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comments on the information collection 

are requested by that date. You can 

obtain a copy of the OMB clearance 

package by calling the SSA Reports 

Clearance Officer at 410–965–0454, or 

by writing to the address listed above. 

1. Request for Hearing by 

Administrative Law Judge—20 CFR 

404.929, 404.933, 416.1429, 404.1433, 

405.722, 418.1350—0960–0269. SSA 

uses form HA–501 to document when 

applicants for Social Security benefits 

have their claims denied and want to 

request an administrative hearing to 

appeal SSA’s decision. The scope of this 

form is now being expanded to include 

people who wish to appeal the decision 

that has been made regarding their 

obligation to pay a new Income-Related 

Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) 

for Medicare Part B, as per the 

requirements of the Medicare 

Modernization Act of 2003. Although 

this information will be collected by 

SSA, the actual hearings will take place 

before administrative law judges (ALJ) 

who are employed by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). The 

current respondents include applicants 

for various Social Security benefits 

programs who want to request a hearing 

where they can appeal their denial; the 

new additional respondents are 

Medicare Part B recipients whom SSA 

has determined will have to pay the 

new Medicare Part B IRMAA and who 

wish to appeal this decision at a hearing 

before an HHS ALJ. 

Type of Request: Emergency revision 

of an OMB-approved information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 669,469. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 111,578 

hours. 

The information collection listed 

below has been submitted to OMB for 

clearance. Your comments on the 

information collection would be most 

useful if received by OMB and SSA 

within 30 days from the date of this 

publication. You can obtain a copy of 

the OMB clearance package by calling 

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

410–965–0454, or by writing to the 

address listed above. 

2. State Supplementation Provisions: 

Agreement; Payments—20 CFR 

416.2095–416.2098, 416.2099—0960–

0240. Section 1618 of the Social 

Security Act contains pass-along 

provisions of the Social Security 

amendments. These provisions require 

that States which supplement the 

Federal Supplemental Security Income 

(SSI) payments also pass along Federal 

cost-of-living increases to individuals 

who are eligible for State supplemental 

payments. If a State fails to keep 

payments at the required level, it 

becomes ineligible for Medicaid 

reimbursement under Title XIX of the 

Social Security Act. In order to make 

sure the States are maintaining the 

payment levels, they submit their 

payment amounts to SSA. Seven of the 

participating States may use a totalexpenditures method, in which they 

send their total expenditures to SSA 

four times per year to prove that they 

are maintaining the regulated cost-ofliving increase. The remaining twenty 

three States send SSA one annual report 

which shows that they have maintained 

the cost-of-living increase as per the 

regulations. Respondents are State 

agencies administering supplemental 

programs. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 51 hours. 

Reporting method Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden per 

response 

Estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Total Expenditures ........................................................................................... 7 4 60 28 

Maintenance of Payment Levels ..................................................................... 23 1 60 23 

Total .......................................................................................................... 30 ........................ ........................ 51 

Dated: October 12, 2006. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 06–8770 Filed 10–18–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2006–36] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of the FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before November 8, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 

petition to the Docket Management 

System, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. You must identify the 

docket number FAA–2006-25985 or 

FAA–2006–25813 at the beginning of 

your comments. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that the FAA received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard. 

You may also submit comments 

through the Internet to http:// 

dms.dot.gov. You may review the public 

docket containing the petition, any 

comments received, and any final 

disposition in person in the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The Dockets Office (telephone 

1–800–647–5527) is on the plaza level 

of the NASSIF Building at the 

Department of Transportation at the 

above address. Also, you may review 

public dockets on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annette Kovite, 425–227–1262, 

Transport Airplane Directorate (ANM–

113), Federal Aviation Administration, 

1601 Lind Ave., SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; or Frances Shaver (202–

267–9681), Office of Rulemaking (ARM–

1), Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. This notice is 


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published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85 and 

11.91. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 11, 

2006. 

Brenda D. Courtney, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2006–25985. 

Petitioner: Flight Structures, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sections 

25.785(d), 25.813(b), and 25.857(e). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Exemption from 14 CFR 25.785(d), 

25.813(b), and 25.857(e) for the Airbus 

A300B4–600/–600R model airplanes to 

allow carriage of up to 5 noncrewmembers (commonly referred to as 

supernumeraries) in addition to the 

maximum 4 flight deck occupants for a 

total occupancy limit of 9. 

Docket No.: FAA–2006–25813. 

Petitioner: Dallas/Fort Worth 

International Airport. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: Section 

139.311. 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Exemption from 14 CFR 139.311 to 

allow Dallas/Fort Worth International 

Airport to terminate the use of the 

airport’s existing rotating beacon. Due to 

development efforts the airport’s beacon 

cannot remain in its current location. 

The petitioner notes that advanced 

methods of disseminating airport 

information to flight crews eliminates 

the need to operate and maintain a 

rotating beacon without reducing the 

level of safety due to not having a 

beacon. 

[FR Doc. 06–8756 Filed 10–18–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25504] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Renewal of an Information Collection: 

Medical Qualification Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FMCSA invites 

comments on its plan to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to renew an 

information collection concerning the 

requirements set forth in 49 CFR parts 

391 and 398 for the following activities: 

(1) A medical examination form and 

certificate to be completed by a licensed 

medical examiner; (2) The submission 

of an application to FMCSA for the 

Agency to resolve conflicts of medical 

evaluations between medical examiners; 

(3) A driver qualification (DQ) file for: 

(a) Motor carriers to include the medical 

certificate; (b) motor carriers of migrant 

workers to include a doctor’s certificate 

for every driver employed or used by 

them; and (c) motor carriers to include 

a Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) 

certificate issued to a driver with a limb 

disability; and (4) Information collected 

from carriers, drivers and interested 

parties used in Agency determinations 

for granting exemptions from the vision 

and diabetes requirements in the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (FMCSRs). This notice is 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 18, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Docket No. FMCSA–2006–

25504. You may mail or hand deliver 

comments to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Dockets Management 

Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; 

telefax comments to (202) 493–2251; or 

submit electronically at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. You may examine and 

copy all comments received at the above 

address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. If you desire your comment to 

be acknowledged, you must include a 

self-addressed stamped envelope or 

postcard or, if you submit your 

comments electronically, you may print 

the acknowledgment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Chief, Physical 

Qualifications Division, (202) 366–4001, 

maggi.gunnels@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Office hours are from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Medical Qualification 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0006. 

Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 31136 

requires the Secretary of Transportation 

(Secretary) to prescribe regulations to 

ensure that the physical qualifications 

of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

operators are adequate to enable them to 

operate CMVs safely. In addition, 49 

U.S.C. 31502 authorizes the Secretary to 

prescribe requirements for qualifications 

of employees of a motor carrier when 

needed to promote safety of operation. 

Information about an individual’s 

physical condition must be collected in 

order for the FMCSA and motor carriers 

to verify that the individual meets the 

physical qualification standards for 

CMV drivers set forth in 49 CFR 391.41; 

and for the FMCSA to determine 

whether the individual is physically 

able to operate a CMV safely. This 

information collection is comprised of 

the components listed in the summary 

above. 

Respondents: Medical Examiners, 

Medical Specialists, Physicians, 

Licensed Doctors of Medicine, Doctors 

of Osteopathy, Physician Assistants, 

Advanced Practice Nurses, Doctors of 

Chiropractic, motor carriers, and CMV 

drivers. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Record: The following records are 

included in the IC pertaining to the 

Medical Qualifications Requirements: 

(1) The Medical Examination Form and 

Certificate—Twenty minutes for a 

medical examiner to complete the 

medical examination form; One minute 

for the medical examiner to complete 

the medical examiner’s certificate; One 

minute for carriers to copy and file the 

medical examiner’s certificate in the DQ 

file; (2) Data Resolving Medical 

Conflicts—One hour for the Agency to 

review and resolve an application for 

resolution of medical conflict; (3) The 

SPE Certificate—Fifteen minutes for the 

Agency to review and complete an 

application for an initial SPE certificate; 

Two minutes for the Agency to review 

and complete an application for a 

renewal of a SPE certificate; One minute 

for carriers to copy and file the SPE 

certificate application in the DQ file; (4) 

Vision Exemptions—Sixty minutes for 

the Agency to review and complete an 

application for a vision exemption with 

required supporting documents, and for 

carriers to copy and file the documents 

in the DQ file; (5) Diabetes 

Exemptions—Ninety minutes for the 

Agency to review and complete a 

diabetes exemption with required 

documentation, and for carriers to copy 

and file the documents in the DQ file; 

and (6) The Doctor’s Certificate for 

Motor Carriers of Migrant Workers—One 

minute for a doctor of medicine or 

osteopathy to complete a doctor’s 

certificate for drivers of motor carriers of 

migrant workers; and for carriers to 

place the certificate in the DQ file for 

every driver employed or used by them. 

Frequency of Response: Biennially, 

and on occasion, more frequently for 

drivers who are not eligible to receive a 

2-year certificate. A medical certificate 

usually is valid for 2 years, so FMCSA 

estimates that half of the drivers subject 

to its medical standards will take an 

examination each year. The remaining 


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