate

compliance with the final rule on

‘‘Radiological Criteria for License

Termination’’ (62 FR 39058). This

information may be useful in

developing regulatory guidance for

decommissioning. All interested

licensees and members of the public are

invited to attend this workshop.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

November 13–14, 1997, from 1 p.m. on

Thursday, November 13 thru 5:00 p.m.,

and on November 14 from 9:00 a.m.

until about 5 p.m.

Interested parties who are unable to

attend the workshop are encouraged to

provide written comments on the topic

of dose model selection criteria by

November 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will

be held in the NRC auditorium at Two

White Flint North, 11545 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Information on the workshop program

can be viewed, and comments may be

posted, electronically, on the NRC

Technical Conference Forum Website

under the topic ‘‘Final Rule for License

Termination’’ at http://

techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/topics.

Comments submitted electronically can

also be viewed at that website. The

information is also available at the

NRC’s Public Document Room, 2120 L

Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington,

DC 20555; telephone 202–634–3273; fax

202–634–3343.

Comments may also be mailed to the

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For

information or questions on meeting

arrangements, contact Jayne

McCausland, Office of Nuclear

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555, telephone 301–415–6219, fax

301–415–5385, E-mail:

JMM2@NRC.GOV. For technical

information or questions, contact Chris

Daily, Office of Nuclear Regulatory

Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

telephone 301–415–6026; fax: 301–415–

5385; E-mail: CXD@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

workshop is one of a series of

interactions with the Agreement States,

licensees, and the public to gather

suggestions and ideas for developing a

regulatory guide on ‘‘Demonstrating

Compliance With the Radiological

Criteria for License Termination.’’ The

NRC staff are considering a range of

dose models that may be appropriate for

use in site-specific dose assessments for

specific pathways. The workshop will

begin with a brief introduction by the

NRC staff on the need to use dose

models for evaluating compliance with

decommissioning guidelines, and the

need to develop guidance for evaluating

and selecting dose models. The

workshop will include formal

presentations by invited speakers from

the DOE national laboratories, and other

Federal Agencies that will address a set

of questions developed by the NRC staff

focusing on the capability, experience,

and appropriateness of each dose model

presented. The workshop will conclude

with a panel discussion on questions to

be considered in selecting dose models

related to demonstrating compliance

with the radiological criteria for license

termination. A summary of the

workshop proceedings in the form of a

NUREG/CP is planned to be available in

the Spring of 1998.

Visitor parking around the NRC

building is limited; however, the

workshop site is located adjacent to the

White Flint Station on the Metro Red

Line. Seating for the public will be on

a first-come, first-served basis.

A transcript of this workshop will be

available for inspection, and copying for

a fee at the NRC Public Document

Room, 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level),

Washington, DC 20555, on or about

December 1, 1997. A copy of the

NUREG/CP will also be available in the

NRC’s Public Document Room later in

the Spring of 1998.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day

of September, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Cheryl A. Trottier,

Chief, Radiation Protection and Health Effects

Branch, Division of Regulatory Applications,

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 97–26159 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the Government in the

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the

Securities and Exchange Commission

will hold the following meeting during

the week of October 6, 1997.

A closed meeting will be held on

Tuesday, October 7, 1997, at 2:30 p.m. Commissioners, Counsel to the

Commissioners, the Secretary to the

Commission, and recording secretaries

will attend the closed meeting. Certain

staff members who have an interest in

the matters may also be present. The General Counsel of the

Commission, or his designee, has

certified that, in his opinion, one or

more of the exemptions set forth in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c) (4), (8), (9)(A) and (10)

and 17 CFR 200.402(a) (4), (8), (9)(i) and

(10), permit consideration of the

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. Commissioner Johnson, as duty

officer, voted to consider the items

listed for the closed meeting in a closed

session.

The subject matter of the closed

meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October

7, 1997, at 2:30 p.m., will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive

actions.

Institution and settlement of

administrative proceedings of an

enforcement nature.

At times, changes in Commission

priorities require alternations in the

scheduling of meeting items. For further

information and to ascertain what, if

any, matters have been added, deleted

or postponed, please contact: the Office

of the Secretary at (202) 942–7070.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26358 Filed 9–30–97; 4:00 pm]

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[Release No. 34–39137; File No. SR–OPRA–

97–4]

Options Price Reporting Authority;

Notice of Filing of Amendment to

OPRA Plan Revising OPRA’s Dial-Up

Market Data Service Rider to its

Vendor Agreement to Accommodate

the Vendor’s Provision of Dial-Up

Service to Customers of OPRA

Subscribers

September 26, 1997.

Pursuant to Rule 11Aa3–2 under the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(‘‘Exchange Act’’), notice is hereby given

that on September 11, 1997, the Options

Price Reporting Authority (‘‘OPRA’’) 1
51708 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 191 / Thursday, October 2, 1997 / Notices

The Plan provides for the collection and

dissemination of last sale and quotation information

on options that are traded on the member

exchanges. The five exchanges which agreed to the

OPRA Plan are the American Stock Exchange

(‘‘AMEX’’); the Chicago Board Options Exchange

(‘‘CBOE’’) the New York Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’);

the Pacific Exchange (‘‘PCX’’); and the Philadelphia

Stock Exchange (‘‘Phlx’’).

2The proposal would require vendors to obtain

a written agreement from each OPRA subscriber

whose customers will be provided the dial-up

service from the vendor that the subscriber will: (1)

Obtain from each of its customers to whom the

vendor furnishes the service an agreement that the

customer will: (a) To receive OPRA data only for

such person’s use, (b) to not retransmit the data to

anyone else, and (c) to acknowledge that OPRA data

is the property of the respective exchange or market

in which a reported transaction occurred or a

reported quotation was entered; (2) provide to the

vendor a current list of customers entitled to receive

the service from the vendor and to certify that each

named customer has entered into the required

agreement; (3) maintain the same customer records

required to be maintained by the vendor with

respect to customers; and (4) acknowledge the

absence of any guarantee and the disclaimer of

liability on the part of OPRA, OPRA’s processor and

each participating exchange.

317 CFR 200.30–3(a)(29).

1OPRA is a National Market System Plan

approved by the Commission pursuant to Section

11A of the Exchange Act and Rule 11Aa3–2

thereunder. See Securities Exchange Act Release

No. 17638 (Mar. 18, 1981).

The Plan provides for the collection and

dissemination of last sale and quotation information

on options that are traded on the member

exchanges. The five exchanges which agreed to the

OPRA Plan are the American Stock Exchange

(‘‘AMEX’’); the Chicago Board Options Exchange

(‘‘CBOE’’); the new York Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’);

the Pacific Exchange (‘‘PCX’’); and the Philadelphia

Stock Exchange (‘‘Phlx’’).

submitted to the Securities and

Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or

‘‘Commission’’) an amendment to the

Plan for Reporting of Consolidated

Options Last Sale Reports and

Quotation Information (‘‘Plan’’). The

amendment revises the Dial-Up Market

Data Service Rider (‘‘Rider’’) to OPRA’s

vendor agreement to accommodate a

third party vendor’s provision of dial-up

service to customers of an OPRA

subscriber. The Commission is

publishing this notice to solicit

comments from interested persons on

the amendment.

I. Description and Purpose of the

Amendment

The purpose of the amendment is to

add provisions to OPRA’s Dial-Up

Market Service Data Service Rider to the

vendor agreement to accommodate the

situation in which an OPRA vendor

provides a dial-up service to the

customers of an OPRA subscriber, rather

than to its own customers. According to

OPRA, several vendors and brokerdealer subscribers have recently

expressed interest in such an

arrangement. As this arrangement is not

currently contemplated under the Rider,

the proposal would amend the Rider to

address the one significant difference

between the traditional situation of a

firm providing a dial-up service to its

own customers and the recent proposals

for firms to arrange for third-party

vendors to provide a dial-up service for

the firm’s customers. In the former case,

there is a direct contractual relationship

between the vendor, a party to the

Rider, and the vendor’s customers. In

the latter case, however, the vendor’s

subscriber, rather than the vendor, has

a contractual relationship with the

customer.

In its current form, the Rider imposes

certain obligations on vendors who

provide a dial-up service. These

obligations require that contracts

between vendors and their customers

contain specific provisions, for the

benefit of OPRA, relating to proprietary

rights to OPRA data, non-retransmission

of data, the absence of any guarantee of

the data and a disclaimer of liability.

The proposed amendment to the Rider

would mandate that vendors require

comparable provisions to be included in

contracts between subscribers and their

customers who receive a dial-up service

from a third-party vendor. In a situation

where the vendor, and not the

subscriber, actually provides the dial-up

service to the subscriber’s customers,

only the vendor will be a party to a

Rider. Accordingly, the proposed

amendment would make it a condition

to a vendor’s providing a dial-up service

to the customers of a subscriber that the

subscriber must agree, in writing, with

the vendor to include the requisite

provisions in its written agreements

with its customers.2

Other than as described above, OPRA

proposes no change in the way in which

dial-up services may be offered to

investors. OPRA represents that no new

or additional OPRA fees will result from

this proposed amendment and the

amendment will not make any new

parties subject to OPRA’s existing fees.

II. Implementation of the Plan

Amendment

The proposed amendment will be

reflected in a revised form of Rider that

will be phased in to take the place of the

existing Rider, subject to Commission

approval.

III. Solicitation of Comments

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views, and

arguments concerning the foregoing.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20549. Copies of the

submission, all subsequent

amendments, and 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 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 the filing also will be available

at the principal offices of OPRA. All

Submissions should refer to file number

SR–OPRA–97–4 and should be

submitted by October 23, 1997.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.3

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary,

[FR Doc. 97–26146 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

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[Release No. 34–39131; File No. SR–OPRA–

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Options Price Reporting Authority;

Notice of Filing and Immediate

Effectiveness of Amendment to OPRA

Plan Revising Professional Subscriber

Fees and Eliminating the Requirement

That Enterprise Rate-Based Fees Must

Be Paid by Electronic Funds Transfer

September 25, 1997.

Pursuant to Rule 11Aa3–2 under the

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

(‘‘Exchange Act’’), notice is hereby given

that on September 9, 1997, the Options

Price Reporting Authority (‘‘OPRA’’) 1

submitted to the Securities and

Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or

‘‘Commission’’) an amendment to the

Plan for Reporting of Consolidated

Options Last Sale Reports and

Quotation Information (‘‘Plan’’). The

amendment revises the device-based

fees paid by professional subscribers for

OPRA’s Basic Service, effective January

1, 1998. In addition, the amendment

eliminates a requirement that persons

electing to pay the enterprise rate-based

subscriber fee must arrange for payment

by electronic funds transfer. OPRA has

designated this proposal as establishing

or changing a fee or other charge

collected on behalf of all of the OPRA

participants in connection with access

to or use of OPRA facilities, permitting

the proposal to become effective upon