81 FR 25475 - Security-Based Swap Data Repositories; ICE Trade Vault, LLC; Notice of Filing of Application for Registration as a Security-Based Swap Data Repository
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 82 (April 28, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 82 (April 28, 2016)
| Page Range | 25475-25483 | |
| FR Document | 2016-09931 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 25475-25483] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-09931] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34-77699; File No. SBSDR-2016-01] Security-Based Swap Data Repositories; ICE Trade Vault, LLC; Notice of Filing of Application for Registration as a Security-Based Swap Data Repository April 22, 2016. I. Introduction On March 29, 2016, and as amended on April 18, 2016, ICE Trade Vault, LLC (``ICE Trade Vault'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') a Form SDR seeking registration as a security-based swap data repository (``SDR'') under Section 13(n) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') \1\ and the Commission's rules promulgated thereunder.\2\ ICE Trade Vault proposes to operate as a registered SDR for security-based swap (``SBS'') transactions in the credit derivatives asset class. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments from interested persons regarding ICE Trade Vault's Form SDR,\3\ and the Commission will consider any comments it receives in making its [[Page 25476]] determination whether to grant ICE Trade Vault registration as an SDR.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(3). \2\ 17 CFR 240.13n-1 through 240.13n-12. \3\ ICE Trade Vault filed its Form SDR, including the exhibits thereto, electronically with the Commission. The descriptions set forth in this notice regarding the structure and operations of ICE Trade Vault have been derived, excerpted, and/or summarized from information in ICE Trade Vault's Form SDR application, and principally from ICE Trade Vault's Guidebook (Exhibit GG.2), which outlines the applicant's policies and procedures designed to address its statutory and regulatory obligations as an SDR registered with the Commission. ICE Trade Vault's Form SDR application and non- confidential exhibits thereto are available in EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=0001658496&owner=exclude&action=getcompany&Find=Search. In addition, the public may access copies of these materials on the Commission's Web site at: http://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2016/ice-trade-vault-form-sdr-htm. \4\ ICE Trade Vault's Form SDR application also constitutes an application for registration as a securities information processor (``SIP''). See Exchange Act Release No. 74246 (Feb. 11, 2015), 80 FR 14438, 14458 (Mar. 19, 2015) (``SDR Adopting Release''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Background A. SDR Registration, Duties and Core Principles, and Regulation SBSR Section 763(i) of the Dodd-Frank Act added Section 13(n) to the Exchange Act, which requires an SDR to register with the Commission and provides that, to be registered and maintain registration as an SDR, an SDR must comply with certain requirements and ``core principles'' described in Section 13(n) and any requirement that the Commission may impose by rule or regulation.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78m(n). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Commission adopted Exchange Act Rules 13n-1 through 13n-12 (``SDR rules''), which require an SDR to register with the Commission and comply with certain ``duties and core principles.'' \6\ Among other requirements, the SDR rules require an SDR to collect and maintain accurate SBS data and make such data available to the Commission and other authorities so that relevant authorities will be better able to monitor the buildup and concentration of risk exposure in the SBS market.\7\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14438. \7\ See SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14450. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concurrent with the Commission's adoption of the SDR rules, the Commission adopted Regulation SBSR,\8\ which, among other things, provides for the reporting of SBS information to registered SDRs, and the public dissemination of SBS transaction, volume, and pricing information by registered SDRs. In addition, Regulation SBSR requires each registered SDR to register with the Commission as a securities information processor.\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See Exchange Act Release No. 74244 (Feb. 11, 2015), 80 FR 14563 (Mar. 19, 2015) (``Regulation SBSR Adopting Release''). \9\ See Regulation SBSR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14567. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Standard for Granting SDR Registration To be registered with the Commission as an SDR and maintain such registration, an SDR is required (absent an exemption) to comply with the requirements and core principles described in Exchange Act Section 13(n), as well as with any requirements that the Commission adopts by rule or regulation.\10\ Exchange Act Rule 13n-1(c)(3) provides that the Commission shall grant the registration of an SDR if it finds that the SDR is so organized, and has the capacity, to be able to (i) assure the prompt, accurate, and reliable performance of its functions as an SDR; (ii) comply with any applicable provisions of the securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder; and (iii) carry out its functions in a manner consistent with the purposes of Section 13(n) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.\11\ The Commission must deny registration of an SDR if it does not make such a finding.\12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Exchange Act Section 13(n)(3), 15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(3). \11\ See 17 CFR 240.13n-1(c)(3). \12\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In determining whether an applicant meets the criteria set forth in Rule 13n-1(c), the Commission will consider the information reflected by the applicant on its Form SDR, as well as any additional information obtained from the applicant. For example, Form SDR requires an applicant to provide, among other things, contact information, a list of the asset class(es) for which the applicant is collecting and maintaining data or for which it proposes to collect and maintain data, a description of the functions that it performs or proposes to perform, and general information regarding its business organization.\13\ This, and other information reflected on the Form SDR, will assist the Commission in understanding the basis for registration as well as the SDR applicant's overall business structure, financial condition, track record in providing access to its services and data, technological reliability, and policies and procedures to comply with its statutory and regulatory obligations.\14\ Furthermore, the information requested in Form SDR will enable the Commission to assess whether the SDR applicant would be able to comply with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, and ultimately whether to grant or deny an application for registration.\15\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ See SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14458. \14\ See id. \15\ See SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14458-59. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. ICE Trade Vault Application for Registration ICE Trade Vault currently operates as a trade repository under the regulatory framework of other authorities. Specifically, ICE Trade Vault is a swap data repository regulated and provisionally registered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'').\16\ In that capacity, ICE Trade Vault has been accepting derivatives data for the commodity and credit asset classes in the United States since October 2012. Additionally, in 2014, ICE Trade Vault was approved by the Ontario Securities Commission,\17\ the Autorit[eacute] des march[eacute]s financiers,\18\ and the Manitoba Securities Commission \19\ as a Canadian Trade Repository to serve the commodity, credit, and foreign exchange asset classes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \16\ See Order of Provisional Registration, In the Matter of the Request of ICE Trade Vault, LLC for Provisional Registration as a Swap Data Repository Pursuant to Section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and Part 49 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Regulations (June 27, 2012), available at http://www.cftc.gov/stellent/groups/public/@otherif/documents/ifdocs/icetradevaultregistration.pdf. \17\ See Ontario Securities Commission, Order (Section 21.2.2 of the Securities Act), in the Matter of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter S.5, as amended, and in the Matter of ICE Trade Vault, LLC (Sept. 19, 2014), available at http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/documents/en/Securities/ord_20140923_215-ice-trade-vault-llc.pdf. \18\ See Autorit[eacute] des march[eacute]s financiers, Decision 2014-PDG-0111, Bulletin 2014-09-25, Vol. 11, n[deg]38 (Sept. 23, 2014), available at http://www.lautorite.qc.ca/files/pdf/bourses-oar-chambres/referentiels-centraux/2014_pdg_0111_ice_tv.pdf. \19\ See Manitoba Securities Commission, Order No. 7014 (Oct. 23, 2014), available at http://docs.mbsecurities.ca/msc/oe/en/item/105126/index.do. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Corporate Structure and Governance Arrangements ICE Trade Vault is a Delaware limited liability company, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc., which, in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (``ICE''), a publicly traded company.\20\ ICE Trade Vault is managed by a Board of Directors responsible for overseeing its operations.\21\ The Board of Directors has the ability to: (i) Designate and authorize specific appointed officers to act on behalf of the Board of Directors; (ii) fix, determine and levy all fees, when necessary; (iii) prepare and amend ICE Trade Vault's Guidebook; \22\ (iv) act in emergencies; and (v) delegate any such power to the appropriate party.\23\ The Board of Directors would oversee ICE Trade Vault's SDR functions as it currently oversees the other regulated services that ICE Trade Vault provides.\24\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \20\ See Exhibit V.2 (Disclosure Document). ICE is a global operator of exchanges, clearing houses, and data services for financial and commodity markets. ICE operates global marketplaces for trading and clearing a broad array of securities and derivatives contracts across major asset classes, including energy and agricultural commodities, interest rates, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, bonds, and currencies. \21\ See id. \22\ See Exhibit GG.2 (Guidebook). \23\ See id. \24\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 25477]] According to ICE Trade Vault, the Board of Directors is required to have at least three Directors, all appointed by ICE.\25\ ICE Trade Vault represents that ICE considers several factors in determining the composition of the Board of Directors, including whether directors, both individually and collectively, possess the required integrity, experience, judgment, commitment, skills and expertise to exercise their obligations of oversight and guidance over an SDR.\26\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \25\ See id. \26\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additionally, ICE Trade Vault represents that its participants are afforded the opportunity to participate in the process for nominating the ICE Trade Vault Independent Director and with the right to petition for alternative candidates.\27\ According to ICE Trade Vault, at least one Director will at all times be ``independent'' in accordance with applicable provision(s) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.\28\ ICE Trade Vault represents that two officers of ICE Trade Vault's parent, ICE, currently serve as the Non-Independent Directors.\29\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \27\ See id. \28\ See id. \29\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault's Chief Compliance Officer (``CCO'') is appointed by the Board of Directors and reports directly to the President of ICE Trade Vault.\30\ The Board of Directors approves the compensation of the CCO and meets with the CCO at least annually.\31\ According to ICE Trade Vault, the CCO also works directly with the Board of Directors in certain instances, for example, when resolving conflicts of interest.\32\ ICE Trade Vault represents that the CCO's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: (i) Preparing and signing a compliance report with a financial report to be provided to the Commission annually; (ii) reviewing the compliance of ICE Trace Vault with respect to regulatory requirements and core principles; and (iii) establishing and administering written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Exchange Act.\33\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \30\ See Exhibit V.2. \31\ See id. \32\ See id. \33\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault directors, officers and employees must comply with the ICE Global Code of Business Conduct, which describes policies for, among other things, handling conflicts of interest, prohibiting insider trading, complying with the law and document management and retention requirements.\34\ In addition, ICE Trade Vault prohibits any member of its Board or of any Board committee (that the Board may create from time to time as it deems necessary) \35\ that has authority to take action for ICE Trade Vault from knowingly participating in deliberations or voting in any matter involving a named party in interest where such member: (i) Is a named party in interest; (ii) is an employer, employee, or guarantor of a named party in interest; (iii) has a family relationship with a named party in interest; or (iv) has any other significant ongoing relationship with a named party in interest or an affiliate of such party.\36\ Furthermore, the CCO of ICE Trade Vault shall determine whether any member of a deliberating body is subject to a prohibition under its conflicts of interest policies.\37\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \34\ See Exhibit D.4 (Global Code of Business Conduct). \35\ See Exhibit D.3 (Governance Principles). \36\ See Exhibit GG.2. \37\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Description of ICE Trade Vault's SDR Service ICE Trade Vault has applied to become a registered SDR with the Commission to accept data in respect of all SBS trades in the credit derivatives asset class.\38\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \38\ See ICE Trade Vault Form SDR, Item 6; see also Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault states that it intends to provide an SDR service that facilitates the collection, storage and regulatory reporting of a comprehensive range of trade data in respect of credit derivatives trades.\39\ ICE Trade Vault also states that it intends to offer certain ancillary services (i.e., services offered by ICE Trade Vault that are not core SDR functions), which include: (i) Confirmation of the accuracy of the data submitted to ICE Trade Vault; and (ii) resolution of trade record errors and disputes.\40\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \39\ See Exhibit V.2. \40\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Access ICE Trade Vault represents that it would provide access to its SDR service on a fair, open and not unreasonably discriminatory basis.\41\ According to ICE Trade Vault, access to and usage of its SDR service is available to all market participants that engage in SBS transactions, and do not require the use of any other ancillary service offered by ICE Trade Vault, except for any ancillary service(s) that ICE Trade Vault is required to provide.\42\ ICE Trade Vault represents that for security reasons, access to the ICE Trade Vault system is strictly limited to market participants with valid permissions and security access who have executed a Participant Agreement with ICE Trade Vault and have completed and delivered to ICE Trade Vault the applicable ICE Trade Vault Enrollment Form (such market participants, ``Participants'').\43\ According to ICE Trade Vault, Participants will only have access to their own data and data that ICE Trade Vault is required to make publically available.\44\ ICE Trade Vault notes that passwords must meet technical and procedural processes for information security, must be from eight to fourteen characters in length, utilize three different character types, and must be reset at least annually.\45\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \41\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. \42\ See id.; see also SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14451-52 (Commission noting that confirmation and dispute resolution services or functions ``are ancillary. . . . [and are] not `core' SDR services, which would cause a person providing such core services to meet the definition of an SDR, and thus, require the person to register with the Commission as an SDR. However, SDRs are required to perform these two services or functions, and thus, they are required ancillary services[.] . . . An SDR may delegate some of these required ancillary services to third party service providers, who do not need to register as SDRs to provide such services. The SDR will remain legally responsible for the third party service providers' activities relating to the required ancillary services and their compliance with applicable rules under the Exchange Act.''). \43\ See Exhibit V.2 (stating also that these documents are available upon request, and when enrolling with ICE Trade Vault, Participants must designate a master user (``Administrator''), who will, among other things, create and maintain all user IDs for its firm, which will ensure ICE Trade Vault access is granted by a trusted individual at the Participant's firm who is closest to and has the most knowledge of those in the firm who require access). \44\ See id. \45\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault represents that determinations to revoke access to its system, its SDR service or data maintained by ICE Trade Vault shall be made by the CCO.\46\ According to ICE Trade Vault, unless circumstances require immediate action, prior to implementing a limitation or revocation of access to its system, its SDR service or SDR information, ICE Trade Vault's President and General Counsel shall review the basis for the limitation or revocation, with the CCO providing notice to the Participant of such limitation or revocation.\47\ ICE Trade Vault represents that if the President and General Counsel determine that revocation of access is the result of unreasonable discrimination, the President and General Counsel will take [[Page 25478]] such actions as are necessary to restore access to such service or data.\48\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \46\ See id. \47\ See Exhibit GG.2. \48\ See id. Because persons applying to be SDRs are also applying to be SIPs with the Commission, the procedures for notifying the Commission of any prohibitions or limitations of access to services as provided in Section 11A(b)(5)(A) would apply. See SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14482 (``Rule 909 of Regulation SBSR, which the Commission is concurrently adopting in a separate release, requires each registered SDR to register as a SIP, and, as such, Exchange Act Section 11A(b)(5) governs denials of access to services by an SDR. This section provides that `[i]f any registered securities information processor prohibits or limits any person in respect of access to services offered, directly or indirectly, by such securities information processor, the registered securities information processor shall promptly file notice thereof with the Commission.' Accordingly, an SDR must promptly notify the Commission if it prohibits or limits access to any of its services to any person.''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- D. Use of Data ICE Trade Vault represents that access to information it maintains as an SDR would be limited to those with the direct responsibility for supporting the ICE Trade Vault system, its SDR service, Participants and regulators.\49\ ICE Trade Vault would prohibit its employees and others performing similar functions on behalf of ICE Trade Vault from using information it maintains as an SDR other than in the performance of their job responsibilities.\50\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \49\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. \50\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Asset Class Accepted; Submission Requirements; Validation ICE Trade Vault has represented that it would accept data in respect of all SBS trades in the credit derivatives asset class.\51\ ICE Trade Vault has represented that Participants would be required to submit trade information in the data format required by ICE Trade Vault.\52\ The ICE Trade Vault system would accept tab delimited file uploads via web access and Applicable Programming Interface submissions in FpML format.\53\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \51\ See id. \52\ See Exhibit GG.2. \53\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit N.5 to ICE Trade Vault's application enumerates the required fields and acceptable values for the submission of trade information into the ICE Trade Vault system. According to ICE Trade Vault, the ICE Trade Vault system would perform certain validations to ensure that a submitted trade report adheres to the enumerated fields and values contained in Exhibit N.5.\54\ Under ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures, upon receipt of trade information for an SBS, the ICE Trade Vault system would validate that: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \54\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- a. The submission file is in a valid format for receipt and processing; b. All fields meet the required field format (e.g., number, date, date timestamp, free form text, or standard data value); c. All required and conditionally required fields are contained in the submission; d. All conditionally required fields meet the validation standards; and e. All standard data value fields are provided with an acceptable value.\55\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \55\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures provide that, if the submitted trade information fails any of the above validations, the ICE Trade Vault system would generate an error message and give such information an ``invalid'' status.\56\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \56\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For historical SBS reporting, ICE Trade Vault represents that the ICE Trade Vault system would require Participants to indicate a ``Y'' value for ``Flag for Historical Security-Based Swap public dissemination exemption.'' \57\ In addition, the ICE Trade Vault system allows Participants to submit ``Y'' or ``N'' values for a field ``Flag for Historical Security-Based Swap Life Cycle Event public dissemination'' to update information in the ICE Trade Vault system associated with such SBS.\58\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \57\ See id. \58\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault represents that it would support the reporting of highly customized and bespoke SBS (``exotic SBS'').\59\ ICE Trade Vault would require a Participant that wishes to submit a trade report for exotic SBS to upload a file to the ICE Trade Vault system that contains that trade information and the corresponding confirmed terms.\60\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \59\ See id. \60\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- F. Verification of Transaction Data To fulfill its obligations under Exchange Act Rule 13n-5(b)(1), ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures provide that it would require Participants to report complete and accurate trade information and to review and resolve all error messages generated by the ICE Trade Vault system.\61\ If any trade information is found to be incorrect or incomplete, ICE Trade Vault would require Participants to correct and resubmit such information to the ICE Trade Vault system.\62\ For SBS that are not executed on a platform, ICE Trade Vault would require the reporting side to provide the method used to confirm the trade information (e.g., electronic confirmation service or paper confirmation). ICE Trade Vault would further require Participants to warrant and represent that all trade information reported to ICE Trade Vault is complete and accurate.\63\ If the counterparties to an SBS use a paper confirmation to confirm the trade, ICE Trade Vault would require the reporting side to upload to the ICE Vault Trade system a copy of the confirmation that was agreed upon by the counterparties.\64\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \61\ See id.; see also Exhibit V.2. \62\ See Exhibit GG.2. \63\ See id. \64\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to ICE Trade Vault, clearing agencies would access ICE Trade Vault as Participants to report SBS that have been accepted for clearing. Platforms (such as an SBS execution facility) will access ICE Trade Vault as Participants to report the relevant data with respect to SBS that have been executed on their respective platforms or subject to the rules of their markets.\65\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \65\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures provide that Participants would be responsible for the timely resolution of trade record errors contained in trade information that has been submitted to ICE Trade Vault.\66\ ICE Trade Vault would provide Participants with electronic methods to extract information maintained by ICE Trade Vault for reconciliation.\67\ If the non-reporting side for an SBS transaction discovers an error contained in the trade information submitted to ICE Trade Vault on its behalf, ICE Trade Vault requires that counterparty to notify promptly the reporting side of such error.\68\ ICE Trade Vault represents that if the reporting side discovers an error contained in the trade information that it previously submitted to ICE Trade Vault or receives notification from a counterparty of an error, the reporting side is required to submit promptly to ICE Trade Vault amended trade information that remedies such error.\69\ ICE Trade Vault would disseminate a corrected transaction report in instances where the initial report included erroneous primary trade information.\70\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \66\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. \67\ See id. \68\ See id. \69\ See id. \70\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- G. Disputed Trade Data Under ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures, Participants would be required to notify promptly ICE Trade Vault of trade information that is [[Page 25479]] disputed by the counterparties to the trade. ICE Trade Vault states that when a Participant ``disputes'' a trade stored in ICE Trade Vault's system, the status of the trade would remain ``Disputed'' until the party that disputed the trade sends a message to ICE Trade Vault indicating that the dispute has been resolved.\71\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \71\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- H. Application and Dissemination of Condition Flags ICE Trade Vault represents that it would apply submitted flags to trade information that is: (i) An error correction required to be disseminated by Rule 905(b)(2) of Regulation SBSR; or (ii) a life cycle event, or any adjustment due to a life cycle event, required to be disseminated by Rule 902(a) of Regulation SBSR.\72\ In addition, ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures require Participants of ICE Trade Vault to apply certain flags with respect to primary trade information (i.e., flags required under Rule 901(c)(1)(v) of Regulation SBSR),\73\ and ICE Trade Vault would publicly disseminate such flags if the SBS is eligible for public dissemination. ICE Trade Vault represents that certain flags address security-based swap characteristics that may contribute to creating a distorted market view.\74\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \72\ See Exhibit GG.2. \73\ See 17 CFR 240.901(c)(i)(v). \74\ See Exhibit GG.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Calculation and Maintenance of Positions As provided in ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures, ICE Trade Vault states that it would calculate open positions for persons with open SBS for which ICE Trade Vault maintains records.\75\ ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures relating to its calculation of positions are provided in Exhibit GG.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \75\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Assignment of Unique Identification Codes ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures include the methodology ICE Trade Vault would utilize in connection with its assignment of unique identification codes (``UICs'') in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation SBSR.\76\ In particular, ICE Trade Vault represents that it would assign UICs as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \76\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Any SEC endorsed standard will be used, or in its absence; 2. Any CPMI-IOSCO endorsed standard will be used, or in its absence; 3. Any industry endorsed standard will be used, or in its absence; 4. ICE Trade Vault will generate an ID for the applicable UIC.\77\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \77\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- K. Transaction ID Methodology ICE Trade Vault represents that it has ``endorsed'' a transaction ID methodology as follows: 1. If a transaction is executed on a platform, that platform would generate the transaction ID. 2. If a transaction is cleared, the clearing agency would generate the transaction IDs for resulting cleared SBS. 3. If the transaction is executed off-platform and is not cleared, the parties must mutually agree which side of the trade will generate the transaction ID. When the transaction ID generator is the reporting side, that party may request that ICE Trade Vault generate the transaction ID on its behalf. 4. For historical SBS that have been reported in another jurisdiction, the transaction ID assigned in that jurisdiction will be used for reporting. 5. For historical SBS that have not been reported in another jurisdiction, the methodology described in items 1-3 above will apply. 6. A multi-jurisdictional transaction should never have multiple transaction IDs.\78\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \78\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L. Ultimate Parent and Affiliate Information ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures provide that Participants, except for those that are platforms or clearing agencies, would be required to provide ICE Trade Vault information (e.g., parent IDs and counterparty IDs) to identify their ultimate parent(s) and affiliates.\79\ In addition, ICE Trade Vault requires that Participants promptly notify ICE Trade Vault of any changes to such information.\80\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \79\ See id. \80\ See id.; see also Exhibit U.5 (ICE Trade Vault Ultimate Parent & Affiliate Information Notification). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- M. Branch and Trading Desk ID Under ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures, in order to receive a branch ID or trading desk ID from ICE Trade Vault, Participants must submit the branch and desk information to ICE Trade Vault before reporting an SBS.\81\ More information concerning branch ID and trading desk ID is contained in Exhibit GG.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \81\ See Exhibit GG.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- N. Product ID ICE Trade Vault states that it would issue product IDs and maintain reference data representation for SBS that will include schema definitions and will be made publicly available on a non-fee basis on ICE Trade Vault's internet Web site (www.icetradevault.com).\82\ According to ICE Trade Vault, if the industry creates and adopts a product ID taxonomy and registry, ICE Trade Vault would comply with the published standard at such time.\83\ ICE Trade Vault has represented that it would create product IDs based on an industry accepted UPI taxonomy or, where not available, its own product taxonomy.\84\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \82\ See id. \83\ See id. \84\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault would require its Participants to notify ICE Trade Vault of any new SBS products they intend to report to ICE Trade Vault by submitting the relevant product information to: [email protected].\85\ A complete list of available product information would be made available via a link on ICE Trade Vault's internet Web site.\86\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \85\ See id. \86\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- O. Missing UIC Information ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures provide that the reporting side to an SBS may report the non-reporting side's UIC information (other than counterparty ID) but is not required to do so.\87\ ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures provide that, if the non-reporting side is not a Participant, the non-reporting side ``should contact ICE Trade Vault'' via electronic mail to register for access to ICE Trade Vault and its trade information. ICE Trade Vault represents that it would identify in its records any SBS reported to it for which it does not have required UIC information.\88\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \87\ See id.; see also Exhibit GG.2 (Guidebook, section 6.2 requirements relating to counterparty IDs, execution agent IDs and broker IDs). \88\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to ICE Trade Vault, once a day, ICE Trade Vault would send a report to each Participant that is a counterparty to an SBS(s) that lacks required UIC information.\89\ ICE Trade Vault represents in its policies and procedures that a Participant that receives a report must provide the missing information with respect to its side of each SBS referenced in the [[Page 25480]] report to ICE Trade Vault within 24 hours.\90\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \89\ See id. \90\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Public Dissemination ICE Trade Vault represents that it would publicly disseminate information required for public dissemination pursuant to Regulation SBSR, including SBS transaction reports, which contain all of the primary transaction information, and information regarding life cycle events or adjustments due to a life cycle event.\91\ In addition, ICE Trade Vault would provide the public, Participants and regulators with the ability to download historical data.\92\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \91\ See id. \92\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. Safeguarding Data, Operational Reliability, and Emergency Authority ICE Trade Vault represents that it has implemented systems and procedures to allow for timely resumption of key business processes and operations following unplanned interruptions, unavailability of staff, inaccessibility of facilities, and disruption or disastrous loss to one or more of ICE Trade Vault's facilities or services.\93\ ICE Trade Vault represents that its SDR service data is saved to a redundant, local database and a remote disaster recovery database in near real- time and that its SDR service database is backed up to tape daily with tapes moved offsite weekly.\94\ ICE Trade Vault also states that Participants' individual trade data records remain available to Participants and regulators at no charge for online access through its SDR service from the date of submission until five years after expiration of the trade (last day of delivery or settlement as defined for each product).\95\ According to ICE Trade Vault, after the initial five-year period, Participants' trade data will be stored off-line and remain available to Participants and regulators, upon a three-day advance request to ICE Trade Vault, until ten years from the termination date.\96\ ICE Trade Vault also states that Participants will retain unimpaired access to its online and archived trade data.\97\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \93\ See id. \94\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. \95\ See id. \96\ See Exhibit V.2. \97\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault represents that it maintains and will continue to maintain a robust emergency and business-continuity and disaster recovery plan (``Business Continuity Plan'') that allows for timely resumption of key business processes and operations following unplanned interruptions, unavailability of staff, inaccessibility of facilities, and disruption or disastrous loss to one or more of ICE Trade Vault's facilities or services.\98\ ICE Trade Vault represents that its Business Continuity Plan requires that all production system hardware and software is replicated in near real-time at a geographical- and vendor-diverse disaster recovery site to avoid any loss of data.\99\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \98\ See id. \99\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault represents that it is authorized to determine, in its sole discretion, whether an emergency exists with respect to, or otherwise threatens, its system or its SDR service (an ``Emergency'') and whether emergency action is warranted to mitigate such circumstances, but that it may also exercise emergency authority if ordered to do so by the Commission or other regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction.\100\ Circumstances requiring the invocation of emergency authority pursuant to ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures include: (i) Any occurrence or circumstance that ICE Trade Vault determines to constitute an Emergency; (ii) any ``Physical Emergency'' (such as a fire or other casualty, bomb threats, terrorist acts, substantial inclement weather, power failures, communications breakdowns, computer system breakdowns, or transportation breakdowns); (iii) any occurrence or circumstance that threatens or may threaten the proper functionality of ICE Trade Vault's system or its SDR service; (iv) any occurrence or circumstance that may materially affect the performance of its system or its SDR service; (v) any action taken by any governmental body or any regulator that may have a direct impact on its system or its SDR service; and (vi) any other circumstance that may impact ICE Trade Vault, its system or its SDR service in a materially adverse manner.\101\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \100\ See Exhibit GG.2. \101\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures, if the President of ICE Trade Vault, or any individual designated by the President or the Board of Directors, determines that an Emergency is likely to arise or has arisen, the President or such designee, as the case may be, may, consistent with ICE Trade Vault's conflict of interest policies, declare an Emergency with respect to its system, its SDR service or the facilities of ICE Trade Vault and take or place into immediate effect a temporary emergency action or protocol.\102\ ICE Trade Vault represents that any such action or protocol may remain in effect for up to 30 business days, after which time, and for each 30-business day period thereafter, it must be reissued by the Board of Directors to remain in effect.\103\ Under ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures, the CCO would be consulted in the event any emergency action or protocol may raise potential conflicts of interest.\104\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \102\ See id. \103\ See id. \104\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault represents that any such action or protocol may provide for, or may authorize ICE Trade Vault, the Board of Directors or any committee thereof to undertake, actions deemed necessary or appropriate by the President or its designee to respond to the Emergency, including, but not limited to, the following: Modifying or suspending any relevant provision of the Guidebook; changing the operating hours of its SDR service; temporarily limiting or denying access to its system or its SDR service; or requiring re-submission of any data lost or otherwise affected due to such Emergency.\105\ Any such action placed into effect in accordance with the preceding paragraph may be reviewed by the Board of Directors at any time and may be revoked, suspended or modified by the Board of Directors.\106\ ICE Trade Vault represents that it will notify the SEC as soon as is reasonably practicable of ICE Trade Vault's invocation of its emergency authority, any material business disruption, or any threat that actually or potentially jeopardizes automated system capacity, integrity, resiliency, availability or security,\107\ with the decision-making process with respect to, and the reasons for, any such action recorded in writing \108\ and with ICE Trade Vault notifying Participants via email as soon as practicable of any action taken (time permitting), or proposed to be taken.\109\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \105\ See id. \106\ See id. \107\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. \108\ See Exhibit GG.2. \109\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- R. Data Confidentiality; Sensitive Information and Security ICE Trade Vault represents that it ``recognizes its responsibility to ensure data confidentiality and [that it] dedicates significant resources'' to information security to prevent the misappropriation or misuse of confidential information, and that it does not, as a condition of accepting SBS data from Participants, require the waiver of any privacy rights by such Participants.\110\ ICE Trade Vault would use a multi-tiered firewall scheme to [[Page 25481]] provide network segmentation and access control to its services.\111\ A second set of firewalls would further isolate ICE Trade Vault's systems and provide added security to detect any threats.\112\ In addition, network sensors would analyze all internet and private line traffic for malicious patterns.\113\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \110\ See id. \111\ See id. \112\ See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. \113\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICE Trade Vault's application states that certain controls would be regularly examined and tested by multiple tiers of internal and external test groups, auditors and independently contracted third-party security testing firms.\114\ In addition, ICE Trade Vault has represented that it would undertake an audit for adherence to its data security policies on at least an annual basis.\115\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \114\ See id. \115\ See id. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Solicitation of Comments Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning ICE Trade Vault's Form SDR, including whether ICE Trade Vault has satisfied the requirements for registration as an SDR. To the extent possible, commenters are requested to provide empirical data and other factual support for their views. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on the following issues: 1. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's application for registration as an SDR demonstrates that ICE Trade Vault is so organized, and has the capacity, to be able to assure the prompt, accurate, and reliable performance of its functions as an SDR, comply with any applicable provisions of the securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, and carry out its functions in a manner consistent with the purposes of Section 13(n) of the Exchange Act and Commission's SDR rules. 2. Exchange Act Rule 13n-5(b)(1)(iii) requires every SDR to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to satisfy itself that the transaction data that has been submitted to the SDR is complete and accurate. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures concerning verification of trade data are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed to satisfy ICE Trade Vault that the transaction data that has been submitted to ICE Trade Vault is complete and accurate, as required by Rule 13n-5(b)(1)(iii). 3. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures to address confirmation of data accuracy and completeness for bespoke, bilateral SBS transactions (i.e., requiring the reporting side of the transaction to identify the method used to confirm the trade information, either by use of an electronic confirmation service or by paper confirmation agreed upon by the counterparties) are appropriate and reasonably designed to meet its obligations under the Rule 13n-5(b)(1)(iii). In this regard, the Commission is also interested in receiving comments as to whether ICE Trade Vault's definition of ``confirmed'' as contained in its Guidebook (Exhibit GG.2) is appropriate. 4. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures relating to invalidly entered UICs being subject to an error message and an ``invalid'' status as noted in Exhibit GG.2 are sufficiently detailed to meet the objectives of Exchange Act Rule 13n-5(b)(1)(iii). 5. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed to ensure that the transaction data and positions that it maintains are complete and accurate, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-5(b)(3). 6. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed to ensure that it has the ability to protect the privacy of SBS transaction information that it receives, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-9. 7. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed to ensure that it has the ability to calculate positions, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-5(b)(2). 8. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed to provide a mechanism for Participants and their counterparties to effectively resolve disputes over the accuracy of SBS data that it maintains, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-5(b)(6). Are ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures relating to dispute resolution adequate? Why or why not? Should the policies and procedures specify timeframes in the dispute resolution process to facilitate timely and conclusive resolution of disputes? Why or why not? 9. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed to ensure that its systems that support or are integrally related to the performance of its activities provides adequate levels of capacity, integrity, resiliency, availability and security, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-6. 10. Please provide your views as to whether the disclosures in ICE Trade Vault's Disclosure Document to a Participant prior to accepting any SBS data from that Participant or upon the Participant's request, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-10, are adequate. Specifically, the Commission is interested in receiving comments as to whether ICE Trade Vault's Disclosure Document contains adequate and sufficiently detailed information that would reasonably enable the Participant to identify and evaluate accurately the risks and costs associated with using ICE Trade Vault's services. Such information includes ICE Trade Vault's criteria for providing others with access to its services and data it maintains, its criteria for those seeking to connect to or link with it, its description of its policies and procedures regarding its noncommercial and/or commercial use of the SBS transaction information that it receives from a Participant, any registered entity, or any other person, its description of all the SBS data repository's services, including any ancillary services, and its description of its governance arrangements. 11. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures are sufficiently detailed and reasonably designed for the CCO's handling, management response, remediation, retesting, and closing of noncompliance issues, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13n-11(c)(7). 12. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies or procedures could result in an unreasonable restraint of trade or impose any material anticompetitive burden on the trading, clearing, or reporting of transactions. 13. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's proposed dues, fees, or other charges, discounts or rebates and the process for setting dues, fees, or other charges, discounts or rebates are fair and reasonable and not unreasonably discriminatory. Please address whether such proposed dues, fees, other charges, discounts, or rebates are applied consistently across all similarly situated users of ICE Trade Vault's services, including, but not limited to, Participants, market infrastructures (including central counterparties), venues from which data can be submitted to ICE Trade Vault (including exchanges, SBS execution facilities, electronic trading venues, and [[Page 25482]] matching and confirmation platforms), and third party service providers. 14. Exchange Act Rule 13n-4(c)(2)(ii)-(iii) provides that each SDR must establish governance arrangements that provide for fair representation of market participants, and must provide representatives of market participants, including end-users, with the opportunity to participate in the process for nominating directors and with the right to petition for alternative candidates. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's governance structure provides fair representation and an opportunity for participation by market participants pursuant to Rule 13n-4(c)(2)(ii)-(iii). 15. Rule 903(a) of Regulation SBSR provides, in relevant part, that if no system has been recognized by the Commission, or a recognized system has not assigned a UIC to a particular person, unit of a person, or product, the registered SDR shall assign a UIC to that person, unit of person, or product using its own methodology. Is the methodology that ICE Trade Vault proposes to use to assign UICs as described in its application materials appropriate in light of the requirements under Rule 903(a) of Regulation SBSR? Why or why not? 16. Rule 907(c) of Regulation SBSR requires a registered SDR to make its Regulation SBSR policies and procedures publicly available on its Web site. The Commission has stated that this public availability requirement will allow all interested parties to understand how the registered SDR is utilizing the flexibility it has in operating the transaction reporting and dissemination system, and will provide an opportunity for Participants to make suggestions to the registered SDR for altering and improving those policies and procedures, in light of the new products or circumstances, consistent with the principles set out in Regulation SBSR.\116\ ICE Trade Vault has proposed to satisfy its obligation under Rule 907(c) of Regulation SBSR by making the policies and procedures contained in Exhibit GG.2 and the other application exhibits referenced therein available on its public Web site. Is the information that is included in or referenced in Exhibit GG.2 appropriate in light of the requirements of Rule 907(c)? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \116\ See Regulation SBSR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14648. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. For certain data fields, Exhibit N.5 indicates that the acceptable data format is the ``standard data value'' for the field, but Exhibit N.5 does not provide more specific information regarding acceptable data formats for such fields. ICE Trade Vault has indicated to Commission staff that it plans to make available to its Participants detailed specifications for reporting SBS information, and Participants will be permitted to download detailed descriptions of the acceptable data format for each ``standard data value'' from the ICE Trade Vault system. However, ICE Trade Vault stated in its discussions with Commission staff that it will make such additional specifications available only to Participants who have executed a Participant Agreement. Is it anticipated to be problematic for persons seeking to report SBS information to an SDR to be required to execute a Participant Agreement as a condition to ICE Trade Vault providing access to the additional data format specifications? 18. Regulation SBSR imposes duties on various market Participants to report SBS transaction information to a registered SDR. Please provide your views as to whether the ICE Trade Vault application and the associated policies and procedures (including technical specifications for submission of data) provide sufficient information to potential Participants about how they would discharge these regulatory duties when reporting to ICE Trade Vault. In particular, please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's technical specifications for submission of data are sufficiently detailed, especially with regard to historical SBSs and bespoke SBS. Please describe in detail what additional information you believe is necessary to allow you to satisfy any reporting obligation you may incur under Regulation SBSR. 19. Rule 906(a) of Regulation SBSR provides, in relevant part, that a Participant of the registered SDR must provide the missing information with respect to its side of each SBS referenced in the report to the registered SDR within 24 hours. ICE Trade Vault has represented that a non-reporting-side participant must be fully onboarded before it may submit information that it is required to provide to a registered SDR by Rule 906(a) of Regulation SBSR. Please provide your views as to whether this form of access afforded to the non-reporting-side is fair, open, and not unreasonably discriminatory. 20. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures relating to Rule 906(a) are sufficiently detailed, appropriate and reasonably designed to ensure data accuracy and completeness. 21. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault has provided sufficient information to explain the SBS transaction information that it would publicly disseminate to discharge its duties under Rule 902 of Regulation SBSR. Please describe any additional information that you feel is necessary. Please offer any suggestions generally for how the publicly disseminated information could be made more useful. 22. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault has provided sufficient information to explain how Participants would be required to report life cycle events under Rule 901(e). Please describe any additional information that you feel is necessary. In particular, please indicate whether you believe ICE Trade Vault's specifications are reasonably designed to identify the specific data element(s) that change and thus that trigger the report of the life cycle event. 23. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault has provided sufficient information about how an agent could report SBS transaction information to ICE Trade Vault on behalf of a principal (i.e., a person who has a duty under Regulation SBSR to report). Please describe any additional information that is necessary. In particular, please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault should differentiate between agents who are Participants of ICE Trade Vault because they themselves at times are principals (i.e., they are counterparties to one or more SBSs that are reported to ICE Trade Vault on a mandatory basis) and agents who are never principals (e.g., a vendor). 24. Please provide your views as to whether ICE Trade Vault's policies and procedures for developing condition flags for transactions having special characteristics under Rule 907(a)(4) of Regulation SBSR are consistent with the goal of preventing market participants without knowledge of these characteristics receiving a distorted view of the market. Are there additional condition flags that you believe ICE Trade Vault should utilize? If so, please describe them and why you believe they are appropriate. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: Electronic CommentsUse the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed.shtml); or Send an email to [email protected]. Please include File Number SBSDR-2016-01 on the subject line. Paper Comments Send paper comments to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities and [[Page 25483]] Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SBSDR-2016-01. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method of submission. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml). Copies of the Form SDR, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the Form SDR that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the Form SDR 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 Section, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 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 SBSDR-2016-01 and should be submitted on or before May 31, 2016. By the Commission. Brent J. Fields, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-09931 Filed 4-27-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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competition; and (iii) become operative At any time within 60 days of the submissions. You should submit only
for 30 days from the date on which it filing of the proposed rule change, the information that you wish to make
was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission summarily may available publicly. All submissions
Commission may designate, if temporarily suspend such rule change if should refer to File Number SR–BOX–
consistent with the protection of it appears to the Commission that such 2016–16, and should be submitted on or
investors and the public interest, the action is necessary or appropriate in the before May 19, 2016.
proposed rule change has become public interest, for the protection of For the Commission, by the Division of
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) investors, or otherwise in furtherance of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
of the Act 13 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6) the purposes of the Act. If the authority.20
thereunder.14 Commission takes such action, the Brent J. Fields,
A proposed rule change filed under Commission shall institute proceedings Secretary.
Rule 19b–4(f)(6) under the Act 15 to determine whether the proposed rule [FR Doc. 2016–09900 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am]
normally does not become operative for should be approved or disapproved.
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
30 days after the date of filing. However, IV. Solicitation of Comments
Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) 16 permits the
Commission to designate a shorter time Interested persons are invited to
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
if such action is consistent with the submit written data, views, and
COMMISSION
protection of investors and the public arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule [Release No. 34–77699; File No. SBSDR–
interest. The Exchange has asked the 2016–01]
change is consistent with the Act.
Commission to waive the 30-day
Comments may be submitted by any of
operative delay so that the proposal may Security-Based Swap Data
the following methods:
become operative immediately upon Repositories; ICE Trade Vault, LLC;
filing. The Exchange states that the Electronic Comments Notice of Filing of Application for
proposed rule change is designed to • Use the Commission’s Internet Registration as a Security-Based Swap
protect Participants in the event a comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ Data Repository
Participant is suffering from a systems rules/sro.shtml); or April 22, 2016.
issue or from the occurrence of unusual • Send an email to rule-comments@
or unexpected market activity.17 To the sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– I. Introduction
extent that the Exchange’s proposal BOX–2016–16 on the subject line. On March 29, 2016, and as amended
provides member firms with greater
Paper Comments on April 18, 2016, ICE Trade Vault, LLC
control over their quotes and orders,
(‘‘ICE Trade Vault’’) filed with the
and allows firms to remove quotes and • Send paper comments in triplicate Securities and Exchange Commission
cancel orders in an appropriate manner, to Secretary, Securities and Exchange (‘‘Commission’’) a Form SDR seeking
then the proposal may encourage firms Commission, 100 F Street NE., registration as a security-based swap
to provide liquidity on the Exchange Washington, DC 20549–1090. data repository (‘‘SDR’’) under Section
and thus contribute to fair and orderly All submissions should refer to File 13(n) of the Securities Exchange Act of
markets in a manner that protects the Number SR–BOX–2016–16. This file 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and the
public interest, protects investors, and is number should be included on the Commission’s rules promulgated
not designed to permit unfair subject line if email is used. To help the thereunder.2 ICE Trade Vault proposes
discrimination. The Commission notes Commission process and review your to operate as a registered SDR for
that the proposal is similar to the rules comments more efficiently, please use security-based swap (‘‘SBS’’)
of other exchanges 18 and therefore does only one method. The Commission will transactions in the credit derivatives
not raise any new, unique or substantive post all comments on the Commission’s asset class. The Commission is
issues. Based on the foregoing, the Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ publishing this notice to solicit
Commission believes that waiving the rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the comments from interested persons
30-day operative delay is consistent submission, all subsequent regarding ICE Trade Vault’s Form SDR,3
with the protection of investors and the amendments, all written statements and the Commission will consider any
public interest.19 The Commission with respect to the proposed rule comments it receives in making its
hereby grants the Exchange’s request change that are filed with the
and designates the proposal operative Commission, and all written 20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
upon filing. communications relating to the 1 15 U.S.C. 78m(n)(3).
proposed rule change between the 2 17 CFR 240.13n–1 through 240.13n–12.
3 ICE Trade Vault filed its Form SDR, including
13 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). Commission and any person, other than
the exhibits thereto, electronically with the
14 In addition, Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) requires the those that may be withheld from the Commission. The descriptions set forth in this
Exchange to give the Commission written notice of public in accordance with the
the Exchange’s intent to file the proposed rule notice regarding the structure and operations of ICE
change, along with a brief description and text of provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be Trade Vault have been derived, excerpted, and/or
the proposed rule change, at least five business days available for Web site viewing and summarized from information in ICE Trade Vault’s
Form SDR application, and principally from ICE
prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule printing in the Commission’s Public Trade Vault’s Guidebook (Exhibit GG.2), which
change, or such shorter time as designated by the Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this outlines the applicant’s policies and procedures
requirement. Washington, DC 20549 on official designed to address its statutory and regulatory
business days between the hours of obligations as an SDR registered with the
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
15 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
Commission. ICE Trade Vault’s Form SDR
16 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such application and non-confidential exhibits thereto
17 See supra Section II.A.2. filing also will be available for are available in EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov/cgi-
18 See supra note 10.
inspection and copying at the principal bin/browse-edgar?CIK=0001658496&owner=
19 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day exclude&action=getcompany&Find=Search. In
office of the Exchange. All comments
operative delay, the Commission has also addition, the public may access copies of these
considered the proposed rule’s impact on
received will be posted without change; materials on the Commission’s Web site at: http://
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See the Commission does not edit personal www.sec.gov/rules/other/2016/ice-trade-vault-form-
15 U.S.C. 78c(f). identifying information from sdr-htm.
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According to ICE Trade Vault, the requirements.34 In addition, ICE Trade is required to provide.42 ICE Trade Vault
Board of Directors is required to have at Vault prohibits any member of its Board represents that for security reasons,
least three Directors, all appointed by or of any Board committee (that the access to the ICE Trade Vault system is
ICE.25 ICE Trade Vault represents that Board may create from time to time as strictly limited to market participants
ICE considers several factors in it deems necessary) 35 that has authority with valid permissions and security
determining the composition of the to take action for ICE Trade Vault from access who have executed a Participant
Board of Directors, including whether knowingly participating in deliberations Agreement with ICE Trade Vault and
directors, both individually and or voting in any matter involving a have completed and delivered to ICE
collectively, possess the required named party in interest where such Trade Vault the applicable ICE Trade
integrity, experience, judgment, member: (i) Is a named party in interest; Vault Enrollment Form (such market
commitment, skills and expertise to (ii) is an employer, employee, or participants, ‘‘Participants’’).43
exercise their obligations of oversight guarantor of a named party in interest; According to ICE Trade Vault,
and guidance over an SDR.26 (iii) has a family relationship with a Participants will only have access to
Additionally, ICE Trade Vault named party in interest; or (iv) has any their own data and data that ICE Trade
represents that its participants are other significant ongoing relationship Vault is required to make publically
afforded the opportunity to participate with a named party in interest or an available.44 ICE Trade Vault notes that
in the process for nominating the ICE affiliate of such party.36 Furthermore, passwords must meet technical and
Trade Vault Independent Director and the CCO of ICE Trade Vault shall procedural processes for information
with the right to petition for alternative determine whether any member of a security, must be from eight to fourteen
candidates.27 According to ICE Trade deliberating body is subject to a characters in length, utilize three
Vault, at least one Director will at all different character types, and must be
prohibition under its conflicts of
times be ‘‘independent’’ in accordance reset at least annually.45
interest policies.37
with applicable provision(s) of the New ICE Trade Vault represents that
York Stock Exchange Listed Company B. Description of ICE Trade Vault’s SDR determinations to revoke access to its
Manual.28 ICE Trade Vault represents Service system, its SDR service or data
that two officers of ICE Trade Vault’s maintained by ICE Trade Vault shall be
parent, ICE, currently serve as the Non- ICE Trade Vault has applied to made by the CCO.46 According to ICE
Independent Directors.29 become a registered SDR with the Trade Vault, unless circumstances
ICE Trade Vault’s Chief Compliance Commission to accept data in respect of require immediate action, prior to
Officer (‘‘CCO’’) is appointed by the all SBS trades in the credit derivatives implementing a limitation or revocation
Board of Directors and reports directly asset class.38 of access to its system, its SDR service
to the President of ICE Trade Vault.30 ICE Trade Vault states that it intends or SDR information, ICE Trade Vault’s
The Board of Directors approves the to provide an SDR service that facilitates President and General Counsel shall
compensation of the CCO and meets the collection, storage and regulatory review the basis for the limitation or
with the CCO at least annually.31 reporting of a comprehensive range of revocation, with the CCO providing
According to ICE Trade Vault, the CCO trade data in respect of credit notice to the Participant of such
also works directly with the Board of derivatives trades.39 ICE Trade Vault limitation or revocation.47 ICE Trade
Directors in certain instances, for also states that it intends to offer certain Vault represents that if the President
example, when resolving conflicts of ancillary services (i.e., services offered and General Counsel determine that
interest.32 ICE Trade Vault represents by ICE Trade Vault that are not core revocation of access is the result of
that the CCO’s responsibilities include, SDR functions), which include: (i) unreasonable discrimination, the
but are not limited to: (i) Preparing and Confirmation of the accuracy of the data President and General Counsel will take
signing a compliance report with a
submitted to ICE Trade Vault; and (ii)
financial report to be provided to the 42 See id.; see also SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR
resolution of trade record errors and
Commission annually; (ii) reviewing the at 14451–52 (Commission noting that confirmation
disputes.40
compliance of ICE Trace Vault with and dispute resolution services or functions ‘‘are
respect to regulatory requirements and ancillary. . . . [and are] not ‘core’ SDR services,
C. Access which would cause a person providing such core
core principles; and (iii) establishing services to meet the definition of an SDR, and thus,
and administering written policies and ICE Trade Vault represents that it require the person to register with the Commission
procedures reasonably designed to would provide access to its SDR service as an SDR. However, SDRs are required to perform
prevent violations of the Exchange on a fair, open and not unreasonably these two services or functions, and thus, they are
discriminatory basis.41 According to ICE required ancillary services[.] . . . An SDR may
Act.33 delegate some of these required ancillary services
ICE Trade Vault directors, officers and Trade Vault, access to and usage of its to third party service providers, who do not need
employees must comply with the ICE SDR service is available to all market to register as SDRs to provide such services. The
Global Code of Business Conduct, participants that engage in SBS SDR will remain legally responsible for the third
which describes policies for, among transactions, and do not require the use party service providers’ activities relating to the
required ancillary services and their compliance
other things, handling conflicts of of any other ancillary service offered by with applicable rules under the Exchange Act.’’).
interest, prohibiting insider trading, ICE Trade Vault, except for any 43 See Exhibit V.2 (stating also that these
complying with the law and document ancillary service(s) that ICE Trade Vault documents are available upon request, and when
management and retention enrolling with ICE Trade Vault, Participants must
34 See Exhibit D.4 (Global Code of Business
designate a master user (‘‘Administrator’’), who
will, among other things, create and maintain all
Conduct).
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25 See id. user IDs for its firm, which will ensure ICE Trade
26 See id. 35 See Exhibit D.3 (Governance Principles).
Vault access is granted by a trusted individual at
27 See id. 36 See Exhibit GG.2.
the Participant’s firm who is closest to and has the
28 See id. 37 See id. most knowledge of those in the firm who require
29 See id. 38 See ICE Trade Vault Form SDR, Item 6; see also access).
30 See Exhibit V.2. Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. 44 See id.
31 See id. 39 See Exhibit V.2. 45 See id.
32 See id. 40 See id. 46 See id.
33 See id. 41 See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. 47 See Exhibit GG.2.
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such actions as are necessary to restore a. The submission file is in a valid method used to confirm the trade
access to such service or data.48 format for receipt and processing; information (e.g., electronic
b. All fields meet the required field confirmation service or paper
D. Use of Data format (e.g., number, date, date confirmation). ICE Trade Vault would
ICE Trade Vault represents that access timestamp, free form text, or standard further require Participants to warrant
to information it maintains as an SDR data value); and represent that all trade information
would be limited to those with the c. All required and conditionally reported to ICE Trade Vault is complete
direct responsibility for supporting the required fields are contained in the and accurate.63 If the counterparties to
ICE Trade Vault system, its SDR service, submission; an SBS use a paper confirmation to
Participants and regulators.49 ICE Trade d. All conditionally required fields confirm the trade, ICE Trade Vault
Vault would prohibit its employees and meet the validation standards; and would require the reporting side to
others performing similar functions on e. All standard data value fields are upload to the ICE Vault Trade system a
behalf of ICE Trade Vault from using provided with an acceptable value.55 copy of the confirmation that was
information it maintains as an SDR ICE Trade Vault’s policies and agreed upon by the counterparties.64
other than in the performance of their procedures provide that, if the According to ICE Trade Vault,
job responsibilities.50 submitted trade information fails any of clearing agencies would access ICE
the above validations, the ICE Trade Trade Vault as Participants to report
E. Asset Class Accepted; Submission Vault system would generate an error SBS that have been accepted for
Requirements; Validation message and give such information an clearing. Platforms (such as an SBS
ICE Trade Vault has represented that ‘‘invalid’’ status.56 execution facility) will access ICE Trade
it would accept data in respect of all For historical SBS reporting, ICE Vault as Participants to report the
SBS trades in the credit derivatives asset Trade Vault represents that the ICE relevant data with respect to SBS that
class.51 ICE Trade Vault has represented Trade Vault system would require have been executed on their respective
Participants to indicate a ‘‘Y’’ value for platforms or subject to the rules of their
that Participants would be required to
‘‘Flag for Historical Security-Based markets.65
submit trade information in the data
Swap public dissemination ICE Trade Vault’s policies and
format required by ICE Trade Vault.52
exemption.’’ 57 In addition, the ICE procedures provide that Participants
The ICE Trade Vault system would
Trade Vault system allows Participants would be responsible for the timely
accept tab delimited file uploads via
to submit ‘‘Y’’ or ‘‘N’’ values for a field resolution of trade record errors
web access and Applicable
‘‘Flag for Historical Security-Based contained in trade information that has
Programming Interface submissions in
Swap Life Cycle Event public been submitted to ICE Trade Vault.66
FpML format.53
dissemination’’ to update information in ICE Trade Vault would provide
Exhibit N.5 to ICE Trade Vault’s
the ICE Trade Vault system associated Participants with electronic methods to
application enumerates the required
with such SBS.58 extract information maintained by ICE
fields and acceptable values for the ICE Trade Vault represents that it
submission of trade information into the Trade Vault for reconciliation.67 If the
would support the reporting of highly non-reporting side for an SBS
ICE Trade Vault system. According to customized and bespoke SBS (‘‘exotic
ICE Trade Vault, the ICE Trade Vault transaction discovers an error contained
SBS’’).59 ICE Trade Vault would require in the trade information submitted to
system would perform certain a Participant that wishes to submit a
validations to ensure that a submitted ICE Trade Vault on its behalf, ICE Trade
trade report for exotic SBS to upload a Vault requires that counterparty to
trade report adheres to the enumerated file to the ICE Trade Vault system that
fields and values contained in Exhibit notify promptly the reporting side of
contains that trade information and the such error.68 ICE Trade Vault represents
N.5.54 Under ICE Trade Vault’s policies corresponding confirmed terms.60
and procedures, upon receipt of trade that if the reporting side discovers an
information for an SBS, the ICE Trade F. Verification of Transaction Data error contained in the trade information
Vault system would validate that: that it previously submitted to ICE
To fulfill its obligations under
Trade Vault or receives notification
Exchange Act Rule 13n–5(b)(1), ICE
48 See id. Because persons applying to be SDRs from a counterparty of an error, the
Trade Vault’s policies and procedures reporting side is required to submit
are also applying to be SIPs with the Commission,
the procedures for notifying the Commission of any
provide that it would require promptly to ICE Trade Vault amended
prohibitions or limitations of access to services as Participants to report complete and trade information that remedies such
provided in Section 11A(b)(5)(A) would apply. See accurate trade information and to error.69 ICE Trade Vault would
SDR Adopting Release, 80 FR at 14482 (‘‘Rule 909 review and resolve all error messages
of Regulation SBSR, which the Commission is disseminate a corrected transaction
concurrently adopting in a separate release, requires
generated by the ICE Trade Vault report in instances where the initial
each registered SDR to register as a SIP, and, as system.61 If any trade information is report included erroneous primary trade
such, Exchange Act Section 11A(b)(5) governs found to be incorrect or incomplete, ICE information.70
denials of access to services by an SDR. This section Trade Vault would require Participants
provides that ‘[i]f any registered securities G. Disputed Trade Data
information processor prohibits or limits any
to correct and resubmit such
person in respect of access to services offered, information to the ICE Trade Vault Under ICE Trade Vault’s policies and
directly or indirectly, by such securities system.62 For SBS that are not executed procedures, Participants would be
information processor, the registered securities on a platform, ICE Trade Vault would required to notify promptly ICE Trade
information processor shall promptly file notice
thereof with the Commission.’ Accordingly, an SDR
require the reporting side to provide the Vault of trade information that is
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must promptly notify the Commission if it prohibits
55 See id.
or limits access to any of its services to any 63 See id.
person.’’). 56 See id. 64 See id.
49 See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. 57 See id. 65 See id.
50 See id. 58 See id. 66 See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2.
51 See id. 59 See id. 67 See id.
52 See Exhibit GG.2. 60 See id. 68 See id.
53 See id. 61 See id.; see also Exhibit V.2. 69 See id.
54 See id. 62 See Exhibit GG.2. 70 See id.
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report to ICE Trade Vault within 24 unavailability of staff, inaccessibility of remain in effect for up to 30 business
hours.90 facilities, and disruption or disastrous days, after which time, and for each 30-
loss to one or more of ICE Trade Vault’s business day period thereafter, it must
P. Public Dissemination
facilities or services.98 ICE Trade Vault be reissued by the Board of Directors to
ICE Trade Vault represents that it represents that its Business Continuity remain in effect.103 Under ICE Trade
would publicly disseminate information Plan requires that all production system Vault’s policies and procedures, the
required for public dissemination hardware and software is replicated in CCO would be consulted in the event
pursuant to Regulation SBSR, including near real-time at a geographical- and any emergency action or protocol may
SBS transaction reports, which contain vendor-diverse disaster recovery site to raise potential conflicts of interest.104
all of the primary transaction avoid any loss of data.99 ICE Trade Vault represents that any
information, and information regarding ICE Trade Vault represents that it is such action or protocol may provide for,
life cycle events or adjustments due to authorized to determine, in its sole or may authorize ICE Trade Vault, the
a life cycle event.91 In addition, ICE discretion, whether an emergency exists Board of Directors or any committee
Trade Vault would provide the public, with respect to, or otherwise threatens, thereof to undertake, actions deemed
Participants and regulators with the its system or its SDR service (an necessary or appropriate by the
ability to download historical data.92 ‘‘Emergency’’) and whether emergency President or its designee to respond to
Q. Safeguarding Data, Operational action is warranted to mitigate such the Emergency, including, but not
Reliability, and Emergency Authority circumstances, but that it may also limited to, the following: Modifying or
exercise emergency authority if ordered suspending any relevant provision of
ICE Trade Vault represents that it has to do so by the Commission or other the Guidebook; changing the operating
implemented systems and procedures to regulatory agency of competent hours of its SDR service; temporarily
allow for timely resumption of key jurisdiction.100 Circumstances requiring limiting or denying access to its system
business processes and operations the invocation of emergency authority or its SDR service; or requiring re-
following unplanned interruptions, pursuant to ICE Trade Vault’s policies submission of any data lost or otherwise
unavailability of staff, inaccessibility of and procedures include: (i) Any affected due to such Emergency.105 Any
facilities, and disruption or disastrous occurrence or circumstance that ICE such action placed into effect in
loss to one or more of ICE Trade Vault’s Trade Vault determines to constitute an accordance with the preceding
facilities or services.93 ICE Trade Vault Emergency; (ii) any ‘‘Physical paragraph may be reviewed by the
represents that its SDR service data is Emergency’’ (such as a fire or other Board of Directors at any time and may
saved to a redundant, local database and casualty, bomb threats, terrorist acts, be revoked, suspended or modified by
a remote disaster recovery database in substantial inclement weather, power the Board of Directors.106 ICE Trade
near real-time and that its SDR service failures, communications breakdowns, Vault represents that it will notify the
database is backed up to tape daily with computer system breakdowns, or SEC as soon as is reasonably practicable
tapes moved offsite weekly.94 ICE Trade transportation breakdowns); (iii) any of ICE Trade Vault’s invocation of its
Vault also states that Participants’ occurrence or circumstance that emergency authority, any material
individual trade data records remain threatens or may threaten the proper business disruption, or any threat that
available to Participants and regulators functionality of ICE Trade Vault’s actually or potentially jeopardizes
at no charge for online access through system or its SDR service; (iv) any automated system capacity, integrity,
its SDR service from the date of occurrence or circumstance that may resiliency, availability or security,107
submission until five years after with the decision-making process with
materially affect the performance of its
expiration of the trade (last day of respect to, and the reasons for, any such
system or its SDR service; (v) any action
delivery or settlement as defined for action recorded in writing 108 and with
taken by any governmental body or any
each product).95 According to ICE Trade ICE Trade Vault notifying Participants
regulator that may have a direct impact
Vault, after the initial five-year period, via email as soon as practicable of any
on its system or its SDR service; and (vi)
Participants’ trade data will be stored action taken (time permitting), or
any other circumstance that may impact
off-line and remain available to proposed to be taken.109
ICE Trade Vault, its system or its SDR
Participants and regulators, upon a
service in a materially adverse R. Data Confidentiality; Sensitive
three-day advance request to ICE Trade
manner.101 Information and Security
Vault, until ten years from the
Under ICE Trade Vault’s policies and
termination date.96 ICE Trade Vault also ICE Trade Vault represents that it
procedures, if the President of ICE Trade
states that Participants will retain ‘‘recognizes its responsibility to ensure
Vault, or any individual designated by
unimpaired access to its online and data confidentiality and [that it]
the President or the Board of Directors,
archived trade data.97 dedicates significant resources’’ to
ICE Trade Vault represents that it determines that an Emergency is likely
to arise or has arisen, the President or information security to prevent the
maintains and will continue to maintain misappropriation or misuse of
a robust emergency and business- such designee, as the case may be, may,
consistent with ICE Trade Vault’s confidential information, and that it
continuity and disaster recovery plan does not, as a condition of accepting
(‘‘Business Continuity Plan’’) that conflict of interest policies, declare an
SBS data from Participants, require the
allows for timely resumption of key Emergency with respect to its system, its
waiver of any privacy rights by such
business processes and operations SDR service or the facilities of ICE Trade
Participants.110 ICE Trade Vault would
following unplanned interruptions, Vault and take or place into immediate
use a multi-tiered firewall scheme to
effect a temporary emergency action or
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90 See id. protocol.102 ICE Trade Vault represents 103 See id.
91 See id. that any such action or protocol may 104 See id.
92 See id. 105 See id.
93 See id. 98 See id. 106 See id.
94 See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. 99 See id. 107 See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2.
95 See id. 100 See Exhibit GG.2. 108 See Exhibit GG.2.
96 See Exhibit V.2. 101 See id. 109 See id.
97 See Exhibits V.2 and GG.2. 102 See id. 110 See id.
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Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Policy, Office of Communications and 1150.41 to sublease from Cayuga County
Washington, DC 20549–1090. All Information Policy, Economic and Industrial Development Agency,
submissions should refer to File Business Affairs Bureau, U.S. Onondaga County Industrial
Number SBSDR–2016–01. Department of State at (202) 647–5231. Development Agency, Ontario County
To help the Commission process and Dated: April 21, 2016. Industrial Development Agency,
review your comments more efficiently, Schuyler County Industrial
Joseph Burton,
please use only one method of Development Agency, and Yates County
Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department
submission. The Commission will post Industrial Development Agency
of State.
all comments on the Commission’s (collectively, Agencies), and operate,
[FR Doc. 2016–09976 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am]
Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ approximately 86.45 miles of rail lines
BILLING CODE 4710–AE–P
rules/other.shtml). located in New York, as follows: (1)
Copies of the Form SDR, all Watkins Glen Industrial Track, located
subsequent amendments, all written between milepost 41.35 at or near Penn
statements with respect to the Form DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Yan and milepost 16.55 at or near
SDR that are filed with the Commission, [Public Notice: 9538] Watkins Glen, in Schuyler and Yates
and all written communications relating Counties, a distance of 24.8 miles; (2)
to the Form SDR between the Fine Arts Committee Notice of Meeting Canandaigua Secondary, located
Commission and any person, other than between milepost 76.00 at or near
The Fine Arts Committee of the
those that may be withheld from the Canandaigua and milepost 51.30 at or
Department of State will meet on June
public in accordance with the near Geneva, in Ontario County, a
10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Henry Clay
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be distance of 24.70 miles; (3) Auburn
Room of the Harry S. Truman Building,
available for Web site viewing and Secondary, located between milepost
2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC.
printing in the Commission’s Public 37.56 at the Seneca/Cayuga County line
The meeting will last until
Reference Section, 100 F Street NE., and milepost 3.61 at or near Solvay
approximately 12:00 p.m. and is open to
Washington, DC 20549, on official Yard, in Cayuga County, a distance of
the public.
business days between the hours of 33.95 miles; (4) Geneva Running Track,
The agenda for the committee meeting
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. located between milepost 344.40 at or
All comments received will be posted will include a summary of the work of
the Fine Arts Office since its last near Geneva and milepost 342.8 at the
without change; the Commission does Ontario/Seneca County line, in Ontario
not edit personal identifying meeting on November 6, 2015 and the
announcement of gifts and loans of County, a distance of 1.6 miles; (5)
information from submissions. You Lehigh & Northern Industrial Track,
should submit only information that furnishings as well as financial
contributions from January 1, 2015 located between milepost 349.20 and
you wish to make available publicly. All milepost 348.70 at or near Auburn, in
submissions should refer to File through December 31, 2015.
Public access to the Department of Cayuga County, a distance of 0.90 miles;
Number SBSDR–2016–01 and should be and (6) Auburn & Ithaca Industrial
submitted on or before May 31, 2016. State is strictly controlled and space is
limited. Members of the public wishing Track, located between milepost 349.20
By the Commission. to take part in the meeting should and milepost 348.70 at or near Auburn,
Brent J. Fields, telephone the Fine Arts Office at (202) in Cayuga County, a distance of 0.50
Secretary. 647–1990 or send an email to miles. The Agencies and FGLK state that
[FR Doc. 2016–09931 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am] SellmanCT@state.gov by May 27 to the Agencies currently own the rail
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P make arrangements to enter the lines but FGLK is responsible for all
building. The public may take part in railroad operations over the rail lines.
the discussion as long as time permits According to FGLK, the sublease of
and at the discretion of the chairman. the rail lines is part of a series of
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
proposed transactions that will allow
[Public Notice: 9537] Dated: April 22, 2016. FGLK to continue to pay a negotiated
Marcee Craighill, ‘‘payment in lieu of taxes’’ (PILOT)
Notice of Charter Renewal: The Fine Arts Committee, Department of State. while maintaining the benefit of being
Department of State Has Renewed the [FR Doc. 2016–09974 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am] exempt from local and state taxes. FGLK
Charter of the Advisory Committee on BILLING CODE 4710–24–P states that it originally acquired the rail
International Communications and lines in 1995 and transferred title to the
Information Policy (ACICIP) for a Agencies and then leased back the rail
Period of Two Years lines for purposes of the PILOT
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
The Committee serves the Department arrangement. FGLK states that to extend
[Docket No. FD 36021] and restructure the PILOT arrangement,
of State in a solely advisory capacity
regarding current issues and concerns the Agencies will first transfer title to
Finger Lakes Railway Corp.—Sublease the rail lines to FGLK. Then the
affecting international communications and Operation Exemption—Cayuga
and information policy. ACICIP Agencies will lease the rail lines from
County Industrial Development FGLK.1 Lastly, FGLK will sublease the
members are private sector Agency, Onondaga County Industrial
communications and information Development Agency, Ontario County 1 FGLK and the Agencies jointly filed one notice
technology policy specialists from U.S.
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Industrial Development Agency, for these two related transactions in Dockets No. FD
telecommunications companies, trade Schuyler County Industrial 36011 and FD 36012. Notices of the exemptions
associations, policy institutions, and Development Agency, and Yates were served and published in the Federal Register
academia. County Industrial Development Agency on March 31, 2016 (81 FR 18,681–83). The Agencies
For further information, please call also filed a motion to dismiss the notice of
exemption in Docket No. FD 36011 on the grounds
Joseph Burton, Executive Secretary, Finger Lakes Railway Corp. (FGLK), a that the transaction does not require authorization
Advisory Committee on International Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified from the Board. That motion will be addressed in
Communications and Information notice of exemption under 49 CFR a separate decision.
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