[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33693-33694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16090]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Requests 
and Comment Requests

    This notice lists information collection packages that will require 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as 
information collection packages submitted to OMB for clearance, in 
compliance with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    I. The information collection(s) listed below require(s) 
extension(s) of the current OMB approval(s) or are proposed new 
collection(s): Waiver of Benefit Payment--0960-0533. Form SSA-149 is 
required to document the fact that benefits due are not being paid, 
because the beneficiary, (for personal reasons) has requested 
nonreceipt. Personal reasons can range from religious, patriotic, or 
political beliefs to situations where continued receipt of payment 
causes some adverse effect. The respondents are beneficiaries who wish 
to waive entitlement to benefit payments.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection(s) 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: 
Nicholas E. Tagliareni, 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 onthe need for the information; 
its practical utility; ways to minimize burden on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    II. The information collection(s) listed below have been submitted 
to OMB: Statement of Self-Employment Income--0960-0046. The information 
collected on form SSA-766 is needed to determine quarters of coverage 
for eligibility to Social Security benefits. The information will be 
used to expedite the payment of benefits to an individual who is self-
employed and who is establishing insured status in the current year. 
The respondents are self-employed applicants for Social Security 
benefits.

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    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 417.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection(s) should be sent within 30 days to the OMB Desk Officer and 
SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses: (OMB) Office 
of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20503. 
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Nicholas E. 
Tagliareni 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235.
    To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call 
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4125 or write to him at 
the address listed above.

    Dated: June 13, 1997.
Nicholas E. Tagliareni,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16090 Filed 6-19-97; 8:45 am]
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