Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2022 / Notices 11113 

Alternatives to Completing the 

Information Collection 

Members of the public who prefer not 

to use the online version of this IC, or 

who do not have access to the internet, 

may continue to visit an FO, call SSA’s 

800 Number (or an FO), or write to SSA 

to establish a protective filing date for 

an application for benefits. 

Need for Emergency Paperwork 

Reduction Act Approval 

Based on the unexpected decrease in 

SSI claim submissions, mostly from 

people facing barriers, SSA is concerned 

this population needs more options and 

flexibility to help them apply for SSI. 

Our goal in developing this new SSI 

claims tool is to offer that flexibility, 

and to make it as easy as possible to 

complete the process. We are seeking 

emergency PRA approval because it is 

important to us to start offering this new 

tool to everyone, particularly 

underserved populations, as soon as we 

can. An emergency PRA approval would 

facilitate rapid rollout of the tool, and 

would mitigate the delay inherent in the 

extensive time period of the standard 

OMB approval cycle. 

Type of Request: New (emergency) 

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) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

Respondent Type 1 (ex: Potential Applicants) .................................................... 17,000 1 6 1,700 * $27.07 ** $46,019 

Respondent Type 2 (ex: Professional 

Assistors) .............................................. 2,125 10 7 2,479 * 25.09 ** 62,198 

Respondent Type 3 (ex: Attorney Representatives) ......................................... 2,125 2 7 496 * 71.59 ** 35,509 

Totals ................................................ 21,250 ........................ ........................ 4,675 ........................ ** 143,726 

* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000), on average wages for Community and Social Service Organizations as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data 

(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes210000.htm), and on average lawyer’s hourly salary as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm). 

** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this online tool; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the tool. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the online tool. 

Dated: February 24, 2022. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04301 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11665] 

Notice of Shipping Coordinating 

Committee Meeting in Preparation for 

International Maritime Organization 

LEG 109 Meeting 

The Department of State will conduct 

a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. on 

Tuesday, March 15, 2022, by way of 

teleconference. The primary purpose of 

the meeting is to prepare for the 109th 

session of the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee 

(LEG 109) to be held remotely from 

March 21 to March 25, 2022. 

Members of the public may 

participate up to the capacity of the 

teleconference phone line, which can 

handle 500 participants. To RSVP, 

participants should contact the meeting 

coordinator, Mr. Stephen Hubchen, by 

email at Stephen.K.Hubchen@uscg.mil. 

To access the teleconference line, 

participants should call (202) 475–4000 

and use Participant Code: 877 239 87#. 

The agenda items to be considered at 

this meeting mirror those to be 

considered at LEG 109, and include: 

—Adoption of the agenda 

—Report of the Secretary-General on 

credentials 

—Facilitation of the entry into force and 

harmonized interpretation of the 

2010 HNS Protocol 

—Fair treatment of seafarers: 

(a) Provision of financial security in 

case of abandonment of seafarers, 

and shipowners’ responsibilities in 

respect of contractual claims for 

personal injury to, or death of, 

seafarers, in light of the progress of 

amendments to the ILO Maritime 

Labour Convention, 2006 

(b) Fair treatment of seafarers in the 

event of a maritime accident 

(c) Fair treatment of seafarers detained 

on suspicion of committing 

maritime crimes 

(d) Guidelines for port State and flag 

State authorities on how to deal 

with seafarer abandonment cases 

—Advice and guidance in connection 

with the implementation of IMO 

instruments 

—Measures to prevent unlawful 

practices associated with the 

fraudulent registration and 

fraudulent registries of ships 

—Measures to assess the need to amend 

liability limits 

—Claims Manual for the International 

Convention on Civil Liability for 

Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 

—Piracy and armed robbery against 

ships 

—Work of other IMO bodies 

—Technical cooperation activities 

related to maritime legislation 

—Review of the status of conventions 

and other treaty instruments 

emanating from the Legal 

Committee 

—Work programme 

—Election of officers 

—Any other business 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Committee on its 109th session 

Please note: The IMO may, on short 

notice, adjust the LEG 109 agenda to 

accommodate the constraints associated 

with the virtual meeting format. Any 

changes to the agenda will be reported 

to those who RSVP. 

Those who plan to participate may 

contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. 

Stephen Hubchen, by email at 

Stephen.K.Hubchen@uscg.mil, by phone 

at (202) 372–1198, or in writing at 

United States Coast Guard (CG–LMI–P), 

ATTN: Mr. Stephen Hubchen, 2703 

Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 

7509, Washington, DC 20593–7509. 

Members of the public needing 

reasonable accommodation should 

advise Mr. Hubchen not later than 

March 8, 2022. Requests made after that 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
11114 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2022 / Notices 

date will be considered, but might not 

be possible to fulfill. 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO public meetings may be 

found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ 

IMO. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552) 

Emily A. Rose, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04177 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11670] 

International Seabed Authority 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

SUMMARY: The Department of State will 

hold a public meeting to prepare for the 

meeting of the International Seabed 

Authority (ISA) Council to be held at 

ISA Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, 

from March 21–April 1, 2022. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

via WebEx on March 16, 2022, 3 p.m.– 

4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you would like to participate in this 

meeting, please send your (1) name, (2) 

organization/affiliation, and (3) email 

address and phone number, to Greg 

O’Brien at OBrienGJ@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of State will hold a public 

meeting at 3 p.m. EST on Wednesday, 

March 16, 2022, to prepare for the first 

part of the twenty-seventh session of the 

ISA Council. This public meeting will 

be held by way of WebEx, with a 

capacity of up to 1000 members of the 

public to participate. To RSVP, 

participants should contact the meeting 

coordinator, Greg O’Brien, by email at 

OBrienGJ@state.gov for log on and dialin information, and to request 

reasonable accommodation. Requests for 

reasonable accommodation received 

after March 11, 2022, will be considered 

but might not be possible to fulfill. 

The ISA Council will convene the 

first part of its twenty-seventh session 

on March 21–April 1, 2022, at ISA 

Headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica. The 

agenda for this session includes the 

Draft regulations on exploitation of 

mineral resources in the Area. 

Additional information on the ISA is 

available at www.isa.org.jm. 

We are inviting interested 

stakeholders to this virtual public 

meeting to share views about this 

session of the ISA Council, in particular 

to provide information to assist the U.S. 

Government in developing its positions. 

We will provide a brief overview of the 

upcoming session and listen to the 

viewpoints of U.S. stakeholders. 

Comments are particularly welcome on 

the Facilitator’s text on Part IV and VI 

of the Draft regulations concerning 

protection and preservation of the 

marine environment and plans for 

closing a seabed mining area; the 

Facilitator’s text draws on textual 

proposals from ISA delegations and 

various proposals of the Legal and 

Technical Commission. The Facilitator’s 

text is document ISBA/27/C/IWG/ENV/ 

CRP.1 and can be accessed at: https://

isa.org.jm/node/20859. The information 

obtained from this session will help the 

U.S. observer delegation prepare for 

participation in the first part of the 

twenty-seventh session of the ISA 

Council. 

Gregory J. O’Brien, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and 

Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04295 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11663] 

Clean Energy Resources Advisory 

Committee 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State will 

host a virtual, open meeting of the Clean 

Energy Resources Advisory Committee 

(CERAC). There will not be an in-person 

option for this meeting. 

DATES:

Date and Time: CERAC will meet 

virtually March 15, 2022 from 11:00 to 

12:30 (EST). 

Participation: Members of the public 

wishing to participate must RSVP by 

March 8, 2022 via email to CERAC@

state.gov (subject line: RSVP). The 

Department will provide login 

information prior to the meeting. 

Requests for reasonable accommodation 

should be submitted no later than 

March 8, 2022. Reasonable 

accommodation requests received after 

that date will be considered, but may 

not be possible to fulfill. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Energy Resources Senior 

Energy Officer Sara Ferchichi at 

CERAC@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose: This Committee will provide 

input and advice regarding energy 

minerals and metals, their supply 

chains, and end uses. The purpose of 

this inaugural meeting is to provide 

introductions and discuss priorities for 

the Committee moving forward. 

Statements: Comments should be 

emailed to CERAC@state.gov with 

‘‘PUBLIC COMMENT’’ as the subject 

line at least 48 hours before the start of 

the meeting. During this meeting, there 

will not be an option for members of the 

public to make oral statements. 

Zachary A. Parker, 

Director, Office of Directives Management, 

U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04091 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–AE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11647] 

National Action Plan on Responsible 

Business Conduct: Notice of 

Opportunity To Submit Written 

Comments 

SUMMARY: On June 16, 2021, Secretary of 

State Antony Blinken announced on 

behalf of the Biden-Harris 

Administration that the Department will 

soon begin updating and revitalizing the 

United States’ National Action Plan on 

Responsible Business Conduct (NAP 

RBC) for U.S. businesses operating and 

investing abroad. This notice provides 

background and welcomes written 

comments concerning this initiative for 

U.S. Government agencies to take into 

account in developing the updated NAP 

RBC. Comments may concern issues 

addressed in the prior (2016) NAP RBC 

or other issues suggested as priorities. 

DATES: Comments must be received May 

31, 2022. Logistics for submitting 

comments are described below. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

1. Go to www.regulations.gov/#DOS– 

2022–0002. 

2. Click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon 

and complete the required fields; and 

3. Enter or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to: 

ATTN: RBC–NAP, U.S. Department of 

State, Washington, DC 20520, 2201 C St. 

NW, Washington, DC 20520, Office of 

Investment Affairs (EB/IFD/OIA), Room 

4669. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered. All comments received are 

a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted for public viewing 

on www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES