36470 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 128 / Monday, July 6, 1998 / Notices

1Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas,

Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,

Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador, El Salador, Grenada, Guatemala,

Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,

Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and

Others (Including Non-Profit

Organizations) With Credit Available

Elsewhere: 7.125%.

For Economic Injury

Businesses and Small Agricultural

Cooperatives Without Credit Available

Elsewhere: 4.000%.

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 309006 and for

economic injury the number is 988800.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–17708 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3089; Amendment

#1]

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

In accordance with a notice from the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

dated June 16, 1998, the abovenumbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include Beaver, Pike, and

Susquehanna Counties in the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a

disaster area due to damages caused by

severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding

that occurred May 31 through June 2,

1998. 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 locations: Lawrence,

Monroe, and Wayne Counties in

Pennsylvania; Columbiana, County,

Ohio; Hancock County, West Virginia;

Warren and Sussex Counties in New

Jersey; and Broome Orange, Sullivan,

and Tioga Counties in New York.

Any counties contiguous to the abovename primary counties and not listed

herein have been previously declared.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is

August 7, 1998 and for economic injury

the termination date is March 8, 1999.

The economic injury numbers are

990800 for Ohio; 990900 for West

Virginia; 991000 for New Jersey; and

991100 for New York.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 24, 1998.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–17709 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3078; Amendment

#5]

State of Tennessee

In accordance with information

received from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, the abovenumbered Declaration is hereby

amended to extend the deadline for

filing applications for physical damages

as a result of this disaster to July 19,

1998.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for economic injury is

January 20, 1999.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: June 24, 1998.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–17713 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2845]

The Bureau of Personnel, Recruitment

Office; Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Proposed

Information Collection; Application for

Federal Employment (DS–1950).

SUMMARY: The Department of State is

seeking Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) approval for the

information collection described below.

The purpose of this notice is to allow 60

days for public comment in the Federal

Register preceding submission to OMB.

This process is conducted in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995.

The following summarizes the

information collection proposal

submitted to OMB:

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Originating Office: Bureau of

Personnel, Recruitment Office.

Title of Information Collection:

Application for Federal Employment.

Frequency: Yearly.

Form Number: DS–1950.

Respondents: Used by individuals to

apply for certain excepted positions at

the Department of State.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

25,000.

Average Hours Per Response: 30

minutes.

Total Estimated Burden: 12,500

hours.

Public comments are being solicited

to permit the agency to—

• Evaluate whether the proposed

information collection is necessary for

the proper performance of the agency

functions.

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection.

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

• Minimize the reporting burden on

those who are to respond, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Comments regarding the collection

listed in this notice or requests for

copies of the proposed collection and

supporting documents should be

directed to Charles S. Cunningham,

Directives Management Branch, U.S.

Department of State, Washington, DC

20520, (202) 647–0596.

Dated: June 18, 1998.

Fernando Burbano,

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–17740 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Free Area Trade of the Americas

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of Free

Trade of the Americas (FTAA)

negotiations; request for pubic comment

on initial U.S. objectives for the nine

negotiating groups.

SUMMARY: The Trade Staff Committee

(TPSC) is providing notice of the United

States’ participation in trade

negotiations with the 33 countries in the

Western Hemisphere participating in

the Summit of the Americas 1 and of the