[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65044-65047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26151]


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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 revisions to and extensions 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-

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6974, Email address: [email protected].
(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 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 
December 24, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    1. Representative Payment Policies and Administrative Procedures 
for Imposing Penalties for False or Misleading Statements or 
Withholding of Information--0960-0740. This information collection 
request (ICR) comprises several regulation sections that provide 
additional safeguards for Social Security beneficiaries whose 
representative payees receive their payments. SSA requires 
representative payees to notify us of any event or change in 
circumstances that would affect receipt of benefits or performance of 
payee duties. SSA uses the information to determine continued 
eligibility for benefits, the amount of benefits due, and if the payee 
is suitable to continue serving as payee. The respondents are 
representative payees who receive and use benefits on behalf of Social 
Security beneficiaries.

                     Type of Collection--Extension of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
               Regulation Section                    Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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404.2035(d)--Paper/Mail.........................          27,500               1               5           2,292
404.2035(d)--Office interview/Intranet..........         522,500               1               5          43,542
404.2035(f)--Paper/Mail.........................             275               1               5              23
404.2035(f)--Office interview/Intranet..........           5,225               1               5             435
416.635(d)--Paper/Mail..........................          15,000               1               5           1,250
416.635(d)--Office interview/Intranet...........         285,000               1               5          23,750
416.635(f)--Paper/Mail..........................             150               1               5              13
416.635(f)--Office interview/Intranet...........           2,850               1               5             238
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    Total.......................................         858,500  ..............  ..............          71,543
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    2. Protecting the Public and Our Personnel To Ensure Operational 
Effectiveness (RIN 0960-AH35), Regulation 3729I--20 CFR 422.905, 
422.906--0960-0796.

Background

    When members of the public demonstrate disruptive, violent, or 
threatening actions or behavior toward SSA employees, the agency takes 
measures to ensure the safety of everyone involved, including banning 
such individuals from appearing in person at any of our field offices. 
In lieu of in-person office visits, the agency provides services to 
banned individuals through alternate methods, including our 800 number, 
online applications, mail services, or, in limited circumstances, face-
to-face services by appointment with additional security present.
    On September 2, 2011, the agency published regulations and 
notifications processes for the ban decision at 76 FR 54700. The 
current ICR requests full approval for the public reporting burdens 
from the interim final rules. We previously obtained emergency OMB 
approval for these burdens.

Information Collection Description

    The interim final ban decision rules contain two public reporting 
burdens:
     20 CFR 422.905--after SSA issues a ban decision against an 
individual, the individual has 60 days to appeal the determination. 
Individuals must submit a written appeal stating why they believe SSA 
should rescind the ban and allow them to conduct business with us on a 
face-to-face basis in one of our offices. There is no printed form for 
this request; banned individuals create their own written statement of 
appeal, and submit it to a sole decision-maker in the regional office 
of the region where the ban originated. The individuals may also 
provide additional documentation to support their appeal.
     20 CFR 422.906--three years after the original ban 
decision, banned individuals may re-submit a written appeal of the 
determination. The same criteria apply as for the original appeal: (1) 
It must be in writing;
    (2) it must go to a sole decision-maker in the regional office of 
the region where the ban originated for review; and (3) it may 
accompany supporting documentation.
    Respondents for this collection are individuals appealing their 
banning from SSA field offices.

                      Type of Request--Extension of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
               Regulation section                    Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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20 CFR 422.905..................................              75               1              15              19
20 CFR 422.906..................................              75               1              20              25
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    Totals......................................             150  ..............  ..............              44
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    II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be 
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this 
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them 
no later than November 23, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
    1. Employment Relationship Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1007--0960-
0040. When SSA needs information to determine a worker's employment 
status for the purpose of maintaining a worker's earning records, the 
agency uses Form SSA-7160-F4 to determine the existence of an employer-
employee relationship. We use the information to develop the employment 
relationship; specifically to determine whether a beneficiary is self-
employed or an employee. The respondents are individuals seeking to 
establish their status as employees and their alleged employers.

                       Type of Request--Revision of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
                 Respondent type                     Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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Individuals.....................................           8,000               1              25           3,333
Businesses......................................           7,200               1              25           3,000
State/Local Government..........................             800               1              25             333
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    Totals:.....................................          16,000  ..............  ..............           6,666
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    2. Blood Donor Locator Service (BDLS)--20 CFR 401.200--0960-0501. 
The regulations on Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and 
Information, Subpart C, stipulate that when blood donor facilities 
identify blood donations as human immunodeficiency virus-positive, the 
overseeing state agency must provide the names and Social Security 
Numbers of the affected donors to SSA's Blood Donor Locator Service. 
SSA uses this information to furnish the state agencies with the blood 
donors' address information to notify the blood donors. Respondents are 
state agencies acting on behalf of blood donor facilities.

                      Type of Request--Extension of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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                                                                                 Average burden  Estimated total
             Regulation section                  Number of       Frequency of     per response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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20 CFR 401.200..............................              10                5               15               13
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    3. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program--20 CFR 411--
0960-0644. SSA's Ticket to Work (Ticket) Program transitions Social 
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income 
(SSI) recipients toward independence by allowing them to receive Social 
Security payments while maintaining employment under the auspices of 
the program. SSA uses service providers, called Employment Networks 
(ENs), to supervise participant progress through the stages of Ticket 
Program participation, such as job searches and interviews, progress 
reviews, and changes in ticket status. ENs can be private for-profit 
and nonprofit organizations, as well as state vocational rehabilitation 
agencies (VRs). SSA and the ENs utilize the Ticket to Work Program 
Manager to operate the Ticket Program and exchange information about 
participants. For example, the ENs use the Program Manager to provide 
updates on tasks such as selecting a payment system or requesting 
payments for helping the beneficiary achieve certain work goals. Since 
the ENs are not PRA-exempt, the multiple information collections within 
the Ticket Program Manager require OMB approval, and we clear them 
under this ICR. Most of the categories of information in this ICR are 
necessary for SSA to: (1) Comply with the Ticket to Work legislation; 
and (2) provide proper oversight of the program. SSA collects this 
information through several modalities, including forms, electronic 
exchanges, and written documentation. The respondents are the ENs or 
state VRs, as well as SSDI beneficiaries and blind or disabled SSI 
recipients working under the auspices of the Ticket to Work Program.
    This is a correction notice: SSA inadvertantly published incorrect 
burden information for this collection at 77 FR 47908, on 8/10/12. We 
are publishing correct burden data here.

                       Type of Request--Revision of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per       Estimated
              Collection instrument                 respondents      response        response      total annual
                                                                                     (minutes)    burden (hours)
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(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(2)--Interactive Voice                6,428               1             2.5             268
 Recognition Telephone..........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(2)--Portal................          25,713               1            1.25             536
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a);                        948               1              15             237
 411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1365........................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a);                      3,792               1              11             695
 411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1365 Portal.................
(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a);                      1,565               1              60           1,565
 411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1370........................

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(a) 20 CFR 411.140(d)(3); 411.325(a);                      6,260               1              45           4,695
 411.150(b)(3)--SSA-1370 Portal.................
(a) 20 CFR 411.166; 411.170(b)--Electronic File           35,584               1               5           2,965
 Submission.....................................
(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325.....................           1,995               1              15             499
(b) 20 CFR 411.145; 411.325--Portal.............           7,980               1              11           1,463
(b) 20 CFR 411.535(a)(1)(iii)--Data Sharing/               8,505               1               5             709
 Portal.........................................
(c) 20 CFR 411.192(b)&(c).......................               6               1              30               3
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b)--SSA-1375.................         112,362               1              15          28,091
(c) 20 CFR 411.200(b) -Portal...................          64,824               1              10          10,804
(c) 20 CFR 411.210(b)...........................              41               1              30              21
(d) 20 CFR 411.365; 411.505; 411.515............               5               1              10               1
(e) 20 CFR 411.325(d); 411.415..................             * 1               1             480               8
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--SSA-1389; SSA-1391; SSA-               5,610               1              40           3,740
 1393; SSA-1396; SSA-1398; SSA-1399.............
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--Portal......................          22,440               1              22           8,228
(f) 20 CFR 411.575--Automatic Payments..........          28,050               1               0               0
(f) 20 CFR 411.560--SSA-1401....................             100               1              20              33
(g) 20 CFR 411.325(f)...........................           1,371               1              45           1,028
(h) 20 CFR 411.435; 411.615; 411.625............               2               1             120               4
(i) 20 CFR 411.320--SSA-1394....................              42               1              10               7
(i) 20 CFR 411.320--SSA-1394 Portal.............             168               1             7.5              21
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    Totals......................................         333,792  ..............  ..............          65,621
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* (None received in 2010 or 2011).


    Dated: October 19, 2012.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-26151 Filed 10-23-12; 8:45 am]
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