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Contract 778 to the Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

November 21, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 

CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Almaroof Agoro; Comments Due: 

December 3, 2024. 

11. Docket No(s).: MC2025–478 and 

K2025–475; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 479 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: November 21, 2024; 

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

3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Jennaca Upperman; 

Comments Due: December 3, 2024. 

12. Docket No(s).: MC2025–479 and 

K2025–476; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 480 to the 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: November 21, 2024; 

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

3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public 

Representative: Jennaca Upperman; 

Comments Due: December 3, 2024. 

13. Docket No(s).: MC2025–480 and 

K2025–477; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 779 to the Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

November 21, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 

CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Maxine Bradley; Comments Due: 

December 3, 2024. 

14. Docket No(s).: MC2025–481 and 

K2025–478; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 780 to the Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

November 21, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 

CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Maxine Bradley; Comments Due: 

December 3, 2024. 

15. Docket No(s).: MC2025–482 and 

K2025–479; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 781 to the Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

November 21, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 

CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Maxine Bradley; Comments Due: 

December 3, 2024. 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

None. See Section II for public 

proceedings. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Notice of Request for Information; 

Downscaled Climate Projection 

Datasets Available To Be Considered 

for Use in the Sixth National Climate 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP). 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: With this notice, the U.S. 

Global Change Research Program 

(USGCRP) is issuing a Request for 

Information (RFI) on downscaled 

climate projection datasets for possible 

use in the 6th National Climate 

Assessment (NCA6). USGCRP will use 

the information submitted in response 

to this RFI to identify downscaled 

datasets that may be used by NCA6 

authors at their discretion and to 

develop an updated data atlas for NCA6. 

DATES: Comments and nominations 

must be submitted to the web address 

specified below and received on or 

before January 17th, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submitted information will 

be accepted electronically via the 

USGCRP Public Contribution System: 

https://contribute.globalchange.gov. 

Instructions for submitting comments 

are available on the website. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Grade (202) 419–3488, agrade@

usgcrp.gov, U.S. Global Change 

Research Program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 

1990 mandates that USGCRP deliver a 

National Climate Assessment to 

Congress and the President not less 

frequently than every four years that 

‘‘(1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets 

the findings of the Program; (2) analyzes 

the effects of global change on the 

natural environment, agriculture, energy 

production and use, land and water 

resources, transportation, human health 

and welfare, human social systems, and 

biological diversity; and (3) analyzes 

current trends in global change, both 

human-induced and natural, and 

projects major trends for the subsequent 

25 to 100 years.’’ One of the ways that 

projected changes across the United 

States are assessed is through the use of 

downscaled datasets, which are used by 

chapter author teams to support their 

understanding of the future impacts of 

climate change in each of the 50 states 

and in the U.S. territories so as to 

inform the assessment findings, 

narrative texts, and figures. 

To date, five NCAs have been 

released. The most recent (NCA5) was 

released in November 2023, and can be 

found at https://

nca2023.globalchange.gov. NCA6 is 

being developed in a way that 

maximizes transparency and inclusivity, 

offering opportunities for diverse public 

participation throughout the process. 

The production and review processes 

are designed to result in a report that is 

authoritative, timely, relevant, and 

policy-neutral; valued by authors and 

users; accessible to the widest possible 

audience; and fully compliant with the 

GCRA and federal Information Quality 

Act requirements. 

A previous Federal Register Notice 

(https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2024/05/02/2024-09575/ 

national-oceanic-and-atmosphericadministration-noaa-availability-forpublic-comment-on-nca6-draft) called 

for public input on themes, information 

for assessment, and volunteers to 

participate in the NCA6 development 

process. This RFI asks for input from the 

public on the availability of downscaled 

climate projection datasets that would 

advance NCA’s efforts to inform 

decisions at more localized scales. 

This voluntary request for information 

is intended to support USGCRP’s 

selection, processing, aggregation, and 

use of downscaled data in NCA6. NCA6 

is currently under development, and it 

is projected to be publicly released 

between late 2027 and early 2028. 

USGCRP intends to use information 

from this RFI to plan for the appropriate 

volume and methods of data processing, 

aggregation, and data display techniques 

that reflect the expected increase in 

breadth of downscaled datasets that 

could be contributed to NCA6. 

Information submitted through this 

form will be reviewed by a federal 

interagency group tasked with making 

recommendations to report leadership 

for appropriate downscaled datasets for 

use in NCA6. The USGCRP anticipates 

this process will require an ongoing 

dialogue with the groups that provide 

the selected downscaled datasets and 

has designed it to be as flexible as 

possible to be inclusive, while also 

mindful of NCA6 requirements as a 

Highly Influential Scientific 

Assessment. Responses to this request 


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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The Exchange notes that its affiliate exchanges, 

MIAX Options and MIAX Sapphire, submitted 

substantively identical proposals. The Exchange 

notes that all the rules of Chapter III of the MIAX 

Options Exchange, including Rules 307 and 309, are 

incorporated by reference to MIAX Pearl and MIAX 

Sapphire. The Exchange also notes that all of the 

rules of Chapter III of the MIAX Options Exchange, 

including Rules 307 and 309, and the rules of 

Chapter IV of the MIAX Options Exchange, 

including Rule 402, are incorporated by reference 

to MIAX Emerald. 

4On January 10, 2024, the Commission approved 

proposals by NYSE Arca, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock 

Market LLC, and Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. to list 

and trade the shares of 11 bitcoin-based 

commodity-based trust shares and trust units, 

including the iShares Bitcoin Trust. See Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 99306 (Jan. 10, 2024), 89 

FR 3008 (Jan. 17, 2024) (order approving File Nos. 

SR–NYSEARCA–2021–90; SR–NYSEARCA–2023– 

44; SR–NYSEARCA–2023–58; SR–NASDAQ–2023– 

016; SR–NASDAQ–2023–019; SR–CboeBZX–2023– 

028; SR–CboeBZX–2023–038; SR–CboeBZX–2023– 

040; SR–CboeBZX–2023–042; SR–CboeBZX–2023– 

044; SR–CboeBZX–2023–072) (‘‘Bitcoin ETP 

Order’’). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 101128 

(September 20, 2024), 89 FR 78942 (September 26, 

2024) (SR–ISE–2024–03) (Self-Regulatory 

Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing of 

Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 and Order Granting 

Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, 

as Modified by Amendment Nos. 1, 4, and 5, to 

Permit the Listing and Trading of Options on the 

iShares Bitcoin Trust). 

are strongly encouraged and will serve 

as a starting point for this dialogue. 

Information submissions will be 

accepted electronically via the USGCRP 

Public Contribution System: https://

contribute.globalchange.gov. 

Instructions for submitting technical 

inputs are available on the website. 

Submitters may enter text or upload 

files in response to this notice. See 

https://www.globalchange.gov/nca6 for 

more information. While submissions to 

this RFI are not required, they are highly 

encouraged for consideration for 

inclusion in NCA6. If you wish to 

submit a downscaled data set to the 

NCA6 for consideration outside of this 

RFI, please contact Aaron Grade, 

agrade@usgcrp.gov no later than March 

1, 2025. 

Please note that submission in 

response to this RFI is entirely 

voluntary. More information, as well as 

information on asking questions 

beforehand, is available at https://

www.globalchange.gov/nca6. Please also 

note that responses to this RFI may be 

made public as needed at USGCRP’s 

discretion. 

Via a questionnaire, submitters can 

provide the requested information on 

appropriate datasets that are either 

completed or in progress. Creation of 

these datasets may use statistical, 

dynamical, or other techniques, but are 

expected to be based on the latest 

generation of global climate models 

(GCMs) used in the Coupled Model 

Intercomparison Project—Phase 6 

(CMIP6). NCA6 will prioritize the 

inclusion of datasets that fully 

encompass the entire conterminous 

United States and/or specialize in or 

incorporate U.S. regions outside of the 

conterminous United States (i.e., 

Alaska, Hawai1i, U.S.-Affiliated Pacific 

Islands, Puerto Rico, and/or the U.S. 

Virgin Islands) using a consistent and 

peer-reviewed technique. In addition to 

seeking details on dataset attributes, the 

USGCRP Public Contribution System 

(https://contribute.globalchange.gov) 

includes important requirements and 

considerations for the NCA timeline and 

project management. 

Given limited resources, 

considerations of overall fit for NCA 

priorities, and scientific rigor, NCA6 

may not include all information 

submitted to through this RFI. Report 

leadership will make the final decision 

regarding datasets used in NCA6, 

including potentially combining 

information from multiple products. If a 

submission is identified as relevant for 

potential use, USGCRP will engage with 

the submitter to develop and format 

datasets and metadata for use. This 

process is expected to become a 

recurring opportunity that will 

accommodate the evolving science and 

the rapid expansion of downscaling 

approaches and products for future 

NCAs and other federal products. 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3270–F1–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–101701; File No. SR– 

PEARL–2024–52] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX 

PEARL, LLC; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend Exchange 

Rule 402, Criteria for Underlying 

Securities, Exchange To Allow the 

Exchange To List and Trade Options 

on the iShares Bitcoin Trust (the 

‘‘Trust’’) 

November 21, 2024. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 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 November 18, 2024, MIAX PEARL, 

LLC (‘‘MIAX Pearl’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II 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 is filing a proposal to 

amend Exchange Rule 402, Criteria for 

Underlying Securities. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s website at 

https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/ 

us-equities/pearl-equities/rule-filings, at 

MIAX Pearl’s principal office, 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 

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 Exchange proposes to amend 

Exchange Rule 402, Criteria for 

Underlying Securities,3 to allow the 

Exchange to list and trade options on 

the iShares Bitcoin Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’), 

designating the Trust as appropriate for 

options trading on the Exchange.4 This 

is a competitive filing based on a similar 

proposal submitted by Nasdaq ISE, LLC 

(‘‘ISE’’) and approved by the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’).5

Current Exchange Rule 402(i)(4) 

provides that securities deemed 

appropriate for options trading include 

shares or other securities (‘‘Exchange 

Traded Fund Shares’’) that are traded on 

a national securities exchange and are 

defined as ‘‘NMS stock’’ under Rule 600 

of Regulation NMS, and that meet 

specified criteria enumerated in the 

rule. Sub Section 4 of Exchange Rule 

402(i) provides that such shares or other 

securities: 


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