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information, maintaining entity 

information, and updating individual 

affiliations. Respondents are law firms 

or other business entities with attorneys 

or other qualified individuals as 

partners or employees who represent 

claimants before SSA. 

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) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

SSA–1694 (Paper) .................................................................... 366 1 20 122 * $61.03 ** $7,446 

BSO online submission ............................................................. 103 1 20 34 * 61.03 ** 2,075 

Totals ................................................................................. 469 ........................ ........................ 156 ........................ ** 9,521 

* We based this figure on the average legal occupation’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#

00-00000). 

** 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. 

13. Financial Disclosure for Civil 

Monetary Penalty (CMP) Debt—20 CFR 

498—0960–0776. When SSA imposes a 

CMP on individuals for various 

fraudulent conduct related to SSAadministrated programs, those 

individuals may request to pay the CMP 

through benefit withholding, or an 

installment agreement. To negotiate a 

monthly payment amount, fair to both 

the individual and the agency, SSA 

needs financial information from the 

individual. SSA uses Form SSA–640, to 

obtain the information necessary to 

determine a monthly installment 

repayment rate for individuals owing a 

CMP. The respondents are recipients of 

Social Security benefits and nonentitled individuals who must repay a 

CMP to the agency and choose to do so 

using an installment plan. 

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) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average wait 

time in field 

office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–640 ....................................................... 10 1 120 20 * $19.01 ** 24 *** $456 

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

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). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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 30, 2021. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18988 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11528] 

United States Passports Invalid for 

Travel to, in, or Through the 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 

(DPRK) 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of passport 

travel restriction. 

SUMMARY: On September 1, 2017, all 

U.S. passports were declared invalid for 

travel to, in, or through the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), 

unless specially validated for such 

travel. The restriction was extended for 

one year in 2018, 2019, and 2020. This 

notice extends the restriction until 

August 31, 2022, unless extended or 

revoked by the Secretary of State. 

DATES: The extension of the travel 

restriction is in effect on September 2, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lawrence Kovaciny, Bureau of Consular 

Affairs, Passport Services, Office of 

Adjudication, 202–485–8800. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 1, 2017, pursuant to the 

authority of 22 U.S.C. 211a and 

Executive Order 11295 (31 FR 10603), 

and in accordance with 22 CFR 

51.63(a)(3), all U.S. passports were 

declared invalid for travel to, in, or 

through the DPRK unless specially 

validated for such travel. The restriction 

was renewed on September 1, 2018, 

September 1, 2019, and again for 

another year effective September 1, 

2020. 

The Department of State has 

determined there continues to be 

serious risk to U.S. citizens and 

nationals of arrest and long-term 

detention constituting imminent danger 

to their physical safety, as defined in 22 

CFR 51.63(a)(3). Accordingly, all U.S. 

passports shall remain invalid for travel 

to, in, or through the DPRK unless 

specially validated for such travel under 

the authority of the Secretary of State. 

This extension to the restriction of 

travel to the DPRK shall be effective 

upon publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register and shall expire on 

August 31, 2022, unless extended or 

revoked by the Secretary of State. 

Dated: August 30, 2021. 

Brian P. McKeon, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19140 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–13–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36536] 

Tulsa Base Railroad, L.L.C.—Lease 

and Operation Exemption—Base, Inc. 

Tulsa Base Railroad, L.L.C. (TBR), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire by lease and to operate 745 feet 

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1The verified notice states that because Base does 

not currently control any rail carriers, no Board 

authority is required for Base to control TBR once 

TBR becomes a rail carrier. 

1Persons interested in submitting an OFA must 

first file a formal expression of intent to file an 

offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they 

wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or purchase) and 

demonstrating that they are preliminarily 

financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i). 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), 

respectively. 

(BNSF) at BNSF milepost 419.05 in 

Tulsa, Okla. (the Line). 

TBR states that the Line is owned by 

BNSF, which operated it as spur track. 

According to TBR, BNSF leases the 

premises that include the Line to Base, 

Inc. (Base), the sole equity member of 

TBR, which in turn has subleased the 

Line to TBR for an initial term of seven 

years.1 TBR further states that the 

agreements between BNSF and Base and 

between Base and TBR do not include 

any provision or agreement that would 

limit future interchange with a thirdparty connecting carrier. 

TBR certifies that its anticipated 

annual revenue will not exceed that of 

a Class III rail carrier and will not 

exceed $5 million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 16, 2021, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than September 9, 2021 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36536, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via 

e-filing on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on TBR’s representative, 

Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 

29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

According to TBR, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: August 30, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19008 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1317X] 

Kiski Junction Railroad, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Armstrong and Westmoreland 

Counties, Pa. 

Kiski Junction Railroad, Inc. (KJRR), 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon two 

segments of rail line: (1) Line Code 

2229, from at or near milepost 30.0 in 

Alladin, Pa., to milepost 28.8, in 

Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties, 

Pa.; and (2) Line Code 2242, from 

milepost 0.0 at the connection of Line 

Code 2229, to milepost 4.0, in 

Armstrong County (together, the Line). 

The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service 

Zip Codes 15656, 15682, 15690, and 

16226. 

KJRR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the Line that would need to be 

rerouted; (3) no formal complaint filed 

by a user of rail service on the Line (or 

by a state or local government entity 

acting on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line either 

is pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or with 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of a complainant 

within the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(b) and 

1105.8(c) (notice of environmental and 

historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received,1

this exemption will be effective on 

October 2, 2021, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues must 

be filed by September 10, 2021.2 Formal 

expressions of intent to file an OFA 

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and interim 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September 

13, 2021.3 Petitions to reopen or 

requests for public use conditions under 

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by 

September 22, 2021. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 1317X, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via 

e-filing on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on KJRR’s representative, 

Justin J. Marks, Clark Hill PLC, 1001 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1300 

South, Washington, DC 20004. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

KJRR has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the potential effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft 

EA) by September 7, 2021. The Draft EA 

will be available to interested persons 

on the Board’s website, by writing to 

OEA, or by calling OEA at (202) 245– 

0294. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Comments on environmental and 

historic preservation matters must be 

filed within 15 days after the Draft EA 

becomes available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), KJRR shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

KJRR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by September 2, 2022, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: August 30, 2021. 


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