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19938 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 71 / Thursday, April 15, 2021 / Notices including those within Chapter 9 of the post all comments on the Commission’s expand education offerings to inform Exchange Rulebook.49 The Commission internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ investors of the benefits and risks of believes that it is consistent with the rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the trading micro-options. The changes to Act to apply Exchange rules governing, submission, all subsequent the proposal and additional information among other things, customer accounts, amendments, all written statements in Amendment No. 1 do not raise any margin requirements, and trading halt with respect to the proposed rule novel regulatory issues and assist the procedures to the proposed micro- change that are filed with the Commission in evaluating the options that are otherwise applicable to Commission, and all written Exchange’s proposal and in determining other index options. The Commission communications relating to the that it is consistent with the Act. believes that the Exchange’s rules proposed rule change between the Accordingly, the Commission finds governing the trading of the index Commission and any person, other than good cause, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) options on the Exchange help to ensure those that may be withheld from the of the Act,51 to approve the proposed the maintenance of fair and orderly public in accordance with the rule change, as modified by Amendment markets for micro-options, which is provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be No. 1, on an accelerated basis. available for website viewing and consistent with the protection of VI. Conclusion investors and the public interest. printing in the Commission’s Public Accordingly, the Commission finds Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, It is therefore ordered, pursuant to that the proposed rule change, as Washington, DC 20549 on official Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,52 that the modified by Amendment No. 1, is business days between the hours of proposed rule change (SR–CBOE–2020– consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 117), as modified by Amendment No. 1, Act 50 and the rules and regulations filing also will be available for be, and hereby is, approved on an thereunder applicable to a national inspection and copying at the principal accelerated basis. securities exchange. office of the Exchange. All comments For the Commission, by the Division of received will be posted without change. Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated IV. Solicitation of Comments Persons submitting comments are authority.53 Interested persons are invited to cautioned that we do not redact or edit J. Matthew DeLesDernier, submit written data, views, and personal identifying information from Assistant Secretary. arguments concerning the foregoing, comment submissions. You should [FR Doc. 2021–07674 Filed 4–14–21; 8:45 am] including whether the proposed rule submit only information that you wish BILLING CODE 8011–01–P change, as modified by Amendment No. to make available publicly. All 1, is consistent with the Act. Comments submissions should refer to File may be submitted by any of the Number SR–CBOE–2020–117, and SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION following methods: should be submitted on or before May 6, 2021. [Disaster Declaration #16920 and #16921; Electronic Comments Washington Disaster Number WA–00092] • Use the Commission’s internet V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ Rule Change, as Modified by Presidential Declaration of a Major rules/sro.shtml); or Amendment No. 1 Disaster for Public Assistance Only for • Send an email to rule-comments@ The Commission finds good cause to the State of Washington sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– approve the proposed rule change, as AGENCY: U.S. Small Business CBOE–2020–117 on the subject line. modified by Amendment No. 1, prior to Administration. the 30th day after the date of Paper Comments ACTION: Notice. publication of notice of the filing of • Send paper comments in triplicate Amendment No. 1 in the Federal SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Register. Amendment No. 1 narrowed Presidential declaration of a major Commission, 100 F Street NE, the scope of the proposed rule change, disaster for Public Assistance Only for Washington, DC 20549–1090. as well as provided additional rationale the State of Washington (FEMA–4593– All submissions should refer to File and support for the proposed rule DR), dated 04/08/2021. Number SR–CBOE–2020–117. This file change. Specifically, the Exchange (i) Incident: Severe Winter Storm, number should be included on the narrowed the scope of the proposed rule Straight-line Winds, Flooding, subject line if email is used. To help the change to permit the listing and trading Landslides, and Mudslides. Commission process and review your of micro-options only on broad-based Incident Period: 12/29/2020 through comments more efficiently, please use index options that have index values of 01/16/2021. only one method. The Commission will at least 100, rather than all indexes; (ii) DATES: Issued on 04/08/2021. narrowed the scope of the proposal to Physical Loan Application Deadline 49 The Exchange states these rules require, among remove all aspects of the proposal that Date: 06/07/2021. other things, that: (i) A TPH may not accept an would have permitted the trading of Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan option order, including a micro-option order, from FLEX micro-index options; and (iii) Application Deadline Date: 01/10/2022. a customer unless that customer’s account has been approved for options transactions in accordance provided additional rationale and ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan with Rule 9.1; (ii) TPHs that conduct customer support for the proposed rule change. In applications to: U.S. Small Business business, including retail customer business, must support of the proposed rule change, the Administration, Processing and ensure they provide for appropriate supervisory Exchange: Provided additional control over that business and maintain customer Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport records in accordance with Rule 9.2; and (iii) TPHs examples of how retail investors may Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. will also need to provide customers that trade use micro-options; emphasized that FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. micro-options (and any other option) with a copy TPHs, in entering micro-option orders Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, of the ODD and amendments to the ODD in on behalf of customers, will continue to accordance with Rule 9.9 so that customers are informed of any risks associated with trading be subject to all Exchange Rules 51 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). options, including micro-options. regarding doing business with the 52 Id. 50 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). public; and represented that it will 53 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:35 Apr 14, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15APN1.SGM 15APN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 71 / Thursday, April 15, 2021 / Notices 19939 U.S. Small Business Administration, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND Treasury, in consultation with the 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, TECHNOLOGY, 33RD SCIENTIFIC Secretary of State, the Attorney General, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. RESEARCH AND TESTING INSTITUTE, and other relevant agencies, to have SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is the 27TH SCIENTIFIC CENTER, the provided, or attempted to provide, hereby given that as a result of the MAIN INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE, financial, material, technological or President’s major disaster declaration on ALEXANDER YEVGENIYEVICH other support for, or goods or services 04/08/2021, Private Non-Profit MISHKIN, and ANATOLIY in support of, any activity or transaction organizations that provide essential VLADIMIROVI CHEPIGA engaged, or described in clause (2) above or any services of a governmental nature may attempted to engage, in activities or person whose property and interests in file disaster loan applications at the transactions that have materially property are blocked pursuant to the address listed above or other locally contributed to, or pose a risk of Order; and (4) any person determined announced locations. materially contributing to, the by the Secretary of the Treasury, in The following areas have been proliferation of weapons of mass consultation with the Secretary of State, determined to be adversely affected by destruction or their means of delivery the Attorney General, and other relevant the disaster: (including missiles capable of delivering agencies, to be owned or controlled by, Primary Counties: Clallam, Columbia, such weapons), including any efforts to or acting or purporting to act for or on Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, behalf of, directly or indirectly, any Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, transport, transfer or use such items, by person whose property and interests in Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Russia. property are blocked pursuant to the Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, DATES: The designation of these persons Order. Wahkiakum was effective on March 2, 2021. As a result of this action, pursuant to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the authority in section 1(a)(ii) of The Interest Rates are: Office of Counterproliferation Executive Order 13382, all property and Initiatives, Bureau of International interests in property of aforementioned Percent Security and Nonproliferation, seven persons that are in the United For Physical Damage: Department of State, Washington, DC States, or that hereafter come within the Non-Profit Organizations with 20520, tel.: 202–736–7065. United States or that are or hereafter Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.000 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June come within the possession or control of Non-Profit Organizations with- 28, 2005, the President, invoking the United States persons are blocked and out Credit Available Else- authority, inter alia, of the International may not be transferred, paid, exported, where ....................................