[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 94251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30883]


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SECURITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 242

[Release No. 34-79237A]
RIN 3235-AL99


Consolidated Audit Trail

ACTION: Notification regarding expired temporary rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is providing notice regarding temporary Rule 
608T under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Commission 
designated 12:01 a.m. on November 16, 2016, as the expiration time for 
Rule 608T, because after that time the rule would no longer be 
necessary.

DATES: December 23, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebekah Liu, Special Counsel, at (202) 
551-5665; Jennifer Colihan, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-5642; Leigh 
Duffy, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-5928; John Lee, Special Counsel, 
at (202) 551-5689; or Ted Uliassi, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6905, 
or Division of Trading and Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-7010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On November 3, 2016, the Securities and 
Exchange Commission adopted a temporary rule, Rule 608T, under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to extend to November 15, 2016, the 
date by which the Commission was required to act on the proposed 
National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the 
``CAT NMS Plan''). Rule 608T solely governed the timeframe for action 
on the proposed CAT NMS Plan. The Commission adopted the temporary rule 
as an interim final temporary rule in light of the impending November 
10, 2016 date designated by the Commission under Rule 608 as the date 
by which the Commission would take action on the proposed CAT NMS Plan. 
The Commission designated 12:01 a.m. on November 16, 2016, as the 
expiration time for Rule 608T because after that time the temporary 
rule would no longer be necessary.
    On November 3, 2016, the Commission published the temporary rule on 
its Web site. Due to a subsequent clerical error, the temporary rule 
was not published in the Federal Register. On November 8, 2016, the 
Commission provided public notice of its scheduled open meeting to 
consider the CAT NMS Plan, posting the notice on its Web site, and on 
November 15, 2016, the Commission approved the CAT NMS Plan at its open 
meeting. The expiration time of 12:01 a.m. on November 16, 2016 for the 
temporary rule has now passed.

    Dated: December 19, 2016.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-30883 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am]
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