[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18637-18638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10203]



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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Normally on Fridays, the Social Security Administration publishes a 
list of information collection packages that

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have been submitted 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 of 1995. The information collections 
listed below, which were published in the Federal Register on February 
26 and March 1, 1996, have been submitted to OMB.

(Call Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4123 for copies of 
package.)

    OMB Desk Officer: Laura Oliven.
    SSA Reports Clearance Officer: Charlotte S. Whitenight.
    1. Missing & Discrepant Wage Reports Letter & Questionnaire--0960-
0432. The information collected on forms SSA-L93, SSA-95 and SSA-97 
will be used by the Social Security Administration to contact employers 
reporting more wages to IRS than they reported to SSA. Employers' 
compliance with the SSA request will enable SSA to properly post 
employees' wage records. The respondents are employers with missing or 
discrepant wage reports.
    Number of Respondents: 385,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 192,500 hours.

    2. 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, Supplement 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. 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: 30,492.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 15,246.

    6. State Mental Institution Policy Review--0960-0110. The 
information collected on form SSA-9584 is used by the Social Security 
Administration to determine whether the institutions' 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 institutions. 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.

    Date: April 19, 1996.
Charlotte Whitenight,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-10203 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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