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6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

(B) Institute proceedings to determine

whether the proposed rule change

should be 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.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW.,

Washington DC 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 at

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room. Copies of such filing will also be

available for inspection and copying at

the principal office of the CHX. All

submissions should refer to File No.

SR–CHX–98–19 and should be

submitted by August 25, 1998.

For the Commission, the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.6

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20692 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Information Collection Activities

This notice lists information

collection packages that will require

submission to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB), as well as

information collection packages

submitted to OMB for clearance, in

compliance with Pub. L. 104–13

effective October 1, 1995, The

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Information Collection Activities:

Proposed Collection Requests and

Comment Requests

I. The information collection(s) listed

below require(s) extension(s) of the

current OMB approval(s) or are

proposed new collection(s):

1. Manchaca Ruling Compliance

Survey—0960-NEW. In accordance with

the terms of the United States District

Court ruling on MANCHACA et al. v.

Chater, the Social Security

Administration (SSA) must inform

social security and supplemental

security income (SSI) applicants/

recipients about benefits under the food

stamp program and make available food

stamp applications to these individuals.

SSA is also required to complete food

stamp applications for SSI applicants/

recipients when all members of the

individual’s household are receiving SSI

benefits. The terms of the settlement

agreement include a provision that SSA

is to conduct a study in the State of

Texas, locus of the class action

litigation, to determine the Agency’s

effectiveness in promoting the goals of

joint processing and the extent of the

Agency’s compliance with food stamp

procedures. As part of the study, SSA

will survey a random sample of social

security and SSI applicants/recipients to

determine public understanding of

SSA’s role in the food stamp process.

The study will determine the level of

the respondent’s awareness of food

stamp processing in SSA field offices in

Texas, and the degree to which field

offices have complied with the food

stamp application procedures. The

information will be included in a report

which will be provided to the

Commissioner of SSA, the court and the

plaintiffs.

Number of Respondents: 450.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 112.5

hours.

2. Verification of Identity of Internet

Requestors of Information from SSA

Records—0960–NEW. SSA has

established a process for verifying the

identity of individual’s who use the

Internet to request information from

SSA records. The electronic screens

request specific information which will

allow the public to establish their

identity with SSA. These screens must

be completed in order for the requestor

to use certain Internet applications,

such as a Request for a Personal

Earnings and Benefit Estimate

Statement, a Request for a Replacement

Benefit Statement (SSA–1099/SSA–

1042S), etc. SSA will use the

information to verify the requester’s

identity by comparing it to the

information already in SSA’s records.

The respondents are members of the

public who request information from

SSA through the Internet.

Number of Respondents: 540,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 3.5

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 31,500

hours.

3. Electronic Request for Benefit

Verification Information—SSA provides

verification of benefits, when requested,

to individuals receiving social security

or SSI benefits. In order to provide to

the public an easy and convenient

means of requesting benefit information,

SSA has developed an electronic

request form which will allow persons

to request the information through the

Internet. The information collected on

the electronic screens will be used by

SSA to process the request for a benefit

verification statement. To ensure

appropriate confidentiality, the

statement will be mailed to the

recipient/beneficiary address shown in

SSA’s records. The respondents are

social security or SSI recipient/

beneficiaries who request benefit

verification information using the

Internet.

Number of Respondents: 133,920.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 1⁄2

minute.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,116

hours.

4. Information Collections Conducted

by State Disability Determination

Services (DDS) on Behalf of SSA—

0960–0555. The State DDS’s collect

certain information to administer SSA’s

disability program. The information

collected is as follows: (1) Medical

evidence requirements (MER)—DDSs

use MER information to determine a

person’s physical and/or mental status

prior to making a disability

determination; (2) CE providers— DDSs

use the CE provider information to

verify a medical provider’s credentials

and license before hiring them to

conduct consultative exams; (3)

consultative exams (CE) —DDSs use CE

information to make disability

determinations when the claimant’s

own medical sources cannot or will not

provide the information; DDSs use the

information obtained from claimants

under the CE process to obtain release

of medical information to personal

physicians and to confirm scheduled CE

appointments; (4) activities of daily

living—this information, together with

medical evidence, are part of the

evidentiary documentation used by the

DDS’s in evaluating a person’s

disability, and (5) pain information—

this information is used by the DDSs to

assess the effects of symptoms on

functionality for determining disability.

The respondents are medical providers

and disability claimants.
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(1) MER: (Respondents—Medical

Providers)

Number of Responses: 9.181 million

Frequency of Response: Unknown.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes

Estimate Annual Burden: 2,295,250

(2) CE Providers (Respondents—Medical

Providers)

Number of Responses: 6,300.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden: 20 minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,100

hours.

(3) CE: (Respondents—Medical

Providers)

Number of Responses: 3 million.

Frequency of Response: Unknown.

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1.5

million.

CE: (Respondents—Claimants)

Appointment letter Medical release

form

Number of Responses ............................................................................................................................ 750,000 ....................... 1.5 million.

Frequency of Response .......................................................................................................................... 2 .................................. 2.

Average Burden Per Response .............................................................................................................. 5 minutes .................... 5 minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden ....................................................................................................................... 125,000 hours ............. 250,000 hours.

(4) ADL: (Respondents—Claimants)

ADL

Number of Responses: 2,264,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 566,000

hours.

(5) Pain: (Respondents—Claimants)

Number of Responses: 1,000,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Average Burden: 250,000

hours.

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: Frederick W.

Brickenkamp, 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 information collection(s) listed

below have been submitted to OMB:

1. Medical Report (General)—0960–

0052. The information on Form SSA–

3826 is used by the Social Security

Administration (SSA) to determine the

claimant’s physical status prior to

making a disability determination and

to document disability claims folders

with the medical evidence. The

respondents are physicians, hospitals,

directors and medical records librarians.

Number of Respondents: 750,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 375,000

hours.

2. Payment of Certain Travel

Expenses—0960–0434. SSA uses the

information required by 20 CFR,

§§ 404.999(d) and 416.1499 to reimburse

a claimant who has been required to

travel over 75 miles to appear at a

medical examination or a disability

hearing. The respondents are claimants

who travel more than 75 miles in order

to attend a medical examination or a

disability hearing.

Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 8,333

hours.

3. Social Security Request for

Information—0960–0531. The

information on Form SSA–6231 is used

by SSA to complete or to clarify data on

Forms SSA–623 or SSA–6230,

previously provided by representative

payees. The respondents are

representative payees who furnished

incomplete or unclear information.

Number of Respondents: 100,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 25,000

hours.

4. Statement Regarding Student’s

Attendance—0960–0113. The

information on Form SSA–2434 is used

to determine student entitlement status

for the children of coal miners, the

children of their widows or the brothers

of deceased coal miners eligible for

black lung benefits. The respondents are

dependents of deceased coal miners as

cited above, who are attending school

and about to attain age 18.

Number of Respondents: 50.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 8 hours.

5. Request for the Correction of

Earning Records—0960–0029. Form

SSA–7008 is used by individual wage

earners to request that SSA review, and

if necessary, correct the Agency’s master

record of their earnings. The

respondents are individuals who

question SSA’s record of their earnings.

Number of Respondents: 375,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 62,500

hours.

6. Plan for Achieving Self Support—

0960–0559. The information on form

SSA–545 is collected by SSA when a

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

applicant/recipient desires to use

available income and resources to

obtain education and/or training in

order to become self-supportive. The

information is used to evaluate the

recipient’s plan for achieving selfsupport to determine whether the plan

may be approved under the provisions

of the SSI program. The respondents are

SSI applicants/recipients who are blind

or disabled.

Number of Respondents: 7,000.

Frequency of Response: Varies per

individual.

Average Burden Per Response: 120

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 11,000

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
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Executive Office Building, Room

10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington,

DC 20503

(SSA)

Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W.

Brickenkamp, 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–

4145 or write to him at the address

listed above.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Judith T. Hasche,

Deputy Office Director, OPUM, Social

Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–20658 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2825]

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs;

Suspension of Munitions Export

Licenses and Other Approvals

Destined for Russian Companies and

Related Matters

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to Section 38 of the Arms

Export Control Act and section 126.7 of

the International Traffic in Arms

Regulations, all licenses and other

approvals for defense articles and

defense services involving certain

Russian entities, identified below, are

suspended, effective immediately.

Notice is further given that it is the

policy of the United States to deny

licenses, other approvals, exports and

temporary imports of defense articles

and defense services destined for these

Russian entities. In addition, on July 15,

1998, the White House announced that

the policy of the United States

Government is to deny U.S. Government

assistance to these Russian entities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rose Biancaniello, Deputy Director,

Department of State, Office of Defense

Trade Controls, Department of State,

703–812–2568 (for information about

export licenses) or Vann H. Van Diepen,

Director, Office of Chemical, Biological

and Missile Nonproliferation,

Department of State 202–647–1142 (for

information about United States

Government assistance).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

15, 1998, the White House announced

that the U.S. will suspend immediately

any U.S. Government program or

assistance to certain entities that are the

subject of special investigations by the

Russian Government, and will impose

trade restrictions on such entities.

Section 126.7 of the International Traffic

in Arms Regulations (ITAR) provides

that any application for an export

license or other approval under the

ITAR may be disapproved, and any

license or other approval or exemption

granted under the ITAR may be revoked,

suspended or amended without prior

notice under various circumstances,

including whenever such action is

deemed to be in furtherance of world

peace, the national security or the

foreign policy of the United States or is

otherwise advisable.

Pursuant to section 126.7(a)(1) of the

ITAR, it is deemed that suspending the

following foreign entities from

participating in any activities subject to

Section 38 of the Arms Export Control

Act would be in furtherance of the

national security and foreign policy of

the United States. Therefore, until

further notice, the Department of State

is hereby suspending all licenses and

other approvals for: (a) exports and

other transfers of defense articles and

defense services from the United States;

(b) transfers of U.S.-origin defense

articles and defense services from

foreign destinations; and (c) temporary

import of defense articles to or from the

following entities:

Baltic State Technical University

(including at 1/21, 1-ya

Krasnoarmeiskaya Ul., 198005 St.

Petersburg, Russia);

Europalace 2000 (including at

Moscow, Russia);

Glavkosmos (including at 9

Krasnoproletarskaya st., 103030

Moscow, Russia);

Grafit (aka State Scientific Research

Institute of Graphite or NIIGRAFIT)

(including at 2 Ulitsa Elektrodnaya,

111524 Moscow, Russia);

INOR Scientific Center (including at

Moscow, Russia);

MOSO Company (including at

Moscow, Russia); and

Polyus Scientific Production

Association (including at 3 Ulitsa

Vvedenskogo, 117342 Moscow, Russia).

Moreover, it is the policy of the

United States to deny licenses and other

approvals for exports and temporary

imports of defense articles and defense

services destined for these Russian

entities. In addition, on July 15, 1998,

the White House announced that the

policy of the United States Government

is to deny U.S. Government assistance

to these Russian entities.

Dated: July 24, 1998.

John P. Barker,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export

Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–20804 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–25–M

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: Saturday, August 1,

1998, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Sunday,

August 2, 1998, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

PLACE: Marriott’s Griffin Gate, 1800

Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky

40511.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: FY 1998

grant requests, FY 1999 Grant

Guidelines, internal Institute business

matters.

PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: All

matters other than those noted as closed

below.

PORTIONS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: Internal

personnel matters and Board of

Directors’ committee meetings.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David I. Tevelin, Executive Director,

State Justice Institute, 1650 King Street,

Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, (703)

684–6100.

David I. Tevelin,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–20946 Filed 7–31–98; 3:38 pm]

BILLING CODE 6820–SC–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists those forms,

reports, and recordkeeping requirements

imposed upon the public which were

transmitted by the Department of

Transportation to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for its

approval in accordance with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). Section 3507 of Title 44 of

the United States Code, requires that

agencies prepare a notice for publication

in the Federal Register, listing

information collection request

submitted to OMB for approval or

renewal under that Act. OMB reviews

and approves agency submissions in

accordance with criteria set forth in that

Act. In carrying out its responsibilities,