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Download as PDF 48548 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 9, 2022 / Notices the Privacy Act statement page. The user then provides a response about whether they are answering these questions about themselves or about another person. To do so, the system presents several options for individual to select from the categories of individuals who, under current regulations, can establish a protective filing date. The next screens ask for basic information about the individual who will be claiming benefits or requesting SSI payments. Additionally, the tool collects the name, phone number, and email address (optional) of the person submitting the information, if that person is different than the person who will be filing for SSI. Once the ePFT collects the data, it gives the individual the opportunity to review the information provided and electronically sign and submit the form. The ePFT then transmits the information into eLAS, documenting it as an ePFT submission, and establishes a protective filing date. If the individual provided an email address(es), the tool generates an email confirmation and sends it to the individual who will be filing for benefits, and, if applicable, to the individual submitting the appointment request on the claimant’s behalf. Subsequently, eLAS notifies SSA of the pending request, and an SSA technician uses the information submitted to schedule an appointment Number of respondents Modality of completion Respondent Type 1 (ex: Potential Applicants) .................................................... Respondent Type 2 (ex: Professional Assistors) .............................................. Respondent Type 3 (ex: Attorney Representatives) ......................................... Totals ................................................ Frequency of response Average burden per response (minutes) and send a notification of the date, time, and type of appointment to the individual who will be filing for benefits. Members of the public who prefer not to use the online version of this IC, or who do not have access to the internet, may continue to visit an FO, call SSA’s 800 Number (or an FO), or write to SSA to establish a protective filing date for an application for benefits. The respondents are individuals with an intent to file for SSI (or third parties helping these individuals) and who want to request an appointment to do so. Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. Estimated total annual burden (hours) Average theoretical hourly cost amount (dollars) * Total annual opportunity cost (dollars) ** 17,000 1 6 1,700 * $28.01 ** $47,617 2,125 10 7 2,479 * 25.94 ** 64,305 2,125 2 7 496 * 72.18 ** 35,801 21,250 ........................ ........................ 4,675 ........................ ** 147,723 * We based these figures on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/ current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000), on average wages for Community and Social Service Organizations as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes210000.htm), and on average lawyer’s hourly salary as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm). ** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this online tool; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the tool. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the online tool. Dated: August 4, 2022. Naomi Sipple, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 2022–17023 Filed 8–8–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191–02–P SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No. SSA–2022–0040] jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES 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 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Aug 08, 2022 Jkt 256001 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, Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–2022–0040]. (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 https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–2022–0040]. I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will submit PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 October 11, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by writing to the above email address. 1. Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)—20 CFR 416.110(e), 416.1180– 416.1182, 416.1225–416.1227—0960– 0559. The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program encourages recipients to return to work. One of the program objectives is to provide incentives and opportunities that help recipients do so. The Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) provision allows individuals to develop a plan to enter (or re-enter) the workforce and become self-supporting. In turn, SSA does not count the income or resources (such as business equipment, education, or specialized training) recipients use to fund a PASS when determining an individual’s SSI eligibility or payment amount. An SSI recipient who wants to take advantage of the PASS provision completes Form SSA–545. SSA uses the E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1 48549 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 9, 2022 / Notices information from the SSA–545 to evaluate the recipient’s PASS, and to determine eligibility under the provisions of the SSI program. The respondents are SSI recipients who want to develop a return-to-work plan. 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) Average theoretical hourly cost amount (dollars) * Average field office wait time (minutes) ** Total annual opportunity cost (dollars) *** SSA–545 ....................................................... 7,000 1 120 14,000 * $11.70 ** 24 *** $196,560 * We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf). ** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data. *** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application. 2. Request for Accommodation in Communication Method—0960–0777. SSA allows disabled or impaired Social Security applicants, beneficiaries, recipients, and representative payees to choose one of seven alternative methods of communication they want SSA to use when we send them benefit notices and other related communications. The seven alternative methods we offer are: (1) standard print notice by first-class mail; (2) standard print mail with a follow-up telephone call; (3) certified mail; (4) Braille; (5) Microsoft Word file on data CD; (6) large print (18-point font); or (7) audio CD. Respondents who want to receive notices from SSA through a communication method other than the seven methods listed above must explain their request to us. Those respondents use our iAccomodate Intranet or mySNO internet screens, or the paper Form SSA–9000–F6 to: (1) describe the type of accommodation they want from SSA; (2) disclose their condition necessitating the need for a different type of accommodation; and (3) explain why none of the seven methods described above are sufficient for their needs. SSA uses our internet and Intranet screens or Form SSA– 9000–F6 to determine, based on applicable law and regulation, whether to grant the respondents’ requests for an accommodation based on their impairment or disability. SSA collects Number of respondents Modality of completion Average burden per response (minutes) Frequency of response this information electronically through either an in-person telephone interview during which the SSA employee keys in the information on our iAccommodate Intranet screens, or through the mySNO internet screens which respondents may complete for themselves using the application available through their mySSA accounts. The respondents are disabled or impaired Social Security or SSI applicants, beneficiaries, recipients, and representative payees who ask SSA to send notices and other communications in an alternative method besides the seven modalities we currently offer. Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. Average theoretical hourly cost amount (dollars) * Estimated total annual burden (hours) Average teleservice center wait time (minutes) ** Total annual opportunity cost (dollars) *** SSA–9000/iAccommodate ............................ mySNO .......................................................... 5,000 8,414 1 1 20 20 1,667 2,805 * $11.70 * 11.70 ** 19 ........................ *** $38,025 *** 32,819 Totals ..................................................... 13,414 ........................ ........................ 4,472 ........................ ........................ *** 70,844 * We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf). ** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for teleservice centers, based on SSA’s current management information data. *** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application. Dated: August 3, 2022. Naomi Sipple, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 2022–16986 Filed 8–8–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191–02–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES [Public Notice: 11804] Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Matisse in the 1930s’’ Exhibition Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Aug 08, 2022 Jkt 256001 custodians for temporary display in the exhibition ‘‘Matisse in the 1930s’’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: section2459@state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/ PD, 2200 C Street NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 The foregoing determinations were made pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 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 Delegation of Authority No. 523 of December 22, 2021. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Stacy E. White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48548-48549]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-16986]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2022-0040]


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 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, 
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0040].
    (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: [email protected].
    Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2022-0040].
    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 
October 11, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    1. Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)--20 CFR 416.110(e), 
416.1180-416.1182, 416.1225-416.1227--0960-0559. The Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) program encourages recipients to return to work. 
One of the program objectives is to provide incentives and 
opportunities that help recipients do so. The Plan to Achieve Self-
Support (PASS) provision allows individuals to develop a plan to enter 
(or re-enter) the workforce and become self-supporting. In turn, SSA 
does not count the income or resources (such as business equipment, 
education, or specialized training) recipients use to fund a PASS when 
determining an individual's SSI eligibility or payment amount. An SSI 
recipient who wants to take advantage of the PASS provision completes 
Form SSA-545. SSA uses the

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information from the SSA-545 to evaluate the recipient's PASS, and to 
determine eligibility under the provisions of the SSI program. The 
respondents are SSI recipients who want to develop a return-to-work 
plan.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                           Average
                                                                     Average  burden     Estimated       theoretical     Average  field    Total annual
      Modality of completion          Number of       Frequency of    per  response     total annual     hourly cost      office  wait     opportunity
                                     respondents        response        (minutes)     burden  (hours)       amount      time  (minutes)  cost  (dollars)
                                                                                                         (dollars) *           **              ***
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SSA-545..........................           7,000                1              120           14,000         * $11.70            ** 24     *** $196,560
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.

    2. Request for Accommodation in Communication Method--0960-0777. 
SSA allows disabled or impaired Social Security applicants, 
beneficiaries, recipients, and representative payees to choose one of 
seven alternative methods of communication they want SSA to use when we 
send them benefit notices and other related communications. The seven 
alternative methods we offer are: (1) standard print notice by first-
class mail; (2) standard print mail with a follow-up telephone call; 
(3) certified mail; (4) Braille; (5) Microsoft Word file on data CD; 
(6) large print (18-point font); or (7) audio CD. Respondents who want 
to receive notices from SSA through a communication method other than 
the seven methods listed above must explain their request to us. Those 
respondents use our iAccomodate Intranet or mySNO internet screens, or 
the paper Form SSA-9000-F6 to: (1) describe the type of accommodation 
they want from SSA; (2) disclose their condition necessitating the need 
for a different type of accommodation; and (3) explain why none of the 
seven methods described above are sufficient for their needs. SSA uses 
our internet and Intranet screens or Form SSA-9000-F6 to determine, 
based on applicable law and regulation, whether to grant the 
respondents' requests for an accommodation based on their impairment or 
disability. SSA collects this information electronically through either 
an in-person telephone interview during which the SSA employee keys in 
the information on our iAccommodate Intranet screens, or through the 
mySNO internet screens which respondents may complete for themselves 
using the application available through their mySSA accounts. The 
respondents are disabled or impaired Social Security or SSI applicants, 
beneficiaries, recipients, and representative payees who ask SSA to 
send notices and other communications in an alternative method besides 
the seven modalities we currently offer.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                              Average         Average
                                                                              Average        Estimated      theoretical     teleservice    Total annual
         Modality of completion              Number of     Frequency of     burden per     total annual     hourly cost     center wait     opportunity
                                            respondents      response        response         burden          amount           time            cost
                                                                             (minutes)        (hours)       (dollars) *    (minutes) **    (dollars) ***
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SSA-9000/iAccommodate...................           5,000               1              20           1,667        * $11.70           ** 19     *** $38,025
mySNO...................................           8,414               1              20           2,805         * 11.70  ..............      *** 32,819
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    Totals..............................          13,414  ..............  ..............           4,472  ..............  ..............      *** 70,844
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.


    Dated: August 3, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-16986 Filed 8-8-22; 8:45 am]
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