[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33693-33694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16090]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Requests
and Comment Requests
This notice lists information collection packages that will require
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as
information collection packages submitted to OMB for clearance, in
compliance with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
I. The information collection(s) listed below require(s)
extension(s) of the current OMB approval(s) or are proposed new
collection(s): Waiver of Benefit Payment--0960-0533. Form SSA-149 is
required to document the fact that benefits due are not being paid,
because the beneficiary, (for personal reasons) has requested
nonreceipt. Personal reasons can range from religious, patriotic, or
political beliefs to situations where continued receipt of payment
causes some adverse effect. The respondents are beneficiaries who wish
to waive entitlement to benefit payments.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 2 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3.
Written comments and recommendations regarding the information
collection(s) 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:
Nicholas E. Tagliareni, 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 onthe need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
II. The information collection(s) listed below have been submitted
to OMB: Statement of Self-Employment Income--0960-0046. The information
collected on form SSA-766 is needed to determine quarters of coverage
for eligibility to Social Security benefits. The information will be
used to expedite the payment of benefits to an individual who is self-
employed and who is establishing insured status in the current year.
The respondents are self-employed applicants for Social Security
benefits.
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Number of Respondents: 5,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 417.
Written comments and recommendations regarding the information
collection(s) should be sent within 30 days to the OMB Desk Officer and
SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses: (OMB) Office
of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20503.
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Nicholas E.
Tagliareni 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235.
To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4125 or write to him at
the address listed above.
Dated: June 13, 1997.
Nicholas E. Tagliareni,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16090 Filed 6-19-97; 8:45 am]
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