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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law (Pub. L.) 104–13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions 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 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, Email address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration,
DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: (410) 966–2830, Email 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
Number of
respondents
Collection method
date of this notice. To be sure we
consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than January 30,
2012. 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. Disability Report-Appeal—20 CFR
404.1512, 416.912, 404.916(c),
416.1416(c), 405 Subpart C, 422.140—
0960–0144. SSA requires disability
claimants who are appealing an
unfavorable disability determination to
complete the SSA–3441–BK, the
associated Electronic Disability Collect
System (EDCS) interview, or the Internet
application, i3441. This allows
claimants to disclose any changes to
their disability or resources that might
influence SSA’s unfavorable
determination. We may use the
information to: (1) Reconsider and
review an initial disability
determination; (2) review a continuing
disability; and (3) evaluate a request for
a hearing. This information assists the
State Disability Determination Services
and administrative law judges (ALJ) in
preparing for the appeals and hearings,
and issuing a determination or decision
on an individual’s entitlement (initial or
continuing) to disability benefits.
Respondents are individuals who
appeal denial, reduction, or cessation of
Social Security disability income
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
payments, or who are requesting a
hearing before an ALJ.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden (hours)
5,604
662,090
605,268
1
1
1
45
45
28
4,203
496,568
282,458
Totals ........................................................................................................
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SSA–3441–BK .................................................................................................
EDCS Interview ...............................................................................................
i3441 (Internet) ................................................................................................
1,272,962
........................
........................
783,229
2. Request for Hearing by
Administrative Law Judge—20 CFR
404.929, 404.933, 416.1429, 404.1433,
418.1350, and 42 CFR 405.722—0960–
0269. When SSA denies applicants’ or
beneficiaries’ requests for new or
continuing benefits, those applicants or
beneficiaries are entitled to request a
hearing to appeal the decision. To
request a hearing, individuals use Form
HA–501, the associated Modernized
Claims System (MCS) or Modernized
Supplemental Security Income Claims
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System (MSSICS) interview, or the
Internet application (i501). SSA uses the
information to determine if the
individual filed the request within the
prescribed time; is the proper party; and
has taken the steps necessary to obtain
the right to a hearing. SSA also uses the
information to determine the
individual’s reason(s) for disagreeing
with SSA’s prior determinations in the
case; if the individual has additional
evidence to submit; if the individual
wants an oral hearing or a decision on-
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the-record; and whether the individual
has (or wants to appoint) a
representative. The respondents are
Social Security benefit applicants and
recipients who want to appeal SSA’s
denial of their request for new or
continued benefits and Medicare Part B
recipients who must pay the Medicare
Part B Income-Related Monthly
Adjustment Amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Collection
method
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response (minutes)
Estimated
total
annual
burden (hours)
HA–501; MCS or MSSICS Interview ...............................................................
i501 (Internet iAppeals) ...................................................................................
25,953
643,516
1
1
10
5
4,326
53,626
Totals ........................................................................................................
669,469
........................
........................
57,952
3. Request for Reconsideration—20
CFR 404.907–404.921, 416.1407–
416.1421, 408.1009, and 418.1325—
0960–0622. Individuals use the SSA–
561–U2, the associated MCS interview,
or the Internet application (i561) to
initiate a request for reconsideration of
for initial determinations regarding
Medicare Part B income-related
premium subsidy reductions. The
respondents are individuals filing for
reconsideration.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
a denied claim. SSA uses the
information to document the request
and to determine an individual’s
eligibility or entitlement to Social
Security benefits (Title II), SSI payments
(Title XVI), Special Veterans Benefits
(Title VIII), Medicare (Title XVIII), and
Number of
respondents
Collection method
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–561 and MCS Interview ..........................................................................
i561 (Internet iAppeals) ...................................................................................
550,370
911,330
1
1
8
5
73,383
75,944
Totals ........................................................................................................
1,461,700
........................
........................
149,327
Dated: November 28, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports
Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–30922 Filed 11–30–11; 8:45 am]
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Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Import Statistics Relating to
Competitive Need Limitations
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice is to inform the
public of the availability of import
statistics for the first nine months of
2011 relating to competitive need
limitations (CNLs) under the
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP) program. These import statistics
identify some articles for which the
2011 trade levels may exceed statutory
CNLs. Interested parties may find this
information useful in deciding whether
to submit a petition to waive the CNLs
for individual beneficiary developing
countries (BDCs) with respect to specific
GSP-eligible articles. As previously
announced in the Federal Register (76
FR 67531 (November 1, 2011)), the
deadline for submission of product
petitions to waive the CNLs for
individual BDCs with respect to GSP-
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eligible articles is 5 p.m., December 16,
2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Donnette Rimmer, Director for
GSP, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–9618 and the email
address is
Donnette_Rimmer@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Competitive Need Limitations
The GSP program provides for the
duty-free importation of designated
articles when imported from designated
BDCs. The GSP program is authorized
by title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the
‘‘1974 Act’’), and is implemented in
accordance with Executive Order 11888
of November 24, 1975, as modified by
subsequent Executive Orders and
Presidential Proclamations.
Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act
sets out the two CNLs. When the
President determines that a BDC has
exported to the United States during a
calendar year either (1) a quantity of a
GSP-eligible article having a value in
excess of the applicable amount for that
year ($150 million for 2011), or (2) a
quantity of a GSP-eligible article having
a value equal to or greater than 50
percent of the value of total U.S. imports
of the article from all countries (the ‘‘50
percent CNL’’), the President must
terminate GSP duty-free treatment for
that article from that BDC by no later
than July 1 of the next calendar year.
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Under section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974
Act, the President may waive the 50
percent CNL with respect to an eligible
article imported from a BDC, if the value
of total imports of that article from all
countries during the calendar year did
not exceed the applicable de minimis
amount for that year ($20.5 million for
2011). Further, under section
503(c)(2)(C) of the 1974 Act, if imports
of an eligible article from a BDC ceased
to receive duty-free treatment due to
exceeding a CNL in a prior year, the
President may redesignate such an
article for duty free treatment if imports
in the most recently completed year did
not exceed the CNLs.
II. Implementation of Competitive Need
Limitations
Exclusions from GSP duty-free
treatment where CNLs have been
exceeded will be effective July 1, 2012,
unless the President grants a waiver
before the exclusion goes into effect.
Exclusions for exceeding a CNL are
based on full 2011 calendar year import
statistics.
III. Interim 2011 Import Statistics
In order to provide advance notice of
articles that may exceed the CNLs for
2011, interim 2011 import statistics for
the first nine months of 2011 relating to
CNLs can be viewed at: https://
www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/tradedevelopment/preference-programs/
generalized-system-preference-gsp/
current-review-4 Full calendar-year
2011 data for individual tariff
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[FR Doc No: 2011-30922]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.)
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995.
This notice includes revisions 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 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, Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Officer, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: (410) 966-2830, Email 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
January 30, 2012. 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. Disability Report-Appeal--20 CFR 404.1512, 416.912, 404.916(c),
416.1416(c), 405 Subpart C, 422.140--0960-0144. SSA requires disability
claimants who are appealing an unfavorable disability determination to
complete the SSA-3441-BK, the associated Electronic Disability Collect
System (EDCS) interview, or the Internet application, i3441. This
allows claimants to disclose any changes to their disability or
resources that might influence SSA's unfavorable determination. We may
use the information to: (1) Reconsider and review an initial disability
determination; (2) review a continuing disability; and (3) evaluate a
request for a hearing. This information assists the State Disability
Determination Services and administrative law judges (ALJ) in preparing
for the appeals and hearings, and issuing a determination or decision
on an individual's entitlement (initial or continuing) to disability
benefits. Respondents are individuals who appeal denial, reduction, or
cessation of Social Security disability income Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) payments, or who are requesting a hearing before an ALJ.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Collection method respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-3441-BK..................................... 5,604 1 45 4,203
EDCS Interview.................................. 662,090 1 45 496,568
i3441 (Internet)................................ 605,268 1 28 282,458
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 1,272,962 .............. .............. 783,229
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Request for Hearing by Administrative Law Judge--20 CFR 404.929,
404.933, 416.1429, 404.1433, 418.1350, and 42 CFR 405.722--0960-0269.
When SSA denies applicants' or beneficiaries' requests for new or
continuing benefits, those applicants or beneficiaries are entitled to
request a hearing to appeal the decision. To request a hearing,
individuals use Form HA-501, the associated Modernized Claims System
(MCS) or Modernized Supplemental Security Income Claims System (MSSICS)
interview, or the Internet application (i501). SSA uses the information
to determine if the individual filed the request within the prescribed
time; is the proper party; and has taken the steps necessary to obtain
the right to a hearing. SSA also uses the information to determine the
individual's reason(s) for disagreeing with SSA's prior determinations
in the case; if the individual has additional evidence to submit; if
the individual wants an oral hearing or a decision on-the-record; and
whether the individual has (or wants to appoint) a representative. The
respondents are Social Security benefit applicants and recipients who
want to appeal SSA's denial of their request for new or continued
benefits and Medicare Part B recipients who must pay the Medicare Part
B Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Collection method respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HA-501; MCS or MSSICS Interview................. 25,953 1 10 4,326
i501 (Internet iAppeals)........................ 643,516 1 5 53,626
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 669,469 .............. .............. 57,952
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Request for Reconsideration--20 CFR 404.907-404.921, 416.1407-
416.1421, 408.1009, and 418.1325--0960-0622. Individuals use the SSA-
561-U2, the associated MCS interview, or the Internet application
(i561) to initiate a request for reconsideration of a denied claim. SSA
uses the information to document the request and to determine an
individual's eligibility or entitlement to Social Security benefits
(Title II), SSI payments (Title XVI), Special Veterans Benefits (Title
VIII), Medicare (Title XVIII), and for initial determinations regarding
Medicare Part B income-related premium subsidy reductions. The
respondents are individuals filing for reconsideration.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Collection method respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-561 and MCS Interview....................... 550,370 1 8 73,383
i561 (Internet iAppeals)........................ 911,330 1 5 75,944
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 1,461,700 .............. .............. 149,327
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dated: November 28, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-30922 Filed 11-30-11; 8:45 am]
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