[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34499-34500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16815]


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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 PL. 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):
    1. Disability Determination and Transmittal--0960-0437. The 
information collected on form SSA-831 is used by the Social Security 
Administration (SSA) to document the State Disability Determination 
Services (SDDS) decision about whether an individual who applies for 
disability benefits is eligible for those benefits based on his or her 
alleged disability. SSA also uses this form for program management and 
evaluation. The respondents are SDDS employees who make disability 
determinations for SSA.
    Number of Respondents: 3,578,210.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 894,553.
    2. Cessation or Continuance of Disability or Blindness 
Determination and Transmittal--Title XVI--0960-0443. The information 
collected on form SSA-832 is used by the SDDS to document for SSA 
whether an individual's disability benefits should be terminated or 
continued based on the recipient's impairment. SSA also uses this form 
for program management and evaluation. The respondents are SDDS 
employees adjudicating Title XVI disability claims.
    Number of Respondents: 656,567.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 328,284.
    3. Cessation or Continuance of Disability or Blindness 
Determination and Transmittal--Title II--0960-0442. The information 
collected on form SSA-833 is used by the SDDS to prepare for SSA 
determinations of whether individuals receiving Title II disability or 
blindness benefits continue to be unable to engage in substantial 
gainful work due to their impairments and are still eligible for 
benefit payments. SSA also uses this form for program management and 
evaluation. The respondents are SDDS employees.
    Number of Respondents: 627,973.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 313,987.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the

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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: 
Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 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.
    II. The information collection(s) listed below have been submitted 
to OMB:
    1. Certificate of Coverage Request--0960-0554. The information 
collected 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 directed 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: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp 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) 965-4145 or write to him at 
the address listed above.

    Dated: June 18, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-16815 Filed 6-23-98; 8:45 am]
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