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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of North Carolina (FEMA– 

1871–DR), dated 02/02/2010. 

Incident: Severe Winter Storms and 

Flooding. 

Incident Period: 12/18/2009 through 

12/25/2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: 02/02/2010. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 04/05/2010. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 11/02/2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

02/02/2010, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: 

Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, 

Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Jackson, 

Madison, Mcdowell, Mitchell, 

Watauga, Yancey. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.625 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

For Economic Injury 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 12029B and for 

economic injury is 12030B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

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[Release No. 34–61499; File No. SR– 

NYSEAmex–2010–04] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice 

of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness 

of Proposed Rule Change by NYSE 

Amex LLC Amending Rule 991 Options 

Communications 

February 4, 2010. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that, on January 

13, 2010, NYSE Amex LLC (‘‘NYSE 

Amex’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I, II, and 

III below, which Items have been 

substantially prepared by the selfregulatory organization. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend its 

option trading rules pertaining to its 

advertising, branch officer examination 

requirement, and assuming customer 

loss policies to harmonize these policies 

with those of the Financial Industry 

Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’). The 

text of the proposed rule change is 

available on the Exchange’s Web site at 

http://www.nyse.com, at the Exchange’s 

principal office and at the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization 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 those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

Pursuant to Rule 17d–2 under the Act, 

the American Stock Exchange, LLC, the 

Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., the 

Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 

the International Securities Exchange, 

LLC, Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc., The NASDAQ Stock 

Market LLC, the New York Stock 

Exchange, LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., and 

the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. 

(collectively, the ‘‘Options Self 

Regulatory Council’’), entered into an 

agreement dated June 5, 2008 (the ‘‘17d– 

2 Agreement’’) to allocate regulatory 

responsibility for common rules. The 

Exchange is currently in the process of 

recertifying this 17d–2 Agreement. 

In order to continue this successful 

regulatory agreement, the Exchange 

proposes to harmonize the following 

option trading rules with comparable 

FINRA rules: NYSE Amex Rule 991, 

Communications to Customers and 

NYSE Amex Rule 1106, Prior Approval 

of Certain Communications to 

Customers. 

Options Communications 

In furtherance of the 17d–2 

Agreement, and in order to maintain 

substantial similarity with FINRA rules, 

the Exchange proposes to amend NYSE 

Amex Rule 991, Communications to 

Customers, to correspond to FINRA 

Rule 2220, Options Communications. 

Many elements of current NYSE Amex 

Rule 991 are identical to FINRA Rule 

2220. However, FINRA 2220 contains a 

more comprehensive definition section 

and approval process for 

advertisements, correspondence, and 

institutional sales material. The 

Exchange believes it is in the best 

interest of its Members to adopt 

FINRA’s more comprehensive 

requirements. To the extent that other 

FINRA rules are incorporated into 

FINRA 2220 by reference, the Exchange 

proposes to add such language directly 

into the corresponding sections of 

proposed Rule 991. 

For instance, FINRA Rule 2357 makes 

the provisions of FINRA 2220 

applicable to index warrants, currency 

index warrants and currency warrants. 

As stated above, the Exchange proposes 

to amend NYSE Amex Rule 991 to 

correspond to FINRA Rule 2220. Thus, 

to harmonize its rules with FINRA’s, the 

Exchange proposes to amend NYSE 

Amex Rule 1106 to correspond to 

FINRA Rule 2357, so that proposed 

NYSE Amex Rule 1106 will make the 


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4 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

5 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

7 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

9 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6)(iii) requires the Exchange to give the 

Commission written notice of the Exchange’s intent 

to file the proposed rule change along with a brief 

description and text of the proposed rule change, 

at least five business days prior to the date of filing 

of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time 

as designated by the Commission. The Exchange 

has satisfied the pre-filing requirement. 

10 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

11 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 

12For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has considered the 

proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, 

and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

provisions of proposed NYSE Amex 

Rule 991 applicable to index warrants, 

currency index warrants and currency 

warrants. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b) 4 of the Act, in general, and 

furthers the objectives of Section 

6(b)(5),5 in particular, in that it is 

designed to prevent fraudulent and 

manipulative acts and practices, to 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade, to foster cooperation and 

coordination with persons engaged in 

facilitating transactions in securities, 

and to remove impediments to and 

perfect the mechanisms of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system. Specifically, the proposed rule 

changes would provide NYSE Amex 

Members with a clearer, more 

consistent, and more comprehensive 

regulatory scheme, by harmonizing 

NYSE Amex rules with FINRA rules. 

The Exchange further notes that the 

proposed changes are neither novel nor 

controversial and are modeled on 

existing FINRA rules. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The Exchange has filed the proposed 

rule change pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 6 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.7 Because the 

proposed rule change does not: (i) 

Significantly affect the protection of 

investors or the public interest; (ii) 

impose any significant burden on 

competition; and (iii) become operative 

prior to 30 days from the date on which 

it was filed, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate, if 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest, the 

proposed rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 8 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) 

thereunder.9

A proposed rule change filed under 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6) 10 normally does not 

become operative prior to 30 days after 

the date of the filing. However, pursuant 

to Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii),11 the 

Commission may designate a shorter 

time if such action is consistent with the 

protection of investors and the public 

interest. The Exchange has asked the 

Commission to waive the 30-day 

operative delay so that the proposal may 

become operative immediately upon 

filing. The Commission notes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

existing FINRA rules, and does not raise 

any new substantive issues. For these 

reasons, the Commission believes that 

waiver of the 30-day operative delay is 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest 

because it will promote greater 

harmonization between NYSE Amex 

Option Communication rules and the 

related FINRA rules. Therefore, the 

Commission designates the proposed 

rule change effective and operative 

upon filing.12

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission may summarily abrogate 

such rule change if it appears to the 

Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or otherwise in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–NYSEAmex–2010–04 on 

the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEAmex–2010–04. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change 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 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing will 

also be available for inspection and 

copying at the Exchange’s principal 

office and on its Internet Web site at 

http://www.nyse.com. 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 SR–NYSEAmex–2010–04 and 

should be submitted on or before March 

3, 2010. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.13

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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