[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23679]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submissions for OMB 
Review

    This notice lists information collection packages that have been 
sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, in 
compliance with PL. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.
    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 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 and (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: Ausgust 27, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-23679 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]
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