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arguments concerning the foregoing.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549. 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

Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such

filing will also be available for

inspection and copying at the principal

office of the Exchange. All submissions

should refer to the File No. SR–PCX–

97–34 and should be submitted by

September 24, 1997.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.1

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23260 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #2979]

State of Ohio

Hocking County and the contiguous

Counties of Athens, Fairfield, Perry,

Pickaway, Ross, and Vinton in the State

of Ohio constitute a disaster area as a

result of damages caused by severe

thunderstorms and flash flooding which

occurred August 16 through 18, 1997.

Applications for loans for physical

damages may be filed until the close of

business on October 24, 1997 and for

economic injury until the close of

business on May 26, 1998 at the address

listed below or other locally announced

locations: U.S. Small Business

Administration, Disaster Area 2 Office,

One Baltimore Place, Suite 300, Atlanta,

GA 30308.

The interest rates are:

For Physical Damage:

HOMEOWNERS WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE—

8.000%

HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE—

4.000%

BUSINESSES WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE—

8.000%

BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFIT

ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT

CREDIT AVAILABLE

ELSEWHERE—4.000%

OTHERS (INCLUDING NON-PROFIT

ORGANIZATIONS) WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE—

7.250%

For Economic Injury:

BUSINESSES AND SMALL

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES

WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE

ELSEWHERE—4.000%

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 297906 and for

economic injury the number is 958100.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: August 25, 1997.

John T. Spotila,

Acting Administrator .

[FR Doc. 97–23345 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #2962]

State of Texas; Amendment #2

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

dated August 21, 1997, the abovenumbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include Goliad County,

Texas as a disaster area due to damages

caused by severe thunderstorms and

flooding beginning on June 21, 1997 and

continuing through July 15, 1997.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties in the State of Texas may be

filed until the specified date at the

previously designated location: Bee,

DeWitt, Karnes, Refugio, and Victoria.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is

September 5, 1997 and for economic

injury the termination date is April 7,

1998.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: August 22, 1997.

James E. Rivera,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–23344 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Information Technology Agreement;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public

Comments for Multilateral Negotiations

in the World Trade Organization (WTO)

on Review and Expansion of the

Information Technology Agreement

(ITA) or ‘‘ITA II’’ and Global Economic

Commerce (GEC).

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff

Committee (TPSC) is requesting written

public comments with respect to the

implementation and expansion of the

Information Technology Agreement, in

particular: (1) Discrepancies between

current tariff nomenclature and

emerging technology which may affect

the expected market access benefits to

the United States of the ITA; (2)

additional information technology

products which it would be in the

interests of the United States to include

in the ITA; (3) expansion of the ITA to

ensure a tariff-free environment for

information products and services

transmitted via the Internet; (4) nontariff barriers affecting trade in ITA

products; and (5) possible acceleration

of ITA duty reductions previously

agreed. Comments received will be

considered by the Executive Branch in

formulating U.S. positions and

objectives for further development of

the ITA, in particular the procedures for

consultations and review of product

coverage provided for by participants to

the ITA on March 26, 1997. They will

be also be considered by the Executive

Branch in developing U.S. positions and

objectives for implementing the

President’s ‘‘Framework for Global

Electronic Commerce’’ of July 1, 1997.

DATES: Public comments are due by

noon, September 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Ellis, Office of WTO and

Multilateral Affairs, USTR, (202–395–

6843); Barbara Chattin, Director for

Tariff Negotiations, USTR, (202–395–

5097); or Matt Rohde, Director for

Customs Affairs, USTR, (202–395–

3063).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Chairman of the TPSC invites written

comments from the public on issues to

be addressed in the course of