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4Securities Exchange Release Act No. 29814 (Oct. 

11, 1991), 56 FR 55563 (Oct. 21, 1991). 5When the EDS approval process is enabled for 

a given service, a participant will be required to 

create and update its instructions in PBS for that 

service; PTS may not be used. 6 If left unapproved, the instruction will remain 

pending until the cutoff date. If the instruction is 

pending on the cutoff date, it will be deleted from 

the EDS system at the end of the day, and the 

instruction will revert to the last approved election 

or if one does not exist, to the default for the event. 

7 15 U.S.C. 78q–1. 

8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

9 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(4). 10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In 1991, DTC filed a rule change with 

the Commission to establish the Elective 

Dividends (‘‘EDS’’) function.4 The EDS 

function allows participants to use 

DTC’s Participant Terminal System 

(‘‘PTS’’) or Participant Browser System 

(‘‘PBS’’) instead of hard copy for their 

instructions concerning distributions on 

certain issues of securities. 

At the request of its participants, DTC 

has created an automated election 

instruction approval process accessible 

through PBS (‘‘EDS approval process’’).5

The EDS approval process will provide 

participants with a streamlined, 

electronic means of internally reviewing 

and approving election instructions and 

will be used for the following EDS 

services: Cash-in Lieu/Round Up, 

Dividend Reinvestment Program, 

Foreign Currency Payments, Optional 

Dividend Distribution, and Tax Relief. 

Participants that chose to use the EDS 

approval process will be required to 

assign an administrator in their firm to 

enable or disable the EDS approval 

process at the firm. The EDS approval 

process will have three basic 

entitlements to allow for the creation 

and approval of instructions: (i) Creator, 

which allows the user to only create 

instructions, (ii) approver, which allows 

the user to approve instructions created 

by others and (iii) creator/approver, 

which allows the user to create its own 

instructions that are automatically 

approved. Once an instruction is 

created, it will appear with a status of 

‘‘Pending’’ for the approver to approve or 

reject. Once approved, the instruction 

becomes an approved election that will 

appear in the election window and will 

be processed in the same way that DTC 

currently processes such elections.6

Additionally, DTC is making 

technical updates to its procedures in 

order to properly reflect DTC contact 

information and the input methods 

available to participants. 

DTC states that the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the 

requirements of Section 17A of the Act 7

and the rules and regulations 

thereunder because it promotes 

efficiencies in the clearance and 

settlement of securities transactions by 

providing participants with a 

streamlined, electronic means of 

internally reviewing and approving 

election instructions. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

DTC does not believe that the 

proposed rule change will have any 

impact or impose any burden on 

competition. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

DTC has not solicited or received 

written comments relating to the 

proposed rule change. DTC will notify 

the Commission of any written 

comments it receives. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective upon filing pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 8 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(4) 9 thereunder because the 

proposed rule change effects a change in 

an existing service of DTC that (i) does 

not adversely affect the safeguarding of 

securities or funds in DTC’s custody or 

control or for which it is responsible 

and (ii) does not significantly affect the 

respective rights of DTC or persons 

using the service. At any time within 

sixty days of the filing of such rule 

change, the Commission may summarily 

abrogate such rule change if it appears 

to the Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or otherwise in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act. 

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 e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

No. SR–DTC–2010–06 on the subject 

line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File No. 

SR–DTC–2010–06. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

if e-mail 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 Web site (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 Web site 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 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filings 

also will be available for inspection and 

copying at DTC’s principal office and 

DTC’s Web site at http://www.dtc.org/ 

impNtc/mor/index.html. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File No. SR–DTC–2010– 

06 and should be submitted on or before 

May 6, 2010. 

For the Commission by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.10

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–8614 Filed 4–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6955] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘From 

Xanadu to Dadu: The World of Khubilai 

Khan’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

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the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘From 

Xanadu to Dadu: The World of Khubilai 

Khan,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to a loan 

agreement with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at The Metropolitan Museum of 

Art, New York, NY, from on or about 

September 28, 2010, until on or about 

January 2, 2011, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: April 8, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–8638 Filed 4–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), 

as Amended: Request for Public 

Comments Regarding Beneficiary 

Countries 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

203(f) of the ATPA, as amended, 19 

U.S.C. 3202(f)(2), the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) is requesting the views of 

interested parties on whether the 

designated beneficiary countries are 

meeting the eligibility criteria under the 

ATPA. (See 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B).) 

This information will be used in the 

preparation of a report to the Congress 

on the operation of the program. 

DATES: Public comments are due no 

later than 5 p.m., May 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions via on-line: 

http://www.regulations.gov. For 

alternatives to on-line submissions, 

please contact Gloria Blue, Executive 

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee 

(TPSC), at (202) 395–3475. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, please contact Gloria Blue at 

the above number. All other questions 

regarding the ATPA should be directed 

to Bennett Harman, Deputy Assistant 

USTR for Latin America, at (202) 395– 

9446. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background Information 

The ATPA, as amended by the 

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug 

Eradication Act of 2002 (ATPDEA) in 

the Trade Act of 2002, 19 U.S.C. 3201 

et seq., provides trade benefits for 

eligible Andean countries. In 

Proclamation 7616 of October 31, 2002, 

the President designated Bolivia, 

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru as 

ATPDEA beneficiary countries. In 

Proclamation 8323 of November 25, 

2008, the President determined that 

Bolivia no longer satisfies the eligibility 

criteria related to counternarcotics and 

suspended Bolivia’s status as a 

beneficiary country for purposes of the 

ATPA and ATPDEA. In a June 30, 2009 

report to Congress the President did not 

determine that Bolivia satisfies the 

requirements set forth in section 203(c) 

of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3202(c)) for 

being designated as a beneficiary 

country. Therefore, as provided for in 

section 208(a)(3) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

3206(a)(3)), no duty free treatment or 

other preferential treatment extended 

under the ATPA remained in effect with 

respect to Bolivia after June 30, 2009. 

Section 203(f) of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 

3202(f)) requires the USTR, not later 

than June 30, 2010, to submit to 

Congress a report on the operation of the 

ATPA. Before submitting such report, 

USTR is required to request comments 

on whether beneficiary countries are 

meeting the criteria set forth in 19 

U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B) (which incorporates 

by reference the criteria set forth in 

sections 3202(c) and (d)). USTR refers 

interested parties to the Federal 

Register notice published on August 15, 

2002 (67 FR 53379), for a full list of the 

eligibility criteria. 

2. Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting comments must 

do so in English and must identify (on 

the first page of the submission) the 

‘‘USTR Report on Operation of the 

Andean Trade Preference Act.’’ In order 

to be assured of consideration, 

comments should be submitted by May 

12, 2010. 

In order to ensure the timely receipt 

and consideration of comments, USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

make on-line submissions, using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Comments should be submitted under 

the following docket: USTR–2010–0012. 

To find the docket, enter the docket 

number in the ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ 

window at the http:// 

www.regulations.gov home page and 

click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will provide a 

search-results page listing all documents 

associated with this docket. Find a 

reference to this notice by selecting 

‘‘Notices’’ under ‘‘Document Type’’ on 

the search-results page, and click on the 

link entitled ‘‘Submit a Comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the Web site by clicking on the 

‘‘Help’’ tab.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site provides the option of making 

submissions by filling in a comments 

field, or by attaching a document. USTR 

prefers submissions to be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘Type comment & 

Upload File’’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission 

is in an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘‘Comments’’ field. 

For any comments submitted 

electronically containing business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

on the top of that page. Filers of 

submissions containing business 

confidential information must also 

submit a public version of their 

comments. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments or reply 

comments. Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information should name their file using 

the character ‘‘P’’, followed by the name 

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