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11 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

12 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

13 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to 

give the Commission written notice of its intent to 

file the proposed rule change, along with a brief 

description and text of the proposed rule change, 

at least five business days prior to the date of filing 

of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time 

as designated by the Commission. The Commission 

waives this requirement. 

14 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

15 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 

16See See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 

101387 (October 18, 2024), 89 FR 84948 (October 

24, 2024) (SR–Cboe–2024–035) (Notice of Filing of 

Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 and Order Granting 

Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, 

as Modified by Amendment Nos. 2 and 3, To Permit 

the Listing and Trading of Options on Bitcoin 

Exchange-Traded Funds). See also Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 101386 (October 18, 

2024), 89 FR 84960 (October 24, 2024) (SR– 

NYSEAMER–2024–49) (Notice of Filing of 

Amendment No. 3 and Order Granting Accelerated 

Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified 

by Amendment No. 3, To Permit the Listing and 

Trading of Options on Bitcoin Exchange-Traded 

Funds). 

17See SR–ISE–2024–54. 

18For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has also 

considered the proposed rule’s impact on 

efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 

15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 19 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12), (59). 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.11 Because the 

foregoing proposed rule change does 

not: (i) significantly affect the protection 

of investors or the public interest; (ii) 

impose any significant burden on 

competition; and (iii) become operative 

for 30 days from the date on which it 

was filed, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate, it has 

become effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 12 and 

subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 

thereunder.13

A proposed rule change filed under 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6) 14 under the Act does 

not normally become operative prior to 

30 days after the date of the filing. 

However, pursuant to Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6)(iii),15 the Commission may 

designate a shorter time if such action 

is consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest. The 

Exchange has requested that the 

Commission waive the 30-day operative 

delay so that the proposal may become 

operative immediately upon filing. The 

Commission previously approved the 

listing of options on the Fidelity Wise 

Origin Bitcoin Fund, the ARK21Shares 

Bitcoin ETF, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust 

(BTC), the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust 

BTC, and the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF.16 As 

noted above, BX’s Options 4 Rules were 

amended by an ISE rule change 17 as 

those Rules are incorporated by 

reference to ISE’s Options 4 Rules, so 

BX has the ability to list the options on 

the Bitcoin Trusts. This proposal also 

establishes position and exercise limits 

for options on the Bitcoin Trusts. The 

Commission believes that waiver of the 

operative delay could benefit investors 

by assuring that trading Bitcoin Trust 

options are subject to the same position 

and exercise limits in place on other 

exchanges. Therefore, the Commission 

believes that waiver of the 30-day 

operative delay is consistent with the 

protection of investors and the public 

interest. Accordingly, the Commission 

hereby waives the 30-day operative 

delay and designates the proposed rule 

change as operative upon filing.18

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or 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 (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

BX–2024–051 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–BX–2024–051. 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 website (https://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 website 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 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–BX–2024–051 and should be 

submitted on or before December 23, 

2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.19

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28103 Filed 11–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20641 and #20642; 

IDAHO Disaster Number ID–20010] 

Administrative Declaration of a 

Disaster for the State of Idaho 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of Idaho dated November 

22, 2024. 

Incident: Gwen Fire. 

DATES: Issued on November 22, 2024. 

Incident Period: July 24, 2024 through 

August 9, 2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 21, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 22, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

submitted online using the MySBA 

Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or 

other locally announced locations. 

Please contact the SBA disaster 

assistance customer service center by 

email at disastercustomerservice@

sba.gov or by phone at 1–800–659–2955 

for further assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary County: Nez Perce. 

Contiguous Counties: 

Idaho: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, 

Lewis. 

Oregon: Wallowa. 

Washington: Asotin, Whitman. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.375 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.688 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

For Economic Injury: 

Business and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without 

Credit Available Elsewhere 3.250 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 206415 and for 

economic injury is 206420. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration are Idaho, Oregon, 

Washington. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28199 Filed 11–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0076] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 31, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0076 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alison Rogers, Discretionary Grants 

Training Liaison, FHWA Discretionary 

Grants Coordination Division, (304) 

347–3574 or via email at alison.rogers@

dot.gov or Tamiko Burnell, Chief, 

FHWA Discretionary Grants 

Coordination Division, (202) 366–1200 

or via email at tamiko.burnell@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) Performance 

Progress Report (PPR) Form. 

Background: FHWA is administering 

over 40 discretionary grant and 

cooperative agreement programs, 

including those established under the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), 

enacted as the Infrastructure Investment 

and Jobs Act, (November 15, 2021, Pub. 

L. 117–58) and the Inflation Reduction 

Act, 2022 (August 16, 2022, Pub. L. 

117–169). The Uniform Administrative 

Requirements in 2 CFR part 200 require 

recipients of Federal financial assistance 

awards to monitor activities under 

Federal awards to ensure compliance 

with applicable Federal requirements 

and performance expectations are being 

achieved. In addition, the regulations 

require Federal awarding agencies, such 

as FHWA, to use OMB-approved 

common information collections. The 

FHWA PPR form will be used by 

recipients of FHWA grant awards and 

cooperative agreements to report 

performance and progress of a Federal 

financial assistance-funded construction 

or non-construction project. 

Respondents: Recipients of a 

discretionary grant or cooperative 

agreement award administered by 

FHWA. Discretionary grant or 

cooperative agreement recipients 

include but are not limited to State 

DOTs as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101, U.S. 

Territories, Federally recognized tribes, 

and other entities identified as eligible 

for federal financial assistance from 

FHWA. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected quarterly, semiannually, or 

annually, as required by the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the 

grant program. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour per respondent per 

form per grant award. This includes 

time to review the form instructions, 

research existing sources to gather 

necessary data, complete and review the 

form before submitting to FHWA. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is expected that approximately 

2,500 respondents will complete up to 

4 PPR forms for a up to 10 grant awards 

per respondent for an estimated total of 

100,000 annual burden hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 


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