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15Securities Exchange Act Release No. 36369

(October 13, 1995), 60 FR 54274.

16 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

17 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

and Amendment No. 1 thereto, prior to

the thirtieth day after the date of

publication of the notices of filing

thereof in the Federal Register. First,

the Commission believes that it is in the

public interest to allow the Exchange to

continue listing series of options

overlying the adjusted Index in a timely,

efficient and consistent manner.

Second, the Commission notes that it

previously has approved a proposal to

trade options overlying the Phlx Super

Cap Index that consists of five highlycapitalized, actively-traded component

stocks with no single security

dominating the index weight.15 Finally,

the proposal has been subject to a

substantial portion of the 21-day notice

and comment period and no comments

have been received. Therefore, the

Commission believes it is consistent

with Sections 6(b)(5) and 19(b)(2) of the

Act to approve the proposed rule, and

Amendment No. 1 thereto, on an

accelerated basis.

III. Solicitation of Comments

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views and

arguments concerning the foregoing.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549. 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 inspection and copying at

the Commission’s Public Reference

Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such

filing will also be available for

inspection and copying at the principal

office of the Phlx. All submissions

should refer to File No. SR–Phlx–97–12,

and should be submitted by May 1,

1997.

It therefore is ordered, pursuant to

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 16 that the

proposed rule change (SR–Phlx–97–12)

is approved, as amended, on an

accelerated basis.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.17

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9203 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement;

Spencer and Dubois Counties; Indiana

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

will be prepared for a proposed 36

kilometer (22 mile) realignment of US

231.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Douglas N. Head, Program

Operations Engineer, Federal Highway

Administration, 575 N. Pennsylvania

Street, Room 254, Indianapolis, Indiana

46204, Telephone: (317) 226–7487, Fax:

226–7341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the Indiana

Department of Transportation will

prepare an EIS for the proposed

reconstruction and upgrading of US 231

on new alignment in Spencer and

Dubois counties, Indiana. This 36

kilometer (22 mile) corridor would

connect the new bridge over the Ohio

river near Rockport, being built by the

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, with

I–64. Construction of this project is

considered necessary to provide a link

between the new Ohio River bridge and

the interstate system in Indiana to

support the National Highway System,

of which US 231 is a part.

Alternatives under consideration

include (1) taking no action; (2)

applying low-cost Transportation

System Management (TSM) techniques,

(3) making isolated improvements to

improve traffic flow on US 231, and (4)

constructing a four-lane divided

roadway on new alignment. TSM

techniques include changes in

signalization, minor lane additions and

geometric improvements, and other

relatively low cost changes that

facilitate the flow of traffic. TSM

techniques emphasize maximum use of

existing facilities. More extensive

capital improvements can also be made

that expand roadway capacity, such as

adding lanes to change the typical

section of a road, eliminating driveway

entrances by use of frontage roads,

bringing shoulder widths up to current

standards and similar measures.

Letters describing the proposed action

and soliciting comments will be sent to

appropriate Federal, State, and local

agencies, and to private organizations

and citizens who have expressed

interest in this project. No additional

formal scoping is planned.

Informational public meetings were

held May 30, 1993 and June 22, 1993.

A public hearing will be held. Public

notice will be given of the time and

place of the hearing. The Draft EIS will

be made available for public and agency

review and comment.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to the proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to the FHWA at the address

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 20.205, Highway Research,

Planning and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding inter-governmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program)

Mr. Douglas N. Head,

Program Operations Engineer, Indianapolis,

Indiana.

[FR Doc. 97–9214 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[FRA Docket No. RSGM–96–3]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

In accordance with Part 211 of Title

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),

notice is hereby given that the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA) received

a request for a waiver of compliance

with certain requirements of its safety

standards. The individual petition is

described below, including the party

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions

involved, the nature of the relief being

requested, and the petitioner’s

arguments in favor of relief.

SMS Rail Service Incorporated

SMS Rail Service Incorporated seeks

a permanent waiver of compliance from

certain sections of 49 CFR Part 223.11

(a), (b), and (c), Safety Glazing

Standards, for three locomotives, SLRS

1293, SLRS 1494, and SLRS 300.

Locomotive SLRS 300 has broken

glazing in several locations.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in these proceedings by

submitting written views, data, or
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comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with these proceedings since

the facts do not appear to warrant a

hearing. If any interested party desires

an opportunity for oral comment, they

should notify FRA, in writing, before

the end of the comment period and

specify the basis for their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number RSGM–96–3)

and must be submitted in triplicate to

the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief

Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Communications received within

45 days of the date of this notice will

be considered by FRA before final

action is taken. Comments received after

that date will be considered as far as

practicable. All written communications

concerning these proceedings are

available for examination during regular

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at FRA’s

temporary docket room located at 1120

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Room 7051,

Washington, D.C. 20005.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on March 31,

1997.

Phil Olekszyk,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Compliance and Program Implementation.

[FR Doc. 97–9201 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Discretionary Cooperative Agreements

to Support the Air Bag Safety

Campaign

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Extension of the due date for

submission of applications in response

to agency announcement published

February 19, 1997, 62 FR 7495.

Reference DTNH22–97–H–05090.

SUMMARY: Due to lack of sufficient

response from the necessary number of

national organizations as a result of the

original announcement, the decision has

been made to extend the due date for

submission of applications from March

21, 1997 to April 21, 1997. Those

applicants which met the original due

date are also given the opportunity to

utilize the additional time to refine/

revise and resubmit their applications if

they so desire.

Your attention is drawn to the

Eligibility Requirements in the original

announcement wherein it states that in

order to be eligible to participate in this

program, you must be a national

nonprofit organization which: (1) Has an

established membership structure with

regional, state or local chapters

throughout the country having a

mechanism for disseminating and

coordinating project efforts at the local

level; and, (2) have in place a schedule

of regular/national/regional or state

conferences or conventions, and one or

more communication mechanisms that

can be used for motivating members and

other constituents to become involved

in occupant protection at the state and

local level.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

James H. Hedlund,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–9154 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Applications for Modification

of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications for

modification of exemptions.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

procedures governing the application

for, and the processing of, exemptions

from the Department of Transportation’s

Hazardous Materials Regulations (49

CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is

hereby given that the Office of

Hazardous Materials Safety has received

the applications described herein. This

notice is abbreviated to expedite

docketing and public notice. Because

the sections affected, modes of

transportation, and the nature of

application have been shown in earlier

Federal Register publications, they are

not repeated here. Requests for

modifications of exemptions (e.g. to

provide for additional hazardous

materials, packaging design changes,

additional mode of transportation, etc.)

are described in footnotes to the

application number. Application

numbers with the suffix ‘‘M’’ denote a

modification request. These

applications have been separated from

the new applications for exemptions to

facilitate processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 25, 1997.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.

Comments should refer to the

application number and be submitted in

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing

the exemption number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the

applications are available for inspection

in the Dockets Unit, Room 8426, Nassif

Building, 400 7th Street SW,

Washington, DC.

Application No. Applicant

Renewal

of exemption

11244–M Aerospace Design &

Development, Inc.

Niwot, CO (See

Footnote 1) ............ 11244

11344–M Dupont SHE Excellence Center, Wilmington, DE (See

Footnote 2) ............ 11344

11725–M Swales Aerospace,

Beltsville, MD (See

Footnote 3) ............ 11725

1To modify the exemption to provide for additional designed non-DOT specification cylinder for use in transporting air, refrigerated

liquid. 2To modify the exemption to provide for

Methyl acrylate, inhibited, Class 3, as an additional class of material. 3To modify the exemption to provide for

higher capacity heat pipes by increasing the

size of end caps and fill tubes and weight of

anhydrous ammonia, Division 2.3.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107

of the Hazardous Materials

Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49

CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 4,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–9166 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of applications for exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applicants for

exemptions.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

procedures governing the application