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state of New Jersey with the balance

consisting of members whose

membership interests in the Fund

exceed 10%. All other investors,

including JCP&L, will be Class B

members. JCP&L’s Class B membership

interest in the Fund will not exceed

9.9% of the Fund’s total membership

interests. All members will vote in

proportion to their membership

interests, provided that only Class A

members may vote on investment

policies and other matters to be

specified in the Fund’s operating

agreement. The Fund will be capitalized

over a five to seven-year period with a

minimum of $20 million invested by the

private sector and an additional $10

million from the State of New Jersey.

In lieu of an investment by JCP&L, the

investment in the Fund may be made in

whole or in part by GPU either directly

or indirectly through a new subsidiary

to be formed (‘‘GPU Sub’’). If the

acquisition is made by GPU indirectly

through GPU Sub, GPU would acquire

up to 1,000 shares of common stock of

GPU Sub for a purchase price not in

excess of $1,000.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10996 Filed 5–2–96; 8:45 am]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Testing Modifications to the Disability

Determination Procedures; Test Sites

for Single Decisionmaker Model

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of the test sites and the

duration of tests involving a single

decisionmaker.

SUMMARY: The Social Security

Administration is announcing the

locations and the duration of tests that

it will conduct under the final rules

published in the Federal Register on

April 24, 1995 (60 FR 20023). These

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 test sites and

duration of tests involving use of a

single decisionmaker who may make the

disability determination without

requiring the signature of a medical

consultant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margy LaFond, Models Team Leader,

Office of Disability, Disability Process

Redesign Staff, Social Security

Administration, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235,

410–965–1835.

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 models in improving

the disability process. Prior to

commencing each test or group of tests,

we will publish a notice in the Federal

Register describing the models that we

will test, where the test sites will be,

and the duration of the tests. On or

about May 1, 1996, we will begin tests

of the single decisionmaker model.

Under this model, 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. We

plan to test the use of a single

decisionmaker in nine sites in seven

states. We will select cases for

evaluation of these tests for

approximately six months, and may

continue to have cases processed for

another six months. The sites selected

represent a mix of geographic areas and

case loads. For the purpose of these

tests, the single decisionmaker will be

an employee of the state agency that

makes disability determinations for us.

The decisionmaker will make the initial

disability determination after any

appropriate consultation with a medical

consultant. However, before an initial

determination is made that a claimant is

not disabled in any case which indicates

the existence of a mental impairment,

the decisionmaker will make every

reasonable effort to ensure that a

qualified psychiatrist or psychologist

has completed the medical portion of

the case review and any applicable

residual functional capacity assessment

pursuant to our existing procedures.

Similarly, in making a determination

with respect to the disability of an

individual under age 18 applying for

SSI payments based on disability, the

decisionmaker will make reasonable

efforts to ensure that a qualified

pediatrician or other individual who

specializes in a field of medicine

appropriate to the child’s impairment(s)

evaluates the claim. Tests of the single

decisionmaker model will be held at the

following locations:

• Department of Social Services,

Disability Evaluation Division, 1510 E.

Herndon, Fresno, CA 93720;

• Department of Social Services,

Disability Evaluation Division, 3750

Rosin Court, Suite 120, Sacramento, CA

95834;

• Department of Social Services,

Disability Evaluation Division, 4255

Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123;

• Division of Determination Services,

Disability Determination Services,

10065 East Harvard Avenue, Suite 207,

Denver, CO 80222;

• Bureau of Rehabilitation Services,

Disability Determination Services, North

Griffin Park, 10 Griffin Road N.,

Windsor, CT 06095;

• Department of Jobs and Training,

Division of Rehabilitation Services,

Social Security Disability

Determinations Services, Metro Square

Building, Suite 300, Seventh and

Roberts Streets, St. Paul, MN 55101;

• Nebraska Department of Education,

Disability Determination Section, 808 P

Street, 4th Floor, Lincoln, NE 68508;

• North Carolina Division of Social

Services, Disability Determination

Services, 321 Chapanoke Road, Raleigh,

NC 27603;

• Department of Social and Health

Services, Medical Assistance

Administration, Division of Disability

Determination Services, Airdustrial Way

SW, Building 16, Tumwater, WA 98501;

and

• SSA, District Office, 6128 E. 38th

Street, Tulsa, OK 74121.

Not all cases received in the test sites

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.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Shirley Chater,

Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 96–11020 Filed 5–2–96; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Identification of Countries That Deny

Adequate Protection, or Market

Access, for Intellectual Property Rights

Under Section 182 of the Trade Act of

1974

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.