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1United States Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, The 2010 Annual Homeless 

Assessment Report to Congress, at 5, 7 (available at: 

http://www.hudhre.info/documents/

2010HomelessAssessmentReport.pdf). 

2 Id., at 9, 10. 

3See section 1611(e)(1)(A) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1382(e)(1)(A). 

4See section 1611(e)(1)(D) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1382(e)(1)(D) and 20 CFR 416.201 and 416.211(d). 

address their needs. The SSI program 

provides a minimum income level for 

aged, blind, or disabled persons who do 

not have income or resources above 

levels specified in the Social Security 

Act (Act). 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

are considered, we must receive them 

no later than March 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—Internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

of the following methods you choose, 

please state that your comments refer to 

Docket No. SSA–2011–0087 so that we 

may associate your comments with the 

correct document. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

Internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http://www.

regulations.gov. Use the Search function 

of the Web page to find docket number 

SSA–2011–0087. The system will issue 

you a tracking number to confirm your 

submission. It may take up to one week 

for your comment to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966– 

2830. 

3. Mail: Mail your comments to the 

Office of Regulations, Social Security 

Administration, 107 Altmeyer Building, 

6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21235–6401. 

Comments are available for public 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at http://www.regulations.gov, or 

in person, during regular business 

hours, by arranging with the contact 

person identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Fatur, Office of Income Security 

Programs, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235– 

6401, (410) 965–9855. For information 

on eligibility or filing for benefits, call 

our national toll-free number, 1–(800) 

772–1213 or TTY 1–(800) 325–0778, or 

visit our Internet site, Social Security 

Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.

gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The primary goal of the SSI program 

is to ensure a minimum level of income 

to people aged 65 or older, blind, or 

disabled, and who have limited income 

and resources. SSI serves an important 

role in the lives of its recipients, 

including those individuals who are 

homeless. According to the United 

States Department of Housing and 

Urban Development’s (HUD) 2010 

Annual Homeless Assessment Report, 

almost 650,000 people were homeless 

on a single night in January 2010, an 

increase of 1.1 percent over the same 

figure in January 2009.1 HUD also 

reported that, in 2010, over 1.59 million 

people spent at least 1 night in an 

emergency shelter or transitional 

housing program; the vast majority of 

these individuals (nearly 80 percent) 

spent time only in an emergency 

shelter.2

A homeless individual may receive 

SSI payments and (in some States) 

associated Medicaid coverage, as long as 

he or she meets all of the basic 

eligibility requirements for the SSI 

program. Subject to some exceptions, 

residents of public institutions generally 

are ineligible for SSI 3 because the 

institution in which they reside 

provides them with both housing and 

basic subsistence needs. One of these 

exceptions provides that individuals 

who reside in a public emergency 

shelter for the homeless may be eligible 

for up to 6 months of SSI payments in 

any 9-month period.4 By contrast, 

individuals who live in private shelters 

for the homeless are eligible to receive 

SSI payments with no limitation on the 

number of months if they meet all other 

SSI eligibility requirements. 

Request for Comments 

We are requesting information 

regarding the unique needs of the 

Nation’s homeless population, 

particularly the needs of those 

individuals who are SSI recipients and 

who reside in public emergency 

shelters, in an effort to better 

understand and address those needs. 

We ask that, in preparing comments, 

you address questions such as: 

1. What is your experience with SSI 

recipients in homeless shelters? 

2. In your experience, do both public 

and private homeless shelters meet the 

needs of the homeless in the same way? 

If they differ in how they meet the needs 

of the homeless, how do they differ? 

3. Do individuals rely on public 

emergency shelters exclusively to 

address short-term needs, or is 

transitioning out of such shelters into 

permanent housing becoming more 

difficult? Is the short-term assistance 

provided by public emergency shelters 

meeting the transitional needs of SSI 

recipients? 

4. What specific needs do public 

emergency shelters meet? 

5. Do public emergency shelters 

usually address the health care needs of 

individuals in the shelter? To what 

extent do individuals in public 

emergency shelters rely on Medicaid to 

meet their health care needs? 

6. Do residents of public emergency 

shelters usually lose their Medicaid 

coverage if they stay longer than 6 

consecutive months and their SSI is 

suspended? 

7. Do current SSI eligibility rules 

present obstacles to homeless 

individuals who are in need of 

emergency shelter? 

8. Do current SSI eligibility rules 

present obstacles to individuals who are 

trying to transition from a public 

emergency shelter to a permanent living 

arrangement? 

9. After residing in a public 

emergency shelter for 6 months, do SSI 

recipients tend to remain there until 

they can transition to a permanent 

living arrangement or do they consider 

other options? 

Please see the information under 

ADDRESSES earlier in this document for 

methods to give us your comments. We 

will not respond to your comments, but 

we will consider them as we review our 

policies and instructions to determine if 

we should revise or update them. 

Michael J. Astrue, 

Commissioner of Social Security. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7469] 

U.S. Department of State Advisory 

Committee on Private International 

Law (ACPIL)—Online Dispute 

Resolution (ODR) Study Group 

Meeting 

The Office of Private International 

Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, 

Department of State, hereby gives notice 

that the ACPIL Online Dispute 

Resolution (ODR) Study Group will 

hold a public meeting on Friday, 

January 20, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

EDT. The ACPIL ODR Study Group will 

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November 2011 session of the 

UNCITRAL ODR Working Group as well 

as planning for the next session of that 

Working Group, scheduled for May 28 

through June 1, 2012 in New York City. 

The UNCITRAL ODR Working Group 

is charged with the development of legal 

instruments for resolving both business 

to business and business to consumer 

cross-border electronic commerce 

disputes. The Working Group has been 

considering, inter alia, ODR procedural 

rules for resolution of cross-border 

electronic commerce disputes. 

For the report of the first three 

sessions of the UNCITRAL ODR 

Working Group—December 13–17, 2010 

in Vienna (A/CN.9/716); May 23–27, 

2011 in New York (A/CN.9/721); and 

November 14–18, 2011 in Vienna (A/ 

CN.9/739)—please follow the following 

link: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/ 

commission/working_groups/ 

3Online_Dispute_Resolution.html 

Time and Place: The public meeting 

will take place at the Office of Private 

International Law, Department of State, 

Washington, DC in the second floor 

conference room, Room 240, State 

Annex 4, South Building, Navy Hill. 

Participants should appear by 9:30 a.m. 

at the 23rd and D Street, NW. gate to the 

Navy Hill compound, so that you can be 

escorted to the office. If you are unable 

to attend the public meeting and would 

like to participate from a remote 

location, teleconferencing will be 

available. 

Public Participation: This study group 

meeting is open to the public, subject to 

the capacity of the meeting room. 

Access to the building is controlled; 

persons wishing to attend should 

contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms 

of the Office of Private International 

Law at SmeltzerTK@state.gov or 

TomsNN@state.gov and provide your 

name, address, date of birth, citizenship, 

driver’s license or passport number, 

email address, and mailing address to 

get admission into the meeting. Persons 

who cannot attend but who wish to 

comment are welcome to do so by email 

to Michael Dennis at 

DennisMJ@state.gov. A member of the 

public needing reasonable 

accommodation should advise those 

same contacts not later than January 

13th. Requests made after that date will 

be considered, but might not be able to 

be fulfilled. If you are unable to attend 

the public meeting and you would like 

to participate by teleconferencing, 

please contact Tricia Smeltzer (202) 

776–8423 or Niesha Toms at (202) 776– 

8420 to receive the conference call-in 

number and the relevant information. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Michael Dennis, 

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private 

International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–490 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: In 

the Vicinity of the City and Borough of 

Juneau, AK 

AGENCY: Alaska Department of 

Transportation and Public Facilities 

(DOT&PF), Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, in cooperation 

with DOT&PF, will prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (SEIS) for Juneau Access 

Improvements, a project to improve 

surface transportation to and from 

Juneau within the Lynn Canal corridor. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tim Haugh, Environmental Program 

Manager, FHWA Alaska Division, P.O. 

Box 21648, Juneau, Alaska 99802–1648; 

office hours 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (AST), 

phone (907) 586–7430; email 

Tim.Haugh@dot.gov. You may also 

contact Mr. Reuben Yost, DOT&PF 

Project Manager, Alaska Department of 

Transportation and Public Facilities, 

6860 Glacier Highway, P.O. Box 112506, 

Juneau, Alaska 99811–2506; office hours 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (AST), phone (907) 

465–1774. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

for this project was released on January 

18, 2006, and a Record of Decision was 

approved on April 3, 2006. However, on 

February 13, 2009, the United States 

District Court for Alaska determined the 

FEIS was invalid and vacated the ROD. 

The SEIS will therefore evaluate a new 

alternative of improved ferry service 

using existing assets, as was determined 

reasonable by the Court. The SEIS will 

also address any new issues identified 

and update FEIS alternatives and topics. 

The purpose for the project remains 

the same: to improve surface 

transportation to and from Juneau 

within the Lynn Canal corridor to 

provide travel flexibility, capacity to 

meet demand, and greater travel 

opportunity while reducing travel time, 

state costs, and user costs. In addition 

to the court ordered alternative, the 

SEIS will also update the reasonable 

alternatives evaluated in the FEIS. 

These include the No Action Alternative 

(Alternative 1), the East Lynn Highway 

to Katzehin with Shuttles to Haines and 

Skagway (Alternative 2B), the West 

Lynn Canal Highway (Alternative 3), 

and four primary marine alternatives 

that would construct new ferries 

(Alternatives 4A–D). Two of the marine 

alternatives include a short road 

extension and a new ferry terminal 

(Alternatives 4B and 4D). 

FHWA anticipates a focused scoping 

effort prior to commencement of SEIS 

studies. Letters describing the SEIS 

process and requesting comments will 

be sent to appropriate federal, state, and 

local agencies. Meetings will be held 

with all Cooperating Agencies and other 

agencies, as requested. Newspaper 

notices, newsletters, and Web site 

postings will explain the SEIS process, 

describe the new alternative, detail the 

topics anticipated to be addressed, and 

request public comments. 

Public hearings will be held in 

Juneau, Haines, Skagway, and Sitka 

following publication of the draft SEIS. 

Notice of the hearings and availability of 

the document will be published in the 

Federal Register, the Juneau Empire, the 

Chilkat Valley News, the Skagway 

News, the Sitka Sentinel, and the 

Anchorage Daily News. Comments or 

questions concerning the project and the 

SEIS should be directed to the FHWA or 

DOT&PF at the addresses provided. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: January 3, 2012. 

David C. Miller, 

Division Administrator, Juneau, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption From the 

Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Fuji 

Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc. 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document grants in full 

the Fuji Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc.’s 

(FUSA’s) petition for exemption of the 

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