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22 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The term ‘‘BOX Book’’ means the electronic 

book of orders on each single option series 

maintained by the BOX Trading Host. See BOX 

Rule 100(a)(10). 

4The term ‘‘Participant’’ means a firm, or 

organization that is registered with the Exchange 

pursuant to the BOX Rule 2000 Series for purposes 

of participating in options trading on BOX as an 

‘‘Order Flow Provider’’ or ‘‘Market Maker.’’ See 

BOX Rule 100(a)(41). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83318 

(May 24, 2018), 83 FR 25079 (‘‘Notice’’). 

6See proposed BOX Rule IM–7130–1. ‘‘Public 

Customer’’ means a person that is not a broker or 

dealer in securities. See BOX Rule 100(a)(52). 

7See proposed BOX Rule IM–7130–1. 

8See id. 

9See id. The term ‘‘Market Operations Center’’ or 

‘‘MOC’’ means the BOX Market Operations Center, 

which provides market support for Options 

Participants during the trading day. See BOX Rule 

100(a)(32). 

10See proposed BOX Rule IM–7130–1. 

11See Notice, supra note 5, at 25080 n.5. 

12See Notice, supra note 5, at 25080. 

13A QOO Order has two sides; the initiating side 

and the contra-side. The initiating side is the order 

which must be filled in its entirety. The contra-side 

must guarantee the full size of the initiating side of 

the QOO Order and may provide a book sweep size 

as provided in BOX Rule 7600(h). See BOX Rule 

7600(a)(1). The initiating side of a QOO Order will 

execute against Public Customer Orders on the BOX 

Book and any other orders or quotes ranked ahead 

of such Public Customer Orders at the execution 

price first. See BOX Rule 7600(d)(2). 

14See Notice, supra note 5, at 25080. 

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 email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

NASDAQ–2018–051 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–NASDAQ–2018–051. 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 the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. 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–NASDAQ–2018–051, and 

should be submitted on or before 

August 8, 2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.22

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–83624; File No. SR–BOX– 

2018–18] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX 

Options Exchange LLC; Order 

Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule 

Change To Adopt IM–7130–1 to Rule 

7130 

July 12, 2018. 

I. Introduction 

On May 16, 2018, BOX Options 

Exchange LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or 

‘‘BOX’’) filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’), 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a 

proposed rule change to adopt IM– 

7130–1 to BOX Rule 7130 to provide 

certain BOX Book 3 information to 

Participants 4 upon request. The 

proposed rule change was published for 

comment in the Federal Register on 

May 31, 2018.5 The Commission 

received no comments on the proposed 

rule change. This order approves the 

proposed rule change. 

II. Description of the Proposed Rule 

Change 

BOX proposes to adopt new IM– 

7130–1 to Rule 7130 to provide that, 

upon request, the Exchange may make 

available to a Participant the amount of 

any priority interest on the BOX Book. 

For purposes of the proposed new rule, 

the term ‘‘priority interest’’ means the 

number of Public Customer contracts 

and Non-Public Customer contracts that 

are ranked ahead of such Public 

Customer contracts at a given price for 

a specific option class.6 The information 

would be verbally provided to 

Participants for no fee, on a best efforts 

basis, and would be for advisory 

purposes only.7 All BOX Book 

information would be provided on an 

anonymous basis.8

Under the proposed rule, Floor 

Brokers would inquire with an Options 

Exchange Official or his or her designee, 

and all other Participants would inquire 

with BOX’s Market Operations Center.9

Participants would be required to 

request this information each time and 

the Exchange would not provide 

continuous updated information.10 The 

Exchange represents that an Options 

Exchange Official will provide the 

requested information when doing so 

does not interfere with their regulatory 

responsibilities.11

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change will provide 

Participants greater clarity on the 

composition and availability of liquidity 

on the BOX Book.12 With respect to the 

BOX Trading Floor, the Exchange 

believes that the availability of this 

information will lead to increased 

interaction with the BOX Book, because 

Floor Brokers will be aware of the 

liquidity available on the BOX Book that 

could interact with their Qualified Open 

Outcry Order (‘‘QOO Order’’) 13 and 

may choose to use such liquidity when 

executing orders from the Trading Floor 

or using a separate order to sweep that 

interest.14

III. Discussion and Commission 

Findings 

After careful review, the Commission 

finds that the proposed rule change is 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Act and the rules and regulations 

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15 In approving this proposed rule change the 

Commission notes that it has considered the 

proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, 

and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 

16 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

17See NYSE Arca Regulatory Bulletin RB–16–04 

(February 19, 2016) (stating that Floor Brokers on 

NYSE Arca may inquire with the Trading Official 

at the post to the amount of any priority interest on 

NYSE Arca’s electronic book). In addition, the 

Commission notes that some other options 

exchanges provide similar information on a realtime basis to data feed subscribers. See, e.g., 

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74759 (April 

17, 2018), 82 FR 22749 (April 23, 2015) (SR–MIAX– 

2015–28) (describing MIAX Order Feed which 

provides the origin of orders on the MIAX order 

book). 

18 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

19 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

securities exchange.15 In particular, the 

Commission finds that the proposed 

rule change is consistent with Section 

6(b)(5) of the Act,16 which requires, 

among other things, that the Exchange’s 

rules be designed to prevent fraudulent 

and manipulative acts and practices, to 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade, to remove impediments to and 

perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, to protect 

investors and the public interest. 

The Commission notes that the 

proposed rule change, which would 

make priority interest information 

available upon request for all 

Participants, will provide increased 

transparency to Participants, which the 

Exchange believes has the potential to 

result in more liquidity on the Exchange 

and increased interaction with the BOX 

Book. The Commission also notes that 

the proposed rule change, with respect 

to floor trading, is similar to the 

procedures of another options exchange 

that operates a trading floor.17 For the 

foregoing reasons, the Commission finds 

that the proposed rule change is 

consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the 

Act 18 and the rules and regulations 

thereunder applicable to a national 

securities exchange. 

IV. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,19 that the 

proposed rule change (SR–BOX–2018– 

18) be, and hereby is, approved. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.20

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10465] 

Town Hall Meeting on Modernizing the 

Columbia River Treaty Regime 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

(Department) will hold a Town Hall 

meeting in Portland, Oregon, to discuss 

the modernization of the Columbia 

River Treaty (CRT) regime. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 6, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 

approximately 7:00 p.m., Pacific Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Bonneville Power Administration’s 

Rates Hearing Room, 1201 Lloyd Blvd. 

Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan May, ColumbiaRiverTreaty@

state.gov, 202–647–2170. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Town Hall is part of the Department’s 

public engagement on the 

modernization of the CRT regime. The 

meeting is open to the public, up to the 

capacity of the room. Requests for 

reasonable accommodation should be 

made to the email listed above, on or 

before August 30, 2018. The Department 

will consider requests made after that 

date, but might not be able to 

accommodate them. Information 

regarding the proposed agenda, and 

other information about the meeting, 

can be found at https://www.state.gov/p/ 

wha/ci/ca/topics/c78892.htm or by 

emailing the email address listed above. 

If you are unable to attend in person, 

you can listen to the Town Hall via 

phone by calling 1–888–330–1716 and 

entering the passcode 19431467#. 

Cynthia A. Kierscht, 

Director, Office of Canadian Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15306 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10466] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Rescindment of a System of 

Records Notice. 

SUMMARY: ‘‘Foreign Service Employee 

Locator/Notification Records, State-12’’, 

which is being rescinded, contains 

information used to forward employees’ 

mail and for the notification of next of 

kin in the event of an emergency or 

death of an employee. 

DATES: On March 24, 2018, the 

Department of State published a notice 

in the Federal Register (83 FR 17873) 

that records in State-12 were being 

consolidated with ‘‘Employee Contact 

Records, State-40’’ into a single 

modified State-40, because the records 

and system purposes are substantially 

similar. 

ADDRESSES: Questions can be submitted 

by mail, email, or by calling Mary 

Avery, the Senior Agency Official for 

Privacy (SAOP), on (202) 663–2215. If 

mail, please write to: U.S. Department of 

State; Office of Global Information 

Systems, Privacy Staff, A/GIS/PRV; SA– 

2, Suite 8100; Washington, DC 20522– 

0208. If email, please address the email 

to the Senior Agency Official for Privacy 

(SAOP), Mary R. Avery, at Privacy@

state.gov. Please write ‘‘Foreign Service 

Employee Locator/Notification Records, 

State-12’’ on the envelope or the subject 

line of your email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary R. Avery, Senior Agency Official 

for Privacy (SAOP); U.S. Department of 

State; Office of Global Information 

Services, A/GIS/PRV; SA–2, Suite 8100; 

Washington, DC 20522–0208 or by 

calling (202) 663–2215. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

records in ‘‘Foreign Service Employee 

Locator/Notification Records, State-12’’ 

(previously published at 42 FR 49705) 

were consolidated with ‘‘Employee 

Contact Records, State-40’’ (previously 

published at 75 FR 67431). The new 

SORN reflecting the consolidated 

system of records ‘‘Employee Contact 

Records, State-40’’ was published at 83 

FR 17873 on March 24, 2018. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER 

Foreign Service Employee Locator/ 

Notification Records, State-12. 

HISTORY: 

‘‘Foreign Service Employee Locator/ 

Notification Records, State-12’’ was 

previously published at 42 FR 49705 

and ‘‘Employee Contact Records, State40’’ was previously published at 75 FR 

67431 before being modified and republished at 83 FR 17873. 

Mary R. Avery, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Senior 

Advisor, Office of Global Information 

Services, Bureau of Administration, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15308 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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