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409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed at the address listed above or other 

locally announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Okmulgee. 

Contiguous Counties: 

Oklahoma: Creek, Mcintosh, 

Muskogee, Okfuskee, Tulsa, 

Wagoner. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 3.250 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 1.625 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.760 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.880 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.880 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 17074 6 and for 

economic injury is 17075 0. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # is Oklahoma. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17072 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–03–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2021–0023] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: 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 one 

revision of an OMB-approved 

information collection. 

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 

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

public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 

comments online referencing Docket ID 

Number [SSA–2021–0021]. 

(SSA), Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Director, 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–2021–0023]. 

SSA submitted the information 

collection below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding this 

information collection 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 

September 10, 2021. Individuals can 

obtain copies of this OMB clearance 

package by writing to 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

1. Work-Disability Functional

Assessment Battery (WD–FAB)—0960–

NEW

Background 

SSA uses continuing disability 

reviews (CDR) to determine continued 

eligibility of program benefits for Social 

Security disability insurance (SSDI), 

and Supplemental Security Income 

(SSI) recipients. SSA is requesting 

clearance to administer the WorkDisability Functional Assessment 

Battery (WD–FAB) assessment to a 

sample of working-age SSDI and SSI 

program recipients who are due for their 

CDR. The WD–FAB is a self-reported 

assessment measuring whole personfunctioning at the activity level for eight 

work-related functional domains: (1) 

Basic Mobility; (2) Upper Body 

Function; (3) Fine Motor Function; (4) 

Community Mobility; (5) 

Communication and Cognition; (6) 

Resilience and Sociability; (7) SelfRegulation; and (8) Mood and Emotion. 

SSA will use the data the WD–FAB 

collects to assess the feasibility and 

value of incorporating the WD–FAB into 

SSA’s CDR process with the intent of 

improving the CDR process. Section 

1110(a) of the Social Security Act (Act) 

gives the Commissioner of Social 

Security the authority to help fund 

research or demonstration projects 

relating to the prevention and reduction 

of dependency. SSA contracted with 

Westat to conduct the WD–FAB data 

collection. 

WD–FAB Project Description 

To assess the feasibility of 

incorporating the WD–FAB into the 

CDR process, this study will conduct 

two assessments. The first assessment is 

a baseline assessment of the WD–FAB 

and the second assessment, which we 

will conduct with the same individuals 

six months later, will detect any 

changes. Each survey will include three 

main components: Classification 

questions, WD–FAB questions, and 

follow-up questions. The classification 

questions and WD–FAB questions will 

be identical in each survey. 

Survey 1 will cover questions in the 

following domains: 

• Classification questions:

Æ Demographic questions (age, 

gender, race, ethnicity, marital status, 

highest level of education completed); 

Æ Questions on general health, mental 

health status, and work-limiting 

conditions; 

Æ 4-item set of Healthy Days core

questions included in the state-based 

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance 

System; 

Æ Questions from Form SSA–455, 

Disability Update Report 

• Veterans Item Health Survey;

• Items from WD–FAB; and

• 3–5 follow-up questions to solicit

feedback on the WD–FAB about ease of 

use, clarity of instructions, and 

perceived burden. 

Survey 2 will include the same 

classification questions included in 

Survey 1, and we will record responses 

using the WD–FAB Computer Assisted 

Telephone (CAT) system. CAT 

interviewers and respondents who 

complete the surveys via the web will 

access the same web version of the 

survey instruments ensuring data 

consistency between these two modes of 

data collection. The CAT methodology 

uses a computer interface that rapidly 

tailors questions to the unique ability 

level of each claimant, allowing for 

fewer items to be administered, while 

providing an assessment that is proven 

to be accurate, precise, comprehensive, 


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and efficient. Follow-up questions for 

Survey 2 will include 52 effort and 

symptom validity questions to examine 

certain symptoms related to function. 

Data collection for Survey 1 will begin 

in November 2021 and extend for 12 

weeks through January 2022. The target 

goal for Survey 1 is to obtain 2,400 

completed surveys from a participant 

pool of at least 4,000 beneficiaries. 

Data collection for Survey 2 will begin 

in April 2022, approximately 6 months 

after Survey 1, and continue for 3 

months through June 2022. For Survey 

2, we will initiate contact with the 2,400 

beneficiaries who complete Survey 1. 

The target goal for Survey 2 is to obtain 

1,600 completed surveys. 

Recruitment 

Participant recruitment will include 

multiple modes of contact. We will 

initiate contact by mailing a study 

invitation package. The study invitation 

package will include the following 

items: 

1. An invitation letter explaining the 

study and notifying selected recipients 

that we will call them soon; 

2. A study consent form explaining 

the background of the study, what will 

happen during the study, the risks and 

benefits associated with participating, 

and their rights as a study participant; 

and 

3. Instructions to download the study 

smartphone app to facilitate study 

participation. 

Following the mailing of the study 

invitation package, we will call 

recipients to conduct a short screener to 

ensure we are speaking to the sampled 

recipient and confirm that the recipient 

is eligible for the study. Eligibility 

criteria include aged 18 or over, ability 

to understand English, and ability to 

provide informed consent. 

To assess ability to provide informed 

consent, interviewers will read aloud a 

brief description of the study and then 

ask participants to name one thing 

participation involves. This vetted 

question will be a check for cognitive 

ability to provide consent. Failure to 

name one thing will deem the recipient 

ineligible for the study due to inability 

to provide informed consent. 

If the recipient is able to provide 

informed consent, the interviewer will 

review the main points on the consent 

form over the phone with the 

beneficiary. This will include: 

• The voluntary nature of the study; 

• That the study will not directly 

benefit them; 

• Their rights as study participants; 

• That they can withdraw at any time; 

• Information on who to call if they 

have questions about their rights as 

research participants. 

The interviewer will then ask the 

recipient if they want to participate in 

the study and collect verbal informed 

consent. After collecting consent, 

interviewers will collect contact 

information from the recipient 

including home address, preferred 

telephone numbers, and email 

addresses. Interviewers will obtain 

permission to send reminders via text 

message for respondents with cell 

phones. We will send electronic 

reminders to participants about survey 

completion and to keep in touch with 

respondents between each wave of data 

collection. We will confirm the 

recipient’s address to mail incentives 

after survey completion. 

At the close of the screener, recipients 

will have the option of completing the 

survey online themselves or over the 

telephone with an interviewer. 

Recipients who opt to do the survey 

with an interviewer on the phone will 

be given the opportunity to do the 

survey immediately following the 

screener, or at a later date and time that 

is convenient for the recipient. The 

interviewer will schedule an 

appointment to call the recipient at their 

preferred date and time. We will ask 

recipients who opt to complete the 

survey on the web to provide a valid 

email address where they can receive 

information about how to access the 

web survey. The recipient will receive 

an email with the survey URL and 

instructions for logging on. Recipients 

who elect to complete Survey 1 or 

Survey 2 on their own via the web will 

also receive email reminders if they 

have not started the web survey within 

four days and another emailed reminder 

on day 5. We will administer the 

eligibility screener via telephone and 

obtain consent prior to each survey. 

Survey participants will receive a gift 

card in the amount of $50 and $75 as 

a reimbursement for completing Survey 

1 and Survey 2, respectively. The 

respondents are Study participants who 

are receiving SSA disability payments. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

information collection. 

WD–FAB SURVEY 1 

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) ** 

Survey 1 competency screening and informed consent ..................................... 4,500 1 5 375 * $10.95 ** $4,106 

Survey 1 (respondents) ........................... 5,600 1 50 4,667 * 10.95 ** 51,104 

Total .................................................. 10,100 ........................ ........................ 5,042 ........................ 55,210 

WD–FAB SURVEY 2 

Modality of Completion Number of 

resplondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

Survey 2 competency screener ............... 2,400 1 5 200 * $10.95 ** $2,190 

Survey 2 (respondents) ........................... 3,200 1 75 4,000 * 10.95 ** 43,800 

Total .................................................. 5,600 ........................ ........................ 4,200 ........................ 45,990 


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1The application initially was filed on May 4, 

2021. On June 3, 2021, the Board issued a decision 

requiring Applicant to submit additional 

information in support of the application. 

Applicant filed an unverified supplement to its 

application on June 30, 2021, and a verification of 

that supplement pursuant to 49 CFR 1182.2(c) on 

July 12, 2021. Therefore, for purposes of calculating 

the procedural schedule and statutory deadlines, 

the filing date of the application is July 12, 2021. 

See 49 CFR 1182.4(a). 

2Further information about Applicant’s corporate 

structure and ownership can be found in the 

Application. (See Appl. 5; id. at Ex. B.) 

3See Appl., May 4, 2021 Van Pool Transp. LLC— 

Acquis. of Control—NRT Bus, Inc., MCF 21095 

(seeking after-the-fact approval of its acquisition of 

NRT and Trombly). 

4Applicant states it did not seek approval of the 

transaction before it was completed because neither 

Applicant nor Seller were aware that the 

transaction was subject to the Board’s jurisdiction. 

(Appl. 1.) Applicant now requests that the Board 

approve the transaction after-the-fact. (Id.) The 

Board has permitted parties to obtain after-the-fact 

licensing authority for a transaction when the 

failure to seek approval was without malice and by 

mistake. See Winthrop Sargent—Aquis. of Control— 

Plymouth & Brockton St. Ry., MCF 21089, slip op. 

at 2 (STB served Jan. 3, 2020) (citing Allied Indus. 

Dev. Corp.—Pet. for Declaratory Order, FD 35477, 

slip. op. at 6 (STB served Sept. 17, 2015), and Gen. 

Ry.—Exemption for Acquis. of R.R. Line—in 

Osceola & Dickinson Cntys., Iowa, FD 34867, slip 

op. at 5 (STB served June 15, 2007)). 

5Additional information about these motor 

carriers, including U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT) numbers, motor carrier 

numbers, and USDOT safety fitness ratings, can be 

found in the supplement to the application. (See 

Suppl. Appl. 2–6, 9; id. at Corr. Ex. A.) 

WD–FAB GRAND TOTAL BURDEN FIGURES

Modality of Completion Number of 

resplondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

Totals ....................................................... 15,700 ........................ ........................ 9,242 ........................ $101,200 

* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf). 

** 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: August 5, 2021. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17067 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. MCF 21096] 

Van Pool Transportation LLC— 

Acquisition of Control—Salter 

Transportation, Inc. 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice tentatively approving 

and authorizing finance transaction. 

SUMMARY: Van Pool Transportation LLC 

(Applicant), a Delaware limited liability 

company and a noncarrier, has filed an 

application for authority after-the-fact to 

acquire control of Salter Transportation, 

Inc. (Salter), from Stephen O. Gadd 

(Seller). The Board is tentatively 

approving and granting after-the-fact 

authorization of the transaction, and, if 

no opposing comments are timely filed, 

this notice will be the final Board 

action. 

DATES: Comments may be filed by 

September 27, 2021. If any comments 

are filed, Applicant may file a reply by 

October 11, 2021. If no opposing 

comments are filed by September 27, 

2021, this notice shall be effective on 

September 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed 

with the Board either via e-filing on the 

Board’s website. In addition, one copy 

of any comments must be sent to 

Applicant’s representative: Andrew K. 

Light, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson 

& Feary, P.C., 10 W Market Street, Suite 

1400, Indianapolis, IN 46204. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Ziehm at (202) 245–0391. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: According 

to the application,1 Applicant is a 

Delaware limited liability company 2

that, prior to the transaction, owned and 

controlled two other passenger motor 

carriers—NRT Bus, Inc. (NRT), and 

Trombly Motor Coach Service, Inc. 

(Trombly).3 (Appl. 2.) Prior to the 

transaction, Seller held all the issued 

and outstanding equity share of Salter. 

(Id. at 3.) On June 12, 2020, Seller 

transferred all his ownership interest in 

Salter to Applicant.4 (Appl. 1, 4.) Salter 

held, and continues to hold, interstate 

passenger motor carrier authority in the 

United States through the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administrative (FMCSA). 

(Id. at 4.) 

Applicant provides the following 

description of the three carriers: 

• Salter primarily provides nonregulated student school bus 

transportation services within the North 

Shore area of Massachusetts and in 

southern New Hampshire, and it 

occasionally provides charter services 

when its buses are not in use for school 

activities. At the time of the transaction, 

Salter utilized a fleet of approximately 

120 passenger vehicles, consisting of 

school buses and mini-buses, and it 

used approximately 150 drivers. 

Currently, Salter utilizes a fleet of 

approximately 137 passenger vehicles, 

consisting of school buses and minibuses, and it uses approximately 103 

drivers. (Suppl. Appl. 2.) 

• NRT primarily provides nonregulated student school bus 

transportation services in the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts—in 

the counties of Essex, Middlesex, 

Norfolk, Suffolk, and Worcester—and 

occasionally provides charter services 

when its buses are not in use for school 

activities. At the time of the transaction, 

it utilized a fleet of approximately 1,490 

passenger vehicles, consisting of school 

buses, mini-buses, and passenger vans, 

and it used approximately 1,100 drivers. 

It currently utilizes a fleet of 

approximately 1,490 passenger vehicles, 

consisting of school buses, mini-buses, 

and vans; and it uses approximately 

1,221 drivers. (Id. at 3–4.) 

• Trombly primarily provides nonregulated student school bus 

transportation services in the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts—in 

the counties of Essex and Middlesex— 

and occasionally provides charter 

services when its buses are not in use 

for school activities. At the time of the 

transaction, it utilized a fleet of 

approximately 266 passenger vehicles, 

consisting of school buses, mini-buses, 

and passenger vans, and Trombly used 

approximately 280 drivers. Currently, it 

utilizes a fleet of approximately 266 

passenger vehicles, consisting of school 

buses, mini-buses, and vans, and it uses 

approximately 142 drivers. (Id. at 4; 

Appl. 3.) 5


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