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17According to the PHLX, a ‘‘reasonable period

of time’’ will depend on market and trading floor

conditions (e.g., volume, systems functioning, and

quotation updating). Floor officials will determine

what constitutes a reasonable period of time for

requesting a ruling. The PHLX believes that it is

necessary to provide floor officials with flexibility

in making this determination. Telephone

conversation between Linda S. Christie, Counsel,

PHLX, and Yvonne Fraticelli, Attorney, Division,

Commission, on April 27, 1998.

18 If three committee members cannot be

convened promptly, the Chairperson of the

applicable committee, or his or her designee, may

review the ruling. See PHLX Rule 124(d).

19 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

(or his or her designee) within 15

minutes from the time the contested

ruling was rendered.17 The Commission

believes that these provisions will

facilitate the prompt resolution of

trading disputes while providing

members with an adequate opportunity

to obtain a ruling from a floor official or

to appeal a floor official’s ruling. In

addition, the Commission notes that

these procedures are described in the

Advises, which will be readily available

to members in the PHLX’s Floor

Procedure Handbook. Accordingly, the

Commission believes that PHLX

members will have sufficient notice of

the Exchange’s procedures for obtaining

a ruling from a floor official and

appealing a floor official’s decision.

Under PHLX Rule 124(d), a review

panel, consisting of either three

members of the applicable

Subcommittee on Rules and Rulings (in

the case of options trading) or three

members of the Floor Procedure

Committee (in the case of equity

trading),18 may sustain, overturn or

modify a floor official’s ruling. In

making its decision, the review panel

may consider facts and circumstances

not available to the ruling floor official

and action taken by the parties in

reliance on the floor official’s ruling

(e.g., cover, hedge, and related trading

activity). A member may appeal the

review panel’s decision to the

Exchange’s Board of Governors pursuant

to PHLX By-law Article XI. The

Commission believes that these

procedures will provide for prompt and

effective review of floor officials’ rulings

in trading disputes and help to ensure

that trading disputes are resolved fairly.

IV. Conclusion

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,19 that the

proposed rule change (SR–PHLX–98–

03) is approved.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.20

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12809 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submissions for OMB

Review

This notice lists information

collection packages that have been sent

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.

Wage Reports and Pension

Information—0960–0547. The

information obtained through

Regulation OR–418P, found in 20 CFR,

section 422.122(b), is used by SSA to

identify the requester of pension plan

information and to confirm that the

individual is entitled to the data we

provide. The respondents are requesters

of pension plan information.

Number of Respondents: 1,211.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 606 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: May 8, 1998.

Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–12834 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Secretary

[Public Notice 2812]

Determination and Certification Under

Section 40A of the Arms Export

Control Act

Pursuant to Section 40A of the Arms

Export Control Act (Pub. L. 90–629), as

added by the Antiterrorism and

Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

(Pub. L. 104–132) (22 U.S.C. 2771 et.

seq.,) and Executive Order 11958, as

amended, I hereby determine and certify

to the Congress that the following

countries are not cooperating fully with

United States antiterrorism efforts:

Afghanistan;

Cuba;

Iran;

Iraq;

Libya;

North Korea;

Sudan; and

Syria.

This determination and certification

shall be transmitted to the Congress and

published in the Federal Register.

Dated: May 4, 1998.

Strobe Talbott,

Acting Secretary of State.

[FR Doc. 98–12795 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Oceans and International

Environmental and Scientific Affairs

[Public Notice 2813]

Government Activities on International

Harmonization of Chemical

Classification and Labeling Systems;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Oceans and

International Environmental and

Scientific Affairs (OES), Department of

State.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting

regarding Government Activities on

International Harmonization of

Chemical Classification and Labeling

Systems.

SUMMARY: This public meeting will

provide an update on current activities

related to international harmonization

since the previous public meeting,

conducted January 23, 1998. (See

Department of State Public Notice 2708,

on page 1987 of the Federal Register of

January 13, 1998.) The meeting will also

offer interested organizations and

individuals the opportunity to provide