82 FR 7911 - Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 13 (January 23, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 13 (January 23, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 7911-7912] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-00951] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice of open Federal Advisory Committee Meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs. The meeting is open to the public. DATES: Thursday, March 9, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: Eisenhower Conference Room B, located on the concourse level, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC 20416. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA). The ACVBA is established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 657(b) note, and serves as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the Administrator of the SBA. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the formation and growth of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service disabled veterans, to focus on strategic planning, and provide updates on past and current events. Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make comments to the ACVBA must contact SBA's Office of Veterans Business Development no later than March 6, 2017 at [email protected]. Comments for the record will be limited to five minutes in the interest of time and to accommodate as many participants as possible. Written comments should also be sent to the above email no later than March 6, 2017. Special accommodation requests [[Page 7912]] should also be directed to SBA's Office of Veterans Business Development at (202) 205-6773 or [email protected]. For more information on veteran owned small business programs, please visit www.sba.gov/veterans. Dated: January 11, 2017. Miguel J. L Heureux, SBA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-00951 Filed 1-19-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025-01-P
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members that qualify for them. Members to determine whether the proposed rule For the Commission, by the Division of
will continue to have opportunities to should be approved or disapproved. Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
qualify for similar credits based on authority.16
market participation not tied to NOM. IV. Solicitation of Comments Eduardo A. Aleman,
Moreover, the proposed changes are Interested persons are invited to Assistant Secretary.
designed to reward market-improving submit written data, views, and [FR Doc. 2017–01295 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
behavior by providing new credit tiers arguments concerning the foregoing, BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
based on various measures of such
including whether the proposed rule
behavior, which may encourage other
change is consistent with the Act.
market venues to provide similar credits SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
to improve their market quality. Thus, Comments may be submitted by any of
the Exchange does not believe that the the following methods:
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on
proposed credits will impose any Electronic Comments Veterans Business Affairs
burden on competition, but may rather
promote competition. • Use the Commission’s Internet AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Similarly, the changes to the existing comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ Administration.
credits for transactions in Tape B rules/sro.shtml); or ACTION: Notice of open Federal Advisory
Securities do not impose a burden on • Send an email to rule-comments@ Committee Meeting.
competition because the Exchange’s sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
execution services are completely SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business
NASDAQ–2017–002 on the subject line. Administration (SBA) is issuing this
voluntary. All similarly situated
members are equally capable of Paper Comments notice to announce the location, date,
qualifying for the credits if they choose time, and agenda for the next meeting of
to meet the volume requirements, and • Send paper comments in triplicate the Advisory Committee on Veterans
the same credits will be paid to all to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Business Affairs. The meeting is open to
members that qualify for them. In Commission, 100 F Street NE., the public.
addition, the credits for transactions in Washington, DC 20549–1090. DATES: Thursday, March 9, 2017, from
Tape B securities are designed to reward 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All submissions should refer to File
market-improving behavior, and the Number SR–NASDAQ–2017–002. This ADDRESSES: Eisenhower Conference
proposed changes are designed to better file number should be included on the Room B, located on the concourse level,
align the requirements for the credits subject line if email is used. To help the U.S. Small Business Administration,
with the actual credits. 409 3rd Street SW., Washington, DC
Commission process and review your
In sum, if the changes proposed 20416.
herein are unattractive to market comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
participants, it is likely that the
post all comments on the Commission’s to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Exchange will lose market share as a
Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.,
result. Accordingly, the Exchange does
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the Appendix 2), SBA announces the
not believe that the proposed changes
submission, all subsequent meeting of the Advisory Committee on
will impair the ability of members or
amendments, all written statements Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA). The
competing order execution venues to
with respect to the proposed rule ACVBA is established pursuant to 15
maintain their competitive standing in
change that are filed with the U.S.C. 657(b) note, and serves as an
the financial markets.
Commission, and all written independent source of advice and
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s communications relating to the policy recommendations to the
Statement on Comments on the proposed rule change between the Administrator of the SBA. The purpose
Proposed Rule Change Received From Commission and any person, other than of this meeting is to discuss the
Members, Participants, or Others those that may be withheld from the formation and growth of small business
No written comments were either public in accordance with the concerns owned and controlled by
solicited or received. provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be veterans and service disabled veterans,
available for Web site viewing and to focus on strategic planning, and
III. Date of Effectiveness of the provide updates on past and current
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., events.
Commission Action Additional Information: This meeting
Washington, DC 20549 on official
The foregoing rule change has become is open to the public. Advance notice of
business days between the hours of
effective pursuant to Section attendance is requested. Anyone
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.15 wishing to attend and/or make
filing also will be available for
At any time within 60 days of the comments to the ACVBA must contact
inspection and copying at the principal
filing of the proposed rule change, the SBA’s Office of Veterans Business
office of the Exchange. All comments
Commission summarily may Development no later than March 6,
temporarily suspend such rule change if received will be posted without change; 2017 at veteransbusiness@sba.gov.
it appears to the Commission that such the Commission does not edit personal Comments for the record will be limited
action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in identifying information from to five minutes in the interest of time
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the public interest; (ii) for the protection submissions. You should submit only and to accommodate as many
of investors; or (iii) otherwise in information that you wish to make participants as possible. Written
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. available publicly. All submissions comments should also be sent to the
If the Commission takes such action, the should refer to File Number SR– above email no later than March 6,
Commission shall institute proceedings NASDAQ–2017–002, and should be 2017. Special accommodation requests
submitted on or before February 13,
15 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 2017. 16 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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should also be directed to SBA’s Office were to disallow discovery, CP proposes Tollway states that the phases involving
of Veterans Business Development at an alternative procedural schedule, with the crossing of the Bensenville Yard are
(202) 205–6773 or veteransbusiness@ replies due on February 23, 2017. the last two phases of the entire EOWA
sba.gov. For more information on As discussed below, the Board will Project, with construction projected to
veteran owned small business programs, institute a proceeding to consider start no earlier than 2020. (Tollway Pet.
please visit www.sba.gov/veterans. whether 49 U.S.C. 10501(b) preempts 16–17, 30.) The Tollway asserts that
Dated: January 11, 2017. the Tollway’s eminent domain authority CP’s objections in this proceeding to
Miguel J. L Heureux,
to acquire the temporary and permanent these last phases of construction are
easements needed to construct highway premature, as the plans for these phases
SBA Committee Management Officer.
bridges over CP’s rail tracks, as well as have not developed past the conceptual
[FR Doc. 2017–00951 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am] to consider the implications of the layout stage, and it would thus be
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P Tollway’s prospective plans to cross or impossible to determine whether the
go through the Bensenville Yard. phases would unreasonably interfere
Background with railroad operations. (Tollway Pet.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 31.) The Tollway states that ‘‘if and
The construction of the Western when the Tollway elects to pursue this
[Docket No. FD 36075]
Access Interchange, which involves the work and [CP] refuses to cooperate, the
The Illinois State Toll Highway proposed construction of five highway Tollway will return to the Board with a
Authority—Petition for Declaratory bridges over CP’s railroad tracks, is one subsequent petition related to the
Order stage of the Tollway’s Elgin O’Hare Bensenville Yard issues.’’ (Tollway Pet.
Western Access Project (EOWA Project), 30.) The Tollway also notes that CP’s
By petition filed on November 23, a multi-stage project to improve the
2016, the Illinois State Toll Highway argument for considering the impact on
transportation infrastructure near
Authority (Tollway) seeks a declaratory the Bensenville Yard has been
O’Hare International Airport (O’Hare) by
order confirming that, in its effort to dismissed as premature by the United
creating access to the western side of
acquire permanent and temporary States District Court for the Northern
O’Hare. (Tollway Pet. 2; CP Reply 4.)
easements for the construction of five District of Illinois, see Soo Line R.R. v.
The EOWA Project involves the
highway bridges over railroad tracks Ill. State Toll Highway Auth., Case No.
construction of an east-west tollway (the
owned and operated by Soo Line 15–C–10328 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 29, 2016),
Western Access Tollway) that
Railroad Company, d/b/a Canadian and CP’s appeal of the dismissal is
approaches O’Hare from the west and a
Pacific Railway (CP) in Chicago, Ill., the currently pending before the United
north-south tollway (the Western
Tollway’s state law eminent domain States Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Bypass) that would connect I–90 north
authority is not preempted by federal of O’Hare to I–294 south of O’Hare via Circuit.
law under 49 U.S.C. 10501(b). The the airport’s western perimeter. (CP Discussion and Conclusions
Tollway seeks expedited consideration Reply 4.) The Tollway’s petition
and has submitted a procedural The Board has discretionary authority
pertains to the Western Access
schedule that provides for comment by under 5 U.S.C. 554(e) and 49 U.S.C.
Interchange, which is the planned
CP as well as a period for public 1321 2 to issue a declaratory order to
interchange between these two new
comment. eliminate a controversy or remove
tollways.
On December 9, 2016, CP filed a CP has requested that the Board uncertainty in a case that relates to the
‘‘limited reply’’ in opposition to the broaden the scope of this proceeding to subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.
Tollway’s request for a declaratory order consider the southern leg of the Western The Board has broad discretion to
and proposed procedural schedule. CP Bypass, because ‘‘construction of the determine whether to issue a
argues that the Tollway disregards the Western [Access] Interchange commits declaratory order. See Intercity Transp.
fact that the construction of the five the Western Bypass to an alignment Co. v. United States, 737 F.2d 103 (D.C.
highway bridges would lock the layout through Bensenville Yard,’’ which is Cir. 1984); Delegation of Auth.—
of the tollway into an alignment that located immediately south of O’Hare Declaratory Order Proceedings, 5
goes across and through CP’s and is CP’s only rail yard in the Chicago I.C.C.2d 675 (1989). The Board may also
Bensenville Yard. Therefore, CP asserts Terminal. (CP Reply 9.) CP states that provide guidance to assist other
that the scope of this proceeding should construction of the Western Access government agencies and courts in
be broadened to consider the Interchange involves plans to build the appropriate circumstances. See U.S.
ramifications that the Tollway’s project highway bridges and a section of the Envtl. Prot. Agency—Pet. for Declaratory
would have on the Bensenville Yard. CP southern leg of the Western Bypass to Order, FD 35803 (STB served Dec. 30,
also requests that the Board allow Irving Park Road, just north of the 2014); Mid-Am. Locomotive & Car
limited discovery and proposes a Bensenville Yard and that the Tollway Repair, Inc.—Pet. for Declaratory Order,
procedural schedule that allows for has already commenced construction on FD 34599 (STB served June 6, 2005). In
discovery, CP’s substantive reply, and a part of the tollway immediately south this case, it is appropriate to institute a
public comment.1 In the event the Board of the Bensenville Yard, from I–294 proceeding so that the Board can
north to the yard’s southwest property address whether § 10501(b) preempts
1 On December 21, 2016, the Tollway filed a
line. Id. Thus, CP argues that it is the Tollway’s eminent domain authority
motion for leave to file a surreply to CP’s December to acquire the temporary and permanent
9, 2016 limited reply. On January 3, 2016, CP filed inevitable that the Tollway will seek to
complete the Western Bypass through easements needed to construct highway
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a motion for leave to file a reply to the Tollway’s
surreply. The Board will grant both motions and the Bensenville Yard. bridges over CP’s tracks, as well as the
will consider the filings in the interest of compiling potential implications of crossing or
a more complete record. See City of Alexandria, The Tollway states that, while its
Va.—Pet. for Declaratory Order, FD 35157 (STB ultimate goal is to connect the Western going through the Bensenville Yard. The
served Nov. 6, 2008) (allowing reply to reply ‘‘[i]n Access Tollway to I–294, the current 2 The Surface Transportation Board
the interest of compiling a full record); Denver & plan is for the Western Access Tollway
Rio Grande Ry. Historical Found.—Pet. for Reauthorization Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114–
Declaratory Order, FD 35496, slip op. at 3 (STB to stop at Irving Park Road, north of the 110, recodified certain provisions of title 49, United
served Feb. 23, 2012). Bensenville Yard. (Tollway Pet. 30.) The States Code, redesignating 49 U.S.C. 721 as § 1321.
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