[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52578-52580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21239]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.)
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995.
This notice includes revisions and extensions of OMB-approved
information collections and a new information collection.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974, E-mail address: [email protected].
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
October 25, 2010. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-
8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
1. Statement of Agricultural Employer (Year Prior to 1988; and 1988
and later)--20 CFR 404.702, 404.802, 404.1056--0960-0036. SSA collects
the information on Forms SSA-1002-F3 and SSA-1003-F3 to resolve
discrepancies when farm workers allege their employers did not report
their wages, or reported their wages incorrectly. If an agricultural
employer incorrectly reported wages, or failed to report any wages for
an employee, SSA must attempt to correct its records by contacting the
employer to obtain convincing evidence of the wages paid. The
respondents are agricultural employers having knowledge of wages paid
to agricultural employees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Burden
Form No. Number of Frequency of per Response Total Annual
respondents response (minutes) Burden (hours)
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SSA-1002................................ 7,500 1 30 3,750
SSA-1003................................ 25,000 1 30 12,500
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Total............................... 32,500 ................ ................ 16,250
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2. Student Reporting Form--20 CFR 404.367 & 404.368--0960-0088.
Sections 20 CFR 404.367 and 404.368 of the Code of Federal Regulations
provide that a student beneficiary must attend an educational
institution full-time to qualify for Social Security benefits. SSA
requires beneficiaries to report events that may cause a reduction,
termination, or suspension of their benefits. SSA collects information
on Form SSA-1383 to determine if the change or event a student reports
affects continuing entitlement to Social Security benefits. We also use
the information to determine the correct benefit amounts. The
respondents are Social Security student beneficiaries.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden
Form No. Number of Frequency of per response Total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
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SSA-1383................................ 74,887 1 6 7489
SSA-1383-FC............................. 113 1 6 11
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Total............................... 75,000 ................ 6 7,500
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3. Work Activity Report (Self-Employed Person)--20 CFR 404.1520(b),
20 CFR 404.1571-404.1576, 20 CFR 404.1584-404.1593, and 20 CFR 416.971-
416.976--0960-0598. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-820-U4 to
determine initial or continuing eligibility for Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) payments or Social Security disability benefits. Under
Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, applicants for disability
benefits and SSI payments must prove they cannot perform any kind of
substantial gainful activity (SGA) generally available in the national
economy for which we expect them to qualify based on age, education,
and work experience. SSA needs information about this work to determine
whether the applicant was (or is) engaging in SGA. Working, after a
claimant becomes entitled, can cause SSA to discontinue disability
benefits or SSI payments. Using information from Form SSA-820-U4, SSA
can determine if we should stop the respondent's benefits or payments.
The respondents are applicants and claimants for SSI or Social Security
disability benefits.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 50,000 hours.
4. Request for Waiver of Special Veterans Benefits (SVB)
Overpayment Recovery or Change in Repayment Rate--20 CFR 408.900-
408.950, 408.923(b), 408.931(b), 408.932(c), (d) and (e), 408.941(b)
and 408.942--0960-0698. Title VIII of the Social Security Act (the Act)
allows SSA to pay a monthly benefit to a qualified World War II veteran
who resides outside the United States. When an overpayment in SVB
occurs, the beneficiary can request a waiver of recovery of the
overpayment or a change in the repayment rate. SSA uses the SSA-2032-BK
to obtain the information necessary to establish whether the claimant
met the waiver of recovery provisions of the overpayment, and to
determine the repayment rate if we do not waive repayment. Respondents
are beneficiaries who have overpayments on their Title VIII record and
wish to file a claim for waiver of recovery or change in repayment
rate.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 450.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 120 minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 900 hours.
5. Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security
(PABSS)--Grant Awardees/Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of
Social Security (PABSS)--Beneficiaries--20 CFR 435.51-435.52--0960-
0768. In August of 2004, SSA announced its intention to award grants to
establish community-based protection and advocacy projects in every
State and U.S. Territory, as authorized under section 1150 of the
Social Security Act. Potential awardees were protection and advocacy
organizations established under Title I of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, which submitted a
timely application conforming to the requirements listed in the 2004
announcement. The projects SSA funds under PABSS program are part of
SSA's strategy to increase the number of beneficiaries who return to
work and achieve self-sufficiency as the result of receiving advocacy
or other services. The overall goal of the program is to provide
information and advice about obtaining vocational rehabilitation and
employment services, and to provide advocacy or other services a
beneficiary with a disability may need to secure, maintain, or regain
gainful employment.
The PABSS Semi-Annual Program Performance Report collects
statistical information from the various protection and advocacy (P&A)
projects to manage program performance. SSA uses the information to
evaluate the efficacy of the program, and to ensure beneficiaries are
receiving the dollars appropriated for PABSS services. The project data
is valuable to SSA in its analysis of, and future planning for, the
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and SSI programs. The
respondents are the 57 designated P&A project system sites (in each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories), and
beneficiaries of SSDI and SSI programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of Number of burden per Total annual
Type of respondent respondents response annual response burden
responses (minutes) (hours)
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PABBS Program Grantees.......... 57 2 114 60 114
Beneficiaries................... 5,000 1 5,000 15 1,250
Totals...................... 5,057 .............. 5,114 .............. 1,364
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II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed below to
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date
of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than September 27, 2010. You can obtain a copy of
the OMB clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer
at 410-965-8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
1. Travel Expense Reimbursement--20CFR 404.999(d) and 416.1499--
0960-0434. The Social Security Act provides for travel expense
reimbursement by Federal and State agencies for claimant travel
incidental to medical examinations, and to parties, their
representatives, and all reasonably necessary witnesses for travel
exceeding 75 miles to attend medical examinations, reconsideration
interviews, and proceedings before an administrative law judge (ALJ).
Reimbursement procedures require the claimant to provide (1) a list of
expenses incurred, and (2) receipts of such expenses. Federal and State
personnel review the listings and receipts to verify the reimbursable
amount to the requestor. The respondents are claimants for Title II
benefits and Title XVI payments, their representatives, and witnesses.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 8,333 hours.
2. Incorporation by Reference of Oral Findings of Fact and
Rationale in Wholly Favorable Written Decisions (Bench Decision
Regulation)--20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453--0960-0694. If an ALJ makes a
wholly favorable oral decision that includes all the findings and
rationale for the decision for a claimant of Title II or Title XVI
payments at an administrative appeals hearing, the records from the
oral hearing preclude the need for a written decision. We call this the
incorporation-by-reference process. In addition, the regulations for
this process state if the involved parties want a record of the oral
decision, they may submit a written request for these records.
Therefore, SSA collects identifying information under the aegis of
sections 20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453 of the Code of Federal Regulations
to determine how to send interested individuals written records of a
favorable incorporation-by-reference oral decision made at an
administrative review hearing. Since there is no prescribed form to
request a written record of the decision, the involved parties send SSA
their contact information and reference the hearing for which they
would like a record. The respondents are applicants for SSDI and SSI
payments, or their representatives, to whom SSA gave a wholly favorable
oral decision under the regulations cited above.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,500.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 208 hours.
3. Authorization for SSA to Disclose Tax Information for Your
Appeal of Your Medicare Part B Income-Related Monthly Adjustment
Premium Amount--20 CFR 418.1350--0960-0762. Medicare Part B
beneficiaries who wish to appeal SSA's reconsideration of their Income-
Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) must ensure the availability
of relevant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) income tax data to the
Health and Human Services ALJ who will consider their appeal. Through
Form SSA-54, SSA obtains beneficiary authorization to disclose the IRS
beneficiary tax data to the ALJ. The respondents are Medicare Part B
recipients who want to appeal SSA's reconsideration of their IRMAA
amount.
Correction Notice: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on June 7, 2010 at 75 FR 32231.
Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a revision
of an OMB-approved information collection.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 6,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
Dated: August 23, 2010,
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-21239 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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