9408 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2001 / Notices

• Empower participants in the

Independent Choices demonstration

project to demonstrate greater autonomy

by allowing them to purchase their own

personal assistance services.

The Secretary, DHHS and the State of

Oregon will obtain measurements

involving these objectives for the Social

Security Administration.

The Commissioner’s demonstration

project will involve no or minimal new

or additional program costs to the

Federal government under title XVI of

the Act or to the State of Oregon under

section 1616 of the Act. SSI

beneficiaries who choose to participate

in this demonstration will purchase

services which would ordinarily be

provided by Medicaid and other Federal

and State services programs at a

potentially greater cost. If the

Commissioner did not exercise his

authority under section 1110(b) of the

Act to waive certain resources rules for

participants in the Independent Choices

demonstration, SSI beneficiaries could

choose not to participate in Oregon’s

demonstration and continue to receive

services directly, rather than through

the beneficiary’s purchase. Continued

SSI eligibility for beneficiaries who

choose to participate in the

demonstration project is not a new or

additional cost related to the

Commissioner’s demonstration project.

SSI beneficiary participation in the

Independent Choices demonstration

should not affect SSI benefit amounts

even if the beneficiary employs an

ineligible spouse or ineligible parent as

a provider of services, unless the

beneficiary is an alien who employs the

sponsor to provide these services.

Generally, the income and resources of

an eligible spouse or eligible child is

deemed to include a portion of the

income and resources of the ineligible

spouse or parent under sections

1614(f)(1) and (2) of the Act. However,

the Commissioner has exercised his

discretion under those provisions. As a

result, SSA does not deem the income

of an ineligible spouse or ineligible

parent paid under a Federal, State or

local government program who provides

an eligible spouse or eligible child with

chore, attendant or homemaker services

(described in regulations at 20 CFR

416.1161(a)(16)). The Commissioner has

no similar discretionary authority for

deeming from a sponsor to an alien.

If an SSI beneficiary employs his or

her ineligible spouse or ineligible parent

as a service provider, and the ineligible

spouse or parent conserves all or part of

those funds, the retained portion of

those funds will become deemable

resources the month after the month of

receipt. (This is described in regulations

at 20 CFR 416.1202.) SSA routinely

explains the SSI resources limits and

the rules concerning the deeming of

resources to affected SSI beneficiaries.

Instructions to SSA field offices in

Oregon will reinforce the need to

explain how payment to the ineligible

spouse or ineligible parent could lead to

an increase in deemable resources.

The State of Oregon will experience

no or minimal new or additional costs

under section 1616 of the Act for SSI

beneficiaries who participate in the

Independent Choices demonstration

project. The demonstration project will

not add new beneficiaries to either the

SSI or State supplementary payments

rolls, or artificially extend the eligibility

of beneficiaries, or increase payment

amounts of SSI or State supplementary

payments to participants.

Statutory and Regulatory Provisions

Waived: The Commissioner waives

certain SSI resources counting rules for

the duration of an individual’s

participation in Oregon’s Independent

Choices demonstration project where

application of those rules would

otherwise affect the eligibility of an

individual for SSI. The specific

statutory and regulatory provisions

waived are those described in the

preceding section.

Authority: Section 1110(b) of the Social

Security Act.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Programs No. 96.006–Supplemental Security

Income)

Dated: January 18, 2001.

Kenneth S. Apfel,

Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 01–3132 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Document Availability; Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement, Cal Black Memorial Airport,

Halls Crossing, Utah

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration has released, for public

review and comment, the Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (DSEIS) to address issues

arising from the 1993 10th Circuit U.S.

Court of Appeals Decision concerning

the closure of Halls Crossing Airport

and the development and operation of

Cal Black Memorial Airport, Halls

Crossing, Utah. The DSEIS identifies the

noise impacts associated with operation

of Cal Black Memorial Airport, the

probable impacts if Halls Crossing

Airport had not been closed, and

includes a survey of visitors to Glen

Canyon National Recreation Area and

their reaction to aircraft overflight noise.

DATE AND ADDRESS FOR COMMENTS:

Comments concerning the DSEIS may

be submitted by March 30, 2001, to Mr.

Dennis Ossenkop, ANM–611, Federal

Aviation Administration, Northwest

Mountain Region, Airports Division,

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA

98055–4056.

A public hearing may be requested by

contacting Mr. Dennis Ossenkop at the

address above. Persons desiring to

review the DSEIS may do so during

normal business hours at the following

locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports Division Office, Suite 315,

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton,

Washington

Federal Aviation Administration,

Airports District Office, Suite 224,

26805 East 68th Ave, Denver,

Colorado

San Juan County Courthouse, County

Executive Office, 117 S. Main,

Monticello, Utah

If you desire additional information

related to this project, please contact

Mr. Dennis Ossenkop at the above

address.

Issued in Renton, Washington on January

29, 2001.

Lowell H. Johnson,

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest

Mountain Region.

[FR Doc. 01–3106 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee; Meeting

Cancellations

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public that the February 8

and 9, 2001, meeting of the Aging

Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee (66 FR 8842,

February 2, 2001) has been cancelled.

The meeting will be rescheduled and

announced in a later Federal Register

notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerri Robinson, Office of Rulemaking,