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22 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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 at 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090 on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. 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 Number SR–BATS– 

2014–072, and should be submitted on 

or before January 21, 2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.22

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 8989] 

Notice of Meeting of the International 

Telecommunication Advisory 

Committee and Preparations for 

Upcoming International 

Telecommunications Meetings 

This notice announces a meeting of 

the Department of State’s International 

Telecommunication advisory 

Committee (ITAC) to review the 

activities of the Department of State in 

international meetings on international 

communications and information policy 

over the last quarter and prepare for 

similar activities in the next quarter. 

The ITAC will meet on January 22, 2015 

at 2:00 p.m. EST at: 1300 I Street NW., 

(suite 400), Washington, DC, 20005 to 

provide an update on committee 

membership (see FR 2014–28411); 

review the preparations for and 

outcomes of international 

telecommunications meetings of the 

International Telecommunication Union 

(ITU), the Inter-American 

Telecommunications Commission, 

Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development, and Asia Pacific, and 

announce preparations for similar 

activities. In particular, preparations for 

the ITU Conference Preparatory Meeting 

(CPM) for the 2015 World 

Radiocommunication Conference will 

be highlighted. 

Attendance at this meeting is open to 

the public as seating capacity allows. 

The public will have an opportunity to 

provide comments at this meeting at the 

invitation of the chair. Further details 

on this ITAC meeting will be announced 

on the Department of State’s email list, 

ITAC@lmlist.state.gov. Use of the ITAC 

list is limited to meeting 

announcements and confirmations, 

distribution of agendas and other 

relevant meeting documents. The 

Department welcomes any U.S. citizen 

or legal permanent resident to remain 

on or join the ITAC listserv by providing 

his or her name, email address, and the 

company, organization, or community 

that he or she is representing, if any. 

Persons wishing to request reasonable 

accommodation during the meeting 

should contact jacksonln@state.gov or 

gadsdensf@state.gov not later than 

January 15, 2015. Requests made after 

that time will be considered, but might 

not be able to be fulfilled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Franz Zichy at 202–647– 

5778, zichyfj@state.gov. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Julie N. Zoller, 

Senior Deputy Coordinator, International 

Communications and Information Policy, 

U.S. State Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8988] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday January 

20, 2015, in Room 8 of the DOT 

Conference Center which is in the West 

building, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The primary 

purpose of the meeting is to prepare for 

the second Session of the International 

Maritime Organization’s (IMO) SubCommittee on Human Element, Training 

and Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held at 

the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 

February 2–06, 2015. 

The agenda items to be considered 

include: 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies 

—Validated model training courses 

—Reports on unlawful practices 

associated with certificates of 

competency 

— Revised guidelines for model course 

development, updating and validation 

processes 

—Guidance for the implementation of 

the 2010 Manila Amendments 

—Follow–up action to the STCW–F 

Conference resolutions 6 and 7 

—Role of the human element 

—Development of guidance for 

personnel involved with tug-barge 

operations 

—Revision of guidance for model course 

development, updating and validation 

processes 

—Mandatory Code for ships operating 

in polar waters 

—Review of STCW passenger ship 

specific safety training 

—Training in hot work procedures on 

crude oil tankers 

—First outline of the detailed review of 

the Global Maritime Distress and 

Safety System (GMDSS) 

—E–navigation strategy implementation 

plan 

—Guidelines for shipowners and 

seafarers for implementation of 

relevant IMO instruments in relation 

to the carriage of dangerous goods in 

packaged form by sea 

—Non-mandatory instrument on 

regulations for non-convention ships 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Mr. Davis J. 

Breyer, by email at davis.j.breyer@

uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372–1445, 

by fax at (202) 372–8283, or in writing 

at Commandant (CG–OES–1), U.S. Coast 

Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther 

King Jr. Ave. SE., Washington, DC 

20593–7509 not later than January 9, 

2015, 11 days prior to the meeting. 

Requests made after January 9, 2015 

might not be able to be accommodated. 

Please note that due to security 

considerations, two valid, government 

issued photo identifications must be 

presented to gain entrance to the DOT 

Conference Center. The DOT Conference 

Center is accessible by taxi and 

privately owned conveyance (public 

transportation is not generally 

available). However, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

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limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Marc Zlomek, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

and Request for Comment on the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Houston Spaceport, City of Houston, 

Harris County, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Notice of 

Public Comment Period, Notice of 

Public Meeting, and Request for 

Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 United 

States Code 4321 et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 Code of 

Federal Regulations parts 1500 to 1508), 

and FAA Order 1050.1E, Change 1, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, the FAA is announcing the 

availability of and requesting comments 

on the Draft Environmental Assessment 

for the Houston Spaceport (Draft EA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC 20591; 

phone (202) 267–5924; or email 

houstonspaceportEA@houstontx.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EA was prepared to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of 

Houston Airport System’s (HAS’s) 

proposal to establish and operate a 

commercial space launch site at the 

Ellington Airport (EFD), in Houston, 

Texas and offer the site to prospective 

commercial space launch operators for 

the operation of horizontal take-off and 

horizontal landing Concept X and 

Concept Z reusable launch vehicles 

(RLVs). To operate a commercial space 

launch site, HAS must obtain a 

commercial space launch site operator 

license from the FAA. Under the 

Proposed Action addressed in the Draft 

EA, the FAA would: (1) Issue a launch 

site operator license to HAS for the 

operation of a commercial space launch 

site at EFD; (2) issue launch licenses to 

prospective commercial space launch 

operators that would allow them to 

conduct launches of horizontal take-off 

and horizontal landing Concept X and 

Concept Z RLVs from EFD, and (3) 

provide unconditional approval to the 

Airport Layout Plan (ALP) 

modifications that reflect the 

designation of a spaceport boundary and 

construction of planned spaceport 

facilities and infrastructure. Proposed 

launch operations would begin in 2015 

and continue through 2019 in 

accordance with the terms of the launch 

site operator license. HAS proposes to 

provide RLV operators the ability to 

conduct up to 50 launches and landings 

(or 100 operations) per year, with 

approximately five percent of the 

operations expected to occur during 

night-time hours. 

The Draft EA addresses the potential 

environmental impacts of implementing 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not issue a 

launch site operator license to HAS, and 

thus no launch licenses to individual 

commercial space launch vehicle 

operators to operate at EFD. Also, there 

would be no need to update the EFD 

ALP, and thus there would be no FAA 

approval of a revised ALP. Existing 

operations would continue at EFD, 

which is currently classified as a 

commercial primary small-hub airport. 

The environmental impact categories 

considered in the Draft EA include air 

quality; climate; coastal resources; 

compatible land use; Department of 

Transportation Act: Section 4(f); fish, 

wildlife, and plants; floodplains; 

hazardous materials, pollution 

prevention, and solid waste; historical, 

architectural, archaeological, and 

cultural resources; light emissions and 

visual impacts; natural resources and 

energy supply; noise; socioeconomics, 

environmental justice, and children’s 

environmental health and safety risks; 

water quality; and wetlands. The Draft 

EA also considers the potential 

cumulative environmental impacts. 

The FAA has posted the Draft EA on 

the FAA Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation Web site: http://

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/nepa_docs/review/

documents_progress/. 

A paper copy and electronic version 

(CD) of the Draft EA may be reviewed 

for comment during regular business 

hours at the following libraries: 

• Clear Lake City-County Freeman 

Branch Library, 16616 Diana Lane, 

Houston, TX 77062 

• Friendswood Public Library, 416 

South Friendswood Drive, 

Friendswood, TX 77546 

• Alvin Library, 105 South Gordon 

Street, Alvin, TX 77511 

• Hitchcock Public Library, 8005 Barry 

Avenue, Hitchcock, TX 77563 

The FAA will hold an open house 

public meeting to solicit comments from 

the public concerning the scope and 

content of the Draft EA. Details of the 

meeting are as follows: 

• January 22, 2015, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Space Center Houston, 

Silvermoon Conference Room (1st 

floor), 1601 NASA Parkway, 

Houston, TX 77058 

The public will be able to speak to 

project representatives one-on-one and 

submit written comments and/or 

provide oral comments to a 

stenographer. Oral and written 

comments are weighted evenly. 

DATES: The FAA encourages all 

interested parties to provide comments 

concerning the scope and content of the 

Draft EA. To ensure that all comments 

can be addressed in the Final EA, 

comments on the draft must be received 

by the FAA on or before January 31, 

2015, or 30 days from the date of 

publication of this Federal Register (FR) 

notice, whichever is later. 

Comments should be as specific as 

possible and address the analysis of 

potential environmental impacts and 

the adequacy of the Proposed Action or 

merits of alternatives being considered. 

Reviewers should organize their 

comments to be meaningful and inform 

the FAA of their interests and concerns 

by quoting or providing specific 

references to the text of the Draft EA. 

Matters that could have been raised 

with specificity during the comment 

period on the Draft EA may not be 

considered if they are raised for the first 

time later in the decision process. This 

commenting procedure is intended to 

ensure that substantive comments and 

concerns are made available to the FAA 

in a timely manner so that the FAA has 

an opportunity to address them. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments in 

writing to Mr. Daniel Czelusniak, Office 

of Commercial Space Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave. SW., Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20591, or by email at 

houstonspaceportEA@houstontx.gov. 

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