32212 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 103 / Friday, May 27, 2022 / Notices 

12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1Since the last renewal period, when there was 

one security futures exchange that reported 

transactions, that exchanged has ceased operation. 

Therefore, currently, no security futures exchanges 

report any transaction in security futures on Form 

R31. 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.12

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11399 Filed 5–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–537, OMB Control No. 

3235–0597] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Extension: 

Rule 31 and Form R31 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the existing collection of information 

provided for in Rule 31 (17 CFR 240.31) 

and Form R31 (17 CFR 249.11) under 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78ee) (‘‘Exchange Act’’). The 

Commission plans to submit this 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. 

Section 31 of the Exchange Act 

requires the Commission to collect fees 

and assessments from national 

securities exchanges and national 

securities associations (collectively, 

‘‘self-regulatory organizations’’ or 

‘‘SROs’’) based on the volume of their 

securities transactions. To collect the 

proper amounts, the Commission 

adopted Rule 31 and Form R31 under 

the Exchange Act whereby each SRO 

must report to the Commission the 

volume of its securities transactions and 

the Commission, based on those data, 

calculates the amount of fees and 

assessments that each SRO owes 

pursuant to Section 31. Rule 31 and 

Form R31 require each SRO to provide 

these data on a monthly basis. 

Currently, there are 27 respondents 

under Rule 31 that are subject to the 

collection of information requirements 

of Rule 31: 24 national securities 

exchanges, one national securities 

association, and two registered clearing 

agencies that are required to provide 

certain data in their possession needed 

by the SROs to complete Form R31, 

although these two clearing agencies are 

not themselves required to complete 

and submit Form R31.1 The 

Commission estimates that the total 

burden for all 27 respondents is 432 

hours per year. The Commission 

estimates that, based on previous and 

current experience, three additional 

national securities exchanges will 

become registered and subject to the 

reporting requirements of Rule 31 over 

the course of the authorization period 

and collectively incur a burden of 18 

hours per year. Thus, the Commission 

estimates the collective burden for all 

respondents (existing and new added 

together) to be 450 hours per year. The 

SEC does not believe that the 27 existing 

or 3 expected new respondents will 

have to incur any capital or start-up 

costs, or any additional operational or 

maintenance costs (other than as already 

discussed in this paragraph), to comply 

with the collection of information 

requirements imposed by Rule 31 and 

Form R31. The SEC estimates that the 

average annual cost to the SEC of 

processing all of these filings would be 

$20,307.48 (90.1 hours at an average of 

$225.39 per hour). 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted in 

writing by July 26, 2022. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

under the PRA unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Please direct your written comments 

to: David Bottom, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o John 

Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: May 23, 2022. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11390 Filed 5–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–94970; File No. SR– 

PEARL–2022–19] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX 

PEARL, LLC; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend the MIAX Pearl 

Options Fee Schedule 

May 23, 2022. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 

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

of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 

thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that 

on May 9, 2022, MIAX PEARL, LLC 

(‘‘MIAX Pearl’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the Exchange. 

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 is filing a proposal to 

amend the MIAX Pearl Options Fee 

Schedule (the ‘‘Fee Schedule’’). 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s website at 

http://www.miaxoptions.com/rulefilings/pearl at MIAX Pearl’s principal 

office, 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 

Exchange 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 these 

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 aspects of such 

statements. 


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