96-4482. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 8095-8096]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-4482]
    
    
    
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    SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
    Request
    
        Normally on Fridays, the Social Security Administration publishes a 
    list of information collection packages that will require submission to 
    the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance 
    with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork 
    Reduction Act. Since the last list was published in the Federal 
    Register on February 26, 1996, the information collections listed below 
    have been proposed or will require extension of the current OMB 
    approvals.
    
    (Call the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4142 for a copy of 
    the form(s) or package(s), or write to her at the address listed below 
    the information collections.)
        1. Letter to Landlord Requesting Rental Information--0960-0454. The 
    information collected on form SSA-L5061 is used to determine if a 
    rental subsidy agreement exists between a landlord and an applicant 
    for, or recipient of, Supplemental Security Income benefits. The 
    affected public is landlords who may be subsidizing such a rental 
    arrangement.
    
    Number of Respondents: 49,000
    Frequency of Response: As needed to verify subsidy arrangements
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8,167 hours
    
        2. Farm Arrangement Questionnaire--0960-0064. The information 
    collected on form SSA-7157 is used to determine if farm rental income 
    may be considered self-employment income for Social Security coverage 
    purposes. The respondents are individuals alleging self-employment 
    income from the activity of renting land for farming activities.
    
    Number of Respondents: 38,000
    Frequency of Responses: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 19,000 hours
        3. Request for Hearing By Administrative Law Judge--0960-0269. The 
    information on form HA-501 is used by the Social Security 
    Administration to document an individual's request for a hearing on an 
    unfavorable determination concerning his or her benefits. The 
    respondents are such individuals who request a hearing.
    
    Number of Respondents: 625,563
    Frequency of Response: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 104,260
    
        4. Petition to Obtain Approval of a Fee for Representing a Claimant 
    before the Social Security Administration--0960-104. The information on 
    form SSA-1560 is used to determine if a representative is asking for a 
    reasonable fee for representing a claimant before the Social Security 
    Administration (SSA). The respondents are attorneys or other persons 
    representing claimants before SSA.
    
    Number of Respondents: 89,724
    Frequency of Response: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 44,862
    
        5. State Mental Institution Policy Review--0960-0110. The 
    information collected on form SSA-9584 is used by the Social Security 
    Administration to determine whether an institution's policies and 
    practices conform with SSA's regulations in the use of benefits, and 
    whether the institution is performing other duties and responsibilities 
    required of a representative payee. The information also provides the 
    basis for conducting the actual onsite review and is used in the 
    preparation of the subsequent report of findings and recommendations 
    which is provided to the institution. The respondents are state mental 
    institutions which serve as representative payees for Social Security 
    beneficiaries.
    
    Number of Respondents: 183
    Frequency of Response: 1 per year
    Average Burden per Response: 1 hour
    Estimated Annual Burden: 183 hours
    
    Social Security Administration
    
        Written comments and recommendations regarding these information 
    collections should be sent within 60 days from the date of this 
    publication, directly to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the 
    following address: Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: 
    Charlotte S. Whitenight, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 
    Baltimore, MD 21235.
        In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden 
    estimate, we are soliciting comments on the need for the information; 
    its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility and 
    clarity; and on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the 
    use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
    technology. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 
    OMB Review; Comment Request.
        The information collection listed below, which was published in the 
    Federal Register on December 29, 1995, has been submitted to OMB.
        Plans for Achieving Self-Support--0960-NEW. The information is 
    collected when a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient desires 
    to use available income and resources to obtain education and/or 
    training in order to become self-supportive. The information is used to 
    evaluate the recipient's plan for achieving self-support to determine 
    whether the plan may be approved. The respondents are SSI recipients.
    
    Number of Respondents: 5,500
    Frequency of Response: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,833 hours
    
    Social Security Administration
    
        Written comments and recommendations regarding this 
    
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        information collection should be sent within 30 days of the date of 
    this publication. Comments may be directed to OMB and SSA at the 
    following addresses:
    
    (OMB), Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New 
    Executive Office Building, Room 10230, Washington, D.C. 20503
    (SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Charlotte S. 
    Whitenight, 6401 Security Blvd, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 
    21235
    
        Dated: February 22, 1996.
    Charlotte Whitenight,
    Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
    [FR Doc. 96-4482 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4190-29-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
03/01/1996
Department:
Social Security Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-4482
Pages:
8095-8096 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-4482.pdf