Designation & Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act; Concerning the Provision of Application Services for Visas, Passports and Similar Documents by Private Entities to Foreign Missions in the United States, 19797-19798 [2013-07628]
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Respondents are Social Security
recipients engaged in farming activities
outside the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSA–7163A–F4 ...............................................................................................
2. Internet Direct Deposit
Application—31 CFR 210—0960–0634.
SSA requires all applicants and
recipients of Social Security Old Age,
Survivors, and Disability Insurance
(OASDI) benefits, or SSI payments to
receive these benefits and payments via
direct deposit at a financial institution.
SSA receives Direct Deposit/Electronic
Funds Transfer (DD/EFT) enrollment
information from OASDI beneficiaries
and SSI recipients to facilitate DD/EFT
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of their funds with their chosen
financial institution. We also use this
information when an enrolled
individual wishes to change their DD/
EFT information. For the convenience of
the respondents, we collect this
information through several modalities,
including an Internet application, inoffice or telephone interviews, and our
automated telephone system. In
addition to using the direct deposit
information to enable DD/EFT of funds
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
60
1,000
to the recipient’s chosen financial
institution, we also use the information
through our Direct Deposit Fraud
Indicator to ensure the correct recipient
receives the funds. Respondents are
OASDI beneficiaries and SSI recipients
requesting that we enroll them in the
Direct Deposit program or change their
direct deposit banking information.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Internet DD ......................................................................................................
Non-Electronic Services (FO, 800#-ePath, MSSICS, SPS, MACADE, POS,
RPS) .............................................................................................................
Automated 800# Response System ................................................................
Direct Deposit Fraud Indicator .........................................................................
188,129
1
10
31,355
6,455,815
237,065
10,000
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1
1
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1,291,163
31,609
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6,891,009
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1,354,460
3. International Direct Deposit—31
CFR 210—0960–0686. SSA’s
International Direct Deposit (IDD)
Program allows beneficiaries living
abroad to receive their payments via
direct deposit to an account at a
financial institution outside the United
States. SSA uses Form SSA–1199–
(Country) to enroll title II beneficiaries
residing abroad in IDD, and to obtain
the direct deposit information for
foreign accounts. Routing account
number information varies slightly for
each foreign country, so we use a
variation of the Treasury Department’s
Form SF–1199A for each country. The
respondents are Social Security
beneficiaries residing abroad who want
SSA to deposit their benefits payments
directly to a foreign financial
institution.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
SSA–1199–(Country) .......................................................................................
5,000
1
5
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Dated: March 28, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8266]
Designation & Determination Pursuant
to the Foreign Missions Act;
Concerning the Provision of
Application Services for Visas,
Passports and Similar Documents by
Private Entities to Foreign Missions in
the United States
Sections 202(a), 203, 204, and 207 of
the Foreign Missions Act (codified at 22
U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) (hereinafter ‘‘the
Act’’) authorize the Secretary of State to
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designate benefits and provide or assist
in the grant of benefits for or on behalf
of a foreign mission. Therefore,
pursuant to such authority, vested in me
by Delegation of Authority No. 198,
dated September 16, 1992, in order to
protect the interests of the United States
and to adjust for costs and procedures
of obtaining benefits for missions of the
United States abroad, I hereby designate
the provision of application services
with respect to visas, passports and
similar documents by private entities on
behalf of foreign missions in the United
States as a benefit under the Act. For
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this purpose, such application services
include, but are not limited to,
appointment management, fee
collection, document delivery, and the
collection of biometric data from
applicants.
Additionally, I hereby determine the
provision of such application services
by private entities for foreign missions
in the United States to be subject to
such terms and conditions as may be
established by the Department’s Office
of Foreign Missions and that any state
or local laws to the contrary are hereby
preempted.
In accordance with § 211(a) of the Act,
it shall be unlawful for any person to
make available any benefits to a foreign
mission that are contrary to the Act. The
United States, acting on its own behalf
or on behalf of a foreign mission, has
standing to bring or intervene in an
action to obtain compliance with this
chapter, including any action for
injunctive or other equitable relief.
Dated: March 18th, 2013.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0011]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Diabetes Mellitus
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces its
decision to exempt 19 individuals from
its rule prohibiting persons with
insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM)
from operating commercial motor
vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce.
The exemptions will enable these
individuals to operate CMVs in
interstate commerce.
DATES: The exemptions are effective
April 2, 2013. The exemptions expire on
April 2, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, (202) 366–4001,
fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room
W64–224, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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You may see all the comments online
through the Federal Document
Management System (FDMS) at: https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and/or Room
W12–140 on the ground level of the
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of DOT’s dockets by
the name of the individual submitting
the comment (or of the person signing
the comment, if submitted on behalf of
an association, business, labor union, or
other entity). You may review DOT’s
Privacy Act Statement for the Federal
Docket Management System (FDMS)
published in the Federal Register on
December 29, 2010 (75 FR 82132), or
you may visit https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
pkg/FR-2010-12-29/pdf/2010-32876.pdf.
Background
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SUMMARY:
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On February 4, 2013, FMCSA
published a notice of receipt of Federal
diabetes exemption applications from
19 individuals and requested comments
from the public (78 FR 7852). The
public comment period closed on March
6, 2013, and no comments were
received.
FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility
of the 19 applicants and determined that
granting the exemptions to these
individuals would achieve a level of
safety equivalent to or greater than the
level that would be achieved by
complying with the current regulation
49 CFR 391.41(b)(3).
Diabetes Mellitus and Driving
Experience of the Applicants
The Agency established the current
requirement for diabetes in 1970
because several risk studies indicated
that drivers with diabetes had a higher
rate of crash involvement than the
general population. The diabetes rule
provides that ‘‘A person is physically
qualified to drive a commercial motor
vehicle if that person has no established
medical history or clinical diagnosis of
diabetes mellitus currently requiring
insulin for control’’ (49 CFR
391.41(b)(3)).
FMCSA established its diabetes
exemption program, based on the
Agency’s July 2000 study entitled ‘‘A
Report to Congress on the Feasibility of
a Program to Qualify Individuals with
Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus to
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Operate in Interstate Commerce as
Directed by the Transportation Act for
the 21st Century.’’ The report concluded
that a safe and practicable protocol to
allow some drivers with ITDM to
operate CMVs is feasible. The
September 3, 2003 (68 FR 52441),
Federal Register notice in conjunction
with the November 8, 2005 (70 FR
67777), Federal Register notice provides
the current protocol for allowing such
drivers to operate CMVs in interstate
commerce.
These 19 applicants have had ITDM
over a range of 4 to 44 years. These
applicants report no severe
hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss
of consciousness or seizure, requiring
the assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning
symptoms, in the past 12 months and no
recurrent (2 or more) severe
hypoglycemic episodes in the past 5
years. In each case, an endocrinologist
verified that the driver has
demonstrated a willingness to properly
monitor and manage his/her diabetes
mellitus, received education related to
diabetes management, and is on a stable
insulin regimen. These drivers report no
other disqualifying conditions,
including diabetes-related
complications. Each meets the vision
requirement at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).
The qualifications and medical
condition of each applicant were stated
and discussed in detail in the February
4, 2013, Federal Register notice and
they will not be repeated in this notice.
Discussion of Comments
FMCSA received no comments in this
proceeding.
Basis for Exemption Determination
Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315,
FMCSA may grant an exemption from
the diabetes requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(3) if the exemption is likely to
achieve an equivalent or greater level of
safety than would be achieved without
the exemption. The exemption allows
the applicants to operate CMVs in
interstate commerce.
To evaluate the effect of these
exemptions on safety, FMCSA
considered medical reports about the
applicants’ ITDM and vision, and
reviewed the treating endocrinologists’
medical opinion related to the ability of
the driver to safely operate a CMV while
using insulin.
Consequently, FMCSA finds that in
each case exempting these applicants
from the diabetes requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(3) is likely to achieve a level
of safety equal to that existing without
the exemption.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8266]
Designation & Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act;
Concerning the Provision of Application Services for Visas, Passports
and Similar Documents by Private Entities to Foreign Missions in the
United States
Sections 202(a), 203, 204, and 207 of the Foreign Missions Act
(codified at 22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) (hereinafter ``the Act'')
authorize the Secretary of State to designate benefits and provide or
assist in the grant of benefits for or on behalf of a foreign mission.
Therefore, pursuant to such authority, vested in me by Delegation of
Authority No. 198, dated September 16, 1992, in order to protect the
interests of the United States and to adjust for costs and procedures
of obtaining benefits for missions of the United States abroad, I
hereby designate the provision of application services with respect to
visas, passports and similar documents by private entities on behalf of
foreign missions in the United States as a benefit under the Act. For
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this purpose, such application services include, but are not limited
to, appointment management, fee collection, document delivery, and the
collection of biometric data from applicants.
Additionally, I hereby determine the provision of such application
services by private entities for foreign missions in the United States
to be subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the
Department's Office of Foreign Missions and that any state or local
laws to the contrary are hereby preempted.
In accordance with Sec. 211(a) of the Act, it shall be unlawful
for any person to make available any benefits to a foreign mission that
are contrary to the Act. The United States, acting on its own behalf or
on behalf of a foreign mission, has standing to bring or intervene in
an action to obtain compliance with this chapter, including any action
for injunctive or other equitable relief.
Dated: March 18th, 2013.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
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