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Commission on February 12, 2007; see also letter 

from Arnold Golub, Associate General Counsel, 

Nasdaq, to Elizabeth K. King, Associate Director, 

Division, Commission on November 7, 2006. 

12 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

13 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

14 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3Amendment No. 1 makes clarifications to the 

purpose section of the proposed rule change and 

typographical corrections to the rule text. 

4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

5 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

companies applying for initial listing, 

the new requirements will be effective 

immediately upon Commission 

approval of this proposed rule change 

for companies that applied after August 

23, 2006, the date this proposed rule 

change was filed with the Commission. 

Companies that applied for listing prior 

to August 23, 2006 would be allowed to 

qualify under the prior standards, 

provided that they complete the listing 

process not later than 30 days after the 

proposed rule change is approved by the 

Commission. The Commission believes 

this implementation schedule is 

reasonable, and provided adequate 

notice to prospective applicants for 

listing. 

III. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning Amendment No. 

3, including whether Amendment No. 3 

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 

No. SR–NASDAQ–2006–032 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

Station Place, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NASDAQ–2006–032. 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 inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. Copies of such filing also will be 

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–2006–032 and 

should be submitted on or before May 

15, 2007. 

IV. Accelerated Approval 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 

Act,12 the Commission finds good cause 

to approve the proposal, as amended, 

prior to the thirtieth day after the 

amended proposal is published for 

comment in the Federal Register. 

Amendment No. 3 requires that 

convertible debt securities listed on the 

NCM have current last sale information 

available in the United States for the 

underlying security into which a 

convertible debt issue is convertible. 

Accelerating approval of the proposal, 

as modified by Amendment No. 3, 

would avoid delay in strengthening the 

initial and continued listing standards 

of the NCM, thereby benefiting investors 

and the public. Accordingly, the 

Commission finds good cause to 

accelerate approval of the amended 

proposal prior to the thirtieth day after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

V. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,13 that the 

proposed rule change (SR–NASDAQ–

2006–032), as modified by Amendments 

No. 1, 2, and 3, is approved on an 

accelerated basis. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.14

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–55641; File No. SR–NYSE–

2007–39] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; New 

York Stock Exchange LLC, Inc.; Notice 

of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness 

of a Proposed Rule Change, as 

Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, 

Relating to Rule 103B (Specialist Stock 

Allocation) 

April 17, 2007. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on April 13, 

2007, the New York Stock Exchange 

LLC (‘‘NYSE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 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 substantially prepared by the 

Exchange. On April 17, 2007, the NYSE 

submitted Amendment No. 1 to the 

proposed rule change.3 The Exchange 

has designated the proposed rule change 

as ‘‘non-controversial’’ under Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) 4 of the Act and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,5 which renders 

the proposal effective upon filing with 

the Commission. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change, 

as amended, from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Rule 103B (Specialist Stock Allocation) 

to permit a listing company transferring 

from NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE ArcaSM’’

or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) to waive the allocation 

process set forth in Exchange Rule 103B 

when the listing company was assigned 

a Lead Market Maker firm (‘‘LMM 

firm’’), which is also a registered 

specialist firm on the NYSE, and selects 

as its specialist firm on the NYSE that 

same NYSE Arca LMM firm. The 

proposed rule further provides for 

additional input from the listing 

company in the selection of its 

specialist firm should it choose to refer 

the matter to the Allocation Committee. 

Below is the text of the proposed rule 

change. Proposed new language is in 

italics. 


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6A registered ‘‘LMM firm’’ is a firm that is 

registered with NYSE Arca and employs 

individuals that are registered LMMs pursuant to 

NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7. 

7A security may be listed on a national securities 

exchange upon effectiveness of a registration 

statement on Form 8–A of the listing company in 

relation to the listing and registration of the security 

on that exchange pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 

Act. The Act does not prohibit companies from 

having multiple effective Form 8–As in relation to 

contemporaneous listings of a class of securities on 

different exchanges. When a company chooses to 

delist from a national securities exchange and 

transfer its listing to another exchange, it must do 

so by filing a Form 25 as required by Rule 12d2–

2(c) under the Act. Rule 12d2–2(c) requires a 

company to give at least 10 days notice to the 

exchange from which it is delisting of its intention 

to file a Form 25 and to give contemporaneous 

public notice of that intent. In the absence of 

Commission action, the Form 25 becomes effective 

10 days after its filing. SEC rules do not require 

companies to wait until the effectiveness of the 

Form 25 before commencing trading on a new 

exchange. However, the Exchange states that while 

SEC rules do not expressly prohibit the 

commencement of trading on the new market prior 

to filing of the Form 25, the general practice is for 

companies transferring their listing to wait to 

commence trading on the new market until 

immediately after filing of the Form 25. Generally, 

the market from which the company is transferring 

will suspend trading in the security on the first 

trading day after filing of the Form 25, so that for 

practical purposes the company will only have one 

trading market as of that date, although there will 

be two effective Form 8–As for the 10-day period 

prior to the effectiveness of the Form 25. The NYSE 

and NYSE Arca intend to follow the practice 

described in this paragraph in connection with 

companies transferring their listing from NYSE 

Arca to the NYSE. Upon filing of the Form 25 in 

relation to the delisting from NYSE Arca and the 

effectiveness of the Form 8–A in relation to the 

NYSE listing, the NYSE will commence trading in 

the securities and NYSE Arca will suspend trading 

on the same day. 

Rule 103B Specialist Stock Allocation 

* * * * * 

IX. PROVISIONS FOR ALLOCATION 

OF SECURITIES ISSUED BY NYSE 

EURONEXT OR ITS AFFILIATES 

* * * * * 

X. Provisions For Allocation of Listing 

Companies Transferring From NYSE 

Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE ArcaSM’’) to the NYSE 

(a) If a listing company transferring 

from NYSE ArcaSM to the NYSE was 

assigned a NYSE Arca Lead Market 

Maker firm (‘‘LMM firm’’), which is also 

a registered specialist firm on the NYSE, 

then the listing company may waive the 

allocation process described above and 

select as its registered specialist firm the 

same firm that was previously assigned 

as the NYSE ArcaSM LMM firm. 

Alternatively, the listing company can 

choose to follow the regular allocation 

process and refer the matter to the 

Allocation Committee. If the listing 

company refers the matter to the 

Allocation committee, all specialist 

firms are invited to apply for such 

assignment. 

(b) If the listing company chooses to 

have its specialist firm selected by the 

Allocation Committee, and requests not 

to be allocated to the specialist firm that 

was its NYSE ArcaSM LMM firm the 

Allocation Committee shall honor this 

request. 

(c) If the listing company chooses to 

select its specialist firm from among a 

group of firms selected by the Allocation 

Committee, the Allocation Committee 

shall honor the listing company’s 

request to include or exclude from the 

group the specialist firm that was its 

NYSE ArcaSM LMM firm. 

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 

Exchange 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. NYSE 

has substantially prepared summaries, 

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

of the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Exchange Rule 103B to permit a listing 

company transferring from NYSE Arca 

to the NYSE to waive the allocation 

process (‘‘Allocation Process’’) when the 

listing company was assigned a NYSE 

Arca LMM firm which is also a 

registered specialist firm on the NYSE. 

Additionally, the proposed rule further 

provides for additional input from said 

listing company in the selection of their 

specialist firm should they choose to 

refer the matter to the Allocation 

Committee. 

Current Allocation Policy 

In accordance with existing Rule 

103B, a listing company may obtain 

assignment of a specialist firm in the 

following ways: (1) The listing company 

may choose to have its specialist firm 

selected by the Allocation Committee 

which must exercise its expert 

professional judgment when making 

such a selection; or (2) the listing 

company may request the Allocation 

Committee to select a group of 

appropriate specialist firms to be 

interviewed by the listing company and 

the listing company then makes the 

final selection of the specialist firm from 

the group of specialist firms selected by 

the Allocation Committee pursuant to 

the provisions of Rule 103B. 

Proposal To Waive the Allocation 

Process 

NYSE Arca, an affiliate of the NYSE, 

provides its listed companies with the 

opportunity to have a NYSE Arca LMM 

firm 6 assigned to its primary listed 

equities. The LMM firm is the 

‘‘exclusive Designated Market Maker’’ in 

such equity on NYSE Arca. The NYSE 

Arca LMM firm may also be a registered 

specialist firm on the NYSE. 

The Exchange seeks to amend Rule 

103B to allow a listing company that 

transfers from NYSE Arca to the NYSE 

to waive the Allocation Process in 

instances where the listing company’s 

equity was assigned to a NYSE Arca 

LMM firm that is also a registered 

specialist firm on the NYSE and the 

listing company wishes to have as their 

registered specialist firm the same NYSE 

Arca LMM firm.7

Alternatively, the proposed rule 

would permit the listing company that 

transfers from NYSE Arca to the NYSE 

to choose to follow the regular 

Allocation Process set forth in Exchange 

Rule 103B and refer the matter to the 

Allocation Committee. If the listing 

company chooses to refer the matter to 

the Allocation Committee, all specialist 

firms would be invited to apply for such 

assignment. 

The proposed rule would also provide 

that if the listing company chooses to 

have its specialist firm selected by the 

Allocation Committee, and requests not 

to be allocated to the specialist firm that 

was its NYSE Arca LMM firm, the 

Allocation Committee shall honor this 

request. 

Additionally, the proposed rule 

provides that if the listing company 

chooses to select its specialist firm from 

among a group of firms selected by the 

Allocation Committee, the Allocation 

Committee shall honor the listing 

company’s request to include or exclude 

from the group the specialist firm that 

was its NYSE Arca LMM firm. 

The Exchange notes that the proposed 

rule would apply to the registered LMM 

‘‘firm’’ and specialist ‘‘firm’’ and not the 

individual employee acting on behalf of 

the LMM firm or specialist firm in such 

capacity. 


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8See Exchange Rule 103B.V; see also Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 46579 (October 1, 2002), 

67 FR 63004 (October 9, 2002) (SR–NYSE–2002–

31). 

9The four firms that are presently registered 

LMM firms on NYSE Arca and registered specialist 

firms on NYSE are: (1) Banc of America; (2) Bear 

Wagner Specialists LLC; (3) Susquehanna, and (4) 

Van der Moolen Specialists USA. LaBranche and 

Company LLC (‘‘LaBranche’’) is presently a 

registered LMM firm on NYSE Arca and a registered 

specialist firm on NYSE but LaBranche is presently 

assigned to trade ETFs only on NYSE Arca and has 

no equities assigned to it. Consequently, LaBranche 

does not fit the criteria of the proposed rule at this 

time. 

10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

11 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

12 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

13 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

14 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 

15 Id. 

16For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has considered the 

The proposed rule change would be 

similar to the procedure for spin-offs 

and related companies pursuant to Rule 

103B.8 Specifically, pursuant to Rule 

103B, if a listing company is a spin-off 

or company related to a listed company, 

the listing company may select the 

specialist firm registered in the related 

company as its specialist without going 

through the Allocation Process. 

Alternatively, it may opt to select 

another specialist by participating in the 

regular Allocation Process. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the goals of the Allocation Policy to 

provide an incentive for ongoing 

enhancement of the relationship 

between the listing company and the 

specialist firm, to encourage continued 

high performance of the specialist firms 

by allowing them to use their 

experience and knowledge of the listing 

company’s securities in a new market 

center and to provide the best possible 

match between the specialist firm and 

the security. 

The proposed rule change is limited 

to listing companies that are transferring 

from NYSE Arca to the NYSE. Since 

NYSE Arca and NYSE are affiliates of 

one another, NYSE Arca’s listings 

program for the allocation of securities 

is designed to meet goals that are similar 

to those established for the NYSE 

Allocation Process. 

The proposed waiver of the 

Allocation Process would occur in very 

limited situations. It would affect only 

four firms that are currently both 

registered specialists firms on NYSE and 

registered LMM firms on NYSE Arca. 

These four firms are currently assigned 

to trade equities on both NYSE and 

NYSE Arca.9

Furthermore, market makers that 

conduct business on NYSE and NYSE 

Arca are both subject to the regulatory 

oversight of NYSE Regulation Inc. 

(‘‘NYSER’’). LMM firms in good 

standing on NYSE Arca must meet all of 

the market making obligations as 

enforced by NYSER. If an LMM firm 

fails to meet its market making 

obligations, it would no longer be 

eligible to serve as the LMM firm for the 

listed security. As such, the NYSE 

believes that allowing listed companies 

to maintain the LMM firm that trades its 

security on NYSE Arca when such LMM 

firm is also a registered specialist firm 

on the NYSE, comports with the overall 

goal of the Allocation Process to provide 

a specialist firm that is most qualified to 

transact business in the listed security. 

Listing companies transferring from 

other market centers to the NYSE would 

not be eligible to waive the NYSE 

Allocation Process pursuant to the 

proposed rule change as the NYSE does 

not have control over other market 

center’s established market making 

obligations. Neither does the NYSE have 

an understanding of the regulatory 

oversight related to the enforcement of 

the market making obligations of other 

market centers. 

Consequently, there is no assurance 

for the NYSE that a registered NYSE 

specialist firm operating as a market 

maker on another market center is 

transacting business in accordance with 

its market making obligations on such 

other market center and therefore the 

NYSE would require the listing 

company to participate fully in its 

Allocation Process as proscribed by 

Exchange Rule 103B. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b) of the Act,10 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) 

of the Act,11 in particular, because it is 

designed to promote just and equitable 

principles of trade, to remove 

impediments to and perfect the 

mechanism of a free and open market 

and a national market system, and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change would 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 

The Exchange has neither solicited 

nor received written comments on the 

proposed rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

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 for 30 days after the date of 

filing (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 12 and 

subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b–4 

thereunder.13

A proposed rule change filed under 

19b–4(f)(6) normally may not become 

operative prior to 30 days after the date 

of filing.14 However, Rule 19b–

4(f)(6)(iii) 15 permits the Commission to 

designate a shorter time if such action 

is consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest. The 

Exchange has satisfied the five-day 

filing requirement. In addition, the 

Exchange has requested that the 

Commission waive the 30-day preoperative delay and designate the 

proposed rule change to become 

operative upon filing. The Exchange 

represented that the proposed rule 

change is merely administrative in 

nature as it seeks to allow a listing 

company to waive the Allocation 

Process set forth in Exchange Rule 103B 

in those limited instances where the 

equity of the listing company was listed 

on NYSE Arca and the company’s 

equity was assigned a LMM firm that is 

also a registered specialist firm on the 

NYSE, and when the listing company 

transfers from NYSE Arca to the NYSE, 

the listing company may waive the 

Allocation Process and select as its 

registered specialist firm the same NYSE 

Arca LMM as its specialist firm on the 

NYSE. The Commission believes that 

waiving the 30-day operative delay is 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest 

because it would allow the Exchange to 

immediately implement this proposal 

and efficiently administer the allocation 

of equities that are currently eligible and 

scheduled to transfer listing from NYSE 

Arca to NYSE on April 18, 2007. 

Therefore, the Commission designates 

the proposal, as amended, to become 

effective and operative upon filing.16


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impact of the proposed rule on efficiency, 

competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 

17For purposes of calculating the 60-day period 

within which the Commission may summarily 

abrogate the proposed rule change, the Commission 

considers the period to commence on April 17, 

2007, the date on which the Exchange filed 

Amendment No. 1. 18 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(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 the furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act.17

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–NYSEArca–2007–39 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSE–2007–39. 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 inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. Copies of such filing also will be 

available for inspection and copying at 

the principal office of NYSE. 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–NYSE–2007–39 and should 

be submitted on or before May 15, 2007. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.18

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7712 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Reporting 

Requirements Submitted for OMB 

Review. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), agencies are required to 

submit proposed reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements to OMB for 

review and approval, and to publish a 

notice in the Federal Register notifying 

the public that the agency has made 

such a submission. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 24, 2007. If you intend to comment 

but cannot prepare comments promptly, 

please advise the OMB Reviewer and 

the Agency Clearance Officer before the 

deadline. 

Copies: Request for clearance (OMB 

83–1), supporting statement, and other 

documents submitted to OMB for 

review may be obtained from the 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to: Agency 

Clearance Officer, Jacqueline White, 

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd 

Street, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 

20416; and OMB Reviewer, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline White, Agency Clearance 

Officer, (202) 205–7044. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Disaster Business Loan 

Application. 

No’s: 5,1368. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Description of Respondents: 

Personnel that assist in the processing of 

loan applications and disbursement of 

loan funds to victims of hurricanes 

Katrina, Rita and Wilma. 

Responses: 19,769. 

Annual Burden: 46,113. 

Title: 8(a) SDB Paper and Electronic 

Application. 

No’s: 1010, 1010B, 1010C, 2065. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Description of Respondents: 8(a) SDB 

Companies. 

Responses: 8,400. 

Annual Burden: 36,210. 

Jacqueline White, 

Chief, Administrative Information Branch. 

[FR Doc. E7–7808 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highways in Washington 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA 

and Other Federal Agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA and other Federal 

agencies that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1)-(2). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, Yakima Grade Separation: 

Lincoln Avenue and B Street project, in 

Yakima County in the State of 

Washington. Those actions grant 

licenses, permits, and approvals for the 

project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before October 22, 2007. 

If the Federal law that authorizes 

judicial review of a claim provides a 

time period of less than 180 days for 

filing such claim, then that shorter time 

period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FHWA: Bryan L. Dillon, South Central 

Region Area Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, 711 S. Capitol Way, 

Suite 501, Olympia, Washington, 98501; 

telephone: (360) 753–9556; e-mail: 

Bryan.Dillon@fhwa.dot.gov. The FHWA 

Washington Division Office’s regular 

office hours are between 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m. (Pacific Time). For Washington 

State: Roger Arms, Local Programs 

Engineer, Washington State Department 

of Transportation, P.O. Box 12560, 


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