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identified in the 2007 Strategic 

Assessment as described above. In 

addition, the national LLRW program 

continues to evolve. To set the direction 

for the NRC’s LLRW regulatory program 

in the next several years, the NRC staff 

will begin developing a new Strategic 

Assessment of the NRC’s LLRW 

program. The new assessment will 

provide opportunities for stakeholder 

engagement. 

II. NRC Public Workshop 

The purpose of this public workshop 

is to discuss the status of an on-going 

rulemaking effort to revise 10 CFR part 

61 and gather information on the update 

to the 2007 Strategic Assessment of the 

NRC’s LLRW regulatory program from 

interested members of the public. This 

overall approach is consistent with the 

NRC’s openness policy. The March 7, 

2014, public workshop will be 

organized into two parts. In the first 

part, the NRC staff will discuss the 

status of the proposed revisions to 10 

CFR part 61. In the second part, a panel 

of invited experts will discuss 

developments that would affect the 

LLRW regulatory program in the next 5– 

7 years, including changes to the 

national landscape in the LLRW area 

that would affect licensees and sited 

States in the context of safety, security, 

and the protection of the environment. 

Following each of the two parts of the 

workshop, interested members of the 

public will have an opportunity to pose 

questions and comment. 

Pre-registration for this workshop is 

not necessary. Members of the public 

choosing to participate in this workshop 

remotely can do so in one of two ways— 

online by webinar or via a telephone 

(audio) connection. This audio is the 

bridge line ID: 1–800–779–7381, 

passcode: 8375324. 

For those interested members of the 

public that wish to attend the workshop 

remotely by Webinar, the Webinar 

workshop registration link can be found 

at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/

register/482915697. The Webinar ID is 

482–915–697. After registering, 

instructions for joining the Webinar 

(including a teleconference number and 

pass code) will be provided via email. 

All participants will be in ‘‘listen-only’’ 

mode during the presentation. 

Participants will have a chance to pose 

questions either orally after the 

presentation or in writing during the 

Webinar. 

To receive a call back, provide your 

phone number when you join the 

workshop, or call the following number 

and enter the access code: 

Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 

1–800–779–7381. The access code is 

8375324. 

The agenda for the public workshop 

will be noticed no fewer than 10 days 

prior to the workshop on the NRC’s 

Public Meeting Schedule Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/

public-meetings/index.cfm. 

Questions about participation in the 

public workshop should be directed to 

the point of contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 14th day 

of January 2014. For the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Aby Mohseni, 

Deputy Director, Environmental Protection 

and Performance Assessment Directorate, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of Federal 

and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01291 Filed 1–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Chapter I 

RIN 3038–AD52 

Concept Release on Risk Controls and 

System Safeguards for Automated 

Trading Environments 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On September 12, 2013, the 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) published 

in the Federal Register a Concept 

Release on Risk Controls and System 

Safeguards for Automated Trading 

Environments (‘‘Concept Release’’). The 

Concept Release addresses the evolution 

from human-centered to automated 

trading environments and seeks 

comment on a series of pre-trade risk 

controls, post-trade measures, system 

safeguards and other protections 

applicable to trading platforms and 

other categories of market participants. 

Its original comment period closed on 

December 11, 2013. For the reasons set 

forth below, the Commission is 

reopening the comment period for the 

Concept Release beginning on January 

21, 2014. Interested parties may submit 

comments on or before February 14, 

2014. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

Concept Release published September 

12, 2013 (78 FR 56542) is reopened as 

of January 21, 2014, and extended until 

February 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 3038–AD52, by any of 

the following methods: 

• CFTC Web site, via Comments 

Online: http://comments.cftc.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments through the Web site. 

• Mail: Melissa D. Jurgens, Secretary 

of the Commission, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

‘‘mail,’’ above. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Please submit comments by only one 

method. All comments should be 

submitted in English or accompanied by 

an English translation. Comments will 

be posted as received to http://

www.cftc.gov. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. If you wish the 

Commission to consider information 

that may be exempt from disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(‘‘FOIA’’), a petition for confidential 

treatment of the exempt information 

may be submitted according to the 

procedures established in 17 CFR 145.9. 

The Commission reserves the right, but 

shall have no obligation, to review, 

prescreen, filter, redact, refuse, or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from http://www.cftc.gov that it may 

deem to be inappropriate for 

publication, such as obscene language. 

All submissions that have been redacted 

or removed that contain comments on 

the merits of the rulemaking will be 

retained in the public comment file and 

will be considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under FOIA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sebastian Pujol Schott, Associate 

Director, Division of Market Oversight, 

sps@cftc.gov or 202–418–5641; Marilee 

Dahlman, Special Counsel, Division of 

Market Oversight, mdahlman@cftc.gov 

or 202–418–5264. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 12, 2013, the Commission 

published in the Federal Register (78 

FR 56542) the Concept Release on Risk 

Controls and System Safeguards for 

Automated Trading Environments. The 

Concept Release provides an overview 

of the transition from human-centered 

to automated trading environments, 

reviews the Commission’s regulatory 

response to date and existing industry 

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trade risk controls, post-trade measures, 

system safeguards and other protections 

applicable to trading platforms and 

other categories of market participants. 

The Commission requests comment on 

a broad range of topics including, 

among other things, the extent to which 

certain risk controls have been adopted 

by industry, whether there is a need for 

regulatory action on such risk controls 

in order to provide more uniform risk 

mitigation across Commission-regulated 

derivatives markets, and the appropriate 

stage in the lifecycle of an order at 

which risk controls should be placed. 

The Commission is reopening the 

comment period for the Concept Release 

beginning on January 21, 2014, and 

ending on February 14, 2014. Parties 

who previously submitted comments on 

the Concept Release, but did so after the 

original December 11, 2013, comment 

deadline, are invited to resubmit their 

comments so that they may be properly 

considered. Parties presenting relevant 

materials during the January 21, 2014, 

meeting of the Commission’s 

Technology Advisory Committee are 

invited to submit such materials for 

inclusion in the comment file. Parties 

may also submit new comments 

regarding any matter raised in the 

Concept Release. All comments must be 

received on or before February 14, 2014. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 17, 

2014, by the Commission. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

Note: The following appendix will not 

appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Appendix to Concept Release on Risk 

Controls and System Safeguards for 

Automated Trading Environments— 

Commission Voting Summary 

On this matter, Acting Chairman Wetjen 

and Commissioners Chilton and O’Malia 

voted in the affirmative. No Commissioner 

voted in the negative. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01372 Filed 1–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–148812–11] 

RIN 1545–BK80 

Arbitrage Rebate Overpayments on 

Tax-Exempt Bonds; Hearing 

Cancellation 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Cancellation of a notice of 

public hearing on proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document cancels a 

public hearing on proposed regulations 

that provide guidance on the recovery of 

overpayments of arbitrage rebate on taxexempt bonds and other tax-advantaged 

bonds. 

DATES: The public hearing originally 

scheduled for February 5, 2014 at 2 p.m. 

is cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oluwafunmilayo Taylor of the 

Publications and Regulations Branch, 

Legal Processing Division, Associate 

Chief Counsel (Procedure and 

Administration) at (202) 622–7180 (not 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of proposed rulemaking and a notice of 

public hearing that appeared in the 

Federal Register on Monday, September 

16, 2013 (78 FR 56841) announced that 

a public hearing was scheduled for 

February 5, 2014, at 2 p.m. in the IRS 

Auditorium, Internal Revenue Building, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The subject of the 

public hearing is under section 148 of 

the Internal Revenue Code. 

The public comment period for these 

regulations expired on December 16, 

2013. The notice of proposed 

rulemaking and notice of public hearing 

instructed those interested in testifying 

at the public hearing to submit a request 

to speak and an outline of the topics to 

be addressed. As of January 17, 2014, no 

one has requested to speak. Therefore, 

the public hearing scheduled for 

February 5, 2014 at 2 p.m. is cancelled. 

Martin V. Franks, 

Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, 

Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief 

Counsel, (Procedure and Administration). 

[FR Doc. 2014–01388 Filed 1–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

37 CFR Part 1 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2013–0040] 

RIN 0651–AC90 

Changes To Require Identification of 

Attributable Owner 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (Office) is proposing 

changes to the rules of practice to 

facilitate the examination of patent 

applications and to provide greater 

transparency concerning the ownership 

of patent applications and patents. This 

initiative is one of a number of 

executive actions issued by the 

Administration that are designed to 

ensure the highest-quality patents, 

enhance competition by providing the 

public with more complete information 

about the competitive environment in 

which innovators operate, enhance 

technology transfer and reduce the costs 

of transactions for patent rights by 

making patent ownership information 

more readily and easily available, 

reduce abusive patent litigation by 

helping the public defend itself against 

frivolous litigation, and level the 

playing field for innovators. The Office 

is proposing in this document to require 

that the attributable owner, including 

the ultimate parent entity, be identified 

during the pendency of a patent 

application and at specified times 

during the life of a patent. The Office is 

specifically proposing that the 

attributable owner be identified on 

filing of an application (or shortly 

thereafter), when there is a change in 

the attributable owner during the 

pendency of an application, at the time 

of issue fee and maintenance fee 

payments, and when a patent is 

involved in supplemental examination, 

ex parte reexamination, or a trial 

proceeding before the Patent Trial and 

Appeal Board (PTAB). The Office is also 

seeking comments on whether the 

Office should enable patent applicants 

and owners to voluntarily report 

licensing offers and related information 

to the Office, which the Office will then 

make available to the public in an 

accessible online format. 

DATES: Comment deadline date: Written 

comments must be received on or before 

March 25, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

by electronic mail message over the 

Internet addressed to: AC90.comments@

uspto.gov. Comments may also be 

submitted by postal mail addressed to: 

Mail Stop Comments-Patents, 

Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, 

marked to the attention of James Engel, 

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, Office of the 

Deputy Commissioner for Patent 

Examination Policy. 

Comments may also be sent by 

electronic mail message over the 

Internet via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal Web site (http://

www.regulations.gov) for additional 


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