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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