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Incident: Hurricane Irene.
Incident Period: 08/21/2011 Through
08/24/2011.
Effective Date: 09/13/2011.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 10/26/2011.
EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date:
05/28/2012.
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 Presidential disaster declaration
for the Commonwealth of PUERTO
RICO, dated 08/27/2011 is hereby
amended to include the following areas
as adversely affected by the disaster:
Primary Counties: (Physical Damage
and Economic Injury Loans): Fajardo,
Gurabo, Las Piedras, Naguabo,
Naranjito, Rio Grande, San Lorenzo,
Trujillo Alto, Vega Baja, Vieques,
Villalba.
Contiguous Counties: (Economic Injury
Loans Only):
Puerto Rico: Manati, Toa Alta, Vega
Alta.
Effective Date: 09/13/2011.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 10/31/2011.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 06/01/2012.
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 Private Non-Profit
organizations in the State of North
Carolina, dated 09/01/2011, is hereby
amended to include the following areas
as adversely affected by the disaster.
Primary Counties: Vance.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–24425 Filed 9–22–11; 8:45 am]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #12790 and #12791]
North Carolina Disaster Number
NC–00037
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AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 3.
SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of North Carolina (FEMA–
4019–DR), dated 09/01/2011.
Incident: Hurricane Irene.
Incident Period: 08/25/2011 through
09/01/2011.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–24426 Filed 9–22–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
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 extensions and revisions of
OMB-approved information collections,
and an information collection in use
without an OMB number.
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 burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
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and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(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,
E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collections below
are pending at SSA. SSA will submit
them to OMB within 60 days from the
date of this notice. To be sure we
consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than November 22,
2011. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by calling the
SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410–
965–8783 or by writing to the above
email address.
1. Incoming and Outgoing
Intergovernmental Personnel Act
Assignment Agreement—5 CFR 334—
0960–NEW. The Intergovernmental
Personnel Act (IPA) mobility program
provides for the temporary assignment
of civilian personnel between the
Federal Government and state and local
governments, colleges and universities,
Indian tribal governments, federally
funded research and development
centers, and other eligible organizations.
The Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) created a generic form, the OF–
69, for agencies to use as a template
when collecting information for the IPA
assignment. The OF–69 collects specific
information about the agreement
including the name, social security
number, job title, salary, classification,
and address of the employee enrolled in
the program, as well as the type of
assignment, reimbursement
arrangement, and explanation as to how
the assignment will benefit both SSA
and the non-federal organization
involved in the exchange.
OPM directs agencies to use their own
forms for recording these agreements.
Therefore, SSA modified the OF–69 to
meet our needs, creating the SSA–187
for incoming employees, and the SSA–
188 for outgoing employees.
Respondents are the individuals we
describe above who participate in the
IPA exchange with SSA.
Type of Request: Existing collection
in use without an OMB number.
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Number of
respondents
Respondent type
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Non-federal employee, SSA–187 ....................................................
Non-federal employer signers, both SSA–187 & SSA–188 ............
10
20
1
1
30
5
5
2
Totals ........................................................................................
30
............................
............................
7
2. Coverage of Employees of State and
Local Governments—20 CFR 404,
Subpart M—0960–0425. The Code of
Federal Regulations at 20 CFR part 404,
Subpart M, prescribes the rules for
states submitting reports of deposits and
recordkeeping to SSA. States (and
interstate instrumentalities) are required
to provide wage and deposit
contribution information for pre-1987
periods. Not all the states have
completely satisfied their pending wage
report and contribution liability with
SSA for pre-1987 tax years. These
regulations are needed until all pending
items with all states are closed out, and
Regulation
section
Number of
respondents
to provide for collection of this
information in the future, if necessary.
The respondents are state and local
governments or interstate
instrumentalities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average burden
per response
(hours)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
404. 1204 (a) & (b) ..........................................................................
404.1215 ..........................................................................................
404. 1216 (a) & (b) ..........................................................................
52
52
52
1
1
1
0.5
1
1
26
52
52
Total ..........................................................................................
156
............................
............................
130
3. Medical Report on Adult with
Allegation of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Infection; Medical Report on Child
with Allegation of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection—20
CFR 416.993–416.994—0960–0500. SSA
or state agencies (Disability
Determination Services) use Forms
SSA–4814–F5 and SSA–4815–F6 to
collect information necessary to
determine if an individual with the
human immunodeficiency virus
infection, who is applying for
Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
Number of
respondents
Form
meets the requirements for presumptive
disability payments. The respondents
are the medical sources of the
applicants for SSI disability payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
Response time
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
46,200
12,900
1
1
10
10
7,700
2,150
Totals ........................................................................................
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SSA–4814–F5 ..................................................................................
SSA–4815–F6 ..................................................................................
59,100
............................
............................
9,850
4. Public Information Campaign—
0960–0544. Periodically, SSA sends
various public information materials,
including public service
announcements, news releases, and
educational tapes, to public
broadcasting systems so they can inform
the public about the various programs
and activities SSA conducts. SSA
frequently sends follow-up business
reply cards for these public information
materials to obtain suggestions for
improving them. The respondents are
broadcast television sources.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Response: 2.
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Average Burden per Response: 1
minute.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
33 hours.
5. Redetermination of Eligibility for
Help with Medicare Prescription Drug
Plan Costs—0960–0723. As per the
requirements of the Medicare
Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–
173), SSA conducts low-income subsidy
eligibility redeterminations for Medicare
beneficiaries who currently receive the
Medicare Part D subsidy and who meet
certain criteria. Respondents complete
Form SSA–1026–REDE under the
following circumstances: (1) When
individuals became entitled to the
Medicare Part D subsidy during the past
12 months; (2) if they were eligible for
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the Part D subsidy for more than
12 months; or (3) if they reported a
change in income, resources, or
household size. Part D beneficiaries
complete the SSA–1026–SCE when they
need to report a potentially subsidychanging event, including the following:
(1) Marriage, (2) spousal separation, (3)
divorce, (4) annulment of a marriage, (5)
spousal death, or (6) moving back in
with one’s spouse following a
separation. The respondents are current
recipients of the Medicare Part D lowincome subsidy who will undergo an
eligibility redetermination for one of the
reasons mentioned above.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
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Number of
respondents
Form
Average burden
per response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
11,400
225,000
1
1
18
18
3,420
67,500
Total ..........................................................................................
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SSA–1026–OCR–MS–SCE .............................................................
SSA–1026–OCR–SM–REDE ..........................................................
236,400
............................
............................
70,920
II. SSA submitted the information
collection below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding the
information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them
within 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider
your comments, we must receive them
no later than October 24, 2011.
Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance package by calling the
SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410–
965–8783 or by writing to the above email address.
Statement of Claimant or Other
Person—Medical Resident FICA Refund
Claims—20 CFR 404.702 and 416.570—
0960–0786. The Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) is contacting medical
residents (and their employers) who
filed Federal Insurance Contributions
Act (FICA) refund claims from 1993
through 2005. Those medical residents
who claimed their residencies were
actually training, not employment,
should not have been subject to FICA
tax. The IRS made a decision to honor
these claims and issue a full refund of
FICA tax, plus statutory interest, to
those who wish to participate in the
refund resolution. SSA will remove
wages from the participating residents’
earnings records for the period of the
refund requests, which will cause the
residents’ recorded earnings to decrease.
This not only affects earnings for future
retirement benefits, but also could
adversely affect those residents (or their
beneficiaries) who are currently
receiving Social Security benefits.
To ensure they understand the
potential impact on their benefits, SSA
will call those residents who will be
adversely affected and explain the effect
on their Social Security benefits if they
accept the IRS FICA refund. If SSA
cannot reach the resident by phone, we
will send a contact letter and the SSA–
795–OP2 to the resident to complete
and return to SSA to document the
decision. Once we have the information,
we will forward the signed forms to the
IRS for the residents who no longer
want the FICA refund.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 496.
Frequency of Response: 1.
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Average Burden per Response:
4 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
33 hours.
Dated: September 20, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–24437 Filed 9–22–11; 8:45 am]
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
Dated: September 19, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011–24540 Filed 9–22–11; 8:45 am]
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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 7609]
[Public Notice: 7610]
Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs; Exchange Visitor Program;
Summer Work Travel Program
Sponsor On-Site Reviews
Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations:
‘‘Impressionism: Masterworks on
Paper’’
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as
appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby
determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition
‘‘Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper’’
imported from abroad for temporary
exhibition within the United States, are
of cultural significance. The objects are
imported pursuant to loan agreements
with the foreign owners or custodians.
I also determine that the exhibition or
display of the exhibit objects at the
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee,
WI, from on or about October 15, 2011,
until on or about January 8, 2012, and
at possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is in the
national interest. I have ordered that
Public Notice of these Determinations
be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit objects, contact Julie
Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
SUMMARY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961 (the ‘‘Act’’), the Department of
State (Department) is authorized to
facilitate and direct educational and
cultural exchange activities in order to
develop and promote mutual
understanding between the people of
the United States and the people of
other countries by means of educational
and cultural exchanges. These
exchanges, conducted by Departmentdesignated sponsors assist the
Department in furthering the foreign
policy objectives of the United States.
By this Notice, and in order to enhance
its continued oversight and monitoring
of designated sponsors, the Department
announces its intent to conduct on-site
reviews of sponsors in the Summer
Work Travel Program to evaluate
regulatory compliance with Program
regulations set forth at 22 CFR Part 62.
The Summer Work Travel Program
provides foreign college and university
students the opportunity to work and
travel in the United States during their
extended academic break (i.e., summer
vacation) for a period not to exceed four
months. On April 26, 2011, the
Department published in the Federal
Register, an Interim Final Rule
governing the Summer Work Travel
category of the Exchange Visitor
Program. In that rulemaking, the
Department explained its three-step
approach to addressing a number of
concerns regarding sponsor
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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 extensions and revisions of OMB-approved
information collections, and an information collection in use without
an OMB number.
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 burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(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,
E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
November 22, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-
8783 or by writing to the above email address.
1. Incoming and Outgoing Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment
Agreement--5 CFR 334--0960-NEW. The Intergovernmental Personnel Act
(IPA) mobility program provides for the temporary assignment of
civilian personnel between the Federal Government and state and local
governments, colleges and universities, Indian tribal governments,
federally funded research and development centers, and other eligible
organizations. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) created a
generic form, the OF-69, for agencies to use as a template when
collecting information for the IPA assignment. The OF-69 collects
specific information about the agreement including the name, social
security number, job title, salary, classification, and address of the
employee enrolled in the program, as well as the type of assignment,
reimbursement arrangement, and explanation as to how the assignment
will benefit both SSA and the non-federal organization involved in the
exchange.
OPM directs agencies to use their own forms for recording these
agreements. Therefore, SSA modified the OF-69 to meet our needs,
creating the SSA-187 for incoming employees, and the SSA-188 for
outgoing employees. Respondents are the individuals we describe above
who participate in the IPA exchange with SSA.
Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB number.
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Average burden Estimated total
Respondent type Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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Non-federal employee, SSA-187........... 10 1 30 5
Non-federal employer signers, both SSA- 20 1 5 2
187 & SSA-188..........................
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Totals.............................. 30 ................ ................ 7
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2. Coverage of Employees of State and Local Governments--20 CFR
404, Subpart M--0960-0425. The Code of Federal Regulations at 20 CFR
part 404, Subpart M, prescribes the rules for states submitting reports
of deposits and recordkeeping to SSA. States (and interstate
instrumentalities) are required to provide wage and deposit
contribution information for pre-1987 periods. Not all the states have
completely satisfied their pending wage report and contribution
liability with SSA for pre-1987 tax years. These regulations are needed
until all pending items with all states are closed out, and to provide
for collection of this information in the future, if necessary. The
respondents are state and local governments or interstate
instrumentalities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Regulation section Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (hours) (hours)
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404. 1204 (a) & (b)..................... 52 1 0.5 26
404.1215................................ 52 1 1 52
404. 1216 (a) & (b)..................... 52 1 1 52
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Total............................... 156 ................ ................ 130
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3. Medical Report on Adult with Allegation of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Medical Report on Child with
Allegation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection--20 CFR 416.993-
416.994--0960-0500. SSA or state agencies (Disability Determination
Services) use Forms SSA-4814-F5 and SSA-4815-F6 to collect information
necessary to determine if an individual with the human immunodeficiency
virus infection, who is applying for Supplemental Security Income
(SSI), meets the requirements for presumptive disability payments. The
respondents are the medical sources of the applicants for SSI
disability payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated total
Form Number of Frequency of Response time annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-4814-F5............................. 46,200 1 10 7,700
SSA-4815-F6............................. 12,900 1 10 2,150
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Totals.............................. 59,100 ................ ................ 9,850
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4. Public Information Campaign--0960-0544. Periodically, SSA sends
various public information materials, including public service
announcements, news releases, and educational tapes, to public
broadcasting systems so they can inform the public about the various
programs and activities SSA conducts. SSA frequently sends follow-up
business reply cards for these public information materials to obtain
suggestions for improving them. The respondents are broadcast
television sources.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Response: 2.
Average Burden per Response: 1 minute.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 33 hours.
5. Redetermination of Eligibility for Help with Medicare
Prescription Drug Plan Costs--0960-0723. As per the requirements of the
Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-173), SSA conducts low-
income subsidy eligibility redeterminations for Medicare beneficiaries
who currently receive the Medicare Part D subsidy and who meet certain
criteria. Respondents complete Form SSA-1026-REDE under the following
circumstances: (1) When individuals became entitled to the Medicare
Part D subsidy during the past 12 months; (2) if they were eligible for
the Part D subsidy for more than 12 months; or (3) if they reported a
change in income, resources, or household size. Part D beneficiaries
complete the SSA-1026-SCE when they need to report a potentially
subsidy-changing event, including the following: (1) Marriage, (2)
spousal separation, (3) divorce, (4) annulment of a marriage, (5)
spousal death, or (6) moving back in with one's spouse following a
separation. The respondents are current recipients of the Medicare Part
D low-income subsidy who will undergo an eligibility redetermination
for one of the reasons mentioned above.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Form Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-1026-OCR-MS-SCE..................... 11,400 1 18 3,420
SSA-1026-OCR-SM-REDE.................... 225,000 1 18 67,500
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Total............................... 236,400 ................ ................ 70,920
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II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive
them no later than October 24, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies of
the OMB clearance package by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer
at 410-965-8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
Statement of Claimant or Other Person--Medical Resident FICA Refund
Claims--20 CFR 404.702 and 416.570--0960-0786. The Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) is contacting medical residents (and their employers) who
filed Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) refund claims from
1993 through 2005. Those medical residents who claimed their
residencies were actually training, not employment, should not have
been subject to FICA tax. The IRS made a decision to honor these claims
and issue a full refund of FICA tax, plus statutory interest, to those
who wish to participate in the refund resolution. SSA will remove wages
from the participating residents' earnings records for the period of
the refund requests, which will cause the residents' recorded earnings
to decrease. This not only affects earnings for future retirement
benefits, but also could adversely affect those residents (or their
beneficiaries) who are currently receiving Social Security benefits.
To ensure they understand the potential impact on their benefits,
SSA will call those residents who will be adversely affected and
explain the effect on their Social Security benefits if they accept the
IRS FICA refund. If SSA cannot reach the resident by phone, we will
send a contact letter and the SSA-795-OP2 to the resident to complete
and return to SSA to document the decision. Once we have the
information, we will forward the signed forms to the IRS for the
residents who no longer want the FICA refund.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 496.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 4 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 33 hours.
Dated: September 20, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
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