[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60491-60492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25982]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment 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

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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.
    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 
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance 
Officer at the address listed at the end of this publication. You can 
obtain a copy of the collection instrument by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
    1. Request for Replacement SSA-1099/SSA-1042S Social Security 
Benefits Statement--0960-0583. The information requested by the Social 
Security Administration (SSA) via the Internet will be used to verify 
identity and to provide replacement copies of Form SSA-1099/SSA-1042, 
which are needed to prepare Federal tax returns. This Internet option 
to request a replacement SSA-1099/SSA-1042 will eliminate the need for 
a phone call to a teleservice center or a visit to a field office. The 
respondents are beneficiaries who request a replacement SSA-1099/1042 
via the Internet.
    Number of Respondents: 7,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 583 hours.
    II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to 
OMB for clearance. Written comments and recommendations on the 
information collections would be most useful if received within 30 days 
from the date of this publication. Comments should be directed to the 
SSA Reports Clearance Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the addresses 
listed at the end of this publication. You can obtain a copy of the OMB 
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on 
(410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
    1. Application of Circuit Court Law--0960-0581. SSA regulations at 
20 CFR 404.985 and 416.1485 inform claimants of their right to request 
that a published Acquiescence Ruling (AR) be applied to a prior 
determination when we make a determination or decision on a claim 
between the date of the Circuit Court decision and the date we publish 
the AR. The regulations also specify that claimants can request that 
the AR be applied to a prior determination or decision by submitting a 
statement that demonstrates how the AR could change the prior 
determination or decision. SSA will use the information provided in the 
statement to readjudicate the claim, if the claimant demonstrates the 
Ruling could change the prior determination. Claimants may use Form 
SSA-795, Statement of Claimant or Other Person (OMB No. 0960-0045), to 
request and support application of a published AR to the prior 
determination or decision. The respondents are claimants whose 
determinations or decisions on their claims may be affected by an AR.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 17 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 28,333 hours.
    2. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental 
Security Income Payment-0960-0145. SSA uses Form SSA-8202-F6 to conduct 
low- and middle-error-profile (LEP-MEP) telephone or face-to-face 
interviews with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and 
representative payees. The information collected during the interview 
is used to determine whether SSI recipients have met and continue to 
meet all statutory and regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility and 
whether they have been and are still receiving the correct payment 
amount. The respondents are recipients of SSI benefits or their 
representative payees.
    Number of Respondents: 920,000
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 17 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 260,667 hours.

(SSA Address)
    Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235
(OMB Address)
    Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., 
NW.,Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: October 4, 2000.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-25982 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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