Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request, 46901-46902 [05-15963]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
46901
Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 154 / Thursday, August 11, 2005 / Notices
For the Commission, by the Division of
Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated
authority.14
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5–4352 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8010–01–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages that will require
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. The information collection
packages that may be included in this
notice are for revisions to OMBapproved information collections,
extensions (no change) of OMBapproved information collections and
new information collection requests.
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 on ways
to minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Written
comments and recommendations
regarding the information collection(s)
should be submitted to the OMB Desk
Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer. The information can be mailed
and/or faxed to the individuals at the
addresses and fax numbers listed below:
(OMB) Office of Management and
Budget, Fax: 202–395–6974.
(SSA) Social Security Administration,
DCFAM, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.
Fax: 410–965–6400.
I. The information collections listed
below are pending at SSA and will be
submitted to OMB within 60 days from
the date of this notice. Therefore, your
comments should be submitted 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.
2. Protection and Advocacy for
Beneficiaries of Social Security
(PABSS)—0960–NEW
Background
1. Annual Registration Statement
Identifying Separated Participants With
Deferred Benefits, Schedule SSA—
0960–0606
Schedule SSA is a form filed annually
as part of a series of pension plan
documents required by section 6057 of
the IRS Code. Administrators of pension
benefit plans are required to report
specific information on future plan
benefits for those participants who left
plan coverage during the year. SSA
maintains the information until a claim
for Social Security benefits has been
approved. At that time, SSA notifies the
beneficiary of his/her potential
eligibility for payments from the private
pension plan. The respondents are
administrators of pension benefit plans
or their service providers employed to
prepare the schedule SSA on behalf of
the pension benefit plan. Below are the
estimates of the cost and hour burdens
for completing and filing schedule
SSA(s). We have used an average to
estimate the hour burden. However, the
burden may be greater or smaller
depending on whether the respondent is
a large or small pension benefit plan
and how many schedule SSA’s are filed
in a given year.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 88,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 2.5
hours.
Estimated Annual Burden: 220,000
hours.
Estimated Annual Cost Burden for all
Respondents: $12,194,400.
Number of
annual
responses
Title of collection
In August of 2004, SSA announced its
intention to award grants to establish
community-based protection and
advocacy projects in every State and
U.S. Territory, as authorized under
section 1150 of the Social Security Act.
Potential awardees were protection and
advocacy organizations established
under Title I of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act which submitted a timely
application conforming to the
requirements in the notice. The projects
funded under this grant are part of
SSA’s strategy to increase the number of
beneficiaries who return to work and
achieve self-sufficiency as the result of
receiving advocacy or other services.
The overall goal of the program is to
provide information and advice about
obtaining vocational rehabilitation and
employment services and to provide
advocacy or other services that a
beneficiary with a disability may need
to secure, maintain, or regain gainful
employment.
Collection Activities
The PABSS project collects
identifying information from the project
sites and benefits specialists. In
addition, data are collected from the
beneficiaries on background,
employment, training, benefits, and
work incentives. SSA uses the
information to manage the program,
with particular emphasis on contract
administration, budgeting, and training.
SSA also uses the information to
evaluate the efficacy of the program and
to ensure that those dollars appropriated
for PABSS services are being spent on
SSA beneficiaries. The project data will
be valuable to SSA in its analysis of and
future planning for the Social Security
Disability Insurance and Supplemental
Security Income programs.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Site ...................................................................................................................
Specialist ..........................................................................................................
Beneficiary .......................................................................................................
57
225
60,000
5
5
1
1.8
1.8
5.3
8.6
33.8
5,300
Total Estimated Annual Burden ...............................................................
........................
........................
........................
5,342
14 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
VerDate jul<14>2003
16:14 Aug 10, 2005
Jkt 205001
PO 00000
Frm 00093
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM
11AUN1
46902
Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 154 / Thursday, August 11, 2005 / Notices
II. The information collections listed
below have been submitted to OMB for
clearance. Your comments on the
information collections would be most
useful if received by OMB and SSA
within 30 days from the date of this
publication. You can obtain a copy of
the OMB clearance package by calling
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
410–965–0454, or by writing to the
address listed above.
Statement Regarding Date of Birth and
Citizenship—20 CFR 404.716—0960–
0016
Form SSA–702 collects information
needed when preferred or other
evidence is not available to prove age or
citizenship for an individual applying
for Social Security benefits. SSA uses
this form for individuals who must
establish age as a factor of entitlement
or U.S. citizenship as a payment factor.
Respondents are applicants for one or
Financial Institutions (banks).
Totals ...........
Frequency
of response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Direct Deposit
Enrollment
Form.
Data screening/
matching activities; SSA’s
data management requirements.
100,000
1
2
3,333
10
1
240
40
...........................
110,000
....................
....................
3,373
Dated: August 8, 2005.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05–15963 Filed 8–10–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 4925]
Shipping Coordinating Committee;
Notice of Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating
Committee (SHC) will conduct an open
meeting at 1 p.m. on Thursday,
September 8, 2005, in Room 3200–3202
of the Department of Transportation
Headquarters, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. The
primary purpose of the meeting is to
prepare for the Tenth Session of the
International Maritime Organization
(IMO) Sub-Committee on Dangerous
Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers to
VerDate jul<14>2003
National Direct Deposit Initiative—31
CFR 210—0960–NEW
Many recipients of social security
benefits choose to receive their
payments via the Direct Deposit
Program, in which funds are transferred
directly into recipients’ accounts at a
financial institution (FI). However, 8
million Title II payment recipients still
receive their payments through
traditional paper checks. In an effort to
encourage these beneficiaries to change
from paper checks to the Direct Deposit
Number of
respondents
Information
collection requirement
Respondents
Title II Payment
Recipients.
more Social Security benefits who need
to establish their dates of birth as a
factor of entitlement or U.S. citizenship
as a factor of payment.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 200 hours.
17:40 Aug 10, 2005
Jkt 205001
Estimated
annual
burden
(hours)
be held at the IMO Headquarters in
London, England from September 26 to
September 30, 2005.
The primary matters to be considered
include:
—Amendments to the International
Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG)
Code and Supplements including
harmonization of the IMDG Code with
the United Nations Recommendations
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods,
and review of Annex III of the Marine
Pollution Convention (MARPOL 73/78),
as amended.
—Review and mandatory application
of the Code of Safe Practice for Solid
Bulk Cargoes (BC Code), including
evaluation of properties of solid bulk
cargo.
—Casualty and incident reports and
analysis.
—Amendments to the Code of Safe
Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing
(CSS Code).
—Guidance on serious structural
deficiencies in containers; reporting
PO 00000
Frm 00094
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Program, SSA is collaborating with the
Department of the Treasury and several
FIs to implement the National Direct
Deposit Initiative. In this program, SSA
will work with FIs to determine which
of the target 8 million Title II
beneficiaries have accounts at the
participating banks. The banks will then
send forms to these beneficiaries
encouraging them to enroll in the Direct
Deposit Program. The respondents are
the participating FIs and Title II
beneficiaries currently receiving their
payments via check.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Note: Please note that in the 60-day
Federal Register Notice (published on May
13, 2005 at 70 FR 25643) we reported
different data for the number of respondents,
total burden, and cost burden. Since that
time, SSA has received updated information
on these categories. The new numbers in the
chart below reflect the updated data.
N/A
Printing and
mailing of
100,000 Enrollment
Forms.
...........................
Estimated
cost burden
per
respondent
Total annual
cost burden
N/A
Cost
requirement
N/A
$1,039
$10,390
....................
10,390
procedure on serious structural
deficiencies.
—Measures to enhance maritime
security.
—Revision of the guidelines for the
Transport and Handling of Limited
Amounts of Hazardous and Noxious
Liquid Substances in Bulk on Offshore
Support Vessels (LHNS) and the
guidelines for the Design and
Construction of Offshore Supply Vessels
(OSV).
—Amendments to the guidelines for
partially weather tight hatchway covers
on board containerships.
—Extension of the Code of Practice
for the Safe Unloading and Loading of
Bulk Carriers (BLU Code) to include
grain.
—Guidance on providing safe
working conditions for securing of
containers.
Members of the public may attend the
meeting up to the seating capacity of the
room. Interested persons may seek
information about attendance by
writing: CDR R.J. Hennessy or Mr. R.C.
E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM
11AUN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46901-46902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15963]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages that will require 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.
The information collection packages that may be included in this notice
are for revisions to OMB-approved information collections, extensions
(no change) of OMB-approved information collections and new information
collection requests.
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 on ways to minimize
burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments
and recommendations regarding the information collection(s) should be
submitted to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer. The information can be mailed and/or faxed to the individuals
at the addresses and fax numbers listed below:
(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Fax: 202-395-6974.
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Reports
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235. Fax: 410-965-6400.
I. The information collections listed below are pending at SSA and
will be submitted to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice.
Therefore, your comments should be submitted 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. Annual Registration Statement Identifying Separated Participants
With Deferred Benefits, Schedule SSA--0960-0606
Schedule SSA is a form filed annually as part of a series of
pension plan documents required by section 6057 of the IRS Code.
Administrators of pension benefit plans are required to report specific
information on future plan benefits for those participants who left
plan coverage during the year. SSA maintains the information until a
claim for Social Security benefits has been approved. At that time, SSA
notifies the beneficiary of his/her potential eligibility for payments
from the private pension plan. The respondents are administrators of
pension benefit plans or their service providers employed to prepare
the schedule SSA on behalf of the pension benefit plan. Below are the
estimates of the cost and hour burdens for completing and filing
schedule SSA(s). We have used an average to estimate the hour burden.
However, the burden may be greater or smaller depending on whether the
respondent is a large or small pension benefit plan and how many
schedule SSA's are filed in a given year.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 88,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 2.5 hours.
Estimated Annual Burden: 220,000 hours.
Estimated Annual Cost Burden for all Respondents: $12,194,400.
2. Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security
(PABSS)--0960-NEW
Background
In August of 2004, SSA announced its intention to award grants to
establish community-based protection and advocacy projects in every
State and U.S. Territory, as authorized under section 1150 of the
Social Security Act. Potential awardees were protection and advocacy
organizations established under Title I of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act which submitted a timely
application conforming to the requirements in the notice. The projects
funded under this grant are part of SSA's strategy to increase the
number of beneficiaries who return to work and achieve self-sufficiency
as the result of receiving advocacy or other services. The overall goal
of the program is to provide information and advice about obtaining
vocational rehabilitation and employment services and to provide
advocacy or other services that a beneficiary with a disability may
need to secure, maintain, or regain gainful employment.
Collection Activities
The PABSS project collects identifying information from the project
sites and benefits specialists. In addition, data are collected from
the beneficiaries on background, employment, training, benefits, and
work incentives. SSA uses the information to manage the program, with
particular emphasis on contract administration, budgeting, and
training.
SSA also uses the information to evaluate the efficacy of the
program and to ensure that those dollars appropriated for PABSS
services are being spent on SSA beneficiaries. The project data will be
valuable to SSA in its analysis of and future planning for the Social
Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income
programs.
Type of Request: New information collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Title of collection annual response response annual burden
responses (minutes) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Site............................................ 57 5 1.8 8.6
Specialist...................................... 225 5 1.8 33.8
Beneficiary..................................... 60,000 1 5.3 5,300
-----------------
Total Estimated Annual Burden............... .............. .............. .............. 5,342
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 46902]]
II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would
be most useful if received by OMB and SSA within 30 days from the date
of this publication. You can obtain a copy of the OMB clearance package
by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454, or by
writing to the address listed above.
Statement Regarding Date of Birth and Citizenship--20 CFR 404.716--
0960-0016
Form SSA-702 collects information needed when preferred or other
evidence is not available to prove age or citizenship for an individual
applying for Social Security benefits. SSA uses this form for
individuals who must establish age as a factor of entitlement or U.S.
citizenship as a payment factor. Respondents are applicants for one or
more Social Security benefits who need to establish their dates of
birth as a factor of entitlement or U.S. citizenship as a factor of
payment.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 200 hours.
National Direct Deposit Initiative--31 CFR 210--0960-NEW
Many recipients of social security benefits choose to receive their
payments via the Direct Deposit Program, in which funds are transferred
directly into recipients' accounts at a financial institution (FI).
However, 8 million Title II payment recipients still receive their
payments through traditional paper checks. In an effort to encourage
these beneficiaries to change from paper checks to the Direct Deposit
Program, SSA is collaborating with the Department of the Treasury and
several FIs to implement the National Direct Deposit Initiative. In
this program, SSA will work with FIs to determine which of the target 8
million Title II beneficiaries have accounts at the participating
banks. The banks will then send forms to these beneficiaries
encouraging them to enroll in the Direct Deposit Program. The
respondents are the participating FIs and Title II beneficiaries
currently receiving their payments via check.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Note: Please note that in the 60-day Federal Register Notice
(published on May 13, 2005 at 70 FR 25643) we reported different
data for the number of respondents, total burden, and cost burden.
Since that time, SSA has received updated information on these
categories. The new numbers in the chart below reflect the updated
data.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average Estimated Estimated
Information Number of Frequency burden per annual cost burden Total
Respondents collection respondents of response response burden Cost requirement per annual cost
requirement (minutes) (hours) respondent burden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title II Payment Recipients..... Direct Deposit 100,000 1 2 3,333 N/A N/A N/A
Enrollment Form.
Financial Institutions (banks).. Data screening/ 10 1 240 40 Printing and $1,039 $10,390
matching mailing of 100,000
activities; SSA's Enrollment Forms.
data management
requirements.
----------------------
Totals...................... ................... 110,000 ........... ........... 3,373 ................... ........... 10,390
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dated: August 8, 2005.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-15963 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
