17276 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 68 / Wednesday, April 9, 1997 / Notices

New York and Bennington and

Windham Counties in Vermont

constitute a disaster area as a result of

damages caused by a fire in the Town

of Great Barrington which occurred on

February 22, 1997. Applications for

loans for physical damage as a result of

this disaster may be filed until the close

of business on May 30, 1997 and for

economic injury until the close of

business on December 31, 1997 at the

address listed below or other locally

announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

1 Office, 360 Rainbow Boulevard South,

3rd Floor, Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

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 Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit

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

Others (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit

Available Elsewhere .............. 7.250

For Economic Injury:

Businesses And Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 4.000

The numbers assigned to this disaster

for physical and economic injury

damage are 294105 and 944600 for

Massachusetts, 294205 and 944700 for

Connecticut, 294305 and 944800 for

New York, and 294405 and 944900 for

Vermont.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Aida Alvarez,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–8983 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #2937, Amdt. 3]

State of Tennessee

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, dated March 24, 1997, the

above-numbered Declaration is hereby

amended to establish the incident

period for this disaster as beginning on

February 28, 1997 and continuing

through March 24, 1997.

All other information remains the

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

applications for physical damage is May

6, 1997, and for loans for economic

injury the deadline is December 8, 1997.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–8982 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Interest Rates

The Small Business Administration

publishes an interest rate called the

optional ‘‘peg’’ rate (13 CFR 120.214) on

a quarterly basis. This rate is a weighted

average cost of money to the

government for maturities similar to the

average SBA direct loan. This rate may

be used as a base rate for guaranteed

fluctuating interest rate SBA loans. This

rate will be 65⁄8 percent for the AprilJune quarter of FY 97.

Pursuant to 13 CFR 120.932, the

maximum legal interest rate for a

commercial loan which funds any

portion of the cost of a project (see 13

CFR 120.801) shall be the greater of 6%

over the New York prime rate. The

initial rate for a fixed rate loan shall be

the legal rate for the term of the loan.

Jane Palsgrove Butler,

Acting Associate Administrator for Financial

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–8979 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Intent to Request Renewal

From the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) of Current Public

Collections of Information

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), the FAA invites public

comment on six currently approved

public information collections which

will be submitted to OMB for renewal.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on any of these

collections may be mailed or delivered

to the FAA at the following address: Ms.

Judith Street, Room 612, Federal

Aviation Administration, Corporate

Information Division, ABC–100, 800

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Judith Street at the above address or

on (202) 267–9895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

solicits comments on any of the current

collections of information in order to

evaluate the necessity of the collection,

the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of

the burden, the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected, and possible ways to

minimize the burden of the collection.

Following are short synopses of the six,

currently approved public information

collection activities, which will be

submitted to OMB for review and

renewal:

1. 2120–0033, Representatives of the

Administrator, FAR 183. Title 49,

U.S.C., Section 44702, authorizes

appointment of properly qualified

private persons to be representatives of

the Administrator for examining,

testing, and certifying airmen for the

purpose of issuing them airmen

certificates. The information collected is

used to determine eligibility of the

representatives. There is an estimate of

8,500 respondents who will take an

hour or less to prepare the appropriate

application form for the job for which

they are applying. This submission will

no longer cover the application for

airmen medical examiners since that

reporting burden now has its own OMB

control number of 2120–0604.

2. 2120–0045, Bird Strike Incident/

Ingestion Report. Bird strike data are

collected to develop standards and

monitor hazards to aviation. Data

identify bird strike control requirements

and provide in-service data on aircraft

component failure. We estimate 2000

incident reports annually at

approximately 5 minutes per report.

3. 2120–0557, Passenger Facility

Charge (PFC) Program. The Aviation

Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of

1990 (Pub. L. 101–508) authorizes

airports to impose passenger facility

charges. FAR Part 158 recordkeeping/

reporting requirements affect two

groups of respondents—air carriers and

public agencies. It is estimated that

there will be 100 respondents and the

total would be 50,000 hours annually.

4. 2120–0559, FAA Research and

Development Grants. The FAA Aviation

Research and Development Grants

Program establishes uniform policies

and procedures for the award and

administration of research grants to

colleges, universities, not-for-profit

organizations, and profit organizations

for security research. This program

implements OMB Circular A–110,