Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices 67783

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.

3 In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange made

certain technical changes relating, inter alia, to the

format of the filing, the date of effectiveness of the

proposed rule change, and the authorization

procedures of the Exchange. See Amendment No.

1, filed October 3, 2000. 4 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rhonda Underwood, (202) 314–6065.

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Rhonda Underwood,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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BILLING CODE 7533–01–M

PRESIDIO TRUST

The Presidio of San Francisco,

California; Extension of the Public

Comment Period for the Presidio Trust

Implementation Plan Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.

ACTION: The Presidio Trust (Trust) is

extending the scoping period from

December 8, 2000 to January 15, 2001 to

ensure adequate time for the public to

review and comment on the proposed

alternatives to be evaluated in the

Presidio Trust Implementation Plan

(PTIP) Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS). The PTIP EIS is a supplement to

the 1994 Final General Management

Plan Amendment (GMPA) EIS for The

Presidio of San Francisco (Presidio).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

30, 2000 the Trust published a notice

announcing its intention to prepare a

Supplemental EIS for PTIP and to hold

two public scoping meetings to

determine the scope of impact topics

and alternatives to be addressed in the

Supplemental EIS (65 FR 40707–08). On

October 11, 2000 the Trust published a

notice amending its June 30, 2000 notice

to add a third public scoping meeting on

November 15, 2000, to make factual

corrections and to extend the previously

announced scoping period from

November 15, 2000 to December 8, 2000

(65 FR 60477–60478). The November

15, 2000 workshop will present

conceptual alternatives to be addressed

in the EIS and visions for the Presidio’s

future. The extension of the scoping

period from December 8, 2000 to

January 15, 2000 is being provided in

response to several requests from

commenting organizations and members

of the public.

Public Meeting: The Trust will solicit

public comments on the conceptual

alternatives proposed for analysis in the

EIS at the third of three public scoping

workshops on Wednesday, November

15, 2000 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Log

Cabin (Building 1299), Fort Scott at the

Presidio.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the content of the plan and

the scope of the Supplemental EIS

should be sent by January 15, 2000 to

John Pelka, NEPA Compliance

Coordinator, the Presidio Trust, 34

Graham Street, P.O. Box 29052, San

Francisco, CA 94129–0052. Fax: 415/

561–5315. E-mail:

ptip@presidiotrust.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact John

Pelka, NEPA Compliance Coordinator,

the Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street,

P.O. Box 29052, San Francisco, CA

94129–0052. Telephone: 415–561–5300.

Dated: November 6, 2000.

Karen A. Cook,

General Counsel.

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BILLING CODE 4310–4R–U

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 34–43506; File No. SR–BSE–

00–12]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice

of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by

the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.

Relating to the Time Period for Filing

Claims Against Specialists

November 1, 2000.

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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

notice is hereby given that on

September 21, 2000, the Boston Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’) filed with

the Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the

proposed rule change as described in

Items I, II and III below, which items

have been prepared by the Exchange.

On October 3, 2000, the Exchange filed

Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule

change.3 The Commission is publishing

this notice to solicit comments on the

proposed rule change from interested

persons.

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement of the Terms of Substance of

the Proposed Rule Change

The Exchange seeks to amend its Rule

regarding claims against specialists to

bring the time period for filing claims

into parity with T+3 settlement. Below

is the text of the proposed rule change.

Proposed new language is italicized and

proposed deletions are in [brackets].

* * * * *

Chapter XV; Claims and Reports

Against Specialists

Sec. 14. All claims and reports against

specialists must be made in a timely

fashion as indicated below:

(a) All claims which involve

erroneous comparisons must be made

within [5] 3 business days of the

original trade date.

(b) All claims relative to the omission

of a report which was properly due

must be made within [5] 3 business days

of the date the order should have been

executed.

(c) All claims relative to the lack of

comparison of a reported transaction

must be made within 3 business days of

the original trade date.

* * * * *

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement of the Purpose of, and

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule

Change

In its filing with the Commission, the

Exchange included statements

concerning the purpose of and basis for

the proposed rule change and discussed

any comments it received on the

proposed rule change. The text of these

statements may be examined at the

places specified in Item IV below. The

self-regulatory organization has

prepared summaries, set forth in

Sections A, B, and C below, of the most

significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement of the Purpose of, and

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule

Change

1. Purpose

The Exchange proposes to amend

Chapter XV, Section 14, Claims and

Reports against Specialists, to bring the

rule into parity with T+3 settlement.

Currently, the rule has a five-day period

within which claims can be brought

against a specialist. At the time the rule

was originally drafted, the settlement

period for trades was five days, and the

period within which claims could be

filed corresponded to this period. With

the reduction of the trade settlement

period to three days, the Exchange is

seeking an equivalent three-day time

period for the filing of claims against

specialists.

2. Statutory Basis

The statutory basis for the proposed

rule change is section 6(b)(5) of the Act,4

in that it is designed to promote just and

equitable principles of trade, to foster

cooperation and coordination with

persons engaged in regulating securities