Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 194 / Monday, October 7, 2024 / Notices 81119 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern Market Dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

Competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–775 and 

K2024–68; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 368 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: September 30, 2024; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Gregory S. Stanton; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–776 and 

K2024–69; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 413 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Gregory S. Stanton; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2024–777 and 

K2024–70; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 414 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Gregory S. Stanton; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

4. Docket No(s).: MC2024–778 and 

K2024–71; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 415 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Alain Brou; Comments 

Due: October 8, 2024. 

5. Docket No(s).: MC2024–779 and 

K2024–72; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 416 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Alain Brou; Comments 

Due: October 8, 2024. 

6. Docket No(s).: MC2024–780 and 

K2024–73; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 417 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Almaroof Agoro; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

7. Docket No(s).: MC2024–781 and 

K2024–74; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 418 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Almaroof Agoro; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

8. Docket No(s).: MC2024–782 and 

K2024–75; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 419 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Nikki Brendemuehl; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

9. Docket No(s).: MC2024–783 and 

K2024–76; Filing Title: USPS Request to 

Add Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 420 

to the Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: September 30, 

2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 

39 CFR 3035.105, and 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Samuel Robinson; 

Comments Due: October 8, 2024. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23026 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–318, OMB Control No. 

3235–0361] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Extension: Form ADV–E 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

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 (the 

‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Form ADV–E (17 CFR 279.8) is the 

cover sheet for certificates of accounting 

filed pursuant to rule 206(4)–2(a)(4) 

under the Investment Advisers Act of 

1940 (17 CFR 275.206(4)–(2)(a)(4)). The 

rule further requires that the public 

accountant file with the Commission a 

Form ADV–E and accompanying 

statement within four business days of 

the resignation, dismissal, removal from 

consideration for being reappointed, or 

other termination of its engagement. 

The Commission has estimated that 

compliance with the requirement to 

complete Form ADV–E imposes a total 

burden of approximately 0.05 hours (3 

minutes) per respondent. Based on 

current information from advisers 

registered with the Commission, the 

Commission staff estimates that 1,946 

filings will be submitted with respect to 

surprise examinations and 52 filings 

will be submitted with respect to 

termination of accountants. Based on 

these estimates, the total estimated 

annual burden would be 99.90 hours 

((1,946 filings × .05 hours) + (52 filings 

× .05 hours)). 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(3). 

2 17 CFR 242.608. 

3 In July 2012, the Commission adopted Rule 613 

of Regulation NMS, which required the Participants 

to jointly develop and submit to the Commission a 

national market system plan to create, implement, 

and maintain a consolidated audit trail (the 

‘‘CAT’’). See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 

67457 (July 18, 2012), 77 FR 45722 (Aug. 1, 2012 

(‘‘Rule 613 Adopting Release’’); 17 CFR 242.613. On 

November 15, 2016, the Commission approved the 

CAT NMS Plan. See Securities Exchange Act 

Release No. 78318 (Nov. 15, 2016), 81 FR 84696 

(Nov. 23, 2016) (‘‘CAT NMS Plan Approval Order’’). 

The CAT NMS Plan is Exhibit A to the CAT NMS 

Plan Approval Order. See CAT NMS Plan Approval 

Order, at 84943–85034. 

4See Letter from Brandon Becker, CAT NMS Plan 

Operating Committee Chair, to Vanessa 

Countryman, Secretary, Commission, dated March 

27, 2024, available at https://catnmsplan.com/sites/ 

default/files/2024-03/03.27.24-Proposed-CAT-NMSPlan-Amendment-Cost-Savings-Amendment.pdf. 

MIAX Sapphire, LLC was not a Participant to the 

CAT NMS Plan when the Proposal was originally 

filed, but the Participants filed an immediatelyeffective amendment to the CAT NMS Plan on July 

30, 2024 to add MIAX Sapphire, LLC as a 

Participant. See Securities Exchange Act Release 

No. 100631 (July 31, 2024), 89 FR 64011 (Aug. 6, 

2024). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 99938 

(Apr. 10, 2024), 89 FR 26983 (Apr. 16, 2024) 

(‘‘Notice’’). Comments received in response to the 

Notice can be found on the Commission’s website 

at https://www.sec.gov/comments/4-698/4-698- 

d.htm. 

6 17 CFR 242.608(b)(2)(i). 

7See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 100530 

(July 15, 2024), 89 FR 58838 (July 19, 2024). 

8See Letter from Brandon Becker, CAT NMS Plan 

Operating Committee Chair, to Vanessa 

Countryman, Secretary, Commission, dated Sept. 

20, 2024, available at https://www.sec.gov/ 

comments/4-698/4698-522995-1501362.pdf. 

9See Letter from Howard Meyerson, Managing 

Director, FIF, to Commission (May 7, 2024); Letter 

from Ellen Greene, Managing Director, Equities & 

Options Market Structure, and Joseph Corcoran, 

Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, 

SIFMA, to Vanessa Countryman, Secretary, 

Commission (May 31, 2024); Letter from Jeffrey S. 

Davis, Senior Vice President, Principal Deputy 

General Counsel, Nasdaq, Inc., to Vanessa 

Countryman, Secretary, Commission (July 1, 2024). 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

by December 6, 2024. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

under the PRA unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Please direct your written comments 

to: Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Oluwaseun Ajayi, 100 

F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or 

send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@

sec.gov. 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23150 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–101225; File No. 4–698] 

Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of 

Partial Amendment No. 1 to an 

Amendment to the National Market 

System Plan Governing the 

Consolidated Audit Trail Regarding 

Cost Savings Measures 

October 1, 2024. 

On March 27, 2024, and pursuant to 

Section 11A(a)(3) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Exchange 

Act’’) 1 and Rule 608 of Regulation NMS 

thereunder,2 BOX Exchange LLC, Cboe 

BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX 

Exchange, Inc., Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc., 

Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX 

Exchange, Inc., Cboe Exchange, Inc., 

The Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc., Investors’ Exchange 

LLC, Long-Term Stock Exchange, Inc., 

MEMX LLC, Miami International 

Securities Exchange LLC, MIAX 

Emerald, LLC, MIAX PEARL, LLC, 

Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, 

Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq MRX, LLC, 

Nasdaq PHLX LLC, The Nasdaq Stock 

Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange 

LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca, 

Inc., NYSE Chicago, Inc., and NYSE 

National, Inc. (‘‘the Participants’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’ or the 

‘‘SEC’’) proposed amendments to the 

national market system plan governing 

the consolidated audit trail (the ‘‘CAT 

NMS Plan’’) 3 that were designed to 

implement certain costs saving 

measures (the ‘‘Proposed Cost Savings 

Amendments’’).4 The Proposed Cost 

Savings Amendments were published 

for comment in the Federal Register on 

April 16, 2024.5 On July 15, 2024, the 

Commission instituted proceedings 

pursuant to Rule 608(b)(2)(i) of 

Regulation NMS,6 to determine whether 

to disapprove the Proposed Cost Savings 

Amendments or to approve the 

Proposed Cost Savings Amendments 

with any changes or subject to any 

conditions the Commission deems 

necessary or appropriate after 

considering public comment (the 

‘‘OIP’’).7

On September 20, 2024, the 

Participants submitted a letter to 

propose certain revisions to the 

Proposed Cost Savings Amendments 

and to respond to issued discussed in 

the OIP.8 Sections I, II, and III below, 

which were substantially prepared by 

CAT LLC on behalf of the Participants, 

contain a description of the revisions to 

the Proposed Cost Savings 

Amendments, additional details 

regarding the Participants’ calculation of 

estimated cost savings, and responses 

prepared by the Participants to the OIP, 

respectively. In addition, the 

Participants filed Exhibit A, which sets 

forth the cumulative changes proposed 

to be made to the CAT NMS Plan, and 

Exhibit B, which sets forth the proposed 

additional revisions to the changes in 

the Proposed Cost Savings 

Amendments. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the additional revisions to 

the Proposed Cost Savings Amendments 

from interested persons. 

I. Revisions to the Proposed Cost 

Savings Amendments 

CAT LLC was both surprised and 

disappointed by the Commission’s 

decision to institute proceedings on the 

Proposed Cost Savings Amendments, 

which will delay or ultimately impede 

CAT LLC’s ability to achieve more than 

$20 million in annual cost savings. All 

commenters strongly favored the 

Proposed Cost Savings Amendments.9

The Commission did not receive any 

comments opposing the proposed 

amendments. 

While the Commission does not bear 

any CAT costs, the Commission’s 

objective should be to ensure the CAT 

achieves its regulatory objectives in an 

efficient and cost-effective manner. The 

immense costs of operating the CAT— 

estimated at $213 million in 2024—are 

driven by the strict requirements in the 

CAT NMS Plan to process and store 

record data volumes in accordance with 

complex reporting and linkage 

requirements, within the narrow 

timeframes required by the SEC. CAT 

LLC and the Plan Processor have put 

significant effort into reducing CAT 

costs that are within their control given 

these strict requirements, but many 

additional cost savings measures require 

Commission action to permit their 

implementation. 

After discussions with the Staff, CAT 

LLC is withdrawing the proposal to 

provide an interim CAT-Order-ID on an 

‘‘as requested’’ basis, as opposed to on 

a continuous basis, which would have 

resulted in approximately $2 million in 

annual cost savings. With these changes, 

CAT LLC strongly urges the 

Commission to approve the Proposed 

Cost Savings Amendments without 

further delay. 


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