[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60721-60726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21667]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2022-0050]


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 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. 
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/

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public/do/PRAMain. Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID 
Number [SSA-2022-0050].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected]. 
Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0050].

    I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit it 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 5, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instrument by writing to the above email address.
    Advance Designation of Representative Payee--0960-0814. On April 
13, 2018, the President signed into law The Strengthening Protections 
for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018, also known as Public Law 
(Pub. L.) 115-165. Section 201 of the law allows SSA beneficiaries and 
applicants under Title II, Title VIII and Title XVI, of the Social 
Security Act (Act) to designate individuals to serve as a 
representative payee should the need arise in the future. Section 
201(j)(2) of Public Law 115-165 provides the requirements for selecting 
a qualified representative payee. SSA only offers the option to advance 
designate to capable adults and emancipated minors. Beneficiaries who 
have an assigned representative payee, or have a representative 
application in process, cannot advance designate. Form SSA-4547, 
Advance Designation of Representative Payee, allows beneficiaries or 
applicants the option to designate individuals in order of priority, to 
serve as a representative. Beneficiaries or applicants can update or 
change the advance designee order of priority at any time. SSA uses the 
information on Form SSA-4547 to select a qualified representative payee 
in order of priority. If the selected representative payee is unable or 
unwilling to serve, or meet SSA requirements, SSA will select another 
representative payee to serve in the beneficiaries and applicant's best 
interest. SSA will notify beneficiaries annually of the individuals 
they chose in advance to be their representative payee. The respondents 
are SSA beneficiaries and claimants who want to choose an advance 
designate representative.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                           Average
                                                                       Average burden     Estimated      theoretical     Average wait     Total annual
        Modality of completion            Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual     hourly cost    time in field   opportunity cost
                                         respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount           office       (dollars) ****
                                                                                                        (dollars) **    (minutes) ***
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                                                            Submission of Advance Designation
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Intranet version (Paper Form SSA-           * 473,052               1               6          47,305       ** $19.86           *** 24   **** $4,697,406
 4547, SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)
Internet version (mySSA).............         327,101               1               6          32,710        ** 19.86  ...............      **** 649,621
Internet version (iClaim)............         827,257               1               6          82,726        ** 19.86  ...............    **** 1,642,938
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    Totals...........................       1,627,410  ..............  ..............         162,741  ..............  ...............    **** 6,989,965
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                                                              Waiver of Advance Designation
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All Modalities (Intranet and                1,314,978               1               2          43,833           19.86  ...............      **** 870,523
 Internet)...........................
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                                                                      Grand Totals
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    Totals...........................       2,942,388  ..............  ..............         206,574  ..............  ...............    **** 7,860,488
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* SSA enters advance designation information we receive on the paper Form SSA-4547 in the ADRP system using one of the Intranet applications.
  Accordingly, we have included the paper form responses in this figure for Intranet responses.
** We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
*** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
**** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding these 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 7, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of 
these OMB clearance packages by writing to 
[email protected].
    1. Application for Child's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR 404.350-
404.368, 404.603, & 416.350--0960-0010. Title II of the Act provides 
for the payment of monthly benefits to children of an insured retired, 
disabled, or deceased worker. Section 202(d) of the Act discloses the 
conditions and requirements the applicant must meet when filing an 
application. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-4-BK to determine 
entitlement for children of living and deceased workers to monthly 
Social Security payments. Respondents are guardians completing the form 
on behalf of the children of living or deceased workers, or the 
children of living or deceased workers.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                           Average
                                                                       Average burden     Estimated      theoretical     Average wait     Total annual
        Modality of completion            Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual     hourly cost    time in field   opportunity cost
                                         respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount           office        (dollars) ***
                                                                                                         (dollars) *     (minutes) **
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SSA-4-BK (Death Claim) paper.........           1,178               1              12             236        * $28.01                0        *** $6,610
SSA-4-BK/(Death Claim) MCS Interview.         227,999               1              11          41,800         * 28.01            ** 24     *** 3,725,330

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SSA-4-BK (Life Claim) Paper..........           2,180               1              12             436         * 28.01                0        *** 12,212
SSA-4-BK (Life Claim) MCS Interview..         284,245               1              11          52,112         * 28.01            ** 24     *** 4,644,338
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    Totals...........................         515,602  ..............  ..............          94,584  ..............  ...............     *** 8,388,490
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* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    2. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental 
Security Income Payment(s)--416.204--0960-0416. SSA conducts 
redeterminations of disability to determine whether Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) recipients: (1) have met and continue to meet all 
statutory and regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility; and (2) are 
receiving the correct SSI payment amount. SSA makes these 
redeterminations through periodic use of Form SSA-8203-BK. SSA conducts 
this legally mandated information collection in field offices via 
personal contact (face-to-face or telephone interview) using the 
automated SSI Claim System. The respondents are SSI recipients or their 
representative payees.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                         Average wait
                                                                                                           Average      time in field
                                          Number of     Frequency of   Average burden     Estimated      theoretical    office or for     Total annual
        Modality of completion           respondents      response      per response    total annual     hourly cost     teleservice    opportunity cost
                                                                          (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount          centers        (dollars) ***
                                                                                                         (dollars) *     (minutes) **
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SSA-8203-BK (paper version)..........          44,396               1              20          14,799        * $19.86            ** 21      *** $602,513
SSA-8203-BK (SSI Claims system)......       1,918,702               1              19         607,589         * 19.86            ** 21    *** 25,403,621
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    Totals...........................       1,963,098  ..............  ..............         622,388  ..............  ...............    *** 26,006,134
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management
  information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    3. 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 Act and 
current regulations to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance 
(SSDI) benefits SSI payments. SSA collects 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 determine the severity of the claimant's 
alleged impairments. SSA uses the information we collect to determine 
entitlement or continuing eligibility to SSDI benefits 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 or Title XVI SSI benefits; 
their appointed representatives; legal advocates; medical sources; and 
schools.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB- approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                           Average
                                                                                       Average burden     Estimated      theoretical      Total annual
                 Regulation sections                      Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual     hourly cost    opportunity cost
                                                         respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)       amount        (dollars) **
                                                                                                                         (dollars) *
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404.961, 416.1461, 405.330, and 405.366..............          12,220               1              20           4,073         * $19.86        ** $80,890
404.950, 416.1450, and 405.332.......................           1,040               1              20             347          * 19.86          ** 6,891
404.949 and 416.1449.................................           2,868               1              60           2,868          * 19.86         ** 56,958
405.334..............................................              20               1              60              20          * 19.86            ** 397
404.957, 416.1457, and 405.380.......................          21,041               1              10           3,507          * 19.86         ** 69,649
405.381..............................................              37               1              30              19          * 19.86            ** 377
405.401..............................................           5,310               1              10             885          * 19.86         ** 17,576
404.971 and 416.1471 (HA-85 & e85; HA-86 & e86)......           1,606               1              10             268          * 19.86          ** 5,322
404.982 and 416.1482.................................           1,687               1              30             844          * 19.86         ** 16,762
404.987 & 404.988 and 416.1487 & 416.1488 and 405.601          12,425               1              30           6,213          * 19.86        ** 123,390
404.1740(b)(1).......................................             150               1               2               5          * 19.86             ** 99
416.1540(b)(1).......................................             150               1               2               5          * 19.86             ** 99
404.1512, 404.1740(c)(4), 416.912, and 416.1540(c)(4)             150               1               2               5          * 19.86             ** 99
405.372(c)...........................................           5,310               1              10             885          * 19.86         ** 17,576
405.1(b)(5) 405.372(b)...............................             833               1              30             417          * 19.86          ** 8,282

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405.505..............................................             833               1              30             417          * 19.86          ** 8,282
405.1(c)(2)..........................................           5,310               1              10             885          * 19.86         ** 17,576
405.20...............................................           5,310               1              10             885          * 19.86         ** 17,576
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    Totals...........................................          76,300  ..............  ..............          22,548  ...............        ** 447,801
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    4. Electronic SSDI and SSI Wage Reporting: myWageReport, SSA Mobile 
Wage Reporting, and Supplemental Security Income Telephone Wage 
Reporting--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-1576, 404.1584-1593, & 416.701-
416.732--0960-0715. SSA requires SSDI beneficiaries or their 
representative payees to report changes when beneficiaries return to 
work, when their amount of work increases, or when their earnings 
increase. Similarly, SSA requires recipients of SSI, their deemors, and 
representative payees to report changes in work and monthly wages. SSA 
allows SSDI beneficiaries, SSI recipients, deemors, and representative 
payees to report earnings via electronic means, though the methods 
available depend on the type of benefits received. SSDI users may 
report wages using an internet reporting system called myWageReport. 
myWageReport is a secure internet reporting tool within the mySSA 
portal that enables SSDI beneficiaries to submit pay stub information 
to SSA. In addition to myWageReport, SSI users have two other 
electronic options, the SSA Mobile Wage Reporting application (SSAMWR) 
and the SSI Telephone Wage Reporting System (SSITWR). The SSITWR allows 
callers to report their wages by speaking their responses through voice 
recognition technology, or by keying in responses using a telephone key 
pad. The SSAMWR allows recipients to report their wages through the 
mobile wage reporting application on their smartphone. SSITWR and 
SSAMWR systems collect the same information and send it to SSA over 
secure channels. To ensure the security of the information provided, 
SSITWR and SSAMWR ask respondents to provide information SSA can 
compare against our records for authentication purposes. Once the 
system authenticates the identity of the respondents, they can report 
their wage data. The respondents are SSDI beneficiaries, SSI 
recipients, SSI deemors, or representative payees.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                           Average
                                                                                       Average burden     Estimated      theoretical      Total annual
        Modality of completion            Number of     Frequency of      Number of     per response    total annual     hourly cost    opportunity cost
                                         respondents      response        responses       (minutes)    burden (hours)       amount        (dollars) ***
                                                                                                                         (dollars) **
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Training/Instruction *...............         108,280               1         108,280              35          63,163        ** $19.86    *** $1,254,417
myWageReport.........................           3,557              12          42,684               7           4,980         ** 19.86        *** 98,903
SSITWR...............................          16,341              12         196,092               5          16,341         ** 19.86       *** 324,532
SSAMWR...............................          88,382              12       1,060,584               6         106,058         ** 19.86     *** 2,106,312
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    Totals...........................         216,560  ..............       1,407,640  ..............         190,542  ...............     *** 3,784,164
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* SSI respondents complete training and a modality of collection. SSA is not able to break down the number of new wage reporters who receive training
  and longtime wage reporters who did not receive training; therefore, the actual number may be less than the estimate we provided. SSA collects
  management information data based on the number of transactions; the number of respondents has been extrapolated from that number. We do not collect
  MI on unique reporters.
** We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    5. Government-to-Government Services Online website Registration 
Form; Government-to-Government Services Online website Account 
Modification/Deletion Form--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0757. The Government-
to-Government Services Online (GSO) website allows various external 
organizations to submit files to a variety of SSA systems and, in some 
cases, receive files in return. The SSA systems that process data 
transferred via GSO include, but are not limited to, systems 
responsible for disability processing and benefit determination or 
termination. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-159, GSO website 
Registration Form, to register the requestor to use the GSO website. 
Once we receive the SSA-159, SSA provides the user with account 
information and conducts a walkthrough of the GSO website as necessary. 
Established organizations may submit Form SSA-159 to register 
additional users as well. The established requesting organizations can 
also complete Form SSA-160, GSO website Account Modification/Deletion 
Form, to modify their online accounts (e.g., address change). 
Respondents are State and local government agencies, and some private 
sector business entities.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                           Average
                                                                                           Average        Estimated      theoretical      Total annual
                Modality of completion                    Number of     Frequency  of    burden per     total annual     hourly cost    opportunity cost
                                                         respondents      response        response     burden (hours)       amount        (dollars) **
                                                                                          (minutes)                      (dollars) *
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SSA-159..............................................           1,354               1              15             339          * 21.13         ** $7,163
SSA-160..............................................             430               1              15             108          * 21.13          ** 2,282
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    Totals...........................................           1,784  ..............  ..............             447  ...............          ** 9,445
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* We based these figures on average Information and Record Keeping Analysts' hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.htm).
* **This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    6. Application Status--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0763. Application Status 
provides users with the capability to check the status of their pending 
Social Security claims via the National 800 Number Automated Telephone 
Service. Users need their SSN and a confirmation number to access this 
information. SSA systems determine the type of claim(s) the caller 
filed based upon the information provided. Subsequently, the automated 
telephone system provides callers with the option to choose the claim 
for which they wish to obtain status. If the caller applied for 
multiple claims, the automated system allows the caller to select only 
one claim at a time. Once callers select the claim(s) they are calling 
about, an automated voice advises them of the status of their claim. 
The respondents are current Social Security claimants who wish to check 
on the status of their claims.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                        Average      Average wait for
                                   Number of       Frequency of    Average burden  Estimated total    theoretical       teleservice       Total annual
    Modality of completion        respondents        response       per response    annual burden     hourly cost         centers       opportunity cost
                                                                     (minutes)      hours (hours)     (dollars) *      (minutes) **      (dollars) ***
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Application Status............         790,821                1                3           39,541         $19.86 *             19 **     $5,758,764 ***
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

     7.Report of Adult Functioning-Employer--20 CFR 404.1512 and 
416.912--0960-0805. Under the authority provided in sections 205(a), 
223(d)(5)(A), 1631(d)(1), and 1631(e)(1) of the Act, the agency may 
collect information from each applicant for, or recipient of 
(collectively referred to as ``claimant''), disability insurance 
benefits (DIB) or SSI payments. We use this information as evidence to 
help us determine eligibility or continued eligibility for DIB or SSI. 
These sections of the Act grant us the authority to establish 
procedures for collecting and verifying this evidence. Sections 20 CFR 
404.1512 and 20 CFR 416.912 of the Code of Federal Regulations provide 
detailed requirements for the types of evidence we request claimants 
provide showing how their impairment(s) affects their ability to work 
(e.g., medical, work experience, daily activities, efforts to work). 
When SSA's Disability Determination Service adjudicative team 
determines that SSA needs additional information to process an 
applicant's or claimant's case, we use Form SSA-3385, Report of Adult 
Functioning--Employer, to collect information from a claimant's current 
or former employer on an as needed basis, to collect information 
regarding the claimant's job performance as evidence to help inform the 
disability eligibility for the claimant. We send the SSA-3385 with a 
pre-addressed and stamped envelope to a claimant's direct supervisor, 
or another person who has direct knowledge of the claimant's job 
performance and ask that individual to provide information about the 
claimant's day-to-day functioning in a work setting. The respondent 
completes Form SSA-3385 and sends it back to SSA in the enclosed 
envelope. Once SSA receives the SSA-3385, the field office scans the 
form into the claimant's electronic folder. Then the Disability 
Determination Service adjudicative team uses this information to 
evaluate the claimant's impairment-related functional limitations to 
determine eligibility or continued eligibility for SSDI or SSI. The 
respondents are current or former employers who are contacted only when 
the adjudicative team decides additional information is necessary and 
the employer may be a good source for the information.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                                          Average
                                                                                    Average burden  Estimated total     theoretical       Total annual
             Modality of completion                 Number of       Frequency of     per response    annual burden      hourly cost     opportunity cost
                                                   respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)      amount (dollars)     (dollars) **
                                                                                                                             *
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SSA-3385.......................................           3,601                1               20            1,200          $28.01 *         $33,612 **
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.



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    Dated: September 30, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-21667 Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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