[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 205-206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33078]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 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].
    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 
March 4, 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.

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    1. Request for Waiver of Overpayment Recovery or Change in 
Repayment Notice--20 CFR 404.502-404.513, 404.515, 20 CFR 416.550-
416.570, and 416.572--0960-0037. When Social Security beneficiaries and 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients receive an accidental 
overpayment of benefits, they must repay the amount of the overpayment. 
These beneficiaries and recipients can use Form SSA-632-BK to take one 
of three actions: (1) Request an exemption from repaying, as recovery 
of the payment would cause financial hardship; (2) inform SSA they want 
to repay the overpayment at a monthly rate over a period longer than 36 
months; and (3) request a different rate of recovery. In the latter two 
cases, the respondents must also provide financial information to SSA 
to help the agency determine how much the overpaid person can afford to 
repay each month. Respondents are overpaid beneficiaries or SSI 
recipients who are requesting a waiver of recovery of an overpayment or 
a lesser rate of withholding.

                      Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved Information Collection.
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                                           Number of     Frequency of                              Total burden
            Type of request               respondents      response           Response time           (hours)
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Waiver of Overpayment (Completes Whole         400,000               1  2 hours.................         800,000
 Paper Form).
Change in Repayment (Completes Partial         100,000               1  45 minutes..............          75,000
 Paper Form).
Regional Application (New York Debt             44,000               1  2 hours.................          88,000
 Management).
Internet Instructions.................         500,000               1  5 minutes...............          41,667
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    Totals............................       1,044,000  ..............  ........................       1,004,667
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    2. Employee Work Activity Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1574 and 20 CFR 
404.1592-0960-0483--Social Security disability beneficiaries and SSI 
recipients qualify for payments when a verified physical or mental 
impairment prevents them from working. If disability claimants attempt 
to return to work after receiving payments, but are unable to continue 
working, they submit Form SSA-3033, Employee Work Activity 
Questionnaire, so SSA can evaluate their work attempt. SSA uses this 
form to evaluate unsuccessful subsidy work and determine applicants' 
continuing eligibility for disability payments. The respondents are 
employers of Social Security disability beneficiaries and SSI 
recipients who unsuccessfully attempted to return to work.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
    3. Sheltered Workshop Wage Reporting--0960-0771. Sheltered 
workshops are nonprofit organizations or institutions that implement a 
recognized program of rehabilitation for handicapped workers, or 
provide such workers with remunerative employment or other occupational 
rehabilitating activity of an educational or therapeutic nature. 
Sheltered workshops perform a service for their clients by reporting 
monthly wages directly to SSA. SSA uses the information these workshops 
provide to verify and post monthly wages to the SSI recipient's record. 
Most workshops report monthly wage totals to their local SSA office so 
we can adjust the client's SSI payment amount in a timely manner and 
prevent overpayments. Sheltered workshops are motivated to report wages 
voluntarily as a service to their clients. Respondents are sheltered 
workshops that report monthly wages for services performed in the 
workshop.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Frequency of Response: 12.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,700 hours.

    Dated: December 28, 2010.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-33078 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
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