16632 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.

3Securities Exchange Act Release No. 38114

(January 3, 1997), 62 FR 1348 (January 9, 1997).

Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–8724 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6301–01–M

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

National Partnership Council Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., April 9, 1997.

PLACE: CAMI Auditorium, Mike

Monroney Aeronautical Center, Federal

Aviation Administration, 6500 South

MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma 73169.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the

public. Seating will be available on a

first-come, first-served basis.

Individuals with special access needs

wishing to attend should contact OPM

at the number shown below to obtain

appropriate accommodations.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The

National Partnership Council (NPC) will

receive a presentation on the Federal

Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Mike

Monroney Aeronautical Center

Partnership, and a presentation on

partnership responses to crisis.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Michael Cushing, Director, Center for

Partnership and Labor-Management

Relations, Office of Personnel

Management, Theodore Roosevelt

Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Room

7H28, Washington, DC 20415–0001,

(202) 606–0010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite

interested persons and organizations to

submit written comments. Mail or

deliver your comments to Michael

Cushing at the address shown above. To

be considered at the April 9 meeting,

written comments should be received by

April 4.

Office of Personnel Management

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–8718 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1167; Docket No. A97–16]

North Shapleigh, Maine 04060 (Harold

W. Clark, Petitioner); Notice and Order

Accepting Appeal and Establishing

Procedural Schedule Under 39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(5)

Issued April 1, 1997.

Docket Number: A97–16

Name of Affected Post Office: North

Shapleigh, Maine 04060

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Harold W.

Clark

Type of Determination: Closing

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: March

27, 1997

Categories of Issues Apparently Raised:

1. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(2)(A)].

2. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(2)(C)].

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(5)). In the interest of

expedition, in light of the 120-day

decision schedule, the Commission may

request the Postal Service to submit

memoranda of law on any appropriate

issue. If requested, such memoranda

will be due 20 days from the issuance

of the request and the Postal Service

shall serve a copy of its memoranda on

the petitioners. The Postal Service may

incorporate by reference in its briefs or

motions, any arguments presented in

memoranda it previously filed in this

docket. If necessary, the Commission

also may ask petitioners or the Postal

Service for more information.

The Commission Orders

(a) The Postal Service shall file the

record in this appeal by April 11, 1997.

(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate

Commission shall publish this Notice

and Order and Procedural Schedule in

the Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Appendix

March 27, 1997: Filing of Appeal letter

April 1, 1997: Commission Notice and Order

of Filing of Appeal

April 21, 1997: Last day of filing of petitions

to intervene [see 39 CFR § 3001.111(b)]

May 1, 1997: Petitioner’s Participant

Statement or Initial Brief [see 39 CFR

§ 3001.115 (a) and (b)]

May 21, 1997: Postal Service’s Answering

Brief [see 39 CFR § 3001.115(c)]

June 5, 1997: Petitioner’s Reply Brief should

Petitioner choose to file one [see 39 CFR

§ 3001.115(d)]

June 12, 1997: Deadline for motions by any

party requesting oral argument. The

Commission will schedule oral argument

only when it is a necessary addition to

the written filings [see 39 CFR

§ 3001.116]

July 25, 1997: Expiration of the Commission’s

120-day decisional schedule [see 39

U.S.C. § 404(b)(5)]

[FR Doc. 97–8713 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 34–38445; File No. SR–CHX–

96–30]

Self-Regulatory Organizations;

Chicago Stock Exchange,

Incorporated; Order Granting Approval

to Proposed Rule Change Relating to

Standards for Approved Lessors of

Exchange Memberships

March 26, 1997.

I. Introduction

On November 12, 1996, the Chicago

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’ or

‘‘Exchange’’) submitted to the Securities

and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or

‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4

thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to

create standards for approved lessors of

exchange memberships.

The proposed rule change was

published for comment in the Federal

Register on January 9, 1997.3 No

comments were received on the

proposal. This order approves the

proposal.

The purpose of the proposed rule

change is to create a new form of

membership known as an ‘‘Approved

Lessor.’’ An Approved Lessor will be an

individual or entity that desires to

purchase a membership in the CHX for

the sole purpose of providing a

financing mechanism for another person

or entity that desires to become a

member organization (‘‘lessee’’). A

lessor that registers with and is