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17 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4The Exchange originally filed to amend the Fee 

Schedule on May 3, 2021 (SR–NYSEArca–2021–34), 

then withdrew and refiled on May 12, 2021 (SR– 

NYSEArca–2021–42) and May 21, 2021 (SR– 

NYSEArca–2021–45), which latter filing the 

Exchange withdrew on June 2, 2021. 

5See Fee Schedule, NYSE Arca OPTIONS: 

TRADE-RELATED CHARGES FOR STANDARD 

OPTIONS, TRANSACTION FEE FOR MANUAL 

EXECUTIONS—PER CONTRACT. 

6See, e.g., Nasdaq PHLX LLC (‘‘Phlx’’) Pricing 

Schedule, available at: https://

listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/phlx/rules/ 

Phlx%20Options%207 (providing $0.35 per 

contract rate for manual transactions by market 

makers); Cboe Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Cboe’’) Fee 

Schedule, available at: https://cdn.cboe.com/ 

resources/membership/Cboe_FeeSchedule.pdf 

(providing $0.35 per contract rate for manual 

transactions by market makers). 

7See Rules 6.37A–O(b) (setting forth the 

continuous quoting obligations of LMMs to provide 

two-sided quotations in its appointed issues for 

90% of the time the Exchange is open for trading 

in each issue) and 6.82–O(c) (regarding additional 

obligations specific to LMMs, including that LMMs 

that operate on the Trading Floor are required to be 

Continued 

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 

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– 

CBOE–2021–036 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–CBOE–2021–036. 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 20549–1090, 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–CBOE–2021–036, and 

should be submitted on or before July 2, 

2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.17

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12243 Filed 6–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–92123; No. SR–NYSEArca– 

2021–50] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Modify the NYSE Arca 

Options Fee Schedule 

June 7, 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 June 2, 

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’’) regarding the charges 

applicable to Manual transactions by 

NYSE Arca Market Makers and Lead 

Market Makers. The Exchange proposes 

to implement the fee change effective 

June 2, 2021.4 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 modify 

the Fee Schedule regarding the charges 

for Manual executions by NYSE Arca 

Market Makers (‘‘Market Makers’’) and 

Lead Market Makers (‘‘LMMs’’). 

Currently, Market Makers are charged 

$0.25 per contract for Manual 

executions, and LMMs are charged 

$0.18 per contract for Manual 

executions.5

The Exchange proposes to modify the 

rates charged for Manual executions to 

$0.35 per contract for Market Makers 

and $0.30 per contract for LMMs. The 

proposed rate for Market Makers is 

competitive and intended to align the 

Exchange’s fees for Manual transactions 

by Market Makers with those charged by 

other markets.6 The proposed rate for 

LMMs would reduce the existing 

disparity between rates charged to 

LMMs and Market Makers from seven 

cents ($0.07) to five ($0.05), which 

disparity the Exchange believes 

continues to be justified given the 

heightened obligations and additional 

fees imposed on LMMs.7


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present every day). See Fee Schedule, NYSE Arca 

General Options and Trading Permit (OTP) Fee, 

Lead Market Maker Rights (setting forth the Rights 

Fee assessed on each issue in an LMM’s allocation, 

with rates based on the Average National Daily 

Customer Contracts). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5). 

10See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 

(June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) 

(S7–10–04) (‘‘Reg NMS Adopting Release’’). 

11The OCC publishes options and futures volume 

in a variety of formats, including daily and monthly 

volume by exchange, available here: https://

www.theocc.com/Market-Data/Market-DataReports/Volume-and-Open-Interest/MonthlyWeekly-Volume-Statistics. 

12Based on a compilation of OCC data for 

monthly volume of equity-based options and 

monthly volume of ETF-based options, see id., the 

Exchange’s market share in multiply-listed equity 

and ETF options decreased slightly from 11.10% for 

the month of March 2020 to 10.16% for the month 

of March 2021. 

13See supra note 6. 

14See supra note 7. 

15The Exchange does not impose any fee on 

Manual transactions by Customers but does charge 

$0.25 per contract for Manual transactions by 

Firms, Broker-Dealers and Professional Customers, 

which rates are consistent with fees charged these 

market participants on other exchanges. See, e.g., 

supra note 6, PHLX Pricing Schedule and Cboe Fee 

Schedule (both exchanges imposing no charge for 

manual transactions by customers and imposing a 

$0.25 per contract rate for manual transactions by 

firms, broker-dealers and professional customers). 

16See e.g., Notice of Filing and Immediate 

Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify 

the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule Regarding the 

Limits on Fees for Options Strategy Executions, 

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 90949 (January 

19, 2021), 86 FR 7152 (January 26, 2021) (SR– 

NYSEArca–2021–06) (reducing the cap on strategy 

executions from $1,000 to $200 for OTP Holders 

that execute at least 25,000 monthly billable 

contract sides in Strategy Executions) and Fee 

Schedule, Limit of Fees on Options Strategy 

Executions. While the reduction to the cap on 

Strategy Executions is available to all OTP Holders, 

the Exchange notes that Maker Makers and LMMs 

have a time and place advantage by virtue of their 

presence on the Trading Floor to participate in such 

executions and therefore benefit from the reduced 

cap. 

17See supra notes 6 and 15. 

18See supra note 7. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b) of the Act,8 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of Sections 

6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,9 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 Proposed Rule Change Is 

Reasonable 

The Exchange operates in a highly 

competitive market. The Commission 

has repeatedly expressed its preference 

for competition over regulatory 

intervention in determining prices, 

products, and services in the securities 

markets. In Regulation NMS, the 

Commission highlighted the importance 

of market forces in determining prices 

and SRO revenues and, also, recognized 

that current regulation of the market 

system ‘‘has been remarkably successful 

in promoting market competition in its 

broader forms that are most important to 

investors and listed companies.’’ 10

There are currently 16 registered 

options exchanges competing for order 

flow. Based on publicly-available 

information, and excluding index-based 

options, no single exchange has more 

than 16% of the market share of 

executed volume of multiply-listed 

equity and ETF options trades.11

Therefore, currently no exchange 

possesses significant pricing power in 

the execution of multiply-listed equity & 

ETF options order flow. More 

specifically, in March 2021, the 

Exchange had less than 11% market 

share of executed volume of multiplylisted equity and ETF options trades.12

The Exchange believes that the evershifting market share among the 

exchanges from month to month 

demonstrates that market participants 

can shift order flow, or discontinue or 

reduce use of certain categories of 

products, in response to fee changes. 

Accordingly, competitive forces 

constrain options exchange transaction 

fees. Stated otherwise, changes to 

exchange transaction fees and rebates 

can have a direct effect on the ability of 

an exchange to compete for order flow. 

The proposed rule change is designed 

to bring the Exchange’s fees for Market 

Maker Manual executions into 

alignment with those charged on other 

markets with Trading Floors. The 

Exchange believes it is reasonable to 

increase certain fees, similar to fees 

assessed by competing options 

exchanges for similar transactions, and 

notes that LMMs will continue to be 

charged lower fees than those assessed 

by competing options exchanges for 

similar transactions.13 The Exchange 

also believes that it is reasonable to 

continue to offer LMMs lower fees than 

Market Makers for Manual transactions 

given that LMMs are subject to 

heightened obligations and additional 

monthly Rights Fees.14

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed increased charge for Manual 

executions by Market Makers and LMMs 

but not for other market participants is 

reasonable because the resulting 

disparity would align the Exchange’s 

fees for Manual executions with the fees 

charged on other exchanges.15 In 

addition, the Exchange believes that 

other pricing incentives offered by the 

Exchange would continue to encourage 

Market Makers and LMMs to conduct 

Manual transactions on the Exchange.16

The Exchange thus believes the 

proposed changes, even though they are 

increased fees, would not discourage 

Market Makers and LMMs from 

continuing to conduct Manual 

executions on the Exchange and would 

continue to attract volume and liquidity 

to the Exchange generally and would 

therefore benefit all market participants 

(including those that do not participate 

in Manual executions) through 

increased opportunities to trade. 

Finally, to the extent the proposed 

fees do not discourage Market Makers 

and LMMs from continuing to conduct 

Manual executions on the Exchange, the 

Exchange believes the proposed changes 

would continue to improve the 

Exchange’s overall competitiveness and 

strengthen its market quality for all 

market participants. In the backdrop of 

the competitive environment in which 

the Exchange operates, the proposed 

rule change is a reasonable attempt by 

the Exchange to maintain its market 

share relative to its competitors. 

The Proposed Rule Change Is an 

Equitable Allocation of Fees and 

Rebates 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change is an equitable allocation of 

its fees and credits. The proposal is 

based on the type of business transacted 

on the Exchange, and Market Makers 

and LMMs can opt to participate in 

Manual executions or not. The 

Exchange notes that the increased fees 

for Manual executions by Market 

Makers and LMMs, but not for other 

market participants, represents an 

equitable allocation of fees given that 

the proposed fees (and resulting 

disparity) are consistent with fees 

charged for Manual executions by 

market makers on other exchanges.17

The Exchange also believes that 

continuing to offer LMMs lower fees 

than Market Makers is an equitable 

allocation of fees given that LMMs are 

subject to heightened obligations and 

additional fees set forth in the 

Exchange’s Fee Schedule.18

Moreover, even though the proposed 

changes increase the fees applicable to 

Manual executions by Market Makers 

and LMMs, the Exchange does not 

believe they will discourage such 

executions on the Exchange or the 

aggregation of such executions at the 

Exchange as a primary execution venue, 

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19See supra note 16. 

20See supra notes 6, 15 and 16. 

21See supra note 7. 

22See Reg NMS Adopting Release, supra note 10, 

at 37499. 

23See supra notes 6, 15 and 16. 

24See supra note 11. 

25Based on a compilation of OCC data for 

monthly volume of equity-based options and 

monthly volume of ETF-based options, see id., the 

Exchange’s market share in multiply-listed equity 

and ETF options decreased slightly from 11.10% for 

the month of March 2020 to 10.16% for the month 

of March 2021. 

26See supra notes 6 and 15. 

on the Exchange.19 To the extent that 

the proposed changes continue to attract 

Manual executions to the Exchange, this 

order flow would continue to make the 

Exchange a more competitive venue for, 

among other things, order execution. 

Thus, the Exchange believes the 

proposed rule change would continue to 

improve market quality for all market 

participants on the Exchange and, as a 

consequence, continue to attract more 

order flow to the Exchange, thereby 

improving market-wide quality and 

price discovery. 

The Proposed Rule Change Is Not 

Unfairly Discriminatory 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposal is not unfairly discriminatory 

because the proposed modifications 

would apply to all Market Makers and 

LMMs conduct Manual executions on 

the Exchange on an equal and nondiscriminatory basis. 

The proposal is based on the amount 

and type of business transacted on the 

Exchange, and Market Makers and 

LMMs are not obligated to participate in 

Manual executions on the Exchange. 

Rather, the proposal is designed to 

continue to encourage the use of the 

Exchange as a primary trading venue (if 

they have not done so previously) by 

maintaining the Trading Floor for 

Manual executions. 

The Exchange also believes that 

increasing fees for Manual executions 

by Market Makers, but not other market 

participants, is not unfairly 

discriminatory given that the proposed 

rates (and resulting disparity) are a 

competitive response to rates charged 

on competing options exchanges for 

manual executions by market makers 

and because these participants may 

available themselves of other reduced 

fees and incentives offered by the 

Exchange.20 The Exchange also believes 

that it is not unfairly discriminatory to 

continue to offer LMMs lower fees than 

Market Makers given that LMMs are 

subject to heightened obligations and 

additional fees set forth in the 

Exchange’s Fee Schedule.21

To the extent that the proposed 

change assists the Exchange in 

continuing to attract Manual executions 

to the Trading Floor, this order flow 

would continue to make the Exchange a 

more competitive venue for order 

execution. Thus, the Exchange believes 

the proposed rule change would 

contribute to market quality for all 

market participants on the Exchange 

and, as a consequence, attract more 

order flow to the Exchange, thereby 

improving market-wide quality and 

price discovery. The resulting volume 

and liquidity would continue to provide 

more trading opportunities and tighter 

spreads to all market participants and 

thus would promote just and equitable 

principles of trade, remove 

impediments to and perfect the 

mechanism of a free and open market 

and a national market system and, in 

general, protect investors and the public 

interest. 

Finally, the Exchange believes that it 

is subject to significant competitive 

forces, as described below in the 

Exchange’s statement regarding the 

burden on competition. 

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, as discussed above, the 

Exchange believes that the proposed 

changes would be consistent with 

charges for similar business at other 

markets. As a result, the Exchange 

believes that the proposed changes 

further the Commission’s goal in 

adopting Regulation NMS of fostering 

integrated competition among orders, 

which promotes ‘‘more efficient pricing 

of individual stocks for all types of 

orders, large and small.’’ 22

Intramarket Competition. The 

proposed change is designed to 

continue to promote the use of the 

Exchange as a primary trading venue by 

maintaining the Trading Floor for 

Manual executions, which would 

enhance the quality of quoting and may 

increase the volumes of contracts traded 

on the Exchange. The Exchange believes 

that the proposed increased fees for 

Manual executions by Market Makers 

and LMMs but not for other market 

participants would not impose any 

burden on intermarket competition that 

is not necessary or appropriate because 

the proposed fees (and resulting 

disparity) are consistent with fees 

charged for Manual executions by 

market makers on other exchanges and 

because these participants may available 

themselves of other reduced fees and 

incentives offered by the Exchange.23

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed modifications to the rates 

applicable to Manual executions by 

Market Makers and LMMs will not 

discourage those market participants 

from continuing to conduct Manual 

executions on the Exchange (including 

because LMMs will continue to receive 

lower fees than those assessed by 

competing options exchanges for similar 

transactions). To the extent that this 

purpose is achieved, all of the 

Exchange’s market participants should 

benefit from the continued market 

liquidity. Enhanced market quality and 

increased transaction volume that 

results from the increase in order flow 

directed to the Exchange will benefit all 

market participants and improve 

competition on the Exchange. 

Intermarket Competition. The 

Exchange operates in a highly 

competitive market in which market 

participants can readily favor one of the 

16 competing option exchanges if they 

deem fee levels at a particular venue to 

be excessive. In such an environment, 

the Exchange must continually adjust its 

mechanisms and fees to remain 

competitive with other exchanges and to 

attract order flow to the Exchange. 

Based on publicly-available 

information, and excluding index-based 

options, no single exchange currently 

has more than 16% of the market share 

of executed volume of multiply-listed 

equity and ETF options trades.24

Therefore, no exchange currently 

possesses significant pricing power in 

the execution of multiply-listed equity & 

ETF options order flow. More 

specifically, in March 2021, the 

Exchange had less than 11% market 

share of executed volume of multiplylisted equity and ETF options trades.25

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change reflects this 

competitive environment because it 

modifies the Exchange’s fees to be more 

closely aligned with fees charged by 

other markets with Trading Floors for 

similar transactions.26 The Exchange 

also believes that the proposed changes 

would continue to promote competition 

between the Exchange and other 

execution venues by encouraging orders 

to be sent to the Exchange for execution. 

To the extent that this purpose is 

achieved, all the Exchange’s market 

participants should benefit from the 

improved market quality and increased 

opportunities for price improvement. 


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27 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

28 17 CFR 240.19 b–4(f)(2). 

29 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 30 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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) 27 of the Act and 

subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 28

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) 29 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–2021–50 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–2021–50. 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–2021–50, and 

should be submitted on or before July 2, 

2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.30

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12250 Filed 6–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11428] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Statement Regarding a 

Lost or Stolen U.S. Passport Book and/ 

or Card 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection 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 August 

10, 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–2021–0012 in 

the Search field. Then click the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete 

the comment form. 

• Email: PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. 

• Regular Mail: Send written 

comments to: Passport Forms Officer, 

U.S. Department of State, CA/PPT/S/ 

PMO, 44132 Mercure Cir., P.O. Box 

1199, Sterling, VA 20166–1199. 

You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and the OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

Contact: Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Kim Makle, Program Manager, U.S. 

Department of State, CA/PPT/S/PMO, 

44132 Mercure Cir., P.O. Box 1199, 

Sterling, VA 20166–1199, who may be 

reached at PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen 

U.S. Passport Book and/or Card. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0014. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Passport Services, 

Office of Program Management and 

Operational Support (CA/PPT/S/PMO). 

• Form Number: DS–64. 

• Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

529,122. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

529,122. 

• Average Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

44,094 hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 


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