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21For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has considered the 

proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, 

and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 22 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Exchange to provide the DMM unit 

algorithms with order-by-order odd-lot 

information prior to the opening 

transaction without interruption until 

October 31, 2009, when the Exchange 

anticipates necessary modifications to 

its systems will be completed. 

Therefore, the Commission designates 

the proposal operative upon filing.21

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission may summarily abrogate 

such rule change if it appears to the 

Commission that such action is 

necessary or appropriate in the public 

interest, for the protection of investors, 

or otherwise in furtherance of the 

purposes 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 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–NYSEAmex–2009–58 on 

the subject line. 

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–NYSEAmex–2009–58. 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 inspection and copying 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 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–NYSEAmex–2009–58 and 

should be submitted on or before 

September 23, 2009. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.22

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–21137 Filed 9–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment 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 (Pub. L.) 104–13, the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

effective October 1, 1995. This notice 

includes revisions and extensions of 

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 the 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 the SSA Director for Reports 

Clearance to the addresses or fax 

numbers shown below. 

(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: Director, Center for 

Reports Clearance, 1333 Annex 

Building, 6401 Security Blvd., 

Baltimore, MD 21235. Fax: 410–965– 

0454. 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 November 2, 2009. 

Individuals can obtain copies of the 

collection instruments by calling the 

SSA Director for Reports Clearance at 

410–965–0454 or by writing to the email address we list above. 

1. Blood Donor Locator Service 

(BDLS)—20 CFR 401.200—0960–0501. 

This regulation stipulates that when 

blood donor facilities identify blood 

donations as Human Immunodeficiency 

Virus (HIV)-positive, the overseeing 

State agency must provide the names 

and Social Security Numbers of the 

affected donors to SSA’s Blood Donor 

Locator Service. SSA uses this 

information to furnish the State agencies 

with the blood donors’ address 

information to notify the blood donors. 

Respondents are State agencies acting 

on behalf of blood donor facilities. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 10. 

Frequency of Response: 5. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 13 hours. 

2. Continuation of SSI Benefits for the 

Temporarily Institutionalized— 

Certification of Period and Need to 

Maintain Home—20 CFR 

416.212(b)(1)—0960–0516. When 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

recipients: (1) Enter a public institution, 

or (2) enter a private medical institution 

with Medicaid paying more than 50% of 

expenses, their SSI payments are 

reduced to a nominal sum. However, if 

this institutionalization is temporary 

(defined as a maximum of 3 months), 

SSA may waive the reduction of 

benefits. 

Before SSA can waive the benefit 

reduction, the agency must receive the 

following documentation: (1) A 

physician’s certification that the 

beneficiary will only be 

institutionalized for a maximum of 3 

months, and (2) certification from the 

beneficiary, beneficiary’s family, or 

beneficiary’s friend confirming that SSI 

benefits are needed to maintain the 

living arrangements to which the 

beneficiary will return postinstitutionalization. The respondents 

are doctors of SSI beneficiaries and the 

beneficiaries or their family/friends. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 


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Number of Respondents: 60,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 5,000 

hours. 

3. Privacy and Disclosure of Official 

Records and Information; Availability of 

Information and Records to the Public— 

20 CFR 401.40(b)&(c), 401.55(b), 

401.100(a), 402.130, 402.185—0960– 

0566. Under the Privacy and Disclosure 

of Official Records and Information, 

SSA has established methods in which 

the public can request the following: 

Access to their SSA records; disclosure 

of SSA records; corrections/ 

amendments to their SSA records; 

consent for release of records; records 

accessible through the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA); and waiver/ 

reduction of fees normally charged for 

release of FOIA records. SSA most often 

collected the required information for 

these requests through a written letter, 

with the exception of the consent for 

release of records for which there is the 

Form SSA–3288. Respondents are 

individuals requesting access to, 

correction of, or disclosure of SSA 

records. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Type of request Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Access to Records ........................................................................................... 10,000 1 11 1,833 

Designating a Representative for Disclosure of Records ............................... 3,000 1 2 100 

Amendment of Records ................................................................................... 100 1 10 17 

Consent of Release of Records ...................................................................... 3,000,000 1 3 150,000 

FOIA Requests for Records ............................................................................ 15,000 1 5 1,250 

Waiver/Reduction of Fees ............................................................................... 400 1 5 33 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 3,028,500 ........................ ........................ 153,233 

4. Representative Payee Report of 

Benefits and Dedicated Account—20 

CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, 

416.665—0960–0576. SSA requires 

representative payees (RPs) to submit a 

written report accounting for the use of 

money paid to Social Security and/or 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

recipients, and to establish and 

maintain a dedicated account for these 

payments. SSA uses Form SSA–6233 to 

ensure the RPs are using the benefits 

received for the recipient’s current 

maintenance and personal needs, and 

the expenditures of funds from the 

dedicated account are in compliance 

with the law. Respondents are 

representative payees for SSI recipients. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 30,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 10,000 

hours. 

5. The Ticket to Work and SelfSufficiency Program —20 CFR 411— 

0960–0644. Through its Ticket to Work 

Program Manager, SSA uses the 

information collected to operate and 

manage the Ticket to Work Program. 

SSA uses the Ticket to Work Program to 

assign Social Security Disability 

Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries to a 

service provider, and follows their 

progress through the various stages of 

ticket program participation, such as 

progress reviews or changes in ticket 

status. Most of the collections in this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

require service providers to provide 

information to SSA for such tasks as 

selecting a payment system or 

requesting payments for helping the 

beneficiary achieve certain work goals. 

Most of the categories of information 

collected in this ICR are necessary for 

SSA to: (1) Comply with the Ticket to 

Work legislation, and (2) provide proper 

oversight of the program. SSA collects 

this information through several 

modalities, including forms, electronic 

exchanges, and written documentation. 

The respondents are SSDI beneficiaries 

and blind or disabled SSI beneficiaries 

and their employment networks or State 

vocational rehabilitation agencies 

assigned under the auspices of the 

Ticket to Work Program. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMB 

approved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.150(b)(3); 411.325(a); SSA–1365; SSA– 

1370 ............................................................................................................. 13,700 1 240 54,800 

(a) 20 CFR 411.166; 411.170(b); Electronic Data Sharing ............................. 35,584 1 5 2965 

(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325; Requesting Ticket Un-assignments ............... 2,532 1 15 633 

(b) 20 CFR 411.535(a)(1)(iii); VR Case Closures ........................................... 8,505 1 5 709 

(c) 20 CFR 411.192(b)&(c); Request to Place Ticket in Inactive Status ........ 1,000 1 30 500 

(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b); SSA–1375; SSA–L1373; SSA–L1374; SSA–L1377; 

Certification of Work and Educational Progress .......................................... 127,000 1 15 31,750 

(c) 20 CFR 411.210(b); Ticket-Use Status after Not Making Timely Progress 3,145 1 30 1,573 

(d) 20 CFR 411.365; 411.505; 411.515; Selecting a Payment System .......... 118 1 30 59 

(e) 20 CFR 411.325(d); 411.415; Reporting Referral Agreement ................... 48 1 480 384 

(f) 20 CFR 411.575; SSA–1391; SSA–1389; SSA–1393; SSA–1399; SSA– 

1396; SSA–1392; SSA–1398; Requesting EN Payments ........................... 12,420 1 60 12,420 

(f) 20 CFR 411.560; SSA–1401; Split Payment Situations ............................. 100 1 20 33 

(g) 20 CFR 411.325(f); Periodic Outcomes Reporting .................................... 2,470 1 120 4,940 

(h) 20 CFR 411.435; 411.615; 411.625; Dispute Resolutions ........................ 2 1 120 4 


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Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

(i) 20 CFR 411.320; .........................................................................................

SSA–1394; EN Contract Changes .................................................................. 202 1 10 34 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 206,826 ........................ ........................ 110,804 

6. Medical Consultant’s Review of 

Psychiatric Review Technique Form—20 

CFR 404.1520a, 404.1640, 404.1643, 

404.1645, 416.920a—0960–0677. Form 

SSA–3023 is a program evaluation form 

SSA’s regional review component uses 

to facilitate the contract medical/ 

psychological consultant’s review of the 

Psychiatric Review Technique Form 

(PRTF). SSA–3023 records the 

reviewing medical/psychological 

consultant’s assessment of the PRTF. 

The medical/psychological consultant 

only completes form SSA–3023 when 

an adjudicating component’s PRT is in 

the file. SSA requires form SSA–3023 

for each PRT form completed. The 

respondents are medical/psychological 

consultants who review the Psychiatric 

Review Technique Form for quality 

purposes. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 344. 

Frequency of Response: 165. 

Average Burden per Response: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 11,352 

hours. 

Dated: August 28, 2009. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Director, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–21215 Filed 9–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket Number: FTA–2009–0036] 

Additional Final Guidance on New 

Starts/Small Starts Policies and 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Response to comments; final 

guidance. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to convey additional 2009 final 

guidance on New Starts/Small Starts 

policies and procedures. On July 29, 

2009, FTA announced in the Federal 

Register the availability of proposed 

guidance and requested public 

comment. FTA received a total of 15 

comments from transit agencies, 

metropolitan planning organizations, 

labor unions, advocacy groups, and 

other interested parties. After reviewing 

the public comments, FTA is issuing 

final guidance, which is included at the 

end of this notice. 

DATES: Unless otherwise stated in this 

notice, this final guidance is effective 

September 2, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Day, Office of Planning and 

Environment, telephone (202) 366–5159 

and Christopher Van Wyk, Office of 

Chief Counsel, telephone (202) 366– 

1733. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey 

Ave., SE., East Building, Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Organization 

The proposed guidance issued on July 

29, 2009 covered the following three 

topic areas: (a) Proposed policy changes; 

(b) clarification to existing policies and 

procedures; and (c) potential changes to 

FTA internal practices for managing the 

New Starts and Small Starts program. 

This guidance first presents and 

responds to comments for area (a), 

proposed policy changes, for which the 

following three proposed policy changes 

are presented: (1) Local financial 

commitment rating; (2) New Starts and 

Small Starts ‘‘other’’ factors criteria; and 

(3) New Starts project planning horizon 

year. The second section of the guidance 

presents and responds to comments 

regarding area (b), clarification to 

existing policies and procedures, and 

addresses: (1) Documentation of 

uncertainties; and (2) alternate ridership 

and transportation user benefits 

estimation methods. These responses to 

comments are provided to further clarify 

existing policy. The third section of the 

guidance presents and responds to 

comments regarding area (c), potential 

changes to FTA internal practices for 

managing the New Starts and Small 

Starts program, specifically, expanded 

use of pre-award authority and letters of 

no prejudice (LONPs). The fourth 

section presents and responds to 

submitted comments not directly related 

to any of the three areas covered in the 

proposed guidance. Following the 

responses to comments for each of these 

areas, the final guidance and a 

description of changes to FTA internal 

practices are articulated in full. 

Proposed Policy Changes—Response to 

Comments 

1. Local Financial Commitment Rating 

In the proposed guidance, FTA 

suggested eliminating the policy of 

considering the degree to which a 

project employs innovative contractual 

agreements in the evaluation and rating 

of the operating financial plan under the 

local financial commitment criterion. 

Specifically, FTA proposed eliminating 

the policy of increasing the operating 

financial plan rating when project 

sponsors provide evidence that the 

operations and maintenance for the 

proposed project will be contracted out 

or when there is evidence that an 

opportunity had been given for 

contracting out but the project sponsor 

had substantive reasons for not doing 

so. 

Of the 15 comments received, 12 

expressed general support for the 

proposal. Of the remaining respondents, 

two did not directly address the 

proposal and one expressed concern 

with the proposal. The latter comment 

is addressed below. 

Comment: One respondent noted that 

public investments in transportation, 

including New Starts and Small Starts 

projects, might trigger reimbursement 

clauses in the public/private contracts 

of competing infrastructure. For 

example, a new light rail line may cause 

automobile commuters to shift from a 

privately operated toll road to public 

transit. Depending on the terms of the 

toll road public/private partnership 

contract, such a shift could trigger a 

reimbursement clause. The commenter 

suggested that the cost of the example 

light rail line should, therefore, include 

the cost of reimbursing the private 

entity operating the example toll road. 

The respondent encouraged FTA to 

rethink this proposal to the extent that 

it would exclude information on the 

existence of infrastructure privatization 

terms that would increase the costs of 

new or improved public transit projects. 


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