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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 https://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2023–0021 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comment immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (833) 410– 

1613. 

3. Mail: Matthew Ramsey, Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

or emailing Matthew.Ramsey@ssa.gov. 

Comments are also available for public 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at https://www.regulations.gov or 

in person, during regular business 

hours, by arranging with the contact 

person identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Interested parties may submit general 

questions about the matching program 

to Cynthia Scott, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

at telephone: (410) 966–1943, or send an 

email to Cynthia.Scott@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

Participating Agencies: SSA and 

OPM. 

Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program: This agreement is 

executed in compliance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, and 

the regulations and guidance 

promulgated thereunder. 

The legal authority for OPM to 

disclose information under this 

agreement is 42 U.S.C. 1383(f) of the 

Social Security Act (Act). 

The legal authorities for SSA to 

conduct this computer matching are 

sections 1144(a)(1) and (b)(1) and 

1860D–14(a)(3) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

1320b–14(a)(1) and (b)(1) and 1395w– 

114(a)(3)). 

Purpose(s): This agreement sets forth 

the terms and conditions under which 

OPM will provide SSA with civil 

service benefit and payment data. This 

disclosure will provide SSA with 

information necessary to verify an 

individual’s self-certification of 

eligibility for Extra Help. It will also 

enable SSA to identify individuals who 

may qualify for Extra Help as part of the 

agency’s Medicare outreach efforts. 

Categories of Individuals: The 

individuals whose information is 

involved in this matching program are 

civil service annuitants, individuals 

who self-certify their eligibility for the 

Extra Help program, and individuals 

who may qualify for Extra Help. 

Categories of Records: OPM’s data file 

will consist of approximately 125,000 

records of updated payment information 

for new civil service annuitants and 

annuitants whose civil service annuity 

has changed. SSA’s comparison file 

consists of approximately 111 million 

records from the Medicare Database file. 

OPM will provide SSA with civil 

service benefit and payment data for 

individuals who apply for the Extra 

Help program. The file includes: 

a. Annuitant Name and Date of Birth, 

b. Annuitant Social Security number, 

c. Annuitant Civil Service Claim 

Number, and 

d. Amount of current gross civil 

service benefits. 

System(s) of Records: OPM will 

provide SSA with electronic files 

containing civil service benefit and 

payment data from its system of records 

(SOR) titled OPM/Central—1, Civil 

Service Retirement and Insurance 

Records, published at 73 FR 15013 

(March 20, 2008) and 87 FR 5874 

(February 2, 2022). 

SSA will match OPM data with the 

SSA SOR 60–0321, Medicare Database 

File, last fully published at 71 FR 42159 

(July 25, 2006), and amended at 72 FR 

69723 (December 10, 2007) and 83 FR 

54969 (November 1, 2018). 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12330] 

Notification of Meetings of the United 

States-Bahrain Subcommittee on 

Environmental Affairs and Joint Forum 

on Environmental Cooperation 

ACTION: Notice of meetings and request 

for comments; invitation to public 

session. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State 

and the Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR) are 

providing notice that the United States 

and the Kingdom of Bahrain plan to 

hold meetings of the Subcommittee on 

Environmental Affairs (Subcommittee), 

established under the United StatesBahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA), 

and the Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation (Joint Forum), established 

under the United States-Bahrain 

Memorandum of Understanding on 

Environmental Cooperation (MOU), on 

February 21, 2024, in Manama, Bahrain. 

The purposes of the meetings of these 

two bodies, respectively, are to review 

implementation of the Environment 

Chapter (Chapter 16) of the FTA and to 

review and assess cooperative 

environmental activities undertaken 

under the MOU. 

DATES: The joint public sessions of the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum will be 

held on February 21, 2024, from 5:30 

a.m. to 7:15 a.m. EST (1:30 p.m. to 3:15 

p.m. AST) in Manama, Bahrain, with an 

option to join virtually or in-person. 

Please contact Merideth Manella and 

Tia Potskhverashvili for the location of 

this meeting in Manama, Bahrain, or to 

request a link to join virtually. 

Confirmations of attendance and 

comments or questions are requested in 

writing no later than February 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

questions should be submitted to both: 

(1) Merideth Manella, U.S. 

Department of State, Bureau of Oceans 

and International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, Office of 

Environmental Quality, by email to 

ManellaM@state.gov with the subject 

line ‘‘United States-Bahrain FTA 

Subcommittee/MOU Joint Forum 

Meetings’’; and 

(2) Tia Potskhverashvili, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative, by 

email to tiapots@ustr.eop.gov with the 

subject line ‘‘United States-Bahrain FTA 

Subcommittee/MOU Joint Forum 

Meetings’’. 

In your email, please include your full 

name and organization. 

If you have access to the internet, you 

can view and comment on this notice by 

going to: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!home and searching for docket 

number DOS–2024–0004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Merideth Manella, (202) 286–5271, 

ManellaM@state.gov or Tia 

Potskhverashvili, (202) 395–5414, 

tiapots@ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of State and USTR invite 

written comments or questions from the 

public to be submitted no later than 


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February 16, 2024, regarding 

implementation of Chapter 16 and the 

MOU, and any topics that should be 

considered for discussion at the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum 

meetings consistent with their 

respective purposes. When preparing 

comments, submitters are encouraged to 

refer to Chapter 16 of the FTA and/or 

the MOU, as relevant (available at 

https://www.state.gov/key-topics-officeof-environmental-quality-andtransboundary-issues/current-tradeagreements-with-environmentalchapters/#bahrain and https://ustr.gov/ 

trade-agreements/free-tradeagreements/bahrain-fta). Instructions on 

how to submit comments are under the 

heading ADDRESSES. 

Article 16.5 of the FTA provides for 

the establishment of a Subcommittee on 

Environmental Affairs to discuss 

matters related to the operation of 

Chapter 16. Article 16.5 further provides 

that, unless the Parties otherwise agree, 

meetings of the Subcommittee shall 

include a session in which members of 

the Subcommittee have an opportunity 

to meet with the public to discuss 

matters relating to the implementation 

of Chapter 16. 

Section II of the MOU establishes a 

Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation responsible for, among 

other things, establishing, reviewing, 

and assessing cooperative 

environmental activities under the 

MOU. 

On February 21, 2024, the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum will 

meet in a closed government-togovernment session to (1) review 

implementation of Chapter 16 and (2) 

review activities under the 2022–2025 

Plan of Action Under the United StatesBahrain Memorandum of Understanding 

on Environmental Cooperation Plan of 

Action. 

All interested persons are invited to 

attend a joint public session on Chapter 

16 implementation and environmental 

cooperation under the MOU, beginning 

at 5:30 a.m. EST (1:30 p.m. AST) on 

February 21, 2024. At the session, the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum will 

welcome questions, input, and 

information about challenges and 

achievements in implementation of 

Chapter 16 and environmental 

cooperation under the MOU. If you 

would like to attend the public session 

either in-person, in Manama, Bahrain, 

or virtually, please notify Merideth 

Manella and Tia Potskhverashvili at the 

email addresses listed under the 

heading ADDRESSES. 

Visit the Department of State website 

at www.state.gov and the USTR website 

at www.ustr.gov for more information. 

Scott B. Ticknor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Quality, 

U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03027 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

General Permit Notice 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists 

Grandfathering Registration for projects 

by the Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission during the period set forth 

in DATES. 

DATES: January 1–31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 North Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and 

Secretary to the Commission, telephone: 

(717) 238–0423, ext. 1312; fax: (717) 

238–2436; email: joyler@srbc.gov . 

Regular mail inquiries may be sent to 

the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice lists General Permits for projects 

described below, pursuant to 18 CFR 

part 806.17(c)(4), for the time period 

specified above: 

1. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, 

Inc.—York Plant, General Permit 

Approval of Coverage No. GP–01– 

20240101, Springettsbury Township, 

York County, Pa.; groundwater 

remediation system withdrawal 

approved up to 0.576 mgd (30-day 

average); Approval Date: January 23, 

2024. 

Authority: Public Law 91–575, 84 

Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806 and 

808. 

Dated: February 8, 2024. 

Jason E. Oyler, 

General Counsel and Secretary to the 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02984 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7040–01–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Grandfathering (GF) Registration 

Notice 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists 

Grandfathering Registration for projects 

by the Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission during the period set forth 

in DATES. 

DATES: January 1–31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 North Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and 

Secretary to the Commission, telephone: 

(717) 238–0423, ext. 1312; fax: (717) 

238–2436; email: joyler@srbc.gov. 

Regular mail inquiries may be sent to 

the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice lists GF Registration for projects 

described below, pursuant to 18 CFR 

part 806, subpart E, for the time period 

specified above: 

1. State University of New York at 

Morrisville—SUNY Morrisville, GF 

Certificate No. GF–202401267, Village 

of Morrisville, Madison County, N.Y.; 

combined withdrawals from Wells 1 

and 2, and Well 3; Issue Date: January 

19, 2024. 

2. U.S. Silica Company—Mapleton 

Plant, GF Certificate No. GF–202401268, 

Brady Township, Huntingdon County, 

Pa.; Juniata River, Quarry Sump, and 

consumptive use; Issue Date: January 

19, 2024. 

3. York Building Products Co., Inc.— 

Lincoln Stone Quarry, GF Certificate 

No. GF–202401269, Jackson Township, 

York County, Pa.; Quarry Sump and 

consumptive use; Issue Date: January 

19, 2024. 

4. York Building Products Co., Inc.— 

Roosevelt Quarry, GF Certificate No. 

GF–202401270, West Manchester 

Township, York County, Pa.; Quarry 

Sump and consumptive use; Issue Date: 

January 19, 2024. 

Authority: Public Law 91–575, 84 

Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806 and 

808. 

Dated: February 8, 2024. 

Jason E. Oyler, 

General Counsel and Secretary to the 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02982 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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