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8See footnote 7, supra.

9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).

10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(6).

11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).

12 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

focus of the program, as amended, is to

attract order flow from customers, the

$1.00 fee will apply to transactions

between specialists or ROTs and

customers. In SR–PHLX–00–89, the

Phlx proposes to rebate to specialists

and ROTs any fees that were imposed

on them with respect to such

transactions with broker-dealers during

the period from August 1, 2000 through

September 30, 2000.

In sum, the Phlx’s payment for order

flow program, as amended, would

impose the $1.00 fee on all transactions

by specialists and ROTs in the Top 120

Options, with the exception of: (1)

Transactions between ROTs, (2)

transactions between a specialist and an

ROT; (3) transactions between a

specialist or ROT and a Phlx member

firm acting for its proprietary account

and not on behalf of a customer,8 (4)

transactions between a specialist and a

broker-dealer order; and (5) transactions

between an ROT and a broker-dealer

order. The Exchange envisions that the

persons who pay the fees will also

participate in the order flow derived

from the amended program. The

Exchange believes that the program,

amended as proposed, will provide for

the equitable allocation of reasonable

fees among the Exchange’s members

because the specialists and ROTs who

pay the fee should also receive the

benefits of increased order flow.

Moreover, the Exchange believes that

the fee should promote just and

equitable principles of trade, remove

impediments to and perfect the

mechanism of a free and open market,

and protect investors and the public

interest by attracting more order flow to

the Exchange. In the Exchange’s view,

this should result in increased liquidity,

tighter markets, and more competition

among exchange members. Accordingly,

the Exchange believes that its proposals

are consistent with and further the

objectives of the Act, including Sections

6(b)(4) 9 and 6(b)(5) 10 thereof.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Burden on Competition

The Exchange does not believe that

the proposed rule changes will impose

any burden on competition that is not

necessary or appropriate in furtherance

of the purposes of the Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Comments on the

Proposed Rule Changes Received From

Members, Participants or Others

The Phlx neither solicited nor

received written comments with respect

to the proposed rule changes.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the

Proposed Rule Changes and Timing for

Commission Action

Because the Phlx has designated the

foregoing proposed rule changes as fee

changes pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A)

of the Act 11 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2)

thereunder, 12 the proposals have taken

effect upon filing with the Commission.

At any time within 60 days of the filing

of the proposed rule changes, the

Commission may summarily abrogate

them 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

The Commission invites interested

persons to submit written data, views,

and arguments concerning the

foregoing, including whether the

proposed rules are 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 submissions, all

subsequent amendments, all written

statements with respect to the proposed

rule changes that are filed with the

Commission, and all written

communications relating to the

proposed rule changes 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 filing will also be

available for inspection and copying at

the principal offices of the Phlx. All

submissions should refer to File Nos.

SR–PHLX–00–88 and SR–PHLX–00–89

and should be submitted by November

24, 2000.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.13

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–28225 Filed 11–2–00; 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.

The information collection listed

below has been submitted to OMB for

clearance. Written comments and

recommendations on the information

collection 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 after this publication.

You can obtain a copy of the OMB

clearance package by calling the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4145, or by writing to him.

Statement for Determining Continuing

Eligibility, Supplemental Security

Income Payment—0960–0145. SSA uses

Form SSA–8202–F6 to conduct lowand middle-error-profile (LEP–MEP)

telephone or face-to-face interviews

with Supplemental Security Income

(SSI) recipients and representative

payees. The information collected

during the interview is used to

determine whether SSI recipients have

met and continue to meet all statutory

and regulatory requirements for SSI

eligibility and whether they have been

and are still receiving the correct

payment amount. The respondents are

recipients of SSI benefits or their

representative payees. This notice is

being published again to include the

burden for Form SSA–8202–OCR–SM.

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SSA–8202–F6 SSA–8202–

OCR–SM

Number of Respondents .......................................................................................................................................... 920,000 800,000

Frequency of Response .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1

Average Burden Per Response (minute) ................................................................................................................ 17 8

Estimated Annual Burden (hours) ........................................................................................................................... 260,667 106,667

(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, D.C. 20503.

Dated: October 30, 2000.

Frederick W. Brickenkamp,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–28227 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–U

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New

Routine Use

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Notification of New Routine

Use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)

and (11)), we are notifying the public of

our intent to establish a new routine use

of information maintained in the

Privacy Act system of records entitled

Master Files of Social Security Number

(SSN) Holders and SSN Applications.

The proposed new routine use allows

SSA to verify SSNs for State bureau of

vital statistics (BVS) in the States’

Electronic Death Registration (EDR)

process. The EDR process will assist

SSA in making timely terminations of

Social Security benefits in death cases.

DATES: We filed a report of the routine

use proposal with the President of the

Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the Director, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget on

October 26, 2000. The proposed new

routine use will become effective on

December 5, 2000, unless we receive

comments on or before that date which

could result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to the SSA Privacy Officer, Social

Security Administration, 3–A–6

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235.

All comments received will be available

for public inspection at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Patricia Smith, Office of Disclosure

Policy, Social Security Administration,

6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21235, telephone (410) 965–

1552 or E-mail at patgrimmett@gov.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of the Proposed New

Routine Use

A. General

SSA received funding in fiscal year

1999 to enter into a contract with the

National Association for Public Health

Statistics and Information Systems

(NAPHSIS) to develop standards and

guidelines for States to implement an

Electronic Death Registration (EDR)

Process. EDR will result in significant

programmatic and workyear savings for

SSA, in that, SSA will receive more

accurate and timely death reports from

the States.

Under EDR, SSA’s requirements are to

receive a death report from the State

within 24 hours of receipt in the State

bureau of vital statistics (BVS) and to

verify the Social Security number (SSN)

at the beginning of the death registration

process. The result of the verification

will be that the states will allow SSA to

take an immediate termination action on

those verified numbers without

independently verifying the accuracy of

the report.

There are many participants in the

death registration process including

hospitals, medical examiners, coroners,

funeral homes and local and State

registrars. The EDR process will require

the participant who collects the SSN to

transmit the request for verification to

the State BVS who will forward the

request to SSA. In most states, funeral

directors are responsible by State law

for certifying the accuracy of that

portion of the death certificate. SSA will

send a ‘‘yes’’ or a code response if the

SSN does not verify. The codes are:

• 1—SSN not in file (never issued to

anyone)

• 2—Name and date of birth (DOB)

match, sex code does not

• 3—Name and sex code match, DOB

does not

• 4—Name matches, DOB and sex

code do not

• 5—Name does not match, DOB and

sex code not checked.

The BVS will, in turn, forward the

response to the original requestor. This

will allow the funeral director or

whoever made the request a chance to

obtain better information from the

informant in cases where the number

does not verify.

Because our records will not have any

indication of death at the time the SSN

verifications are requested, we must

treat the individuals’ records as if they

are alive. We, therefore, are proposing to

establish a new routine use under the

Privacy Act to permit the verifications.

The proposed routine use is applicable

to the Privacy Act system of records

entitled Master Files of Social Security

Numbers (SSN) and SSN Applications

and will appear as routine use number

30 in the notice of the system. The

routine use provides for the following

disclosure:

Disclosures will be made to a State bureau

of vital statistics (BVS) that is authorized by

States to issue electronic death reports when

the State BVS requests SSA to verify the

Social Security number of an individual on

whom an electronic death report will be filed

after SSN verification.

B. Compatibility of the Proposed

Routine Use

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7)

and (b)(3)) and our disclosure regulation

(20 CFR part 401) permits us to disclose

information for routine uses; i.e.,

disclose information about individuals

without their consents for purposes

compatible with the purpose for which

the information is collected. Section

401.150 of the regulation (20 CFR

401.150) allows us to disclose

information under a routine use to

administer our programs. The SSN

verifications that will be made under

the proposed routine use would allow

SSA to receive timely death information

from the States that will result in timely

termination of Social Security benefits

when Social Security beneficiaries die.

Thus, the proposed routine use meets

the compatibility criteria of the Privacy

Act and our disclosure regulation.