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9 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(73). 

contract to adopt the Requirements. 

NFA has identified a trend where some 

Members encourage their customers to 

take on riskier out-of-the money options 

at a cost just below $100. Because in 

NFA’s view these positions are much 

less likely to be liquidated and charged 

a liquidation fee, the total cost remains 

under the $100 threshold. NFA states 

that the proposed rule change may 

increase the number of Members subject 

to the Requirements because option 

contracts that would result in total 

commission, fees and other charges of 

$100 or more if the trade was liquidated 

will be deemed to have been charged 

$100 even if the trade is not liquidated. 

NFA believes that the additional burden 

is necessary, however, because Members 

that engage in this practice are clearly 

within the group of Members that NFA’s 

Board believed should be subject to the 

enhanced Requirements when it chose 

to use high commissions and fees as a 

trigger for imposing the Requirements. 

NFA believes that the proposed 

provision that changes a Member’s 

reporting obligation with respect to its 

report on compliance with the 

Requirements will also lessen the 

burden on Members. Under this 

provision, a Member will be permitted 

to file this report on a quarterly rather 

than monthly basis. 

NFA believes that the final two 

proposed revisions do not add any 

burden to competition because they are 

merely clarifying current requirements. 

One proposed rule change would add 

language that NFA believes makes it 

clear that a Member that receives a full 

or partial waiver is still deemed to be a 

Member that has met the criteria for 

purposes of the Notice. Another 

proposed rule change would add the 

word ‘‘current’’ before the term 

‘‘Disciplined Firm’’ in four relevant 

places in order to clarify that a ‘‘five 

year’’ Disciplined Firm will no longer be 

a Disciplined Firm for purposes of 

triggering the Requirements once the 

firm is dropped from the ‘‘five year’’ list. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

NFA states that it worked with its 

Member Advisory Committees in 

developing the rule change. NFA did 

not, however, publish the rule change to 

its membership for comment. NFA 

states that it did not receive comment 

letters concerning the rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

On October 20, 2010, the CFTC 

notified NFA that it had approved the 

rule change, and therefore, NFA is 

permitted to make the amendments 

effective as of this date. 

Within 60 days of the date of 

effectiveness of the proposed rule 

change, the Commission, after 

consultation with the CFTC, may 

summarily abrogate the proposed rule 

change and require that the proposed 

rule change be refiled in accordance 

with the provisions of Section 19(b)(1) 

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 Exchange 

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–NFA–2010–04. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NFA–2010–04. 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 Web site viewing and 

printing 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 such filing 

also will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of NFA. 

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 publicly available. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.9

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33097 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) publishes a list of information 

collection packages requiring clearance 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. This notice includes revisions 

to OMB-approved information 

collections. 

SSA is soliciting comments on the 

accuracy of the agency’s burden 

estimate; the need for the information; 

its practical utility; ways to enhance its 

quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to 

minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Mail, e-mail, or 

fax your comments and 

recommendations on the information 

collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer 

and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

the following addresses or fax numbers. 

(OMB), Office of Management and 

Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA. Fax: 

202–395–6974. E-mail address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

(SSA), Social Security 

Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports 

Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 

6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 

21235. Fax: 410–965–6400. E-mail 

address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov. 

The information collections below are 

pending at SSA. SSA will submit them 

to OMB within 60 days from the date of 

this notice. To be sure we consider your 

comments, we must receive them no 

later than March 4, 2011. Individuals 

can obtain copies of the collection 

instruments by calling the SSA Reports 

Clearance Officer at 410–965–8783 or by 

writing to the above e-mail address. 


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1. Request for Waiver of Overpayment 

Recovery or Change in Repayment 

Notice—20 CFR 404.502–404.513, 

404.515, 20 CFR 416.550–416.570, and 

416.572—0960–0037. When Social 

Security beneficiaries and Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) recipients receive 

an accidental overpayment of benefits, 

they must repay the amount of the 

overpayment. These beneficiaries and 

recipients can use Form SSA–632–BK to 

take one of three actions: (1) Request an 

exemption from repaying, as recovery of 

the payment would cause financial 

hardship; (2) inform SSA they want to 

repay the overpayment at a monthly rate 

over a period longer than 36 months; 

and (3) request a different rate of 

recovery. In the latter two cases, the 

respondents must also provide financial 

information to SSA to help the agency 

determine how much the overpaid 

person can afford to repay each month. 

Respondents are overpaid beneficiaries 

or SSI recipients who are requesting a 

waiver of recovery of an overpayment or 

a lesser rate of withholding. 

Type of Request: REVISION OF AN OMB-APPROVED INFORMATION COLLECTION. 

Type of request Number of respondents 

Frequency of 

response Response time Total burden (hours) 

Waiver of Overpayment (Completes Whole Paper Form) ...... 400,000 1 2 hours ................................... 800,000 

Change in Repayment (Completes Partial Paper Form) ........ 100,000 1 45 minutes ............................. 75,000 

Regional Application (New York Debt Management) ............. 44,000 1 2 hours ................................... 88,000 

Internet Instructions ................................................................. 500,000 1 5 minutes ............................... 41,667 

Totals ................................................................................ 1,044,000 ........................ ................................................ 1,004,667 

2. Employee Work Activity 

Questionnaire—20 CFR 404.1574 and 

20 CFR 404.1592–0960–0483—Social 

Security disability beneficiaries and SSI 

recipients qualify for payments when a 

verified physical or mental impairment 

prevents them from working. If 

disability claimants attempt to return to 

work after receiving payments, but are 

unable to continue working, they submit 

Form SSA–3033, Employee Work 

Activity Questionnaire, so SSA can 

evaluate their work attempt. SSA uses 

this form to evaluate unsuccessful 

subsidy work and determine applicants’ 

continuing eligibility for disability 

payments. The respondents are 

employers of Social Security disability 

beneficiaries and SSI recipients who 

unsuccessfully attempted to return to 

work. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 15,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 

hours. 

3. Sheltered Workshop Wage 

Reporting—0960–0771. Sheltered 

workshops are nonprofit organizations 

or institutions that implement a 

recognized program of rehabilitation for 

handicapped workers, or provide such 

workers with remunerative employment 

or other occupational rehabilitating 

activity of an educational or therapeutic 

nature. Sheltered workshops perform a 

service for their clients by reporting 

monthly wages directly to SSA. SSA 

uses the information these workshops 

provide to verify and post monthly 

wages to the SSI recipient’s record. Most 

workshops report monthly wage totals 

to their local SSA office so we can 

adjust the client’s SSI payment amount 

in a timely manner and prevent 

overpayments. Sheltered workshops are 

motivated to report wages voluntarily as 

a service to their clients. Respondents 

are sheltered workshops that report 

monthly wages for services performed 

in the workshop. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 900. 

Frequency of Response: 12. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,700 

hours. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports 

Clearance, Social Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33078 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0175] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Renewal of a Previously Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

renew an information collection. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

September 15, 2010. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

February 2, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You 

are asked to comment on any aspect of 

this information collection, including: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket number FHWA–2010–0175. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kenneth Petty, (202) 366–6654, Office of 

Planning, Environment, and Realty; 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

ET, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Planning and Research Program 

Administration. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0039. 

Background: Under the provisions of 

Title 23, United States Code, Section 

505, 2 percent of Federal-aid highway 

funds in certain categories that are 

apportioned to the States are set aside 

to be used only for State Planning and 

Research (SPR). At least 25 percent of 


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