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1 42 U.S.C. 406(a) and 1383(d)(2)(A). 2 74 FR 6080 (2009). 

receipt of payment while awaiting a 

determination on their appeal. 

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 or 

teleservice 

centers 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–263 ................................................... 3,676 1 5 306 * $11.70 ** 21 *** $18,638 

* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf). 

** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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: June 27, 2022. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Director, Office of Regulations and Reports 

Clearance, Social Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13998 Filed 6–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2022–0020] 

Maximum Dollar Limit in the Fee 

Agreement Process 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are increasing the 

maximum dollar amount limit for fee 

agreements approved under the Social 

Security Act (the Act) to $7,200. 

Effective November 30, 2022, we may 

approve fee agreements up to the new 

dollar limit, provided that the fee 

agreement otherwise meets the statutory 

conditions of the agreement process. 

DATES: We will apply this notice 

beginning on November 30, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Quatroche, Office of Vocational, 

Evaluation, and Process Policy in the 

Office of Disability Policy, Social 

Security Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401 

(410)–966–4794. 

For information on eligibility or filing 

for benefits, call SSA’s national toll-free 

number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 1– 

800–325–0778, or visit SSA’s internet 

site, Social Security Online at http://

www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act 

provides a streamlined process for a 

representative to obtain approval of the 

fee the representative wishes to charge 

for representing a claimant before us.1

To use that process, the 

representative(s) and the claimant must 

agree, in writing, to a fee that does not 

exceed the lesser of 25 percent of past 

due benefits or a prescribed dollar 

amount. Section 5106 of the Omnibus 

Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 

1990, Public Law 101–508, set the 

initial fee amount at $4,000 and gave the 

Commissioner the authority to increase 

it periodically, provided that the 

cumulative rate of increase did not at 

any time exceed the rate of increase in 

the primary insurance amount (PIA) 

since January 1, 1991. The law further 

provided that notice of any increased 

amount shall be published in the 

Federal Register. On February 4, 2009, 

we published a notice raising the 

maximum fee to $6,000, effective June 

22, 2009, which is the current maximum 

dollar amount for fee agreements.2

With this notice, we announce that 

the maximum dollar amount for fee 

agreements will increase to $7,200, 

effective November 30, 2022. This 

increase does not exceed the rate of 

increase provided in the OBRA of 1990. 

We expect that this increase will 

compensate representatives for their 

services while ensuring claimants are 

protected from excessive fees. 

In setting the new cap, we considered 

a number of factors, including: feedback 

we received about the current fee cap, 

the Cost of Living Adjustment rates, 

PIAs, data about fees authorized under 

the current fee cap, increases in 

disability benefits, data about case 

backlogs, and the effects on our 

claimants. 

Beginning November 30, 2022, 

decision makers may approve a fee 

agreement up to the new dollar limit if 

the fee agreement meets the statutory 

conditions for approval, no exceptions 

to the fee agreement process exist, and 

the favorable determination or decision 

is issued on or after this date. We are 

setting this date to ensure there is 

adequate time to provide training and 

guidance to our employees and to make 

necessary changes in our information 

technology infrastructure. 

The Acting Commissioner of Social 

Security, Kilolo Kijakazi, Ph.D., M.S.W., 

having reviewed and approved this 

document, is delegating the authority to 

electronically sign this document to 

Faye I. Lipsky, who is the primary 

Federal Register Liaison for the Social 

Security Administration, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Federal Register Liaison, Office of Legislation 

and Congressional Affairs, Social Security 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Early Scoping Notice for the 

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit 

Authority’s (MARTA) Proposed Clifton 

Corridor Transit Initiative in Fulton 

County and DeKalb County, Georgia 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Early scoping notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and Metropolitan 

Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 

(MARTA) issue this early scoping notice 

to advise tribes, agencies, and the public 

that FTA and MARTA will explore 

potential alternatives for high-capacity, 

fixed-guideway transit extending from 

Lindbergh Center in the City of Atlanta, 

Fulton County, GA to the City of 

Decatur in DeKalb County, GA. The 

project would enhance mobility and 

accessibility by providing a more robust 

transit network by linking to existing 

heavy rail transit lines, with the 

potential to connect to other planned 

regional transit expansion projects. This 

notice invites the public and agency 

officials to help support the ongoing 

alternatives analysis and system 

planning efforts by reviewing 

information and commenting. 


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DATES: Two in-person public 

information open houses will be held at 

the following times: 

• Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 6:30 

p.m., at the Emory University Rollins 

School of Public Health Auditorium, 

located at 1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta, 

GA 30322. 

• Saturday, July 16, 2022 from 11:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the atrium of 

MARTA Headquarters, located at 2424 

Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. 

MARTA Headquarters is located at 

the western terminus of the proposed 

project in Atlanta’s Lindbergh/Morosgo 

neighborhood, near the existing 

Lindbergh Center MARTA rail station. 

Two online public early scoping 

meetings will be held at the following 

times (all times are Eastern Daylight 

Time): 

• Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. 

• Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 6:30 

p.m. 

Registration information for these 

public forums can be found below. Preregistration is not required to attend the 

in-person forums but is recommended 

for planning purposes. 

• Online Public Early Scoping Meeting 

#1—Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 10:00 

a.m.: https://us06web.zoom.us/

meeting/register/tZIqdO2grz4tHdXyuIUdBt6HInsuDJ0GGGL 

• Online Public Early Scoping Meeting 

#2—Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at 6:30 

p.m.: https://us06web.zoom.us/ 

meeting/register/tZMlfuuvpzMpGtL3b

CvFQ4S649P1S_JmFwk9 

• In-person Public Information Open 

House #1—Emory Rollins School of 

Public Health Auditorium. Thursday, 

July 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m.: https://

tinyurl.com/4hxxmumb 

• In-person Public Information Open 

House #2—MARTA Atrium. Saturday, 

July 16, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m.: https://www.surveymonkey.

com/r/N8DC2RQ 

In-person or electronic scoping 

comments are requested by August 30, 

2022, and may be mailed or emailed to 

the MARTA Project Manager at the 

address below or provided via a 

comment form on the project website 

here: https://ConnectClifton.com. 

Virtual forums will be recorded and 

made available via the project website. 

ADDRESSES: Written or electronic 

comments should be sent to Bryan 

Hobbs, Project Manager, MARTA, 2424 

Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30324– 

3330 or by email to clifton@

itsmarta.com. If submitting an 

electronic comment, please type 

‘‘Clifton Corridor Study Early Scoping 

Comment for MARTA’’ in the subject 

line of the email. MARTA maintains 

social media accounts for general 

announcements and will notify social 

media followers, in conjunction with 

publication of this notice, to submit 

comments to the email address above. 

Registration links for the early scoping 

forums can be found on the project 

website: https://ConnectClifton.com. 

The forums will include accessibility 

accommodations for persons with 

disabilities. If translation, closed 

captioning, or other special 

accommodations are needed, please 

contact the Project Manager, Bryan 

Hobbs at (jhobbs@itsmarta.com or 404– 

848–5733) at least two weeks before the 

early scoping forums. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Walker, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, FTA Region IV, 230 

Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1400, 

Atlanta, GA 30303 or email: 

julia.walker@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Early Scoping 

The early scoping process is intended 

to support the alternatives analysis, any 

future National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) scoping process, and will 

help streamline the future development 

of an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS), if warranted. In addition, it 

supports FTA’s planning requirements 

associated with the Capital Investment 

Grants New Starts (‘‘Section 5309’’) 

funding program for major capital 

transit investments. While recent 

legislation has led to changes in the 

New Starts process, MARTA will 

comply with all relevant FTA 

requirements relating to planning and 

project development to help analyze 

and screen alternatives in preparation 

for the NEPA process. Early scoping is 

an optional step in the NEPA process 

that precedes NEPA scoping, which 

normally begins when the FTA and the 

grant applicant publish a Notice of 

Intent to prepare an EIS. Early scoping 

is intended to generate public and 

agency review and comments on the 

scope of a planning effort within a 

defined transportation corridor, which 

helps the agency to determine which 

alignment variations should receive 

more focused study and project 

development to streamline the NEPA 

process. Early scoping can streamline 

the NEPA process, but also firmly links 

transportation planning and NEPA; and 

allows the public and interested 

agencies the opportunity to review and 

provide comments on the results of the 

planning activities and studies that 

inform the NEPA process. Early scoping 

for the Clifton Corridor Transit Initiative 

is being conducted in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) and FTA’s regulations and 

guidance for implementing NEPA (40 

CFR 1501.2 through 1501.8 and through 

23 CFR 771.111), which encourage 

federal agencies to initiate NEPA early 

in their planning processes. Early 

scoping begins as soon as there is 

enough information to describe the 

proposal so that the public and relevant 

agencies can participate effectively. This 

is particularly useful in situations when 

a proposed action involves a broadly 

defined corridor with an array of 

possible transit investment alternatives. 

This early scoping notice invites public 

and agency involvement with the 

ongoing supplementary planning 

activities and studies for the Clifton 

Corridor, including review of the (a) 

purpose and need, (b) the proposed 

alternatives, and (c) the potential 

environmental, transportation, and 

community impacts and benefits to 

consider during the NEPA process. 

Purpose and Need for the Project 

The purpose of the proposed project 

is to provide a high capacity, fixedguideway transit service to the Clifton 

Corridor in a manner that increases the 

reliability and frequency of existing 

transit services to and within the 

corridor; improves access and 

connectivity within the Clifton Corridor; 

and provides alternative travel options 

in the event of emergencies that impair 

roadway travel within the corridor. 

The proposed transit investment 

would improve accessibility, travel time 

reliability, and economic development 

by providing high-capacity transit 

services for commuters accessing 

activity centers within the Clifton 

Corridor and the greater Atlanta region. 

The primary needs for the Clifton 

Corridor Transit Initiative are listed 

below and are supported by the existing 

conditions in the corridor and broader 

Atlanta region: 

• Provide high-capacity transit to a 

major regional population and 

employment center 

• Address the need for reliable and 

frequent transit 

• Improve access and connectivity 

within the Clifton Corridor. 

Project Description 

A high-capacity, fixed-guideway 

transit within a corridor extending from 

the Lindbergh Center in the City of 

Atlanta, Fulton County, GA to the City 

of Decatur in DeKalb County, GA. 

Potential high-capacity, fixed-guideway 

alternatives would improve transit 

linkages and coverage within the study 

corridor, providing high-capacity transit 

and regional connectivity to one of the 


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metro area’s major regional jobs 

corridors that includes the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Emory University and Hospital, the 

Atlanta Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical 

Center, Emory Decatur Hospital, and 

several clusters of growing multi-family 

residential, office, and commercial 

centers. The project would enhance 

mobility and accessibility to and within 

the study corridor by providing a more 

robust transit network that offers an 

alternative to automobile travel and 

would link to existing heavy rail transit 

lines, with the potential to connect to 

other planned regional transit expansion 

projects. The current study evaluates 

transit modal alternatives that would 

operate in or adjacent to the CSX 

Transportation freight rail corridor from 

the Lindbergh Center MARTA station 

area to a point near Belt Junction at the 

Emory-Clairmont Campus in DeKalb 

County. Transit service would continue 

east along either: (a) North Decatur 

Road, DeKalb Industrial Way, N Arcadia 

Way and E Ponce de Leon Avenue to the 

Avondale MARTA Station; or (b) 

continue along Clairemont Avenue to 

the Decatur MARTA Station. 

Project Context and History 

The Clifton Corridor Transit Initiative 

was initiated by MARTA in 2009, in 

cooperation with the Clifton Corridor 

Transportation Management Association 

(CCTMA), to identify and select a transit 

solution that would provide access to 

the CDC and Emory University and 

Hospital Area. An initial alternatives 

analysis study evaluated several 

alignment and transit mode alternatives 

and resulted in a Locally Preferred 

Alternative (LPA) that was adopted by 

the MARTA Board of Directors in 2012. 

Since that time, MARTA has evaluated 

an extensive number of additional 

alternatives to maximize operational 

efficiency and ridership potential, 

reduce project costs, and reduce 

environmental and community impacts 

in a highly complex study area with 

limited right-of-way (ROW), freight rail, 

established historic and residential 

areas, and a rapid pace of real estate 

development. 

Next Steps 

FTA and MARTA invite comments on 

all planning activities and 

developments, which include, but are 

not limited to, the Purpose and Need of 

the Project, the Project study area, 

potential impacts, and potential 

alternatives. At the end of the 

alternatives analysis process, FTA and 

MARTA anticipate identifying a 

preferred mode and corridor for further 

evaluation during the NEPA process. 

The classification of the NEPA 

documentation (Categorical Exclusion, 

Environmental Assessment, or 

Environmental Impact Statement) will 

be determined by FTA at the end of the 

alternatives analysis. If the preferred 

mode and alignment involve the 

potential for significant environmental 

impacts, an EIS may be required. If an 

EIS is required, a Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an EIS will be published in the 

Federal Register by FTA, and the public 

and interested agencies will have the 

opportunity to participate in a review 

and comment period on the scope of the 

EIS. 

Authority: 49 CFR 622.101, 23 CFR 

771.111, and 40 CFR 1501.7. 

Yvette Taylor, 

Regional Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13947 Filed 6–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Revision; Comment Request; Annual 

Stress Test Rule 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a continuing information 

collection as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and 

respondents are not required to respond 

to, an information collection unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning the renewal of its 

information collection titled ‘‘Annual 

Stress Test Rule.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged 

to submit comments by email, if 

possible. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. 

• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Attention: Comment Processing, Office 

of the Comptroller of the Currency, 

Attention: 1557–0343, 400 7th Street 

SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 

20219. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th 

Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, 

DC 20219. 

• Fax: (571) 465–4326. 

Instructions: You must include 

‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 

0343’’ in your comment. In general, the 

OCC will publish comments on 

www.reginfo.gov without change, 

including any business or personal 

information provided, such as name and 

address information, email addresses, or 

phone numbers. Comments received, 

including attachments and other 

supporting materials, are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. Do not include any 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. 

Following the close of this notice’s 

60-day comment period, the OCC will 

publish a second notice with a 30-day 

comment period. You may review 

comments and other related materials 

that pertain to this information 

collection beginning on the date of 

publication of the second notice for this 

collection by the method set forth in the 

next bullet. 

• Viewing Comments Electronically: 

Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the 

‘‘Information Collection Review’’ drop 

down menu, and click on ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ From the 

‘‘Currently under Review’’ drop-down 

menu, select ‘‘Department of Treasury’’ 

and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This 

information collection can be located by 

searching by OMB control number 

‘‘1557–0343’’ or ‘‘Annual Stress Test 

Rule.’’ Upon finding the appropriate 

information collection, click on the 

related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ On the 

next screen, select ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ and 

then click on the link to any comment 

listed at the bottom of the screen. 

• For assistance in navigating 

www.reginfo.gov, please contact the 

Regulatory Information Service Center 

at (202) 482–7340. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance 

Officer, (202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 400 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

OMB for each collection of information 

that they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 


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