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interest, for the protection of investors,
or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.9
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–5979 Filed 3–18–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #11692 and #11693]
Pennsylvania Disaster #PA–00020
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File
Number SR–NYSEALTR–2009–24 on
the subject line.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Small Business Administration.
Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a notice of an
Administrative declaration of a disaster
for the State of Pennsylvania dated 03/
12/2009.
Incident: Fire.
Incident Period: 01/24/2009.
Paper Comments
Effective Date: 03/12/2009.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
• Send paper comments in triplicate
Date: 5/11/2009.
to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Application Deadline Date: 12/12/2009.
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
20549–1090.
applications to: U.S. Small Business
All submissions should refer to File
Administration, Processing and
Number SR–NYSEALTR–2009–24. This Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
file number should be included on the
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
subject line if e-mail is used. To help the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Commission process and review your
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
comments more efficiently, please use
U.S. Small Business Administration,
only one method. The Commission will 409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
post all comments on the Commission’s Washington, DC 20416.
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rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
hereby given that as a result of the
submission, all subsequent
Administrator’s disaster declaration,
amendments, all written statements
applications for disaster loans may be
with respect to the proposed rule
filed at the address listed above or other
change that are filed with the
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Commission, and all written
The following areas have been
communications relating to the
determined to be adversely affected by
proposed rule change between the
the disaster:
Commission and any person, other than Primary Counties: Chester.
those that may be withheld from the
Contiguous Counties:
public in accordance with the
Delaware: New Castle.
Maryland: Cecil.
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
Pennsylvania: Berks, Delaware,
available for inspection and copying in
Lancaster, and Montgomery.
the Commission’s Public Reference
The Interest Rates are:
Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington,
DC 20549, on official business days
Percent
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Copies of such filing also will be
Homeowners With Credit Availavailable for inspection and copying at
able Elsewhere .........................
5.375
the principal office of NYSEALTR. All
Homeowners
Without
Credit
comments received will be posted
Available Elsewhere ..................
2.687
Businesses With Credit Available
without change; the Commission does
Elsewhere .................................
7.750
not edit personal identifying
Businesses & Small Agricultural
information from submissions. You
Cooperatives Without Credit
should submit only information that
Available Elsewhere ..................
4.000
you wish to make available publicly. All Other (Including Non-Profit Orgasubmissions should refer to File
nizations) With Credit Available
Number SR–NYSEALTR–2009–24 and
Elsewhere .................................
4.500
should be submitted on or before April
9, 2009.
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Businesses And Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere .........................
4.000
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 11692 5 and for
economic injury is 11693 0.
The States which received an EIDL
Declaration # are: Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and Maryland.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Dated: March 12, 2009.
Darryl K. Hairston,
Acting Administrator.
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BILLING CODE 8025–01–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 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 revisions and extensions 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, 1332 Annex Building, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.
Fax: 410–965–6400, E-mail address:
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collection below is
pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to
OMB within 60 days from the date of
this notice. To be sure that we consider
your comments, we must receive them
no later than May 18, 2009. Individuals
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can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer at 410–965–3758 or by
writing to the e-mail address listed
above.
1. Representative Payee Report—
Special Veterans Benefits—20 CFR
408.665—0960–0621. Title VIII allows
the payment of monthly benefits by the
Commissioner of Social Security to
qualified World War II veterans who
reside outside the United States. An
SSA-appointed representative payee
may receive and manage the monthly
payment for the beneficiary’s use and
benefit. SSA uses information from the
SSA–2001–F6 to determine if the payee
has used the benefits properly and
continues to demonstrate strong concern
for the beneficiary. Respondents are
persons or organizations who act on
behalf of beneficiaries receiving Special
Veterans Benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 17 hours.
2. Request for Business Entity
Taxpayer Information—0960–0731. SSA
uses Form SSA–1694 to collect
information from law firms or other
business entities that have partners or
employees to whom SSA pays fees SSA
has authorized as compensation for the
representation of claimants before SSA.
SSA uses the information to meet Form
1099–MISC requirements for issuance.
The respondent law firms or other
business entities have partners or
employees who are attorneys or other
qualified individuals representing
claimants before SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 333 hours.
II. SSA has submitted the information
collections listed below to OMB for
clearance. To be sure that we consider
your comments, we must receive them
no later than April 20, 2009.
You can obtain a copy of the OMB
clearance packages by calling the SSA
Reports Clearance Officer at 410–965–
3758, or by writing to the above listed
address.
1. Physician’s/Medical Officer’s
Statement of Patient’s Capability to
Manage Benefits—20 CFR 404.2015 and
416.615—0960–0024. SSA uses the
information collected on Form SSA–787
to determine an individual’s capability
to handle his or her own benefits. This
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information assists SSA in determining
the need for a representative payee. The
respondents are physicians of the
beneficiaries’ or medical officers of the
institution in which the beneficiaries
reside.
Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,000
hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA
published this information collection as an
extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR 2642.
Since we are revising the Privacy Act
Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
2. Partnership Questionnaire—20 CFR
404.1080–404.1082—0960–0025. SSA
uses the information reported on Form
SSA–7104 to establish several aspects of
eligibility for Social Security benefits,
including the accuracy of reported
partnership earnings, the veracity of a
retirement, and lag earnings. The
respondents are applicants for and
recipients of Social Security Old Age,
Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 12,350.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,175
hours.
Note: This is a correction notice: SSA
published this information collection as an
extension on December 11, 2008 at 73 FR
75489. Since we are revising the Privacy Act
Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
3. Letter to Employer Requesting
Wage Information—20 CFR 404.726—
0960–0138. SSA uses Form SSA–L4201
to collect information from employers to
establish and/or verify wage information
for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
claimants and recipients. SSA also uses
the information to determine eligibility
and proper payment for SSI. The
respondents are the applicant’s
employers and recipients of SSI
payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 133,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 66,500
hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA
published this information collection as an
extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR 2642.
Since we are revising the Privacy Act
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Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
4. Statement of Living Arrangements,
In-Kind Support and Maintenance—20
CFR 416.1130–416.1148—0960–0174.
SSA uses Form SSA–8006–F4 to
establish in-kind support and
maintenance for SSI applicants and
recipients. A recipient’s need is the
basis for determining SSI payments.
Need is measured, in part, by the
amount of income an individual
receives. Income includes in-kind
support and maintenance in the form of
food and shelter provided by other
persons. Form SSA–8006–F4 collects
information to ensure recipients are
eligible to receive SSI payments and to
determine the correct amount of
payments due. The information permits
SSA Administrative Law Judges to
determine the income value of in-kind
support and maintenance SSI applicants
and recipients receive. The respondents
are individuals who apply for SSI
payments or complete an SSI eligibility
redetermination.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 173,380.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 7
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 20,228
hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA
published this information collection as an
extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR 2642.
Since we are revising the Privacy Act
Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
5. Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) Claim Information Notice—20 CFR
416–210–0960–0324. SSA uses Form
SSA–L8050–U3 to collect information
on whether an SSI recipient is using all
sources of potential income for his or
her own support. SSI supplements other
income the SSI recipient receives.
Respondents are SSI applicants or
recipients who may be eligible for
benefits from public or private
programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 7,500
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,250
hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA
published this information collection as an
extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR 2642.
Since we are revising the Privacy Act
Statement, this is now a revision.
6. Permanent Residence under Color
of the Law (PRUCOL)—20 CFR
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416.1618–0960–0451. As discussed in
SSA regulations at 20 CFR 416.1415 and
416.1618, a PRUCOL alien must present
evidence of his/her alien status at
application and periodically thereafter
as part of the eligibility determination
process for SSI. SSA verifies the validity
of the evidence of PRUCOL for
grandfathered nonqualified aliens with
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS). SSA determines whether the
individual is PRUCOL, based on the
DHS response. Without this
information, SSA is unable to determine
whether the individual is eligible for
SSI payments. The respondents are
individuals who have alien status and
live in the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,300.
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 108 hours.
7. Filing Claims Under the Federal
Tort Claims Act—20 CFR 429.101–
429.110–0960–0667. SSA uses the
information claimants provide to
investigate and determine whether to
make an award, compromise, or
settlement under the Federal Tort
Claims Act. The Federal Tort Claims Act
is the legal mechanism for
compensating persons injured by
negligent or wrongful acts that occur
during the performance of official duties
by Federal employees. In accordance
with the law, SSA accepts monetary
claims filed under the Federal Tort
Claims Act for damages against the
United States, for loss of property,
personal injury, or death that results
from an SSA employee’s negligent or
wrongful act or omission. The
respondents are individuals/entities
making a claim under the Federal Tort
Claims Act.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
CFR Section
Annual number of responses
Frequency of
response
Average burden per response
(minutes)
Estimated annual burden
(hours)
429.102; 429.103 1 ...........................................................................................
429.104(a) ........................................................................................................
429.104(b) ........................................................................................................
429.104(c) ........................................................................................................
429.106(b) ........................................................................................................
........................
30
25
2
10
........................
1
1
1
1
........................
5
5
5
10
........................
3
2
.17
2
Totals ........................................................................................................
68
........................
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8
1 We
are not reporting a burden for this collection because respondents complete OMB-approved form SF–95.
8. Administrative Review Process for
Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims—
20 CFR 404.961, 405.330, 405.366,
404.950, 405.332, 404.949, 405.334,
404.957(a), 405.380(a), 405.381,
405.382, 405.425(b), 404.982, 405.505,
404.987, 405.601(b), 404.988 and
405.601(b)–0960–0710. SSA collects
information to establish: (1) The
claimant’s right to administrative
review; (2) the severity of the claimant’s
alleged impairments; and (3) the State
Disability Determination Services (DDS)
performance level. SSA uses the
information these regulations collect to
determine eligibility and/or entitlement
Number of respondents
Section No.
Frequency of
response
to disability insurance benefits and/or
SSI, and to permit appeals of these
determinations. The respondents are
applicants for Title II disability
insurance benefits and/or SSI payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average burden per response
Estimated annual burden
(hours)
11,725
396
99
1,040
2,868
20
20,395
646
37
200
1,317
10,610
52
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20 minutes ......................................................
20 minutes ......................................................
20 minutes ......................................................
20 minutes ......................................................
1 hour .............................................................
1 hour .............................................................
10 minutes ......................................................
10 minutes ......................................................
30 minutes ......................................................
1 hour .............................................................
30 minutes ......................................................
30 minutes ......................................................
30 minutes ......................................................
3,908 *
132
33
347
2,868
20
3,399
108
19
200
659
5,305
26
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404.961 ...........................................................
405.330 ...........................................................
405.366 ...........................................................
404.950(d) .......................................................
404.949 ...........................................................
405.334 ...........................................................
404.957(a) .......................................................
405.380(a) .......................................................
405.381 & 405.382 .........................................
405.425(b) .......................................................
404.982 ...........................................................
404.987 & 404.988 .........................................
405.601(b) .......................................................
49,405
........................
.........................................................................
17,024
9. Certification of Low Birth Weight
for SSI Eligibility of Funds You
Provided to Another and Statement of
Funds You Received—20 CFR 416.931,
416.926a(m), (7) & (8) and 416.924–
0960–0720. Form SSA–3830 assists
hospitals and claimants who file on
behalf of children by providing local
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field offices (FO) and DDSs with
medical information for determining
disability of low birth weight infants.
FOs use the forms as protective filing
statements, and the medical information
for making presumptive disability
findings, which allow expedited
payment to eligible claimants. DDSs use
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the medical information to determine a
disability and a continuing disability.
The respondents are hospitals that have
information identifying low birth weight
babies and the medical conditions those
babies may have.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,000
hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA
published this information collection as an
extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR 2642.
Since we are revising the Privacy Act
Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Dated: March 13, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0224]
Parts and Accessories Necessary for
Safe Operation; Grant of Exemption for
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
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AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.
SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA)
announces its decision to grant an
exemption to Greyhound Lines, Inc.
(Greyhound) that will enable video
event recorders to be mounted on its
buses lower in the windshield than is
currently permitted by the Agency’s
regulations. Greyhound requested the
exemption so that it would be able to
use the video event recorders to increase
safety through (1) identification and
remediation of risky driving behaviors
such as distracted driving and
drowsiness; (2) enhanced monitoring of
passenger behavior; and (3) enhanced
collision review and analysis. FMCSA
believes that permitting these devices to
be mounted lower than currently
allowed, but still outside the driver’s
sight lines to the road and highway
signs and signals, will maintain a level
of safety that is equivalent to, or greater
than, the level of safety achieved
without the exemption.
DATES: This exemption is effective from
March 19, 2009 through March 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Luke W. Loy, Vehicle and Roadside
Operations Division, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, MC–
PSV, (202) 366–0676, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, 1200
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Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e),
FMCSA may grant an exemption from
the prohibition on obstructions to the
driver’s field of view requirements in 49
CFR 393.60(e) for a two-year period if it
finds ‘‘such exemption would likely
achieve a level of safety that is
equivalent to, or greater than, the level
of safety that would be achieved absent
such exemption’’ (49 CFR 381.305(a)).
Greyhound’s Request for Exemption
Greyhound applied for an exemption
from 49 CFR 393.60(e)(1) to allow it to
install video event recorders on some or
all its bus fleet, which totals
approximately 1,650 buses.
Section 393.60(e)(1) of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
(FMCSRs) prohibits the obstruction of
the driver’s field of view by devices
mounted at the top of the windshield.
Antennas, transponders and similar
devices (devices) must not be mounted
more than 152 mm (6 inches) below the
upper edge of the windshield. These
devices must be located outside the area
swept by the windshield wipers and
outside the driver’s sight lines to the
road and highway signs and signals.
Greyhound states that over the last
several years, the structural and
aesthetic design of buses has changed
considerably to include larger
windshields that encompass a larger
percentage of the front area of a motor
coach and that extend well beyond the
driver’s useable sight line. As a result,
manufacturers have voluntarily
installed larger windshield wipers on
these windshields that increase the
swept area beyond the minimum
required by Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 104,
‘‘Windshield wiping and washing
systems.’’ FMVSS No. 104 establishes
the requirements applicable to vehicle
and equipment manufacturers for
windshield wiper system coverage for
passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger
vehicles, trucks and buses.
Greyhound states that video event
recorders, for optimal effectiveness, are
mounted on the vehicle windshield on
the interior of the vehicle in a position
that enables the video-capture of what is
happening in front of the vehicle as well
as an internal video-capture of the
driver and passengers. The view of what
is happening in front of the vehicle
requires that the forward lens of the
recorder be in the swept area of the
windshield for a clear view in inclement
weather. Greyhound states:
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‘‘Section 393.60(e)(1) was designed to
avoid placement of devices on the
windshield that would obstruct a driver’s
useful view of the roadway. However,
because of the increase of the size of
motorcoach windows and the corresponding
increase in the area swept by the windshield
wipers, video event recorders now must be
mounted so high on the window as to limit
the view of drivers, passengers, and collision
events. Thus, the level of safety that can be
produced by use of video event recorders is
limited by the current regulation. By
comparison, the proposed alternative will
enable Greyhound to lower the placement of
the video event recorders to a level, which
will maximize the external and internal
views of the recorders while still having
them mounted high enough so as not to limit
the field of vision of the driver.’’
Greyhound notes in its exemption
application that the Commercial Vehicle
Safety Alliance (CVSA) submitted a
petition for rulemaking to FMCSA on
October 18, 2007, to amend 49 CFR
393.60(e). The CVSA petition requests
that the FMCSRs be amended to permit
video event recorders and similar
devices that require a clear forward
facing visual field to be mounted not
more than 50 mm (2 inches) below the
upper edge of the area swept by the
windshield wipers, provided that they
are located outside the driver’s sight
lines to the road and highway signs and
signals. Greyhound proposes to comply
with the language proposed by CVSA
during the period of the exemption. A
copy of Greyhound’s application for
exemption and the CVSA petition are
available for review in the docket for
this notice.
Comments
On August 11, 2008, FMCSA
published notice of this application, and
asked for public comment (73 FR
46704). No comments were received.
Terms and Conditions for the
Exemption
Based on its evaluation of the
application for an exemption, FMCSA
has decided to grant Greyhound’s
exemption application. The Agency
believes that the safety performance of
Greyhound during the 2-year exemption
period will likely achieve a level of
safety that is equivalent to, or greater
than, the level of safety achieved
without the exemption because (1) the
video event recorders would not
obstruct drivers’ views of the roadway,
highway signs and surrounding traffic
because the panoramic windshields
encompass a large percentage of the
front of buses and extend well above the
driver’s sight lines; (2) larger wipers
increase the swept area well beyond that
which is recommended by the Society
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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 revisions and extensions 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, 1332 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.
Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure that we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
May 18, 2009. Individuals
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can obtain copies of the collection instrument by calling the SSA
Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-3758 or by writing to the e-mail
address listed above.
1. Representative Payee Report--Special Veterans Benefits--20 CFR
408.665--0960-0621. Title VIII allows the payment of monthly benefits
by the Commissioner of Social Security to qualified World War II
veterans who reside outside the United States. An SSA-appointed
representative payee may receive and manage the monthly payment for the
beneficiary's use and benefit. SSA uses information from the SSA-2001-
F6 to determine if the payee has used the benefits properly and
continues to demonstrate strong concern for the beneficiary.
Respondents are persons or organizations who act on behalf of
beneficiaries receiving Special Veterans Benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 17 hours.
2. Request for Business Entity Taxpayer Information--0960-0731. SSA
uses Form SSA-1694 to collect information from law firms or other
business entities that have partners or employees to whom SSA pays fees
SSA has authorized as compensation for the representation of claimants
before SSA. SSA uses the information to meet Form 1099-MISC
requirements for issuance. The respondent law firms or other business
entities have partners or employees who are attorneys or other
qualified individuals representing claimants before SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 333 hours.
II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed below to
OMB for clearance. To be sure that we consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than April 20, 2009.
You can obtain a copy of the OMB clearance packages by calling the
SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-3758, or by writing to the
above listed address.
1. Physician's/Medical Officer's Statement of Patient's Capability
to Manage Benefits--20 CFR 404.2015 and 416.615--0960-0024. SSA uses
the information collected on Form SSA-787 to determine an individual's
capability to handle his or her own benefits. This information assists
SSA in determining the need for a representative payee. The respondents
are physicians of the beneficiaries' or medical officers of the
institution in which the beneficiaries reside.
Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,000 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR
2642. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a
revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
2. Partnership Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1080-404.1082--0960-0025.
SSA uses the information reported on Form SSA-7104 to establish several
aspects of eligibility for Social Security benefits, including the
accuracy of reported partnership earnings, the veracity of a
retirement, and lag earnings. The respondents are applicants for and
recipients of Social Security Old Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance Benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 12,350.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,175 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice: SSA published this
information collection as an extension on December 11, 2008 at 73 FR
75489. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now
a revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
3. Letter to Employer Requesting Wage Information--20 CFR 404.726--
0960-0138. SSA uses Form SSA-L4201 to collect information from
employers to establish and/or verify wage information for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) claimants and recipients. SSA also uses the
information to determine eligibility and proper payment for SSI. The
respondents are the applicant's employers and recipients of SSI
payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 133,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 66,500 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR
2642. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a
revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
4. Statement of Living Arrangements, In-Kind Support and
Maintenance--20 CFR 416.1130-416.1148--0960-0174. SSA uses Form SSA-
8006-F4 to establish in-kind support and maintenance for SSI applicants
and recipients. A recipient's need is the basis for determining SSI
payments. Need is measured, in part, by the amount of income an
individual receives. Income includes in-kind support and maintenance in
the form of food and shelter provided by other persons. Form SSA-8006-
F4 collects information to ensure recipients are eligible to receive
SSI payments and to determine the correct amount of payments due. The
information permits SSA Administrative Law Judges to determine the
income value of in-kind support and maintenance SSI applicants and
recipients receive. The respondents are individuals who apply for SSI
payments or complete an SSI eligibility redetermination.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 173,380.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 7 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 20,228 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR
2642. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a
revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
5. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Claim Information Notice--20
CFR 416-210-0960-0324. SSA uses Form SSA-L8050-U3 to collect
information on whether an SSI recipient is using all sources of
potential income for his or her own support. SSI supplements other
income the SSI recipient receives. Respondents are SSI applicants or
recipients who may be eligible for benefits from public or private
programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 7,500
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,250 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR
2642. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a
revision.
6. Permanent Residence under Color of the Law (PRUCOL)--20 CFR
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416.1618-0960-0451. As discussed in SSA regulations at 20 CFR 416.1415
and 416.1618, a PRUCOL alien must present evidence of his/her alien
status at application and periodically thereafter as part of the
eligibility determination process for SSI. SSA verifies the validity of
the evidence of PRUCOL for grandfathered nonqualified aliens with the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). SSA determines whether the
individual is PRUCOL, based on the DHS response. Without this
information, SSA is unable to determine whether the individual is
eligible for SSI payments. The respondents are individuals who have
alien status and live in the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,300.
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 108 hours.
7. Filing Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act--20 CFR 429.101-
429.110-0960-0667. SSA uses the information claimants provide to
investigate and determine whether to make an award, compromise, or
settlement under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The Federal Tort Claims
Act is the legal mechanism for compensating persons injured by
negligent or wrongful acts that occur during the performance of
official duties by Federal employees. In accordance with the law, SSA
accepts monetary claims filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act for
damages against the United States, for loss of property, personal
injury, or death that results from an SSA employee's negligent or
wrongful act or omission. The respondents are individuals/entities
making a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated
CFR Section Annual number Frequency of per response annual burden
of responses response (minutes) (hours)
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429.102; 429.103 \1\............................ .............. .............. .............. ..............
429.104(a)...................................... 30 1 5 3
429.104(b)...................................... 25 1 5 2
429.104(c)...................................... 2 1 5 .17
429.106(b)...................................... 10 1 10 2
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Totals...................................... 68 .............. .............. 8
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\1\ We are not reporting a burden for this collection because respondents complete OMB-approved form SF-95.
8. Administrative Review Process for Adjudicating Initial
Disability Claims--20 CFR 404.961, 405.330, 405.366, 404.950, 405.332,
404.949, 405.334, 404.957(a), 405.380(a), 405.381, 405.382, 405.425(b),
404.982, 405.505, 404.987, 405.601(b), 404.988 and 405.601(b)-0960-
0710. SSA collects information to establish: (1) The claimant's right
to administrative review; (2) the severity of the claimant's alleged
impairments; and (3) the State Disability Determination Services (DDS)
performance level. SSA uses the information these regulations collect
to determine eligibility and/or entitlement to disability insurance
benefits and/or SSI, and to permit appeals of these determinations. The
respondents are applicants for Title II disability insurance benefits
and/or SSI payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Section No. Number of Frequency of Average burden per annual burden
respondents response response (hours)
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404.961............................... 11,725 1 20 minutes.............. 3,908 *
405.330............................... 396 1 20 minutes.............. 132
405.366............................... 99 1 20 minutes.............. 33
404.950(d)............................ 1,040 1 20 minutes.............. 347
404.949............................... 2,868 1 1 hour.................. 2,868
405.334............................... 20 1 1 hour.................. 20
404.957(a)............................ 20,395 1 10 minutes.............. 3,399
405.380(a)............................ 646 1 10 minutes.............. 108
405.381 & 405.382..................... 37 1 30 minutes.............. 19
405.425(b)............................ 200 1 1 hour.................. 200
404.982............................... 1,317 1 30 minutes.............. 659
404.987 & 404.988..................... 10,610 1 30 minutes.............. 5,305
405.601(b)............................ 52 1 30 minutes.............. 26
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Total............................. 49,405 .............. ........................ 17,024
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9. Certification of Low Birth Weight for SSI Eligibility of Funds
You Provided to Another and Statement of Funds You Received--20 CFR
416.931, 416.926a(m), (7) & (8) and 416.924-0960-0720. Form SSA-3830
assists hospitals and claimants who file on behalf of children by
providing local field offices (FO) and DDSs with medical information
for determining disability of low birth weight infants. FOs use the
forms as protective filing statements, and the medical information for
making presumptive disability findings, which allow expedited payment
to eligible claimants. DDSs use the medical information to determine a
disability and a continuing disability. The respondents are hospitals
that have information identifying low birth weight babies and the
medical conditions those babies may have.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 6,000 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on January 15, 2009 at 74 FR
2642. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a
revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
Dated: March 13, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-5994 Filed 3-18-09; 8:45 am]
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