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Postal Service’s determination disposes 

of one or more of those issues. The 

deadline for the Postal Service to file the 

applicable administrative record with 

the Commission is January 12, 2012. See 

39 CFR 3001.113. In addition, the due 

date for any responsive pleading by the 

Postal Service to this Notice is January 

12, 2012. 

Availability; Web site posting. The 

Commission has posted the appeal and 

supporting material on its Web site at 

http://www.prc.gov. Additional filings 

in this case and participant’s 

submissions also will be posted on the 

Web site, if provided in electronic 

format or amenable to conversion, and 

not subject to a valid protective order. 

Information on how to use the 

Commission’s Web site is available 

online or by contacting the 

Commission’s webmaster via telephone 

at (202) 789–6873 or via electronic mail 

at prc-webmaster@prc.gov. 

The appeal and all related documents 

are also available for public inspection 

in the Commission’s docket section. 

Docket section hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal government 

holidays. Docket section personnel may 

be contacted via electronic mail at prcdockets@prc.gov or via telephone at 

(202) 789–6846. 

Filing of documents. All filings of 

documents in this case shall be made 

using the Internet (Filing Online) 

pursuant to Commission rules 9(a) and 

10(a) at the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.prc.gov, unless a waiver is 

obtained. See 39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 

3001.10(a). Instructions for obtaining an 

account to file documents online may be 

found on the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.prc.gov, or by contacting the 

Commission’s docket section at prcdockets@prc.gov or via telephone at 

(202) 789–6846. 

Commission reserves the right to 

redact personal information which may 

infringe on an individual’s privacy 

rights from documents filed in this 

proceeding. 

Intervention. Persons, other than the 

Petitioners and respondents, wishing to 

be heard in this matter are directed to 

file a notice of intervention. See 39 CFR 

3001.111(b). Notices of intervention in 

this case are to be filed on or before 

January 31, 2012. A notice of 

intervention shall be filed using the 

Internet (Filing Online) at the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.prc.gov, unless a waiver is 

obtained for hardcopy filing. See 39 CFR 

3001.9(a) and 3001.10(a). 

Further procedures. By statute, the 

Commission is required to issue its 

decision within 120 days from the date 

it receives the appeal. See 39 U.S.C. 

404(d)(5). A procedural schedule has 

been developed to accommodate this 

statutory deadline. In the interest of 

expedition, in light of the 120-day 

decision schedule, the Commission may 

request the Postal Service or other 

participants to submit information or 

memoranda of law on any appropriate 

issue. As required by Commission rules, 

if any motions are filed, responses are 

due 7 days after any such motion is 

filed. See 39 CFR 3001.21. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Postal Service shall file the 

applicable administrative record 

regarding this appeal no later than 

January 12, 2012. 

2. Any responsive pleading by the 

Postal Service to this notice is due no 

later than January 12, 2012. 

3. The procedural schedule listed 

below is hereby adopted. 

4. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Brent W. 

Peckham is designated officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this notice and order and 

Procedural Schedule in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE

December 28, 2011 ............ Filing of Appeal. 

January 12, 2012 ............... Deadline for the Postal Service to file the applicable administrative record in this appeal. 

January 12, 2012 ............... Deadline for the Postal Service to file any responsive pleading. 

January 31, 2012 ............... Deadline for notices to intervene (see 39 CFR 3001.111(b)). 

February 1, 2012 ................ Deadline for Petitioners’ Form 61 or initial brief in support of petition (see 39 CFR 3001.115(a) and (b)). 

February 21, 2012 .............. Deadline for answering brief in support of the Postal Service (see 39 CFR 3001.115(c)). 

March 7, 2012 .................... Deadline for reply briefs in response to answering briefs (see 39 CFR 3001.115(d)). 

March 14, 2012 .................. Deadline for motions by any party requesting oral argument; the Commission will schedule oral argument only 

when it is a necessary addition to the written filings (see 39 CFR 3001.116). 

April 13, 2012 ..................... Expiration of the Commission’s 120-day decisional schedule (see 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5)). 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 15c1–5, SEC File No. 270–422, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0471. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of 

extension of the previously approved 

collection of information provided for in 

Rule 15c1–5 (17 CFR 240.15c1–5) under 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.). 

Rule 15c1–5 states that any brokerdealer controlled by, controlling, or 

under common control with the issuer 

of a security that the broker-dealer is 

trying to sell to or buy from a customer 

must give the customer written 

notification disclosing the control 

relationship at or before completion of 

the transaction. The Commission 

estimates that 241 respondents collect 

information annually under Rule 15c1– 

5 and that each respondent would 

spend approximately 10 hours per year 

collecting this information (2,410 hours 

in aggregate). There is no retention 

period requirement under Rule 15c1–5. 

This Rule does not involve the 

collection of confidential information. 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

control number. No person shall be 

subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

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subject to the PRA that does display a 

valid Office of Management (OMB) 

control number. 

Background documentation for this 

information collection may be viewed at 

the following Web site, 

www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be 

directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 

or by sending an email to: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an email 

to PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

from: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 12f–3, OMB Control No. 3235–0249, 

SEC File No. 270–141. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

requests for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

provided for in the following rule: Rule 

12f–3 (17 CFR 240.12f–3). 

Rule 12f–3 (the ‘‘Rule’’), which was 

originally adopted in 1934 pursuant to 

Sections 12(f) and 23(a) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 

seq.) (‘‘Act’’), as modified in 1995, 

prescribes the information which must 

be included in applications for and 

notices of termination or suspension of 

unlisted trading privileges for a security 

as contemplated in Section 12(f)(4) of 

the Act. An application must provide, 

among other things, the name of the 

applicant; a brief statement of the 

applicant’s interest in the question of 

termination or suspension of such 

unlisted trading privileges; the title of 

the security; the name of the issuer; 

certain information regarding the size of 

the class of security and its recent 

trading history; and a statement 

indicating that the applicant has 

provided a copy of such application to 

the exchange from which the 

suspension or termination of unlisted 

trading privileges are sought, and to any 

other exchange on which the security is 

listed or admitted to unlisted trading 

privileges. 

The information required to be 

included in applications submitted 

pursuant to Rule 12f–3, is intended to 

provide the Commission with sufficient 

information to make the necessary 

findings under the Act to terminate or 

suspend by order the unlisted trading 

privileges granted a security on a 

national securities exchange. Without 

the Rule, the Commission would be 

unable to fulfill these statutory 

responsibilities. 

The burden of complying with Rule 

12f–3 arises when a potential 

respondent, having a demonstrable bona 

fide interest in the question of 

termination or suspension of the 

unlisted trading privileges of a security, 

determines to seek such termination or 

suspension. The staff estimates that 

each such application to terminate or 

suspend unlisted trading privileges 

requires approximately one hour to 

complete. Thus each potential 

respondent would incur on average one 

burden hour in complying with the 

Rule. The Commission staff estimates 

that there could be as many as 15 

responses annually. Compliance with 

the application requirements of Rule 

12f–3 is mandatory, though the filing of 

such applications is undertaken 

voluntarily. Rule 12f–3 does not have a 

record retention requirement per se. 

However, responses made pursuant to 

Rule 12f–3 are subject to the 

recordkeeping requirements of Rules 

17a–3 and 17a–4 of the Act. Information 

received in response to Rule 12f–3 shall 

not be kept confidential; the information 

collected is public information. 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

control number. No person shall be 

subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number. The 

public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following Web site, 

www.reginfo.gov. 

Comments should be directed to: (i) 

Desk Officer for the Securities and 

Exchange Commission, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10102, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503, or by 

sending an email to: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted to OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

from: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 12f–1, OMB Control No. 3235–0128, 

SEC File No. 270–139. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

requests for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

provided for in the following rule: Rule 

12f–1 (17 CFR 240.12f–1). 

Rule 12f–1 (the ‘‘Rule’’), originally 

adopted in 1934 pursuant to Sections 

12(f) and 23(a) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 

seq.) (‘‘Act’’), as modified in 1995 and 

2005, sets forth the information which 

an exchange must include in an 

application to reinstate its ability to 

extend unlisted trading privileges to any 

security for which such unlisted trading 

privileges have been suspended by the 

Commission, pursuant to Section 

12(f)(2)(A) of the Act. An application 

must provide the name of the issuer, the 

title of the security, the name of each 

national securities exchange, if any, on 

which the security is listed or admitted 

to unlisted trading privileges, whether 

transaction information concerning the 

security is reported pursuant to an 

effective transaction reporting plan 

contemplated by Rule 601 of Regulation 

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