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12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

including whether the proposed rule

change is consistent with the Act.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street NW,

Washington, DC 20549–0609. 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. Copies of such filings will also be

available for inspection and copying at

the principal office of Phlx. All

submissions should refer to File No.

SR–Phlx–00–28 and should be

submitted by June 20, 2000.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.12

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13416 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Request and

Comment Request

In compliance with Public Law 104–

13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, SSA is providing notice of its

information collections that require

submission to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB). 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 on ways to minimize burden

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

I. The information collections listed

below will be submitted to OMB within

60 days from the date of this notice.

Therefore, comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collections would be most

useful if received by the Agency within

60 days from the date of this

publication. Comments should be

directed to the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the address listed at the end

of this publication. You can obtain a

copy of the collection instruments by

calling the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer on (410) 965–4145, or by writing

to him at the address listed at the end

of this publication.

1. Electronic Death Registration (EDR)

Survey—0960–NEW.

Background Information

In January 1997, the report ‘‘Toward

an Electronic Death Registration System

in the United States: Report of the

Steering Committee to Reengineer the

Death Registration Process’’ was

prepared by a task force representing

federal agencies (the National Center for

Health Statistics and the Social Security

Administration) and professional

organizations representing funeral

directors, physicians, medical

examiners, coroners, hospitals, medical

records professionals, and vital records

and statistics officials (NAPHSIS). The

committee examined in detail the

feasibility of developing electronic

death registration in the United States.

The conclusion of the report was that

the introduction of automated

registration processes in the States is a

viable means to resolve several

historical and continuing problems in

the process of death registration.

Death certificates are used in the

United States for administrative and

public health purposes. For nearly a

century the States have maintained

centralized vital records agencies to

collect, process and archive death

certificates. Death records are

universally recognized as the primary

source of death information, but

registration processes remain labor

intensive, employ disparate and limited

automated procedures, and require

several professionals at different

locations to complete each of the more

than 2.3 million death certificates

registered each year.

Even though each State has laws

requiring the registration of death

records within a specific time period, a

significant number of certificates are not

appropriately filed, may contain

incorrect or inconsistent entries, or are

not finalized until many weeks after the

death occurred.

The States and federal agencies

understand the shortcomings of death

registration methods currently practiced

in the United Sates. Now that recent

advances in computer and network

access technology allow for the practical

and efficient development and

implementation of automated systems to

register death information, several

registration areas have independently

pioneered electronic death registration

methods. These different approaches

will serve as the basis for developing

standardized EDR attributes, methods

and processes in order that the States

may successfully implement electronic

death registration to satisfy

administrative and statistical death

information needs.

Information Collection

In support of the EDR project, SSA

entered into a contract with the National

Association for Public Health Statistics

and Information Systems to foster the

adoption of a standardized form of EDR

throughout the country. As the

beginning step in the process, this

survey is planned to provide a current

picture of the readiness of the States to

adopt EDR. This will, in turn, assist SSA

to direct available funding anticipated

in future years to those States that

demonstrate sufficient resources,

available technical expertise, and the

political will and statutory readiness to

implement EDR within the contract

timeframe. Respondents to the survey

will be officials from States, U.S.

Territories and the city of New York

with the knowledge and expertise to

complete the survey. One survey will be

sent to each State and territory and New

York City.

Number of Respondents: 55.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 2

hours.

Estimated Annual Burden: 110 hours.

2. 0960–NEW. Information

Collections Conducted by Adolescent

Employment Readiness Center (AERC)

of Children’s Research Institute on

behalf of SSA.

Background

Opening Doors to the Future for

Adolescents with Special Health Care

Needs, Executive Order (E.O.) 13078

dated March 13, 1998, Increasing

Employment for Adults with

Disabilities, directs that a National Task

Force be established to create a

coordinated and aggressive national

policy to bring adults with disabilities

into gainful employment at a rate that is

as close as possible to that of the general

adult population. E.O. 13078 specifies

that the Task Force ‘‘evaluate and,

where appropriate, coordinate and

collaborate on research and

demonstration priorities of Task Force

member agencies related to employment

of adults with disabilities.’’ In

conjunction with the Task Force’s

Committee on Access to Employment

and Lifelong Learning, the

Subcommittee on Expanding

Employment Opportunities for Young

People with Disabilities was created.

In acknowledgment of its

commitment to serving Supplemental

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Security Income (SSI) youth with

disabilities, SSA awarded a Cooperative

Agreement contract in accordance with

E.O. 13078 in September of 1999. The

project is designed to teach disabled

school-age children, who live in an

urban setting, that preparation for

employment must begin at an early age

to have maximum effect. Health care

professionals and service providers from

partnering agencies will be trained to

prepare and implement 1,000

individualized transition plans for SSI

recipients in the District of Columbia,

between the ages of 11 and 21. Of those

SSI youth with transition plans, 150

will be given direct vocational

rehabilitation and follow-up services

through the AERC, such as career

counseling, interest and ability testing,

job-seeking skills training, postsecondary education counseling, parent

counseling, and mentor programs.

Information Collection

AERC counselors will collect

information from project participants

through personal interviews. The data

will provide information on the need for

and use of comprehensive transition

services, the utilization and efficiency of

transition services, the cost effectiveness

of transition services, and the value of

program replication. This will

contribute significantly to SSA’s

knowledge about transitioning youth

with disabilities to employment and

adult activities. Respondents are

disabled school-aged SSI recipients in

the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area

identified to participate in the project.

Number of Respondents: 1000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 500 hours.

3. 0960–NEW. Medical Parking Permit

Application. SSA issues medical

parking assignments at SSA-owned and

leased facilities to individuals who have

a medical condition that meets the

criteria for medical parking. In order to

issue a medical parking permit, SSA

must obtain medical evidence from the

applicant’s physician. SSA uses the

information to determine whether the

individual qualifies for a medical

parking permit and to issue the permit.

The respondents are physicians of

applicants for medical parking permits.

Physician

Number of Respondents: 144.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Annual Burden: 144 hours.

4. 0960–NEW. Authorization for

Source to Release Information to the

Social Security Administration (SSA).

SSA must obtain sufficient medical

evidence to make eligibility

determinations for Social Security

disability benefits and SSI payments.

For SSA to obtain medical evidence, an

applicant must authorize his or her

medical source(s) to release the

information to SSA. The applicant may

use one of the forms SSA–827, SSA–

827–OP1 or SSA–827–OP2 to provide

consent for the release of information.

Generally, the State Disability

Determination Services completes the

form(s), based on information provided

by the applicant, and sends the form(s)

to the designated medical source(s).

Number of Respondents: 3,853,928.

Frequency of Response (Average per

case): 4.

Average Burden Per Response: 3

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 770,786

hours.

II. The information collections listed

below have been submitted to OMB for

clearance. Written comments and

recommendations on the information

collections would be most useful if

received within 30 days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be

directed to the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the

addresses listed at the end of this

publication. You can obtain a copy of

the OMB clearance packages by calling

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on

(410) 965–4145, or by writing to him.

1. 0960–NEW. Student Statement

Regarding School Attendance. The

information on Form SSA–1372–TEST

is needed to determine whether

children of an insured worker are

eligible for benefits as a student. SSA

will conduct a limited trial of the

revised SSA–1372 (Student Statement

Regarding School Attendance) designed

as SSA–1372–TEST. This limited test

will study the efficacy and usability of

the new format. Results of the testing

will formulate SSA’s decision to reject,

modify or institute the revised form.

The respondents are student claimants

for Social Security benefits and their

respective schools.

Number of respondents: 2,000.

Number of Response: 1.

Average burden per response: 10.

Estimated Annual Burden: 333.

(SSA Address): Social Security

Administration, DCFAM, Attn:

Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401

Security Blvd., 1–A–21 Operations

Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235, (OMB

Address): Office of Management and

Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for

SSA, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Nicholas E. Tagliareni

Director, Center for Publications

Management, Social Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–13409 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3319]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Distant

Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell

Kent’’

AGENCY: United States Department of

State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibition ‘‘Distant

Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent’’

imported from abroad for the temporary

exhibition without profit within the

United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to loan agreements with

foreign lenders. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the Norman Rockwell

Museum in Stockbridge, MA, from June

24, 2000 through October 29, 2000, the

Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, FL

from November 18, 2000 through

January 28, 2001, the Terra Museum of

American Art in Chicago, IL from

February 24, 2001 through May 20, 2001

and the Anchorage Museum of History

and Art in Anchorage, AK from June 17,

2001 through September 23, 2001 is in

the national interest. Public Notice of

these Determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

exhibit objects, contact Jacqueline

Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of

State (telephone: 202/619–6982). The

address is U.S. Department of State, SA–

44, 301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700,

Washington, D.C. 20547–0001.