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Percent 

Business and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

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

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.375 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 201286 and for 

economic injury is 201290. 

The State which received an EIDL 

Declaration is Kansas. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28764 Filed 12–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration # 20144 and # 20145; 

UTAH Disaster Number UT–20001] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Utah 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of Utah (FEMA–4752–DR), 

dated 12/23/2023. 

Incident: Flooding. 

Incident Period: 05/01/2023 through 

05/27/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 12/23/2023. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 02/21/2024. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 09/23/2024. 

ADDRESSES: 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 

12/23/2023, 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. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: 

Iron, Morgan, Sanpete, Utah, Wasatch. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.375 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.375 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations 

without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 2.375 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 201446 and for 

economic injury is 201450. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Francisco Sa ́nchez, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28787 Filed 12–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2023–0050] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

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, and one extension 

collection for OMB-approval. 

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, Fax: 

202–395–6974. 

(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 

Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments and choosing to click 

on one of SSA’s published items. Please 

reference Docket ID Number [SSA– 

2023–0050] in your submitted response. 

I. The information collection below is 

pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to 

OMB within 60 days from the date of 

this notice. To be sure we consider your 

comments, we must receive them no 

later than February 27, 2024. 

Individuals can obtain copies of the 

collection instruments by writing to the 

above email address. 

Employee Work Activity 

Questionnaire—20 CFR 404.1574(a)(1)– 

(3)—0960–0483. Social Security 

Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries 

and Supplemental Security Income 

(SSI) recipients qualify for payments 

when a verified physical or mental 

impairment prevents them from 

working. If disability claimants attempt 

to return to work after receiving 

payments, but are unable to continue 

working, they submit Form SSA–3033, 

Employee Work Activity Questionnaire, 

so SSA can evaluate their work attempt. 

SSA also uses this form to evaluate 

unsuccessful subsidy work and 

determine applicants’ continuing 

eligibility for disability payments. The 

respondents are employers of SSDI 

beneficiaries and SSI recipients who 

unsuccessfully attempted to return to 

work. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 


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Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average wait 

time for 

teleservice 

centers 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–3033 Phone ........ 5,000 1 15 1,250 $59.07 19 *** $167,345 

SSA–3033 Returned 

via mail ..................... 10,000 1 15 2,500 59.07 ........................ *** 147,675 

Totals .................... 15,000 ........................ ........................ 3,750 ........................ ........................ 315,020 

* We based this figure on average general and operations manager’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes111021.htm). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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. 

II. 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 

January 29, 2024. Individuals can obtain 

copies of these OMB clearance packages 

by writing to the 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

1. Medicaid Use Report—20 CFR 

416.268—0960–0267. Section 1619(b) of 

the Social Security Act (Act) and 20 

CFR 416.268 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (Code) require SSA to 

determine eligibility for: (1) special SSI 

payments, and (2) special SSI eligibility 

status for a person who works despite a 

disabling condition. Section 20 CFR 

416.268 of the Code also provides that 

to qualify for special SSI eligibility 

status, an individual must establish that 

termination of eligibility for benefits 

under title XIX of the Act would 

seriously inhibit their ability to 

continue employment. SSA uses the 

collected information to determine if an 

individual is entitled to special title XVI 

SSI payments and, consequently, to 

Medicaid or Medi-Cal. 

In most cases, if an SSI beneficiary is 

blind or disabled, regardless of age, and 

they have Medicaid before beginning to 

work again, they can retain their 

Medicaid benefits while continuing to 

work as long as their disabling 

condition still exists. During a personal 

or telephone Redetermination interview 

with the SSI recipient, an SSA 

employee asks the following questions: 

• Have you used any medical care or 

services in the past 12 months that were 

paid for by Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)? 

• Do you expect to receive any 

medical care or services in the next 12 

months that will be paid for by 

Medicaid (or Medi-Cal, etc.)? 

• Without Medicaid (Medi-Cal, etc.), 

would you be unable to pay your 

medical bills if you become ill or 

injured in the next 12 months? 

Generally, a response of ‘‘yes’’ to one 

of those three questions will lead to SSA 

determining that an SSI recipient whose 

payments have stopped based on 

earnings, is entitled to special SSI 

payments and, consequently, to 

Medicaid benefits under section 1619 

(b) of the Act. The respondents are SSI 

recipients for whom SSA has stopped 

payments based on earnings. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time 

in field 

offices and 

teleservice 

centers 

(minutes) ** 

Total 

annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

20 CFR 416.268 SSI 

Claims System ......... 99,000 1 3 4,950 * $12.81 ** 21 *** $507,276 

* We based this figure on average SSI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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. 

2. Appeal of Determination for Extra 

Help with Medicare Prescription Drug 

Costs—0960–0695. Public Law 108–173, 

also known as the Medicare Prescription 

Drug, Improvement and Modernization 

Act of 2003 (MMA), amended title XVIII 

of the Act to establish a subsidy 

program to help certain individuals 

with limited income and resources pay 

for Medicare Part D prescription drug 

coverage. SSA also commonly refers to 

this subsidy program as Extra Help. 

Individuals seeking Extra Help may 

apply via the SSA–1020 paper form or 

i1020 online application (OMB No. 

0960–0696). If SSA determines that the 

claimant is not eligible for Extra Help, 

SSA will mail a notice to the claimant 

indicating that SSA denied the claim. 

Extra Help denial notices include 

appeal rights and explain how to 

request an appeal. Individuals learn 

about the appeal process for Extra Help 

via determination notices, 800# 

representatives, as well as SSA and 

CMS websites. Individuals voluntarily 

initiate the Extra Help appeal process by 

printing the form from SSA’s online 

website and sending the completed form 

to SSA, contacting SSA’s 800 Number to 

request an appeal, or going into the field 

office to request the appeal. If the 

individual chooses to call the 800# or go 

into the field office, an SSA technician 

enters the individual’s request into the 

MAPS system. The system then 

electronically sends the request to the 

Subsidy Determination Unit, who 


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schedules an appointment for the 

appeal and sends an appointment notice 

to the individual. 

Individuals who appeal SSA’s 

decision regarding eligibility or 

continuing eligibility for Medicare Part 

D Extra Help must complete Form SSA– 

1021. The respondent may mail the 

completed form to either the local field 

office or to the Wilkes-Barre Direct 

Operations Center. The respondent may 

also complete the form with assistance 

from an SSA technician via an in-person 

interview at the Field Office or over the 

telephone. SSA technicians enter all 

claims into Medicare Application 

Processing System (MAPS), which 

automatically adjudicates claims based 

on the data the technicians input. 

Respondents are Medicare beneficiaries, 

or proper applicants acting on behalf of 

a Medicare beneficiary, who do not 

agree with the outcome of an SSA Extra 

Help eligibility determination and want 

to file an appeal. 

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) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average wait 

time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–1021—(Paper 

version) ..................... 1,859 1 10 310 * $29.76 ........................ *** $9,226 

SSA–1021—(Internet 

version: MAPS) ........ 5,291 1 10 882 * $29.76 ** 24 *** $89,220 

Totals .................... 7,150 ........................ ........................ 1,192 ........................ ........................ *** $98,446 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages; State and local government worker’s salaries; and attorney representative 

payee wages as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2023 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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: December 26, 2023. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28774 Filed 12–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Extension of Exclusions and Request 

for Comments: China’s Acts, Policies 

and Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property and 

Innovation 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In prior notices, the U.S. 

Trade Representative modified the 

actions in the Section 301 investigation 

of China’s acts, policies and practices 

related to technology transfer, 

intellectual property and innovation by 

excluding from additional duties certain 

products of China. In September 2023, 

the U.S. Trade Representative 

determined to extend 352 previously 

reinstated exclusions and 77 COVIDrelated exclusions through December 

31, 2023. This notice announces the 

U.S. Trade Representative’s 

determination to extend for five months, 

through May 31, 2024, these same 

exclusions. This notice also announces 

that USTR is opening of a docket for 

public comments on whether to further 

extend particular exclusions. 

DATES: The extension announced in this 

notice will extend the reinstated and 

COVID-related product exclusions 

through May 31, 2024. 

January 22, 2024: The public docket 

on the web portal at http://

comments.USTR.gov will open for 

interested persons to submit comments. 

February 21, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET: 

To be assured of consideration, submit 

written comments on the public docket 

by this time. 

ADDRESSES: You must submit all 

comments through the online portal: 

https://comments.ustr.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about this notice, 

contact Senior Associate General 

Counsel Philip Butler or Assistant 

General Counsel Edward Marcus at 

(202) 395–5725. For specific questions 

on customs classification or 

implementation of the product 

exclusions, contact traderemedy@

cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

In the course of this investigation, the 

U.S. Trade Representative has imposed 

additional duties on products of China 

in four tranches. See 83 FR 28719 (June 

20, 2018); 83 FR 40823 (August 16, 

2018); 83 FR 47974 (September 21, 

2018), as modified by 83 FR 49153 

(September 28, 2018); and 84 FR 43304 

(August 20, 2019), as modified by 84 FR 

69447 (December 18, 2019) and 85 FR 

3741 (January 22, 2020). For each 

tranche of additional duties, the U.S. 

Trade Representative established a 

process by which interested persons 

could request the exclusion of particular 

products subject to the action. With few 

exceptions, most of these exclusions 

expired in 2019 and 2020. 

Reinstated Exclusions 

On October 8, 2021, the U.S. Trade 

Representative invited the public to 

submit comments on whether to 

reinstate certain exclusions previously 

granted and extended. See 86 FR 56345 

(October 8, 2021). On March 28, 2022, 

the U.S. Trade Representative 

determined to further modify the action 

by reinstating 352 expired exclusions. 

The reinstated exclusions applied as of 

October 12, 2021, and extended through 

December 31, 2022. See 87 FR 17380 

(March 28, 2022) (March 28 notice). On 

December 21, 2022, the U.S. Trade 

Representative determined to extend the 

352 reinstated exclusions through 

September 30, 2023. See 87 FR 78187 

(December 21, 2022). 

COVID-Related Exclusions 

On March 25, 2020, USTR requested 

public comments on proposed 

modifications to exclude from 

additional duties certain medical-care 

products related to the U.S. response to 

COVID. 85 FR 16987 (March 25, 2020). 

On December 29, 2020, USTR 

announced 99 product exclusions for 

medical-care products and products 

related to the U.S. COVID response. 85 

FR 85831 (December 20, 2020). For 


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