[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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