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11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2) (1988).

12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12) (1995).

denotation, thereby aiding in efficient

data collection.

IV. Conclusion

For the foregoing reasons, the

Commission finds that the proposed

rule change is consistent with the Act

and the rules and regulations

thereunder applicable to the NASD, and

in particular Section 15A(b)(6).

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,11 that the

proposed rule change (File No. SR–

NASD–96–52) be and hereby is

approved on an accelerated basis.

For the Commission by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.12

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3326 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

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: Comments should be submitted

within 60 days of this publication in the

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst,

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd

Street, S. W., Suite 5000, Washington,

D. C. 20416. Phone Number: 202–205–

6629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ‘‘Surety Bond Guaranty

Agreement, Preferred Lenders Program’’.

Type of Request: Extension of a

Currently Approved Collections.

Form No’s.: SBA Forms 990, 991, 994,

994, 994B, 994C, 994F, 994H.

Description of Respondents: Small

Business Contractors Applying for the

Surety Bond Guarantee Program.

Annual Responses: 55,000.

Annual Burden: 28,837.

Comments: Send all comments

regarding this information collection to

William Berry, Deputy Associate

Administrator, Office of Surety

Guarantees, Small Business

Administration, 409 3rd Street, S. W.,

Suite 8600 Washington, D.C. 20416.

Phone No.: 202–205–6549.

Send comments regarding whether

this information collection is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, accuracy of

burden estimate, in addition to ways to

minimize this estimate, and ways to

enhance the quality.

Title: ‘‘Questionnaires for section 503

Development Company and Company

doing Business with a Section 503

Development Company’’.

Type of Request: Extension of

Currently Approved Collections.

Form No’s.: SBA Forms 1301, 1302.

Description of Respondents: State and

Local Development Companies.

Annual Responses: 90.

Annual Burden: 180.

Title: ‘‘Statement of Personal

History’’.

Type of Request: ‘‘Extension of

Currently Approved Collections’’.

Form No. SBA Form 912.

Description of Respondents:

Applicants for Assistance or Temporary

Employment in Disaster Office.

Annual Responses: 30,000.

Annual Burden: 2,500.

Comments: Send all comments

regarding these information collections

to Pat Anderson, Administrative Officer,

Office of the Inspector General, Small

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street,

S.W., Suite 7150 Washington, D.C.

20416. Phone No. 202–205–6580.

Send comments regarding whether

these information collections are

necessary for the proper performance of

the function of the agency, accuracy of

burden estimate, in addition to ways to

minimize this estimate, and ways to

enhance the quality.

Title: ‘‘SBIR Mailing List and

Confirmation Request and STTR

Mailing List and Confirmation’’.

Type of Request: Extension of

Currently Approved Collections.

Description of Respondents: Small

Businesses Interested Participating in

the SBIR/STTR Solicitation Process.

Form No’s.: SBA Forms 1386, 1906.

Annual Responses: 60,000.

Annual Burden: 500.

Comments: Send all comments to

Shirley F. Smith, Program Analyst,

Office of Technology, Small Business

Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W.,

Suite 8150 Washington, D.C. 20416.

Phone No. 202–205–7295.

Send comments regarding whether

this information collection is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, accuracy of

burden estimate, in addition to ways to

minimize this estimate, and ways to

enhance the quality.

Title: ‘‘Guidelines for Small Business

Award Nominations’’.

Type of Request: Extension of

Currently Approved Collections.

Description of Respondents:

Organizations Nominating a Small

Business Leader for Small Business

Advocacy Awards.

Form No. N/A.

Annual Responses: 500.

Annual Burden: 1,083.

Comments: Send all comments

regarding this information collection to

Janie Dymond, Administrative

Assistant, Office Public

Communications, Marketing and

Customer Service, Small Business

Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W.,

Suite 7600 Washington, D.C. 20416.

Phone No. 202–205–6740.

Title: ‘‘Loan Closing Documents’’.

Type of Request: Extension of

Currently Approved Collections.

Description of Respondents: SBA

Loan Applicants.

Form No’s.: SBA Forms 147, 148, 159,

160, 160A, 529B, 928, 1059.

Annual Responses: 25,451.

Annual Burden: 152,706.

Comments: Send all comments

regarding this information collection to

Michael J. Dowd, Director, Office of

Loan Programs, Small Business

Administration, 409 3rd Street, S.W.

Suite 8300, Washington, D.C. 20416.

Phone No. 202–205–6570.

Send comments regarding whether

this information collection is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, accuracy of

burden estimate, in addition to ways to

minimize this estimate, and ways to

enhance the quality.

Vanessa K. Smith,

Acting Chief, Administrative Information

Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–3279 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

[Declaration of Disaster Loan Area #2925]

California; Declaration of Disaster

Loan Area, (Amendment #1)

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, dated January 24, 1997, the

above-numbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include Alameda and San

Francisco Counties in the State of

California, as well as the City of Morgan

Hill which was previously omitted as a

disaster area due to damages caused by

severe storms, flooding, and mud and

land slides beginning on December 28,

1996 and continuing.

All counties contiguous to the abovenamed counties have been previously

declared.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the termination date for filing
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applications for physical damage is

March 5, 1997, and for loans for

economic injury the deadline is October

6, 1997.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–3277 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–M

[Declaration of Disaster Loan Area #2924

Idaho; Declaration of Disaster Loan

Area (Amendment #1)

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, dated January 22, 1997, the

above-numbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include Kootenai and

Benewah Counties in the State of Idaho

as a disaster area due to damages caused

by severe storms, flooding, and mud and

land slides beginning on December 27,

1996 and continuing.

All counties contiguous to the abovenamed counties have been previously

declared.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the termination date for filing

applications for physical damage is

March 5, 1997, and for loans for

economic injury the deadline is October

6, 1997.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–3268 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

[Declaration of Disaster Loan Area #2928]

Oregon; Declaration of Disaster Loan

Area

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on January 23, 1997,

and an amendment thereto on January

27, I find that Jackson, Josephine,

Klamath, and Wallowa Counties in the

State of Oregon constitute a disaster area

due to damages caused by severe winter

storms, land and mud slides, and

flooding beginning on December 25,

1996 and continuing through January 6,

1997. Applications for loans for

physical damages may be filed until the

close of business on March 24, 1997,

and for loans for economic injury until

the close of business on October 23,

1997 at the address listed below:

U.S. Small Business Administration,

Disaster Area 4 Office, P. O. Box

13795, Sacramento, CA 95853–4795

or other locally announced locations. In

addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties may be filed until the specified

date at the above location: Baker, Curry,

Deschutes, Douglas, Lake, Lane,

Umatilla, and Union Counties in

Oregon, and Asotin, Columbia, Garfield,

and Walla Walla Counties in

Washington.

Interest rates are:

Percent

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 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .............. 4.000

OTHERS (INCLUDING NONPROFIT 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 292811 and for

economic injury the numbers are

935500 for Oregon and 935700 for

Washington.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–3269 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

[Declaration of Disaster Loan Area #2929]

Tennessee; Declaration of Disaster

Loan Area

Rutherford County and the contiguous

counties of Bedford, Cannon, Coffee,

Davidson, Marshall, Williamson, and

Wilson in the State of Tennessee

constitute a disaster area as a result of

tornadoes which occurred on January

24, 1997. Applications for loans for

physical damage as a result of this

disaster may be filed until the close of

business on April 4, 1997 and for

economic injury until the close of

business on November 3, 1997 at the

address listed below:

U.S. Small Business Administration,

Disaster Area 2 Office, One Baltimore

Place, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30308

or other locally announced locations.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

HOMEOWNERS WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .... 7.625

HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT

CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE ................................. 3.875

BUSINESSES WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .... 8.000

BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .............. 4.000

OTHERS (INCLUDING NONPROFIT 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 292912 and for

economic injury the number is 937500.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: February 3, 1997.

Philip Lader,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–3278 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

[Declaration of Disaster Loan Area #2927]

Washington; Declaration of Disaster

Loan Area; (Amendment #1)

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, dated January 27, 1997, the

above-numbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include the Counties of

Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Kitsap,

Kittitas, Mason, Pierce, Skagit,

Skamania, Spokane, Thurston, and

Yakima in the State of Washington as a

disaster area due to damages caused by

winter storms, land and mud slides, and

flooding beginning on December 26,

1996 and continuing.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties may be filed until the specified

date at the previously designated

location: Benton, Clark, Cowlitz,

Klickitat, Douglas, Grant, Jefferson,

Lewis, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend

Oreille, San Juan, Stevens, Whatcom,