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contract to adopt the Requirements.
NFA has identified a trend where some
Members encourage their customers to
take on riskier out-of-the money options
at a cost just below $100. Because in
NFA’s view these positions are much
less likely to be liquidated and charged
a liquidation fee, the total cost remains
under the $100 threshold. NFA states
that the proposed rule change may
increase the number of Members subject
to the Requirements because option
contracts that would result in total
commission, fees and other charges of
$100 or more if the trade was liquidated
will be deemed to have been charged
$100 even if the trade is not liquidated.
NFA believes that the additional burden
is necessary, however, because Members
that engage in this practice are clearly
within the group of Members that NFA’s
Board believed should be subject to the
enhanced Requirements when it chose
to use high commissions and fees as a
trigger for imposing the Requirements.
NFA believes that the proposed
provision that changes a Member’s
reporting obligation with respect to its
report on compliance with the
Requirements will also lessen the
burden on Members. Under this
provision, a Member will be permitted
to file this report on a quarterly rather
than monthly basis.
NFA believes that the final two
proposed revisions do not add any
burden to competition because they are
merely clarifying current requirements.
One proposed rule change would add
language that NFA believes makes it
clear that a Member that receives a full
or partial waiver is still deemed to be a
Member that has met the criteria for
purposes of the Notice. Another
proposed rule change would add the
word ‘‘current’’ before the term
‘‘Disciplined Firm’’ in four relevant
places in order to clarify that a ‘‘five
year’’ Disciplined Firm will no longer be
a Disciplined Firm for purposes of
triggering the Requirements once the
firm is dropped from the ‘‘five year’’ list.
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
NFA states that it worked with its
Member Advisory Committees in
developing the rule change. NFA did
not, however, publish the rule change to
its membership for comment. NFA
states that it did not receive comment
letters concerning the rule change.
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III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
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also will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of NFA.
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 publicly available.
On October 20, 2010, the CFTC
notified NFA that it had approved the
rule change, and therefore, NFA is
permitted to make the amendments
effective as of this date.
Within 60 days of the date of
effectiveness of the proposed rule
change, the Commission, after
consultation with the CFTC, may
summarily abrogate the proposed rule
change and require that the proposed
rule change be refiled in accordance
with the provisions of Section 19(b)(1)
of the Act.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.9
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Exchange
Act. Comments may be submitted by
any of the following methods:
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request
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The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Electronic Comments
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
• Use the Commission’s Internet
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
rules/sro.shtml); or
to OMB-approved information
• Send an e-mail to rulecollections.
comments@sec.gov. Please include File
SSA is soliciting comments on the
Number SR–NFA–2010–04.
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
Paper Comments
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
• Send paper comments in triplicate
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
minimize burden on respondents,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the use of automated
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
collection techniques or other forms of
20549–1090.
information technology. Mail, e-mail, or
fax your comments and
All submissions should refer to File
recommendations on the information
Number SR–NFA–2010–04. This file
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
number should be included on the
subject line if e-mail is used. To help the and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
Commission process and review your
(OMB), Office of Management and
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA. Fax:
post all comments on the Commission’s 202–395–6974. E-mail address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Internet Web site (https://www.sec.gov/
(SSA), Social Security
rules/sro.shtml ). Copies of the
Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports
submission, all subsequent
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building,
amendments, all written statements
6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
with respect to the proposed rule
21235. Fax: 410–965–6400. E-mail
change that are filed with the
address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
Commission, and all written
The information collections below are
communications relating to the
pending at SSA. SSA will submit them
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than to OMB within 60 days from the date of
this notice. To be sure we consider your
those that may be withheld from the
comments, we must receive them no
public in accordance with the
later than March 4, 2011. Individuals
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
can obtain copies of the collection
available for Web site viewing and
instruments by calling the SSA Reports
printing in the Commission’s Public
Clearance Officer at 410–965–8783 or by
Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE.,
writing to the above e-mail address.
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of 10
9 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(73).
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing
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1. Request for Waiver of Overpayment
Recovery or Change in Repayment
Notice—20 CFR 404.502–404.513,
404.515, 20 CFR 416.550–416.570, and
416.572—0960–0037. When Social
Security beneficiaries and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients receive
an accidental overpayment of benefits,
they must repay the amount of the
overpayment. These beneficiaries and
recipients can use Form SSA–632–BK to
take one of three actions: (1) Request an
exemption from repaying, as recovery of
the payment would cause financial
hardship; (2) inform SSA they want to
repay the overpayment at a monthly rate
over a period longer than 36 months;
and (3) request a different rate of
recovery. In the latter two cases, the
respondents must also provide financial
information to SSA to help the agency
determine how much the overpaid
person can afford to repay each month.
Respondents are overpaid beneficiaries
or SSI recipients who are requesting a
waiver of recovery of an overpayment or
a lesser rate of withholding.
Type of Request: REVISION OF AN OMB-APPROVED INFORMATION COLLECTION.
Number of respondents
Type of request
Frequency of
response
Response time
Total burden
(hours)
400,000
100,000
44,000
500,000
1
1
1
1
2 hours ...................................
45 minutes .............................
2 hours ...................................
5 minutes ...............................
800,000
75,000
88,000
41,667
Totals ................................................................................
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Waiver of Overpayment (Completes Whole Paper Form) ......
Change in Repayment (Completes Partial Paper Form) ........
Regional Application (New York Debt Management) .............
Internet Instructions .................................................................
1,044,000
........................
................................................
1,004,667
2. Employee Work Activity
Questionnaire—20 CFR 404.1574 and
20 CFR 404.1592–0960–0483—Social
Security disability beneficiaries and SSI
recipients qualify for payments when a
verified physical or mental impairment
prevents them from working. If
disability claimants attempt to return to
work after receiving payments, but are
unable to continue working, they submit
Form SSA–3033, Employee Work
Activity Questionnaire, so SSA can
evaluate their work attempt. SSA uses
this form to evaluate unsuccessful
subsidy work and determine applicants’
continuing eligibility for disability
payments. The respondents are
employers of Social Security disability
beneficiaries and SSI recipients who
unsuccessfully attempted to return to
work.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 15,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750
hours.
3. Sheltered Workshop Wage
Reporting—0960–0771. Sheltered
workshops are nonprofit organizations
or institutions that implement a
recognized program of rehabilitation for
handicapped workers, or provide such
workers with remunerative employment
or other occupational rehabilitating
activity of an educational or therapeutic
nature. Sheltered workshops perform a
service for their clients by reporting
monthly wages directly to SSA. SSA
uses the information these workshops
provide to verify and post monthly
wages to the SSI recipient’s record. Most
workshops report monthly wage totals
to their local SSA office so we can
adjust the client’s SSI payment amount
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in a timely manner and prevent
overpayments. Sheltered workshops are
motivated to report wages voluntarily as
a service to their clients. Respondents
are sheltered workshops that report
monthly wages for services performed
in the workshop.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 900.
Frequency of Response: 12.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,700
hours.
Dated: December 28, 2010.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0175]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
renew an information collection. We
published a Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day public comment period
on this information collection on
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September 15, 2010. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
February 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
within 30 days to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You
are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2010–0175.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Kenneth Petty, (202) 366–6654, Office of
Planning, Environment, and Realty;
Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ET, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
Planning and Research Program
Administration.
OMB Control #: 2125–0039.
Background: Under the provisions of
Title 23, United States Code, Section
505, 2 percent of Federal-aid highway
funds in certain categories that are
apportioned to the States are set aside
to be used only for State Planning and
Research (SPR). At least 25 percent of
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions to 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 ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA.
Fax: 202-395-6974. E-mail address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235. Fax: 410-965-6400. E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
March 4, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-
8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
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1. Request for Waiver of Overpayment Recovery or Change in
Repayment Notice--20 CFR 404.502-404.513, 404.515, 20 CFR 416.550-
416.570, and 416.572--0960-0037. When Social Security beneficiaries and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients receive an accidental
overpayment of benefits, they must repay the amount of the overpayment.
These beneficiaries and recipients can use Form SSA-632-BK to take one
of three actions: (1) Request an exemption from repaying, as recovery
of the payment would cause financial hardship; (2) inform SSA they want
to repay the overpayment at a monthly rate over a period longer than 36
months; and (3) request a different rate of recovery. In the latter two
cases, the respondents must also provide financial information to SSA
to help the agency determine how much the overpaid person can afford to
repay each month. Respondents are overpaid beneficiaries or SSI
recipients who are requesting a waiver of recovery of an overpayment or
a lesser rate of withholding.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved Information Collection.
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Number of Frequency of Total burden
Type of request respondents response Response time (hours)
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Waiver of Overpayment (Completes Whole 400,000 1 2 hours................. 800,000
Paper Form).
Change in Repayment (Completes Partial 100,000 1 45 minutes.............. 75,000
Paper Form).
Regional Application (New York Debt 44,000 1 2 hours................. 88,000
Management).
Internet Instructions................. 500,000 1 5 minutes............... 41,667
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Totals............................ 1,044,000 .............. ........................ 1,004,667
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2. Employee Work Activity Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1574 and 20 CFR
404.1592-0960-0483--Social Security disability beneficiaries and SSI
recipients qualify for payments when a verified physical or mental
impairment prevents them from working. If disability claimants attempt
to return to work after receiving payments, but are unable to continue
working, they submit Form SSA-3033, Employee Work Activity
Questionnaire, so SSA can evaluate their work attempt. SSA uses this
form to evaluate unsuccessful subsidy work and determine applicants'
continuing eligibility for disability payments. The respondents are
employers of Social Security disability beneficiaries and SSI
recipients who unsuccessfully attempted to return to work.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 15,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
3. Sheltered Workshop Wage Reporting--0960-0771. Sheltered
workshops are nonprofit organizations or institutions that implement a
recognized program of rehabilitation for handicapped workers, or
provide such workers with remunerative employment or other occupational
rehabilitating activity of an educational or therapeutic nature.
Sheltered workshops perform a service for their clients by reporting
monthly wages directly to SSA. SSA uses the information these workshops
provide to verify and post monthly wages to the SSI recipient's record.
Most workshops report monthly wage totals to their local SSA office so
we can adjust the client's SSI payment amount in a timely manner and
prevent overpayments. Sheltered workshops are motivated to report wages
voluntarily as a service to their clients. Respondents are sheltered
workshops that report monthly wages for services performed in the
workshop.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 900.
Frequency of Response: 12.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,700 hours.
Dated: December 28, 2010.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
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