[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45283-45285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18005]


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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 extension and two revisions 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].
(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 
September 24, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    1. Incorporation by Reference of Oral Findings of Fact and 
Rationale in Wholly Favorable Written Decisions (Bench Decision 
Regulation)--20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453--0960-0694. If an 
administrative law judge (ALJ) makes a wholly favorable oral decision 
that includes all the findings and rationale for the decision for a 
claimant of title II benefits or title XVI payments at an 
administrative appeals hearing, the ALJ sends a Notice of Decision 
(Form HA-82), as the records from the oral hearing preclude the need 
for a written decision. We call this the incorporation-by-reference 
process. In addition, the regulations for this process state that if 
the involved parties want a record of the oral decision, they may 
submit a written request for these records. SSA collects

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identifying information under the aegis of Sections 20 CFR 404.953 and 
416.1453 of the Code of Federal Regulations to determine how to send 
interested individuals written records of a favorable incorporation-by-
reference oral decision made at an administrative review hearing. Since 
there is no prescribed form to request a written record of the 
decision, the involved parties send SSA their contact information and 
reference the hearing for which they would like a record. The 
respondents are applicants for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) and 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, or their representatives, 
to whom SSA gave a wholly favorable oral decision under the regulations 
cited above.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                 Average burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of     per response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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HA-82.......................................           2,500                1                5              208
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    2. 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 Form SSA-L707, Request for Proof(s) from Custodian of Records, to 
records custodians 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 records 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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                                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of   Average burden   total annual
             Modality of completion                 respondents      response      per response       burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (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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    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 30 days from the date of this 
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them 
no later than August 26, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB 
clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Request to Withdraw a Hearing Request; Request to Withdraw an 
Appeals Council Request for Review; and Administrative Review Process 
for Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims--20 CFR Parts 404, 405, and 
416--0960-0710. Claimants have a statutory right under the Social 
Security Act and current regulations to apply for Social Security 
Disabiltiy Insurance (SSDI) benefits or SSI payments. SSA must collect 
information at each step of the administrative process to adjudicate 
claims fairly and efficiently. SSA collects this information to 
establish a claimant's right to administrative review and the severity 
of the claimant's alleged impairments. SSA uses the information to 
determine entitlement or continuing eligibility to DIB or SSI payments 
and to enable appeals of these determinations. In addition, SSA 
collects information on Forms HA-85 and HA-86 to allow claimants to 
withdraw a hearing request or an Appeals Council review request. The 
respondents are applicants for title II SSDI benefits or title XVI SSI 
payments; their appointed representatives; legal advocates; medical 
sources; and schools.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of   Average burden   total annual
             Modality of completion                 respondents      response      per response       burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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404.961, 416.1461, 405.330, and 405.366.........          12,220               1              20           4,073
404.950, 416.1450, and 405.332..................           1,040               1              20             347
404.949 and 416.1449............................           2,868               1              60           2,868
405.334.........................................              20               1              60              20
404.957, 416.1457, and 405.380..................          21,041               1              10           3,507
405.381.........................................              37               1              30              19
405.401.........................................           5,310               1              10             885
404.971 and 416.1471 (HA-85; HA-86).............           1,606               1              10             268
404.982 and 416.1482............................           1,687               1              30             844
404.987 & 404.988 and 416.1487 & 416.1488 and             12,425               1              30           6,213
 405.601........................................
405.372(c)......................................           5,310               1              10             885
405.1(b)(5) 405.372(b)..........................             833               1              30             417
405.505.........................................             833               1              30             417
405.1(c)(2).....................................           5,310               1              10             885

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405.20..........................................           5,310               1              10             885
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    Totals......................................          75,850  ..............  ..............          22,533
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    Dated: July 23, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-18005 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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