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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Joshua Barnes,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
Joshua Barnes,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2022–0043]
[Disaster Declaration #17546 and #17547;
KENTUCKY Disaster Number KY–00093]
Presidential Declaration Amendment of
a Major Disaster for the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Small Business Administration.
Amendment 1.
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the Commonwealth of
Kentucky (FEMA–4663–DR), dated 07/
30/2022.
Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding,
Landslides, and Mudslides.
Incident Period: 07/26/2022 and
continuing.
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Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
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14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX
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ADDRESSES:
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Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734.
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The notice
of the President’s major disaster
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Virginia: Buchanan, Dickenson.
West Virginia: Mingo.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: 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 a revision
of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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–2022–0043].
(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–2022–0043].
SSA submitted the information
collection below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding this
information collection 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
September 8, 2022. Individuals can
obtain copies of the OMB clearance
package by writing to
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
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Electronic Protective Filing Tool—20
CFR 404.630, and 20 CFR 416.340–
416.345—0960–0826. The COVID–19
pandemic limited the public’s access to
SSA Field Offices (FOs), requiring SSA
to rapidly expand online services
available to the public. During the time
when SSA stopped accepting walk-in
visitors, the agency noticed a sharp
decrease in SSI claims from
underserved populations who have
historically relied on in-office
appointments and service. SSA uses the
term ‘‘People facing barriers’’ to refer to
these vulnerable populations, which
include low-income individuals
(especially those over age 65), the
homeless, people with limited English
proficiency, and disabled children.
Background
Historically, individuals contact SSA
by phone, in person, or by mail to
express interest in filing for benefits.
Because same-day service to file an
application is not always possible, and
because some individuals prefer to
make an appointment, SSA technicians
use eLAS (OMB No. 0960–0822) to set
up appointments and record the
protective filing date for potential
claimants. This process ensures that
potential claimants do not miss out on
possible benefits due to the lack of
same-day service.
Protective filing is the precursor to
filing an application for benefits.
Protective filing refers to the date by
which SSA receives an individual’s
intent to file for SSI payments, which
SSA then uses as the application date
provided the individual files an
application within a specific amount of
time after that date. Therefore, it is as if
the application was filed on the day the
individual contacted SSA to express
interest in filing, which may result in
additional payments to that individual.
SSA developed an online tool to
allow internet users to request an
appointment to file an application for
benefits and to establish a protective
filing date with SSA. The electronic
protective filing tool allows individuals
to submit information for the
appointment request using a computing
device, such as a personal computer or
handheld (mobile) device instead of
calling SSA by phone or visiting an FO.
The tool is available on SSA’s website
to potential claimants, as well as those
individuals assisting them.
Information the Electronic Protective
Filing Tool Collects
After entering the ePFT from SSA’s
website, individuals begin on a
welcome screen that displays a link to
the Terms of Service. Next, a user sees
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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]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2022–0040]
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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
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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
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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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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2022-0043]
Agency Information Collection Activities: 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 a revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
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-2022-0043].
(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-
2022-0043].
SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection 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 September 8, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
Electronic Protective Filing Tool--20 CFR 404.630, and 20 CFR
416.340-416.345--0960-0826. The COVID-19 pandemic limited the public's
access to SSA Field Offices (FOs), requiring SSA to rapidly expand
online services available to the public. During the time when SSA
stopped accepting walk-in visitors, the agency noticed a sharp decrease
in SSI claims from underserved populations who have historically relied
on in-office appointments and service. SSA uses the term ``People
facing barriers'' to refer to these vulnerable populations, which
include low-income individuals (especially those over age 65), the
homeless, people with limited English proficiency, and disabled
children.
Background
Historically, individuals contact SSA by phone, in person, or by
mail to express interest in filing for benefits. Because same-day
service to file an application is not always possible, and because some
individuals prefer to make an appointment, SSA technicians use eLAS
(OMB No. 0960-0822) to set up appointments and record the protective
filing date for potential claimants. This process ensures that
potential claimants do not miss out on possible benefits due to the
lack of same-day service.
Protective filing is the precursor to filing an application for
benefits. Protective filing refers to the date by which SSA receives an
individual's intent to file for SSI payments, which SSA then uses as
the application date provided the individual files an application
within a specific amount of time after that date. Therefore, it is as
if the application was filed on the day the individual contacted SSA to
express interest in filing, which may result in additional payments to
that individual.
SSA developed an online tool to allow internet users to request an
appointment to file an application for benefits and to establish a
protective filing date with SSA. The electronic protective filing tool
allows individuals to submit information for the appointment request
using a computing device, such as a personal computer or handheld
(mobile) device instead of calling SSA by phone or visiting an FO. The
tool is available on SSA's website to potential claimants, as well as
those individuals assisting them.
Information the Electronic Protective Filing Tool Collects
After entering the ePFT from SSA's website, individuals begin on a
welcome screen that displays a link to the Terms of Service. Next, a
user sees
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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
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 OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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Respondent Type 1 (ex: Potential Applicants)............ 17,000 1 6 1,700 * $28.01 ** $47,617
Respondent Type 2 (ex: Professional Assistors).......... 2,125 10 7 2,479 * 25.94 ** 64,305
Respondent Type 3 (ex: Attorney Representatives)........ 2,125 2 7 496 * 72.18 ** 35,801
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Totals.............................................. 21,250 .............. .............. 4,675 .............. ** 147,723
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* 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]
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