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12See Section 19(b)(3)(C) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 

78s(b)(3)(C). 

13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52435 

(September 14, 2005), 70 FR 55440. 

4 In approving this proposed rule change, the 

Commission has considered the proposed rule’s 

impact on efficiency, competition, and capital 

formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 

5 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

in furtherance of the purposes of the 

Act.12

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 e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–MSRB–2005–15 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

Station Place, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–9303. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–MSRB–2005–15. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail 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 inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. Copies of such filing also will be 

available for inspection and copying at 

the principal office of the MSRB. 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–MSRB–2005–15 and should 

be submitted on or before November 23, 

2005. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.13

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–6052 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–52683; File No. SR–NYSE–

2005–62] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; New 

York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order 

Granting Approval to Proposed Rule 

Change Relating to Trade Shredding 

October 26, 2005. 

I. Introduction 

On September 9, 2005, the New York 

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NYSE’’ or 

‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934, as amended, (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 

19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule 

change relating to trade shredding. The 

proposed rule change was published for 

notice and comment in the Federal 

Register on September 21, 2005.3 The 

Commission received no comments on 

the proposal. This order approves the 

proposed rule change. 

II. Description of the Proposal 

The NYSE proposed to add NYSE 

Rule 123G to prohibit members, member 

organizations and associated persons 

from unbundling orders for execution 

for the primary purpose of maximizing 

a monetary or like payment to the 

member, member organization or 

associated person without regard for the 

best interests of the customer. 

III. Discussion and Commission 

Findings 

The Commission has reviewed 

carefully the proposed rule change and 

finds that it is consistent with the 

requirements of the Act and the rules 

and regulations thereunder applicable to 

a national securities exchange,4

particularly Section 6(b)(5) of the Act 

which, among other things, requires that 

the rules of a national securities 

exchange be designed to promote just 

and equitable principles of trade, to 

foster cooperation and coordination 

with persons engaged in regulating 

securities transactions, to remove 

impediments to and perfect the 

mechanism of a free and open market 

and a national market system and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest.5 The Commission 

believes that the proposed rule change 

should help eliminate the distortive 

practice of trade shredding, and, 

therefore, promote just and equitable 

principles of trade. 

IV. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,6 that the 

proposed rule change (File No. SR–

NYSE–2005–62), be and hereby is, 

approved. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.7

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–6053 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment Request 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) publishes a list of information 

collection packages that will require 

clearance by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Pub. L. 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. The information collection 

packages that may be included in this 

notice are for new information 

collections, revisions to OMB-approved 

information collections, and extensions 

(no change) 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 on ways 

to minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Written 

comments and recommendations 

regarding the information collection(s) 

should be submitted to the OMB Desk 

Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance 

Officer. The information can be mailed 

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and/or faxed to the individuals at the 

addresses and fax numbers listed below: 

(OMB) Office of Management and 

Budget, Fax: 202–395–6974. 

(SSA) Social Security Administration, 

DCFAM, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235; 

Fax: 410–965–6400. 

I. The information collections listed 

below are pending at SSA and will be 

submitted to OMB within 60 days from 

the date of this notice. Therefore, your 

comments should be submitted to SSA 

within 60 days from the date of this 

publication. You can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by calling the 

SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410–

965–0454 or by writing to the address 

listed above. 

1. Employee Verification Service 

(EVS)—0960–0669 

Background 

Under Internal Revenue Service 

regulations, employers are required to 

provide wage and tax data to SSA using 

form W–2, Wage and Tax Statement or 

its electronic equivalent. As part of this 

process, the employer must furnish the 

employee’s name and Social Security 

Number (SSN). This information must 

match SSA’s records in order for the 

employee’s wage and tax data to be 

properly posted to the Earnings Record. 

Information that is incorrectly provided 

to the Agency must be corrected by the 

employer using an amended reporting 

form, which is a labor-intensive and 

time-consuming process for both SSA 

and the employer. Therefore, to help 

ensure that employers provide accurate 

name and SSN information on their 

wage reports, SSA is offering the EVS 

service whereby employers can verify, 

via magnetic tape, cartridge, diskette, 

paper, and telephone, if the reported 

name and SSN of their employee 

matches SSA’s records. 

EVS Collection 

SSA will use the information 

collected through the EVS to verify that 

the employee name and SSN 

information, provided by employers, 

matches SSA records. SSA will respond 

to the employer informing them only of 

matches and mismatches of submitted 

information. Respondents are employers 

who provide wage and tax data to SSA 

who elect to use EVS to verify their 

employees’ names and SSNs. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-Approved Information Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 50,000. 

Frequency of Response: 12. 

Average Burden Per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 100,000 

hours. 

2. Partnership Questionnaire—20 CFR 

404.1080–.1082—0960–0025 

Form SSA–7104 is used to establish 

several aspects of eligibility for Social 

Security benefits, including the 

accuracy of reported partnership 

earnings, the veracity of a retirement, 

and lag earnings where they are needed 

for insured status. The respondents are 

applicants for Social Security Old Age, 

Survivors, and Disability Insurance 

Benefits. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 12,350. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 6,175 

hours. 

3. Letter to Employer Requesting 

Information About Wages Earned by a 

Beneficiary—20 CFR 404.703 and 

404.801—0960–0034 

Form SSA–L725 is used by SSA to 

establish the exact wages earned by a 

Social Security beneficiary in situations 

where SSA has incomplete or 

questionable wage data. In turn, this 

information is used to determine if the 

beneficiary’s current SSA payments are 

accurate. The respondents are 

employers of wage earners whose 

earnings records are incomplete or have 

been questioned. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 150,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 40 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 100,000 

hours. 

II. The information collections listed 

below have been submitted to OMB for 

clearance. Your comments on the 

information collections would be most 

useful if received by OMB and SSA 

within 30 days from the date of this 

publication. You can obtain a copy of 

the OMB clearance package by calling 

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

410–965–0454, or by writing to the 

address listed above. 

1. Application To Collect a Fee for 

Payee Services—0960–NEW 

Information requested on form SSA–

445 will be provided by the fee for 

payee services applicant. SSA will be 

the only user of this information. By 

using form SSA–445, SSA will be able 

to determine whether the applicant 

meets the requirements to become a fee 

for service organizational payee, and if 

the applicant has provided all the 

information and documentation 

required. Based on the information 

provided on form SSA–445, SSA will 

issue a determination authorizing or 

denying permission to collect fees for 

payee services. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 5 hours. 

2. Annual Registration Statement 

Identifying Separated Participants With 

Deferred Benefits, Schedule SSA—

0960–0606 

Schedule SSA is a form filed annually 

as part of a series of pension plan 

documents required by section 6057 of 

the IRS Code. Administrators of pension 

benefit plans are required to report 

specific information on future plan 

benefits for those participants who left 

plan coverage during the year. SSA 

maintains the information until a claim 

for Social Security benefits has been 

approved. At that time, SSA notifies the 

beneficiary of his/her potential 

eligibility for payments from the private 

pension plan. The respondents are 

administrators of pension benefit plans 

or their service providers employed to 

prepare the schedule SSA on behalf of 

the pension benefit plan. Below are the 

estimates of the cost and hour burdens 

for completing and filing schedule 

SSA(s). We have used an average to 

estimate the hour burden. However, the 

burden may be greater or smaller 

depending on whether the respondent is 

a large or small pension benefit plan 

and how many schedule SSA’s are filed 

in a given year. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 88,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 2.5 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 220,000 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Cost Burden for all 

Respondents: $12,194,400. 

3. Protection and Advocacy for 

Beneficiaries of Social Security 

(PABSS)—0960–NEW 

Background 

In August of 2004, SSA announced its 

intention to award grants to establish 

community-based protection and 

advocacy projects in every State and 

U.S. Territory, as authorized under 

section 1150 of the Social Security Act. 

Potential awardees were protection and 

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advocacy organizations established 

under Title I of the Developmental 

Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act which submitted a timely 

application conforming to the 

requirements in the notice. The projects 

funded under this grant are part of 

SSA’s strategy to increase the number of 

beneficiaries who return to work and 

achieve self-sufficiency as the result of 

receiving advocacy or other services. 

The overall goal of the program is to 

provide information and advice about 

obtaining vocational rehabilitation and 

employment services and to provide 

advocacy or other services that a 

beneficiary with a disability may need 

to secure, maintain, or regain gainful 

employment. 

Collection Activities 

The PABSS project collects 

identifying information from the project 

sites and benefits specialists. In 

addition, data are collected from the 

beneficiaries on background, 

employment, training, benefits, and 

work incentives. SSA uses the 

information to manage the program, 

with particular emphasis on contract 

administration, budgeting, and training. 

SSA also uses the information to 

evaluate the efficacy of the program and 

to ensure that those dollars appropriated 

for PABSS services are being spent on 

SSA beneficiaries. The project data will 

be valuable to SSA in its analysis of and 

future planning for the Social Security 

Disability Insurance and Supplemental 

Security Income programs. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Title of collection 

Number of 

annual 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden per response (min.) Estimated annual burden 

hours 

Site ................................................................................................................. 57 5 1.8 8.6 

Specialist ........................................................................................................ 225 5 1.8 33 .8 

Beneficiary ..................................................................................................... 60,000 1 5.3 5,300 

Total Estimated Annual Burden ............................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 5,342 

4. SSI Monthly Wage Reporting Phase 

2 Pilot—20 CFR 416.701–732–0960–

NEW 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

recipients are required to report changes 

in their income, resources and living 

arrangements that may affect eligibility 

or payment amount. Currently, SSI 

recipients report changes on Form SSA–

8150, Reporting Events—SSI, or to an 

SSA teleservice representative through 

SSA’s toll-free telephone number, or 

they visit their local Social Security 

office. 

The SSI wage reporting program area 

has the highest error rate largely due to 

non-reporting, which accounts for 

approximately $500 million in 

overpayments each year. Consequently 

SSA is evaluating methods for 

increasing reporting. SSA will conduct 

a pilot to test an additional method for 

individuals to report wages for the SSI 

program. We are testing to determine if, 

given an easily accessible automated 

format, individuals will increase 

compliance with reporting 

responsibilities. Increased timely 

reporting could result in a decrease in 

improper payments. SSA will also be 

testing the use of knowledge-based 

authentication to determine if this is an 

effective method of accessing SSA’s 

system. 

During the pilot, participants who 

need to report a change in earned 

income will call an SSA toll-free 

telephone number to report the change. 

The participants will access SSA’s 

system using knowledge-based 

authentication (providing name, SSN 

and date of birth). Participants will 

either speak their report (voice 

recognition technology) or key in the 

information using the telephone key 

pad. SSA will issue receipts to disabled 

recipients who report wages using this 

method. Respondents to this collection 

are SSI recipients, deemors and 

representative payees of recipients who 

agree to participate in the pilot. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 600. 

Frequency of Response: 6. 

Average Burden Per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours. 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–21820 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending October 14, 

2005 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under sections 412 and 414 of the 

Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 

U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures 

governing proceedings to enforce these 

provisions. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22713. 

Date Filed: October 13, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: Mail Vote 464—Resolution 

010x. TC3 Japan-Korea-South East Asia. 

Special Passenger Amending Resolution 

between Japan and China (excluding 

Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR). 

Intended effective date: 19 October 

2005. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22714. 

Date Filed: October 13, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: TC23/TC123 Middle EastTC3-Reso 017c. Geneva & 

Teleconference, 12–14 September 2005 

(Memo 0243). TC23/TC123 Middle EastSouth Asian Subcontinent. Reso 002b. 

Geneva & Teleconference, 12–14 

September 2005 (Memo 244). TC23/ 

TC123 Middle East-South West PacificReso 002ar. Geneva & Teleconference, 

12–14 September 2005 (Memo 0245). 

TC23/TC123 Middle East-Japan, Korea 

Reso 002be. Special Amending 

Resolution between Middle East and 

Japan Korea. Geneva & Teleconference, 

12–14 September 2005 (Memo 0246). 

Intended effective date: 15 January 

2006. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22718. 

Date Filed: October 13, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: TC23/123 Passenger Tariff 

Coordinating Conferences. Geneva and 

Teleconference, 26–28 September 2005. 

TC23/123 Europe-South East Asia 

Expedited. Resolution 002ao. 

Intended effective date: 15 November 

2005. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22722. 

Date Filed: Ocotboer 13, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association.