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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices Analysis Agency: Administrative Law Judge Program Office, Office of Personnel Management.
Title: OPM 1655, Application for Senior Administrative Law Judge, and OPM 1655A, Geographic Preference Statement for Senior Administrative Law Judge Applicant.
OMB Number: 32060248.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Federal Administrative Law Judge Retirees.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 150OPM 1655/
Approximately 200OPM 1655A.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
Approximately 3045 MinutesOPM
1655/Approximately 1525 Minutes OPM 1655A.
Total Burden Hours: Estimated 94
hoursOPM 1655/Estimated 67 hours OPM 1655A.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kellie Cosgrove Riley, Director, Office of Privacy and Information Management.
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Release No. 3492685; File No. SRFINRA
2021019

Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Extend the Expiration Date of the Temporary Amendments set Forth in SRFINRA2020015 and SRFINRA2020027

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Pursuant to Section 19b1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Act 1 and Rule 19b4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August 13, 2021, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. FINRA
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC or Commission the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by FINRA. FINRA
has designated the proposed rule change as constituting a non-controversial rule change under paragraph f6 of Rule 19b4 under the Act,3 which renders the proposal effective upon receipt of this filing by the Commission.
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notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organizations Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change FINRA is proposing to extend the expiration date of the temporary amendments set forth in SRFINRA
2020015 and SRFINRA2020027
from August 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021.4 The proposed rule change would not make any changes to the text of FINRA rules.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on FINRAs website at http www.finra.org, at the principal office of FINRA and at the Commissions Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organizations Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, FINRA included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. FINRA has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organizations Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose In response to the COVID19 global health crisis and the corresponding need to restrict in-person activities, FINRA filed proposed rule changes, SR
FINRA2020015 and SRFINRA
2020027, which respectively provide temporary relief from some timing, method of service and other procedural requirements in FINRA rules and allow FINRAs Office of Hearing Officers OHO and the National Adjudicatory Council NAC to conduct hearings, on a temporary basis, by video conference, if warranted by the current COVID19-related public health risks posed by an in-person hearing. In April 2021, FINRA filed a proposed rule change, SRFINRA2021006, to extend the expiration date of the temporary 4 If FINRA seeks to provide additional temporary relief from the rule requirements identified in this proposed rule change beyond December 31, 2021, FINRA will submit a separate rule filing to further extend the temporary extension of time. The amended FINRA rules will revert to their original form at the conclusion of the temporary relief period and any extension thereof.

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amendments in both SRFINRA2020
015 and SRFINRA2020027 from April 30, 2021, to August 31, 2021.5
While there are signs of improvement, much uncertainty remains for the coming months. The emergence of the Delta variant, dissimilar vaccination rates throughout the United States, and the uptick in transmissions in many locations indicate that COVID19
remains an active and real public health concern.6 Based on its assessment of current COVID19 conditions and the lack of a clear timeframe for a sustained and widespread abatement of COVID
19-related health concerns and corresponding restrictions,7 FINRA has determined that there is a continued need for temporary relief for several months beyond August 31, 2021.
Accordingly, FINRA proposes to extend the expiration date of the temporary rule amendments in SRFINRA2020015
and SRFINRA2020027 from August 31, 2021, to December 31, 2021.
i. SRFINRA2020015
As stated in its previous filings, FINRA proposed, and subsequently extended, the changes set forth in SR
FINRA2020015 to temporarily amend some timing, method of service and other procedural requirements in FINRA
rules during the period in which FINRAs operations are impacted by the outbreak of COVID19.8 Among other 5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91495
April 7, 2021, 86 FR 19306 April 13, 2021
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of File No. SRFINRA2021006.
6 For example, President Joe Biden on July 29, 2021, announced several measures to increase the number of people vaccinated against COVID19 and to slow the spread of the Delta variant, including strengthening safety protocols for federal government employees and contractors. See https
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statementsreleases/2021/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-toannounce-new-actions-to-get-more-americansvaccinated-and-slow-the-spread-of-the-deltavariant/.
7 For instance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 27, 2021, began recommending that fully vaccinated people wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission and noted that fully vaccinated people might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level of transmission, particularly if they are immunocompromised or at increased risk for severe disease from COVID19. See https www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinatedguidance.html. Also, several cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New Haven and San Francisco, have recently reinstated their mask mandates.
8 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88917
May 20, 2020, 85 FR 31832 May 27, 2020 Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of File No.
SRFINRA2020015; Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89055 June 12, 2020, 85 FR 36928
June 18, 2020 Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of File No. SRFINRA2020017;
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89423 July 29, 2020, 85 FR 47278 August 4, 2020 Notice of
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