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13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml ); or 

• Send an email to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–NASDAQ–2012–108 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NASDAQ–2012–108. 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 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 Web site 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. 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–2012–108 and should be 

submitted on or before November 1, 

2012. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.13

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24968 Filed 10–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #13288 and #13289] 

California Disaster #CA–00190 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of California dated 09/14/ 

2012. 

Incident: Brawley Earthquakes. 

Incident Period: 08/26/2012 through 

09/09/2012. 

Effective Date: 10/03/2012. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/13/2012. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 06/14/2013. 

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 Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Administrator’s disaster 

declaration for the State of California, 

dated 09/14/2012 I hereby amended to 

establish the incident period for this 

disaster as beginning on 08/26/2012 and 

continuing through 09/09/2012. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: October 3, 2012. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24950 Filed 10–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8059] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Petition To Classify Special 

Immigrant as an Employee or Former 

Employee of the U.S. Government 

Abroad 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the information collection 

request described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. 

DATE(S): Submit comments directly to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) up to November 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• Email: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection and supporting 

documents from Sydney Taylor, Office 

of Visa Services, U.S Department of 

State, 2401 E. Street NW., L–630, 

Washington, DC who may be reached at 

202–663–3721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Petition to Classify Special Immigrant 

Under INA 203(b)(4) as an employee or 

former employee of the U.S. 

Government Abroad 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0082 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection 

• Originating Office: CA/VO/L/R 

• Form Number: DS–1884 

• Respondents: Aliens petitioning for 

immigrant visas under INA 203(b)(4) as 

a special immigrant described in INA 

section 101(a)(27)(D) 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

300 

• Average Time per Response: 10 

minutes 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 50 

hours 

• Frequency: Once per petition 

• Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain benefits 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 


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• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted in 

response to this Notice are public record. 

Before including any detailed personal 

information, you should be aware that your 

comments as submitted, including your 

personal information, will be available for 

public review. 

Abstract of proposed collection: DS– 

1884 solicits information from 

petitioners claiming employment-based 

immigrant visa preference under section 

203(b)(4) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act on the basis of 

qualification as a special immigrant 

described in INA section 101(a)(27)(D). 

A petitioner may file the DS–1884 

petition within one year of notification 

by the Department of State that the 

Secretary has approved a 

recommendation that such special 

immigrant status be accorded to the 

alien. DS–1884 solicits information that 

will assist the consular officer in 

ensuring that the petitioner is statutorily 

qualified to receive such status, 

including meeting the years of service 

and exceptional service requirements. 

Methodology: This form can be 

obtained from posts abroad or through 

the Department’s eForms intranet site. 

The application available through 

eForms allows the applicant to complete 

the application online and then print 

the application. Most applicants are 

current federal government employees 

abroad and have access to the intranet 

system. Once the form is printed, it is 

submitted to post. 

Dated: October 3, 2012. 

Don Heflin, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Visa 

Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25028 Filed 10–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Trade Policy Staff Committee: Request 

for Comments From the Public 

Regarding Granting Certain Trade 

Benefits to Aruba, Curac ̧ao, Sint 

Maarten, the Turks and Caicos Islands, 

the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, 

Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. 

Vincent and the Grenadines 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) is seeking comments 

from the public on whether Curac ̧ao, 

Sint Maarten, and the Turks and Caicos 

Islands should be designated as eligible 

to receive benefits under the Caribbean 

Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) 

as amended by the Caribbean Basin 

Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (19 

U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and whether Aruba, 

the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, 

Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. 

Vincent and the Grenadines (‘‘St. 

Vincent’’) should be designated as 

eligible to receive benefits under 

CBTPA. Although Congress identified 

the Turks and Caicos Islands as 

potentially eligible for benefits in 1983, 

the Turks and Caicos Islands did not 

request beneficiary status until July 

2012. Similarly, although the Congress 

identified the Bahamas, Grenada, 

Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. 

Vincent for benefits under CBERA in 

1983 and CBTPA in 2000, these 

countries did not request benefits under 

CBTPA until 2012. Aruba was 

designated as a beneficiary country of 

CBERA benefits effective as of January 

1, 1986 upon becoming independent of 

the Netherlands Antilles in 1986, and 

requested CBTPA benefits in October 

2012. As a result of the dissolution of 

the Netherlands Antilles in October of 

2010, Curac ̧ao and Sint Maarten became 

successor political entities of the 

Netherlands Antilles and eligible to 

receive benefits as such. Curac ̧ao and 

Sint Maarten requested the receipt of 

CBERA and CBTPA benefits in, 

respectively, July and June of 2012. 

DATES: Comments are due no later than 

midnight, November 9, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2012–0028 See ‘‘Requirements 

for Submission,’’ below. If you are 

unable to make a submission at 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Don Eiss, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

at (202) 395–3475 to make other 

arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, contact Don Eiss, Office of 

the United States Trade Representative, 

at (202) 395–3475. All other questions 

should be directed to Fran Huegel, 

Office of the Americas, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative, 600 

17th Street NW., Room 523, 

Washington, DC 20508. Her telephone 

number is (202) 395–6135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to submit comments 

on whether Curac ̧ao, Sint Maarten, and 

the Turks and Caicos Islands meet or 

fail to satisfy the eligibility criteria 

described in sections 212(b), 212(c), and 

213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA, as amended, 

and whether the Bahamas, Grenada, 

Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. 

Vincent meet or fail to satisfy the 

eligibility criteria described in section 

213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA, as amended. 

Those criteria may be accessed at http:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011- 

title19/html/USCODE-2011-title19- 

chap15.htm and are summarized below. 

Eligibility Criteria for Designation as a 

Beneficiary Under CBERA and CBTPA 

After a country, territory or successor 

political entity identified in the statute 

as a potential beneficiary country 

requests benefits under CBERA and 

CBTPA, the President must determine 

whether to designate it as a beneficiary 

under the two programs. The President 

shall consider only the specified 

countries, territories, or successor 

political entities. In determining 

whether to designate a country as a 

CBERA beneficiary country, the 

President must take into account the 

criteria contained in section 212(b) of 

the CBERA, which include whether the 

country, inter alia: (1) Is a Communist 

country; (2) has nationalized, 

expropriated or otherwise seized 

ownership or control of property owned 

by a United States citizen or by a 

corporation, partnership, or association 

which is 50 percent or more beneficially 

owned by United States citizens, or 

taken certain steps described in the 

statute that have such an effect, without 

proper compensation or arbitration of 

the dispute; (3) fails to act in good faith 

in enforcing arbitral awards in favor of 

United States citizens or a corporation, 

partnership or association which is 50 

percent or more beneficially owned by 

United States citizens; (4) affords 

preferential treatment to the products of 

a developed country, other than the 

United States, which has, or is likely to 

have, a significant adverse effect on 

United States commerce; (5) owns an 

entity that engages in the broadcast of 

copyrighted material belonging to 

United States copyright owners without 

their express consent; (6) is a signatory 

to a treaty, convention, protocol, or 

other agreement regarding the 

extradition of United States citizens; 

and (7) has not or is not taking steps to 

afford internationally recognized worker 

rights (as defined in section 507(4) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

2467(4)) to workers in the country. 

The President must also take into 

account the criteria contained in section 

212 (c) of the CBERA, which include, 

inter alia: (1) The economic conditions 

in such country; (2) the extent to which 


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