[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65044-65047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26151]
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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 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions to and extensions of OMB-approved information
collections.
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, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202-
395-
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6974, Email address: [email protected].
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email 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
December 24, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Representative Payment Policies and Administrative Procedures
for Imposing Penalties for False or Misleading Statements or
Withholding of Information--0960-0740. This information collection
request (ICR) comprises several regulation sections that provide
additional safeguards for Social Security beneficiaries whose
representative payees receive their payments. SSA requires
representative payees to notify us of any event or change in
circumstances that would affect receipt of benefits or performance of
payee duties. SSA uses the information to determine continued
eligibility for benefits, the amount of benefits due, and if the payee
is suitable to continue serving as payee. The respondents are
representative payees who receive and use benefits on behalf of Social
Security beneficiaries.
Type of Collection--Extension of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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Average burden Estimated
Regulation Section Number of Frequency of per response total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
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404.2035(d)--Paper/Mail......................... 27,500 1 5 2,292
404.2035(d)--Office interview/Intranet.......... 522,500 1 5 43,542
404.2035(f)--Paper/Mail......................... 275 1 5 23
404.2035(f)--Office interview/Intranet.......... 5,225 1 5 435
416.635(d)--Paper/Mail.......................... 15,000 1 5 1,250
416.635(d)--Office interview/Intranet........... 285,000 1 5 23,750
416.635(f)--Paper/Mail.......................... 150 1 5 13
416.635(f)--Office interview/Intranet........... 2,850 1 5 238
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Total....................................... 858,500 .............. .............. 71,543
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2. Protecting the Public and Our Personnel To Ensure Operational
Effectiveness (RIN 0960-AH35), Regulation 3729I--20 CFR 422.905,
422.906--0960-0796.
Background
When members of the public demonstrate disruptive, violent, or
threatening actions or behavior toward SSA employees, the agency takes
measures to ensure the safety of everyone involved, including banning
such individuals from appearing in person at any of our field offices.
In lieu of in-person office visits, the agency provides services to
banned individuals through alternate methods, including our 800 number,
online applications, mail services, or, in limited circumstances, face-
to-face services by appointment with additional security present.
On September 2, 2011, the agency published regulations and
notifications processes for the ban decision at 76 FR 54700. The
current ICR requests full approval for the public reporting burdens
from the interim final rules. We previously obtained emergency OMB
approval for these burdens.
Information Collection Description
The interim final ban decision rules contain two public reporting
burdens:
20 CFR 422.905--after SSA issues a ban decision against an
individual, the individual has 60 days to appeal the determination.
Individuals must submit a written appeal stating why they believe SSA
should rescind the ban and allow them to conduct business with us on a
face-to-face basis in one of our offices. There is no printed form for
this request; banned individuals create their own written statement of
appeal, and submit it to a sole decision-maker in the regional office
of the region where the ban originated. The individuals may also
provide additional documentation to support their appeal.
20 CFR 422.906--three years after the original ban
decision, banned individuals may re-submit a written appeal of the
determination. The same criteria apply as for the original appeal: (1)
It must be in writing;
(2) it must go to a sole decision-maker in the regional office of
the region where the ban originated for review; and (3) it may
accompany supporting documentation.
Respondents for this collection are individuals appealing their
banning from SSA field offices.
Type of Request--Extension of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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Average burden Estimated
Regulation section Number of Frequency of per response total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
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20 CFR 422.905.................................. 75 1 15 19
20 CFR 422.906.................................. 75 1 20 25
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Totals...................................... 150 .............. .............. 44
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II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than November 23, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. Employment Relationship Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1007--0960-
0040. When SSA needs information to determine a worker's employment
status for the purpose of maintaining a worker's earning records, the
agency uses Form SSA-7160-F4 to determine the existence of an employer-
employee relationship. We use the information to develop the employment
relationship; specifically to determine whether a beneficiary is self-
employed or an employee. The respondents are individuals seeking to
establish their status as employees and their alleged employers.
Type of Request--Revision of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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Average burden Estimated
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
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Individuals..................................... 8,000 1 25 3,333
Businesses...................................... 7,200 1 25 3,000
State/Local Government.......................... 800 1 25 333
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Totals:..................................... 16,000 .............. .............. 6,666
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2. Blood Donor Locator Service (BDLS)--20 CFR 401.200--0960-0501.
The regulations on Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and
Information, Subpart C, stipulate that when blood donor facilities
identify blood donations as human immunodeficiency virus-positive, the
overseeing state agency must provide the names and Social Security
Numbers of the affected donors to SSA's Blood Donor Locator Service.
SSA uses this information to furnish the state agencies with the blood
donors' address information to notify the blood donors. Respondents are
state agencies acting on behalf of blood donor facilities.
Type of Request--Extension of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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Average burden Estimated total
Regulation section Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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20 CFR 401.200.............................. 10 5 15 13
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3. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program--20 CFR 411--
0960-0644. SSA's Ticket to Work (Ticket) Program transitions Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) recipients toward independence by allowing them to receive Social
Security payments while maintaining employment under the auspices of
the program. SSA uses service providers, called Employment Networks
(ENs), to supervise participant progress through the stages of Ticket
Program participation, such as job searches and interviews, progress
reviews, and changes in ticket status. ENs can be private for-profit
and nonprofit organizations, as well as state vocational rehabilitation
agencies (VRs). SSA and the ENs utilize the Ticket to Work Program
Manager to operate the Ticket Program and exchange information about
participants. For example, the ENs use the Program Manager to provide
updates on tasks such as selecting a payment system or requesting
payments for helping the beneficiary achieve certain work goals. Since
the ENs are not PRA-exempt, the multiple information collections within
the Ticket Program Manager require OMB approval, and we clear them
under this ICR. Most of the categories of information in this ICR are
necessary for SSA to: (1) Comply with the Ticket to Work legislation;
and (2) provide proper oversight of the program. SSA collects this
information through several modalities, including forms, electronic
exchanges, and written documentation. The respondents are the ENs or
state VRs, as well as SSDI beneficiaries and blind or disabled SSI
recipients working under the auspices of the Ticket to Work Program.
This is a correction notice: SSA inadvertantly published incorrect
burden information for this collection at 77 FR 47908, on 8/10/12. We
are publishing correct burden data here.
Type of Request--Revision of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Collection instrument respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
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(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(2)--Interactive Voice 6,428 1 2.5 268
Recognition Telephone..........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(2)--Portal................ 25,713 1 1.25 536
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 948 1 15 237
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1365........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 3,792 1 11 695
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1365 Portal.................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 1,565 1 60 1,565
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1370........................
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(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a); 6,260 1 45 4,695
411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1370 Portal.................
(a) 20 CFR 411.166; 411.170(b)--Electronic File 35,584 1 5 2,965
Submission.....................................
(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325..................... 1,995 1 15 499
(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325--Portal............. 7,980 1 11 1,463
(b) 20 CFR 411.535(a)(1)(iii)--Data Sharing/ 8,505 1 5 709
Portal.........................................
(c) 20 CFR 411.192(b)&(c)....................... 6 1 30 3
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b)--SSA-1375................. 112,362 1 15 28,091
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b) -Portal................... 64,824 1 10 10,804
(c) 20 CFR 411.210(b)........................... 41 1 30 21
(d) 20 CFR 411.365; 411.505; 411.515............ 5 1 10 1
(e) 20 CFR 411.325(d); 411.415.................. * 1 1 480 8
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--SSA-1389; SSA-1391; SSA- 5,610 1 40 3,740
1393; SSA-1396; SSA-1398; SSA-1399.............
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--Portal...................... 22,440 1 22 8,228
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--Automatic Payments.......... 28,050 1 0 0
(f) 20 CFR 411.560--SSA-1401.................... 100 1 20 33
(g) 20 CFR 411.325(f)........................... 1,371 1 45 1,028
(h) 20 CFR 411.435; 411.615; 411.625............ 2 1 120 4
(i) 20 CFR 411.320--SSA-1394.................... 42 1 10 7
(i) 20 CFR 411.320--SSA-1394 Portal............. 168 1 7.5 21
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Totals...................................... 333,792 .............. .............. 65,621
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* (None received in 2010 or 2011).
Dated: October 19, 2012.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
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