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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2016–0003]
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,
OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Or you may submit your comments
online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
2016–0003].
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 April 18,
2016. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Request to be Selected as a Payee—
20 CFR 404.2010–404.2055, 416.601–
416.665—0960–0014. SSA requires an
individual applying to be a
representative payee for a Social
Security beneficiary or Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipient to
complete Form SSA–11–BK. SSA
obtains information from applicant
payees regarding their relationship to
the beneficiary; personal qualifications;
concern for the beneficiary’s well-being;
and intended use of benefits if
appointed as payee. The respondents
are individuals; private sector
businesses and institutions; and State
and local government institutions and
agencies applying to become
representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
Individuals and Households (90%):
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Representative Payee System (RPS) .............................................................
Paper Version ..................................................................................................
1,438,200
91,800
1
1
11
11
263,670
16,830
Total ..........................................................................................................
1,530,000
........................
........................
280,500
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Private Sector (9%):
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
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Representative Payee System (RPS) .............................................................
Paper Version ..................................................................................................
149,940
3,060
1
1
11
11
27,489
561
Total ..........................................................................................................
153,000
........................
........................
28,050
State/Local/Tribal Government (1%):
25 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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Number of
responses
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Representative Payee System (RPS) .............................................................
Paper Version ..................................................................................................
16,660
340
1
1
11
11
3,054
62
Total ..........................................................................................................
17,000
........................
........................
3,116
Grand Total .......................................................................................
1,700,000
........................
........................
311,666
2. Application for Benefits Under the
Italy-U.S. International Social Security
Agreement—20 CFR 404.1925—0960–
0445. As per the November 1, 1978
agreement between the United States
and Italian Social Security agencies,
residents of Italy filing an application
for U.S. Social Security benefits directly
with one of the Italian Social Security
agencies must complete Form SSA–
2528. SSA uses Form SSA–2528 to
establish age, relationship, citizenship,
marriage, death, military service, or to
evaluate a family bible or other family
record when determining eligibility for
benefits. The Italian Social Security
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
SSA–2528 ........................................................................................................
3. Child Care Dropout
Questionnaire—20 CFR 404.211(e)(4)—
0960–0474. If individuals applying for
Title II disability benefits care for their
own or their spouse’s children under
age 3, and have no steady earnings
agencies assist applicants in completing
Form SSA–2528, and then forward the
application to SSA for processing. The
respondents are individuals living in
Italy who wish to file for U.S. Social
Security benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
300
during the time they care for those
children, they may exclude that period
of care from the disability computation
period. We call this the child-care
dropout exclusion. SSA uses the
information from Form SSA–4162 to
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
1
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
20
100
determine if an individual qualifies for
this exclusion. Respondents are
applicants for Title II disability benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
responses
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–4162 ........................................................................................................
2,000
1
5
167
4. Certification of Contents of
Document(s) or Record(s)—20 CFR
404.715—0960–0689. SSA established
procedures for individuals to provide
the evidence necessary to establish their
rights to Social Security benefits.
Examples of such evidence categories
include age, relationship, citizenship,
marriage, death, and military service.
Form SSA–704 allows SSA employees;
State record custodians; and other
custodians of evidentiary documents to
certify and record information from
original documents and records under
their custodial ownership to establish
these types of evidence. SSA uses Form
SSA–704 in situations where
individuals cannot produce the original
evidentiary documentation required to
establish benefits eligibility. The
respondents are State record custodians
and other custodians of evidentiary
documents.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
responses
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–704 ..........................................................................................................
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Modality of completion
176
1
10
29
5. Supplemental Security Income
Wage Reporting (Telephone and
Mobile)—20 CFR 416.701–732—0960–
0715. SSA requires SSI recipients to
report changes which could affect their
eligibility for, and the amount of, their
SSI payments, such as changes in
income, resources, and living
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arrangements. SSA’s SSI Telephone
Wage Reporting (SSITWR) and SSI
Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR)
enable SSI recipients to meet these
requirements via an automated
mechanism to report their monthly
wages by telephone and mobile
application, instead of contacting their
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local field offices. The SSITWR allows
callers to report their wages by speaking
their responses through voice
recognition technology, or by keying in
responses using a telephone key pad.
The SSIMWR allows recipients to report
their wages through the mobile wage
reporting application on their
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smartphone. SSITWR and SSIMWR
systems collect the same information
and send it to SSA over secure
channels. To ensure the security of the
information provided, SSITWR and
SSIMWR ask respondents to provide
information SSA can compare against
our records for authentication purposes.
Once the system authenticates the
identity of the respondents, they can
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
report their wage data. The respondents
are SSI recipients, deemors, or their
representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Training/Instruction* .........................................................................................
SSITWR ...........................................................................................................
SSIMWR ..........................................................................................................
79,000
37,000
42,000
1
12
12
35
5
3
46,083
37,000
25,200
Total ..........................................................................................................
79,000
........................
........................
108,283
* The same 79,000 respondents complete the training as well as one modality of collection, therefore the actual total number of respondents
remains 79,000.
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
March 21, 2016. Individuals can obtain
copies of the OMB clearance packages
by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
1. Application for Widow’s or
Widower’s Insurance Benefits—20 CFR
404.335–404.338, & 404.603—0960–
0004. Section 2029(e) and 202(f) of the
Social Security Act (Act) set forth the
requirements for entitlement to
widow(er)’s benefits, including the
requirements to file an application. For
SSA to make a formal determination for
entitlement to widow(er)’s benefits, we
use the Form SSA–10–BK to determine
whether an applicant meets the
Number of
responses
Modality of completion
statutory and regulatory conditions for
entitlement to widow(er)’s Title II
benefits. SSA employees interview
individuals applying for benefits either
face-to-face or via telephone and enter
the information on the paper form or
into the Modernized Claims System
(MCS). The respondents are applicants
for widow(er)’s benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–10–BK paper version ..............................................................................
SSA–10–BK MCS version ...............................................................................
2,045
453,509
1
1
15
14
511
105,819
Totals ........................................................................................................
455,554
........................
........................
106,330
2. Employer Verification of Records
for Children Under Age Seven—20 CFR
404.801–404.803, 404.821–404.822—
0960–0505. SSA discovered as many as
70 percent of the wage reports we
receive for children under age seven are
actually the earnings of someone other
than the child. To ensure we credit the
correct person with the reported
earnings, SSA verifies wage reports for
children under age seven with the
children’s employers before posting to
the earnings record. SSA uses Form
SSA–L3231–C1, Request for Employer
Information, for this purpose. The
respondents are employers who report
earnings for children under age seven.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
responses
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–L3231–C1 ...............................................................................................
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Modality of completion
20,000
1
10
3,333
3. Wage Reports and Pension
Information—20 CFR 422.122(b)—0960–
0547. Pension plan administrators
annually file plan information with the
Internal Revenue Service, which then
forwards the information to SSA. SSA
maintains and organizes this
information by plan number, plan
participant’s name, and Social Security
number. Under section 1131(a) of the
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Act, pension plan participants are
entitled to request this information from
SSA. The Wage Reports and Pension
Information regulation, under 20 CFR
422.122(b) of the Code of Federal
Regulations, stipulates that before SSA
disseminates this information, the
requestor must first submit a written
request with identifying information to
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SSA. The respondents are requestors of
pension plan information.
This is a correction notice: SSA
published the incorrect burden,
information for this collection at 80 FR
75484, on 12/2/15. We are correcting
this error here.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Number of responses
Modality of completion
Requests for pension plan information ............................................................
Dated: February 12, 2016.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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response
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burden per
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(minutes)
1
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
30
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2016-0003]
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, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov,
Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2016-0003].
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
April 18, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Request to be Selected as a Payee--20 CFR 404.2010-404.2055,
416.601-416.665--0960-0014. SSA requires an individual applying to be a
representative payee for a Social Security beneficiary or Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipient to complete Form SSA-11-BK. SSA obtains
information from applicant payees regarding their relationship to the
beneficiary; personal qualifications; concern for the beneficiary's
well-being; and intended use of benefits if appointed as payee. The
respondents are individuals; private sector businesses and
institutions; and State and local government institutions and agencies
applying to become representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
Individuals and Households (90%):
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 1,438,200 1 11 263,670
Paper Version................................... 91,800 1 11 16,830
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 1,530,000 .............. .............. 280,500
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Private Sector (9%):
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 149,940 1 11 27,489
Paper Version................................... 3,060 1 11 561
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 153,000 .............. .............. 28,050
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State/Local/Tribal Government (1%):
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 16,660 1 11 3,054
Paper Version................................... 340 1 11 62
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 17,000 .............. .............. 3,116
---------------------------------------------------------------
Grand Total............................. 1,700,000 .............. .............. 311,666
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2. Application for Benefits Under the Italy-U.S. International
Social Security Agreement--20 CFR 404.1925--0960-0445. As per the
November 1, 1978 agreement between the United States and Italian Social
Security agencies, residents of Italy filing an application for U.S.
Social Security benefits directly with one of the Italian Social
Security agencies must complete Form SSA-2528. SSA uses Form SSA-2528
to establish age, relationship, citizenship, marriage, death, military
service, or to evaluate a family bible or other family record when
determining eligibility for benefits. The Italian Social Security
agencies assist applicants in completing Form SSA-2528, and then
forward the application to SSA for processing. The respondents are
individuals living in Italy who wish to file for U.S. Social Security
benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-2528........................................ 300 1 20 100
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3. Child Care Dropout Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.211(e)(4)--0960-
0474. If individuals applying for Title II disability benefits care for
their own or their spouse's children under age 3, and have no steady
earnings during the time they care for those children, they may exclude
that period of care from the disability computation period. We call
this the child-care dropout exclusion. SSA uses the information from
Form SSA-4162 to determine if an individual qualifies for this
exclusion. Respondents are applicants for Title II disability benefits.
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
responses response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-4162.................................... 2,000 1 5 167
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4. Certification of Contents of Document(s) or Record(s)--20 CFR
404.715--0960-0689. SSA established procedures for individuals to
provide the evidence necessary to establish their rights to Social
Security benefits. Examples of such evidence categories include age,
relationship, citizenship, marriage, death, and military service. Form
SSA-704 allows SSA employees; State record custodians; and other
custodians of evidentiary documents to certify and record information
from original documents and records under their custodial ownership to
establish these types of evidence. SSA uses Form SSA-704 in situations
where individuals cannot produce the original evidentiary documentation
required to establish benefits eligibility. The respondents are State
record custodians and other custodians of evidentiary documents.
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
responses response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-704..................................... 176 1 10 29
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5. Supplemental Security Income Wage Reporting (Telephone and
Mobile)--20 CFR 416.701-732--0960-0715. SSA requires SSI recipients to
report changes which could affect their eligibility for, and the amount
of, their SSI payments, such as changes in income, resources, and
living arrangements. SSA's SSI Telephone Wage Reporting (SSITWR) and
SSI Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR) enable SSI recipients to meet these
requirements via an automated mechanism to report their monthly wages
by telephone and mobile application, instead of contacting their local
field offices. The SSITWR allows callers to report their wages by
speaking their responses through voice recognition technology, or by
keying in responses using a telephone key pad. The SSIMWR allows
recipients to report their wages through the mobile wage reporting
application on their
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smartphone. SSITWR and SSIMWR systems collect the same information and
send it to SSA over secure channels. To ensure the security of the
information provided, SSITWR and SSIMWR ask respondents to provide
information SSA can compare against our records for authentication
purposes. Once the system authenticates the identity of the
respondents, they can report their wage data. The respondents are SSI
recipients, deemors, or their representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Training/Instruction*........................... 79,000 1 35 46,083
SSITWR.......................................... 37,000 12 5 37,000
SSIMWR.......................................... 42,000 12 3 25,200
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Total....................................... 79,000 .............. .............. 108,283
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* The same 79,000 respondents complete the training as well as one modality of collection, therefore the actual
total number of respondents remains 79,000.
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 March 21, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance packages by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Application for Widow's or Widower's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR
404.335-404.338, & 404.603--0960-0004. Section 2029(e) and 202(f) of
the Social Security Act (Act) set forth the requirements for
entitlement to widow(er)'s benefits, including the requirements to file
an application. For SSA to make a formal determination for entitlement
to widow(er)'s benefits, we use the Form SSA-10-BK to determine whether
an applicant meets the statutory and regulatory conditions for
entitlement to widow(er)'s Title II benefits. SSA employees interview
individuals applying for benefits either face-to-face or via telephone
and enter the information on the paper form or into the Modernized
Claims System (MCS). The respondents are applicants for widow(er)'s
benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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SSA-10-BK paper version......................... 2,045 1 15 511
SSA-10-BK MCS version........................... 453,509 1 14 105,819
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Totals...................................... 455,554 .............. .............. 106,330
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2. Employer Verification of Records for Children Under Age Seven--
20 CFR 404.801-404.803, 404.821-404.822--0960-0505. SSA discovered as
many as 70 percent of the wage reports we receive for children under
age seven are actually the earnings of someone other than the child. To
ensure we credit the correct person with the reported earnings, SSA
verifies wage reports for children under age seven with the children's
employers before posting to the earnings record. SSA uses Form SSA-
L3231-C1, Request for Employer Information, for this purpose. The
respondents are employers who report earnings for children under age
seven.
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
responses response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-L3231-C1................................ 20,000 1 10 3,333
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3. Wage Reports and Pension Information--20 CFR 422.122(b)--0960-
0547. Pension plan administrators annually file plan information with
the Internal Revenue Service, which then forwards the information to
SSA. SSA maintains and organizes this information by plan number, plan
participant's name, and Social Security number. Under section 1131(a)
of the Act, pension plan participants are entitled to request this
information from SSA. The Wage Reports and Pension Information
regulation, under 20 CFR 422.122(b) of the Code of Federal Regulations,
stipulates that before SSA disseminates this information, the requestor
must first submit a written request with identifying information to
SSA. The respondents are requestors of pension plan information.
This is a correction notice: SSA published the incorrect burden,
information for this collection at 80 FR 75484, on 12/2/15. We are
correcting this error here.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion responses response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Requests for pension plan information........... 580 1 30 290
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Dated: February 12, 2016.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-03380 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
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