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15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

available for inspection and copying at 

the principal office of the Nasdaq. 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–NASDAQ–2007–073 and 

should be submitted on or before 

October 1, 2007. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.15

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–17720 Filed 9–7–07; 8:45 am] 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments and Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Small Business 

Administration’s intentions to request 

approval on a new and/or currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments 

regarding whether this information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, whether the burden estimates 

are accurate, and if there are ways to 

minimize the estimated burden and 

enhance the quality of the collection, to 

Gail Hepler, Chief 7a Loan Policy 

Branch, Office of Financial Assistance, 

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd 

Street, SW., Suite 8300, Washington, DC 

20416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail 

Hepler, Chief 7a Loan Policy Branch, 

Office of Financial Assistance, 202–

205–7530, gail.hepler@sba.gov or Curtis 

B. Rich, Management Analyst, 202–205–

7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SBA 

has continued to hear from many 

lenders, particularly rural/small lenders, 

that despite recent efforts to streamline 

its loan processes through such 

initiatives as guaranteed loans. This is 

supported by the limited number of 

SBA loans produced by small lenders. 

As a result, SBA is moving forward to 

redesign its standard 7(a) loan 

application form and re-engineer its 

standard 7(a) loan process for loans of 

$350,000 or less, which will be 

processed through a centralized and 

highly automated and streamlined loan 

facility. The proposed information 

collection thus represents the first phase 

of the redesign of an existing SBA loan 

form (SBA Form 4 and Form 4–1), 

initially for loans of $350,000, with the 

redesign intended to reduce the time 

and paperwork of lenders and the 

public to prepare an SBA loan 

application. This redesign of the SBA 

loan application process for loans of 

$350,000 or less will be the first phase 

of what ultimately will become a tiered 

loan application process that will 

require less information for smaller 

loans but appropriately more 

information from a borrower or lender 

as the size and/or complexity of a loan 

increases. 

Title: Application for Community 

Lender Initiative and Instructions 

Community Lender Initiative Eligibility 

Questionnaire. 

Description of Respondents: SBA 

lenders and loan applicants. 

Annual Responses: 4,000. 

Annual Burden: 24,000. 

Jacqueline White, 

Chief, Administrative Information Branch. 

[FR Doc. E7–17753 Filed 9–7–07; 8:45 am] 

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UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF 

PEACE 

Notice of Meeting 

Date/Time: Thursday, September 20, 

2007, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Location: 1200 17th Street, NW., Suite 

200, Washington, DC 20036–3011. 

Status: Open Session—Portions may 

be closed pursuant to Subsection (c) of 

Section 552(b) of Title 5, United States 

Code, as provided in subsection 

1706(h)(3) of the United States Institute 

of Peace Act, Public Law 98–525. 

Agenda: September 20, 2007 Board 

Meeting; Approval of Minutes of the 

One Hundred Twenty-Seventh Meeting 

(June 13–14, 2007) of the Board of 

Director; Chairman’s Report; President’s 

Report; Budget Discussion; 

Consideration of Grant 

Recommendations; Other General 

Issues. 

Contact: Tessie F. Higgs, Executive 

Office, Telephone: (202) 429–3836. 

Dated: September 5, 2007. 

Patricia P. Thomson, 

Executive Vice President, United States 

Institute of Peace. 

[FR Doc. 07–4449 Filed 9–6–07; 3:49 pm] 

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