Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 2, 2018 / Notices 175 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day 

of December 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kathryn M. Brock, 

Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2017–27930 Filed 12–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2017–177, MC2018–76 and 

CP2018–118; MC2018–77 and CP2018–119; 

MC2018–78 and CP2018–120; MC2018–79 

and CP2018–121; MC2018–80 and CP2018– 

122; MC2018–81 and CP128–123; MC2018– 

82 and CP2018–124; MC2018–83 and 

CP2018–125; MC2018–84 and CP2018–126; 

MC2018–85 and CP2018–127; MC2018–86 

and CP2018–128] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing 

recent Postal Service filings for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

negotiated service agreements. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: January 3, 

2018, January 4, 2018, and January 5, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

January 3, 2018 comment due date 

applies to Docket Nos. MC2018–76 and 

CP2018–118; MC2018–77 and CP2018– 

119; MC2018–78 and CP2018–120; 

MC2018–79 and CP2018–121; MC2018– 

80 and CP2018–122. 

The January 4, 2018 comment due 

date applies to Docket Nos. MC2018–81 

and CP2018–123; MC2018–82 and 

CP2018–124; MC2018–83 and CP2018– 

125; MC2018–84 and CP2018–126; 

MC2018–85 and CP2018–127. 

The January 5, 2018 commend due 

date applies to Docket Nos. CP2017– 

177; MC2018–86 and CP2018–128. 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the market dominant or 

the competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the market 

dominant or the competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3007.40. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern market dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3010, and 39 

CFR part 3020, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 

39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: CP2017–177; Filing 

Title: USPS Notice of Change in Prices 

Pursuant to Amendment to Priority Mail 

Express, Priority Mail & First-Class 

Package Service Contract 17; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 21, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 CFR 3015.5; Public 

Representative: Gregory Stanton; 

Comments Due: January 5, 2018. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2018–76 and 

CP2018–118; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & First-Class Package Service 

Contract 31 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: December 

21, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Gregory Stanton; 

Comments Due: January 3, 2018. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2018–77 and 

CP2018–119; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Contract 401 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 21, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Michael L. Leibert; 

Comments Due: January 3, 2018. 

4. Docket No(s).: MC2018–78 and 

CP2018–120; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add First-Class Package Service 

Contract 89 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: December 

21, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Curtis E. Kidd; 

Comments Due: January 3, 2018. 

5. Docket No(s).: MC2018–79 and 

CP2018–121; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add First-Class Package Service 

Contract 90 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: December 

21, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Curtis E. Kidd; 

Comments Due: January 3, 2018. 

6. Docket No(s).: MC2018–80 and 

CP2018–122; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Contract 402 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 21, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Michael L. Leibert; 

Comments Due: January 3, 2018. 

7. Docket No(s).: MC2018–81 and 

CP2018–123; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express & Priority 

Mail Contract 55 to Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

December 21, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; 

Public Representative: Matthew R. 

Ashford; Comments Due: January 4, 

2018. 

8. Docket No(s).: MC2018–82 and 

CP2018–124; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & First-Class 

Package Service Contract 67 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 22, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Timothy J. Schwuchow; 

Comments Due: January 4, 2018. 


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1 12 U.S.C. 5465(e)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4(n)(1)(i). 

3Terms not defined herein are defined in the 

Rules and Procedures of NSCC (‘‘Rules’’), available 

at http://www.dtcc.com/∼/media/Files/Downloads/ 

legal/rules/nscc_rules.pdf. 

4The principal terms of the Prefunded Liquidity 

Program are described in an advance notice (SR– 

NSCC–2015–802) (‘‘2015 Advance Notice’’) filed 

with the Commission pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) 

of the Clearing Supervision Act and Rule 19b– 

4(n)(1)(i) under the Act. See Securities Exchange 

Act Release No. 75730 (August 19, 2015), 80 FR 

51638 (August 25, 2015) (SR–NSCC–2015–802). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79528 

(December 12, 2016), 81 FR 91232, (December 16, 

2016) (SR–DTC–2016–007; SR–FICC–2016–005; 

SR–NSCC–2016–003). The 2015 Advance Notice 

stated that the proceeds from the issuance of the 

Notes would be held in a cash deposit account at 

the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (‘‘FRBNY’’). 

NSCC subsequently adopted the Clearing Agency 

Investment Policy, which permits NSCC to invest 

such proceeds in bank deposits either at the FRBNY 

or at an approved bank counterparty. 

6Treasury is a part of the Chief Finance Office 

Organization of The Depository Trust & Clearing 

Corporation (‘‘DTCC’’), NSCC’s parent company. 

DTCC operates on a shared services model with 

respect to the NSCC and its affiliates. Most 

corporate functions are established and managed on 

an enterprise-wide basis pursuant to intercompany 

agreements under which it is generally DTCC that 

provides a relevant service to NSCC and its 

affiliates. 

9. Docket No(s).: MC2018–83 and 

CP2018–125; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & First-Class 

Package Service Contract 68 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 22, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Timothy J. Schwuchow; 

Comments Due: January 4, 2018. 

10. Docket No(s).: MC2018–84 and 

CP2018–126; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & First-Class 

Package Service Contract 69 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 22, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Katalin K. Clendenin; 

Comments Due: January 4, 2018. 

11. Docket No(s).: MC2018–85 and 

CP2018–127; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & First-Class 

Package Service Contract 70 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 22, 2017; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public 

Representative: Katalin K. Clendenin; 

Comments Due: January 4, 2018. 

12. Docket No(s).: MC2018–86 and 

CP2018–128; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express & Priority 

Mail Contract 56 to Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

December 22, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; 

Public Representative: Michael L. 

Leibert; Comments Due: January 5, 

2018. 

This notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Ruth Ann Abrams, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28219 Filed 12–29–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–82403; File No. SR–NSCC– 

2017–807] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

National Securities Clearing 

Corporation; Notice of Filing of 

Advance Notice To Increase the 

Authorized Amount Under the 

Prefunded Liquidity Program 

December 26, 2017. 

Pursuant to Section 806(e)(1) of Title 

VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

entitled the Payment, Clearing, and 

Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 

(‘‘Clearing Supervision Act’’) 1 and Rule 

19b–4(n)(1)(i) under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended 

(‘‘Act’’),2 notice is hereby given that on 

December 12, 2017, National Securities 

Clearing Corporation (‘‘NSCC’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

advance notice SR–NSCC–2017–807 

(‘‘Advance Notice’’) as described in 

Items I, II and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the clearing 

agency. The Commission is publishing 

this notice to solicit comments on the 

Advance Notice from interested 

persons. 

I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the 

Terms of Substance of the Advance 

Notice 

The advance notice of NSCC proposes 

to increase the aggregate amount of 

short-term promissory notes 

(‘‘Commercial Paper’’) and extendibleterm promissory notes (‘‘Extendible 

Notes’’ and, together with the 

Commercial Paper, ‘‘Notes’’) that NSCC 

is authorized to issue and sell, as further 

described below.3

II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the 

Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the 

Advance Notice 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

clearing agency included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the Advance Notice and discussed any 

comments it received on the Advance 

Notice. The text of these statements may 

be examined at the places specified in 

Item IV below. The clearing agency has 

prepared summaries, set forth in 

sections A and B below, of the most 

significant aspects of such statements. 

(A) Clearing Agency’s Statement on 

Comments on the Advance Notice 

Received From Members, Participants, 

or Others 

NSCC has not solicited or received 

any written comments relating to this 

proposal. NSCC will notify the 

Commission of any written comments 

received by NSCC. 

(B) Advance Notice Filed Pursuant to 

Section 806(e) of the Payment, Clearing, 

and Settlement Supervision Act 

Description of the Proposal 

NSCC maintains a program to issue 

and sell the Notes (‘‘Prefunded 

Liquidity Program’’ or the ‘‘Program’’), 

and is currently authorized to issue and 

sell the Notes in an aggregate amount up 

to $5 billion.4 NSCC is proposing to 

increase the aggregate amount of Notes 

it would be authorized to issue and sell 

under the Program to $10 billion. 

Management of the Prefunded 

Liquidity Program. Pursuant to the terms 

and conditions described in the 2015 

Advance Notice, NSCC issues Notes to 

institutional investors, and invests the 

proceeds in accordance with the 

Clearing Agency Investment Policy.5

The Program is managed and monitored 

daily by the Treasury group 

(‘‘Treasury’’).6 NSCC has structured the 

Prefunded Liquidity Program such that 

the maturities of the issued Notes are 

staggered to avoid concentrations of 

maturing liabilities. The majority of the 

Notes issued and sold under the 

Program to date have been Commercial 

Paper, however, NSCC maintains the 

flexibility to issue and sell any 

combination of Commercial Paper and 

Extendible Notes up to the authorized 

amount in order to allow it to adjust to 

the market for each of these types of 

Notes and to stagger the maturities of 

the outstanding Notes. Treasury also 

maintains and adheres to internal 

guidelines that limit the amount of 

Notes that can mature within any oneweek period. The weighted average 

maturity of the aggregate Notes 

outstanding issued under the Prefunded 

Liquidity Program have generally 

ranged between one and two months, 

and, in order to maintain the staggered 

maturity structure, the weighted average 

maturity of the Notes would be expected 


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