[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44299-44300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21848]


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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):
    1. Work Activity Report (Self-Employed) 0960-NEW. The information 
collected on form SSA-820 is used by the Social Security Administration 
to help determine if an individual meets the disability provisions for 
entitlement to benefits. The respondents are claimants for initial or 
continuing entitlement to disability benefits who are or were engaging 
in substantial gainful activity.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50,000 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. Notice Regarding Substitution of Party Upon Death of Claimant--
Reconsideration of Disability Cessation--0960-0351. The Social Security 
Administration uses the form SSA-770 to obtain information from 
substitute parties regarding their intention to pursue the appeals 
process for an individual who has died. The respondents are such 
parties.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 200 hours.
    2. Report of Student Beneficiary About to Attain Age 19--0960-0274. 
The Social Security Administration uses the information collected on 
form SSA-1390 to determine whether a student beneficiary is entitled to 
benefits for the month of attainment of age 19 and subsequent months. 
The respondents are students about to attain age 19.
    Number of Respondents: 50,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,500.
    3. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Redetermination by Mail--
0960-NEW. SSA will conduct a test of prototype form SSA-8204(TEST). 
This test will study the feasibility of using a questionnaire mailed to 
recipients as opposed to the current in person or telephone interview 
process. The information collected will be used to determine whether 
SSI recipients have met and continue to meet all requirements for 
continuing SSI program eligibility. The respondents for this study are 
randomly selected SSI recipients in the Atlanta and Kansas City 
regions.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 150.
    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.

Correction

    The Information Collection Notices for the RSI/DI Quality Review 
Case Analysis--Sampled Number Holder; RSI/DI Quality Review Case 
Analysis--Auxiliaries/Survivors; RSI/DI Quality

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Review Case Analysis--Parent; and RSI/DI Quality Review Case Analysis--
Annual Earnings Test (AET) that appeared at 63 FR 55 13903, and 63 FR 
37161 inadvertently cited an incorrect OMB clearance number. The 
correct number is 0960-0189.

    Dated: July 10, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-21848 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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