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Modality of 

completion 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 275,000 ........................ ........................ 24,292 

4. Modified Benefit Formula 

Questionnaire—Foreign Pension—0960– 

0561. SSA uses Form SSA–308 to 

determine exactly how much (if any) of 

a foreign pension we can use to reduce 

the amount of Title II Social Security 

retirement or disability benefits under 

the modified benefit formula. In 

addition, SSA agreed to pay the full 

amount of all reductions or refund the 

full amount of all sums that SSA made 

to, or collected from, the Class member’s 

of Social Security OASDI benefits 

payments (OASDI Benefits), due to the 

application of the Windfall Elimination 

Provision to those OASDI Benefits based 

on the receipt of Old Age Benefits from 

the National Institute of Israel, per the 

Greenberg, et al. v. Colvin case 

settlement. The respondents are 

applicants for Title II Social Security 

retirement or disability benefits who 

have foreign pensions. 

Correction Notice: SSA is updating 

the burden information for this 

collection, so it differs from the 

information we published at 82 FR 

52088, on 11/9/17. 

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) 

SSA–308 .......................................................................................................... 2,426 1 10 404

Greenberg Cases ............................................................................................ 283 1 60 283 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 2,709 ........................ ........................ 687 

5. Request to Show Cause for Failure 

to Appear—20 CFR 404.938, 20 CFR 

416.1438, and 20 CFR 404.957(a)(ii)— 

0960–0794. When claimants who 

requested a hearing before an ALJ fail to 

appear at their scheduled hearing, the 

ALJ may reschedule the hearing if the 

claimants establish good cause for 

missing the hearings. To establish good 

cause, following: (1) SSA did not 

properly notify the claimant of the 

hearing, or (2) an unexpected event 

occurred without sufficient time for the 

claimant to request a postponement. 

The claimants can use paper Form HA– 

L90 or HA–L90–OP1 to provide their 

reason for not appearing at their 

scheduled hearings; or the claimants’ 

representatives can use Electronic 

Records Express (ERE), OMB Control 

No. 0960–0753, internet screens to 

submit the HA–L90 online. SSA uses 

the HA–L90 for new cases, and the HA– 

L90–OP1 for redeterminations cases. We 

need two versions of the paper form, as 

the ALJ follows different procedures 

when determining the good cause on 

redetermination cases (cases that have a 

prior decision and evidence on file), 

than they do for new cases (where we 

have no evidence on file). The ERE 

modality automatically adjusts for 

redetermination cases, so we only need 

one version of the internet screens. If 

the ALJ determines the claimants 

established good cause for failure to 

appear at the hearing, the ALJ will 

schedule a supplemental hearing; if not, 

the ALJ will make a claims eligibility 

determination based on the claimants’ 

evidence of record. Respondents are 

claimants, or their representatives, 

seeking to establish good cause for 

failure to appear at a scheduled hearing 

before an ALJ. 

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) 

HA–L90 ............................................................................................................ 39,500 1 10 6,583 

HA–L90–OP1 ................................................................................................... 500 1 10 83 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 40,000 ........................ ........................ 6,666 

* We do not account for the Electronic 

Records Express internet screens here as 

we account for them under OMB 

Control No. 0960–0753. 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Naomi R. Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00396 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA 2017–0066] 

Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil 

Monetary Penalties 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice announcing updated 

penalty inflation adjustments for civil 

monetary penalties for 2018. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security 

Administration is giving notice of its 

updated maximum civil monetary 

penalties. These amounts are effective 

from January 15, 2018 through January 

14, 2019. These figures represent an 

annual adjustment for inflation. The 

updated figures and notification are 

required by the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements 

Act of 2015. 

DATES: The updated maximum amount 

of civil money penalties in this notice 


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1See https://www.congress.gov/bill/114thcongress/house-bill/1314/text. See also https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/ 

2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civilmoney-penalties. 

2https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflationadjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 

3See OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015, M–16–06, p. 1 (February 

24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ 

whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16- 

06.pdf. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 

4OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015, M–16–06, p. 3 (February 

24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ 

whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16- 

06.pdf. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 

5See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2016/12/29/2016-31423/notice-on-penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties. 

are applicable to penalties assessed on 

or after January 15, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph E. Gangloff, Chief Counsel to the 

Inspector General, Room 3–ME–1, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, (410) 966–4440, both 

directly and for IPTTY. For information 

on eligibility or filing for benefits, call 

the Social Security Administration’s 

national toll-free number, 1–800–772– 

1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit 

the Social Security Administration’s 

internet site, Social Security Online, at 

http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

27, 2016, pursuant to the Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 

Act),1 we published an interim final 

rule to adjust the level of civil monetary 

penalties (CMP) under sections 1129 

and 1140 of the Social Security Act, 42 

U.S.C. 1320a–8 and 1320b–10, with an 

initial ‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment effective 

August 1, 2016.2 We announced in the 

interim final rule that for any future 

adjustments, we will publish a notice in 

the Federal Register to announce the 

new amounts. The annual inflation 

adjustment in subsequent years must be 

a cost-of-living adjustment based on any 

increases in the October Consumer Price 

Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) 

(not seasonally adjusted) each year.3

Inflation adjustment increases must be 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. 4

We last updated the maximum penalty 

amounts effective January 15, 2017.5

Based on Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) guidance, the 

information below serves as public 

notice of the new maximum penalty 

amounts for 2018. The adjustment 

results in the following new maximum 

penalties, which will be effective as of 

January 15, 2018. 

Section 1129 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8) 

$7,623.00 (current maximum per 

violation for fraud facilitators in a 

position of trust) × 1.02041 (OMB-issued 

inflationary adjustment multiplier) = 

$7,778.59. When rounded to the nearest 

dollar, the new maximum penalty is 

$7,779.00. 

$8,084.00 (current maximum per 

violation for all other violators) × 

1.02041 (OMB-issued inflationary 

adjustment multiplier) = $8,248.99. 

When rounded to the nearest dollar, the 

new maximum penalty is $8,249.00. 

Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 

10) 

$10,055.00 (current maximum per 

violation for all violations other than 

broadcasts or telecasts) × 1.02041 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment 

multiplier) = $10,260.22. When rounded 

to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 

penalty is $10,260.00. 

$50,276.00 (current maximum per 

broadcast or telecast) × 1.02041 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment 

multiplier) = $51,302.13. When rounded 

to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 

penalty is $51,302.00. 

Dated: December 27, 2017. 

Gale Stallworth Stone, 

Acting Inspector General of Social Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00487 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10264] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Romance 

and Reason: Islamic Transformations 

of the Classical Past’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Romance 

and Reason: Islamic Transformations of 

the Classical Past,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Institute for 

the Study of the Ancient World, New 

York, New York, from on or about 

February 14, 2018, until on or about 

May 13, 2018, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elliot Chiu in the Office of the Legal 

Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, 

L/PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257–1 of December 11, 

2015). I have ordered that Public Notice 

of these determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00402 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10267] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

the Borrego Pipeline Presidential 

Permit Application, Webb County, 

Texas 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State 

(Department) is advising the public that 

on January 3, 2018, the Department 

approved a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) based on the Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential 

Permit Application. 

DATES: The FONSI and Final EA are 

available as of the publication date of 

this notice at https://www.state.gov/e/ 

enr/applicant/applicants/ 

borregopipeline/c73505.htm. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FONSI and 

Final EA are available at the following: 

• Main Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. 

Calton Road, Laredo, Texas 78041 

• https://www.state.gov/e/enr/ 

applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/ 

index.htm 

Copies of the FONSI and Final EA 

may also be requested by email at 


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