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14 In approving this rule change, the Commission 

notes that it has considered the proposed rule’s 

impact on efficiency, competition, and capital 

formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 15 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 16See Amex Rule 107 and Amex Releases, note 

3, supra. See also NYSE Arca Equities Rules 

5.1(b)(14) and 5.2(j)(2) and NYSE Arca Release, note 

4, supra. 17 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 18 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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–NYSE–2008–77 and should 

be submitted on or before October 3, 

2008. 

IV. Commission’s Findings and Order 

Granting Accelerated Approval of the 

Proposed Rule Change 

After careful consideration, the 

Commission finds that the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the 

requirements of the Exchange Act and 

the rules and regulations thereunder 

applicable to a national securities 

exchange.14 In particular, the 

Commission finds that the proposed 

rule change is consistent with Section 

6(b)(5) of the Exchange Act,15 which 

requires that the rules of an exchange be 

designed, among other things, to 

prevent fraudulent and manipulative 

acts and practices, to promote just and 

equitable principles of trade, to foster 

cooperation and coordination with 

persons engaged in regulating, clearing, 

settling, processing information with 

respect to, and facilitating transactions 

in securities, to remove impediments to 

and perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, to protect 

investors and the public interest. 

The Commission finds good cause for 

approving this proposal before the 30th 

day after the publication of notice 

thereof in the Federal Register. The 

proposal seeks to conform the 

Exchange’s rules for ELDS to the rules 

of Amex and NYSE Arca that have 

previously been approved by the 

Commission.16 Therefore, the 

Commission does not believe that the 

Exchange’s proposal raises any novel 

regulatory issues. The Commission 

believes that accelerating approval of 

this proposal should benefit investors 

by creating, without undue delay, 

additional competition in the market for 

ELDS. 

V. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act,17

that the proposed rule change (SR– 

NYSE–2008–77) be, and it hereby is, 

approved on an accelerated basis. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.18

Florence E. Harmon, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–21166 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #11425] 

Louisiana Disaster Number LA–00020 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Louisiana (FEMA–1786– 

DR), dated 09/02/2008. 

Incident: Hurricane Gustav. 

Incident Period: 09/01/2008 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 09/06/2008. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/03/2008. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 06/02/2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the State of Louisiana, 

dated 09/02/2008, is hereby amended to 

include the following areas as adversely 

affected by the disaster. 

Primary Parishes: 

Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, 

Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, 

Concordia, De Soto, East Carroll, 

Franklin, Grant, Jackson, La Salle, 

Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, 

Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, 

Richland, Saint Helena, Saint 

Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, 

Union, Washington, Webster, West 

Carroll, Winn. 

Contiguous Counties: (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

Arkansas: Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, 

Lafayette, Miller, Union. 

Mississippi: Adams, Claiborne, 

Hancock, Issaquena, Jefferson, 

Marion, Pearl River, Pike, Walthal, 

Warren. 

Texas: Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Herbert L. Mitchell, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–21266 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #11418 and #11419] 

Louisiana Disaster Number LA–00019 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Louisiana 

(FEMA–1786–DR), dated 09/02/2008. 

Incident: Hurricane Gustav. 

Incident Period: 09/01/2008 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 09/04/2008. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 11/03/2008. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

06/02/2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Presidential disaster declaration 

for the State of Louisiana, dated 09/02/ 

2008 is hereby amended to include the 

following areas as adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Parishes: (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): 

Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa. 

Contiguous Parishes/Counties: 

(Economic Injury Loans Only): 

Louisiana: Washington. 

Mississippi: Hancock, Pearl River, 

Pike. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 


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