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The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Lincoln, 

Marion, Wayne. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

West Virginia: Boone, Cabell, 

Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, 

Monongalia, Putnam, Taylor, 

Wetzel. 

Kentucky: Boyd, Lawrence, Martin. 

Ohio: Lawrence. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 3.750 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 1.875 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 6.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.125 

Non-profit Organizations without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-profit Organizations without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 13044C and for 

economic injury is 130450. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7111 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12740 and #12741] 

Texas Disaster #X–00380 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 5. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Texas (FEMA–1999–DR), 

dated 08/15/2011. 

Incident: Wildfires. 

Incident Period: 04/06/2011 through 

08/29/2011. 

DATES: Effective Date: 03/15/2012. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 10/14/2011. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 05/14/2012. 

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 President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the State of Texas, 

dated 08/15/2011, is hereby amended to 

include the following areas as adversely 

affected by the disaster. 

Primary Counties: Erath, Midland, 

Wichita. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7110 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Advisory Committee on Veterans 

Business Affairs; Meeting 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Federal 

Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice 

to announce the location, date, time, 

and agenda for the next meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Veterans 

Business Affairs. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: March 26, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. in the Eisenhower Conference 

room, side B, located on the 2nd floor. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2), SBA announces the 

meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Veterans Business Affairs. The Advisory 

Committee on Veterans Business Affairs 

serves as an independent source of 

advice and policy recommendation to 

the Administrator of the U.S. Small 

Business Administration. 

The purpose of this meeting is 

scheduled as a full committee meeting. 

It will focus on strategic planning, 

updates on past and current events, and 

the ACVBA’s objective for 2012. For 

information regarding our veterans’ 

resources and partners, please visit our 

Web site at www.sba.gov/vets. 

Further Information: The meeting is 

open to the public. Anyone wishing to 

attend this meeting or to make a 

presentation to the Advisory Committee 

on Veterans Business Affairs, advance 

notice is requested. Please contact 

Cheryl Simms, Program Liaison, at the 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

Office of Veterans Business 

Development, 409 3rd Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20416; Telephone 

number: (202) 619–1697; Fax number 

(202) 481–6085 or by email at 

cheryl.simms@sba.gov. 

If you require accommodations 

because of a disability, please contact 

the Office of Veterans Business 

Development at (202) 205–6773 at least 

two weeks in advance. 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

Dan S. Jones, 

SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6978 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7831] 

Notification of the Next CAFTA–DR 

Environmental Affairs Council Meeting 

and Request for Comments on the 

Meeting Agenda 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of the CAFTA–DR 

Environmental Affairs Council meeting 

and request for comments on the 

meeting agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State and 

the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative are providing notice that 

the government parties to the 

Dominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement 

(CAFTA–DR) intend to hold the sixth 

meeting of the Environmental Affairs 

Council (Council) established under 

Chapter 17 of that agreement in San 

Pedro Sula, Honduras on April 12, 2012 

at the Hilton Princess Hotel, 10 Calle y 

Ave. Circunvalacio ́n, S.O. Col. Trejo. All 

interested persons are invited to attend 

a public session beginning at 2:30 p.m. 

on April 12. 

During the meeting, each Council 

Member will present their country’s 

progress in implementing Chapter 17 

obligations and on the impacts of 

environmental cooperation in their 

countries. The Council will also receive 

a presentation from the CAFTA–DR 

Secretariat for Environmental Matters 

(SEM) and discuss the Organization of 


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American States Third Evaluation 

Report: Monitoring Progress of the 

Environmental Cooperation Agenda in 

the CAFTA–DR Countries. For the 

public session of the meeting, the 

Council will highlight issues from the 

above discussion elements with a 

particular focus on Chapter 17 

obligations and environmental 

cooperation successes. 

All interested persons are invited to 

attend a public session where they will 

have the opportunity to ask questions 

and discuss implementation of Chapter 

17 and environmental cooperation with 

Council Members. In addition, the SEM 

will present on the citizen submission 

process established under Chapter 17. 

More information on the Council is 

included below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The 

Department of State and Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

invite written comments or suggestions 

regarding the meeting agenda. In 

preparing comments, we encourage 

submitters to refer to Chapter 17 of the 

CAFTA–DR, the Final Environmental 

Review of the CAFTA–DR and the 

Agreement among the CAFTA–DR 

countries on Environmental 

Cooperation (ECA) (all documents 

available at http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

env/trade/caftadr/index.htm). 

DATES: To be assured of timely 

consideration, all written comments or 

suggestions are requested no later than 

April 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

suggestions should be submitted to 

both: (1) Rebecca Slocum, U.S. 

Department of State, Bureau of Oceans 

and International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, Office of 

Environmental Policy by email to 

SlocumRB@state.gov with the subject 

line ‘‘CAFTA–DR EAC Meeting’’ or by 

fax to (202) 647–5947; and (2) Kelly 

Milton, Director for International 

Environmental and Conservation Policy, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative by email to 

KMilton@ustr.eop.gov with the subject 

line ‘‘CAFTA–DR EAC Meeting’’ or by 

fax to (202) 395–9517. If you have 

access to the Internet you can view and 

comment on this notice by going to: 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!home and 

searching on docket number DOS– 

2012–0023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Rebecca Slocum, (202) 647–4828 or 

Kelly Milton, (202) 395–9590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 

17.5 of the CAFTA–DR establishes an 

Environmental Affairs Council (the 

Council). Article 17.5 requires the 

Council to meet to oversee the 

implementation of, and review progress 

under, Chapter 17. Article 17.5 further 

requires, unless the governments 

otherwise agree, that each meeting of 

the Council include a session in which 

members of the Council have an 

opportunity to meet with the public to 

discuss matters relating to the 

implementation of Chapter 17. 

In Article 17.9 of the CAFTA–DR, the 

governments recognize the importance 

of strengthening capacity to protect the 

environment and to promote sustainable 

development in concert with 

strengthening trade and investment 

relations and state their commitment to 

expanding their cooperative 

relationship on environmental matters. 

Article 17.9 also references the ECA, 

which sets out certain priority areas of 

cooperation on environmental activities 

that are also reflected in Annex 17.9 of 

the CAFTA–DR. These priority areas 

include, among other things: 

Reinforcing institutional and legal 

frameworks and the capacity to develop, 

implement, administer, and enforce 

environmental laws, regulations, 

standards and policies; conserving and 

managing shared, migratory and 

endangered species in international 

trade and management of protected 

areas; promoting best practices leading 

to sustainable management of the 

environment; and facilitating 

technology development and transfer 

and training to promote clean 

production technologies. The public is 

advised to refer to the State Department 

Web site at http://www.state.gov/e/oes/ 

env/ and the USTR Web site at 

www.ustr.gov for more information. 

Disclaimer: This Public Notice is a 

request for comments and suggestions, 

and is not a request for applications. No 

granting of money is directly associated 

with this request for suggestions on the 

Council meeting agenda. There is no 

expectation of resources or funding 

associated with any comments or 

suggestions for the agenda. 

Dated: March 20, 2012. 

Sezaneh M. Seymour, 

Acting Director, Office of Environmental 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7254 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 

SJI Board of Directors Meeting, Notice 

AGENCY: State Justice Institute. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SJI Board of Directors 

will be meeting on Monday, April 23, 

2012 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held 

at the National Center for State Courts 

Headquarters in Williamsburg, Virginia. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

consider grant applications for the 2nd 

quarter of FY 2012, and other business. 

All portions of this meeting are open to 

the public. 

ADDRESSES: National Center for State 

Courts Headquarters, 300 Newport 

Avenue, Williamsburg, VA 23185, 800– 

616–6164. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Mattiello, Executive Director, 

State Justice Institute, 11951 Freedom 

Drive, Suite 1020, Reston, VA 22314, 

571–313–8843, contact@sji.gov. 

Jonathan D. Mattiello, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7179 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Low Flow Protection Policy 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As part of its regular business 

meeting held on March 15, 2012, in 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the 

Susquehanna River Basin Commission 

(Commission) approved the release of a 

proposed Low Flow Protection Policy 

(Policy) for public review and comment. 

The Policy can be accessed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.srbc.net/pubinfo/ 

businessmeeting.htm, or by contacting 

the Commission to receive a copy by 

first-class mail. Persons interested in 

providing comments are directed to 

submit the same in writing on or before 

May 16, 2012. 

DATES: The deadline for the submission 

of written comments is May 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed 

to: Mr. John Balay, Susquehanna River 

Basin Commission, 1721 N. Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17102–2391, or 

electronically submitted through http:// 

www.srbc.net/pubinfo/ 

businessmeeting.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Balay, Manager of Planning and 

Operations, telephone: (717) 238–0423; 

fax: (717) 238–2436. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

15, 2012, the Commission approved the 

release of a proposed Low Flow 

Protection Policy for public review and 

comment. The Policy was developed 

over the past year in coordination with 

the Commission’s Water Resources 


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