Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request, 80302-80303 [2024-22719]

Download as PDF 80302 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2024 / Notices SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration #20674 and #20675; NEW YORK Disaster Number NY–20018] Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New York U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008) This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New York (FEMA–4825– DR), dated September 24, 2024. DATES: Issued on September 24, 2024. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: November 25, 2024. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: June 24, 2025. SUMMARY: Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President’s major disaster declaration on September 24, 2024, Private Non-Profit organizations that provide essential services of a governmental nature may file disaster loan applications online using the MySBA Loan Portal https:// lending.sba.gov or other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further assistance. Incident: Remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Incident Period: August 8, 2024 through August 10, 2024. The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster: Primary Counties: Allegany, Broome, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Ontario, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Yates. The Interest Rates are: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 ADDRESSES: For Physical Damage: Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere ... Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Oct 01, 2024 Your comments regarding these information collections would be most For Economic Injury: useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 Non-Profit Organizations withdays from the date of this publication. out Credit Available ElseTo be sure we consider your comments, where ..................................... 3.250 we must receive them no later than November 1, 2024. Individuals can The number assigned to this disaster obtain copies of these OMB clearance for physical damage is 206748 and for packages by writing to the economic injury is 206750. OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. Percent Francisco Sánchez, Jr., Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. [FR Doc. 2024–22725 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026–09–P SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No: SSA–2024–0037] Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment 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 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 ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, email, 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 (SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 833–410–1631, Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ ssa.gov. Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAmain by clicking on Percent Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments and choosing to click on one of SSA’s published items. Please 3.250 reference Docket ID Number [SSA– 2024–0037] in your submitted response. SSA submitted the information 3.250 collections below to OMB for clearance. Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Background The Social Security Administration (SSA) is requesting clearance to collect data necessary to evaluate the Youth Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED) under the Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP). SSA awarded its second set of cooperative agreements for ICAP on December 22, 2022. ICAP allows SSA to partner with various non-federal groups and organizations to advance interventional research connected to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs. SSA awarded Mathematica a cooperative agreement to lead the YTED, which will help youth with disabilities transition successfully into the adult labor force and competitive, integrated employment. In addition, Mathematica is partnering with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to recruit youth and deliver intervention services and the University of Maryland’s Center for Transition and Career Innovation (UMD) to provide training and technical assistance to OVR. YTED Project Description YTED will provide SSA with empirical evidence on the impact of the intervention on youth in several outcome areas: (1) employment and earnings; (2) SSI and SSDI benefit receipt; and (3) other related outcomes, such as satisfaction and well-being. A rigorous evaluation of YTED is important to help SSA and other interested parties assess promising options to improve employment-related outcomes and decrease benefit receipts. Mathematica is directing YTED and evaluating it via a randomized controlled trial. OVR will recruit 700 youth into YTED over a two-year period. Potential enrollees include all residents in the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding four counties in Pennsylvania (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery) ages 16 to 24 who qualify for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services; have never signed an individualized plan for employment with OVR; and are capable of giving informed consent or assent. Once E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1 80303 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 2, 2024 / Notices enrolled, youth assigned to the control group will remain eligible for standard VR services and receive information about how to apply to OVR. Youth assigned to the treatment group will open a case with OVR and receive enhanced Transition Exploration (TE) services. Treatment group members will receive services from a specially trained OVR counselor called a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor-YTED (VRC– YTED) for up to 12 months. Key enhanced services provided by a VRC– Number of respondents Modality of completion access them temporarily while pursuing full-time work. The respondents are youth with disabilities who qualify and who are selected by SSA to enroll in YTED. Correction Notice: SSA published this information collection as Transition Exploration Demonstration (TED), on June 29, 2024, at 89 FR 53472. We are changing the name of the information collection to Youth Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED). YTED will include career goal development, referral to intensive training programs, referral to other employment-related resources, and intensive engagement and follow up. As part of the TE intervention, OVR will develop strong collaborative relationships with intensive training programs like Job Corps and Year Up to facilitate seamless referrals and cooperation. OVR will also provide counseling on SSI, SSDI, and other benefits with a goal of helping youth to Frequency of response Total number of respondents Average burden per response (in minutes) Total annual burden (hours) Average theoretical hourly cost * Total annual opportunity cost ** Informed consent form and release form ..... Baseline survey ............................................. 12-month follow-up survey ............................ Qualitative data collection with site staff ....... Qualitative data collection with treatment group members ......................................... 700 700 560 18 1 1 1 2 700 700 560 36 10 15 20 68 117 175 187 41 * $7.25 * 7.25 * 7.25 * 31.48 ** $848 ** 1,269 ** 1,356 ** 1,291 4 3 12 45 9 * 7.25 ** 65 Total ....................................................... 1,982 ........................ 2,008 ........................ 529 ........................ ** 4,829 * We based this figure on the average minimum wage, as reported by Pennsylvania’s Current data at Department of Labor & Industry data (https://www.dli.pa.gov/ Individuals/Labor-ManagementRelations/llc/Pages/Wage-FAQs.aspx). ** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application. Dated: September 27, 2024. Naomi Sipple, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 2024–22719 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191–02–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36810] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX Transportation, Inc. The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company (POHC), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) to acquire trackage rights over approximately 4,640 feet (0.88 miles) of rail line owned by CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), between approximately milepost PLE 5.15 and approximately milepost PLN 0.24, including over a rail bridge (the Common Rail Bridge), to access customers and rail lines on Neville Island, Pa. (the Line). According to the verified notice, CSXT and POHC are parties by succession to a 1902 trackage rights agreement through purchases, assignments, and assumptions from predecessor railroads. CSXT has agreed to extend POHC’s trackage rights over the Line pursuant to an amended and VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:27 Oct 01, 2024 Jkt 262001 restated trackage rights agreement (Amended Agreement).1 The transaction may be consummated on or after October 16, 2024, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice was filed). As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the amended trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk & Western Railway—Trackage Rights— Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease & Operate—California Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). POHC states that, because the Amended Agreement provides for the continuation of existing trackage rights, it does not expect any employees to be adversely affected. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than October 9, 2024 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective). All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36810, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board either via e-filing on the Board’s website or in 1 POHC submitted a confidential version of the Amended Agreement under seal along with a corresponding motion for protective order, which will be addressed in a separate decision. PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on POHC’s representative, Justin J. Marks, Clark Hill PLC, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1300 South, Washington, DC 20004. According to POHC, this action is categorically excluded from environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic preservation reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov. Decided: September 26, 2024. By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting Director, Office of Proceedings. Brendetta Jones, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2024–22589 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket Number FRA–2010–0030] Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control System Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22719]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2024-0037]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment 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 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 ways to minimize burden 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, 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
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 833-410-1631, Email address: [email protected].

    Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAmain by clicking on Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments and choosing to click on one of SSA's 
published items. Please reference Docket ID Number [SSA-2024-0037] in 
your submitted response.
    SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would 
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of 
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive 
them no later than November 1, 2024. Individuals can obtain copies of 
these OMB clearance packages by writing to the 
[email protected].

Background

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) is requesting clearance to 
collect data necessary to evaluate the Youth Transition Exploration 
Demonstration (YTED) under the Interventional Cooperative Agreement 
Program (ICAP). SSA awarded its second set of cooperative agreements 
for ICAP on December 22, 2022. ICAP allows SSA to partner with various 
non-federal groups and organizations to advance interventional research 
connected to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security 
Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs. SSA awarded Mathematica a 
cooperative agreement to lead the YTED, which will help youth with 
disabilities transition successfully into the adult labor force and 
competitive, integrated employment. In addition, Mathematica is 
partnering with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation 
(OVR) to recruit youth and deliver intervention services and the 
University of Maryland's Center for Transition and Career Innovation 
(UMD) to provide training and technical assistance to OVR.

YTED Project Description

    YTED will provide SSA with empirical evidence on the impact of the 
intervention on youth in several outcome areas: (1) employment and 
earnings; (2) SSI and SSDI benefit receipt; and (3) other related 
outcomes, such as satisfaction and well-being. A rigorous evaluation of 
YTED is important to help SSA and other interested parties assess 
promising options to improve employment-related outcomes and decrease 
benefit receipts. Mathematica is directing YTED and evaluating it via a 
randomized controlled trial. OVR will recruit 700 youth into YTED over 
a two-year period. Potential enrollees include all residents in the 
city of Philadelphia and the surrounding four counties in Pennsylvania 
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery) ages 16 to 24 who qualify 
for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services; have never signed an 
individualized plan for employment with OVR; and are capable of giving 
informed consent or assent. Once

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enrolled, youth assigned to the control group will remain eligible for 
standard VR services and receive information about how to apply to OVR. 
Youth assigned to the treatment group will open a case with OVR and 
receive enhanced Transition Exploration (TE) services. Treatment group 
members will receive services from a specially trained OVR counselor 
called a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor-YTED (VRC-YTED) for up to 
12 months. Key enhanced services provided by a VRC-YTED will include 
career goal development, referral to intensive training programs, 
referral to other employment-related resources, and intensive 
engagement and follow up. As part of the TE intervention, OVR will 
develop strong collaborative relationships with intensive training 
programs like Job Corps and Year Up to facilitate seamless referrals 
and cooperation. OVR will also provide counseling on SSI, SSDI, and 
other benefits with a goal of helping youth to access them temporarily 
while pursuing full-time work. The respondents are youth with 
disabilities who qualify and who are selected by SSA to enroll in YTED.
    Correction Notice: SSA published this information collection as 
Transition Exploration Demonstration (TED), on June 29, 2024, at 89 FR 
53472. We are changing the name of the information collection to Youth 
Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED).

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                                                                                          Average burden                      Average      Total annual
         Modality of completion              Number of     Frequency of    Total number    per response    Total annual     theoretical     opportunity
                                            respondents      response     of respondents   (in minutes)   burden (hours)   hourly cost *      cost **
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Informed consent form and release form..             700               1             700              10             117         * $7.25         ** $848
Baseline survey.........................             700               1             700              15             175          * 7.25        ** 1,269
12-month follow-up survey...............             560               1             560              20             187          * 7.25        ** 1,356
Qualitative data collection with site                 18               2              36              68              41         * 31.48        ** 1,291
 staff..................................
Qualitative data collection with                       4               3              12              45               9          * 7.25           ** 65
 treatment group members................
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    Total...............................           1,982  ..............           2,008  ..............             529  ..............        ** 4,829
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* We based this figure on the average minimum wage, as reported by Pennsylvania's Current data at Department of Labor & Industry data (https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-ManagementRelations/llc/Pages/Wage-FAQs.aspx).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.


    Dated: September 27, 2024.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-22719 Filed 10-1-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
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