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Preservation and Access. 

4. Date: October 14, 2021 

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Performing Arts, for the Humanities 

Collections and Reference Resources 

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5. Date: October 19, 2021 

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applications on the topic of Indigenous 

Studies, for the Humanities Collections 

and Reference Resources grant program, 

submitted to the Division of 

Preservation and Access. 

6. Date: October 19, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of U.S. 

History, for the Public Humanities 

Projects: Exhibitions (Implementation) 

grant program, submitted to the Division 

of Public Programs. 

7. Date: October 20, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topics of Arts and 

Music, for the Media Projects: 

Production Grants, submitted to the 

Division of Public Programs. 

8. Date: October 21, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Public Humanities 

Projects: Humanities Discussions 

Grants, submitted to the Division of 

Public Programs. 

9. Date: October 21, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of Art History, 

for the Humanities Collections and 

Reference Resources grant program, 

submitted to the Division of 

Preservation and Access. 

10. Date: October 22, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of American 

Studies, for the Media Projects: 

Production Grants, submitted to the 

Division of Public Programs. 

11. Date: October 26, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

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American and Western History, for the 

Public Humanities Projects: Exhibitions 

(Implementation) grant program, 

submitted to the Division of Public 

Programs. 

12. Date: October 26, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of Indigenous 

Studies, for the Humanities Collections 

and Reference Resources grant program, 

submitted to the Division of 

Preservation and Access. 

13. Date: October 27, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of U.S. 

History, for the Humanities Collections 

and Reference Resources grant program, 

submitted to the Division of 

Preservation and Access. 

14. Date: October 27, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of Podcasts, 

for the Media Projects: Production 

Grants, submitted to the Division of 

Public Programs. 

15. Date: October 28, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of U.S. 

History, for the Public Humanities 

Projects: Exhibitions (Implementation) 

grant program, submitted to the Division 

of Public Programs. 

16. Date: October 28, 2021 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of American 

Studies, for the Humanities Collections 

and Reference Resources grant program, 

submitted to the Division of 

Preservation and Access. 

Because these meetings will include 

review of personal and/or proprietary 

financial and commercial information 

given in confidence to the agency by 

grant applicants, the meetings will be 

closed to the public pursuant to sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) of Title 5, 

U.S.C., as amended. I have made this 

determination pursuant to the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings dated 

April 15, 2016. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

Samuel Roth, 

Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

The National Science Board’s 

Committee on Oversight hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of a 

teleconference for the transaction of 

National Science Board business 

pursuant to the National Science 

Foundation Act and the Government in 

the Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, September 21, 

2021, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the teleconference is: Chair’s opening 

remarks; review draft NSB Overview of 

Merit Review Digest; review questions 

and data requests applicable to future 

Merit Review Digests; discuss priorities 

for Committee on Oversight efforts for 

the rest of 2021; and discuss CO 

oversight of the new TIP directorate. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: Ann 

Bushmiller, abushmil@nsf.gov, 703/ 

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must send an email to 

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hours prior to the teleconference. The 

National Science Board Office will send 

requesters a toll-free dial-in number. 

Meeting information and updates may 

be found at the National Science Board 

website at www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Chris Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Geosciences; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92 

–463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces the 

following meeting: 

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Committee for Geosciences (1755). 

DATE AND TIME: October 13–14, 2021; 

11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314/Virtual Meeting registration 

information is available on the GEO 

Advisory Committee website at https:// 

www.nsf.gov/geo/advisory.jsp. 

TYPE OF MEETING: Open. 

CONTACT PERSON: Melissa Lane, National 

Science Foundation, Room C 8000, 2415 

Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22314; Phone 703–292–8500 

MINUTES: May be obtained from the 

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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 No. 77724 

(April 27, 2016), 81 FR 30614 (May 17, 2016). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79318 

(November 15, 2016), 81 FR 84696 (November 23, 

2016) (‘‘Order Approving the National Market 

System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit 

Trail’’) (‘‘Approval Order’’). 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89679 

(August 26, 2020), 85 FR 54461 (September 1, 2020) 

(Notice of Filing of File No. SR–FINRA–2020–024). 

7See Letter from Lisa C. Horrigan, Associate 

General Counsel, FINRA, to Vanessa Countryman, 

Secretary, Commission, dated October 29, 2020. 

8See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 90535 

(November 30, 2020), 85 FR 78395 (December 4, 

2020) (Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 1 and 

Order Granting Accelerated Approval of SR– 

FINRA–2020–024). 

9See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 92239 

(June 23, 2021), 86 FR 34293 (June 29, 2021) (SR– 

FINRA–2021–017) (Notice of Filing and Immediate 

Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to 

the Retirement of FINRA’s Order Audit Trail 

System). 

10 17 CFR 242.600(B)(47). 

Agenda 

October 13, 2021 

• Directorate and NSF activities and 

plans 

• Discussion of the Administration and 

NSF Focus Area on Climate Change 

• Discussion of the Recently Released 

NASEM Earth System Science Study 

• Briefing on the Future TIP Directorate 

October 14, 2021 

• Report outs from Division Meetings 

• Update on OPP Activities 

• Report on the EAR Committee of 

Visitors Meeting 

• Report on the GEO Education & 

Diversity Committee of Visitors 

Meeting 

• Meeting with the NSF Director and 

Chief Operating Officer 

• Action Items/Planning for Spring 

2022 Meeting 

Dated: September 15, 2021. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–92982; File No. SR– 

NYSEARCA–2021–80] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Delete the Order Audit 

Trail System Rules in the Rule 6.7400– 

E Series 

September 14, 2021. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

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

notice is hereby given that, on 

September 7, 2021, NYSE Arca, Inc. 

(‘‘NYSE Arca’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

the proposed rule change as described 

in Items I and II, below, which Items 

have been prepared by the selfregulatory 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 delete the 

Order Audit Trail System (‘‘OATS’’) 

rules in the Rule 6.7400–E Series as 

these Rules provide for the collection of 

information that is duplicative of the 

data collection requirements of the CAT. 

Further, the Financial Industry 

Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) has 

determined to eliminate its OATS rules. 

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 

Rule 613 of Regulation NMS requires 

national securities exchanges and 

FINRA to create, implement, and 

maintain a consolidated audit trail to 

capture customer and order event 

information for orders in NMS 

Securities and OTC Equity Securities, 

across all markets, from the time of 

order inception through routing, 

cancellation, modification, or execution 

in a single consolidated data source. 

The Participants filed the Plan to 

comply with Rule 613 of Regulation 

NMS under the Act. The Plan was 

published for comment in the Federal 

Register on May 17, 2016,4 and 

approved by the Commission, as 

modified, on November 15, 2016.5

On August 14, 2020, FINRA filed with 

the Commission a proposed rule change 

to delete the OATS rules once Industry 

Members are effectively reporting to the 

CAT (the ‘‘OATS Retirement Filing’’).6

On October 29, 2020, FINRA filed 

Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule 

change (‘‘Amendment No. 1’’) and a 

response to the comments that were 

submitted on the original filing 

(‘‘Response to Comments’’).7 On 

November 30, 2020, the Commission 

approved the proposed rule change, as 

modified by Amendment No. 1, on an 

accelerated basis.8 On June 17, 2021, 

FINRA filed a proposed rule change 

setting forth the basis for its 

determination that the accuracy and 

reliability of the CAT meet the 

standards approved by the Commission 

in the OATS Retirement Filing for 

purposes of eliminating the OATS 

rules.9 The FINRA proposal stated that 

FINRA would retire OATS effective 

September 1, 2021. 

After conducting an analysis of its 

rules in accordance with the CAT NMS 

Plan, the Exchange has determined that 

the information collected pursuant to 

the OATS rules is intended to be 

collected by CAT. Further, the Exchange 

believes that the Rule 6.7400–E Series 

will no longer be necessary and 

proposes to delete such rules from the 

Exchange’s rulebook. Discussed below 

is a description of the duplicative rule 

requirements as well as the timeline for 

eliminating the duplicative rules 

followed by a discussion on the OATS 

Retirement Filing that formed the basis 

for retiring OATS. 

Duplicative OATS Requirements 

The Rule 6.7400–E Series consists of 

Rules 6.7410–E through 6.7470–E and 

sets forth the recording and reporting 

requirements of the OATS Rules. The 

OATS Rules require all Exchange 

members and associated persons to 

record in electronic form and report to 

FINRA, on a daily basis, certain 

information with respect to orders 

originated, received, transmitted, 

modified, canceled, or executed by 

members in all NMS stocks, as that term 

is defined in Rule 600(b)(47) of 

Regulation NMS,10 traded on the 

Exchange. The Exchange relies on the 

information reported to OATS either to 

conduct surveillance or to facilitate 

surveillance conducted by FINRA