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18As noted, the proposal is designed to attract 

liquidity to the Exchange by allowing market 

participants to designate a minimum size of contraside Order with which to interact, thus providing 

market participants with functionality that is 

otherwise available to them on another exchange 

(i.e., Nasdaq). The designation of a minimum size 

may reduce the interaction that such new Order 

flow would have with smaller contra-side Orders on 

the Exchange, some of which may be retail Order 

flow. The Exchange notes that since the Order flow 

attracted by this functionality may also represent 

retail investors and is in addition to the existing 

Order flow currently on the Exchange, market 

quality for retail investors ultimately should not be 

negatively impacted. Accordingly, the Exchange 

does not believe that retail Orders will be 

disadvantaged by the proposed change. 

19 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

20 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to 

give 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. The Exchange 

has satisfied this requirement. 

21 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

expensive transactions.18 In this regard, 

the Exchange notes that proposed new 

optional functionality may improve the 

Exchange market by attracting more 

Order flow, which is currently trading 

on less transparent venues that 

contribute less to price discovery and 

price competition than executions and 

quotes that occur on lit exchanges. Such 

new Order flow will further enhance the 

depth and liquidity on the Exchange, 

which supports just and equitable 

principles of trade. Furthermore, the 

proposed modification to the Minimum 

Quantity Order Attribute is consistent 

with providing market participants with 

greater control over the nature of their 

executions so that they may achieve 

their trading goals and improve the 

quality of their executions. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will result in 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act, as amended. 

Specifically, the proposed change 

allows market participants to condition 

the processing of their Orders based on 

a minimum execution size. The changes 

to the Minimum Quantity Order 

Attribute will enhance the functionality 

offered by the Exchange to its members, 

thereby promoting its competitiveness 

with other exchanges and non-exchange 

trading venues that already offer the 

same or similar functionality. As a 

consequence, the proposed change will 

promote competition among exchanges 

and their peers, which, in turn, will 

decrease the burden on competition 

rather than place an unnecessary burden 

thereon. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were either 

solicited or received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Because the foregoing proposed rule 

change does not: (i) Significantly affect 

the protection of investors or the public 

interest; (ii) impose any significant 

burden on competition; and (iii) become 

operative for 30 days from the date on 

which it was filed, or such shorter time 

as the Commission may designate, it has 

become effective pursuant to Section 

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

4(f)(6) thereunder.20

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in 

the public interest; (ii) for the protection 

of investors; or (iii) otherwise in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

If the Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or disapproved. 

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– 

BX–2018–040 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–BX–2018–040. 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–BX–2018–040 and should 

be submitted on or before September 28, 

2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.21

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19376 Filed 9–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–84013; File No. SR–BX– 

2018–025] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq 

BX, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a 

Longer Period for Commission Action 

on Proposed Rule Change To Make 

Permanent the Exchange’s Retail Price 

Improvement Program, Which is Set To 

Expire on December 31, 2018 

August 31, 2018. 

On July 9, 2018, Nasdaq BX, Inc. 

(‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule 

19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule 

change to make permanent the 

Exchange’s Retail Price Improvement 

Program. The proposed rule change was 


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3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83681 

(July 20, 2018), 83 FR 35516. 

4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

5 Id. 

6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31). 

published for comment in the Federal 

Register on July 26, 2018.3 The 

Commission has received no comment 

letters on the proposed rule change. 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 provides 

that within 45 days of the publication of 

notice of the filing of a proposed rule 

change, or within such longer period up 

to 90 days as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding, or as to which the 

self-regulatory organization consents, 

the Commission shall either approve the 

proposed rule change, disapprove the 

proposed rule change, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether the 

proposed rule change should be 

disapproved. The 45th day after 

publication of the notice for this 

proposed rule change is September 9, 

2018. 

The Commission is extending the 45- 

day time period for Commission action 

on the proposed rule change. The 

Commission finds it appropriate to 

designate a longer period within which 

to take action on the proposed rule 

change so that it has sufficient time to 

consider the proposed rule change. 

Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant 

to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act and for the 

reasons stated above,5 designates 

October 24, 2018, as the date by which 

the Commission shall either approve or 

disapprove, or institute proceedings to 

determine whether to disapprove, the 

proposed rule change (File No. SR–BX– 

2018–025). 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.6

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19374 Filed 9–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Southern Evacuation 

Life Line Project in Georgetown and 

Horry Counties, SC 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice to rescind a Notice of 

Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that, effective 

immediately, we are rescinding a Notice 

of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Southern Evacuation 

Life Line (SELL) project in Georgetown 

and Horry counties, South Carolina. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily O. Lawton, Division 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, Strom Thurmond 

Federal Building, 1835 Assembly Street, 

Suite 1270, Columbia, South Carolina 

29201, Telephone: (803) 765–5411, 

Email: emily.lawton@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the South 

Carolina Department of Transportation 

(SCDOT), issued a NOI on March 17, 

2006, to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) on a proposal for 

a new alignment roadway, known as the 

Southern Evacuation Life Line (SELL), 

located in Georgetown and Horry 

counties, South Carolina. The purpose 

of the project was to establish a new 

alignment hurricane evacuation route 

for the southeastern portion of Horry 

County and the northeastern portion of 

Georgetown County in South Carolina, 

between U.S. 17 near Garden City, SC, 

and U.S. 501 near Aynor, SC. The 

FHWA was initially involved as the lead 

federal agency for this project as there 

was a federal earmark of $4 million 

being used for the project that was being 

administered by FHWA. A Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

was prepared and a Notice of 

Availability was issued on August 15, 

2008. However, the proposed project 

was postponed after the DEIS was 

published due a lack of funding at that 

time. The $4 million from the federal 

earmark that was being administered by 

FHWA was completely expended for 

this effort. 

In late 2016, Horry County passed the 

RIDE III Capital Project Sales Tax 

program, which included an allocation 

of $25 million for the SELL project to 

fund preliminary engineering (including 

the preparation of a new environmental 

impact statement), as well as right-ofway acquisition, should a build 

alternative be selected for the project. 

Since the federal earmark has been 

completely expended, and no new 

federal-aid highway program funding 

has been identified for the project, 

FHWA no longer has a federal action 

per Title 23 of the U.S. Code. In 

addition, given the amount of time that 

has passed since the DEIS was 

completed, SCDOT and Horry County 

will essentially need to restart the NEPA 

process for the project. Due to this, the 

FHWA is issuing a Notice to Rescind the 

Notice of Intent to prepare and EIS for 

the SELL project that was initially 

issued March 17, 2006. 

Dated: August 31, 2018. 

Emily O. Lawton, 

Division Administrator, Columbia, South 

Carolina. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19445 Filed 9–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0128] 

Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the 

Voluntary Information-Sharing System 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Voluntary 

Information-sharing System (VIS) 

Working Group. The VIS Working 

Group will convene to discuss and 

identify recommendations to establish a 

voluntary information-sharing system. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on October 3, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. ET. Members of the public 

who wish to attend in person should 

register no later than September 26, 

2018. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, 

may notify PHMSA by September 26, 

2018. For additional information, see 

the ADDRESSES section. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 

20590. The meeting agenda and 

additional information will be 

published on the following VIS Working 

Group registration page at: https://

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ 

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=139. 

The meetings will not be webcast; 

however, presentations will be available 

on the meeting website and posted on 

the E-Gov website, https://

www.regulations.gov/, under docket 

number PHMSA–2016–0128 within 30 

days following the meeting. 

Public Participation: This meeting 

will be open to the public. Members of 

the public who attend in person will 

also be provided an opportunity to make 

a statement during the meetings. 

Written comments: Persons who wish 

to submit written comments on the 


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