[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52359-52360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25152]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that
require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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
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clarity; and on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
The information collections listed below will be submitted to OMB
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and
recommendations regarding the information collections would be most
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer at the address listed at the end of the notices. You can obtain
a copy of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
1. Representative Payee System--0960-NEW. The information collected
is used to determine the proper payee for a Social Security
beneficiary, and aids in the investigation of a payee applicant. The
information establishes the applicant's relationship to the
beneficiary, the justification, the concern for the beneficiary and the
manner in which the benefits will be used. The respondents are
applicants for selection as representative payee for Old-Age, Survivors
and Disability Insurance (OASDI); Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
and Black Lung benefits. The time it takes to collect the information
ranges from 5 minutes for a simple representative payee interview to 45
minutes for a complicated interview. We have used an average to compute
the public reporting burden, shown below.
Number of Respondents: 1,574,786
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 25 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 656,161 hours
2. Modernized Enumeration System--0960-NEW. The information
collected is used to assign a Social Security Number (SSN) and issue a
card. The SSN is used to keep an accurate record of each individual's
earnings for the payment of benefits. It is also used for
administrative purposes as an identifier for health-maintenance and
income-maintenance programs, such as the OASDI program; the SSI
program; and other programs administered by the Federal government
including Black Lung, Medicare and veterans compensation and pension
programs. The Internal Revenue Service uses the SSN as a taxpayer
identification number for those individuals who are eligible to be
assigned an SSN. The respondents are applicants for a Social Security
Card.
Number of Respondents: 12,385,502
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,032,125 hours
3. Lump-Sum Death Payment Application (Modernized Claims System)--
0960-NEW. The information collected is required to authorize payment of
the lump-sum death benefit to a widow, widower, or children as defined
in section 202(i) of the Social Security Act. The respondents are
widows, widowers or children who apply for a lump-sum death payment.
Number of Respondents: 736,250
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 245,417 hours
SAA Address: Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick
W. Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg.,
Baltimore, MD 21235.
Dated: September 22, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-25152 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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