[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 50316] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-24102] [[Page 50316]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request, Comment Request and Emergency Consideration Request In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate; 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. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the address listed at the end of the notices. You can obtain a copy of the collection instruments and/or the OMB clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him. I. The information collection listed below will be submitted to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and recommendations regarding the information collection would be most useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this notice. Medical Use Report, 20 CFR 416.268-0960-0267. The information required by this regulation is used by the Social Security Administration to determine if an individual is entitled to special Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. The respondents are SSI recipients whose payments were stopped based on earnings. Number of Respondents: 60,000. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden Per Response: 3 minutes. Estimated Average Burden: 3,000 hours. II. The information collection listed below has been submitted to OMB for clearance. Written comments and recommendations on this information collection would be most useful if received within 30 days from the date of this publication. Social Security Card Fee Survey--0960-NEW. The Social Security Administration (SSA) processes over 11 million applications per year for replacement Social Security Number (SSN) cards. SSA is proposing to conduct a survey of a random sample of applicants who request a replacement SSN card to obtain information on reasons for replacing the SSN card and willingness to pay a fee for a replacement card. SSA is evaluating whether to charge a fee for replacement cards (other than for a name change) and will use the information from the survey to develop policy on when it would be appropriate to charge a fee for a replacement SSN card. Number of Respondents: 3,600. Frequency of Response: Once. Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours. III. SSA is requesting emergency consideration from OMB by September 30, 1999 of the information collections listed below. Written comments and recommendations on these information collections would be most useful if received prior to the date shown above. 1. Claimant's Recent Medical Treatment--0960-0282. Form SSA-4290 is used by SSA to collect information from State or alternate providers of vocational rehabilitation services regarding participation in a rehabilitation program by an individual whose medical condition has improved and whose participation has ceased. This information is necessary to determine whether the individual's improved medical condition meets the statutory requirements for continued eligibility for benefit payments. The respondents are State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies or alternate providers of vocational rehabilitation services. Number of Respondents: 8,000. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 2,000 hours. 2. Permanent Residence Under Color of Law (PRUCOL)-0960-0451. Public Law 105-306, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998, provided that nonqualified aliens who were receiving SSI on August 22, 1996 would remain eligible for SSI as long as all other requirements for eligibility were met (e.g., income and resources, etc.). Section 416.1618 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires nonqualified aliens to give SSA certain evidence which proves that they are lawfully admitted to the United States, in order to qualify for SSI benefits. PRUCOL aliens must present evidence of their status at the time of application for SSI benefits and periodically thereafter. The respondents are nonqualified aliens who apply for or receive SSI benefits. Number of Respondents: 9,000. Frequency of Response: Annually. Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 750 hours. SSA is also providing notice that it will submit this information collection (OMB No. 0960-0451) for approval under the normal OMB clearance process within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments received within 60 days will be considered in SSA's request for extension of the OMB approval. (SSA Address) Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235. (OMB Address) Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Lori Schack, Desk Officer for SSA, New Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20503. Dated: September 9, 1999. Frederick W. Brickenkamp, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 99-24102 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4190-29-U