The Federal Register

Disaster Relief to Small Business Concerns Damaged by Drought

Fri, Dec 15 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) makes economic injury disaster loans to small businesses that have been adversely affected by specific disaster events. Recent legislation authorizes SBA to make economic injury disaster loans when the disaster is (1) a drought or (2) below average water levels in the Great Lakes or on any body of water in the United States that supports commerce by small business concerns. The legislation also specifically authorizes SBA to provide economic injury disaster loan assistance to farmrelated and nonfarmrelated small businesses adversely affected by disasters. SBA is issuing an interim final rule because of the emergency nature of the recent legislation.

Disaster Declaration 10747; South Carolina Disaster SC-00002 Declaration of Economic Injury

Fri, Dec 15 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of South Carolina, dated 12/08/2006.

Incident: Fire.

Incident Period: 06/06/2006.

Effective Date: 12/08/2006.

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/10/2007.

Addresses: Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, Tx 76155.

Export Express Pilot Program

Fri, Dec 15 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the extension of SBA's Export Express Pilot Program until September 30, 2007. This extension will allow time for the Agency to finalize its analyses of this program and also complete internal discussions regarding potential modifications and enhancements to the Program.

Draper Associates, LP License No. 09/09-0242; Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business

Fri, Dec 15 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that Draper Associates, LP, 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA 94025, a federal Licensee under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended (``the Act''), in connection with the financing of a small concern, has sought an exemption under Section 312 of the Act and Section 107.730, Financings which Constitute Conflicts of Interest of the Small Business Administration (``SBA'') Rules and Regulations (13 CFR 107.730). Draper Associates, LP proposes to provide equity financing to OnMeta, Inc. The financing is contemplated for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The financing is brought within the purview of Section 107.730(a)(1) of the SBIC Regulations because Zone Venture Fund II, LP and Zone Venture Fund II Annex, LP, Associates of Draper Associates, LP, own more than ten percent of OnMeta, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that any interested person may submit written comments on the transaction to the Associate Administrator for Inve