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Amendment 1.
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Illinois ( FEMA–
1747–DR ) , dated 03/07/2008.
Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
Incident Period: 01/07/2008 and
continuing through 03/14/2008.
DATES: Effective Date: 03/14/2008.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 05/06/2008.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date:
12/08/2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Illinois,
dated 03/07/2008 is hereby amended to
establish the incident period for this
disaster as beginning 01/07/2008 and
continuing through 03/14/2008.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
Incident Period: 01/07/2008 and
continuing through 03/14/2008.
DATES: Effective Date: 03/14/2008.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 03/31/2008.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date:
10/30/2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Indiana,
dated 01/30/2008 is hereby amended to
establish the incident period for this
disaster as beginning 01/07/2008 and
continuing through 03/14/2008.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–6380 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am]
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
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Herbert L. Mitchell,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–6390 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am]
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #11160 and #11161]
Indiana Disaster Number IN–00017
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 2.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Indiana
(FEMA–1740–DR), dated 01/30/2008.
Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
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
Number of
respondents
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estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility and clarity; and ways 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.
I. 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. Report to United States Social
Security Administration by Person
Receiving Benefits for a Child or for an
Adult Unable to Handle Funds/Report
to the United States Social Security
Administration—0960–0049. SSA needs
the information on Forms SSA–7161–
OCR–SM and SSA–7162–OCR–SM to:
(1) Determine continuing entitlement to
Social Security benefits: (2) correct
benefit amounts for beneficiaries
outside the United States: and (3)
monitor the performance of
representative payees outside the
United States. The respondents are
individuals living outside the United
States who are receiving benefits on
their own (or for someone else) under
Title II of the Social Security Act.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–7161–OCR–SM ......................................................................................
SSA–7162–OCR–SM ......................................................................................
28,461
247,136
1
1
15
5
7,115
20,595
Totals ........................................................................................................
275,597
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27,710
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The total estimated annual burden is
27,710 hours.
2. Questionnaire About Employment
or Self-Employment Outside the United
States—20 CFR 404.401(b)(1), 404.415 &
404.417—0960–0050. SSA uses Form
SSA–7163 to determine: (1) Whether
work performed by beneficiaries outside
the United States is cause for
deductions from their monthly benefits;
(2) which of two work tests (foreign or
regular test) is applicable; and (3) the
months, if any, for SSA will impose
deductions. Respondents are
beneficiaries living and working outside
the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 20,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 12
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000
hours.
3. Petition to Obtain Approval of a
Fee for Representing a Claimant before
the Social Security Administration—20
CFR 404.1720, 404.1725, 416.1520 &
416.1525—0960–0104. Representatives
use Form SSA–1560 to charge a fee for
representing a claimant in proceedings
before SSA. A representative must file
either a fee petition or fee agreement
with SSA. If the representative files a
fee petition (Form SSA–1560) to obtain
approval of a fee, SSA reviews the
information to determine a reasonable
fee for the representative’s services.
Respondents are attorneys and nonattorneys who are representatives of
claimants for Social Security benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 34,624.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 17,312
hours.
4. Annual Earnings Test Direct Mail
Follow-Up Program Notices—20 CFR
404.452–404.455—0960–0369. The MidYear Mailer ensures that Social Security
payments are correct. Beneficiaries
under full retirement age (FRA) use
Forms SSA-L9778, SSA-L9779, and
SSA–L9781 to update their current year
estimate and their estimate for the
following year. Beneficiaries use MidYear Mailer Forms SSA–L9784 and
SSA–L9785 to request earnings
estimates in the year of FRA for the
period prior to the month of FRA.
Beneficiaries will use new Form SSA–
L9790 to report earnings information at
the end of the year. The respondents are
working Retirement Survivors Insurance
beneficiaries with earnings over the
exempt amount.
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Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 460,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 76,667
hours.
5. Electronic Benefit Verification
Information (BEVE)—20 CFR 401.40—
0960–0595. The electronic proof of
income (POI) verification Internet
service, BEVE, provides beneficiaries
the convenience of requesting a proof of
income statement through the Internet.
Beneficiaries often require a POI to
obtain housing, Food Stamps, or other
public services. SSA uses the
information BEVE collects to provide
the POI to the beneficiary, after
verifying the identity of the requestor.
The respondents are Social Security
Title II, Title XVI, and Medicare
beneficiaries.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 314,974.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 26,248
hours.
6. Application for Survivors
Benefits—20 CFR 404.611 (a) and (c)—
0960–0062. Surviving family members
of armed services personnel can file for
Social Security and Veterans’ benefits at
SSA or the Veterans Administration
(VA). If applicants go to the VA first,
they complete Form SSA–24, the
Application for Survivor’s Benefits. The
VA then forwards Form SSA–24 to SSA
for processing. If applicants previously
filed for benefits at SSA, the Agency
disregards this form. The respondents
are survivors of deceased armed services
personnel who are applying for benefits
at the VA.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,200.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
7. Quarterly Statistical Report on
Recipients and Payments under StateAdministered Assistance Programs for
Aged, Blind and Disabled (Individuals
and Couples) Recipients—20 CFR
416.2010, 20 CFR 416.2098—0960–
0130. States with agreements with SSA
under the State supplementation
provisions of the Social Security Act
must provide statistical data to SSA.
State Disability Determination Services
(DDS) provide information to SSA on
expenditures and caseloads of Stateadministered supplements under the
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Supplemental Security Income program.
SSA needs the data from this report to:
(1) Supplement the information it
already has about federallyadministered programs; (2) more fully
explain the effect of the public income
support programs on the needy, aged,
blind, and disabled; and (3) monitor
State compliance with the mandatory
pass-along provision. States and other
Federal agencies use data from this
report as well for various purposes. The
respondents are State DDSs.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 31.
Frequency of Response: 4.
Average Burden per Response: 60
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 124 hours.
8. Employee Work Activity
Questionnaire—20 CFR 404.1574,
404.1592—0960–0483. Social Security
disability claimants qualify for benefits
when a verified physical or mental
impairment prevents them from
working. If disability claimants attempt
to return to work after receiving
disability benefits but are unable to
continue working, they submit Form
SSA–3033, the Employee Work Activity
Questionnaire, so SSA can evaluate the
work attempt. SSA also uses this form
to evaluate unsuccessful subsidy work.
Ultimately, SSA uses the form to
determine applicants’ continuing
eligibility for disability benefits. The
respondents are employers of Social
Security disability beneficiaries who
unsuccessfully attempted to return to
work.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB
approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 15,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750
hours.
9. Medical Permit Parking
Application—41 CFR 101–20.104–2—
0960–0624. SSA employees and
contractors with a qualifying medical
condition who park at SSA-owned and
-leased facilities may receive a medical
parking permit. SSA uses three forms as
part of this program: SSA–3192, the
Physician’s Report (the applicant’s
physician completes this to verify the
medical condition); Form SSA–3193,
the Application and Statement (the
person seeking the permit completes
this when first applying for the medical
parking space); and Form SSA–3194,
the Renewal Certification (medical
parking permit holders complete this to
verify their continued need for the
permit). The respondents are SSA
employees and contractors seeking
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medical parking permits and their
physicians. Note: Because SSA
employees are federal workers and are
PRA-exempt, the burden below is only
for SSA contractors and physicians (of
both SSA employees and contractors).
Type of Request: Revision to an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
annual
burden
(hours)
SSA–3192 ........................................................................................................
SSA–3193 ........................................................................................................
SSA–3194 ........................................................................................................
75
75
10
1
1
1
90
30
5
113
38
1
Totals ........................................................................................................
160
........................
........................
152
The total estimated annual burden is
152 hours.
10. Medicare Part D Subsidies
Regulations—20 CFR 418—0960–0702.
The Medicare Prescription Drug
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA) established the Medicare
Part D program for voluntary
prescription drug coverage of premium,
deductible, and co-payment costs for
418.325(c), 418.3645, 418.3665(a), and
418.3670 contain public reporting
requirements not approved by OMB.
This ICR is for these four sections.
Respondents are applicants for the
Medicare Part D subsidies who request
an administrative review hearing.
Type of Request: Revision to an
existing OMB-approved information
collection.
certain low-income individuals. The
MMA also mandated the provision of
subsidies for those individuals who
qualify for the program and who meet
eligibility criteria for help with
premium, deductible, and/or copayment costs. This law required SSA
to make eligibility redeterminations and
to provide a process for appealing SSA’s
determinations. Regulation sections
Annual
number of
respondents
Section
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated
annual burden
(hours)
§ 418.3625(c) ...................................................................................................
§ 418.3645 .......................................................................................................
§ 418.3665(a) ...................................................................................................
§ 418.3670 .......................................................................................................
2,500
10
1,000
5
1
1
1
1
5
20
5
10
208
3
83
1
Total ..........................................................................................................
3,515
........................
........................
295
The total estimated annual burden is
295 hours.
II. SSA has submitted the information
collections listed below. Your
comments on the information
collections will be most useful if OMB
and SSA receive them within 30 days
from the date of this publication. You
can request a copy of the information
collections by e-mail,
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov, fax 410–965–6400,
or by calling the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer at 410–965–0454.
Electronic Death Registration (EDR)—
20 CFR 404.301; 404.310–311; 404.316;
404.330–341; 404.350–352; and 404.371;
416.912—0960–0700. SSA contracts
with the States to obtain death
certificate information to compare with
SSA’s payment files. This comparison
ensures the accuracy of our payment
files by enabling SSA to detect
unreported or inaccurate beneficiary
death dates. This is necessary because
entitlement to retirement, disability,
wife’s, husband’s or parent’s benefits
Number of
respondents
Collection format
under the provisions of the Social
Security Act terminates when the
beneficiary dies. The respondents are
State governments.
Correction: The first and second
Federal Register Notices for this
information collection reported
incorrect burden information. We are
publishing this correction Notice to
show the correct burden information.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Average cost
per record
request
Frequency of
responses
Estimated
annual cost
burden
31
22
50,000 per State ............................................
50,000 per State ............................................
$0.74
$2.65
* $1,147,000
* 2,915,000
Totals .......................................................
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State Death Match—Manual Process ............
State Death Match—Electronic Death Registration (EDR).
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4,062,000
Estimated Annual Cost for all
respondents:
* Please note that both of these data
matching processes are entirely
electronic and there is no hourly burden
for the respondent to provide this
information.
The cost burdens are based on the
four cost components incurred by the
respondents:
—hardware;
—average annual salaries of database
management personnel; and
—average annual salaries of support
personnel.
—software;
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Dated: March 24, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–6435 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am]
1:40 p.m. to pass through security before
entering the building. Visitors who
arrive without prior notification and
without photo identification will not be
admitted.
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
Dated: March 12, 2008.
Julianne Paunescu,
Acting Executive Director, Advisory
Committee for Studies of Eastern Europe and
the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8–6427 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6110]
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Advisory Committee for the Study of
Eastern Europe and the Independent
States of the Former Soviet Union
(Title VIII)
BILLING CODE 4710–32–P
The Advisory Committee for the
Study of Eastern Europe and the
Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union (Title VIII) will convene on
Friday, April 4, 2008 beginning at 2
p.m. in Room 6510 of the U.S.
Department of State, Harry S Truman
Building, 2201 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC.
The Advisory Committee will
recommend grant recipients for the FY
2008 competition of the Program for the
Study of Eastern Europe and the
Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union in connection with the ‘‘Research
and Training for Eastern Europe and the
Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union Act of 1983, as amended.’’ The
agenda will include opening statements
by the Chairman and members of the
committee, and, within the committee,
discussion, approval and
recommendation that the Department of
State negotiate grant agreements with
certain ‘‘national organizations with an
interest and expertise in conducting
research and training concerning the
countries of Eastern Europe and the
Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union,’’ based on the guidelines
contained in the call for applications
published in Grants.gov on January 11,
2008. Following committee deliberation,
interested members of the public may
make oral statements concerning the
Title VIII program in general.
This meeting will be open to the
public; however attendance will be
limited to the seating available. Entry
into the Harry S Truman building is
controlled and must be arranged in
advance of the meeting. Those planning
to attend should notify the Title VIII
Program Office at the U.S. Department
of State on (202) 736–4661 by
Wednesday April 2, providing the
following information: Full Name, Date
of Birth, Driver License Number,
Country of Citizenship, and any
requirements for special needs. All
attendees must use the 2201 C Street
entrance and must arrive no later than
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2008–
0002]
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on January 22,
2008 (73 FR. 3799).
DATES: Comments must be submitted to
OMB on or before April 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Timian, Recall Management
Division (NVS–215), Room W46–324,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366–0209.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Petitions for Hearings on
Notification and Remedy of Defects.
OMB Number: 2127–0039.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or
individuals.
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Abstract: Sections 30118(e) and
30120(e) of Title 49 of the United States
Code specify that any interested person
may petition NHTSA to hold a hearing
to determine whether a manufacturer of
motor vehicles or motor vehicle
equipment has met its obligation to
notify owners, purchasers, and dealers
of vehicles or equipment of a safetyrelated defect or noncompliance with a
Federal motor vehicle safety standard in
the manufacturer’s products and to
remedy that defect or noncompliance.
To implement these statutory
provisions, NHTSA promulgated 49
CFR Part 557, Petitions for Hearings on
Notification and Remedy of Defects. Part
557 establishes procedures providing for
the submission and disposition of
petitions for hearings on the issues of
whether the manufacturer has met its
obligation to notify owners, purchasers,
and dealers of safety-related defects or
noncompliances, or to remedy such
defect or noncompliance free of charge.
Estimated annual burden: 1 hour per
year (1 petition per year requiring 1
hour of effort).
Number of respondents: 1.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Departments estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is most effective
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
Issued on: March 25, 2008.
Kathleen C. DeMeter,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
[FR Doc. E8–6418 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending December 7,
2007
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment 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 ways 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.
I. 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. Report to United States Social Security Administration by Person
Receiving Benefits for a Child or for an Adult Unable to Handle Funds/
Report to the United States Social Security Administration--0960-0049.
SSA needs the information on Forms SSA-7161-OCR-SM and SSA-7162-OCR-SM
to: (1) Determine continuing entitlement to Social Security benefits:
(2) correct benefit amounts for beneficiaries outside the United
States: and (3) monitor the performance of representative payees
outside the United States. The respondents are individuals living
outside the United States who are receiving benefits on their own (or
for someone else) under Title II of the Social Security Act.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated
Form Number Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-7161-OCR-SM................................. 28,461 1 15 7,115
SSA-7162-OCR-SM................................. 247,136 1 5 20,595
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Totals...................................... 275,597 .............. .............. 27,710
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The total estimated annual burden is 27,710 hours.
2. Questionnaire About Employment or Self-Employment Outside the
United States--20 CFR 404.401(b)(1), 404.415 & 404.417--0960-0050. SSA
uses Form SSA-7163 to determine: (1) Whether work performed by
beneficiaries outside the United States is cause for deductions from
their monthly benefits; (2) which of two work tests (foreign or regular
test) is applicable; and (3) the months, if any, for SSA will impose
deductions. Respondents are beneficiaries living and working outside
the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 20,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 12 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
3. Petition to Obtain Approval of a Fee for Representing a Claimant
before the Social Security Administration--20 CFR 404.1720, 404.1725,
416.1520 & 416.1525--0960-0104. Representatives use Form SSA-1560 to
charge a fee for representing a claimant in proceedings before SSA. A
representative must file either a fee petition or fee agreement with
SSA. If the representative files a fee petition (Form SSA-1560) to
obtain approval of a fee, SSA reviews the information to determine a
reasonable fee for the representative's services. Respondents are
attorneys and non-attorneys who are representatives of claimants for
Social Security benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 34,624.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 17,312 hours.
4. Annual Earnings Test Direct Mail Follow-Up Program Notices--20
CFR 404.452-404.455--0960-0369. The Mid-Year Mailer ensures that Social
Security payments are correct. Beneficiaries under full retirement age
(FRA) use Forms SSA-L9778, SSA-L9779, and SSA-L9781 to update their
current year estimate and their estimate for the following year.
Beneficiaries use Mid-Year Mailer Forms SSA-L9784 and SSA-L9785 to
request earnings estimates in the year of FRA for the period prior to
the month of FRA. Beneficiaries will use new Form SSA-L9790 to report
earnings information at the end of the year. The respondents are
working Retirement Survivors Insurance beneficiaries with earnings over
the exempt amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 460,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 76,667 hours.
5. Electronic Benefit Verification Information (BEVE)--20 CFR
401.40--0960-0595. The electronic proof of income (POI) verification
Internet service, BEVE, provides beneficiaries the convenience of
requesting a proof of income statement through the Internet.
Beneficiaries often require a POI to obtain housing, Food Stamps, or
other public services. SSA uses the information BEVE collects to
provide the POI to the beneficiary, after verifying the identity of the
requestor. The respondents are Social Security Title II, Title XVI, and
Medicare beneficiaries.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 314,974.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 26,248 hours.
6. Application for Survivors Benefits--20 CFR 404.611 (a) and (c)--
0960-0062. Surviving family members of armed services personnel can
file for Social Security and Veterans' benefits at SSA or the Veterans
Administration (VA). If applicants go to the VA first, they complete
Form SSA-24, the Application for Survivor's Benefits. The VA then
forwards Form SSA-24 to SSA for processing. If applicants previously
filed for benefits at SSA, the Agency disregards this form. The
respondents are survivors of deceased armed services personnel who are
applying for benefits at the VA.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,200.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
7. Quarterly Statistical Report on Recipients and Payments under
State-Administered Assistance Programs for Aged, Blind and Disabled
(Individuals and Couples) Recipients--20 CFR 416.2010, 20 CFR
416.2098--0960-0130. States with agreements with SSA under the State
supplementation provisions of the Social Security Act must provide
statistical data to SSA. State Disability Determination Services (DDS)
provide information to SSA on expenditures and caseloads of State-
administered supplements under the Supplemental Security Income
program. SSA needs the data from this report to: (1) Supplement the
information it already has about federally-administered programs; (2)
more fully explain the effect of the public income support programs on
the needy, aged, blind, and disabled; and (3) monitor State compliance
with the mandatory pass-along provision. States and other Federal
agencies use data from this report as well for various purposes. The
respondents are State DDSs.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 31.
Frequency of Response: 4.
Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 124 hours.
8. Employee Work Activity Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1574,
404.1592--0960-0483. Social Security disability claimants qualify for
benefits when a verified physical or mental impairment prevents them
from working. If disability claimants attempt to return to work after
receiving disability benefits but are unable to continue working, they
submit Form SSA-3033, the Employee Work Activity Questionnaire, so SSA
can evaluate the work attempt. SSA also uses this form to evaluate
unsuccessful subsidy work. Ultimately, SSA uses the form to determine
applicants' continuing eligibility for disability benefits. The
respondents are employers of Social Security disability beneficiaries
who unsuccessfully attempted to return to work.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 15,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.
9. Medical Permit Parking Application--41 CFR 101-20.104-2--0960-
0624. SSA employees and contractors with a qualifying medical condition
who park at SSA-owned and -leased facilities may receive a medical
parking permit. SSA uses three forms as part of this program: SSA-3192,
the Physician's Report (the applicant's physician completes this to
verify the medical condition); Form SSA-3193, the Application and
Statement (the person seeking the permit completes this when first
applying for the medical parking space); and Form SSA-3194, the Renewal
Certification (medical parking permit holders complete this to verify
their continued need for the permit). The respondents are SSA employees
and contractors seeking
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medical parking permits and their physicians. Note: Because SSA
employees are federal workers and are PRA-exempt, the burden below is
only for SSA contractors and physicians (of both SSA employees and
contractors).
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated
Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-3192........................................ 75 1 90 113
SSA-3193........................................ 75 1 30 38
SSA-3194........................................ 10 1 5 1
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Totals...................................... 160 .............. .............. 152
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The total estimated annual burden is 152 hours.
10. Medicare Part D Subsidies Regulations--20 CFR 418--0960-0702.
The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA) established the Medicare Part D program for voluntary
prescription drug coverage of premium, deductible, and co-payment costs
for certain low-income individuals. The MMA also mandated the provision
of subsidies for those individuals who qualify for the program and who
meet eligibility criteria for help with premium, deductible, and/or co-
payment costs. This law required SSA to make eligibility
redeterminations and to provide a process for appealing SSA's
determinations. Regulation sections 418.325(c), 418.3645, 418.3665(a),
and 418.3670 contain public reporting requirements not approved by OMB.
This ICR is for these four sections. Respondents are applicants for the
Medicare Part D subsidies who request an administrative review hearing.
Type of Request: Revision to an existing OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated
Section Annual number Frequency of per response annual burden
of respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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Sec. 418.3625(c).............................. 2,500 1 5 208
Sec. 418.3645................................. 10 1 20 3
Sec. 418.3665(a).............................. 1,000 1 5 83
Sec. 418.3670................................. 5 1 10 1
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Total....................................... 3,515 .............. .............. 295
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The total estimated annual burden is 295 hours.
II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed below.
Your comments on the information collections will be most useful if OMB
and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of this publication.
You can request a copy of the information collections by e-mail,
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov, fax 410-965-6400, or by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454.
Electronic Death Registration (EDR)--20 CFR 404.301; 404.310-311;
404.316; 404.330-341; 404.350-352; and 404.371; 416.912--0960-0700. SSA
contracts with the States to obtain death certificate information to
compare with SSA's payment files. This comparison ensures the accuracy
of our payment files by enabling SSA to detect unreported or inaccurate
beneficiary death dates. This is necessary because entitlement to
retirement, disability, wife's, husband's or parent's benefits under
the provisions of the Social Security Act terminates when the
beneficiary dies. The respondents are State governments.
Correction: The first and second Federal Register Notices for this
information collection reported incorrect burden information. We are
publishing this correction Notice to show the correct burden
information.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average cost Estimated
Collection format Number of Frequency of responses per record annual cost
respondents request burden
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State Death Match--Manual Process..... 31 50,000 per State........ $0.74 * $1,147,000
State Death Match--Electronic Death 22 50,000 per State........ $2.65 * 2,915,000
Registration (EDR).
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Totals............................ 53 ........................ .............. 4,062,000
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Estimated Annual Cost for all respondents:
* Please note that both of these data matching processes are
entirely electronic and there is no hourly burden for the respondent to
provide this information.
The cost burdens are based on the four cost components incurred by
the respondents:
--software;
--hardware;
--average annual salaries of database management personnel; and
--average annual salaries of support personnel.
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Dated: March 24, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-6435 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
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