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9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8). 10 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

changes do not discriminate unfairly 

because they eliminate a distinction in 

the routing fees whereby some fees are 

fixed and others are based on fee 

assessed by other markets. As noted 

above, most of NASDAQ’s routing fees 

are based on a set fee, and are not tied 

to the fees of other markets. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

NASDAQ does not believe that the 

proposed rule changes will result in any 

burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act, as amended.9

NASDAQ notes that it operates in a 

highly competitive market in which 

market participants can readily favor 

competing venues if they deem fee 

levels at a particular venue to be 

excessive, or rebate opportunities 

available at other venues to be more 

favorable. In such an environment, 

NASDAQ must continually adjust its 

fees to remain competitive with other 

exchanges and with alternative trading 

systems that have been exempted from 

compliance with the statutory standards 

applicable to exchanges. Because 

competitors are free to modify their own 

fees in response, and because market 

participants may readily adjust their 

order routing practices, NASDAQ 

believes that the degree to which fee 

changes in this market may impose any 

burden on competition is extremely 

limited. In this instance, the changes to 

routing fees and credits do not impose 

a burden on competition because 

NASDAQ’s routing services are optional 

and are the subject of competition from 

other exchanges and broker-dealers that 

offer routing services, as well as the 

ability of members to use their own 

routing capabilities. The increased fees 

for execution of CART orders on PSX 

are reflective of a need to better align 

the fees received with the costs incurred 

in operating and supporting the routing 

function. The proposed changes to 

orders in certain Tape securities routed 

to NYSE, NYSEAmex, and NYSEArca 

do not represent an increase or decrease 

in fees, but rather, like the change to 

CART orders, removes [sic] an 

unnecessarily complex process to 

determine the fee assessed with a set 

fee, which is consistent with other 

NASDAQ routing fees. Under the 

current fees, a member firm must know 

what the respective fee schedules of 

PSX, NYSE, NYSEAmex and NYSEArca 

are at any given time. Thus, the changes 

will simplify the fee schedule by 

providing certainty to the fee assessed. 

For these reasons, NASDAQ does not 

believe that any of the proposed changes 

will impair the ability of members or 

competing order execution venues to 

maintain their competitive standing in 

the financial markets. While the 

Exchange does not believe that the 

proposed changes will result in any 

burden on competition, if the changes 

proposed herein are unattractive to 

market participants it is likely that 

NASDAQ will lose market share as a 

result. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

Written comments were neither 

solicited nor received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.10 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. 

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– 

NASDAQ–2015–008 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–NASDAQ–2015–008. 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 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 offices 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– 

NASDAQ–2015–008, and should be 

submitted on or before March 11, 2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Regulatory Fairness Hearing, Region 

III—Virginia Beach, Virginia 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA). 

ACTION: Notice of open Hearing of 

Region III Small Business Owners in 

Virginia Beach, VA. 

SUMMARY: The SBA, Office of the 

National Ombudsman is issuing this 

notice to announce the location, date 

and time of the Virginia Beach, VA 

Regulatory Fairness Hearing. This 

hearing is open to the public. 

DATES: The hearing will be held on 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, from 10:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be at the 

Meyera Oberndorf Library Auditorium, 

4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard, Virginia 

Beach, VA 23452. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (Pub. L. 104– 

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hearing for Small Business Owners, 

Business Organizations, Trade 

Associations, Chambers of Commerce 

and related organizations serving small 

business concerns to report experiences 

regarding unfair or excessive Federal 

regulatory enforcement issues affecting 

their members. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

hearing is open to the public; however, 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to attend 

and/or make a presentation at the 

Virginia Beach, VA hearing must 

contact Jose ́ Me ́ndez by March 17, 2015 

in writing, or by fax or email in order 

to be placed on the agenda. For further 

information, please contact Jose ́

Me ́ndez, Case Management Specialist, 

Office of the National Ombudsman, 409 

3rd Street SW., Suite 7125, Washington, 

DC 20416, by phone (202) 205–6178 and 

fax (202) 481–5719. Additionally, if you 

need accommodations because of a 

disability, translation services, or 

require additional information, please 

contact Jose ́ Me ́ndez as well. 

For more information on the Office of 

the National Ombudsman, see our Web 

site at www.sba.gov/ombudsman. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Diana Doukas, 

SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03220 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

National Women’s Business Council; 

Quarterly Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Women’s Business 

Council, Small Business Administration 

(SBA). 

ACTION: Notice of open public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, March 25, 2014 from 1:15 

p.m. to 2:15 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance 

Center, located at 400 Renaissance Drive 

in Detroit, Michigan. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2), SBA announces the 

meeting of the National Women’s 

Business Council. The National 

Women’s Business Council is tasked 

with providing policy recommendations 

on issues of importance to women 

business owners to the President, 

Congress, and the SBA Administrator. 

This meeting is the 2nd quarterly 

meeting of the Council for FY2015. The 

meeting will include remarks from the 

Council Chair, Carla Harris, and an 

update from each of the NWBC 

committees: The Group of Six, 

Communications and Engagement, and 

Research and Policy. Updates will be 

shared on the current research projects, 

including: Women’s participation in 

accelerators and incubators (qualitative), 

women’s participation in corporate 

supplier diversity programs 

(qualitative), undercapitalization as a 

contributing factor to failure 

(quantitative), women’s use of social 

networks (quantitative), and an impact 

study of the Women Business Center 

program. The Council will also 

introduce the topics of interest for the 

FY2015 research portfolio. Time will be 

reserved at the end for audience 

participants to address Council 

Members directly with questions, 

comments, or feedback. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public however 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. To RSVP and confirm 

attendance, the general public should 

email info@nwbc.gov with subject line— 

‘‘RSVP for Detroit.’’ Anyone wishing to 

make a presentation to the NWBC at this 

meeting must either email their interest 

to info@nwbc.gov or call the main office 

number at 202–205–3850. 

For more information, please visit the 

National Women’s Business Council 

Web site at www.nwbc.gov. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Diana Doukas, 

SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03233 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9036] 

Advisory Committee on Historical 

Diplomatic Documentation Notice of 

Charter Renewal for 2015 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Historical Diplomatic Documentation is 

renewing its charter for a period of two 

years. This Advisory Committee will 

continue to make recommendations to 

the Historian and the Department of 

State on all aspects of the Department’s 

program to publish the Foreign 

Relations of the United States series as 

well as on the Department’s 

responsibility under statute (22 U.S.C. 

4351, et seq.) to open its 30-year old and 

older records for public review at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. The Committee consists 

of nine members drawn from among 

historians, political scientists, 

archivists, international lawyers, and 

other social scientists who are 

distinguished in the field of U.S. foreign 

relations. 

Questions concerning the Committee 

and the renewal of its Charter should be 

directed to Stephen P. Randolph, 

Executive Secretary, Advisory 

Committee on Historical Diplomatic 

Documentation, Department of State, 

Office of the Historian, 2300 E Street 

NW., Washington, DC, 20372 (Navy 

Potomac Annex), telephone (202) 955– 

0215 (email history@state.gov). 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

Stephen P. Randolph, 

Executive Secretary, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03312 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9040] 

Meeting of Advisory Committee on 

International Communications and 

Information Policy 

The Department of State’s Advisory 

Committee on International 

Communications and Information 

Policy (ACICIP) will hold a public 

meeting on March 13, 2015 from 2:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Loy Henderson 

Auditorium of the Harry S Truman 

(HST) Building of the U.S. Department 

of State. The Truman Building is located 

at 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC 

20520. 

The committee provides a formal 

channel for regular consultation and 

coordination on major economic, social 

and legal issues and problems in 

international communications and 

information policy, especially as these 

issues and problems involve users of 

information and communications 

services, providers of such services, 

technology research and development, 

foreign industrial and regulatory policy, 

the activities of international 

organizations with regard to 

communications and information, and 

developing country issues. 

The meeting will be led by 

Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, U.S. 

Coordinator for International 

Communications and Information 

Policy. The meeting’s agenda will 

include discussions pertaining to 

various upcoming international 

telecommunications meetings and 

conferences as well as efforts focused on 

technology and international 

development. 

Members of the public may submit 

suggestions and comments to the 

ACICIP. Comments concerning topics to 

be addressed in the agenda should be 


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