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Subcommittee of the National Science 

and Technology Council request 

comments from the public regarding the 

draft 2010 National Nanotechnology 

Initiative (NNI) Strategic Plan. The draft 

plan is posted at http:// 

strategy.nano.gov. Comments of 

approximately one page or less in length 

(4,000 characters) are requested. This 

request will be active from November 1, 

2010 to November 30, 2010. 

DATES: Comments are invited beginning 

November 1, 2010 and must be received 

by 11:59 p.m. EST on November 30, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Respondents are 

encouraged to register online at the NNI 

Strategy Portal at http:// 

strategy.nano.gov to post their 

comments (4,000 characters or less) as a 

response to the request for public 

comment. Alternatively, comments of 

one page in length or less may be 

submitted via e-mail to: 

nnistrategy@ostp.gov. Please do not 

include in your comments information 

of a confidential nature, such as 

sensitive personal information or 

proprietary information. 

Overview: The National 

Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) 

Strategic Plan is the framework that 

underpins the nanotechnology work of 

the NNI member agencies. It aims to 

ensure that advances in nanotechnology 

research and development (R&D) and 

their applications to agency missions 

and the broader national interest 

continue unabated in this still-young 

field. Its purpose is to facilitate 

achievement of the NNI vision by laying 

out targeted guidance for agency 

leaders, program managers, and the 

research community regarding planning 

and implementation of nanotechnology 

R&D investments and activities. 

The NNI is a U.S. Government R&D 

program of 25 agencies working together 

toward the common challenging vision 

of a future in which the ability to 

understand and control matter at the 

nanoscale leads to a revolution in 

technology and industry that benefits 

society. The combined, coordinated 

efforts of these agencies have 

accelerated discovery, development, 

and deployment of nanotechnology 

towards agency missions and the 

broader national interest. Established in 

2001, the NNI involves nanotechnologyrelated activities by the 25 member 

agencies, 15 of which have budgets for 

nanotechnology R&D for Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2011. 

The NNI is managed within the 

framework of the National Science and 

Technology Council (NSTC), the 

Cabinet-level council that coordinates 

science and technology across the 

Federal government and interfaces with 

other sectors. The Nanoscale Science, 

Engineering, and Technology (NSET) 

Subcommittee of the NSTC coordinates 

planning, budgeting, program 

implementation, and review of the NNI. 

The NSET Subcommittee is composed 

of senior representatives from agencies 

participating in the NNI (http:// 

www.nano.gov). 

The NSET Subcommittee has solicited 

multiple streams of input to inform the 

development of a revised NNI Strategic 

Plan. Independent reviews of the NNI 

by the President’s Council of Advisors 

on Science and Technology and the 

National Research Council of the 

National Academies have made specific 

recommendations for improving the 

NNI. Additional input has come from 

the NNI Strategic Planning Stakeholders 

Workshop in Arlington, Virginia, on 

July 13–14, 2010 (details available 

online: http://www.nano.gov/html/ 

meetings/NNISPWorkshop/index.html) 

as well as in responses to a Request for 

Information published in the Federal 

Register on July 6, 2010 and comments 

posted online in response to challenge 

questions from July 13–August 15, 2010, 

at the NNI Strategy Portal (http:// 

strategy.nano.gov). 

The NNI Strategic Plan represents the 

consensus of the participating agencies 

as to the high-level goals and priorities 

of the NNI and specific objectives for at 

least the next three years. It describes 

the four overarching goals of the NNI, 

the major Program Component Areas 

established in 2004 to broadly track the 

categories of investments needed to 

ensure the success of the initiative, and 

the near-term objectives that will be the 

concrete steps taken toward collectively 

achieving the NNI vision and goals. 

Finally, the plan describes collaborative 

interagency activities, including three 

Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives 

that are a new model of specifically 

targeted and closely coordinated 

interagency, cross-sector collaboration 

designed to accelerate innovation in 

areas of national priority. 

Your comments on this draft of the 

plan must be received by 11:59 p.m. 

EST on Sunday, November 30, 2010. 

Please reference page and line numbers 

as appropriate, and keep your responses 

to 4,000 characters or less. You may also 

e-mail your responses, no more than one 

page in length, to nnistrategy@ostp.gov. 

Responses to this notice are not offers 

and cannot be accepted by the Federal 

Government to form a binding contract 

or issue a grant. Information obtained as 

a result of this notice may be used by 

the Federal Government for program 

planning on a non-attribution basis. Do 

not include any information that might 

be considered proprietary or 

confidential. Please be aware that your 

comments may be posted online. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions about the content of this 

notice should be sent to 

NNIStrategy@ostp.gov. Questions and 

responses may also be sent by mail 

(please allow additional time for 

processing) to the address: Office of 

Science and Technology Policy, ATTN: 

NNI Strategic Plan Comments, 

Executive Office of the President, 725 

17th Street, Room 5228, Washington, 

DC 20502. Phone: (202) 456–7116, Fax: 

(202) 456–6021. 

Ted Wackler, 

Deputy Chief of Staff. 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: 

Rule 301 and Forms ATS and ATS–R; SEC 

File No. 270–451; OMB Control No. 

3235–0509. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Regulation ATS provides a regulatory 

structure for alternative trading systems. 

Regulation ATS allows an alternative 

trading system to choose between 

registering as a broker-dealer and 

complying with Regulation ATS, or 

registering as a national securities 

exchange. Regulation ATS provides the 

regulatory framework for those 

alternative trading systems that choose 

to be regulated as broker-dealers. Rule 

301 of Regulation ATS contains certain 

notice and reporting requirements, as 

well as additional obligations that apply 

only to alternative trading systems with 

significant volume. Rule 301 describes 

the conditions with which an 

alternative trading system must comply 

to be registered as a broker-dealer. The 

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Rule requires all alternative trading 

systems that wish to comply with 

Regulation ATS to file an initial 

operation report on Form ATS. The 

initial operation report requires 

information regarding operation of the 

system including the method of 

operation, access criteria and the types 

of securities traded. Alternative trading 

systems are also required to supply 

updates on Form ATS to the 

Commission, describing material 

changes to the system, and quarterly 

transaction reports on Form ATS–R. 

Alternative trading systems are also 

required to file cessation of operations 

reports on Form ATS. 

An alternative trading system with 

significant volume is required to comply 

with requirements for fair access and 

systems capacity, integrity and security. 

Under Rule 301, such alternative trading 

system is also required to establish 

standards for granting access to trading 

on its system. In addition, upon a 

decision to deny or limit an investor’s 

access to the system, an alternative 

trading system is required to provide 

notice to a user of the denial or 

limitation and its right to an appeal to 

the Commission. Regulation ATS 

requires alternative trading systems to 

preserve any records made in the 

process of complying with the systems’ 

capacity, integrity and security 

requirements. In addition, such 

alternative trading systems are required 

to notify Commission staff of material 

systems outages and significant systems 

changes. 

The Commission uses the information 

provided pursuant to the Rule to 

monitor the growth and development of 

alternative trading systems, and to 

monitor whether the systems promote 

fair and orderly securities markets and 

operate in a manner that is consistent 

with the federal securities laws. In 

particular, the information collected and 

reported to the Commission by 

alternative trading systems enables the 

Commission to evaluate the operation of 

alternative trading systems with regard 

to national market system goals, and 

monitor the competitive effects of these 

systems to ascertain whether the 

regulatory framework remains 

appropriate to the operation of such 

systems. Without the information 

provided on Forms ATS and ATS–R, the 

Commission would not have readily 

available information on a regular basis 

in a format that would allow it to 

determine whether such systems have 

adequate safeguards. 

Respondents consist of alternative 

trading systems that choose to register 

as broker-dealers and comply with the 

requirements of Regulation ATS. The 

Commission estimates that there are 

currently approximately 80 

respondents. 

An estimated 80 respondents will file 

an average total of 552 responses per 

year, which corresponds to an estimated 

aggregated annual response burden of 

1,792.5 hours (comprised of 1,356 hours 

professional labor and 436.5 hours paraprofessional labor). At an average cost 

per burden hour of approximately $316 

for professional labor and $59 for paraprofessional labor, with an additional 

35% of labor costs added to account for 

overhead costs such as printing, 

copying, and postage, the resultant total 

related cost of compliance for these 

respondents is $613,236.82 per year 

((1,356 professional burden hours 

multiplied by $316) plus (436.5 paraprofessional burden hours multiplied by 

$59) equals $454,249.50; plus 35% for 

overhead costs ($158,987.32) equals 

$613,236.82; figures may vary slightly 

due to arithmetic rounding). 

An estimated 5 respondents will 

commence operations as an ATS each 

year, necessitating the filing of an initial 

operation report on Form ATS. The 

Commission estimates that the average 

compliance burden for each respondent 

would be 20 hours, comprising 13 hours 

of in-house professional work and 7 

hours of clerical work. Thus, the total 

compliance burden per year is 100 

hours (5 responses × 20 hours = 100 

hours). The total cost of compliance for 

the annual burden is $22,605 ($316 × 13 

hours per response + $59 × 7 hours per 

response = $4,521 per response; $4,521 

× 5 responses = $22,605). In addition, 

estimated overhead costs for printing, 

copying, and postage equal to 35% of 

the value of labor costs amount to 

$1,582.35 per respondent ($4,521 times 

35%). Thus, the Commission estimates 

the total annualized cost burden would 

be $7,911.75 ($1,582.35 × 5 

respondents). 

An estimated 80 respondents will file 

an estimated two periodic amendments 

to their initial operation report on Form 

ATS each year, an estimated total of 160 

responses. The Commission estimates 

that the average compliance burden for 

each response would be 2 hours, 

comprising 1.5 hours of in-house 

professional work and 0.5 hours of 

clerical work. Thus, the total 

compliance burden per year is 320 

hours (160 responses × 2 hours = 320 

hours). The total cost of compliance for 

the annual burden is $1,007 ($316 × 1.5 

hours per response + $59 × 0.5 hours per 

response = $503.50 per response; 

$503.50 × 160 responses = $80,560). In 

addition, estimated overhead costs for 

printing, copying, and postage equal to 

35% of the value of labor costs amount 

to $176.23 per response ($503.50 times 

35%). Thus, the Commission estimates 

the annualized cost burden for each 

respondent would be $352.46 ($176.23 

× 2 responses per respondent) and the 

total annualized cost burden for all 

respondents would be $28,196.80 

($176.23 × 80 respondents × 2 responses 

per respondent). 

An estimated 80 respondents will file 

four quarterly reports on Form ATS–R 

each year for an estimated total of 320 

responses. The Commission estimates 

that that the average compliance burden 

for each response would be 4 hours, 

comprising 3 hours of in-house 

professional work and 1 hour of clerical 

work. Thus, the total compliance 

burden per year is 1,280 hours (320 

responses × 4 hours = 1,280 hours). The 

total cost of compliance for the annual 

burden is $322,240 ($316 × 3 hours per 

response + $59 × 1 hours per response 

= $1,007 per response; $1,007 × 320 

responses = $322,240). In addition, 

estimated overhead costs for printing, 

copying, and postage equal to 35% of 

the value of labor costs amount to 

$352.45 per response ($1,007 times 

35%). Thus, the Commission estimates 

the annualized cost burden for each 

respondent would be $1409.80 ($352.45 

× 4 responses per respondent) and the 

total annualized cost burden for all 

respondents would be $112,784 

($352.45 × 80 respondents × 4 responses 

per respondent). 

An estimated three respondents will 

be required to file a cessation of 

operations report on Form ATS each 

year. The Commission estimates that the 

average compliance burden for each 

response would be 2 hours, comprising 

1.5 hours of in-house professional work 

and 0.5 hours of clerical work. Thus, the 

total compliance burden per year is 6 

hours (3 responses × 2 hours = 6 hours). 

The total cost of compliance for the 

annual burden is $1,510.50 ($316 × 1.5 

hours per response + $59 × 0.5 hours per 

response = $503.50 per response; 

$503.50 × 3 responses = $1,510.50). In 

addition, estimated overhead costs for 

printing, copying, and postage equal to 

35% of the value of labor costs amount 

to $176.23 per respondent ($503.5 × 

35%). Thus, the Commission estimates 

the total annualized cost burden would 

be $528.69 ($176.23 × 3 respondents). 

An estimated two respondents will 

meet certain volume thresholds 

requiring them to establish standards for 

granting access on its trading system. 

The Commission estimates that the 

average compliance burden for each 

response would be 5 hours of in-house 

professional work at $316 per hour. 

Thus, the total compliance burden per 

year is 10 hours (2 responses × 5 hours 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

= 10 hours). The total cost of 

compliance for the annual burden is 

$3,160 ($316 × 5 hours per response × 

2 responses = $3,160). In addition, 

estimated overhead costs for printing, 

copying, and postage equal to 35% of 

the value of labor costs amount to $553 

per response ($1,580 × 35%). Thus, the 

Commission estimates the total 

annualized cost burden would be $1,106 

($553 × 2 respondents). 

An estimated two respondents will 

meet certain volume thresholds 

requiring them to provide notice to any 

user upon any decision to deny or limit 

that user’s access to the system, and 

these notice obligations will be triggered 

an estimated 27 × per year for each 

respondent. The Commission estimates 

that the average compliance burden for 

each response would be 1 hour of inhouse professional work at $316 per 

hour. Thus, the total compliance burden 

per year is 54 hours (2 respondents × 27 

responses each × 1 hour = 54 hours). 

The total cost of compliance for the 

annual burden is $17,064 ($316 × 1 hour 

per response × 54 responses = $17,064). 

In addition, estimated overhead costs 

for printing, copying, and postage equal 

to 35% of the value of labor costs 

amount to $110.60 per response ($316 × 

35%). Thus, the Commission estimates 

the annualized cost burden for each 

respondent would be $2986.20 ($110.60 

× 27 responses per respondent) and the 

total annualized cost burden for all 

respondents would be $5972.40 

($110.60 × 2 respondents × 27 responses 

per respondent). 

An estimated two respondents will 

meet certain volume thresholds 

requiring them to keep records relating 

to any steps taken to comply with 

systems capacity, integrity, and security 

requirements under Rule 301. The 

Commission estimates that the average 

compliance burden for each response 

would be 10 hours of in-house 

professional work at $316 per hour. 

Thus, the total compliance burden per 

year is 20 hours (2 respondents × 10 

hours = 20 hours). The total cost of 

compliance for the annual burden is 

$6,320 ($316 × 20 hours = $6,320). In 

addition, estimated overhead costs for 

printing, copying, and postage equal to 

35% of the value of labor costs amount 

to $1,106 per response ($3,160 × 35%). 

Thus, the Commission estimates the 

total annualized cost burden would be 

$2,212 ($1,106 × 2 respondents). 

An estimated two respondents will 

meet certain volume thresholds 

requiring them to provide a notice to the 

Commission to report any systems 

outages, and these notice obligations 

will be triggered an estimated 5 times 

per year for each respondent. The 

Commission estimates that the average 

compliance burden for each response 

would be .25 hours of in-house 

professional work at $316 per hour. 

Thus, the total compliance burden per 

year is 2.5 hours (2 respondents × 5 

responses each × .25 hours = 2.5 hours). 

The total cost of compliance for the 

annual burden is $790 ($316 × .25 hours 

per response × 10 responses = $790). In 

addition, estimated overhead costs for 

printing, copying, and postage equal to 

35% of the value of labor costs amount 

to $27.65 per response ($79 × 35%). 

Thus, the Commission estimates the 

annualized cost burden for each 

respondent would be $138.25 ($27.65 × 

5 responses per respondent) and the 

total annualized cost burden for all 

respondents would be $276.50 ($27.65 × 

2 respondents × 5 responses per 

respondent). 

Written comments are invited on 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information 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 within 60 days of this 

publication. 

Please direct your written comments 

to: Jeffrey Heslop, Acting Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22312 or send an 

e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: October 25,2010. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold a closed meeting on Thursday, 

November 4, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) 

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) 

and (10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the Closed 

Meeting. 

Commissioner Paredes, as duty 

officer, voted to consider the items 

listed for the closed meeting in a closed 

session, and determined that no earlier 

notice thereof was possible. 

The subject matter of the closed 

meeting scheduled for Thursday, 

November 4, 2010 will be: Institution 

and settlement of injunctive actions; 

institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; and other 

matters relating to enforcement 

proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have been 

added, deleted or postponed, please 

contact: The Office of the Secretary at 

(202) 551–5400. 

Dated: October 28, 2010. 

Elizabeth M. Murphy, 

Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–63179; File No. SR–ISE– 

2010–104] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

International Securities Exchange, 

LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate 

Effectiveness of Proposed Rule 

Change Amending Its Schedule of 

Fees 

October 26, 2010. 

Pursuant to 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 October 

19, 2010, International Securities 

Exchange, LLC (‘‘ISE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

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 

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