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27 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 28 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. 

Inter-Market Competition 

The proposal does not impose an 

undue burden on inter-market 

competition. The Exchange believes its 

proposal remains competitive with 

other options markets and will offer 

market participants with another choice 

of where to transact options. The 

Exchange notes that it operates in a 

highly competitive market in which 

market participants can readily favor 

competing venues if they deem fee 

levels at a particular venue to be 

excessive, or rebate opportunities 

available at other venues to be more 

favorable. In such an environment, the 

Exchange must continually adjust its 

fees to remain competitive with other 

exchanges that have been exempted 

from compliance with the statutory 

standards applicable to exchanges. 

Because competitors are free to modify 

their own fees in response, and because 

market participants may readily adjust 

their order routing practices, the 

Exchange believes that the degree to 

which fee changes in this market may 

impose any burden on competition is 

extremely limited. 

Moreover, the proposal is designed to 

encourage Phlx members and member 

organizations to execute reversal and 

conversion and jelly roll strategies on 

the Exchange as a primary execution 

venue. To the extent that the proposed 

change attracts more reversal and 

conversion and jelly roll strategies to the 

Exchange, this increased order flow 

would continue to make the Exchange a 

more competitive venue for order 

execution. 

Intra-Market Competition 

The proposed amendments do not 

impose an undue burden on intramarket competition. 

The Exchange’s proposal to decrease 

the reversal and conversion and jelly 

roll strategy cap applicable to Lead 

Market Makers, Market Makers, 

Professionals, Firms and Broker-Dealers 

from $1,000/$700 daily (depending on 

the class of options) to $200 daily, with 

the same qualifications as today, does 

not impose an undue burden on 

competition because all Lead Market 

Makers, Market Makers, Professionals, 

Firms and Broker-Dealers may qualify 

for the reversal and conversion and jelly 

roll strategy cap provided those 

strategies are executed on the same 

trading day for all classes of options in 

the aggregate when such members are 

trading either in their own proprietary 

accounts or on an agency basis. While 

Customers are not offered strategy caps, 

Customers are not assessed Options 

Transaction Charges within Options 7, 

Section 4. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were either 

solicited or received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.27

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in 

the public interest; (ii) for the protection 

of investors; or (iii) otherwise in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

If the Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or disapproved. 

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 rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

Phlx–2022–07 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2022–07. 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 website (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 website 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 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 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. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–Phlx–2022–07, and should 

be submitted on or before March 21, 

2022. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.28

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04079 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2022–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: New Emergency 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 a new, 

emergency information collection. 

SSA is asking OMB for approval of 

this information collection fourteen 

days after the date of publication of this 

Federal Register Notice, independent of 

public comment, due to its emergency 

nature. However, we still welcome 

comment 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. 

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we ultimately extend this information 

collection beyond the standard sixmonth emergency approval. 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. 

Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 

comments online referencing Docket ID 

Number [SSA–2022–0009]. 

(SSA) Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Director, Office of 

Regulations and Reports Clearance, 

3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security 

Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 

410–966–2830, Email address: 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket 

ID Number [SSA–2022–0009]. We 

recommend submitting comments via 

this link as the fastest way for them to 

reach us. 

SSA is submitting the information 

collection below to OMB for clearance. 

If you wish to submit comments, we 

recommend you do so no later than 

March 30, 2022. However, please be 

aware that due to the emergency nature 

of this collection, SSA will be seeking 

OMB clearance in advance of this date. 

Individuals may obtain copies of this 

OMB clearance package by writing to 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Electronic Protective Filing Tool—20 

CFR 404.630, and 20 CFR 416.340– 

416.345—0960–NEW. 

The COVID–19 pandemic limited the 

public’s access to Social Security 

Administration (SSA) Field Offices 

(FOs), requiring SSA to rapidly 

modernize and improve online services 

available to the public. Since the 

beginning of the pandemic, underserved 

populations who have historically relied 

on in-office appointments and service 

decreased their submissions of 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

claims. SSA uses the term ‘‘People 

facing barriers’’ to refer to these 

vulnerable populations, which include 

low-income individuals (especially 

those over age 65), the homeless, people 

with limited English proficiency, and 

disabled children. 

Background 

Historically, individuals contact SSA 

by phone, in person, or by mail to 

express interest in filing for benefits. 

Because same-day service to file an 

application is not always possible or 

individuals prefer to have an 

appointment, SSA technicians use eLAS 

(OMB No. 0960–0822) to set up 

appointments and record the protective 

filing date for potential claimants. This 

process ensures that potential claimants 

do not miss out on possible benefits due 

to the lack of same-day service. 

Protective filing is the precursor to 

filing an application for benefits. 

Protective filing refers to the date by 

which SSA receives an individual’s 

intent to file for Social Security benefits, 

Medicare Part A (Health Insurance), or 

SSI payments, which SSA then uses as 

the application date provided the 

individual files an application within a 

specific amount of time after that date. 

For instance, if an individual files an 

application for SSI payments within 60 

days of the protective filing date, or an 

application for Social Security benefits 

within 6 months of the protective filing 

date, SSA uses the protective filing date 

as the application filing date. Thus, it is 

as if the application was filed on the day 

the individual contacted SSA to express 

interest in filing, which often results in 

SSA processing the application faster 

for that individual. 

SSA developed an online tool to 

allow internet users to request an 

appointment to file an application for 

benefits and to establish a protective 

filing date with SSA. The electronic 

protective filing tool will allow 

individuals to submit information for 

the appointment request using a 

computing device, such as a personal 

computer or handheld (mobile) device 

instead of calling SSA by phone or 

visiting an FO. The tool will be 

available to potential claimants, as well 

as those individuals assisting them. 

Information the Electronic Protective 

Filing Tool Will Collect 

After entering the tool from a landing 

page, individuals begin on a welcome 

screen with a link to the Terms of 

Service and a link to the Privacy Act 

statement. Following review of the 

information on the welcome screen, the 

system will ask the individual to tell us 

whether they are answering these 

questions about themselves, or about 

another person. To do so, the system 

will present several options for 

individual to select from the categories 

of individuals who, under current 

regulations, can establish a protective 

filing date. The next screens ask for 

basic information about the individual 

who will be claiming benefits, or 

requesting SSI payments. Additionally, 

the tool will collect the name, phone 

number, and email address (optional) of 

the person submitting the information, 

if that person is different than the 

person who will be claiming benefits or 

SSI payments. 

Once the system collects the data, it 

gives the individual the opportunity to 

review the information provided and 

electronically sign and submit the form. 

The system then transmits the 

information into eLAS and establishes a 

protective filing date. In addition, if the 

individual provided an email 

address(es), the electronic protective 

filing tool generates an email 

confirmation and sends it to the 

individual who will be claiming 

benefits or requesting SSI payments, 

and, if applicable, to the individuals 

submitting the appointment request on 

the claimant’s behalf. 

Subsequently, eLAS will notify SSA 

of the pending request, and an SSA 

technician will use the information 

submitted to schedule an appointment 

and send a notification of the date, time, 

and type of appointment to the 

individual who will be claiming 

benefits. 

Need for Information Collection; 

Collection Methodology; How 

Information Will Be Used 

To bridge the gap in services available 

to people facing barriers, SSA created a 

new online electronic protective filing 

tool that will allow individuals to 

request an appointment to file their 

application thereby establishing a 

protective filing date. 

SSA will inform the public of the 

availability of the tool through various 

public outreach campaigns. Individuals 

will access the tool online through 

SSA’s website, SSA.gov. The tool will 

allow individuals to submit basic 

information for the appointment request 

using a computing device, such as a 

personal computer or handheld (mobile) 

device instead of calling SSA by phone 

or visiting an FO. The electronic 

protective filing tool will be available to 

potential claimants, as well as those 

individuals assisting them. 

Once the individual submits the 

requested information, the system will 

transmit the information into eLAS to 

document the protective filing date, and 

an SSA technician will schedule an 

appointment for an application 

interview. 

The respondents are individuals 

requesting an appointment with an 

intent to file for Social Security benefits, 

Medicare Part A (Health Insurance), or 

SSI payments, or other third-party 

individuals helping claimants with the 

filing process. 


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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 


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