[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59318-59319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24058]



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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 to OMB-approved information collections.
    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 burden 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the 
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(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, 
1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 
410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].

    I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit them 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 
November 26, 2010. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-
8783 or by writing to the above email address.
    1. State Mental Institution Policy Review Booklet--20 CFR 404.2035, 
404.2065, 416.635, & 416.665--0960-0110. SSA uses the information 
collected on Form SSA-9584-BK to determine whether: (1) The policies 
and practices of a state mental institution acting as a representative 
payee for SSA beneficiaries conform to SSA's regulations regarding the 
use of benefits and payments; and (2) the institution is performing 
other duties and responsibilities required of representative payees. 
SSA also uses the information as the basis for conducting onsite 
reviews of the institution and preparing subsequent reports of 
findings. The respondents are state mental institutions serving as 
representative payees for Social Security beneficiaries and 
Supplemental Security Income recipients.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 88.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 88 hours.
    2. Employee Identification Statement--20 CFR 404.702--0960-0473. 
When two or more individuals report earnings under the same Social 
Security number (SSN), SSA collects information on the SSA-4156 so we 
can credit earnings to the correct individual and the correct SSN. We 
send this form to the employer to identify the employees involved, to 
resolve the discrepancy, and to post earnings to the correct SSN. The 
respondents are employers involved in erroneous wage information 
reporting for an employee.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 4,750.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 792 hours.
    II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed 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 October 27, 2010. You can obtain a copy of 
the OMB clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer 
at 410-965-8783 or by writing to the above email address.
    1. Requests for Self-Employment Information, Employee Information, 
Employer Information--20 CFR 422.120--0960-0508. SSA collects 
information on the SSA-L2765, SSA-L3365, and SSA-L4002 to credit the 
reported earnings to the proper earnings record. When SSA cannot 
identify Form W-2 wage data for an individual, we place the data in the 
earnings suspense file and send one of the forms cited above to the 
employee (and in certain instances to the employer) to obtain the 
correct name and SSN. If the respondent furnishes the name and SSN 
information that agrees with SSA's records, or provides information 
that resolves the discrepancy, SSA adds the reported earnings to the 
respondent's Social Security record. While SSA does not require 
respondents to provide the information to keep a benefit, if they do 
not furnish the missing or corrected information, we cannot credit the 
wages or self-employment income to the proper earnings record. The 
respondents are self-employed individuals and employees whose name and 
SSN information do not agree with SSA's records and their employers.

    Note: This is a correction notice. When SSA published the 60-day 
Federal Register Notice for this collection on May 13, 2010 at 75 FR 
27036, the burden figures we reported were correct at that time. 
However, we have since received updated burden data (the addition of 
the DECOR Notice category), which we are reporting in the new burden 
chart below.

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

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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Response time      Burden
                      Form                          respondents      response        (minutes)        (hours)
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SSA-L2765.......................................           7,870               1              10           1,312
SSA-L3365.......................................         158,334               1              10          26,389
SSA-L4002.......................................         218,891               1              10          36,482
DECOR Notice One-Time Study.....................           3,000               1               5             250
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    Totals......................................         388,095  ..............  ..............          64,433
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    2. Beneficiary Recontact Report--20 CFR 404.703 and 404.705--0960-
0536. Studies show that payees of children receiving Social Security 
benefits who marry fail to report the marriage. Therefore, SSA 
periodically determines eligibility for benefits for children ages 15 
through 17 by asking for information about marital status using the 
SSA-1587-OCR-SM. SSA uses the information to detect overpayments and 
avoid continuing payment to those no

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longer entitled. Respondents are representative payees for children 
ages 15 through 17.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 982,357.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 49,118 hours.
    3. Request for Proof(s) from Custodian of Records--20 CFR 404.703, 
404.704, 404.720, 404.721, 404.723, 404.725, & 404.728--0960-0766. SSA 
sends records custodians the SSA-L707 on behalf of individuals who need 
help obtaining evidence of death, marriage, or divorce in connection 
with claims for benefits. SSA uses the information from the SSA-L707 to 
determine eligibility for benefits. The respondents are custodians 
including statistics and religious entities, coroners, funeral 
directors, attending physicians, and state agencies.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden
               Type of respondents                   Number of     Frequency of    per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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State or Local Government.......................             501               1              10              84
Private Sector..................................              99               1              10              17
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    Totals......................................             600  ..............  ..............             101
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Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-24058 Filed 9-24-10; 8:45 am]
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