[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8095-8096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4482]



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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Request

    Normally on Fridays, the Social Security Administration publishes a 
list of information collection packages that will require submission to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance 
with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork 
Reduction Act. Since the last list was published in the Federal 
Register on February 26, 1996, the information collections listed below 
have been proposed or will require extension of the current OMB 
approvals.

(Call the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4142 for a copy of 
the form(s) or package(s), or write to her at the address listed below 
the information collections.)
    1. Letter to Landlord Requesting Rental Information--0960-0454. The 
information collected on form SSA-L5061 is used to determine if a 
rental subsidy agreement exists between a landlord and an applicant 
for, or recipient of, Supplemental Security Income benefits. The 
affected public is landlords who may be subsidizing such a rental 
arrangement.

Number of Respondents: 49,000
Frequency of Response: As needed to verify subsidy arrangements
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 8,167 hours

    2. Farm Arrangement Questionnaire--0960-0064. The information 
collected on form SSA-7157 is used to determine if farm rental income 
may be considered self-employment income for Social Security coverage 
purposes. The respondents are individuals alleging self-employment 
income from the activity of renting land for farming activities.

Number of Respondents: 38,000
Frequency of Responses: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 19,000 hours
    3. Request for Hearing By Administrative Law Judge--0960-0269. The 
information on form HA-501 is used by the Social Security 
Administration to document an individual's request for a hearing on an 
unfavorable determination concerning his or her benefits. The 
respondents are such individuals who request a hearing.

Number of Respondents: 625,563
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 104,260

    4. Petition to Obtain Approval of a Fee for Representing a Claimant 
before the Social Security Administration--0960-104. The information on 
form SSA-1560 is used to determine if a representative is asking for a 
reasonable fee for representing a claimant before the Social Security 
Administration (SSA). The respondents are attorneys or other persons 
representing claimants before SSA.

Number of Respondents: 89,724
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 44,862

    5. State Mental Institution Policy Review--0960-0110. The 
information collected on form SSA-9584 is used by the Social Security 
Administration to determine whether an institution's policies and 
practices conform with SSA's regulations in the use of benefits, and 
whether the institution is performing other duties and responsibilities 
required of a representative payee. The information also provides the 
basis for conducting the actual onsite review and is used in the 
preparation of the subsequent report of findings and recommendations 
which is provided to the institution. The respondents are state mental 
institutions which serve as representative payees for Social Security 
beneficiaries.

Number of Respondents: 183
Frequency of Response: 1 per year
Average Burden per Response: 1 hour
Estimated Annual Burden: 183 hours

Social Security Administration

    Written comments and recommendations regarding these information 
collections should be sent within 60 days from the date of this 
publication, directly to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the 
following address: Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: 
Charlotte S. Whitenight, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 
Baltimore, MD 21235.
    In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden 
estimate, we are soliciting comments on the need for the information; 
its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility and 
clarity; and on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 
OMB Review; Comment Request.
    The information collection listed below, which was published in the 
Federal Register on December 29, 1995, has been submitted to OMB.
    Plans for Achieving Self-Support--0960-NEW. The information is 
collected when a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient desires 
to use available income and resources to obtain education and/or 
training in order to become self-supportive. The information is used to 
evaluate the recipient's plan for achieving self-support to determine 
whether the plan may be approved. The respondents are SSI recipients.

Number of Respondents: 5,500
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,833 hours

Social Security Administration

    Written comments and recommendations regarding this 

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    information collection should be sent within 30 days of the date of 
this publication. Comments may be directed to OMB and SSA at the 
following addresses:

(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10230, Washington, D.C. 20503
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Charlotte S. 
Whitenight, 6401 Security Blvd, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 
21235

    Dated: February 22, 1996.
Charlotte Whitenight,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-4482 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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