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1https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_

asr/2019/sect03.html. 

2https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_

asr/2019/sect04.html#table17. 

3Section 234 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 434. https:// 

www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title02/0234.htm. 

4Section 1110(a) and (b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1310(a) and (b). https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ 

ssact/title11/1110.htm. 

5Section 234(e)(1) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 434(e)(1). 

6https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ 

documents/ 

Section%20234%20Report%202020.pdf. 

7https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ 

demos.htm. 

8https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ 

projects.htm. 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia 

Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549 or by sending an email to: 

PRA_Mailboxes@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted to OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20117 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2021–0025] 

Request for Information on Potential 

Disability Insurance and Supplemental 

Security Income Demonstrations 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: We administer the Disability 

Insurance (DI) and Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) programs to 

provide income support to people with 

disabilities. The Commissioner of Social 

Security is authorized to test new 

program rules to promote attachment to 

the labor force and increase the 

employment and self-sufficiency of 

individuals receiving or applying for DI 

or SSI benefits, including children and 

youth; and to coordinate planning 

between private and public welfare 

agencies to improve the administration 

and effectiveness of the DI, SSI, and 

related programs. This request for 

information (RFI) seeks public input on 

potential services, supports, or DI and 

SSI policy changes that could achieve 

these goals. The input we receive will 

inform our deliberations about possible 

future demonstrations and tests. We will 

also use the responses as reference 

material as we provide Congress 

technical advice regarding any potential 

renewal of the section 234 

authorization. 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

are considered, we must receive them 

no later than November 16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2021–0025 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct Federal Register notice. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2021–0025 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comments immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966– 

2830. 

3. Mail: Mail your comments to the 

Office of Regulations and Reports 

Clearance, Social Security 

Administration, 3100 West High Rise 

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland, 21235–6401. 

Comments are available for public 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at http://www.regulations.gov or 

in person, during regular business 

hours, by arranging with the contact 

person identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Hemmeter, Acting Deputy 

Associate Commissioner for Research, 

Demonstration, and Employment 

Support, Office of Retirement and 

Disability Policy, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

(410) 597–1815, for information about 

this notice. For information on 

eligibility or filing for benefits, call our 

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

1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit 

our internet site, Social Security Online, 

at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose 

Social Security pays benefits to more 

than 12 million adults ages 18 to 64 who 

are unable to work due to a disability 1

and to more than 1 million children 

with limited income and assets who 

have marked and severe functional 

limitations.2 The Commissioner of 

Social Security is authorized to test new 

program rules to promote the labor force 

and increase the employment and selfsufficiency of individuals receiving or 

applying for DI or SSI benefits, 

including children and youth, and to 

coordinate planning between private 

and public welfare agencies to improve 

the administration and effectiveness of 

the DI, SSI, and related programs. This 

RFI offers interested parties, including 

States, community-based and other nonprofit organizations, philanthropic 

organizations, researchers, and members 

of the public, the opportunity to provide 

information and recommendations on 

effective approaches for achieving these 

goals. 

Background 

We conduct demonstration projects 

under two authorities. Section 234 of 

the Social Security Act (Act) allows the 

Commissioner to test changes to the DI 

program designed to promote 

attachment to the labor force.3 Section 

234(d)(2) of the Act provides that the 

authority to initiate projects under 

section 234 terminates on December 31, 

2021, and the authority to carry out 

such projects terminates on December 

31, 2022, Second, Section 1110(a) of the 

Act allows us to enter into contracts, 

grants, and agreements to study a 

variety of topics related to reducing 

dependency on SSI, coordinating of 

social services, or improving the 

administration of our programs, while 

section 1110(b) of the Act allows us to 

waive SSI program rules to carry out 

such demonstrations in the course of 

conducting projects that are likely to 

assist in promoting the objectives or 

facilitate the administration of title XVI 

of the Act.4 Participants in 

demonstrations conducted under 

section 234 or section 1110(b) must be 

volunteers who provide informed 

written consent and are capable of 

withdrawing their agreement to 

participate at any time.5 In addition, SSI 

demonstrations cannot result in a 

substantial reduction in any 

individual’s income because he or she 

participated in a demonstration. These 

authorities also include additional 

reporting and scope restrictions. We 

produce an annual report to Congress on 

current and recently completed 

demonstrations 6 and maintain public 

web pages with demonstration 

reports.7 8

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1UTAH refers to the shipper as Wildcat 

Midstream Partners, LLC, but in a support letter 

attached to the petition the shipper calls itself 

Wildcat Midstream Limited Partnership. (Pet. 3, Ex. 

E.) 

2The filing fee for OFAs can be found at 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

Request for Information 

Through this notice, we are soliciting 

suggestions for potential policy changes 

and services related to supporting DI 

beneficiaries, SSI recipients, and 

disability program applicants in their 

efforts to return to, remaining in, or 

enter the labor force. We are also 

soliciting suggestions for other potential 

demonstrations. Responses to this 

request may inform our decisions about 

future demonstrations and how to 

design such projects. This notice is for 

our internal planning purposes only and 

should not be construed as a solicitation 

or as an obligation on our part or on the 

part of any participating Federal 

agencies. For each proposed idea, please 

be as clear as possible about: 

1. The specific policy goal (e.g., 

increased labor force participation); 

2. The target population (e.g., youth, 

denied applicants, potential applicants, 

new beneficiaries, older applicants); 

3. The specific statute, regulation, or 

other policy being suggested for change, 

if any; 

4. The proposed service; 

5. The specific reason why the policy 

change or service is expected to achieve 

the policy goal for the target population 

(if available, logic models, theories of 

change, or other aids and evidence 

supporting the proposed policy change 

or service should be included); 

6. The specific partnerships (e.g., 

Department of Labor, State Departments 

of Education, private employers, legal 

aid agencies), if any, we should consider 

to implement the demonstration; and 

7. Any changes to our demonstration 

authorities that would be necessary to 

test the policy change or service. 

Guidance for Submitting Documents 

We ask that each respondent include 

the name and address of his or her 

institution or affiliation, if any, and the 

name, title, mailing and email 

addresses, and telephone number of a 

contact person for his or her institution 

or affiliation, if applicable. 

Rights to Materials Submitted 

By submitting material in response to 

this notice, you agree to grant us a 

worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, 

irrevocable, nonexclusive license to use 

the material and to post it publicly. 

Further, you agree that you own, have 

a valid license, or are otherwise 

authorized to provide the material to us. 

In your response to this notice, you 

should not provide personally 

identifiable information or any material 

you consider confidential or 

proprietary. We will not provide any 

compensation for material submitted in 

response to this notice. 

The Acting Commissioner of Social 

Security, Kilolo Kijakazi, having 

reviewed and approved this document, 

has delegated the authority to 

electronically sign this document to 

Faye I. Lipsky, who is the primary 

Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation 

and Congressional Affairs, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20158 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 310 (Sub-No. 3X)] 

Utah Railway Company— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Carbon and Emery 

Counties, Utah 

On August 30, 2021, Utah Railway 

Company (UTAH), a Class III rail 

carrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. 

10502 for exemption from the prior 

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

10903 to discontinue service over a 

railroad line between approximately 

milepost 0.25 near Helper, Utah, in 

Carbon County and approximately 

milepost 25.3 near Mohrland, Utah, in 

Emery County, a distance of 

approximately 25.05 miles (the Line). 

The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service 

Zip Codes 84526, 84501, 84527, and 

84528. The Line includes stations at 

Martin, at milepost 0.8, and Wildcat, at 

milepost 6.2. 

The petition indicates that the Line is 

stub-ended and only serves a single 

freight customer, Wildcat Midstream 

Limited Partnership (Wildcat 

Midstream).1 (Pet. 5.) UTAH has agreed 

to lease the segment between milepost 

0.2 and milepost 9.0 to Wildcat 

Midstream for Wildcat Midstream’s use 

as a private industrial side track. (Id. at 

3.) Pursuant to that plan, UTAH will 

continue to move rail cars for Wildcat 

Midstream over the leased track and 

will continue to provide common 

carrier switching service to the 

interstate rail network over the 

connecting track between milepost 0.2 

and milepost 0.0. (Id.) 

UTAH asserts that, because it is 

seeking discontinuance rather than an 

abandonment, the question of whether 

the Line contains any federally granted 

rights-of-way is inapplicable. (Id. at 2.) 

UTAH also states that any 

documentation related to title in its 

possession will be made available to 

those requesting it. (Id.) 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service 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). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by December 17, 

2021. 

Because this is a discontinuance 

proceeding and not an abandonment, 

interim trail use/rail banking and public 

use conditions are not appropriate. 

Because there will be environmental 

review during any subsequent 

abandonment, this discontinuance does 

not require an environmental review. 

See 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(5), 1105.8(b). 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) for subsidy under 49 CFR 

1152.27(b)(2) will be due no later than 

120 days after the filing of the petition 

for exemption, or 10 days after service 

of a decision granting the petition for 

exemption, whichever occurs sooner.2

Persons interested in submitting an OFA 

must first file a formal expression of 

intent to file an offer by September 27, 

2021, indicating the intent to file an 

OFA for subsidy and demonstrating that 

they are preliminarily financially 

responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(1)(i). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to Docket No. AB 310 (SubNo. 3X) and should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on UTAH’s representative, 

Justin J. Marks, Clark Hill PLC, 1001 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1300 

South, Washington, DC 20004. Replies 

to the petition are due on or before 

October 7, 2021. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning discontinuance procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment and 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis at (202) 245–0294. Assistance 

for the hearing impaired is available