[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69516-69518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28511]


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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, e-mail, 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 
January 11, 2011. 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 e-mail address.
    1. Advanced Notice of Termination of Child's Benefits & Student's 
Statement Regarding School Attendance--20 CFR 404.350-404.352, 404.367-
404.368--0960-0105. SSA collects information on Forms SSA-1372-BK and 
SSA-1372-BK-FC to determine whether children of an insured worker meet 
the eligibility requirements for student benefits. The data we collect 
allows SSA to determine student entitlement and whether to terminate 
benefits. The respondents are student claimants for Social Security 
benefits, their respective schools, and, in some cases, their 
representative payees.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    SSA-1372-BK:

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     Total annual
               Type of respondent                   respondents      response        response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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Individuals/Households..........................          99,850               1               8          13,313

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State/Local/Tribal Government...................          99,850               1               3           4,993
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    Totals......................................         199,700  ..............  ..............          18,306
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    SSA-1372-BK-FC:

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     Total annual
               Type of respondent                   respondents      response        response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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Individuals/Households..........................             150               1               8              20
State/Local/Tribal Government...................             150               1               3               8
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    Totals......................................             300  ..............  ..............               8
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    Total Burden: 18,334 hours.
    2. Agreement to Sell Property--20 CFR 416.1240-1245--0960-0127. 
Individuals or couples who are otherwise eligible for Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) benefits, but their resources exceed the 
allowable limit, may receive conditional payments if they agree to 
dispose of the excess non-liquid resources and (in the case of current 
recipients) return excess SSI payments. SSA uses Form SSA-8060-U3 to 
document this agreement and to ensure the individuals understand their 
obligations. Respondents are applicants for and recipients of SSI 
payments who agree to dispose of excess non-liquid resources.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,333 hours.
    3. Epidemiological Research Report--20 CFR 401.165--0960-0701. 
Section 311 of the Social Security Independence and Program 
Improvements Act of 1994 directs SSA to provide support to health 
researchers involved in epidemiological research. Specifically, when we 
determine a study contributes to a national health interest, SSA 
furnishes information to determine whether a study subject appears in 
SSA administrative records as alive or deceased (vital status). SSA 
charges a small fee per request for providing this information. Web-
posted questions solicit the information SSA needs to provide the data 
and to collect the fees. The requestors are scientific researchers who 
are applying to receive vital status information about individuals from 
Social Security administrative data records.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     Total annual
               Type of respondent                   respondents      response        response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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State & Local Government........................              15               1             120              30
Private Entities................................              13               1             120              26
Federal Entities................................               2               1             120               4
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    Totals......................................              30  ..............  ..............              60
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    Cost Burden:
    Average annual cost per respondent (based on SSA data): $3,665.
    Total estimated annual cost burden: $109,950.
    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 December 13, 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 e-mail address.
    1. Statement of Agricultural Employer (Year Prior to 1988; and 1988 
and Later)--20 CFR 404.702, 404.802, 404.1056--0960-0036. SSA collects 
information on Forms SSA-1002-F3 and SSA-1003-F3 to resolve 
discrepancies when farm workers allege their employers did not report 
their wages, or reported the wages incorrectly. If an agricultural 
employer incorrectly reported wages, or failed to report any wages for 
an employee, SSA must attempt to correct its records by contacting the 
employer to obtain convincing evidence of the wages. The respondents 
are agricultural employers who have information about their employees' 
wages.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     Total annual
                    Form No.                        respondents      response        response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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SSA-1002........................................           7,500               1              30           3,750
SSA-1003........................................          25,000               1              30          12,500
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    Total.......................................          32,500  ..............  ..............          16,250
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    2. Student Reporting Form--20 CFR 404.367 & 404.368--0960-0088. 
Sections 20 CFR 404.367 and 404.368 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
provide a student beneficiary must attend an educational institution 
full-time to qualify for Social Security benefits. SSA requires 
beneficiaries to report events that may cause a reduction, termination, 
or suspension of their benefits. SSA collects information on Form SSA-
1383 to determine if the change or event a student reports affects 
continuing entitlement to Social Security benefits. We also use the 
information to determine the correct benefit amounts. The respondents 
are Social Security student beneficiaries.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     Total annual
                    Form No.                        respondents      response        response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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SSA-1383........................................          74,887               1               6            7489
SSA-1383-FC.....................................             113               1               6              11
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    Total.......................................          75,000  ..............  ..............           7,500
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    3. Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security 
(PABSS)--Grant Awardees/Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of 
Social Security (PABSS)-- Beneficiaries--20 CFR 435.51-435.52--0960-
0768. In August of 2004, SSA announced its intention to award grants to 
establish community-based protection and advocacy projects in every 
State and U.S. Territory, as authorized under section 1150 of the 
Social Security Act. Potential awardees were protection and advocacy 
organizations (under Title I of the Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act) that submitted a timely application 
conforming to the requirements shown in the 2004 announcement. The 
projects SSA funds under the PABSS program are part of SSA's strategy 
to increase the number of beneficiaries who return to work and achieve 
self-sufficiency as the result of advocacy or other services. The 
overall goal of the program is to provide information and advice about 
obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment services, and to 
provide advocacy or other services a beneficiary with a disability may 
need to secure, maintain, or regain gainful employment.
    The PABSS Semi-Annual Program Performance Report collects 
statistical information from the various protection and advocacy (P&A) 
projects to manage program performance. SSA uses the information to 
evaluate the efficacy of the program and to ensure beneficiaries are 
receiving the dollars appropriated for PABSS services. The project data 
is valuable to SSA in its analysis of, and future planning for, the 
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and SSI programs. The 
respondents are the 57 designated P&A project system sites (in each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories), and 
beneficiaries of SSDI and SSI programs.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of     Frequency of      Number of      burden per       Estimated
       Type of respondent           respondents      response         annual         response      annual burden
                                                                     responses       (minutes)        (hours)
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PABSS Program Grantees..........              57               2             114              60             114
Beneficiaries...................           5,000               1               1              15           1,250
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    Totals......................           5,057  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,364
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    Dated: November 8, 2010.
Liz Davidson,
Center Director, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-28511 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
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