[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 121 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30353-30354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14916]


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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 revisions and extensions of OMB-approved 
information collections and a new 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 shown 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. To be 
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than 
August 24, 2009. 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 we list above.
    1. Medicare Part B Income-Related Premium--Life-Changing Event 
Form--20 CFR 408.1125-.1201--0960-0735. Per the Medicare Modernization 
Act of 2003, selected recipients of Medicare Part B insurance pay an 
income-related monthly adjustment amount (IRMAA). The Internal Revenue 
Service (IRS) uses income tax return data to determine the amount of 
IRMAA. SSA uses Form SSA-44 to determine if a recipient qualifies for a 
reduction in IRMMA. If affected Medicare Part B recipients believe more 
recent tax data should be used because a life-changing event has 
occurred that significantly reduces his/her income, they can report 
these changes to SSA and ask for a new initial determination of his/her 
IRMAA. The respondents are Medicare Part B recipients who have a 
modified adjusted gross income over a high-income ``threshold.''
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per       Estimated
        Method of information collection            respondents      response        response      annual burden
                                                                                      (mins.)         (hours)
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Personal Interview..............................         128,000               1              30          64,000
    Form........................................          32,000               1              45          24,000
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Totals..........................................         160,000              --              --          88,000
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    II. SSA has submitted the information collections we list below to 
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would 
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date 
of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must 
receive them no later than July 27, 2009. 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 e-mail address.
    1. Request for Internet Services--Authentication; Automated 
Telephone Speech Technology--Knowledge-Based Authentication--20 CFR 
401.45--0960-0596.
    To verify identity, SSA requests individuals and third parties who 
seek personal information from SSA records, or register to participate 
in SSA's online business services, to provide certain identifying 
information. As an extra measure of protection, SSA asks requestors who 
use the Internet and telephone services to provide additional 
identifying information unique to those services so SSA can 
authenticate their identities before releasing personal information. 
The respondents are current beneficiaries who are requesting personal 
information from SSA and/or individuals or third parties who are 
registering for SSA's online business services.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per
                      Forms                         respondents      response        response      Burden hours
                                                                                      (mins.)
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Internet Requestors.............................       3,357,503               1          1\1/2\          83,938
Telephone Requestors............................      24,171,867               1          1\1/2\         604,297
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    Totals......................................      27,529,370  ..............  ..............         688,235
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    2. Application for Special Benefits for World War II Veterans--20 
CFR 408, Subparts B, C and D--0960-0615. Title VIII of the Social 
Security Act (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans) 
allows a qualified World War II veteran who resides outside the United 
States to receive monthly payments. The regulations set out the 
requirements an individual needs to meet to qualify for and become 
entitled to Special Veterans Benefits (SVB). SSA uses Form SSA-2000-F6 
to elicit the information necessary to determine entitlement to SVB. 
The respondents are individuals who are applying for SVB under Title 
VIII of the Social Security Act.

    Note:  This is a correction notice: SSA published this 
information collection with the incorrect burden information for 
this collection at 74 FR 18782, on April 24, 2009. We are correcting 
the error here.

    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per       Estimated
                   Section No.                      respondents      response        response       annual hour
                                                                                      (mins.)         burden
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Sec.   408.202(d); Sec.   408.210; Sec.                      100               1              20              33
 408.230(a); Sec.   408.305; Sec.  Sec.
 408.310-.315 (SSA-2000-F6).....................
Sec.   408.420(a), (b)..........................              71               1              15              18
Sec.  Sec.   408.430 & .432.....................              66               1              30              33
Sec.   408.435(a), (b), (c).....................              71               1              15              18
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    Totals......................................             308  ..............  ..............             102
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    Dated: June 19, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-14916 Filed 6-24-09; 8:45 am]
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