Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 12055 

General Counsel of Managed Funds Association, 

dated September 20, 2014; John Daley, Chairman of 

the Board and James Toes, President & CEO of 

Security Traders Association, dated September 23, 

2014; Brian A. Johnson, Executive Director for 

Research of Committee on Capital Markets 

Regulation, dated September 26, 2014; Jeffrey P. 

Ricker, dated October 6, 2014; David Adorney, 

Professional Equity Trader, dated November 11, 

2014; Richard B. Gorelick, CEO of RGM Advisors, 

LLC, dated November 13, 2014; Representative Sean 

P. Duffy, U.S. House of Representatives, dated 

November 17, 2014; Joseph Galinskie, dated 

November 18, 2014; Tom Quaadman, Vice 

President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for 

Capital Markets Competitiveness, dated November 

20, 2014; David Shields, Vice Chairman & Co-CEO, 

Wellington Shields & Co., dated December 2, 2014; 

Dave Weild, Chairman & CEO, IssuWorks, Inc., 

dated December 3, 2014; Tim Quast, President, 

ModernNetworks IR, LLC, dated December 8, 2014; 

Larry Tabb, Founder & CEO, Tabb Group, dated 

December 10, 2014; John Endean, President, 

American Business Conference, dated December 12, 

2014; Scott Kupor, Managing Partner, Andreessen 

Horowitz and Jeffrey M. Solomon, CEO Cowen and 

Company, Equity Capital Formation Task Force, 

dated December 18, 2014; Eduardo A. Repetto, Vice 

Chairman & Co-CEO, Dimensional Fund Advisors, 

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment 

Officer, Dimensional Fund Advisors, dated 

December 18, 2014; Sal Arnuk & Joseph Saluzzi, 

Partners and Co-Founders, Themis Trading, LLC, 

dated December 19, 2014; Simon D. Yates, CEO, 

Two Sigma Securities, LLC, dated December 19, 

2014; Mortimer J. Buckley, Managing Director and 

Chief and Investment Officer, The Vanguard Group, 

Inc., dated December 19, 2014; Rob Flatley, CEO 

and Dave Weisberger, Managing Director, Head of 

Market Structure Analysis, CoreOne Technologies 

LLC, submitted December 19, 2014; Alan F. Hill, 

CEO and William K. Jones, Executive Chairman, 

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, dated 

December 19, 2014; R. Glenn Hubbard, Co-Chair, 

John L. Thornton, Co-Chair and Hal S. Scott, 

Director, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, 

dated December 19, 2014; John Daley, Chairman of 

the Board and James Toes, President & CEO, 

Security Traders Association, dated December 19, 

2014; John McCarthy, General Counsel, KCG 

Holdings, Inc., dated December 19, 2014; Douglas 

A. Cifu, Chief Executive Officer, Virtu Financial, 

dated December 19, 2014; E. Cartier Esham, 

Executive Vice President, Emerging Companies, 

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), dated 

December 22, 2014; Micah Hauptman, Financial 

Services Counsel, Consumer Federation of America, 

dated December 22, 2014; Bobby Franklin, 

President & CEO, National Venture Capital 

Association, dated December 22, 2014; Eric 

Swanson, General Counsel & Secretary, BATS 

Global Markets, Inc. dated December 22, 2014; 

Theodore R. Lazo, Managing Director and Associate 

General Counsel, Securities Industry and Financial 

Markets Association, dated December 22, 2014; 

Daniel G. Weaver, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, 

Director, Master of Financial Analysis Program, 

Associate Director, Whitcomb Center for Research 

in Financial Services, Rutgers, The State University 

of New Jersey, dated December 22, 2014; Stuart J. 

Kaswell, Executive Vice President & Managing 

Director, General Counsel, Managed Funds 

Association, dated December 22, 2014; Kurt N. 

Schacht, Managing Director and James C. Allen, 

Head; CFA Institute, dated December 22, 2014; 

Robert J. McCarthy, Director of Regulatory Policy, 

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, dated December 22, 

2014; Daniel Keegan, Managing Director, Head of 

Equities for the Americas, Citigroup Global Markets 

Inc., dated December 22, 2014; Richie Prager, 

Managing Director; Hubert DeJesus, Managing 

Director; Supurna Vedbrat, Managing Director; 

Joanne Medero, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc., 

dated December 22, 2014; Adam Sussman, Head of 

Market Structure, Liquidnet, Inc., dated December 

22, 2014; Manisha Kimmel, Managing Director, 

Financial Information Forum, dated December 22, 

2014; Tom Quaadman, Vice President, U.S. 

Chamber of Commerce, Center for Capital Markets 

Competitiveness, dated December 22, 2014; Ari 

Burstein, Senior Counsel, Investment Company 

Institute, dated December 22, 2014; Jeff Brown, 

Senior Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory 

Affairs, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., dated December 

22, 2014; Kimberly Unger, CEO and Executive 

Director, Security Traders Association of New York, 

dated December 22, 2014; Scott C. Goebel, Senior 

Vice President & General Counsel, Fidelity 

Management & Research Co., dated December 22, 

2014; Dennis Dick, CFA, Head, Equity Market 

Structure, Bright Trading LLC, dated December 22, 

2014; Raymond M. Tierney III, President and Chief 

Executive Officer, Gary Stone, Chief Strategy 

Officer, Bloomberg Tradebook LLC dated December 

22, 2014; Mao Ye, Assistant Professor of Finance, 

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, dated 

December 22, 2014; Paul J. Jiganti, Managing 

Director, Market Structure and Client Advocacy and 

John S. Markle, Deputy General Counsel—Retail 

and Clearing Operations, TD Ameritrade, Inc., dated 

December 22, 2014; James J. Angel, Ph.D., CFA, 

Associate Professor of Finance, Georgetown 

University dated December 22, 2014; Christopher 

Nagy and Dave Lauer, KOR Group, LLC dated 

December 22, 2014; James G. Ongena, General 

Counsel, Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., dated 

December 22, 2014; Andrew Stevens, General 

Counsel, IMC Financial Markets, dated December 

30, 2014; Michael Jacejko, Chief Executive Manager, 

Birch Bay Capital, LLC, dated December 31, 2014; 

James P. Selway III, Managing Director, Head of 

Electronic Brokerage, ITG Inc., dated January 5, 

2015; John C. Nagel, Managing Director & Sr. 

Deputy General Counsel, Citadel LLC, dated 

January 5, 2015; Thomas Wittman, Executive Vice 

President, The NASDAQ OMX Group, LLC, dated 

January 16, 2015; Brendon J. Weiss, Co-Head 

Government Affairs, NYSE, LLC, dated January 16, 

2015; Senators Mark R. Warner and Pat Toomey, 

The United States Senate, dated January 23, 2015; 

Daniel Zinn, General Counsel, OTC Markets Group 

Inc., dated February 24, 2015. Copies of all 

comment letters received on the proposed Plan are 

available on the Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.sec.gov/comments/4-657/4-657.shtml 

and http://www.sec.gov/comments/jobs-title-i/ticksize-study/tick-size-study.shtml. Comments are also 

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. 

EST. 

6 17 CFR 242.608. 

7 15 U.S.C. 78k–1. 

8 Id. 

9 17 CFR 242.608. 

10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(42). 

Rule 608 6 under Section 11A of the 

Act 7 provides that within 120 days of 

the date of publication of notice of filing 

of a NMS plan or an amendment to an 

effective NMS plan, or within such 

longer period as the Commission may 

designate up to 180 days of such date if 

it finds such longer period to be 

appropriate and publishes its reasons 

for so finding or as to which the 

sponsors consent, the Commission shall 

approve such plan or amendment, with 

such changes or subject to such 

conditions as the Commission may 

deem necessary or appropriate, if it 

finds that such plan or amendment is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors 

and the maintenance of fair and orderly 

markets, to remove impediments to, and 

perfect the mechanisms of, a national 

market system, or otherwise in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

The 120th day for the proposed Plan is 

March 7, 2015. 

The Commission hereby extends the 

time period for Commission action on 

the proposed Plan from the 120th day 

and designates May 6, 2015, which is 

the 180th day for the proposed Plan, as 

the time period for Commission action. 

The Commission finds that it is 

appropriate to designate a longer period 

within which to take action on the 

proposed Plan because the extension 

will provide the Commission with 

additional time to consider, and take 

action in light of, among other things, 

the comments received on the proposed 

Plan. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 11A 

of the Act 8 and Rule 608 thereunder,9

the Commission designates May 6, 2015 

as the date for Commission action on 

the proposed Plan. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.10

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05052 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

Meeting. 

TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held 

on April 9, 2015, from 12:00 Noon to 

3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will be open to the 

public via conference call. Any 

interested person may call 1–877–422– 

1931, passcode 2855443940, to listen 

and participate in this meeting. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

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1Please note that while applicant Academy Bus 

LLC is a Florida motor carrier, Academy Bus, L.L.C. 

–ABL– is a New Jersey noncarrier holding 

company. 

2The application states that 30 vehicles that had 

been operated from the Durham terminal by 

Evergreen are being sold to Franmar Leasing, Inc., 

a noncarrier engaged in the business of leasing 

buses. 

3The showing of $2 million gross operating 

revenue is required under 49 U.S.C. 14303(g) for the 

Board to have jurisdiction over the transaction. 

4Application 5. 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: March 2, 2015. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05199 Filed 3–3–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. MCF 21060] 

Academy Bus LLC—Acquisition of the 

Properties of Evergreen Trails Inc. d/b/ 

a Horizon Coach Lines 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice tentatively approving 

and authorizing finance transaction. 

SUMMARY: Academy Bus LLC, a motor 

carrier of passengers (Academy), has 

filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 

14303 to acquire property of Evergreen 

Trails Inc. d/b/a Horizon Coach Lines 

(Evergreen), a motor carrier of 

passengers. The Board is tentatively 

approving and authorizing the 

transaction, and, if no opposing 

comments are timely filed, this notice 

will be the final Board action. Persons 

wishing to oppose the application must 

follow the rules at 49 CFR 1182.5 and 

1182.8. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 

20, 2015. Applicant may file a reply by 

May 4, 2015. If no comments are filed 

by April 20, 2015, this notice shall be 

effective on April 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of any comments referring to 

Docket No. MCF 21060 to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, send one copy of comments to 

Academy’s representative: Fritz R. 

Kahn, Fritz R. Kahn, P.C., 1919 M Street 

NW., 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Ziehm, (202) 245–0391. Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Academy 

is a motor carrier licensed by the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) (MC–646780) 

and primarily provides charter bus 

operations in Florida. Academy is 

owned by Academy Bus (Florida) ESB 

Trust, which is controlled by Francis 

Tedesco, sole trustee. The Tedesco 

Family ESB Trust, a separate trust of 

which Francis Tedesco and Mark 

Tedesco are beneficiaries, directly 

controls the following noncarriers: 

Academy Bus, L.L.C. (ABL) 1; Franmar 

Logistics, Inc.; Franmar Equities, Inc.; 

and Log Re, Inc. ABL owns the 

following carriers: Academy Express, 

L.L.C., Academy Lines, L.L.C., and 

Number 22 Hillside, L.L.C. Evergreen, a 

motor carrier licensed by FMCSA (MC– 

107638), provides charter operations in 

North Carolina and other locations. 

Evergreen is owned by TMS West Coast, 

Inc., a noncarrier holding company, 

which is in turn owned by FSCS 

Corporation, another noncarrier holding 

company. Francis W. Sherman is the 

controlling shareholder of FSCS 

Corporation, which also owns 

noncarriers TMS Canada Holdings, Ltd. 

and Horizon Coach Lines NC, Inc. 

Under the proposed transaction, 

Academy seeks to acquire the sublease 

to Evergreen’s Durham, N.C. terminal, 

certain charter contracts, all furniture, 

fixtures, equipment, computers, 

machinery apparatus, appliances, 

signage, supplies, parts inventory, 

forklifts, shop tools, office equipment, 

desks, telephones, telex and telephone 

facsimile numbers and other directory 

listings, goodwill and other intangible 

assets, advertising, marketing and 

promotional materials, studies, reports, 

and all other printed or written 

materials used in and relating solely and 

exclusively to Evergreen’s business 

operations from its Durham terminal.2

Academy states that this acquisition 

would allow it to expand its charter 

operations to serve the southeastern area 

of the United States. Academy further 

states that if the transaction is approved, 

it would continue to serve potential 

charter parties in the vicinity of the 

Durham terminal. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), the Board 

must approve and authorize a 

transaction that it finds consistent with 

the public interest, taking into 

consideration at least: (1) The effect of 

the proposed transaction on the 

adequacy of transportation to the public; 

(2) the total fixed charges that result; 

and (3) the interest of affected carrier 

employees. Academy has submitted 

information, as required by 49 CFR 

1182.2, including the information to 

demonstrate that the proposed 

transaction is consistent with the public 

interest under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), and a 

statement that Academy and its motor 

carrier affiliated companies and Francis 

W. Sherman and his motor carrier 

affiliated companies have aggregate 

gross annual operating revenues in 

excess of $2 million.3

Applicant asserts that the proposed 

transaction is in the public interest 

because the acquisition would allow 

continued operations from the Durham 

terminal by an ‘‘experienced and 

successful motorbus operator.’’ 4

Academy states that the proposed 

transaction would not diminish 

competition, as Evergreen would 

continue to operate from other locations 

in North Carolina. Academy further 

states that the proposed transaction 

would not result in an increase to total 

fixed charges. Finally, Academy states 

that the transaction would have no 

adverse effect upon the Durham 

terminal’s employees, as these 

employees would have the opportunity 

to gain employment with Academy. 

On the basis of the application, the 

Board finds that the proposed 

transaction is consistent with the public 

interest and should be tentatively 

approved and authorized. If any 

opposing comments are timely filed, 

these findings will be deemed vacated, 

and, unless a final decision can be made 

on the record as developed, a 

procedural schedule will be adopted to 

reconsider the application. See 49 CFR 

1182.6(c). If no opposing comments are 

filed by the expiration of the comment 

period, this notice will take effect 

automatically and will be the final 

Board action. 

The party’s application and Board 

decisions and notices are available on 

our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov. 

This decision will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

It is ordered: 

1. The proposed transaction is 

approved and authorized, subject to the 

filing of opposing comments. 

2. If opposing comments are timely 

filed, the findings made in this notice 

will be deemed as having been vacated. 

3. This notice will be effective April 

21, 2015, unless opposing comments are 

timely filed. 

4. A copy of this decision will be 

served on: (1) U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

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