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1 15 U.S.C. 78ee.

2 17 CFR 240.31–1.

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 38073

(December 23, 1996), 61 FR 68590 (December 30,

1996). 4 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 5 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

to Section 31 of the Act,1 as authorized

by CHX Article XV, Rule 4.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement of the Purpose of, and

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule

Change

In its filing with the Commission, the

CHX included statements concerning

the purpose of and basis for the

proposed rule change and discussed any

comments it received on the proposed

rule change. The text of these statement

may be examined at the places specified

in Item IV below. The self-regulatory

organization has prepared summaries,

set forth in sections A, B, and C below,

of the most significant aspects of such

statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement of the Purpose of, and

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule

Change

1. Purpose

Congress recently enacted the

National Securities Markets

Improvement Act of 1996

(‘‘Improvement Act’’) and the Omnibus

Consolidated Appropriations Act for

Fiscal Year 1997 (‘‘Appropriations

Act’’), which together require national

securities associations to pay SEC

transaction fees for transactions in

certain OTC securities.

As a result of the Improvement Act

and Appropriations Act, the SEC has

amended Rule 31–1 2 to eliminate the

current exemption from SEC transaction

fees for transactions in OTC securities

occurring on the CHX (as a national

securities exchange) that are either

listed on the CHX or are traded on the

CHX pursuant to unlisted trading

privileges (‘‘OTC/UTP Securities’’).

Thus, effective January 1, 1997, the CHX

is required to pay to the Commission a

transaction fee for sales of OTC/UTP

Securities transacted on the CHX.3

Additionally, pursuant to the

Improvement Act, effective October 1,

1997, these fees, as well as the

traditional SEC transaction fees on

exchange-registered securities that are

not OTC/UTP Securities, will become

payable to the SEC twice a year, as

opposed to once a year as required by

existing Section 31 of the Act.

The purpose of the proposed rule

change is to codify the imposition of

SEC transaction fees in the Exchange’s

fee schedule.

2. Statutory Basis

The CHX believes that the proposed

rule change is consistent with Section

6(b)(4) of the Act 4 in that it provides for

the equitable allocation of reasonable

dues, fees and other charges among its

members and issuers and persons using

its facilities.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Burden on Competition

The Exchange does not believe that

the proposed rule change will impose

any inappropriate burden on

competition.

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 establishes

or changes a due, fee, or other charge

imposed by the Exchange and therefore

has become effective pursuant to

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

subparagraph (e) of Rule 19b–4

thereunder. At any time within 60 days

of the filing of such 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.

Persons making written submission

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington D.C. 20549. 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, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington D.C. Copies of such filing

also will be available for inspection and

copying at the Exchange. All

submissions should refer to file number

SR–CHX–97–04 and should be

submitted by April 4, 1997.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.5

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6419 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection

Requests and Submissions for OMB

Review

This notice lists information

collection packages that will require

submission to the Office of Management

and Budget as well as information

collection packages submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget for

clearance.

I. The Social Security Administration

publishes a list of information collection

packages that will require submission to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for clearance in compliance with

Public Law 104–13 effective October 1,

1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. The information collection(s)

listed below requires extension of the

current OMB approval(s):

1. 0960–0462—You Can Make Your

Payments by Credit Cards. The

information on Forms SSA–4588 &

SSA–4589 will be used to update the

individual’s social security record to

reflect that a payment has been made on

their overpayment and to effectuate

payment through the appropriate credit

card company.

Number of Respondents: 12,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000

hours.

2. 0960–0323—Third Party Liability

Information Statement. Form SSA–8019

is used by the Social Security

Administration to gather information or

to make changes in existing information

about third party insurance (other than

Medicare or Medicaid), which could be

responsible for payment for a

beneficiary’s medical care.

Number of Respondents: 65,400.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 5

minutes.
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Estimated Annual Burden: 5,450

hours.

3. 0960–0068—Representative Payee

Report. Sections 205(j) and 1631(a)(2) of

the Social Security Act provide for the

payment of supplemental social security

benefits to a relative, another person or

an organization when the best interests

of the beneficiary will be served. Form

SSA–6230 (20 CFR 404.2065) is sent to

parents, stepparents and grandparents

with custody of minor children

receiving social security benefits. Form

SSA–623 (20 CFR 404.2065 and

416.665) is sent to all other payees with

or without custody of the beneficiary.

Both forms are used to determine the

continuing suitability of the individual/

organization to serve as representative

payee.

Number of Respondents: 5,315,160.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,328,790

hours.

4. Telephone Replacement Card Pilot

Test—0960–NEW. The Social Security

Administration will conduct a pilot

study on obtaining information by

telephone from individuals who need a

duplicate Social Security Number (SSN)

card. The information will be used to

properly identify an individual prior to

releasing a replacement SSN card, thus

eliminating the need for the respondent

to take or mail his/her identify

documents to a Social Security office.

The information provided, which

should be known by the true Social

Security number holder, will be

compared to information available in

our current electronic systems. The

respondents are individuals in the pilot

study who request a duplicate SSN

replacement card by telephone.

Number of Respondents: 500,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 2

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 16,667

hours.

To receive a copy of the form(s) or

clearance package(s), call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4123 or write to her at the address listed

below the information collection(s).

Written comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collection(s) should be sent

within 60 days from the date of this

publication, directly to the SSA Reports

Clearance Officer at the following

address: Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Judith T. Hasche, 6401

Security Blvd., 1–A–21 Operations

Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235.

In addition to your comments on the

accuracy of the agency’s burden

estimate, we are soliciting comments on

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 Social Security Administration

publishes a list of information collection

packages submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with Public

Law 104–13 effective October 1, 1995,

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The information collections listed below

have been submitted to OMB:

1. Claimant’s Medications—0960–

0289. The information on form HA–

4632 is used by the Social Security

Administration to compile a current list

of medications used by a claimant. The

list is provided to an Administrative

Law Judge (ALJ), who is considering the

disability aspects of the claim. The

affected public consists of claimants for

disability benefits, who have requested

a hearing before an ALJ.

Number of Respondents: 227,107.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 56,777

hours.

2. Request for SSI Benefit Estimate—

0960–0492. The Social Security

Administration collects the information

on Form SSA–3716 for the sole purpose

of complying with an SSI recipient’s

request for an estimate of the impact of

his/her work on the receipt of SSI

benefits.

Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,167

hours.

3. Statement of Employer—0960–

0030. The information collected on

Form SSA–7011 is used by the Social

Security Administration to substantiate

allegations of wages paid to workers

when those wages do not appear in

SSA’s records of earnings, and the

worker does not have proof of payment.

This information is used to process

claims for social security benefits and to

resolve discrepancies in earnings

records. The respondents are certain

employers who can verify allegations of

wages made by the wage earner.

Number of Respondents: 925,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 20

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 308,333

hours.

4. Supplemental Security Income

Notice of Interim Assistance

Reimbursement (two forms). Forms

SSA–8125 0960–0546 and SSA–L8125

0960–0563 collect interim assistance

reimbursement (IAR) information from

States which provide such assistance.

Form SSA–8125 is used in most

situations where IAR is applicable.

Form SSA–L8125 is used in situations

where an individual entitled to

underpayments has received IAR from a

State and his/her benefit will be

controlled by SSA through the

installment process. The respondents

are states which provide IAR to SSI

claimants.

SSA–8125 SSA–L8125

Number of

Respondents.

80,000 .......... 60,000.

Frequency of

Response.

1 ................... 1.

Average Burden Per

Response.

10 minutes ... 10 minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden.13,333 hours 10,000 hours.

5. Work Reintegration Study—0960–

0543. The purpose of the Work

Reintegration Study is to identify those

incentives and interventions that are

most successful in assisting persons

who are disabled due to a back

condition to return to work. The

information collected will be used

primarily to complete a cross-national

analysis of this issue. Data also will be

gathered on subjects of particular

importance in the U.S. The findings will

provide policymakers with information

that will be highly useful in establishing

disability policy. The respondents are

persons entitled to Social Security

Disability Insurance, Supplemental

Security Income (SSI) or State

Temporary Disability Insurance.

Number of Respondents: 800.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.

6. Personal Earnings and Benefit

Estimate Statement (PEBES)—Identity

Verification Survey—0960–NEW. The

Social Security Administration (SSA) is

conducting a survey to verify the

identity and address of individuals who

request their PEBES by means of the

Form SSA–7004–SM, Request for

Earnings and Benefit Statement and

through the Internet. The information is

needed to determine the number of

invalid requests for PEBES using the

SSA–7004–SM compared to the number

of invalid PEBES requests using the

Internet. The information will be used

in the evaluation of whether to adopt

the Internet as an appropriate vehicle to
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obtain PEBES requests. The respondents

are a sample of PEBES requestors whose

identity and address could not be

verified through other means.

Number of Respondents: 300.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 25 hours.

To receive a copy of the form or

clearance packages, call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4123 or write to her at the address listed

below. 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: Judith T. Hasche, 1–A–

21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security

Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.

Dated: March 6, 1997.

Judith T. Hasche,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–6240 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

Testing Modifications to the Disability

Determination Procedures; Single

Decisionmaker Model Test Site

Continuation

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of the continuation of a

test site and the duration of the test

involving a single decisionmaker.

SUMMARY: The Social Security

Administration is announcing the

continuation of a test that it has been

conducting under the final rules

published in the Federal Register on

April 24, 1995 (60 FR 20023), as well as

the location and duration of that test.

Those final rules authorize the testing of

several modifications to the disability

determination procedures that we

normally follow in adjudicating claims

for disability insurance benefits under

title II of the Social Security Act (the

Act) and claims for supplemental

security income (SSI) payments based

on disability under title XVI of the Act.

This notice announces the continuation

of the test involving the use of a single

decisionmaker who may make the

disability determination without

requiring the signature of a medical

consultant. This notice also announces

the designated test site and the duration

of the test.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harry Pippin, Models Team Leader,

Office of Disability, Disability Process

Redesign Staff, Social Security

Administration, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235,

410–965–9203.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

24, 1995, we published final rules in the

Federal Register authorizing us to test

different modifications to the disability

determination procedures. The tests are

designed to provide us with information

so that we can determine the

effectiveness of the concepts in the

models in improving the disability

process.

Under this test, a single

decisionmaker may make disability

determinations without generally

requiring a medical consultant to sign

the disability determination forms that

we use to certify the determination. On

May 3, 1996, we announced in the

Federal Register our intent to begin

tests, on or about May 1, 1996, of the

procedures to be conducted by a single

decisionmaker (61 FR 19969). We also

explained that we would select cases for

the evaluation for approximately six

months and might continue to process

cases for another six months. In that

announcement, we identified nine test

sites in seven states. We are now

planning additional testing of the single

decisionmaker model; and at this time,

we are announcing a continuation of

testing at one site. We plan to continue

testing the single decisionmaker model

on or about February 24, 1997. We will

continue the test for approximately

fourteen months. We will publish

another notice in the Federal Register if

we extend the duration of the test.

Continued testing of the single

decisionmaker model will be conducted

at the following location:

• North Carolina Division of Social

Services, Disability Determination

Services, 321 Chapanoke Road, Raleigh,

NC 27603.

Not all cases received in the test site

listed above will be handled under the

test procedures. However, if a claim is

selected to be handled by a single

decisionmaker as part of the test, the

claim will be processed under the

procedures established under the final

rules cited above.

Carolyn W. Colvin,

Deputy Commissioner for Programs and

Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–6408 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket No. 301–111]

Initiation of Section 302 Investigation

and Request for Public Comment:

Certain Subsidies Affecting Access to

the European Communities’ Market for

Modified Starch

AGENCY: Office of the United Trade

Representative.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of

investigation; request for written

comment.

SUMMARY: The Acting United States

Trade Representative (Acting USTR) has

initiated an investigation under section

302(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (the

Trade Act) with respect to certain acts,

policies and practices of the European

Communities (EC), more specifically,

the provision of subsides that affect

access to the EC modified starch market.

The Acting USTR invites written

comments from the public on the

matters being investigated and the

determinations to be made under

section 304 of the Trade Act.

DATES: This investigation was initiated

on March 8, 1997. Written comments

from the public are due on or before

noon on Monday, April 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, D.C. 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald K. Lorentzen, Office of WTO and

Multilateral Affairs, (202) 395–3063;

Audrey Winter, Office of the General

Counsel, (202) 395–7305; or Marilyn

Moore, Office of Agricultural Affairs,

(202) 395–6127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 22, 1997, the U.S. Wheat Gluten

Industry Council filed a petition

pursuant to section 302(a) of the Trade

Act (19 U.S.C. 2412(a)) alleging that

certain subsidy schemes of the EC

constitute acts, policies and practices

that violate, or are inconsistent with and

otherwise deny benefits to the United

States under, the General Agreement on

Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT) and the

Agreement on Subsidies and

Countervailing Measures (SCM

Agreement). In particular, the petition

alleges that four EC subsidy programs

((1) the wheat export tax; (2) the starch

production refund program; (3) the

starch export restitution program; and

(4) various quotas and other productions

limits on other starches) violate EC

obligations, cause serious prejudice to

U.S. interests and nullify or impair U.S.

benefits under the World Trade

Organization (WTO) agreements insofar