[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 844-845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-129]


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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 requiring clearance by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.) 
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. 
This notice includes a revision to an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    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 ways to minimize the 
burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or 
fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) 
to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the 
addresses or fax numbers listed below.

(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 
202-395-6974, e-mail address: [email protected].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1332 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 
Fax: 410-965-6400, e-mail address: [email protected].

    I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. 
Therefore, your comments would be most helpful if you submit them to 
SSA within 60 days from the date of this publication. Individuals can 
obtain copies of the collection instrument by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer at 410-965-3758 or by writing to the e-mail address 
listed above.
    Administrative Review Process for Adjudicating Initial Disability 
Claims--20 CFR 404.961, 405.330, 405.366, 404.950, 405.332, 404.949, 
405.334, 404.957(a), 405.380(a), 405.381, 405.382, 405.425(b), 404.982, 
405.505, 404.987, 405.601(b), 404.988 and 405.601(b)--0960-0710. SSA 
collects information to establish (1) The claimant's right to 
administrative review, (2) the severity of the claimant's alleged 
impairments, and (3) the State Disability Determination Services (DDSs) 
performance level. SSA uses the information collected by these 
regulations to determine entitlement and/or eligibility to disability 
insurance benefits and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and to 
permit appeals of these determinations. The respondents are applicants 
for Title II disability insurance benefits and/or SSI payments.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

 
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                                                                                                     Estimated
             Section No.                  Number of     Frequency of      Average  burden per      annual burden
                                         respondents      response              response              (hours)
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404.961..............................          11,725               1  20 minutes...............           3,908
405.330..............................             396               1  20 minutes...............             132
405.366..............................              99               1  20 minutes...............              33
404.950(d)...........................           1,040               1  20 minutes...............             347
404.949..............................           2,868               1  1 hour...................           2,868
405.334..............................              20               1  1 hour...................              20
404.957(a)...........................          20,395               1  10 minutes...............           3,399
405.380(a)...........................             646               1  10 minutes...............             108
405.381 and 405.382..................              37               1  30 minutes...............              19
405.425(b)...........................             200               1  1 hour...................             200
404.982..............................           1,317               1  30 minutes...............             659
404.987 and 404.988..................          10,610               1  30 minutes...............           5,305
405.601(b)...........................              52               1  30 minutes...............              26
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    Totals...........................          49,405  ..............  .........................          17,024
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    II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed below 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 at 410-965-3758, 
or by writing to the above listed address.
    Modified Benefit Formula Questionnaire--Foreign Pension--0960-0561. 
SSA uses the information collected on Form SSA-308 to determine exactly 
how much (if any) of a foreign pension may be used to reduce

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the amount of Title II Social Security retirement or disability 
benefits under the modified benefit formula. The respondents are 
applicants for Title II Social Security retirement or disability 
benefits who have foreign pensions.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 13,452.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,242 hours.
    This is a correction notice: SSA inadvertently published the 
incorrect burden information for this collection on September 17, 2008 
at 73 FR 53919.

    Dated: January 5, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-129 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]
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