Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices 75757

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

12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

will allow brokers to focus on other

orders they are representing. It will

allow brokers to avoid undue liability

and to avoid having to spend an

inordinate amount of time in executing

stock/option orders in compliance with

the current restrictions of Rule 6.75

relating to orders in the order book. It

will also allow stock/option orders to be

executed when otherwise they might

not be executed under Rule 6.75. The

Exchange believes that the current

exemptions for spread, straddle and

combination orders under Rule 6.75

should be extended to include stock/

option orders based upon just and

equitable principles of trade.

2. Basis

The Exchange believes that this

proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)

of the Act,11 in general, and furthers the

objectives of Section 6(b)(5),12 in

particular, in that it is designed to

facilitate transactions in securities,

promote just and equitable principles of

trade, and to protest 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 will 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

Written comments on the proposed

rule change were neither solicited nor

received.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for

Commission Action

Within 35 days of the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register or within such longer period (i)

as the Commission may designate up to

90 days of such date if it finds such

longer period to be appropriate and

publishes its reasons for so finding or

(ii) as to which the self-regulatory

organization consents, the Commission

will—

(A) By order approve such proposed

rule change, or

(B) institute proceedings to determine

whether the proposed rule change

should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views and

arguments concerning the foregoing,

including whether the proposal is

consistent with the Act. Persons making

written submissions should file six

copies thereof with the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC

20549–0609. 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 will also be

available for inspection and copying at

the principal office at the PCX. All

submissions should refer to File No.

SR–PCX–00–04 and should be

submitted by December 26, 2000.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.13

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30769 Filed 12–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3305; Amendment

No. 2]

State of Arizona

In accordance with a notice received

from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, dated November

27, 2000, the above-numbered

Declaration is hereby amended to

include Yavapai County in the State of

Arizona as a disaster area due to

damages caused by severe storms and

flooding which occurred beginning on

October 21, 2000 and continuing

through November 8, 2000.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the contiguous county of

Coconino, Arizona may be filed until

the specified date at the previously

designated location. All other

contiguous counties have been

previously declared.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is

December 26, 2000 and for economic

injury the deadline is July 27, 2001.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–30778 Filed 12–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[License #09/09–0386]

First Commerce & Loan, L.P.; Notice of

License Surrender

Notice is hereby given that First

Commerce & Loan, L.P. (‘‘First

Commerce’’), an Arizona limited

partnership, has surrendered its license

to operate as a small business

investment company under the Small

Business Investment Act of 1958, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’). First Commerce

was licensed by the Small Business

Administration on October 19, 1990.

Under the authority vested by the Act

and pursuant to the regulations

promulgated thereunder, the surrender

of the license was accepted on

November 9, 2000, and accordingly, all

rights, privileges, and franchises derived

therefrom have been terminated.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 59–011, Small Business

Investment Companies)

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Don A. Christensen,

Associate Administrator for Investment.

[FR Doc. 00–30777 Filed 12–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–U

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex

in Education Programs or Activities

Receiving Federal Financial

Assistance

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business

Administration (SBA).

ACTION: Notice of the U.S. Small

Business Administration Financial

Assistance Programs Subject to Title IX

of the Education Amendments of 1972,

as amended.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Subpart F

of the final common rule for the

enforcement of Title IX of the Education

Amendments of 1972, as amended

(‘‘Title IX’’), this notice lists federal

financial assistance administered by the

U.S. SBA that is covered by Title IX.

Title IX prohibits recipients of federal

financial assistance from discriminating

on the basis of sex in education

programs or activities. Subpart F of the