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16 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

17 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

18The Exchange has satisfied this requirement. 

19 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3Section II of the Pricing Schedule includes 

options overlying equities, ETFs, ETNs and indexes 

which are Multiply Listed. 

4MNX represents options on the one-tenth value 

of the Nasdaq 100 Index traded under the symbol 

MNX (‘‘MNX’’). 

5NDX represents options on the Nasdaq 100 

Index traded under the symbol NDX (‘‘NDX’’). 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The Exchange has filed the proposed 

rule change pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 16 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.17 Because the 

proposed rule change does not: (i) 

Significantly affect the protection of 

investors or the public interest; (ii) 

impose any significant burden on 

competition; and (iii) become operative 

prior to 30 days from the date on which 

it was filed, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate, if 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest, 

provided that the self-regulatory 

organization has given the Commission 

written notice of its intent to file the 

proposed rule change at least five 

business days prior to the date of filing 

of the proposed rule change or such 

shorter time as designated by the 

Commission,18 the proposed rule 

change has become effective pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend 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. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 19 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

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 email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

NYSEMKT–2015–06 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities 

and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEMKT–2015–06. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email 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 Section, 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 the 

filing will also be available for 

inspection and copying at the NYSE’s 

principal office and on its Internet Web 

site at www.nyse.com. 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–

NYSEMKT–2015–06 and should be 

submitted on or before February 19, 

2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.20

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01646 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–74125; File No. SR–PHLX– 

2015–05] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Notice of 

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

Proposed Rule Change Relating to 

MNX and NDX 

January 23, 2015. 

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 January 

21, 2015, NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC 

(‘‘Phlx’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed 

rule change as described in Items I, II, 

and III, below, which Items have been 

prepared by the Exchange. 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 proposes to amend 

Section II 3 of the Pricing Schedule 

entitled ‘‘Multiply Listed Options Fees’’ 

to assess an increased Options 

Surcharge in MNX 4 and NDX.5

While changes to the Pricing 

Schedule pursuant to this proposal are 

effective upon filing, the Exchange has 

designated the proposed amendment to 

be operative on February 2, 2015. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s Web site 

at http://

nasdaqomxphlx.cchwallstreet.com/, at 

the principal office of the Exchange, and 

at the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

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 

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6The term ‘‘professional’’ means any person or 

entity that (i) is not a broker or dealer in securities, 

and (ii) places more than 390 orders in listed 

options per day on average during a calendar month 

for its own beneficial account(s). See Rule 

1000(b)(14). 

7A ‘‘market maker’’ includes Registered Options 

Traders (Rule 1014(b)(i) and (ii)), which includes 

Streaming Quote Traders (see Rule 1014(b)(ii)(A)) 

and Remote Streaming Quote Traders (see Rule 

1014(b)(ii)(B)). Directed Participants are also market 

makers. 

8The term ‘‘Specialist’’ applies to transactions for 

the account of a Specialist as defined in Exchange 

Rule 1020(a). 

9The term ‘‘Broker-Dealer’’ applies to any 

transaction which is not subject to any of the other 

transaction fees applicable within a particular 

category. 

10The term ‘‘Firm’’ applies to any transaction that 

is identified by a member or member organization 

for clearing in the Firm range at The Options 

Clearing Corporation (‘‘OCC’’). 

11The term ‘‘Customer’’ applies to any 

transaction that is identified by a member or 

member organization for clearing in the Customer 

range at OCC which is not for the account of a 

broker or dealer or for the account of a 

‘‘Professional’’ as that term is defined in Rule 

1000(b)(14). 

12 15 U.S.C. 78f. 

13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5). 

14See NYSE MKT LLC’s (‘‘NYSE AMEX’’) Fee 

Schedule. NYSE AMEX assesses a Royalty Fee of 

$0.22 per contract for transactions in MNX and 

NDX. See also NYSE Arca Inc.’s (‘‘NYSE Arca’’) 

Fees and Charges. NYSE Arca, Inc. assesses a 

Royalty Fee of $0.22 per contract for transactions 

in MNX and NDX. 15 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange 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 purpose of this filing is to amend 

Section II of the Pricing Schedule 

entitled ‘‘Multiply Listed Options Fees’’ 

to increase the Options Surcharge for 

transactions in MNX and NDX from 

$0.15 to $0.20 per contract for 

Professionals,6 Market Makers,7

Specialists,8 Broker-Dealers 9 and 

Firms.10 As is the case today, 

Customers 11 will not be assessed an 

Options Surcharge in MNX an NDX. 

The Options Surcharge is assessed in 

addition to the Options Transactions 

Fees in Section II of the Pricing 

Schedule. This rule change applies to 

both electronic and floor transactions. 

The Exchange believes that these 

surcharges will assist the Exchange in 

remaining competitive in these options 

by recouping certain fees. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,12

in general, and with Section 6(b)(4) and 

6(b)(5) of the Act,13 in particular, in that 

it provides for the equitable allocation 

of reasonable dues, fees and other 

charges among members and issuers and 

other persons using any facility or 

system which the Exchange operates or 

controls, and is not designed to permit 

unfair discrimination between 

customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

The Exchange’s proposal to increase 

the Options Surcharge for transactions 

in MNX and NDX from $0.15 to $0.20 

per contract for all non-Customer 

market participants is reasonable 

because all non-Customer market 

participants will continue to be assessed 

the same surcharge. As is the case today, 

Customers will not be assessed an 

Options Surcharge. Also, the Options 

Surcharge remains competitive with 

fees at other options exchanges.14

The Exchange’s proposal to increase 

the Options Surcharge for transactions 

in MNX and NDX from $0.15 to $0.20 

per contract for all non-Customer 

market participants is equitable and not 

unfairly discriminatory because the 

Exchange will continue to assess all 

non-Customer market participants a 

uniform Options Surcharge. Customers 

are not assessed an Options Surcharge. 

Customer order flow is unique because 

Customer liquidity benefits all market 

participants by providing more trading 

opportunities, which attracts Specialists 

and Market Makers. An increase in the 

activity of these market participants in 

turn facilitates tighter spreads, which 

may cause an additional corresponding 

increase in order flow from other market 

participants. Finally, the Exchange 

believes that it is equitable and not 

unfairly discriminatory for nonCustomer market participants who trade 

these products to pay the surcharge fee 

as the Exchange has entered into a 

licensing agreement to obtain 

intellectual property rights to list these 

products and seeks to recoup a portion 

of its costs. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act because all 

non-Customer market participants will 

continue to be assessed a uniform 

Options Surcharge Fee for transactions 

in MNX and NDX, in addition to other 

transaction fees. Customer liquidity 

benefits all market participants by 

providing more trading opportunities, 

which attracts Specialists and Market 

Makers. An increase in the activity of 

these market participants in turn 

facilitates tighter spreads, which may 

cause an additional corresponding 

increase in order flow from other market 

participants. The Exchange operates in 

a highly competitive market, comprised 

of twelve exchanges, in which market 

participants can easily and readily 

direct order flow to competing venues if 

they deem fee levels at a particular 

venue to be excessive or rebates to be 

inadequate. Accordingly, the fees that 

are assessed, as described in the 

proposal, are influenced by these robust 

market forces and therefore must remain 

competitive with fees charged by other 

venues and therefore must continue to 

be reasonable and equitably allocated to 

those members that opt to direct orders 

to the Exchange rather than competing 

venues. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants or Others 

No written comments were either 

solicited or received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.15 At any time 

within 60 days of the filing of the 

proposed rule change, the Commission 

summarily may temporarily suspend 

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. If the Commission 

takes such action, the Commission shall 

institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule should be 

approved or disapproved. 

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 email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

PHLX–2015–05 on the subject line. 

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16 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities 

and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20549. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–PHLX–2015–05. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email 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 

10:00 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–PHLX– 

2015–05 and should be submitted on or 

before February 19, 2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.16

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01644 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #14213 and #14214] 

Mississippi Disaster # MS–00075 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of Mississippi dated 01/20/ 

2015. 

Incident: Severe Weather and 

Tornadoes. 

Incident Period: 12/23/2014. 

Effective Date: 01/20/2015. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 03/23/2015. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 10/20/2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing And 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed at the address listed above or other 

locally announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Marion. 

Contiguous Counties: 

Mississippi, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, 

Lawrence, Pearl River, Walthall. 

Louisiana, Washington. 

The Interest Rates are: 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 3.875 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 1.938 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 6.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.625 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.625 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.625 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 14213 C and for 

economic injury is 14214 0. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # are Mississippi Louisiana 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Maria Contreras-Sweet, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01632 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–152] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before February 

18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2014–1011 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

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