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10 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

11 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change is effective 

upon filing pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) 10 of the Act and 

subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 11

thereunder, because it establishes a due, 

fee, or other charge imposed by the 

NYSE Arca. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–NYSEArca–2011–101 on 

the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEArca–2011–101. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. 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 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR– 

NYSEArca–2011–101 and should be 

submitted on or before February 2, 2012. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.12

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–419 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12981 and #12982] 

California Disaster #CA–00183 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of California dated 01/05/ 

2012. 

Incident: 1502 Golden Gate Fire. 

Incident Period: 12/22/2011. 

Effective Date: 01/05/2012. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 03/05/2012. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 10/05/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed at the address listed above or other 

locally announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: 

San Francisco. 

Contiguous Counties: 

California: San Mateo. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit 

Available Elsewhere .......... 4.125 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .......... 2.063 

Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere .................. 6.000 

Businesses Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .......... 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere 3.125 

Non-Profit Organizations 

Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations 

Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 129815 and for 

economic injury is 129820. 

The State which received an EIDL 

Declaration # is California. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: January 5, 2012. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–471 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2011–0087] 

Supplemental Security Income and 

Homeless Individuals 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice; Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: We are requesting information 

from the public regarding the unique 

needs of homeless Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) recipients, 

particularly those who live in public 

emergency shelters for the homeless, in 

an effort to better understand and 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–406 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

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 

meet to discuss the results of the 


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