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62 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4The Exchange notes that NYSE-listed securities 

with a CADV of 1,000,000 shares or less represent 

approximately 16 percent of the consolidated 

volume of all NYSE-listed securities. 

5See Proposed Rule 124(a)(1). 

6See Proposed Rule 124(a)(3). 

7See Proposed Rule 124(a)(2). 

8See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67091 

(May 31, 2012), 77 FR 33498 (June 6, 2012) (File 

no. 4–631). 

9The Exchange proposes to specify the time of 

the Midday Auction Pause by Trader Update. 

10See Proposed Rule 124(b). Under Rule 

104(a)(1)(B)(ii), the DMM’s quoting obligations are 

suspended during a trading pause and do not recommence until after the first regular way 

transaction on the primary listing market in the 

security following such pause. The Exchange 

believes that DMMs would also be relieved of their 

quoting obligations pursuant to Rule 104(a)(1)(B)(ii) 

during the Midday Auction Pause. 

11See id. Because the Midday Auction would be 

intended to occur daily at the same time in 

specified securities, the Exchange believes that the 

publication of a zero quote condition would signal 

to the market that the Midday Auction Pause has 

begun. The Exchange therefore does not propose, 

nor does it believe it necessary, to disseminate an 

indication over the Consolidated Quote System or 

Consolidated Tape that a security is in a Midday 

Auction Pause. 

public in accordance with the 

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available publicly. All submissions 

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before March 16, 2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.62

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–74281; File No. SR–NYSE– 

2015–06] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; New 

York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of 

Filing of Proposed Rule Change 

Adopting New Rule 124 to Conduct a 

Midday Auction and Amending Rule 

104 to Codify the Obligation of 

Designated Market Makers to Facilitate 

the Midday Auction 

February 17, 2015. 

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that on February 

2, 2015, New York Stock Exchange LLC 

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

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the self-regulatory organization. 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 adopt new 

Rule 124 to conduct a daily singlepriced auction at a specified time in 

lower-volume securities (‘‘Midday 

Auction’’) and amend Rule 104 to codify 

the obligation of Designated Market 

Makers (‘‘DMM’’) to facilitate the 

Midday Auction. The text of the 

proposed rule change is available on the 

Exchange’s Web site at www.nyse.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 

self-regulatory organization 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 those 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 parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to adopt new 

Rule 124 to conduct a daily Midday 

Auction and amend Rule 104 to reflect 

that the DMM’s obligation to facilitate 

reopenings includes the Midday 

Auction. 

The Exchange proposes to adopt new 

Rule 124 to conduct a Midday Auction 

in a subset of NYSE-listed securities that 

have a consolidated average daily 

trading volume (‘‘CADV’’) of 1,000,000 

shares or less and have been designated 

by the Exchange (the ‘‘Midday Auction 

Stocks’’). The Midday Auction is 

intended to consolidate volume, 

including orders of larger blocks of 

stock, for price discovery purposes in 

lower-volume securities to provide 

market participants with a single-priced 

execution intraday to supplement the 

existing opening and closing auctions.4

The Exchange believes the proposed 

parameters for which stocks would be 

eligible to participate is reasonably 

designed to include those stocks that 

would benefit from such price 

discovery. The Exchange further 

believes that providing the Exchange 

with the ability to designate which 

stocks within those parameters are 

eligible for the Midday Auction is 

appropriate because it would provide 

the Exchange with the ability to add or 

remove stocks depending on the 

individual trading characteristics of a 

stock. As proposed, the Exchange would 

update the list of Midday Auction 

Stocks at least quarterly.5

The Exchange proposes to conduct 

one Midday Auction in each Midday 

Auction Stock per trading day.6 The 

Midday Auction would not be 

conducted on trading days the Exchange 

is scheduled to close before 4:00 p.m. 

ET or if the security is halted, paused, 

suspended, or not opened for trading at 

the time of the Midday Auction.7 For 

example, if during the pause preceding 

the Midday Auction (described below), 

a pause pursuant to the Plan to Address 

Extraordinary Market Volatility (‘‘LULD 

Plan’’) 8 or regulatory halt were 

triggered, the Exchange would not 

conduct a Midday Auction and instead 

would reopen the security pursuant to 

the procedures for reopening following 

a LULD Plan pause or regulatory halt. 

Beginning at a time specified by the 

Exchange between 11 a.m. ET and 2 

p.m. ET,9 the Exchange would pause 

trading on the Exchange only in the 

Midday Auction Stocks for five minutes 

in order to provide market participants 

with an opportunity to enter interest 

intended for the auction (the ‘‘Midday 

Auction Pause’’).10 During the Midday 

Auction Pause, the Exchange would 

suspend automatic executions and 

publish a zero quote on both the public 

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12See Proposed Rule 124(b)(1). 

13See Proposed Rule 124(b)(2). 

14See Proposed Rule 124(b)(3). 

15See Proposed Rule 124(b)(4). 

16See Proposed Rule 124(b)(5). 

17Order Imbalance Information reflects real-time 

order imbalances that accumulate prior to the 

opening or reopening transaction on the Exchange 

and the price at which interest eligible to 

participate in an opening or reopening transaction 

may be executed in full. Order Imbalance 

Information disseminated pursuant to Rule 15(c) 

includes all interest eligible for execution in the 

opening or reopening transaction of a security in 

Exchange systems. See Rule 15(c)(1). 

18See Proposed Rule 124(b)(6). 

19See Proposed Rule 124(c). 

20See Proposed Rule 123(c)(1). 

21See Proposed Rule 124(c)(2). The Exchange 

will be submitting separately a request for 

exemptive relief pursuant to Rule 611(d) of 

Regulation NMS that the Midday Auction be 

exempted from the requirements of Rule 611 of 

Regulation NMS, 17 CFR 242.600 et seq., because 

it operates, in substance, in the same way as a 

single-priced reopening transaction, which is an 

existing exception to the Order Protection Rule 

under Rule 611(b)(3). 

22See LULD Plan, supra note 8 at section 

VI(A)(1). 

23See Proposed Rule 124(d). 

24See Proposed Rule 123(e). The Exchange notes 

that the current procedure for invoking a trading 

halt requires the approval of a Floor Governor or 

two Floor Officials. See Rule 123D(1) (‘‘Once 

trading has commenced, trading may only be halted 

with the approval of a Floor Governor or two Floor 

Officials.’’) 

25The Exchange notes that when it halts a 

security for an order imbalance halt, which is a 

non-regulatory halt, the Exchange disseminates via 

the public data feeds that a symbol is subject to an 

order imbalance halt. See Consolidated Tape 

System CTS Output Multicast Interface 

Specification, at 95, 141, and 142, available at 

https://www.ctaplan.com/. 

In order to maximize the interest 

eligible to participate in the Midday 

Auction, during the Midday Auction 

Pause, the Exchange would maintain 

resting orders on the Exchange’s book 

that are eligible to participate in a 

reopening.12 The Exchange would also 

accept new orders that are eligible to 

participate in the Midday Auction.13

The Exchange notes that Market-onOpen (‘‘MOO’’) and Limit-on-Open 

(‘‘LOO’’) Orders, which are existing 

order types available for openings and 

reopenings, would be accepted during 

the Midday Auction Pause. The 

Exchange would also accept and process 

cancellations of new and resting orders 

during the Midday Auction Pause,14

which is how the Exchange processes 

orders during a trading halt or LULD 

Plan pause. 

Because a Midday Auction Stock 

would be paused on the Exchange only, 

during the Midday Auction Pause, the 

Exchange proposes to continue repricing sell short orders, including 

MOO and LOO Orders, consistent with 

Rule 440B(e) (Short Sales).15 The 

Exchange also proposes to continuously 

re-price and/or cancel orders, including 

MOO and LOO Orders, consistent with 

Rule 80C(a)(5).16 In addition, in order to 

attract contra-side interest, during a 

Midday Auction Pause, the Exchange 

would publish Order Imbalance 

Information as defined in Rule 15(c) 17

approximately every five seconds.18

At the end of the Midday Auction 

Pause, the Exchange proposes to 

conduct the Midday Auction by 

reopening the Midday Auction Stocks at 

a single equilibrium price in the same 

manner as in Rule 123D (Openings and 

Halts in Trading) for reopenings, with 

two exceptions. Accordingly, as with 

reopenings following a regulatory halt 

or LULD Plan pause, the DMM 

registered in the security would be 

responsible for facilitating the Midday 

Auction in a manner similar to how an 

opening or reopening would be 

conducted. This includes the DMM 

supplying liquidity as needed, as 

provided for in Rule 104(a)(2), and 

conducting the Midday Auction either 

manually or electronically, as provided 

for in Rule 123D(1).19 Rule 104(a)(2) sets 

forth the DMM’s obligation to facilitate 

openings and reopenings for each of the 

securities in which the DMM is 

registered as required under Exchange 

rules, which may include providing 

liquidity as needed. To specify that the 

DMM has a similar obligation for the 

Midday Auction, the Exchange proposes 

to amend Rule 104(a)(2) by adding the 

clause ‘‘including the Midday Auction’’ 

following ‘‘reopenings.’’ 

The first proposed exception to Rule 

123D is based on the manner that the 

Exchange reopens securities following a 

LULD Plan pause, as set forth in Rule 

80C(b)(2)(A). As currently the case for 

reopenings pursuant to Rule 

80C(b)(2)(A), the Exchange proposes 

that for Midday Auctions, indications 

may be published to the Consolidated 

Tape, but they are not required. In 

addition, prior Floor Official approval is 

not required and if an indication is 

published, it would not need to be 

updated before the Midday Auction and 

the Midday Auction may occur outside 

of any prior indication. Moreover, a 

Midday Auction would not be subject to 

the requirements that (i) a minimum of 

three minutes must elapse between the 

first indication and the Midday Auction, 

or (ii) if more than one indication is 

published, a minimum of one minute 

must elapse before the Midday 

Auction.20

The second proposed exception to 

Rule 123D would be that the Midday 

Auction would not execute at a price 

outside of the LULD Price Bands, as 

provided for in Rule 80C(a)(4).21

Although the LULD Plan provides that 

reopenings are not subject to the Plan,22

the Exchange believes that because 

trading in Midday Auction Stocks 

would be continuing on other markets, 

the Midday Auction should execute 

consistent with the Price Bands in effect 

at the time of the Midday Auction. As 

noted above, to facilitate a Midday 

Auction priced consistent with the 

LULD Price Bands, the Exchange would 

be re-pricing both market and limit 

interest that is eligible to participate in 

the Midday Auction. 

Because the Midday Auction is 

intended to be conducted the same as a 

reopening pursuant to Rule 123D 

(except as provided for in the two 

exceptions), the Exchange proposes to 

specify that orders would participate in 

the Midday Auction in the same manner 

that such orders would participate in 

openings or reopenings. The Exchange 

further proposes to specify that orders 

that are not eligible to participate in 

openings or reopenings pursuant to 

Exchange rule would not participate in 

the Midday Auction.23

Generally, the Exchange expects that 

DMMs would facilitate the Midday 

Auction electronically as close to the 

end of the Midday Auction Pause as 

feasible. However, if there is a 

significant imbalance or Floor broker 

crowd interest, the DMM would have 

the ability, as is the case today with all 

Exchange auctions, to manually conduct 

the Midday Auction to provide greater 

opportunity for equilibrium in any 

imbalance of orders. The Exchange 

proposes that if there is a significant 

imbalance in a Midday Auction Stock at 

the end of the Midday Auction Pause, 

with the approval of a Floor Governor 

or two Floor Officials, the Midday 

Auction Pause may be converted to an 

order imbalance halt.24 In practice, this 

would provide the DMMs with 

flexibility to conduct a Midday Auction 

manually, but convert to an order 

imbalance halt if attracting offsetting 

interest would delay the Midday 

Auction. The benefit of converting to an 

order imbalance halt is that it would 

signal to the public that there is an order 

imbalance in a symbol, and provide the 

DMM with the ability to reopen the 

security pursuant to Rule 123D, without 

either of the above-described exceptions 

applicable to the Midday Auction.25 In 

such case, the reopening would not be 

subject to the LULD Price Bands, and as 

proposed, orders re-priced pursuant to 

proposed Rule 124(b)(6) would be refiled according to the original order 

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26See Proposed Rule 124(e). 

27 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

28 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

reopened pursuant to the procedures set 

forth in Rule 123D.26

Because of the technology changes 

associated with the proposed rule 

change, the Exchange proposes to 

announce the implementation date via 

Trader Update. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

section 6(b) of the Act,27 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of section 6(b)(5) 

of the Act,28 in particular, because it is 

designed to prevent fraudulent and 

manipulative acts and practices, to 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade, to foster cooperation and 

coordination with persons engaged in 

regulating, clearing, settling, processing 

information with respect to, and 

facilitating transactions in securities, to 

remove impediments to, and perfect the 

mechanisms of, a free and open market 

and a national market system and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest and because it is not 

designed to permit unfair 

discrimination between customers, 

issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed Midday Auction would 

perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system and, in general, protect investors 

and the public interest because it would 

provide opportunity for price discovery 

and an intra-day execution for thinlytraded securities. More specifically, the 

Exchange believes that the proposed 

Midday Auction would provide 

investors with an intra-day price 

discovery mechanism during which 

potential trading volumes may be 

consolidated, thereby providing more 

certainty of an execution opportunity 

during the trading day. In addition, 

because volume would be consolidated 

for the auction, investors with large 

blocks of stock could use the Midday 

Auction to execute those orders without 

impacting the price of the stock, which 

could occur if a large order were entered 

during continuous, intra-day trading. As 

proposed, the Exchange would make the 

Midday Auction available for Exchangelisted securities with a CADV of 

1,000,000 shares or less, which 

represent approximately 16% of all 

NYSE-listed securities by consolidated 

volume, and that have been designated 

by the Exchange. The Exchange believes 

that making the Midday Auction 

available for symbols with a CADV of 

1,000,000 shares or less is appropriate 

because symbols with this volume of 

trading are more likely to have wider 

spreads and less certainty of an intraday 

execution. 

The Exchange further believes that 

designating the list of Midday Auction 

Stocks from within this category, and 

updating the list at least quarterly, 

would perfect the mechanism of a free 

and open market and a national market 

system because it would provide the 

Exchange with the ability to add or 

remove stocks from eligibility for the 

Midday Auction depending on the 

trading characteristics of an individual 

security. For example, a security with a 

CADV of 1,000,000 shares or less may 

have tight spreads and regular intraday 

trading opportunities; such a symbol 

would be less likely to benefit from a 

Midday Auction. 

Similarly, the Exchange believes that 

providing the Exchange with discretion 

of when the Midday Auction Pause 

period would begin, provided it is 

between 11 a.m. ET and 2 p.m. ET, 

would perfect the mechanism of a free 

and open market and a national market 

system because it would enable the 

Exchange to change when the Midday 

Auction occurs in order to respond to 

market events. The Exchange believes 

that the proposed window for the 

Midday Auction is designed to be a 

period after the opening and before the 

closing when additional price discovery 

for a Midday Auction Stock would be 

warranted. The Exchange notes that as 

proposed, regardless of the time, it 

would conduct only one Midday 

Auction per day in Midday Auction 

Stocks. The Exchange further notes that 

it would provide advance notice of the 

timing of the Midday Auction by Trader 

Update. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed Midday Auction Pause would 

perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and national market system 

because it is designed to pause intra-day 

trading only on the Exchange to provide 

investors with time to enter interest for 

the Midday Auction, including MOO 

and LOO Orders. The Exchange notes 

that the proposed five-minute period for 

the Midday Auction Pause is based on 

the time frame for a LULD Plan pause. 

Because the Midday Auction is 

intended for similar purpose to a LULD 

Pause, i.e., to consolidate volume for 

price discovery purposes, the Exchange 

believes that the proposed five-minute 

period is appropriate and consistent 

with the Act. The Exchange notes that 

the proposed Midday Auction Pause 

would pause trading only on the 

Exchange and therefore investors would 

continue to have intra-day executions 

opportunities on other markets during 

the Midday Auction Pause. 

The Exchange further believes that the 

proposed Midday Auction, which 

would be conducted in the same 

manner as set forth in the reopening 

procedures in Rule 123D, would perfect 

the mechanism of a free and open 

market and national market system 

because the Exchange would use an 

established auction process for the 

Midday Auction. Specifically, as 

proposed, the DMM assigned to a 

Midday Auction Stock would be 

responsible for facilitating the Midday 

Auction in a manner similar to how an 

opening or reopening would be 

conducted. This includes the DMM 

supplying liquidity as needed, as 

provided for in Rule 104(a)(2), and 

conducting the Midday Auction either 

manually or electronically, as provided 

for in Rule 123D(1). In addition, the 

Exchange would process orders during 

the Midday Auction in a manner similar 

to how orders are handled during a 

trading halt or LULD trading pause, 

including accepting MOO and LOO 

Orders to participate in the Midday 

Auction. The Exchange would also 

publish Order Imbalance Information 

during a Midday Auction Pause, thereby 

providing investors and the public with 

information about the pricing of the 

Midday Auction. The Exchange would 

also follow established procedures for 

publishing indications during a Midday 

Auction Pause that are based on how 

indications may be published during 

LULD trading pauses pursuant to Rule 

80C(b)(2)(A). The Exchange believes 

that replicating established reopening 

processes for the Midday Auction 

would provide transparency and 

certainty to investors and the public 

who are already familiar with the 

Exchange’s auction process for openings 

and reopenings. 

The Exchange also believes that the 

proposal to price a Midday Auction 

consistent with the LULD price bands in 

effect at the time of the auction would 

perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and national market system 

because it would assure that the Midday 

Auction would not be priced outside of 

the established parameters for trading in 

that security at a given time. In 

particular, because trading in a Midday 

Auction Stock would be paused only on 

the Exchange, the Exchange believes it 

is appropriate to maintain deference to 

the prices that are occurring on other 

markets and price the Midday Auction 

consistent with the Price Bands. 

The Exchange notes that if there is a 

significant imbalance in a Midday 

Auction Stock, the Midday Auction 

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29 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

imbalance halt with the approval of a 

Floor Governor or two Floor Officials, 

which is the existing process for 

invoking a halt on the Exchange 

pursuant to Rule 123D. The Exchange 

believes that invoking an order 

imbalance halt, which would similarly 

halt trading on the Exchange only, 

would be appropriate because it would 

provide notice to the public of an order 

imbalance in a stock and an opportunity 

for the price discovery process to 

continue consistent with Rule 123D, 

including the requirement for 

publishing indications. The Exchange 

believes that for a significant order 

imbalance, using the existing reopening 

process rather than a Midday Auction 

would perfect the mechanism of a free 

and open market and national market 

system and protect investors and the 

public interest because it would provide 

an opportunity for greater price 

discovery that would not be restricted 

by LULD Price Bands. 

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 that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Exchange Act. 

The proposed Midday Auction would 

only pause trading on the Exchange and 

would not prevent market participants 

from directing order flow in Midday 

Auction Stocks to other markets and 

trading venues during the auction. The 

proposed Midday Auction would also 

be available to all market participants 

on the Exchange each day at the same 

time. Further, the Exchange believes 

that by providing an additional 

opportunity to execute orders in thinlytraded securities hours before the close 

of trading, the proposed rule change 

would further the price discovery 

process and enhance competition. 

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 

Within 45 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, or within such longer period 

up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which 

the self-regulatory organization 

consents, the Commission will: 

(A) By order approve or disapprove 

the proposed rule change, or 

(B) institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change 

should be 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– 

NYSE–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–NYSE–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 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 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–NYSE– 

2015–06 and should be submitted on or 

before March 16, 2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.29

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment Request 

The Social Security Administration 

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collection packages requiring clearance 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. This notice includes revisions 

of OMB-approved information 

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collection. 

SSA is soliciting comments on the 

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Fax: 410–966–2830, Email address: 

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Or you may submit your comments 

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