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7 15 U.S.C. 78q–1. 8 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

occasioned option adjustments which 

have called for the delivery of cash. The 

Securities Committee does not believe it 

necessary to convene panel meetings to 

authorize these adjustments. 

While an adjustment panel vote 

would not be required in these cases, an 

adjustment panel could be convened at 

any time at the request of any exchange 

or OCC in order to address any aspect 

of the corporate event or option contract 

adjustment deemed to need discussion 

by such panel. Also, in all cases of 

option adjustments, OCC and the 

exchanges would naturally coordinate 

the operational execution of the 

adjustments (effective date, option 

symbol, strike prices, etc). 

The proposed changes also allow 

convened panels the ability to conduct 

their business by any means determined 

by the Securities Committee. Currently, 

the Securities Committee and panels are 

allowed to conduct business in person 

or by phone. For the purposes of 

exchanging information and registering 

votes, OCC and the Securities 

Committee believe that electronic means 

of communication (e.g., email) should 

also be allowed as well as other means 

of communication which may be 

available in the future (e.g., OCC 

systems applications developed for this 

purpose). 

OCC believes that the proposed 

changes to its By-Laws are consistent 

with the purposes and requirements of 

Section 17A of the Act 7 and the rules 

and regulations thereunder applicable to 

OCC because they provide for more 

efficient and effective procedures to be 

used by the Securities Committee and 

its panels for the purpose of conducting 

business by eliminating impediments 

that elongate voting processes which 

may cause delays in determining 

contract adjustments or in fixing a 

required amount or value. These 

changes further the purposes of the Act 

by facilitating the prompt and accurate 

clearance and settlement of transactions 

in cleared contracts. The proposed rule 

change is not inconsistent with any 

rules of OCC, including any rules 

proposed to be amended. 

(B) Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

OCC does not believe that the 

proposed rule change will have any 

impact or impose any burden on 

competition. 

(C) Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants or Others 

Written comments relating to the 

proposed rule change have not been 

solicited or received. OCC will notify 

the Commission of any written 

comments received by OCC. 

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 rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–OCC–2012–07 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–OCC–2012–07. 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 such 

filing will also be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of OCC and on OCC’s Web site at 

http://www.theocc.com/components/ 

docs/legal/rules_and_bylaws/ 

sr_occ_12_07.pdf. 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–OCC– 

2012–07 in the caption above and 

should be submitted on or before June 

14, 2012. 

For the Commission by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.8

Kevin O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12583 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7894] 

Programs To Reduce Incidental 

Capture of Sea Turtles in Shrimp 

Fisheries; Certifications Pursuant to 

Public Law 101–162 

SUMMARY: On April 30, 2012, the 

Department of State certified, pursuant 

to Section 609 of Public Law 101–162, 

that 13 nations have adopted programs 

to reduce the incidental capture of sea 

turtles in their shrimp fisheries 

comparable to the program in effect in 

the United States. The Department also 

certified that the fishing environments 

in 26 other countries and one economy 

do not pose a threat of the incidental 

taking of sea turtles protected under 

Section 609. 

DATES: Effective Date: On publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene M. Menard, Office of Marine 

Conservation, Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520–7818; telephone: 

(202) 647–5827. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

609 of Public Law 101–162 (‘‘Section 

609’’) prohibits imports of certain 

categories of shrimp unless the 

President certifies to the Congress not 

later than May 1 of each year either: (1) 

That the harvesting nation has adopted 

a program governing the incidental 

capture of sea turtles in its commercial 

shrimp fishery comparable to the 

program in effect in the United States 

and has an incidental take rate 

comparable to that of the United States; 

or (2) that the fishing environment in 

the harvesting nation does not pose a 

threat of the incidental taking of sea 

turtles. The President has delegated the 

authority to make this certification to 

the Department of State (‘‘the 

Department’’). Revised State Department 

guidelines for making the required 

certifications were published in the 

Federal Register on July 2, 1999 (Vol. 

64, No. 130, Public Notice 3086). 

On April 30, 2012, the Department 

certified 13 nations on the basis that 

their sea turtle protection programs are 

comparable to that of the United States: 

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El 

Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, 

Pakistan, Panama, and Suriname. Costa 

Rica is re-certified this year based on 

improvement in the implementation 

and enforcement of its turtle excluder 

device regulatory program in their 

commercial shrimp trawl fishery. The 

Department also certified 26 shrimp 

harvesting nations and one economy as 

having fishing environments that do not 

pose a danger to sea turtles. Sixteen 

nations have shrimping grounds only in 

cold waters where the risk of taking sea 

turtles is negligible. They are: 

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, 

Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, 

Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 

Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United 

Kingdom, and Uruguay. Ten nations 

and one economy only harvest shrimp 

using small boats with crews of less 

than five that use manual rather than 

mechanical means to retrieve nets, or 

catch shrimp using other methods that 

do not threaten sea turtles. Use of such 

small-scale technology does not 

adversely affect sea turtles. The 10 

nations and one economy are: the 

Bahamas, Belize, China, the Dominican 

Republic, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, 

Oman, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. 

The Department of State has 

communicated the certifications under 

Section 609 to the Office of Field 

Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. All DS–2031 forms 

accompanying shrimp imports from 

uncertified nations must be originals 

and signed by the competent domestic 

fisheries authority. 

In order for shrimp harvested with 

turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in an 

uncertified nation to be eligible for 

importation into the United States 

under the DS–2031 section 7(A)(2) 

provision for ‘‘shrimp harvested by 

commercial shrimp trawl vessels using 

TEDs comparable in effectiveness to 

those required in the United States’’, the 

Department of State must determine in 

advance that the government of the 

harvesting nation has put in place 

adequate procedures to ensure the 

accurate completion of the DS–2031 

forms. At this time, the Department has 

made such a determination only with 

respect to Australia, Brazil and France. 

Thus, the importation of TED-caught 

shrimp from any other uncertified 

nation will not be allowed. For Brazil, 

only shrimp harvested in the northern 

shrimp fishery are eligible for entry 

under this provision. For Australia, 

shrimp harvested in the Exmouth Gulf 

Prawn Fishery, the Northern Prawn 

Fishery, the Queensland East Coast 

Trawl Fishery, and the Torres Strait 

Prawn Fishery are eligible for entry 

under this provision. For France, 

shrimp harvested in the French Guiana 

domestic trawl fishery are eligible for 

entry under this provision. An official of 

the competent domestic fisheries 

authority for the country where the 

shrimp were harvested must sign the 

DS–2031 form accompanying these 

imports into the United States. 

In addition, the Department has 

determined that shrimp harvested in the 

Spencer Gulf region in Australia may be 

exported to the United States under the 

DS–2031 section 7(A)(4) provision for 

‘‘shrimp harvested in a manner or under 

circumstances determined by the 

Department of State not to pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles.’’ 

An official of the Government of 

Australia must certify the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

Dated: May 17, 2012. 

David A. Balton, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

Oceans and Fisheries, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12635 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–22] 

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 June 13, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–0514 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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