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###### Securities and Exchange Commission

          - [Release No. 34-83485; File No. SR-OCC-2017-021]

                    On December 8, 2017, The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) proposed rule change SR-OCC-2017-021 (“Proposed Rule Change”) pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”),[1]                                          and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,[2]                                          concerning enhanced and new tools for recovery scenarios.[3]                                          The Proposed Rule Change was published for comment in the                     **Federal Register**                     on December 26, 2017.[4]                                          To date, the Commission has received one comment letter to the Proposed Rule Change.[5]                                          On March 22, 2018, the Commission instituted proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Act [6]                                          to determine whether to approve or disapprove the Proposed Rule Change.[7] 

                    Section 19(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act provides that, after initiating proceedings, the Commission shall issue an order approving or disapproving the                           ( print page 29844)                        proposed rule change not later than 180 days after the date of publication of notice of filing of the proposed rule change.[8]                                          The Commission may, however, extend the period for issuing an order approving or disapproving the proposed rule change by not more than 60 days if the Commission determines that a longer period is appropriate and publishes the reasons for such determination.[9] 

                    The 180th day after publication of the notice for the Proposed Rule Change in the                     **Federal Register**                     is June 24, 2018. The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period within which to issue an order approving or disapproving the Proposed Rule Change so that it has sufficient time to consider the Proposed Rule Change and the comment received. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act,[10]                                          designates August 23, 2018 as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove the Proposed Rule Change.                

The Commission also seeks additional comment to help further inform its analysis of the Proposed Rule Change. Specifically, the Commission invites interested persons to provide views, data, and arguments concerning the Proposed Rule Change, including whether the Proposed Rule Change is consistent with the Act and the applicable rules or regulations thereunder. Please note that comments previously received on the substance of the Proposed Rule Change will be considered together with comments submitted in response to this notice. Therefore, while commenters are free to submit additional comments at this time, they need not re-submit earlier comments.

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 email to rule-comments@sec.gov.                      Please include File Number SR-OCC-2017-021 on the subject line.                

### Paper Comments

    - Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

                    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2017-021. This file number should be included on the subject line if email 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 website (                    *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 website viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of OCC and on OCC's website at                     *https://www.theocc.com/​about/​publications/​bylaws.jsp.*

All comments received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying information from comment submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-OCC-2017-021 and should be submitted on or before July 11, 2018. Any person who wishes to file a rebuttal to any other person's submission must file that rebuttal on or before July 17, 2018.

                        For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.[11] 

Eduardo A. Aleman,

Assistant Secretary.

# Footnotes

1.                             15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                    
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2.                             17 CFR 240.19b-4.                    
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3.                             On December 8, 2017, OCC also filed a related advance notice (SR-OCC-2017-810) with the Commission pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, entitled the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 and Rule 19b-4(n)(1)(i) under the Act (“Advance Notice”). 12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1) and 17 CFR 240.19b-4(n)(1)(i), respectively. The Advance Notice was published in the                         **Federal Register**                         on January 23, 2018. Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82513 (Jan. 17, 2018), 83 FR 3224 (Jan. 23, 2018) (SR-OCC-2017-810).                    
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4.                             Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82352 (Dec. 19, 2017), 82 FR 61072 (Dec. 26, 2017) (SR-OCC-2017-021) (“Notice”).                    
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5.                                                     *See*                         Letter from Jacqueline H. Mesa, Senior Vice President of Global Policy, FIA, dated Jan. 16, 2018,                         *available at**https://www.sec.gov/​comments/​sr-occ-2017-020/​occ2017020.htm.*                         Since the proposal contained in the Proposed Rule Change was also filed as an Advance Notice, the Commission is considering all public comments received on the proposal regardless of whether the comments are submitted to the Proposed Rule Change or the Advance Notice.                    
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6.                             15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B)(i).                    
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7.                                                     *See*                         Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82927 (March 22, 2018), 83 FR 13176 (March 27, 2018) (SR-OCC-2018-021).                    
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8.                             15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B)(ii).                    
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9.                                                     *Id.*
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11.                                 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(57).                        
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[FR Doc. 2018-13638 Filed 6-25-18; 8:45 am]

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