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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(7). 

2 7 U.S.C. 7a–2(c). 

3 17 CFR 1.31. 

4 82 FR 24479 (May 30, 2017). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to rates not of general applicability for 

Inbound Parcel Post (at Universal Postal 

Union (UPU) Rates). 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s Web site (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3007.40. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern market dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3010, and 39 

CFR part 3020, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 

39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: CP2017–267; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 

Service of Filing Changes in Rates Not 

of General Applicability for Certain 

Inbound Parcel Post (at UPU Rates), and 

Application for Non-Public Treatment; 

Filing Acceptance Date: August 15, 

2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3633 

and 39 CFR 3015.5; Public 

Representative: Katalin K. Clendenin; 

Comments Due: August 23, 2017. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17592 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–81402; File No. SR–CFE– 

2017–002] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; CBOE 

Futures Exchange, LLC; Notice of 

Filing of a Proposed Rule Change 

Regarding Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

August 15, 2017. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(7) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 notice is hereby given that on 

August 7, 2017 CBOE Futures Exchange, 

LLC (‘‘CFE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

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

the proposed rule change described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by CFE. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. CFE 

also has filed this proposed rule change 

with the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (‘‘CFTC’’). CFE filed a 

written certification with the CFTC 

under Section 5c(c) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’) 2 on August 7, 

2017. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Description of the Proposed Rule 

Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend CFE 

Rules 502 and 535 related to 

recordkeeping requirements. The scope 

of this filing is limited solely to the 

application of the proposed rule 

amendments to security futures that 

may be traded on CFE. Although no 

security futures are currently listed for 

trading on CFE, CFE may list security 

futures for trading in the future. The text 

of the proposed rule change is attached 

as Exhibit 4 to the filing but is not 

attached to the publication of this 

notice. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, CFE 

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. CFE has prepared 

summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

CFE Rule 502 sets forth CFE’s 

requirements relating to record retention 

periods and the inspection and delivery 

of books and records. CFE Rule 535 

provides that any CFE Trading Privilege 

Holder subject to CFTC Regulation 

1.31 3 that violates CFTC Regulation 

1.31 shall be deemed to have violated 

Rule 535. Rule 535 also includes the 

text of CFTC Regulation 1.31 within 

Rule 535. 

The CFTC recently issued a final 

rulemaking regarding recordkeeping 

requirements which amends CFTC 

Regulation 1.31.4 The amendments to 

CFTC Regulation 1.31 become effective 

on August 28, 2017. CFE is proposing to 

amend Rules 502 and 535 to conform 

them to amended CFTC Regulation 1.31. 

Rule 502 continues to provide for a five 

year record retention period consistent 

with CFTC Regulation 1.31. In 

conformity with amended CFTC 

Regulation 1.31, CFE is proposing to 

amend Rule 502 to provide that required 

books and records exclusively created 

and maintained on paper shall be 

readily accessible during the first two 

years of that five year period and that 

electronic books and records shall be 

readily accessible for the entire five year 

period. CFE is proposing to amend Rule 

535 to replace the previous text of CFTC 

Regulation 1.31 with the new text of 

CFTC Regulation 1.31. CFE is proposing 

to amend Rule 535 to modernize and 

make technology neutral the form and 

manner in which regulatory records 

must be kept, as well as rationalize the 

current rule text for ease of 

understanding, consistent with the 

changes made to CFTC Regulation 1.31. 

Specifically, the proposed changes to 

Rule 535 eliminate the requirement for 

a records entity to: (1) Keep electronic 

regulatory records in their native file 

format; (2) retain any electronic record 

in a non-rewritable, non-erasable 

format; and (3) engage a third-party 

technical consultant. 


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39622 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 160 / Monday, August 21, 2017 / Notices 

5 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

6 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(7). 8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

9 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(73). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3All capitalized terms not defined herein have 

the same definition as the Framework or Default 

Fund Methodology, as applicable. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b) of the Act,5 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of Sections 

6(b)(5) 6 and 6(b)(7) 7 in particular in 

that it is designed: 

• To prevent fraudulent and 

manipulative acts and practices, 

• to promote just and equitable 

principles of trade, and 

• to remove impediments to and 

perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and in general, to protect 

investors and the public interest. 

The proposed rule change would 

align CFE’s rules related to 

recordkeeping with the CFTC’s 

amended recordkeeping requirements. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change furthers the 

ability of the Exchange to regulate its 

market by providing for updated and 

enhanced recordkeeping requirements 

(which include, among other things, a 

requirement to keep electronic records 

readily accessible for a [sic] five years). 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

CFE does not believe that the 

proposed rule change will impose any 

burden on competition not necessary or 

appropriate in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act, in that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the CFTC’s amended recordkeeping 

requirements. The Exchange believes 

that the proposed rule change is 

equitable and not unfairly 

discriminatory in that the rule 

amendments included in the proposed 

rule change would apply equally to all 

CFE Trading Privilege Holders. 

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 proposed rule change will 

become operative on August 28, 2017. 

At any time within 60 days of the date 

of effectiveness of the proposed rule 

change, the Commission, after 

consultation with the CFTC, may 

summarily abrogate the proposed rule 

change and require that the proposed 

rule change be refiled in accordance 

with the provisions of Section 19(b)(1) 

of the Act.8

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– 

CFE–2017–002 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–CFE–2017–002. 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 Web site (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 Web site 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 such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–CFE– 

2017–002, and should be submitted on 

or before September 11, 2017. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.9

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17549 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–81399; File No. SR–LCH 

SA–2017–007] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH 

SA; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule 

Change Relating to Margin Framework 

and Default Fund Methodology for 

Options on Index Credit Default Swaps 

August 15, 2017. 

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 August 1, 

2017, Banque Centrale de 

Compensation, which conducts 

business under the name LCH SA (‘‘LCH 

SA’’), filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

the proposed rule change described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared primarily by LCH 

SA. The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change from interested 

persons. 

I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the 

Terms of Substance of the Proposed 

Rule Change 

LCH SA is proposing to amend its (i) 

Reference Guide: CDS Margin 

Framework (‘‘CDSClear Margin 

Framework’’ or ‘‘Framework’’) and (ii) 

CDSClear Default Fund Methodology 

(‘‘Default Fund Methodology’’) to 

incorporate terms and to make 

conforming and clarifying changes to 

allow options on index credit default 

swaps (‘‘CDS Options’’) to be cleared by 

LCH SA.3 A separate proposed rule 

change has been submitted concurrently 

(SR–LCH SA–2017–006) with respect to 

amendments to LCH SA’s rule book and 

other relevant procedures to incorporate 

terms and to make conforming and 

clarifying changes to allow options on 

index credit default swaps (‘‘CDS’’) to 

be cleared by LCH SA. The launch of 

clearing CDS Options will be contingent 

on LCH SA’s receipt of all necessary 

regulatory approvals, including the 


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