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the 5 year period is appropriate and that
the use of a uniform period across all
agencies would make the requirement
less confusing and burdensome on
potential applicants.
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collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. 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 Director, 107 Altmeyer
Building, 6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410–966–
2830, Email address:
OR.Reports.Clearance@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 July 22, 2013.
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(years)
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 638(9).
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Director, Office of Innovation and
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2013–12312 Filed 5–22–13; 8:45 am]
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
Individuals can obtain copies of the
collection instruments by writing to the
above email address.
1. Waiver of Your Right to Personal
Appearance before an Administrative
Law Judge—20 CFR 404.948(b)(l)(i) and
416.1448(b)(l)(i)—0960–0284.
Applicants for Social Security, Old Age,
Survivors and Disability Insurance
(OASDI) benefits and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments have
the statutory right to appear in person
(or through a representative) and
present evidence about their claims at a
hearing before an administrative law
judge (ALJ). If claimants wish to waive
this right to appear before an ALJ, they
do so in writing. Form HA–4608 serves
as a written waiver for the claimant’s
right to a personal appearance before an
ALJ. The ALJ uses the information we
collect on Form HA–4608 to continue
processing the case, and makes the
completed form a part of the
documentary evidence of record by
placing it in the official record of the
proceedings as an exhibit. Respondents
are applicants or claimants for OASDI
and SSI, or their representatives, who
request to waive their right to appear in
person before an ALJ.
Type of Request: Revision of an
approved-OMB information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
HA–4608 ..........................................................................................................
12,000
1
2
400
2. Letter to Custodian of Birth
Records/Letter to Custodian of School
Records—20 CFR 404.704, 404.716,
416.802, and 422.107—0960–0693.
When individuals need help in
obtaining evidence of their age in
connection with Social Security number
(SSN) card applications and claims for
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Modality of completion
SSA–L106
SSA–L106
SSA–L706
SSA–L706
benefits, SSA can prepare SSA–L106,
Letter to Custodian of School Records,
or SSA–L706, Letter to Custodian of
Birth Records. SSA uses the SSA–L706
to determine the existence of primary
evidence of age of SSN applicants. SSA
uses both letters to verify with the
issuing entity, when necessary, the
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
authenticity of the record submitted by
the SSN applicant or claimant. The
respondents are schools, State and local
bureaus of vital statistics, and religious
entities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
.........................................
.........................................
.........................................
.........................................
Private Sector ...................................
State/Local/Tribal Government ........
Private Sector ...................................
State/Local/Tribal Government ........
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1
1
1
1
10
10
10
10
300
300
300
300
Totals .........................................
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II. SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding the
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than June
24, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies
of the OMB clearance packages by
writing to
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Employer Verification of Earnings
After Death—20 CFR 404.821 and
404.822—0960–0472. When SSA
records show a wage earner is deceased
and we receive wage reports from an
employer for the wage earner for a year
subsequent to the year of death, SSA
mails the employer Form SSA–L4112
(Employer Verification of Earnings After
Death). SSA uses the information Form
SSA–L4112 provides to verify wage
information previously received from
the employer is correct for the employee
and the year in question. The
respondents are employers who report
wages for employees who have died.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–L4112 ......................................................................................................
50,000
1
10
8,333
2. Registration for Appointed
Representative Services and Direct
Payment—0960–0732. SSA uses Form
SSA–1699 to register appointed
representatives of claimants before SSA
who:
• Want to register for direct payment
of fees;
• Registered for direct payment of
fees prior to 10/31/09, but need to
update their information;
• Registered as appointed
representatives on or after 10/31/09, but
need to update their information; or
• Received a notice from SSA
instructing them to complete this form.
By registering these individuals, SSA:
(1) Authenticates and authorizes them
to do business with us; (2) allows them
to access our records for the claimants
they represent; (3) facilitates direct
payment of authorized fees to appointed
representatives; and, (4) collects the
information we need to meet Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) requirements to
issue specific IRS forms if we pay an
appointed representative in excess of a
specific amount ($600). The
respondents are appointed
representatives who use Form SSA–
1699 for any of the purposes cited in
this Notice.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–1699 ........................................................................................................
52,800
1
20
17,600
3. Statement for Certificate of Election
for Reduced Widower(er)’s and
Surviving Divorced Spouse’s Benefits—
20 CFR 404.335—0960–0759. Section
202(q) of the Social Security Act
provides SSA the authority to reduce
benefits under certain conditions when
elected by a title II beneficiary.
However, reduced benefits are not
payable to an already entitled spouse (or
divorced spouse) who:
• Is at least age 62 and under full
retirement age in the month of the
number holder’s death; and
• Is receiving both reduced spouse’s
(or divorced spouse’s) benefits and
either retirement or disability benefits in
the month before the month of the
number holder’s death.
To elect reduced widow(er) benefits,
a recipient completes Form SSA–4111.
SSA uses the information Form SSA–
4111 collects to pay a qualified dually
entitled widow(er) (or surviving
divorced spouse) who elects to receive
a reduced widow(er) benefit. The
respondents are qualified dually
entitled widow(er)s (or surviving
divorced spouse) who elect to receive a
reduced widow(er) benefit.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–4111 ........................................................................................................
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Dated: May 20, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013–12259 Filed 5–22–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA 2013–0058]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Driver
Qualification Files
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
‘‘Driver Qualification (DQ) Files’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for its review and approval.
Motor carriers must maintain a DQ file
on each employee-driver and document
therein that the individual meets the
minimum qualification requirements for
a driver of commercial motor vehicles
(CMVs) in interstate commerce. The
Agency’s estimate of the number of
drivers subject to these requirements
has been revised to exclude any
consideration of drivers and motor
carriers operating exclusively in
intrastate commerce. In addition, this
revision request includes an updated
estimate of the interstate drivers and an
increase in the estimated annual burden
hours for this ICR. The bulk of the
increase in burden hours is the result of
a more accurate Agency estimate of the
number of job openings for CMV drivers
offered each year. On March 5, 2013,
FMCSA published a Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on this ICR. The agency received
five comments in response to that
notice.
Please send your comments to
this notice by June 24, 2013. OMB must
receive your comments by this date to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2013–0058. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
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Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, faxed to
(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Telephone: 202–366–4325. Email:
MCPSD@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Driver Qualification Files.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0004.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents: Motor carriers and
drivers of commercial motor vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
46,900,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes (average).
Expiration Date: May 31, 2013.
Frequency of Response: Responses to
some regulatory requirements of the
driver qualification rules occur on a
random basis. Other responses occur
more predictably. Some responses recur;
others do not. For example, motor
carriers are required to obtain and
review the motor vehicle driving record
of their drivers from the State of
licensure. They must complete this task
at the time of hiring and again every
year thereafter. The time-of-hiring
requirement results in a random
frequency of response, but, thereafter,
the annual requirement results in a
fixed frequency of response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,800,000 hours [5,400,000 hours for
driver hiring + 300,000 hours for annual
review of driver qualifications + 100,000
hours for driver review and rebuttal of
safety performance history = 5,800,000].
Background
The Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984
[Pub. L. 98–554, Title II, 98 Stat. 2832
(October 30, 1984)] requires the
Secretary of Transportation to issue
regulations pertaining to CMV safety.
These regulations are also issued under
the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 504,
31133, 31136, and 31502. Part 391 of
volume 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) contains the
qualification requirements for drivers of
CMVs in interstate commerce.
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Motor carriers may not require or
permit an unqualified driver to operate
a CMV (49 CFR 391.11). The foremost
proof of driver qualification is the
information that part 391 requires be
collected and maintained in the DQ file
(49 CFR 391.51). Motor carriers must
obtain this information from sources
specified in the regulations. These
include the driver, previous employers
of the driver, and officials of the State
of driver licensure.
Motor carriers are not required to
forward driver qualification information
to FMCSA, but must maintain the
information in a DQ file. The DQ file
must be updated annually (49 CFR
391.25). The DQ file of each driver must
be made available to State and Federal
safety investigators on demand.
This request for OMB approval revises
the Agency’s previous Paperwork
Reduction Act estimate of the
information collection burden of the DQ
file requirements.
Public Comments Invited
FMCSA requests that you comment
on any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) Whether the
proposed collection is necessary for
FMCSA to perform its functions, (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways for the FMCSA to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
collected information, and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. The agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued on: May 14, 2013.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology and Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–12355 Filed 5–22–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2000–7918; 2002–
13411; 2003–14504; 2006–26066; 2008–
0231]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its
decision to renew the exemptions from
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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 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 Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address:
OR.Reports.Clearance@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 July
22, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments
by writing to the above email address.
1. Waiver of Your Right to Personal Appearance before an
Administrative Law Judge--20 CFR 404.948(b)(l)(i) and
416.1448(b)(l)(i)--0960-0284. Applicants for Social Security, Old Age,
Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments have the statutory right to appear in
person (or through a representative) and present evidence about their
claims at a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ). If
claimants wish to waive this right to appear before an ALJ, they do so
in writing. Form HA-4608 serves as a written waiver for the claimant's
right to a personal appearance before an ALJ. The ALJ uses the
information we collect on Form HA-4608 to continue processing the case,
and makes the completed form a part of the documentary evidence of
record by placing it in the official record of the proceedings as an
exhibit. Respondents are applicants or claimants for OASDI and SSI, or
their representatives, who request to waive their right to appear in
person before an ALJ.
Type of Request: Revision of an approved-OMB information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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HA-4608..................................... 12,000 1 2 400
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2. Letter to Custodian of Birth Records/Letter to Custodian of
School Records--20 CFR 404.704, 404.716, 416.802, and 422.107--0960-
0693. When individuals need help in obtaining evidence of their age in
connection with Social Security number (SSN) card applications and
claims for benefits, SSA can prepare SSA-L106, Letter to Custodian of
School Records, or SSA-L706, Letter to Custodian of Birth Records. SSA
uses the SSA-L706 to determine the existence of primary evidence of age
of SSN applicants. SSA uses both letters to verify with the issuing
entity, when necessary, the authenticity of the record submitted by the
SSN applicant or claimant. The respondents are schools, State and local
bureaus of vital statistics, and religious entities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated
Type of Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion respondents respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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SSA-L106...................... Private Sector.. 1,800 1 10 300
SSA-L106...................... State/Local/ 1,800 1 10 300
Tribal
Government.
SSA-L706...................... Private Sector.. 1,800 1 10 300
SSA-L706...................... State/Local/ 1,800 1 10 300
Tribal
Government.
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Totals.................... ................ 7,200 .............. .............. 1,200
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II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than June 24, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance packages by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Employer Verification of Earnings After Death--20 CFR 404.821
and 404.822--0960-0472. When SSA records show a wage earner is deceased
and we receive wage reports from an employer for the wage earner for a
year subsequent to the year of death, SSA mails the employer Form SSA-
L4112 (Employer Verification of Earnings After Death). SSA uses the
information Form SSA-L4112 provides to verify wage information
previously received from the employer is correct for the employee and
the year in question. The respondents are employers who report wages
for employees who have died.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-L4112................................... 50,000 1 10 8,333
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2. Registration for Appointed Representative Services and Direct
Payment--0960-0732. SSA uses Form SSA-1699 to register appointed
representatives of claimants before SSA who:
Want to register for direct payment of fees;
Registered for direct payment of fees prior to 10/31/09,
but need to update their information;
Registered as appointed representatives on or after 10/31/
09, but need to update their information; or
Received a notice from SSA instructing them to complete
this form.
By registering these individuals, SSA: (1) Authenticates and
authorizes them to do business with us; (2) allows them to access our
records for the claimants they represent; (3) facilitates direct
payment of authorized fees to appointed representatives; and, (4)
collects the information we need to meet Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
requirements to issue specific IRS forms if we pay an appointed
representative in excess of a specific amount ($600). The respondents
are appointed representatives who use Form SSA-1699 for any of the
purposes cited in this Notice.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-1699.................................... 52,800 1 20 17,600
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3. Statement for Certificate of Election for Reduced Widower(er)'s
and Surviving Divorced Spouse's Benefits--20 CFR 404.335--0960-0759.
Section 202(q) of the Social Security Act provides SSA the authority to
reduce benefits under certain conditions when elected by a title II
beneficiary. However, reduced benefits are not payable to an already
entitled spouse (or divorced spouse) who:
Is at least age 62 and under full retirement age in the
month of the number holder's death; and
Is receiving both reduced spouse's (or divorced spouse's)
benefits and either retirement or disability benefits in the month
before the month of the number holder's death.
To elect reduced widow(er) benefits, a recipient completes Form
SSA-4111. SSA uses the information Form SSA-4111 collects to pay a
qualified dually entitled widow(er) (or surviving divorced spouse) who
elects to receive a reduced widow(er) benefit. The respondents are
qualified dually entitled widow(er)s (or surviving divorced spouse) who
elect to receive a reduced widow(er) benefit.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-4111.................................... 30,000 1 2 1,000
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Dated: May 20, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
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