Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 21 / Thursday, January 31, 2008 / Notices 5895 

Percent 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

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

Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................... 5.250 

Businesses And Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................... 4.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 11158 5 and for 

economic injury is 11159 0. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # are Massachusetts and 

New Hampshire. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Steven C. Preston, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–1779 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Region IV North Florida District 

Advisory Council; Public Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.2, 

section10(a)(2), notice is hereby given 

that the U.S. Small Business 

Administration North Florida District 

Advisory Council will host a public 

meeting on Thursday, February 7, 2008 

at 12 p.m. EST. The meeting will take 

place at the Jacksonville Port Authority 

located at 9810 August Dr., Jacksonville, 

FL 32226. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss such matters that may be 

presented by members, and staff of the 

U.S. Small Business Administration, or 

others present. The agenda items will 

include a presentation by JaxPort 

Executive Director Rick Ferrin as well as 

matters of the SBA including loan 

reports and goals status for FY 2008. 

Anyone wishing to make an oral 

presentation to the Board must contact 

Wilfredo J. Gonzalez, District Director, 

in writing by letter or fax no later than 

Monday, February 4, 2008, in order to 

be placed on the agenda. Wilfredo J. 

Gonzalez, District Director, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 7825 

Baymeadows Way; Suite 100B, 

Jacksonville, FL 32256; Telephone (904) 

443–1900 or FAX (904) 443–1980. 

Cherylyn Lebon, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–1767 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINSITRATION 

Houston District Advisory Council; 

Public Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, section 

10(a)(2), notice is hereby given that the 

U.S. Small Business Administration 

Houston District Advisory Council will 

hold a federal public meeting on Friday 

February 8, 2008, starting at 11 a.m. The 

meeting will take place at the U.S. Small 

Business Administration, Houston 

District Office, located at 8701 S. 

Gessner, Suite 1200, Houston, TX 

77074. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss the following: Houston District 

Office Performance for 2007; Houston 

District Office Goals for 2008; National 

SBA Initiative; Local Issues from the 

Advisory Council Members; the Role of 

the District Offices through 

Centralization including Marketing, 

Processing and Legal; Community 

Express Loans; 504 Loans; 7(a) Loans; 

Patriot Express Loans; 8(a) Certification; 

SBA’s Resource Partners—SBDC and 

SCORE; Small Business Week Awards 

Luncheon; MID America. 

For further information, please 

contact Alfreda Crawford, Business 

Development Specialist, at the U.S. 

Small Business Administration, 

Houston District Office, 8701 S. 

Gessner, Suite 1200, Houston, TX 

77074; e-mail, 

Alfreda.Crawford@sba.gov; telephone 

(713) 773–6555. 

Cherylyn Lebon, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–1773 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

National Advisory Council; Public 

Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. APP. 2, section 

10(a)(2), notice is hereby given that the 

U.S. Small Business Administration 

(SBA) National Advisory Council (NAC) 

will hold a public meeting on Thursday, 

January 31, 2008 at 2 p.m. (eastern). The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss and 

outline FY 2008 projects for the NAC. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Anyone wishing to participate 

must contact Mina Wales or Adrienne 

Abney-Cole by phone or e-mail in order 

to be added to the agenda. Mina Wales, 

NAC Designated Federal Officer, 202–

205–7180, Mina.Wales@sba.gov or 

Adrienne Abney-Cole, NAC Committee 

Management Specialist, 202–205–6742, 

Adrienne.Abney-Cole@sba.gov. 

The meeting will take place using an 

audio conferencing system. To 

participate, please call our toll free 

conferencing service at 1–866–740–1260 

and enter access code 3711001 at the 

prompt. 

For more information about the 

National Advisory Council, please visit 

our Web site at http://www.sba.gov/nac/ 

index.html. 

Cherylyn Lebon, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–1768 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 6087] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Land Border Crosser 

Survey (Passport Demand Study 

Phase II), OMB No.1405–0177, SV–

2007–0021 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments and submission to OMB of 

proposed information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Land Border Crosser Survey (Passport 

Demand Study Phase II) 

• OMB Control Number: OMB 

No.1405–0177 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Passport Services 

Office: CA/PPT 

• Form Number: SV–2007–0021 

• Respondents: A nationally 

representative sample of the United 

States land border crosser population 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,000 respondents per survey 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

8,000 responses per year. 

• Average Hours Per Response: 10 

minutes 

• Total Estimated Burden: 1,334 

hours annually 

• Frequency: Passport will conduct 

the land border survey semi-annually 

(twice per year). 

• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

up to March 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments and 

questions to Katherine Astrich, the 


rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES
5896 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 21 / Thursday, January 31, 2008 / Notices 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), who may be reached on 

202–395–4718. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: kastrich@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD-ROM 

submissions): Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

• Fax: 202–395–6974 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting documents, to 

Alan J. Swygert, 2100 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., SA–29, Room 3002, 

Washington, DC 20520, who may be 

reached on 202–663–2647 or at 

swygertaj@state.gov, or to Christine 

Grauer, 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

SA–29, Room 3067, Washington, DC 

20520, who may be reached on 202–

663–2751 or at grauercl@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our 

functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: 

Section 7209 of the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 

(IRTPA), enacted on December 17, 2004, 

requires the Secretary of Homeland 

Security (DHS), in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, to develop 

expeditiously, and implement a plan to 

require U.S. citizens and certain other 

categories of individuals to present a 

passport or other sufficient 

documentation of identity and 

citizenship when entering the U.S. This 

law has had significant effect on travel 

to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. 

Land border crossings represent the 

largest number of U.S. Visitor and 

Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 

(U.S. VISIT) Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) inspections. Early data 

suggests that this population may have 

the greatest impact on passport demand. 

Given these new estimates for passport 

demand, CA/PPT is working to increase 

and manage its personnel and capital 

resources for the next several years. In 

support of these efforts, CA/PPT plans 

to conduct semi-annual Land Border 

Crosser Surveys. This additional 

gathering of data will provide the 

opportunity to refine volume and timing 

estimates of demand, and will help 

gauge public reaction to policy changes. 

Failure to prepare for this demand could 

result in delays in passport issuance and 

severely affect CA/PPT’s ability to meet 

the public demand for passports. 

Methodology: 

Passport Services will conduct semiannual National Land Border Crossers 

(LBC) Surveys. This will consist of 

repeat cross-sectional surveys that are 

nationally representative but focus 

specifically on land border crossers. 

Data collection will be conducted via 

RDD telephone interviews including 

2,000 interviews to be completed for 

likely Canadian land border crossers 

and 2,000 interviews completed for 

likely Mexican land border crossers. 

These completed interviews will 

include residents of ‘‘high density’’

areas, or those within a close proximity 

to land border crossings, as well as some 

‘‘low density’’ areas, captured by taking 

a much smaller sample. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Betsey Anderson, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, CA/PPT, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–1748 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6085] 

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights 

and Labor DRL; Proposal Submission 

Instructions Open Comment 

Notice: The State Department’s 

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights 

and Labor (DRL) revised its Proposal 

Submission Instructions (PSI) for grant 

awards in June 2007 to provide 

additional guidance to applicants and to 

increase formatting uniformity so that 

all received proposals are fairly 

reviewed based upon common criteria 

and definitions of terms. 

DRL requests feedback on this revised 

PSI in an effort to review the 

effectiveness of these new guidelines. 

Interested organizations should 

complete the questionnaire below. All 

feedback will be reviewed. DRL reserves 

the right to adjust or adapt the 

submission instructions accordingly. 

Solicitation of feedback does not imply 

endorsement of comments received. 

Questionnaires must not exceed four 

double-spaced pages and must be 

completed in Times New Roman 12 

point font. Organizations are asked to 

submit only one questionnaire each. 

Please submit one response to the 

questionnaire per organization to DRL 

no later than 5 p.m. on February 20, 

2008. Questionnaires should be sent to 

DRL via e-mail to 

SteinhelferMD@state.gov. 

We thank you for taking the time to 

provide your feedback to DRL. 

The PSI is located on the DRL Web 

site: http://state.gov/g/drl/p/c9078.htm. 

Additional Information: Proposal 

Submission Instructions Questionnaire 

Organization Name: 

Current DRL Grantee: YES or NO 

Have you ever used the PSI before: 

YES or NO 

For each section below, please 

highlight either Strongly Agree, Agree, 

Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree, or 

Not Applicable (N/A) 

General Information on Proposal 

Submission Instructions (PSI): 

1. The PSI provides useful guidelines 

for developing the content and format of 

a proposal. 

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral 

Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A 

2. The PSI is easy to understand and 

follow. 

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral 

Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A 

Information on Technical Format 

Requirements: 

3. The technical format requirements 

provide a sufficient amount of detail on 

the requested proposal and budget 

components. 

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral 

Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A 

4. The 6 pages allowed for the budget 

narrative provides enough space to give 

detailed budget information. 

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral 

Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A 

5. The 5 pages allowed for 

attachments are sufficient for providing 

all necessary supplemental information. 

Strongly Agree Agree Neutral 

Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A 

Please use the space below to provide 

additional comments or to clarify 

responses about the Technical Format 

Requirements section of the PSI. 

Information on Standard Forms: 


rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES