[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37160-37162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18289]


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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):
    Reporting Events--SSI--0960-0128. The information collected on Form 
SSA-8150-EV is used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to 
determine eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments 
and to determine correct payment amounts. The respondents are SSI 
applicants and recipients.
    Number of Respondents: 33,200.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 2,767 hours.
    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: 
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. Representative Payee Report--0960-0068. Forms SSA-6230 and SSA-
623 are used by SSA to determine the continuing suitability of an 
individual/organization to serve as representative payee. Form SSA-6230 
is sent to parents, stepparents and grandparents with custody of minor 
children receiving Social Security benefits. Form SSA-623 is sent to 
all other payees with or without custody of the beneficiary. The 
respondents are individuals and organizations who serve as 
representative payees for SSI and Social Security beneficiaries.

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                                       SSA-623              SSA-6230    
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Number of Respondents:......  3,350,875...............  2,099,298       
Frequency of Response:......  1.......................  1               
Average Burden Per Response:  15 minutes..............  15 minutes      
Estimated Annual Burden:....  837,719 hrs.............  524,824 hrs     
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    2. Request for Social Security Earnings Statement--0960-0525. The 
information on Form SSA-7050 is used by SSA to identify the requestor, 
to define the earnings information being requested, and to inform the 
requestor of the fee for such information. SSA then produces the 
requested statement. The respondents are individuals and organizations 
that use this form to request statements of earnings from SSA.
    Number of Respondents: 44,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 11 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 8,067 hours.
    3. Request for Change in Time/Place of Disability Hearing--0960-
0348. The information on Form SSA-769 is used by SSA to provide 
claimants with a structured format to exercise their right to request a 
change in the time or place of a scheduled disability hearing. The 
information will be used as a basis for granting or denying requests 
for changes and for rescheduling hearings. The respondents are 
claimants who wish to request a change in the time or place of their 
disability hearing.
    Number of Respondents: 7,483.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 8 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 998 hours.
    4. Request for Reconsideration--Disability Cessation--0960-0349. 
The information on Form SSA-789 is used by SSA to schedule hearings and 
to develop additional evidence for individuals who have received an 
initial or revised determination that their disability ceased, did not 
exist, or is no longer disabling. The respondents are disability 
beneficiaries who file a claim for reconsideration.
    Number of Respondents: 15,015.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 12 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 3,003 hours.
    5. Summary of Evidence--0960-0430. The information on Form SSA-887 
is used by State Disability Determination Services (DDS) to provide 
claimants with a list of medical/vocational reports pertaining to their 
disability. The form will aid claimants in reviewing the evidence in 
their folders and will be used by hearing officers in preparing for and 
conducting hearings. The respondents are State DDSs that make 
disability determinations.
    Number of Respondents: 22,024.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 5,506 hours.
    6. Report of Work Activity--Notice of Continuing Disability--0960-
0108. The information collected on Form SSA-3945 will be used by SSA to 
determine whether an individual's work after entitlement to disability 
is cause for that entitlement to end. The respondents are individuals 
who report earnings after their entitlement to disability benefits.
    Number of Respondents: 140,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 45 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 105,000 hours.
    7. Employee Identification Statement--0960-0473. The information on 
Form SSA-4156 is used by SSA to resolve situations where two or more 
individuals have used the same Social Security Number (SSN), and an 
employer has erroneously reported earnings under an SSN. The 
respondents are employers involved in erroneous wage reporting.
    Number of Respondents: 4,750.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 792 hours.
    8. RSI/DI Quality Review Case Analysis-Sampled Number Holder; RSI/
DI Quality Review Case Analysis-Auxiliaries/Survivors; RSI/DI Quality 
Review Case Analysis-Parent; RSI/DI Quality Review Case Analysis-Annual 
Earnings Test (AET)--0960-0555. The information on Forms SSA-2930, SSA-
2931 and SSA-2932 is used by SSA to establish a national payment 
accuracy rate for all cases in payment status and to serve as a source 
of information regarding problem areas in the Retirement and Survivors 
Insurance (RSI) and Disability Insurance (DI) programs. The information 
is also used to measure the accuracy rate for newly adjudicated RSI/DI 
cases. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-4659 to evaluate the annual 
earnings test in order to determine its effectiveness. The results will 
be used to develop ongoing improvements in the process. The respondents 
are RSI and DI beneficiaries.

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                                                                SSA-2930     SSA-2931     SSA-2932     SSA-4659 
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Number of Respondents:......................................        5,500        2,750        1,375          740
Frequency of Response:......................................            1            1            1            1
Average Burden Per Response:................................       \1\ 30       \1\ 30       \1\ 20       \1\ 10
Estimated Annual Burden (Hours):............................        2,750        1,375          458         123 
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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.


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    Dated: July 2, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-18289 Filed 7-8-98; 8:45 am]
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