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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.

II. The information collection(s) listed

below have been submitted to OMB:

1. Subpart T—State Supplementation

Provisions; Agreement; Payments, 20

CFR 416.2099—0960–0240. Section

1618 of the Social Security Act contains

pass-along provisions of the Social

Security amendments. These provisions

require that States which supplement

the Federal SSI benefit pass along

Federal cost-of-living increases to

individuals who are eligible for State

supplementary payments. If a State fails

to keep payments at the required level,

it becomes ineligible for Medicaid

reimbursement under Title XIX of the

Social Security Act. Regulations in 20

CFR 416.2099 require States to report

mandatory minimum and optional

supplementary payment data to SSA.

The information is used to determine

compliance with laws and regulations.

The respondents are States which

supplement Federal SSI payments.

Number of Respondents: 26.

Frequency of Response: 15 States

report quarterly; 11 States report

annually.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Annual Burden: 71 hours.

2. Application for Lump-Sum Death

Payment—0960–0013. The information

collected on Form SSA–8-F4 is required

to authorize payment of the lump-sum

death benefit to a widow, widower, or

children as defined in Section 202(i) of

the Social Security Act. The

respondents are widows, widowers or

children who receive lump-sum death

benefits.

Number of Respondents: 735,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 122,500

hours.

3. Statement Regarding

Contributions—0960–0020. Form SSA–

783 collects the information necessary

to make a determination of one-half

support, or contributions to support, in

order to entitle certain child applicants

to Social Security benefits. The

respondents are children who apply for

Social Security benefits.

Number of Respondents: 30,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 7,500

hours.

4. Application for Search of Census

Record for Proof of Age—0960–0097.

The information collected on Form

SSA–1535–U3 is required to provide the

Census Bureau with sufficient

identifying information, which will

allow an accurate search of census

records to establish proof of age for an

individual applying for Social Security

benefits. It is used for individuals who

must establish age as a factor of

entitlement. The respondents are

individuals applying for Social Security

benefits.

Number of Respondents: 18,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 12

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 3,600

hours.

5. Claimant’s Statement About Loan

of Food or Shelter, and Statement About

Food or Shelter Provided to Another—

0960–0529. Form SSA–5062 will be

used to obtain an SSI applicant’s

statement about whether the food and/

or shelter provided to him/her is a loan.

Form SSA–5063 will be used to obtain

an individual’s statement about whether

the food and/or shelter he/she provides

to an SSI applicant is a loan. SSA needs

to know if a bona fide loan exists in

order to determine whether the food

and/or shelter should (or should not) be

counted as income, which can affect

eligibility for SSI and the amount of SSI

benefits payable. The respondents are

SSI applicants who receive food and/or

shelter (SSA–5062) and individuals who

provide food and/or shelter to SSI

applicants (SSA–5063).

Number of Respondents: 131,080.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 21,847

hours.

Written comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collection(s) should be

directed within 30 days to the OMB

Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB)

Office of Management and Budget,

OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New

Executive Office Building, Room

10230, 725 17th St., NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20503

(SSA)

Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

1–A–21 Operations Bldg., 6401

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235

To receive a copy of any of the forms

or clearance packages, call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4125 or write to him at the address

listed above.

Dated: August 12, 1997.

Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21783 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2582]

United States International

Telecommunications Advisory

Committee (ITAC) Standardization

Sector (ITAC–T) Study Group A And

ITAC–T; Meeting

The Department of State announces

that the United States International

Telecommunications Advisory

Committee (ITAC), Telecommunications

Standardization Sector (ITAC–T)

National Study Group and Study Group

A have scheduled several meetings to

develop United States positions and

contributions for upcoming ITU–T

meetings dealing with standardization

activities of the International

Telecommunications Union. These

meetings will take place at the

Department of State, at 2201 C Street

N.W., Washington, D.C. beginning at

9:30 a.m. each day and are scheduled to

meet all day. The ITAC–T National

group dealing primarily with the

upcoming January 1998 session of the

Telecommunications Standardization

Advisory Group (TSAG) will meet

September 3 in Room 1105, October 7,

Room 1105, November 18 Room 1205

and December 16, Room 1207.

ITAC–T Study Group A will meet

October 15, in Room 1207 and

November 19, Room 1105 to continue

preparations to develop positions and

contributions for (1) ITU–T Study Group

3’s (Tariff and Accounting Principles

including related telecommunications

economic and policy issues) meeting

scheduled for December 2–11, 1997 and

(2) the ITU–T Study Group 2 meetings

scheduled for Hungary in October 1997

and February 1998 in Geneva. A more

extensive agenda may be developed and

distributed by fax or electronic mail to

members prior to the announced

meetings including the scheduling of

appropriate Ad-Hoc meetings—one for

numbering and routing issues of Study

Group 2 and one for accounting rates

and call back applications within ITU–

T Study Group 3.

Members of the General Public may

attend this meeting and join in the

discussions, subject to the instructions

of the Chair. Admittance of public

members will be limited to the seating

available. In this regard, entrance to the
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Department of State is controlled.

Questions regarding the meeting may be

addressed to Mr. Earl Barbely at 202–

647–0197.

Note: If you wish to attend please send a

fax to 202–647–7407 not later than 24 hours

before the scheduled meeting. On this fax,

please include subject meeting, your name,

social security number, and date of birth.

One of the following valid photo

identifications will be required for

admittance: U.S. driver’s license with your

picture on it, U.S. passport, U.S. Government

identification (company ID’s are no longer

accepted by Diplomatic Security). Enter from

the ‘‘C’’ Street Main Lobby.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Earl S. Barbely,

Chairman, U.S. ITAC for

Telecommunications Standardization.

[FR Doc. 97–21966 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2583]

Shipping Coordinating Committee

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea

Working Group on Bulk Liquids and

Gases; Notice of Meeting

The Working Group on Bulk Liquids

and Gases (BLG) of the Subcommittee

on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will

conduct an open meeting at 9:30 AM on

Friday, September 5, 1997 in Room

2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington,

DC 20593–0001. The purpose of the

meeting is to review the results of the

Second Session of the Subcommittee on

Bulk Liquids and Gases of the

International Maritime Organization

(IMO) which was held on April 7–11,

1997, at the IMO Headquarters in

London. In addition, items included on

the work program for the Third Session

of the Subcommittee will be reviewed.

The agenda items of particular

interest:

a. Revision of the International

Convention for the Prevention of

Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified

by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/

78) regulations 1/22 to 24 in the light of

the probabilistic methodology for oil

outflow analysis.

b. Review of Annexes I and II of

MARPOL 73/78.

c. Revision of carriage requirements

for carbon disulfide in the International

Code for the Construction and

Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous

Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code).

d. Requirements for personal

protection involved in transportation of

cargoes containing toxic substances in

oil tankers.

e. Amendments to the International

Code for the Construction and

Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied

Gases in Bulk and the Code for the

Construction and Equipment of Ships

Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk.

f. Revision of chapter 8 of the IBC

Code in the light of the revised SOLAS

regulation II–2/59.

g. Evaluation of safety and pollution

hazards of chemicals and preparation of

consequential amendments.

h. Assessment of alternative tanker

designs.

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing:

Commander K. S. Cook, U.S. Coast

Guard (G–MSO–3), 2100 Second Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20593–0001 or by

calling (202) 267–1577.

Dated: August 4, 1997.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–21965 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2581]

Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended;

Removal of Systems of Records

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of State is removing two

systems of records, STATE–23–Media

Personnel Records and STATE–34–

Public Affairs Applicants Records,

pursuant to the provisions of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5

U.S.C. 552a(r)), and in accordance with

the record-keeping practices and the

reorganization of the Bureau of Public

Affairs.

As reported in Public Notice 2527 of

April 18, 1997 (62 FR 19155–19156)

certain records reflected in STATE–23

became part of STATE–22. The

remaining records have been disposed

of in accordance with published records

schedules of the Department of State

and as approved by the National

Archives and Records Administration.

STATE–34–Public Affairs Applicants

Records is being removed because the

Scholar/Executive-Diplomat Seminar

Program has been discontinued; and the

records of the Department’s Work-Study

Program, also part of STATE–34, are

now maintained in the Bureau of

Personnel and will become part of

STATE–21–Personnel Records.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

Genie M. Norris,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21874 Filed 8–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

below has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

renewal and comment. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected cost and

burden. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of

information was published on June 9,

1997 [62 FR 31470].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Luther R. Dietrich, Office of Aviation

Analysis, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202)

366–1046.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary (OST)

Title: Supporting Statements—Air

Carriers’ Claims for Subsidy Payments.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2106–0044.

Affected Public: Small air carriers

selected by the Department in docketed

cases to provide subsidized essential air

service.

Abstract: The requested collection of

information covers OST Form 397 and

OST Form 398.

Need: In 14 CFR part 271 of its

Aviation Economic Regulations, the

Department provided that subsidy to air

carriers for providing essential air

service will be paid to the carriers

monthly, and that payments will vary

according to the actual amount of

service performed during the month.

The reports of subsidized air carriers of

essential air service performed on the

Department’s OST Form 397, ‘‘Air