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20See supra notes 15–16. 

21 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

22 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6) requires a self-regulatory organization to give 

the Commission written notice of its intent to file 

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 this 

requirement. 23 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

general to protect investors and the 

public interest because it would provide 

another venue for electronically 

executing Complex QCC Orders with 

non-standard ratios. The proposed 

change would also increase 

opportunities for execution of Complex 

QCC Orders with non-standard ratios, 

which benefits all investors. The 

Exchange also believes that the 

proposed rule change would not permit 

unfair discrimination among market 

participants, as all market participants 

may opt to trade Complex QCC Orders 

with non-standard ratios. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed clarifying changes would 

ensure accuracy of the proposed rule, 

which benefits all investors.20

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. The 

Exchange does not believe that its 

proposed rule change will impose any 

burden on intra-market competition as it 

would apply equally to all market 

participants that opt to submit Complex 

QCC Orders with non-standard ratios for 

electronic processing, which orders the 

Exchange will process in a uniform 

manner. 

The Exchange does not believe that its 

proposed rule change will impose any 

burden on inter-market competition that 

is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act, 

rather the Exchange believes that its 

proposal will promote inter-market 

competition. As noted here, the 

proposed change is competitive as 

another options exchange currently 

permits Complex QCC Orders with nonstandard ratios to be traded 

electronically. The Exchange’s proposal 

will enhance inter-market competition 

by providing an additional venue where 

investors may electronically execute 

Complex QCC Orders with non-standard 

ratios, giving investors greater flexibility 

and a choice of where to send their 

orders. Market participants may find it 

more convenient to access one exchange 

over another or may choose to 

concentrate volume at a particular 

exchange to maximize the impact of 

volume-based incentive programs or 

may prefer the trade execution services 

of one exchange over another. 

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 

Because the foregoing 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 for 30 days from the date on 

which it was filed, or such shorter time 

as the Commission may designate, it has 

become effective pursuant to section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 21 and 

subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b–4 

thereunder.22

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend 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. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or disapproved. 

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 (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

NYSEAMER–2023–44 on the subject 

line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–NYSEAMER–2023–44. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email 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 website (https://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 website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 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 also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–NYSEAMER–2023–44 and should 

be submitted on or before October 19, 

2023. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.23

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21139 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #18016 and #18017; 

Vermont Disaster Number VT–00046] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for the State of Vermont 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 6. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Vermont 

(FEMA–4720–DR), dated 07/14/2023. 


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1PAS filed a redacted copy of the draft written 

temporary trackage rights agreement as an exhibit 

to its verified notice, along with a separate motion 

for protective order pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.14. On 

September 22, 2023, PAS filed redacted and 

unredacted copies of the fully executed agreement. 

PAS’s motion for protective order is addressed in 

a separate decision. 

Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, 

Landslides, and Mudslides. 

Incident Period: 07/07/2023 through 

07/21/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 09/19/2023. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 10/12/2023. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 04/15/2024. 

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: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the State of Vermont, 

dated 07/14/2023, is hereby amended to 

re-establish the incident period for this 

disaster as beginning 07/07/2023 

through 07/21/2023. All other 

information in the original declaration 

remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Francisco Sa ́nchez, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21189 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #18191 and #18192; 

California Disaster Number CA–00388] 

Administrative Declaration of a 

Disaster for the State of California 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of California dated 09/22/ 

2023. 

Incident: Tropical Storm Hilary. 

Incident Period: 08/19/2023 through 

08/21/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 09/22/2023. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/21/2023. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 06/24/2024. 

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 Recovery & 

Resilience, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, 

Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed 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: Riverside 

Contiguous Counties: California 

Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino, 

San Diego 

Arizona: La Paz 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere .................... 5.000 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere ............ 2.500 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere .................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere ............ 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere 2.375 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ................................... 2.375 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives without 

Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ................................... 2.375 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 18191 8 and for 

economic injury is 18192 0. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # is Arizona, California. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21187 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36726] 

Pan Am Southern LLC—Temporary 

Overhead Trackage Rights—Boston 

and Maine Corporation and Springfield 

Terminal Railway Corporation 

Pan Am Southern LLC (PAS) has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1180.2(d)(8) to acquire temporary 

overhead trackage rights over a line 

owned by the Boston and Maine 

Corporation (B&M) and leased and 

operated by Springfield Terminal 

Railway Company (ST). That line 

generally extends between PAS’s 

existing connection to B&M/ST’s tracks 

at Engineering Station 215+89 at CPF 

312 outside Ayer, Mass., and 

Engineering Station 225+00 outside 

Ayer, for a total distance of 

approximately 1,000 feet (the Line).1

According to PAS, its use of the Line 

would be limited to repositioning 

locomotives. PAS states that Pittsburg & 

Shawmut Railroad, LLC d/b/a Berkshire 

& Eastern Railroad (B&E) currently 

serves as the contract operator of PAS 

and that PAS/B&E serve a facility 

located on PAS’s line, just west of its 

connection to the Line. PAS explains 

that due to a lack of space on PAS’s line 

between the facility and CPF 312, PAS/ 

B&E do not have sufficient headroom to 

reposition PAS/B&E locomotives 

serving the facility, resulting in 

inefficiency and congestion on PAS’s 

network. PAS notes an urgent need to 

reduce congestion on the PAS network 

and states that the limited overhead 

temporary trackage rights sought in this 

docket would provide PAS/B&E with 

the necessary head and tail room to 

reposition locomotives while PAS 

pursues a long-term solution to the 

issue, namely installation of a ‘‘crossover’’ on PAS’s line. PAS states that 

procurement and installation of the 

cross-over will take approximately 75 

days, and that, based on that schedule, 

the parties have agreed that the 

temporary overhead trackage rights will 

expire on December 5, 2023. 

On September 22, 2023, PAS filed a 

petition to waive the requirement under 

49 CFR 1180.4(g) that a verified notice 

be filed at least 30 days before the 

transaction is consummated and to 

allow the exemption to take effect 

immediately, or no later than September 

28, 2023. The effective date of the 

exemption will be addressed in a 

separate decision on the waiver request. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary trackage rights will be 

protected by the conditions imposed in 

Norfolk & Western Railway—Trackage 

Rights—Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 

I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease & 

Operate—California Western Railroad, 


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