[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14424-14425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6057]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request

    In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, the Social Security Administration (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.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collections should be submitted 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.
    The information collections listed below will be submitted to OMB 
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and 
recommendations regarding the information collections would be most 
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this 
publication. You can obtain a copy of the collection instruments by 
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at (410) 965-4145, or by 
writing to him at the address listed above.
    1. Internet Direct Deposit Application--0960--NEW. SSA uses Direct 
Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer (DD/EFT) enrollment information 
received from beneficiaries to facilitate DD/EFT of their social 
security benefits with a financial

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institution. The respondents are Social Security beneficiaries who use 
the Internet to enroll in DD/EFT.
    Number of Respondents: 3,485.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 581 hours.
    2. Request to Have Supplemental Security Income Overpayment 
Withheld from My Social Security Benefits-0960--0549. Form SSA-730-U2 
is used by SSA to confirm that a request has been made by a Social 
Security beneficiary for SSA to recover his/her SSI overpayment from 
title II benefits and that the request was made voluntarily by the 
beneficiary. The respondents are Social Security beneficiaries who 
received SSI overpayments.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 833 hours.
    3. Farm Self-Employment Questionnaire--0960-0061. Section 211(a) of 
the Social Security Act requires the existence of a trade or business 
as a prerequisite for determining whether an individual or partnership 
may have ``net earnings from self-employment.'' Form SSA-7156 elicits 
the information necessary to determine the existence of an agricultural 
trade or business and subsequent covered earnings for Social Security 
entitlement purposes. The respondents are applicants for Social 
Security benefits, whose entitlement depends on whether the worker has 
covered earnings from self-employment as a farmer.
    Number of Respondents: 47,500.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 7,917 hours.

    Dated: March 6, 2001.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-6057 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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