[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10553]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Requests

    This notice lists information collection packages that will require 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance 
with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.
    Certificate of Coverage Request--0960-0554. The information 
collection is used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to 
provide to an individual working in a foreign country, a certificate of 
coverage from the United States Social Security system. This 
certification exempts the individual from paying taxes into a foreign 
Social Security system. The respondents are workers and employers whose 
work is performed in a foreign country.
    The hour burden may vary, because the information may be collected 
in writing, by telephone or electronically.

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                                                   Telephone/Mail                         Electronic            
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Number of Respondents.................  33,500.............................  500.                               
Frequency of Response.................  1..................................  1.                                 
Average Burden Per Response...........  30 minutes.........................  20 minutes.                        
Estimated Annual Burden...............  16,750 hours.......................  167 hours.                         
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    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 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.
    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: April 15, 1998.
Nicholas E. Tagliareni,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-10553 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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