1446 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 6 / Monday, January 11, 2010 / Notices 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2010–0001] 

Future Systems Technology Advisory 

Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of sixth Panel meeting. 

DATES: February 3, 2010, 10:30 a.m.–5 

p.m. and February 4, 2010, 8:30 a.m.–12 

p.m. 

Location: The Latham Hotel 

Georgetown. 

ADDRESSES: 3000 M Street, Northwest, 

Washington, District of Columbia 20007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of meeting: The meeting is open 

to the public. 

Purpose: The Panel, under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972, as 

amended, (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the 

FACA’’) shall report to and provide the 

Commissioner of Social Security 

independent advice and 

recommendations on the future of 

systems technology and electronic 

services at the agency five to ten years 

into the future. The Panel will 

recommend a road map to aid SSA in 

determining what future systems 

technologies may be developed to assist 

in carrying out its statutory mission. 

Advice and recommendations can relate 

to SSA’s systems in the area of internet 

application, customer service, or any 

other arena that would improve SSA’s 

ability to serve the American people. 

Agenda: The Panel will meet on 

Wednesday, February 3, 2010, from 

10:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Thursday, 

February 4, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 

p.m. The agenda will be available on the 

Internet at http://www.ssa.gov/fstap/ 

index.htm or available by e-mail or fax 

on request, one week prior to the 

starting date. 

During the sixth meeting, the Panel 

may have experts address items of 

interest and other relevant topics to the 

Panel. This additional information will 

further the Panel’s deliberations and the 

effort of the Panel subcommittees. 

Public comments will be heard on 

Wednesday, February 3, 2010, from 4:30 

p.m. until 5 p.m. Persons interested in 

providing comments in person should 

contact the Panel staff as outlined below 

to schedule a time slot. Members of the 

public must schedule a time slot in 

order to comment. In the event public 

comments do not take the entire 

scheduled time period, the Panel may 

use that time to deliberate or conduct 

other Panel business. Each person 

providing public comment will be 

acknowledged by the Chair in the order 

in which they are scheduled to provide 

comments and is limited to a maximum 

five-minute, verbal presentation. In 

addition to or in lieu of public 

comments provided in person, written 

comments may be provided to the panel 

for their review and consideration. 

Comments in written or oral form are for 

informational purposes only for the 

Panel. Public comments will not be 

specifically addressed or receive a 

written response by the Panel. 

For hearing impaired persons and 

those in need of sign language services 

please contact the Panel staff as outlined 

below at least 10 business days prior to 

the meeting so that timely arrangements 

can be made to provide this service. 

Contact Information: Records are kept 

of all proceedings and will be available 

for public inspection by appointment at 

the Panel office. Anyone requiring 

information regarding the Panel should 

contact the staff by: 

Mail addressed to SSA, Future 

Systems Technology Advisory Panel, 

Room 800, Altmeyer Building, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–0001; Telephone at 410–965– 

9951; Fax at 410–965–0201; or E-mail to 

FSTAP@ssa.gov. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Dianne L. Rose, 

Designated Federal Officer, Future Systems 

Technology Advisory Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–244 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2009–0088] 

Rate of Payment for Medical Records 

Received Through Health Information 

Technology (IT) Necessary To Make 

Disability Determinations 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of a uniform national rate 

of Federal payment for medical records 

received through health IT. 

SUMMARY: We have set $15 as the 

reasonable reimbursement to nonFederal medical providers for their costs 

in supplying medical records through 

health IT in response to a request. We 

will pay the uniform national rate to a 

medical provider that satisfies a medical 

records request through health IT. We 

are establishing this uniform national 

rate under our authority in sections 

205(a), 223(d)(5)(A) and 1631(e) of the 

Social Security Act (Act). 

DATES: We are establishing the 

reasonable rate for medical records 

received through health IT in response 

to our requests on or after the date of 

publication of this notice. We will 

periodically review this rate and 

publish updates in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Elksnis, Office of Disability 

Programs, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

410–966–0497, 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: We are 

experiencing a significant increase in 

the number of initial claims for 

disability insurance benefits and 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

payments on the basis of disability, and 

we expect this trend to continue. The 

increasing volume of claims, coupled 

with the backlog of disability cases in 

the hearings process, underscores our 

need to process cases more efficiently 

by using advanced technologies. 

Applicants for disability insurance 

benefits and SSI payments on the basis 

of disability must provide medical 

evidence to support their claims for 

benefits. We assist these applicants in 

obtaining medical records. We use these 

medical records to make disability 

determinations for more than 2.6 

million people who apply each year for 

benefits. We rely on medical providers 

such as doctors, hospitals, clinics, and 

others in the healthcare field to respond 

to our requests for medical records in a 

timely manner. 

We are now in a position to use health 

IT to transform the disability process. 

Health IT is an electronic system that 

provides for a secure exchange of data 

between health care consumers and 

providers. We intend to use health IT in 

developing medical evidence and 

requesting, receiving, and managing 

medical information. By using health IT, 

we will be able to request and receive 

medical information within minutes, 

rather than the days or months it may 

take to receive medical evidence by 

traditional methods. With the advent of 

health IT, we will be able to replace a 

largely paper-based, labor intensive, 

manual process with system-to-system 

data exchange transactions. 

We have set $15 as the reasonable 

reimbursement to non-Federal medical 

providers for their costs in supplying 

medical records through health IT in 

response to a request. The $15 rate is 

based on our average payment for 

medical records obtained through nonhealth IT processes. As increasing 

numbers of medical providers 


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1U.S. Department of Defense Alaskan Command, 

Bureau of Land Management, Federal Transit 

Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, 

U.S. Air Force 354th Fighter Wing Command from 

Eielson Air Force Base, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, and State of Alaska 

Department of Natural Resources. 

incorporate health IT and the market for 

health IT records exchanges develops, 

we anticipate that we will develop more 

detailed information about the 

reasonable costs for obtaining medical 

records through health IT. 

Consequently, we will periodically 

review the uniform national rate for 

reimbursing all non-federal medical 

providers for the reasonable costs of 

supplying health IT medical records. 

When we revise the uniform national 

rate, we will publish another notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Michael J. Astrue, 

Commissioner of Social Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–225 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34658] 

Alaska Railroad Corporation— 

Construction and Operation 

Exemption—Rail Line Between North 

Pole and Delta Junction, AK 

By petition filed on July 6, 2007, 

Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC), a 

Class III rail carrier incorporated in, and 

owned by, the State of Alaska, seeks an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from 

the prior approval requirements of 49 

U.S.C. 10901 for authority to construct 

and operate approximately 80 miles of 

new main line track, referred to as the 

Northern Rail Extension (NRE), in the 

State of Alaska. The proposed NRE 

would extend southeasterly from Mile 

20 on ARRC’s existing Eielson Branch 

near the community of North Pole 

(located just south of Fairbanks) to the 

southern side of the community of Delta 

Junction. 

In a decision served on October 4, 

2007, the Board instituted a proceeding 

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). The Board’s 

Section of Environmental Analysis 

(SEA) has conducted an environmental 

review of the proposed construction and 

alternatives. A detailed Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

prepared by SEA together with eight 

cooperating agencies 1 was issued for 

public review and comment on 

February 2, 2009. SEA then prepared a 

Final EIS that was issued on September 

18, 2009. The Final EIS considered all 

the comments received on the Draft EIS, 

reflects SEA’s further independent 

analysis, and sets forth SEA’s preferred 

rail alignments and final recommended 

environmental mitigation measures. 

After considering the entire record, 

including both the transportation 

aspects of the petition and the potential 

environmental issues, we granted the 

requested construction and operation 

exemption in a decision served on 

January 6, 2010, permitting ARRC to 

build any of the preferred rail 

alignments set out in the decision, 

subject to compliance with the 

environmental mitigation measures 

listed in Appendix 1 of the decision. 

Vice Chairman Mulvey dissented with a 

separate expression. Petitions to reopen 

must be filed by February 5, 2010. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 5, 2010. 

By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice 

Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner 

Nottingham. Vice Chairman Mulvey 

dissented with a separate expression. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–217 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Receipt of Noise Compatibility 

Program Update and Request for 

Review for Modesto City-County 

Airport, Modesto, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice, correction. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) published a 

notice in the Federal Register on 

December 18, 2009. (74 FR 67305). This 

action corrects an error in a date in that 

document. The notice announced that 

the FAA is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program update that was 

submitted for Modesto City-County 

Airport under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (the Aviation Safety 

and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR 

Part 150 by City of Modesto. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Camille Garibaldi, Telephone number: 

(650) 876–2778, extension 613. 

Correction 

In Notice document (Federal Register 

Doc. E9–30186) published on December 

18, 2009 (74 FR 67305) make the 

following correction: 

On page 67305 in the second column, 

in the fourth line of the third paragraph 

under the heading SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION; the date December 6, 2009, 

is corrected to read, December 9, 2009. 

Issued in Hawthorne, California on 

December 29, 2009. 

Mark A. McClardy, 

Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–114 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption From the 

Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; 

Hyundia-Kia America Technical Center, 

Inc. 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document grants in full 

the petition of Hyundai-Kia Motors 

Corporation (HATCI) in accordance 

with § 543.9(c)(2) of 49 CFR part 543, 

Exemption from the Theft Prevention 

Standard, for the Kia Amanti vehicle 

line beginning with model year (MY) 

2009. This petition is granted because 

the agency has determined that the 

antitheft device to be placed on the line 

as standard equipment is likely to be as 

effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

Theft Prevention Standard. HATCI 

requested confidential treatment for its 

information and attachments submitted 

in support of its petition. In a letter 

dated January 30, 2008, the agency 

denied HATCI’s request for confidential 

treatment. Subsequently, HATCI 

requested reconsideration of the 

determination. In a letter dated 

September 25, 2008, the agency granted 

the petitioner’s request for 

reconsideration of confidential 

treatment of the indicated areas of its 

petition. 

DATES: The exemption granted by this 

notice is effective beginning with model 

year (MY) 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Deborah Mazyck, International Policy, 

Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, 

NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–0846. 

Her fax number is (202) 493–2290. 


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