[Federal Register: April 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 82)] [Notices] [Page 22989-22990] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr28ap08-96] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 (Pub. L.) 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice includes new information collections, revisions to OMB- approved information collections and extensions (no change) 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 how to minimize the burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the addresses or fax numbers listed below. (OMB): Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202-395-6974, E-mail address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. (SSA): Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov. The information collections listed below are pending at SSA. SSA will submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, submit your comments to SSA within 60 days from the date of this publication. You can obtain copies of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454 or by writing to the address listed above. 1. Statement Regarding Marriage--0960-0017. Some State laws recognize marriages entered into without a ceremony (common-law marriages). SSA uses Form SSA-753 to obtain third party statements about intent and cohabitation, which are the basic tenets of a common- law marriage. SSA uses the information to determine if a valid marital relationship exists for entitlement to spouse/widow(er) benefits. The respondents are third party individuals/households. Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information collection. Number of Respondents: 40,000. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden per Response: 9 minutes. Estimated Average Burden: 6,000 hours. 2. Statement Regarding Contributions --0960-0020. SSA uses the Form SSA-783 to obtain information about the source of support for a child applicant who must meet a dependency requirement for benefits. SSA must determine if one-half support or regular and substantial contributions entitle certain child applicants to Social Security benefits. The respondents are persons with information on sources of a child applicant's support. Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information collection. Number of Respondents: 30,000. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden per Response: 17 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 8,500 hours. 3. Questionnaire for Children Claiming Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits--0960-0499. SSA uses Form SSA-3881 to obtain the names and addresses of non-medical sources such as schools, counselors, agencies, organizations, or therapists who would have information about how well the child functions. SSA uses this information to help determine a child's claim for benefits or continuing benefits. The respondents are applicants who appeal SSI childhood disability decisions or recipients undergoing a continuing disability review. Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information collection. Number of Respondents: 253,000. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 126,500 hours. 4. Statement of Death by Funeral Director--0960-0142. SSA uses the information collected on Form SSA-721 to: (1) Prove the death of an insured individual; (2) learn of the death of a beneficiary whose benefits should terminate; and (3) determine who is eligible for the lump-sum death payment or may be eligible for benefits. The respondents are funeral directors who report the death of a beneficiary. Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information collection. Number of Respondents: 319,811. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden per Response: 3.5 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 18,656 hours. 5. Representative Payee Report-Adult, Representative Payee Report- Child, [[Page 22990]] Representative Payee Report-Organizational Representative Payees--0960- 0068. When SSA determines it is not in a beneficiary's best interest to receive Social Security benefit payments directly, the Agency will designate a family member, unrelated person, or organization to act as the representative payee for the beneficiary. Representative payees must account to SSA on how they use these payments on their beneficiaries' behalf. SSA collects this information on Forms SSA-623 (for adult beneficiaries), SSA-6230 (for child beneficiaries), and SSA- 6234 (organizational repayees). This information collection request contains two changes to the collection: (1) we are clearing an Internet version of the Representative Payee Report (iRPA), an Internet platform customized for users of all three paper forms; and (2) we are clearing all three paper forms under one OMB Number, 0960-0068. Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated Collection instruments Number of Frequency of per response annual burden respondents response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-623 (paper)......................... 2,093,125 1 15 523,281 SSA-6230 (paper)........................ 2,592,500 1 15 648,125 SSA-6234 (paper)........................ 626,875 1 15 156,719 iRPA.................................... 937,500 1 15 234,374 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.............................. 6,250,000 ................ ................ 1,562,499 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: April 21, 2008. Elizabeth A. Davidson, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. E8-9175 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
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