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(B) Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Burden on Competition

NSCC does not believe that the

proposed rule change will have an

impact on or impose a burden on

competition.

(C) Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Comments on the

Proposed Rule Change Received from

Members, Participants, or Others

No written comments relating to the

proposed rule change have been

solicited or received. NSCC will notify

the Commission of any written

comments received by NSCC.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for

Commission Action

Within thirty-five 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

ninety 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.

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

Room in Washington, D.C. Copies of

such filing will also be available for

inspection and copying at the principal

office of NSCC. All submissions should

refer to File No. SR–NSCC–97–03 and

should be submitted by April 30, 1997.

For the Commission by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9005 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #2940]

State of Illinois

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on March 21, 1997,

I find that Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin,

Massac, and Pope Counties in the State

of Illinois constitute a disaster area due

to damages caused by severe storms and

flooding beginning on March 1 and

continuing. Applications for loans for

physical damages may be filed until the

close of business on May 20, 1997, and

for loans for economic injury until the

close of business on December 22, 1997

at the address listed below or other

locally announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

1 Office, 360 Rainbow Blvd., South 3rd

Floor, Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

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: Hamilton,

Johnson, Pulaski, Saline, Union, White,

and Williamson in Illinois; Cape

Girardeau, Mississippi, and Scott in

Missouri. Any counties contiguous to

the above-named primary counties and

not listed herein have been covered

under a separate declaration for the

same occurrence.

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 Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit

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

Others (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credti

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 294006. For

economic injury the numbers are

944300 for Illinois and 944400 for

Missouri.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: March 26, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–8980 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #2933, Amdt. 2]

Commonwealth of Kentucky

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, dated March 21, 1997, the

above-numbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include the Counties of

Ballard, Carlisle, Estill, Fulton, Grayson,

Hart, Hickman, Marshall, Monroe,

Simpson, Todd, and Warren in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky a disaster

area due to damages caused by severe

storms, tornadoes, and flooding

beginning on March 1, 1997 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: Allen, Barren, Calloway,

Cumberland, Jackson, and Metcalfe in

the Commonwealth of Kentucky;

Alexander County in the State of

Illinois, and Clay County in the State of

Tennessee. Any counties contiguous to

the above-named primary counties and

not listed herein have been covered

under a separate declaration for the

same occurrence.

The numbers assigned to this disaster

for economic injury are 944500 for

Tennessee, and 943900 for Illinois.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 25, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–8981 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster Loan Area #2941]

Massachusetts; (And Contiguous

Counties in Connecticut, New York and

Vermont)

Berkshire County and the contiguous

counties of Franklin, Hampden, and

Hampshire in Massachusetts; Litchfield

County in Connecticut, Dutchess,

Columbia and Rennselear Counties in