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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Reporting
Requirements Submitted for OMB
Review.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), agencies are required to
submit proposed reporting and
recordkeeping requirements to OMB for
review and approval, and to publish a
notice in the Federal Register notifying
the public that the agency has made
such a submission.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 30, 2006. If you intend to
comment but cannot prepare comments
promptly, please advise the OMB
Reviewer and the Agency Clearance
Officer before the deadline.
Copies: Request for clearance (OMB
83–1), supporting statement, and other
documents submitted to OMB for
review may be obtained from the
Agency Clearance Officer.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to: Agency
Clearance Officer, Jacqueline White,
Small Business Administration, 409 3rd
Street, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC
20416; and
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, fax
number 202–395–7285 Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline White, Agency Clearance
Officer, jacqueline.white@sba.gov (202)
205–7044.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. Small Business
Administration Loan Pool or Guranteed
Interest Certification.
Form No: 1088.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Description of Respondents:
Secondary Market Participants.
Annual Responses: 1,500.
Annual Burden: 9,750.
Jacqueline K. White,
Chief, Administrative Information Branch.
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Requirements Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION:Notice of reporting requirements
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), agencies are required to
submit proposed reporting and
recordkeeping requirements to OMB for
review and approval, and to publish a
notice in the Federal Register notifying
the public that the agency has made
such a submission.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 30, 2006. If you intend to
comment but cannot prepare comments
promptly, please advise the OMB
Reviewer and the Agency Clearance
Officer before the deadline.
Copies: Request for clearance (OMB
83–1), supporting statement, and other
documents submitted to OMB for
review may be obtained from the
Agency Clearance Officer.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to: Agency
Clearance Officer, Jacqueline White,
Small Business Administration, 409 3rd
Street, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC
20416; and
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, fax
number 202–395–7285 Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline White, Agency Clearance
Officer, jacqueline.white@sba.gov (202)
205–7044.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Nomination for the Small
Business Prime Contractor Nomination
of the Small Business Subcontractor of
the Year Award.
Form No: 883 & 1375.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Description of Respondents: Prime
Contractor, Subcontractor.
Annual Responses: 161.
Annual Burden: 402.
Jacqueline K. White,
Chief, Administrative Information Branch.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #10298]
Alaska Disaster #AK–00003
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of Alaska (FEMA–1618–DR),
dated 12/09/2005.
Incident: Severe Fall Storm, Tidal
Surges, and Flooding.
Incident Period: 09/22/2005 through
09/26/2005.
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Effective Date: 12/09/2005.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 02/07/2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: Small Business
Administration, National 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: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
President’s major disaster declaration on
12/09/2005, applications for Private
Non-Profit organizations that provide
essential services of a governmental
nature may file disaster loan
applications at the address listed above
or other locally announced locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Northwest Arctic Borough
Bering Strait Regional Education
Attendance Area
Kashunamiut Regional Education
Attendance Area
Lower Kuskokwim Regional Education
Attendance Area
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
Other (Including Non-Profit Orga-
nizations) With Credit Available
Elsewhere ................................. 4.750
Businesses And Non-Profit Orga-
nizations Without Credit Avail-
able Elsewhere ......................... 4.000
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 10298.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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[Disaster Declaration #10299 and #10300]
Connecticut Disaster #CT–00002
AGENCY: Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a notice of an
Administrative declaration of a disaster
for the State of Connecticut dated
December 21, 2005.
Incident: Severe Flooding.
Incident Period: 10/14/2005 through
10/15/2005.
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DATES: Effective Date: 12/21/2005.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 02/21/2006.
Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 09/21/2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: Small Business
Administration, National 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: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
Administrator’s disaster declaration
applications for disaster loans may be
filed at the address listed above or other
locally announced locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties:
Hartford, Litchfield, Tolland
Contiguous Counties: Connecticut
Fairfield, Middlesex, New Haven,
New London, Windham
Massachusetts
Berkshire, Hampden, Worcester
New York
Dutchess
The Interest Rates are:
Percent designation of Liberia as a least
Homeowners With Credit Avail-
able Elsewhere .........................
Homeowners Without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..................
Businesses With Credit Available
Elsewhere .................................
Businesses & Small Agricultural
Cooperatives Without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..................
Other (Including Non-Profit Orga-
nizations) With Credit Available
Elsewhere .................................
Businesses And Non-Profit Orga-
nizations Without Credit Avail-
able Elsewhere .........................
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 10299 6 and for
economic injury is 10300 0.
The States which received an EIDL
Declaration # are Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New York.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
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Dated: December 21, 2005.
Hector V. Barreto,
Administrator.
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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 4.625 (45⁄8) percent for the
January–March quarter of FY 2006.
Luz A. Hopewell,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Financial
Assistance.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Initiation of a Review To
Consider the Designation of Liberia as
a Least Developed Beneficiary
Developing Country Under the GSP
AGENCY: Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and solicitation of public
comment.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
initiation of a review to consider the
developed beneficiary developing
country under the GSP program and
5.375 solicits public comment relating to the
designation criteria. Comments are due
2.687
January 13, 2006, in accordance with
6.557 the requirements for submissions,
explained below.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by
4.000 electronic mail (e-mail) to:
FR0441@ustr.gov. For assistance or if
unable to submit comments by e-mail,
4.750
contact the GSP Subcommittee, Office of
the United States Trade Representative;
4.000 USTR Annex, Room F–220; 1724 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508
(Tel. 202–395–6971).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact the GSP Subcommittee, Office
of the United States Trade
Representative; USTR Annex, Room F–
220; 1724 F Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20508 (Telephone: 202–395–6971,
Facsimile: 202–395–9481).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Liberia’s
GSP eligibility was suspended, effective
May 1, 1990, because, following a
review and recommendation by the
Trade Policy Staff Committee in 1989, it
was determined that it had not taken
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and was not taking steps to afford
internationally recognized worker rights
to workers in Liberia. The review was
initiated in response to a petition filed
by the Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights in 1988. The GSP Subcommittee
of the Trade Policy Staff Committee
(TPSC) has initiated a review in order to
make a recommendation to the
President as to whether Liberia meets
the eligibility criteria of the GSP statute,
as set out below. After considering the
eligibility criteria, the President is
authorized to designate Liberia as a least
developed beneficiary developing
country for purposes of the GSP.
Interested parties are invited to
submit comments regarding the
eligibility of Liberia for designation as a
least developed beneficiary developing
country. Documents should be
submitted in accordance with the below
instructions to be considered in this
review.
Eligibility Criteria
The trade benefits of the GSP program
are available to any country that the
President designates as a GSP
‘‘beneficiary developing country.’’
Additional trade benefits under the GSP
are available to any country that the
President designates as a GSP ‘‘least-
developed beneficiary developing
country.’’ In designating countries as
GSP beneficiary developing countries,
the President must consider the criteria
in sections 502(b)(2) and 502(c) of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2462(b)(2), 2462(c)) (‘‘the Act’’).
Section 502(b)(2) provides that a
country is ineligible for designation if:
1. Such country is a Communist
country, unless—
(a) The products of such country
receive nondiscriminatory treatment, (b)
Such country is a WTO Member (as
such term is defined in section 2(10) of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act) (19
U.S.C. 3501(10)) and a member of the
International Monetary Fund, and (c)
Such country is not dominated or
controlled by international communism.
2. Such country is a party to an
arrangement of countries and
participates in any action pursuant to
such arrangement, the effect of which
is—
(a) To withhold supplies of vital
commodity resources from international
trade or to raise the price of such
commodities to an unreasonable level,
and (b) To cause serious disruption of
the world economy.
3. Such country affords preferential
treatment to the products of a developed
country, other than the United States,
which has, or is likely to have, a
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