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28 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(57). 

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

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 88596 

(April 8, 2020), 85 FR 20796 (April 14, 2020) (SR– 

NYSEArca–2020–29); 88812 (May 5, 2020), 85 FR 

27787 (May 11, 2020) (SR–NYSEArca–2020–38). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 89038 

(June 10, 2020), 85 FR 36447 (June 16, 2020) (SR– 

NYSEArca–2020–52); 89242 (June 7, 2020), 85 FR 

42037 (July 13, 2020) (SR–NYSEArca–2020–60); 

89480 (August 5, 2020), 85 FR 48591 (August 11, 

2020) (SR–NYSEArca–2020–69); 89694 (August 27, 

2020), 85 FR 54608 (September 2, 2020) 

(SRNYSEArca–2020–76); 90191 (October 15, 2020), 

85 FR 67032 (October 21, 2020) (SRNYSEArca– 

2020–90); 90838 (December 31, 2020), 86 FR 657 

(January 6, 2021) (SRNYSEArca–2020–115), 91372 

(March 18, 2021) 86 FR 15980 (March 25, 2021) 

(SR–NYSEArca–2021–18). 

6See Exchange Act Release No. 91936 (May 19, 

2021) 86 FR 28178 (May 25, 2021) (SR–NYSEArca– 

2021–41). 

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–NYSEArca–2021–31. 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 (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 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 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEArca–2021–31 and 

should be submitted by September 3, 

2021. Rebuttal comments should be 

submitted by September 17, 2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.28

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17305 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–92614; No. SR–NYSEArca– 

2021–69] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Modify the NYSE Arca 

Options Fee Schedule 

August 9, 2021. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that, on August 

4, 2021, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’ 

or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I, II, and 

III below, which Items have been 

prepared by the self-regulatory 

organization. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to modify the 

NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule (‘‘Fee 

Schedule’’). The Exchange proposes to 

implement the fee change effective 

August 4, 2021. The proposed rule 

change is available on the Exchange’s 

website at www.nyse.com, at the 

principal office of the Exchange, and at 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of, 

and basis for, the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of this filing is to amend 

the Fee Schedule to remove language 

associated with a fee waiver and a credit 

that expired at the close of business on 

June 30, 2021. 

On March 18, 2020, the Exchange 

announced that it would temporarily 

close the Trading Floor, effective March 

23, 2020, as a precautionary measure to 

prevent the potential spread of COVID– 

19. Following the temporary closure of 

the Trading Floor, the Exchange waived 

certain Floor-based fixed fees for April 

and May 2020.4 Although the Trading 

Floor partially reopened on May 4, 2020 

and Floor-based open outcry activity 

was supported, certain participants 

were unable to resume pre-Floor closure 

levels of operations. As a result, the 

Exchange extended the fee waiver 

through June 2021, but only for Floor 

Broker firms that were unable to operate 

at more than 50% of their March 2020 

on-Floor staffing levels and for Market 

Maker firms that had vacant or 

‘‘unmanned’’ Podia for the entire month 

due to COVID–19 related considerations 

(the ‘‘Qualifying Firms’’).5

Because the Trading Floor continued 

to operate with reduced capacity, the 

Exchange extended the fee waiver for 

Qualifying Firms through ‘‘the earlier of 

the first full month of a full reopening 

of the Trading Floor facilities to Floor 

personnel or June 2021’’. The Trading 

Floor re-opened without social 

distancing requirements for vaccinated 

personnel on May 12, 2021. 

Additionally, in May 2021, the 

Exchange implemented an incentive to 

encourage Floor Brokers to increase 

their Professional Customer billable 

volume.6 Specifically, the Exchange 

offered Floor Brokers a credit of $0.13 

per contract for each billable 


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7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5). 

9 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

10 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 

11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Professional Customer contract that 

exceeded a baseline average daily 

volume for the month. This fee 

incentive was adopted with a stated 

expiration at the close of business on 

June 30, 2021. 

As the expiration date for both the fee 

waiver and the fee incentive has passed, 

the Exchange is submitting this 

proposed rule change to remove 

language related to the fee waiver and 

the fee incentive from the Fee Schedule. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b) of the Act,7 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of Sections 

6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,8 in particular, 

because it provides for the equitable 

allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 

other charges among its members, 

issuers and other persons using its 

facilities and does not unfairly 

discriminate between customers, 

issuers, brokers or dealers. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed modifications to the Fee 

Schedule to remove an expired fee 

waiver and an expired fee incentive that 

the Exchange no longer offers are 

reasonable, equitable, and not unfairly 

discriminatory because the changes 

would provide clarity to the Fee 

Schedule, and do not affect any current 

activity by any OTP Holder or OTP 

Firm. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of 

the Act, the Exchange does not believe 

that the proposed rule change would 

impose any burden on competition that 

is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

Instead, the proposed change is meant 

to add clarity and transparency to the 

Fee Schedule to the benefit of all market 

participants that trade on the Exchange. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change is effective 

upon filing pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) 9 of the Act and 

subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 10

thereunder, because it establishes a due, 

fee, or other charge imposed by the 

Exchange. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such 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 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 11 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change 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 (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

NYSEArca–2021–69 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–NYSEArca–2021–69. 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 (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 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 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEArca–2021–69, and 

should be submitted on or before 

September 3, 2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.12

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17304 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11492] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: DS–160, Online Application 

for Nonimmigrant Visa and DS–156, 

Nonimmigrant Visa Application 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collections described 

below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow 60 

days for public comment preceding 

submission of the collection to OMB. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to October 

12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web: Persons with access to the 

internet may comment on this notice by 

going to www.Regulations.gov. You can 

search for the document by entering 

‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2021–0023’’ in 

the Search field. Then click the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete 

the comment form. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. 

Aikens at PRA_BurdenComments@

state.gov or over telephone at (202)– 

485–7586. 


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