[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37728-37729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15263]


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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 104-13, the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice 
includes one revision and one extension of 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, Email address: [email protected].

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    (SSA), Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports 
Clearance Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., 
Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: 
[email protected].
    I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit the information collection 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 21, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of 
the collection instruments by writing to the above email address.
    Request for Deceased Individual's Social Security Record--20 CFR 
402.130--0960-0665. When a member of the public requests an 
individual's Social Security record, SSA needs the name and address of 
the requestor as well as a description of the requested record to 
process the request. SSA uses the information the respondent provides 
on Form SSA-711, or via an Internet request through SSA's electronic 
Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA) Web site, to (1) verify the wage 
earner is deceased and 2) access the correct Social Security record. 
Respondents are members of the public requesting deceased individuals' 
Social Security records.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

 
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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden  per    total annual
                Collection method                   respondents      response        response         burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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Internet Request through eFOIA..................          49,800               1               7           5,810
SSA-711 (paper).................................             200               1               7              23
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    Total.......................................          50,000  ..............  ..............           5,833
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    II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection 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 23, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Representative Payment Policies Regulation--20 CFR 404.2011, 
404.2025, 416.611, 416.625--0960-0679. If SSA determines it may cause 
substantial harm for beneficiaries to receive their payments directly, 
beneficiaries may dispute that decision. To do so, beneficiaries must 
provide SSA with information the agency will use to re-evaluate its 
determination. In addition, after SSA selects a representative payee to 
receive benefits on a beneficiary's behalf, the payees provide SSA with 
information on their continuing relationship and responsibility for the 
beneficiaries, and explain how they use the beneficiaries' payments. 
This Information Collection Request is for the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) citations that mandate the above provisions.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     total annual
                   CFR section                      respondents      response        response         burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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404.2011(a)(1), 416.611(a)(1)...................             250               1              15              63
404.2025, 416.625...............................           3,000               1               6             300
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    Totals......................................           3,250  ..............  ..............             363
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    Dated: June 19, 2012.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Office of Regulations and Reports 
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-15263 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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