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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2010–0066] 

Proposed Recommendation to the 

Social Security Administration for 

Occupational Information System (OIS) 

Development Planning; Request for 

Comment 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice; Request for Comment. 

SUMMARY: We need information about 

work that exists throughout the nation 

to determine whether claimants’ 

impairments prevent them from doing 

not only their past work, but any other 

work in the U.S. economy. To that end, 

we are developing a long term strategy 

to obtain current and suitable 

occupational information critical for 

disability evaluation. In 2008, we 

established the Occupational 

Information Development Advisory 

Panel (Panel) to provide independent 

advice and recommendations on plans 

and activities to create an occupational 

information system tailored specifically 

for our disability programs and 

adjudicative needs. The Panel is 

soliciting comments on a 

recommendation it intends to make to 

us. 

DATES: To be sure that your comments 

are considered, we must receive them 

no later than November 8, 2010. 

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–2010–0066, so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct activity. 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 a Social 

Security number or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

this method for submitting your 

comments. Visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function of the webpage to find docket 

number SSA–2010–0066, and then 

submit your comments. Once you 

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 as 

we must manually post each comment. 

It may take up to a week for your 

comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 597– 

0825. 

3. Mail: Address your comments to 

the Office of Program Development and 

Research, Occupational Information 

Development Project, Social Security 

Administration, 3–E–26 Operations 

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, MD 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 

appointment with the contact person 

identified below. 

The Panel is soliciting comments on 

its Proposed Recommendation to the 

Social Security Administration for 

Occupational Information System 

Development Planning. The comment 

period is open through November 8, 

2010. 

CONTACT INFORMATION: Anyone requiring 

further information should contact the 

Panel staff at: Occupational Information 

Development Advisory Panel, Social 

Security Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, 3–E–26 Operations, 

Baltimore, MD 21235–0001. Fax: 202– 

410–597–0825. E-mail to 

OIDAP@ssa.gov. For additional 

information, please visit the Panel Web 

site at http://www.ssa.gov/oidap. 

Debra Tidwell-Peters, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

Occupational Information Development 

Advisory Panel 

Proposed Recommendation to the Social 

Security Administration for 

Occupational Information System (OIS) 

Development Planning 

In keeping with its charge to provide 

independent advice and guidance on 

plans and activities to replace the 

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) 

in disability adjudicative decisions and 

the development of a new OIS that will 

help the Social Security Administration 

(SSA) meet its burden of proof, is 

forensically defensible, reflects all work 

nationally and links residual functional 

capacity to the requirements of work, 

the Panel strongly recommends that 

SSA: 

1. Take the immediate step to develop an 

overarching project plan and timeline that 

specifies SSA’s needs and objectives with 

regard to occupational information; 

2. Develop a fully articulated research plan 

and associated processes that provide for the 

coordination of necessary scientific research 

and allows for the incorporation of findings 

and results, as appropriate; 

3. Prepare and make available to the Panel 

the overall project plan, including the 

attendant research plans, for advice and 

recommendation before further 

developmental activities for the OIS proceed; 

and, 

4. Make public the aforementioned project 

and research plans, thus delineating how 

SSA plans to proceed in its efforts to develop 

said OIS. 

The project plan should include 

scientific and programmatic justification 

for SSA’s efforts going forth, as well as 

identification of the criteria that will 

ultimately be utilized to assess the 

performance of any new OIS system. 

To fulfill the requirements of the 

aforementioned project plan, SSA must 

also develop and make public a 

scientifically sound research plan that 

addresses the needs delineated by the 

project plan and that will guide the 

entire OIS developmental process. To 

meet users’ needs, maintain stakeholder 

confidence, and ensure legal 

defensibility, it is critical that all 

intended research protocols be 

developed with oversight by internal 

scientists well-versed in research 

methods along with programmatic 

specialists and be reviewed by the Panel 

prior to data collection. 

Examples of issues that should be 

addressed by the recommended research 

plan include (but are not limited to) 

how to develop a content model that is 

legally defensible and possesses strong 

evidence of validity to determine the 

appropriate sampling methodologies for 

pilot testing of all instruments; how to 

develop a job analysis tool that will be 

utilized for collecting occupational 

information (including appropriate 

scales, methods of data collection, 

sources of data, etc.), and so on. The 

Panel recognizes that any plan that is 

developed will be necessarily dynamic 

as new information and data may 

inform future steps. However, this does 

not negate the need for a published plan 

that is scrutinized for scientific rigor 

and adequacy. 

In conclusion, the Panel wishes to 

emphasize that to achieve the goal of a 

legally defensible OIS, rigorous 

scientific methods must be utilized. The 

original recommendations, and 

associated subcommittee reports, 

identified numerous empirical studies 

that should be conducted as part of the 

process of developing a new OIS. The 

Agency should examine these 

recommendations and identify the 

proposed studies that meet the 

requirements of good science and SSA’s 

disability program law and regulations 

for coordination into the project and 

research plans going forth. In addition, 

SSA should coordinate existing efforts 

that meet the requirements of good 

science and SSA disability program law 

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and regulations, into the project and 

research plans going forth. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26216 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7168] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday 

November 12, 2010, in Room 2415 of 

the United States Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building, 2100 Second 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593– 

0001. The primary purpose of the 

meeting is to prepare for the eightyeighth Session of the International 

Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime 

Safety Committee to be held at the IMO 

Headquarters, United Kingdom, from 

November 24 to December 3, 2010. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Adoption of the agenda; report on 

credentials 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies, 

including the 2010 STCW Conference 

—Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory 

instruments 

—Measures to enhance maritime 

security 

—Goal-based new ship construction 

standards 

—LRIT-related matters 

—Ship design and equipment 

—Radiocommunications and search and 

rescue 

—Fire protection 

—Flag State implementation 

—Safety of navigation 

—Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and 

containers 

—Training and watchkeeping 

—Technical assistance sub-programme 

in maritime safety and security 

—Capacity-building for the 

implementation of new measures 

—Role of the human element 

—Formal safety assessment 

—Piracy and armed robbery against 

ships 

—General cargo ship safety 

—Implementation of instruments and 

related matters 

—Relations with other organizations 

—Application of the Committee’s 

Guidelines 

—Work programme 

—Election of Chairman and ViceChairman for 2011 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, LCDR Jason Smith, 

by e-mail at jason.e.smith2@uscg.mil, by 

phone at (202) 372–1376, by fax at (202) 

372–1925, or in writing at Commandant 

(CG–52), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street, SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 

20593–7126 not later than Friday 

November 5th 2010, 7 days prior to the 

meeting. Requests made after November 

5th might not be able to be 

accommodated. Please note that due to 

security considerations, two valid, 

government issued photo identifications 

must be presented to gain entrance to 

the Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available). However, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: http:// 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: October 13, 2010. 

Jon Trent Warner, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

North American Free Trade 

Agreement; Invitation for Applications 

for Inclusion on the Chapter 19 Roster 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Invitation for applications. 

SUMMARY: Chapter 19 of the North 

American Free Trade Agreement 

(‘‘NAFTA’’) provides for the 

establishment of a roster of individuals 

to serve on binational panels convened 

to review final determinations in 

antidumping or countervailing duty 

(‘‘AD/CVD’’) proceedings and 

amendments to AD/CVD statutes of a 

NAFTA Party. The United States 

annually renews its selections for the 

Chapter 19 roster. Applications are 

invited from eligible individuals 

wishing to be included on the roster for 

the period April 1, 2011, through March 

31, 2012. 

DATES: Applications should be received 

no later than November 19, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted (i) electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2010–0030, or (ii) by fax, to 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Garner, Assistant General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, (202) 395–9663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Binational Panel Reviews Under 

NAFTA Chapter 19 

Article 1904 of the NAFTA provides 

that a party involved in an AD/CVD 

proceeding may obtain review by a 

binational panel of a final AD/CVD 

determination of one NAFTA Party with 

respect to the products of another 

NAFTA Party. Binational panels decide 

whether such AD/CVD determinations 

are in accordance with the domestic 

laws of the importing NAFTA Party, and 

must use the standard of review that 

would have been applied by a domestic 

court of the importing NAFTA Party. A 

panel may uphold the AD/CVD 

determination, or may remand it to the 

national administering authority for 

action not inconsistent with the panel’s 

decision. Panel decisions may be 

reviewed in specific circumstances by a 

three-member extraordinary challenge 

committee, selected from a separate 

roster composed of fifteen current or 

former judges. 

Article 1903 of the NAFTA provides 

that a NAFTA Party may refer an 

amendment to the AD/CVD statutes of 

another NAFTA Party to a binational 

panel for a declaratory opinion as to 

whether the amendment is inconsistent 

with the General Agreement on Tariffs 

and Trade (‘‘GATT’’), the GATT 

Antidumping or Subsidies Codes, 

successor agreements, or the object and 

purpose of the NAFTA with regard to 

the establishment of fair and predictable 

conditions for the liberalization of trade. 

If the panel finds that the amendment is 

inconsistent, the two NAFTA Parties 

shall consult and seek to achieve a 

mutually satisfactory solution. 

Chapter 19 Roster and Composition of 

Binational Panels 

Annex 1901.2 of the NAFTA provides 

for the maintenance of a roster of at least 

75 individuals for service on Chapter 19 

binational panels, with each NAFTA 

Party selecting at least 25 individuals. A 

separate five-person panel is formed for 

each review of a final AD/CVD 

determination or statutory amendment. 

To form a panel, the two NAFTA Parties 

involved each appoint two panelists, 

normally by drawing upon individuals 

from the roster. If the Parties cannot 

agree upon the fifth panelist, one of the 

Parties, decided by lot, selects the fifth 

panelist from the roster. The majority of 

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