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11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 12 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b–

4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to 

provide the Commission with written notice of its 

intent to file the proposed rule change, along with 

a brief description and text of the proposed rule 

change, at least five business days prior to the date 

of filing of the proposed rule change, or such 

shorter time as designated by the Commission. The 

Exchange has fulfilled this requirement. 

13See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 

57049 (December 27, 2007), 73 FR 528 (January 3, 

2008) (SR–CBOE–2007–125). 

14For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has also 

considered the proposed rule’s impact on 

efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 

15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange states that no written 

comments on the proposed rule change 

were either solicited or received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Because the foregoing proposed rule 

change: (1) Does not significantly affect 

the protection of investors or the public 

interest; (2) does not impose any 

significant burden on competition; and 

(3) by its terms does not become 

operative for 30 days after the date of 

this filing, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate if consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

public interest, the proposed rule 

change has become effective pursuant to 

section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 11 and 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.12

A proposed rule change filed under 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6) normally does not 

become operative for 30 days after the 

date of filing. However, Rule 19b–

4(f)(6)(iii) permits the Commission to 

designate a shorter time if such action 

is consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest. The 

Exchange requests that the Commission 

waive the 30-day operative delay so that 

the Exchange can immediately 

implement listing rules that are similar 

to those of other options exchanges.13

The Commission believes that waiving 

the 30-day operative delay is consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

public interest because the proposed 

rule change will provide the Exchange’s 

members and customers with added 

flexibility in the trading of equity 

options and promote, without undue 

delay, additional competition in the 

market for such options.14 The 

Commission expects the Exchange to 

continue to monitor for options with 

little or no open interest and trading 

activity and to act promptly to delist 

such options. In addition, the 

Commission expects that Phlx will 

continue to monitor the trading volume 

associated with the additional options 

series listed as a result of this proposal 

and the effect of these additional series 

on market fragmentation and on the 

capacity of the Exchange’s, OPRA’s, and 

vendors’ automated systems. For these 

reasons, the Commission designates the 

proposed rule change as operative upon 

filing. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission may summarily abrogate 

such rule change if it appears to the 

Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or otherwise in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

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

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–Phlx–2008–01 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2008–01. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail 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 inspection and copying 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–Phlx–2008–01 and should 

be submitted on or before February 4, 

2008. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.15

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–350 Filed 1–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments and Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Small Business 

Administration’s intentions to request 

approval on a new and/or currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments 

regarding whether this information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, whether the burden estimates 

are accurate, and if there are ways to 

minimize the estimated burden and 

enhance the quality of the collection, to 

Jules Lichtenstein, Senior Economist, 

Office of Advocacy, Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., 7th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jules Lichtenstein, Senior Economist, 

Office of Advocacy, 202–205–6537, 

jules.lichtenstein@sba.gov, or Curtis B. 

Rich, Management Analyst, 202–205–

7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: ‘‘High-Tech Immigrant 

Entrepreneurship in the U.S.’’

Description of Respondents: Firms in 

selected industries in the Dun and 

Bradstreet database that doubled in 

revenues and employees between 2002 

and 2006. 


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Form No.: N/A. 

Annual Responses: 1,000. 

Annual Burden: 167. 

Jacqueline White, 

Chief, Administrative Information Branch. 

[FR Doc. 08–90 Filed 1–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6061] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed TransCanada Keystone 

Pipeline Project 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Proposed TransCanada 

Keystone Pipeline Project. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Department of State intends to 

file a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the Proposed 

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project 

with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and that the FEIS is now 

available to the public for review. The 

proposed action is the granting by the 

Department of State of a Presidential 

permit to TransCanada Keystone 

Pipeline, LLC (‘‘Keystone’’) for the 

construction, operation, and 

maintenance of pipeline facilities at the 

border of the U.S. and Canada for the 

transport of crude oil across the U.S.- 

Canada international boundary. The 

pipeline would enter the United States 

at the U.S.-Canada border in North 

Dakota and travel through South Dakota, 

Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, 

and Oklahoma. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

19, 2006, TransCanada Keystone 

Pipeline, LLC (‘‘Keystone’’) filed an 

application for a Presidential permit for 

the construction, operation, and 

maintenance of pipeline facilities at the 

border of the U.S. and Canada for the 

transport of crude oil across the U.S.- 

Canada international boundary. 

Keystone has requested authorization to 

construct and operate the border 

crossing facilities at the U.S.-Canada 

border at Cavalier County, North 

Dakota, in connection with its proposed 

international pipeline project (the 

‘‘Keystone pipeline project’’), which is 

designed to transport incremental 

Canadian crude oil production from the 

Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin 

(‘‘WCSB’’) to an existing refinery in 

Wood River, Illinois, and existing 

terminals in Patoka, Illinois, and 

Cushing, Oklahoma. 

The Secretary of State is designated 

and empowered to receive all 

applications for Presidential permits, as 

referred to in Executive Order 13337, as 

amended, for the construction, 

connection, operation, or maintenance, 

at the borders of the United States, of 

facilities for the exportation or 

importation of petroleum, petroleum 

products, coal, or other fuels to or from 

a foreign country. 

The FEIS was prepared to satisfy the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of the proposed Keystone 

pipeline project. The document also 

evaluates alternatives to the proposal, 

including system alternatives and 

pipeline route alternatives. The FEIS 

contains the Department’s response to 

timely comments received on the draft 

EIS that was made available to the 

public for review on August 9, 2007 (72 

FR 44908). The FEIS also discloses that 

the proposed action is the preferred 

alternative of the Department of State. 

As noted in the October 11, 2006, 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and To 

Conduct Scoping Meetings for the 

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline (71 FR 

59849), the Department of State used the 

scoping process to help identify 

consulting parties and historic 

preservation issues for consideration 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act and its 

implementing regulations (36 CFR part 

800). 

The FEIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

United States portion of the Keystone 

Pipeline Project. In total, the Keystone 

Project would consist of the Mainline 

Project (approximately 1,078 miles of 

pipeline in the United States) and the 

Cushing Extension (293.5 miles of 

pipeline in the United States). Including 

the Cushing Extension, the total length 

of pipeline in the United States would 

be 1,371.5 miles. 

The FEIS describes and evaluates the 

U.S. portion of the proposed Keystone 

Project, including both the Mainline 

Project and Cushing Extension, and the 

additional facilities required to increase 

throughput capacity of the pipeline to 

591,000 bpd. 

U.S. States and counties that could 

possibly be affected by construction of 

the proposed pipeline, including the 

proposed Cushing extension, are: 

• North Dakota: Pembina, Cavalier, 

Walsh, Nelson, Steele, Barnes, Ransom, 

Dickey, and Sargent; 

• South Dakota: Marshall, Brown, 

Day, Clark, Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, 

Hanson, McCook, Hutchinson, and 

Yankton; 

• Nebraska: Cedar, Wayne, Stanton, 

Platte, Colfax, Butler, Seward, Saline, 

Jefferson, and Gage; 

• Kansas: Marshall, Nemaha, Brown, 

Washington, Clay, Dickinson, Marion, 

Butler, Cowley, and Doniphan; 

• Missouri: Buchanan, Clinton, 

Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Randolph, 

Audrain, Montgomery, Lincoln, and St. 

Charles; 

• Illinois: Madison, Bond, Fayette, 

Marion, and Clinton; and 

• Oklahoma (under a possible future 

extension): Kay, Noble, and Payne. 

Copies of the FEIS have been mailed 

to interested federal, state and local 

agencies; public interest groups; 

individuals and affected landowners 

who requested a copy of the FEIS or 

who provided substantive comments on 

the draft EIS; libraries; newspapers; and 

other stakeholders. 

The Department intends to issue its 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

Keystone Pipeline Project no earlier 

than 30 days after the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes a Notice of 

Availability for the FEIS in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline 

application for a Presidential Permit, 

including associated maps and 

drawings; the FEIS; a list of libraries 

where the FEIS may be viewed; and 

other project information is available for 

viewing and download at the project 

Web site: http// 

www.keystonepipeline.state.gov. 

Those wishing to comment on the 

FEIS, to request a CD-ROM copy of the 

final EIS or with additional questions, 

please contact Elizabeth Orlando, OES/ 

ENV Room 2657, U.S. Department of 

State, Washington, DC 20520, or by 

telephone (202) 647–4284, or by fax at 

(202) 647–5947. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 3, 

2008. 

Stephen J. Gallogly, 

Director, International Energy and 

Commodity Policy, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–434 Filed 1–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6060] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Rembrandt: Three Faces of the 

Master’’

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 


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