[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53467-53468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26469]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment Request

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of 
information collection packages that will require clearance by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Pub. L. 104-13 
effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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 
collection(s) should be submitted to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA 
Reports Clearance Officer and at the following addresses:

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

    I. The information collections listed below will be submitted to 
OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, your 
comments should be submitted to SSA within 60 days from the date of 
this publication. You can obtain copies 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. Employer Report of Special Wage Payments--0960-0565. The Social 
SecurityAdministration (SSA) gathers the information on Form SSA-131 to 
prevent earnings related overpayments to employees and to avoid 
erroneous withholding. The respondents are employers who provide 
special wage payment verification.

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    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,000 hours.
    II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to 
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would 
be most useful if received by OMB and SSA within 30 days from the date 
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 at the address listed above.
    1. Representative Payee Report--0960-0068. Sections 205(j) and 
1631(a)(2) provide for the payment of Social Security and Supplemental 
Security Income benefits to a relative, another person or an 
organization (referred to as representative payee) when the best 
interests of the beneficiary would be served. These sections also 
provide that SSA monitor how the benefits were used. SSA uses forms 
SSA-623 and SSA-6230 to collect this information. SSA needs the 
information to determine whether the payments provided to the 
representative payee have been used for the beneficiary's current 
maintenance and personal needs and whether the representative payee 
continues to be concerned with the beneficiary's welfare. The 
respondents are representative payees designated to receive funds on 
behalf of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
recipients.
    Number of Respondents: 5,527,755.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,381,939 hours.
    2. Reporting Events, SSI--0960-0128. SSI applicants, recipients and 
their representative payees use Form SSA-8150-EV (or the Spanish 
version) to report by mail changes in circumstances that could affect 
eligibility for SSI. SSA uses the reported changes on the form to 
determine eligibility and correct payment amounts for SSI payments, 
which may include federally administered State supplementary payments. 
The respondents are SSI applicants, recipients, and their 
representative payees.
    Number of Respondents: 33,200.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,767 hours.

    Dated: October 16, 2001.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-26469 Filed 10-19-01; 8:45 am]
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