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78See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release No. 

69132 (March 13, 2013), 78 FR 16898, 16902–16903 

(March 19, 2013) (SR–NASDAQ–2013–041) 

(justifying allowing affiliates to aggregate their 

volume to receive rebates because all Participants 

on the exchange have the ability to aggregate if 

certain Participants chose to operate under separate 

entities). 

79 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

80 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 

81 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 82 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

the Exchange would permit all OFPs the 

ability to aggregate for purposes of the 

rebates if certain OFPs chose to operate 

under separate entities.78

Given the robust competition for 

volume among options markets, many of 

which offer the same products, 

implementing programs to attract order 

flow similar to the ones being proposed 

in this filing, are consistent with the 

above-mentioned goals of the Act. The 

Exchange notes that it operates in a 

highly competitive market in which 

market participants can readily favor 

competing venues. In such an 

environment, the Exchange must 

continually review, and consider 

adjusting, its fees and credits to remain 

competitive with other exchanges. For 

the reasons described above, the 

Exchange believes that the proposed 

rule change reflects this competitive 

environment. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change is effective 

upon filing pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) 79 of the Act and 

subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–480

thereunder, because it establishes a due, 

fee, or other charge imposed by the 

Exchange. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend 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. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 81 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

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 email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

NYSEMKT–2015–04 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEMKT–2015–04. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email 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 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

offices 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– 

NYSEMKT–2015–04, and should be 

submitted on or before February 13, 

2015. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.82

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01072 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Military Reservist Economic Injury 

Disaster Loans Interest Rate for 

Second Quarter FY 2015 

In accordance with the Code of 

Federal Regulations 13—Business Credit 

and Assistance § 123.512, the following 

interest rate is effective for Military 

Reservist Economic Injury Disaster 

Loans approved on or after January 20, 

2015. 

Military Reservist Loan Program— 

4.000%. 

Dated: January 15, 2015. 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01192 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2015–0001] 

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 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 burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Mail, email, 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, Email address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 


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1The six-state consortium project goes by the 

name Achieving Success by Promoting Readiness 

for Education and Employment (ASPIRE) rather 

than by PROMISE. 

(SSA) Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 

Fax: 410–966–2830, Email address: 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through www.regulations.gov, 

referencing Docket ID Number [SSA– 

2015–0001]. 

I. 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 24, 

2015. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by writing to 

the above email address. 

1. Waiver of Right to Appear— 

Disability Hearing—20 CFR 404.913– 

404.914, 404.916(b)(5), 416.1413– 

416.1414, 416.1416(b)(5)—0960–0534. 

Claimants for Social Security disability 

payments or their representatives can 

use Form SSA–773–U4 to officially 

waive their right to appear at a disability 

hearing. The disability hearing officer 

uses the signed form as a basis for not 

holding a hearing, and for preparing a 

written decision on the claimant’s 

request for disability payments based 

solely on the evidence of record. The 

respondents are claimants for disability 

payments under Title II and Title XVI of 

the Social Security Act, or their 

representatives, who wish to waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–773–U4 ................................................................................................... 200 1 3 10 

2. Promoting Readiness of Minors in 

SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation—0960–0799. 

Background. 

The Promoting Readiness of Minors in 

SSI (PROMISE) demonstration pursues 

positive outcomes for children with 

disabilities who receive Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) and their families 

by reducing dependency on SSI. The 

Department of Education (ED) awarded 

six cooperative agreements to states to 

improve the provision and coordination 

of services and support for children 

with disabilities who receive SSI and 

their families to achieve improved 

education and employment outcomes. 

ED awarded PROMISE funds to five 

single-state projects, and to one six-state 

consortium.1 With support from ED, the 

Department of Labor (DOL), and the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), SSA is evaluating the 

six PROMISE projects. SSA contracted 

with Mathematica Policy Research to 

conduct the evaluation. 

Under PROMISE, targeted outcomes 

for youth include an enhanced sense of 

self-determination; achievement of 

secondary and post-secondary 

educational credentials; an attainment 

of early work experiences culminating 

with competitive employment in an 

integrated setting; and long-term 

reduction in reliance on SSI. Outcomes 

of interest for families include 

heightened expectations for and support 

of the long-term self-sufficiency of their 

youth; parent or guardian attainment of 

education and training credentials; and 

increases in earnings and total income. 

To achieve these outcomes, we expect 

the PROMISE projects to make better 

use of existing resources by improving 

service coordination among multiple 

state and local agencies and programs. 

ED, SSA, DOL, and HHS intend the 

PROMISE projects to address key 

limitations in the existing service 

system for youth with disabilities. By 

intervening early in the lives of these 

young people, at ages 14–16, the 

projects engage the youth and their 

families well before critical decisions 

regarding the age 18 redetermination are 

upon them. We expect the required 

partnerships among the various state 

and Federal agencies that serve youth 

with disabilities to result in improved 

integration of services and fewer 

dropped handoffs as youth move from 

one agency to another. By requiring the 

programs to engage and serve families 

and provide youth with paid work 

experiences, the initiative is mandating 

the adoption of critical best practices in 

promoting the independence of youth 

with disabilities. 

Project Description 

SSA is requesting clearance for the 

collection of data needed to implement 

and evaluate PROMISE. The evaluation 

provides empirical evidence on the 

impact of the intervention for youth and 

their families in several critical areas, 

including: (1) Improved educational 

attainment; (2) increased employment 

skills, experience, and earnings; and (3) 

long-term reduction in use of public 

benefits. We base the PROMISE 

evaluation on a rigorous design that 

entails the random assignment of 

approximately 2,000 youth in each of 

the six projects to treatment or control 

groups (12,000 total). The PROMISE 

projects provide enhanced services for 

youth in the treatment groups; whereas 

youth in the control groups are eligible 

only for those services already available 

in their communities independent of the 

interventions. 

The evaluation assesses the effect of 

PROMISE services on educational 

attainment, employment, earnings, and 

reduced receipt of disability payments. 

The three components of this evaluation 

include: 

• The process analysis, which 

documents program models, assesses 

the relationships among the partner 

organizations, documents whether the 

grantees implemented the programs as 

planned, identifies features of the 

programs that may account for their 

impacts on youth and families, and 

identifies lessons for future programs 

with similar objectives. 

• The impact analysis, which 

determines whether youth and families 

in the treatment groups receive more 

services than their counterparts in the 

control groups. It also determines 

whether treatment group members have 

better results than control group 

members with respect to the targeted 

outcomes noted above. 

• The cost-benefit analysis, which 

assesses whether the benefits of 

PROMISE, including increases in 

employment and reductions in benefit 

receipt, are large enough to justify its 

costs. We conduct this assessment from 

a range of perspectives, including those 

of the participants, state and Federal 

governments, SSA, and society as a 

whole. 

SSA planned several data collection 

efforts for the evaluation. These include: 

(1) Follow-up interviews with youth 

and their parent or guardian 18 months 

and 5 years after enrollment; (2) phone 

and in-person interviews with local 

program administrators, program 

supervisors, and service delivery staff at 


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two points in time over the course of the 

demonstration; (3) two rounds of focus 

groups with participating youth in the 

treatment group; (4) two rounds of focus 

groups with parents or guardians of 

participating youth; and (5) collection of 

administrative data. 

At this time, SSA requests clearance 

for the 18-month survey interviews. 

SSA will request clearance for the 5- 

year survey interviews in a future 

submission. The respondents are the 

youth participants in the PROMISE 

program, and the parents or guardians of 

the youth participants. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

TIME BURDEN ON RESPONDENTS

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

2014: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions 

Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors ............................................. 75 1 66 83 

Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff .................................................. 145 1 66 160 

Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants .......................................................... 320 1 5 27 

Youth Focus Groups—Participants ................................................................. 80 1 100 133 

Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ................................... 320 1 5 27 

Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants .......................................... 80 1 100 133 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 1,020 ........................ ........................ 563 

2015: 18 Month Survey Interviews 

18 Month Survey Interviews—Parent .............................................................. 850 1 41 581 

18 Month Survey Interviews—Youth ............................................................... 850 1 30 425 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 1,700 ........................ ........................ 1,006 

2016: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions 

Staff Interviews with Administrators or Directors ............................................. 75 1 66 83 

Staff Interviews with PROMISE Project Staff .................................................. 145 1 66 160 

Youth Focus Groups—Non-participants .......................................................... 320 1 5 27 

Youth Focus Groups—Participants ................................................................. 80 1 100 133 

Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Non-participants ................................... 320 1 5 27 

Parents or Guardian Focus Groups—Participants .......................................... 80 1 100 133 

18 Month Survey Interviews—Parent .............................................................. 5,100 1 41 3,485 

18 Month Survey Interviews—Youth ............................................................... 5,100 1 30 2,550 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 11,220 ........................ ........................ 6,598 

2017: 18 Month Survey Interviews 

18 Month Survey Interviews—Parent .............................................................. 4,250 1 41 2,904 

18 Month Survey Interviews—Youth ............................................................... 4,250 1 30 2,125 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 8,500 ........................ ........................ 5,029 

Grand Total 

Grand Total ............................................................................................... 22,440 ........................ ........................ 13,196 

COST BURDEN FOR RESPONDENTS

Respondent type Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per response 

(minutes) 

Median hourly 

wage rate 

(dollars) 

Total 

respondent 

cost 

(dollars) 

2014: Annual Cost to Respondents 

Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Non-Participants .......... 320 1 5 $7.38 $196.01 

Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants .................. 80 1 100 7.38 984.20 

Total .............................................................................. 400 ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,180.21 

2016: Annual Cost to Respondents 

Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Non-Participants .......... 320 1 5 7.38 196.01 

Parent or Guardian Focus Group—Participants .................. 80 1 100 7.38 984.20 


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COST BURDEN FOR RESPONDENTS—Continued 

Respondent type Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per response 

(minutes) 

Median hourly 

wage rate 

(dollars) 

Total 

respondent 

cost 

(dollars) 

Total .............................................................................. 400 ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,180.21 

Grand Total Cost Estimate 

Grand Total ................................................................... 800 ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,360.42 

II. SSA submitted the information 

collections below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding the 

information collections would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than 

February 23, 2015. Individuals can 

obtain copies of the OMB clearance 

package by writing to 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

1. Modified Benefit Formula 

Questionnaire—Foreign Pension—0960– 

0561. SSA uses Form SSA–308 to 

determine exactly how much (if any) of 

a foreign pension may be used to reduce 

the amount of Title II Social Security 

retirement or disability benefits under 

the modified benefit formula. The 

respondents are applicants for Title II 

Social Security retirement or disability 

benefits who have foreign pensions. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–308 .......................................................................................................... 13,452 1 10 2,242 

Phone Interview ............................................................................................... 1,666 1 60 1,666 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 15,118 ........................ ........................ 3,908 

2. Filing Claims Under the Federal 

Tort Claims Act—20 CFR 429.101– 

429.110—0960–0667. The Federal Tort 

Claims Act is the legal mechanism for 

compensating persons injured by 

negligent or wrongful acts that occur 

during the performance of official duties 

by Federal employees. In accordance 

with the law, SSA accepts monetary 

claims filed under the Federal Tort 

Claims Act for damages against the 

United States, loss of property, personal 

injury, or death resulting from an SSA 

employee’s wrongful act or omission. 

The regulation sections cleared under 

this information collection request 

require claimants to provide 

information SSA can use to investigate 

and determine whether to make an 

award, compromise, or settlement under 

the Federal Tort Claims Act. The 

respondents are individuals or entities 

making a claim under the Federal Tort 

Claims Act. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

CFR section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

429.102; 429.103 1 ........................................................................................... 1 1 

429.104(a) ........................................................................................................ 11 1 5 1 

429.104(b) ........................................................................................................ 43 1 5 4 

429.104(c) ........................................................................................................ 1 1 5 0 

429.106(b) ........................................................................................................ 6 1 10 1 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 62 ........................ ........................ 7 

1The 1 hour represents a placeholder burden. We are not reporting a burden for this collection because respondents complete OMB-approved 

Form SF–95. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01129 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9010] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Evacuee Manifest and 

Promissory Note 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are 

requesting comments on this collection 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 


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