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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Percent
[Disaster Declaration #17581 and #17582;
CALIFORNIA Disaster Number CA–00362]
Administrative Declaration of a
Disaster for the State of California
Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This is a notice of an
Administrative declaration of a disaster
for the State of California dated 08/19/
2022.
Incident: McKinney Fire.
Incident Period: 07/29/2022 and
continuing.
SUMMARY:
Issued on 08/19/2022.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 10/18/2022.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 05/19/2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
Administrator’s disaster declaration,
applications for disaster loans may be
filed at the address listed above or other
locally announced locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties: Siskiyou.
Contiguous Counties:
California: Del Norte, Humboldt,
Modoc, Shasta, Trinity.
Oregon: Jackson, Josephine, Klamath.
The Interest Rates are:
DATES:
Percent
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For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Homeowners without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
4.375
2.188
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Businesses
without
Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Non-Profit Organizations with
Credit Available Elsewhere ...
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
For Economic Injury:
Businesses & Small Agricultural
Cooperatives without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
6.080
3.040
1.875
1.875
3.040
1.875
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 17581 5 and for
economic injury is 17582 0.
The States which received an EIDL
Declaration # are California, Oregon.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Isabella Guzman,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022–18394 Filed 8–25–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8026–09–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2022–0046]
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 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
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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–2022–0046].
(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–2022–0046].
SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding these
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
September 26, 2022. Individuals can
obtain copies of these OMB clearance
packages by writing to
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Supplemental Statement Regarding
Farming Activities of Person Living
Outside the United States—0960–0103.
When a beneficiary or claimant reports
farm work from outside the United
States, SSA documents this work on
Form SSA–7163A–F4. Specifically, SSA
uses the form to determine if we should
apply foreign work deductions to the
recipient’s Title II benefits. We collect
the information either annually or every
other year, depending on the
respondent’s country of residence. Once
respondents complete the form, they
mail it back to SSA. Respondents are
Social Security recipients engaged in
farming activities outside the United
States.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–7163A–F4 .......................................
19
1
60
19
* $16.70
** $317
* We based this figure on the average farming occupations hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/oes450000.htm).
** 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.
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2. Information About Joint Checking/
Savings Account—20 CFR 416.1201 and
416.1208—0960–0461. SSA considers a
person’s resources when evaluating
eligibility for SSI. Generally, we
consider funds in checking and savings
accounts as resources owned by the
individuals whose names appear on the
account. However, individuals applying
for SSI may rebut this assumption of
ownership in a joint account by
submitting certain evidence to establish
the funds do not belong to them. SSA
uses Form SSA–2574 to collect
information from SSI applicants and
recipients who object to the assumption
that they own all or part of the funds in
a joint checking or savings account
bearing their names. SSA collects
information about the account from both
the SSI applicant or recipient and the
other account holder(s). After receiving
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
the completed form, SSA determines if
we should consider the account to be a
resource for the SSI applicant and
recipient. The respondents are
applicants and recipients of SSI, and
individuals who list themselves as joint
owners of financial accounts with SSI
applicants or recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–2574 (Paper) ....................................
SSA–2574 (SSI Claim System) ................
50,000
150,000
1
1
7
7
5,833
17,500
* $19.86
* 19.86
........................
** 21
*** $115,843
*** 1,390,200
Totals .................................................
200,000
........................
........................
23,333
........................
........................
*** 1,506,043
* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and
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).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices and 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.
3. Real Property Current Market Value
Estimate—0960–0471. SSA considers an
individual’s resources when evaluating
eligibility for SSI payments. The value
of an individual’s resources, including
non-home real property, is one of the
eligibility requirements for SSI
payments. SSA obtains current market
value estimates of the claimant’s real
property through Form SSA–L2794. We
allow respondents to use readily
available records to complete the form,
or we can accept their best estimates.
We use this form as part of initial
applications and in post-entitlement
situations. SSA fills out Form SSA–
L2794, and mails it to the respondent
along with a cover letter explaining why
we need the information and what
information we are requesting, and a
prepaid envelope to send the SSA–
L2794 back to SSA. The respondents are
small business operators in real estate;
state and local government employees
tasked with assessing real property
values; and other individuals
knowledgeable about local real estate
values.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–L2794 ..............................................
300
1
20
100
* $23.45
** $2,345
* We based this figure on the median hourly salary of Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** 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.
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4. 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) with a prepaid envelope to send
back to SSA. 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
year subsequent to the year of death), to
ensure we avoid wage fraud on the
deceased’s account. The respondents are
employers who report wages for
employees who 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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–L4112 ..............................................
13,114
1
10
2,186
* $28.01
** $61,230
* We based this figure 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).
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** 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.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSA–4162 .................................................
I
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.
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
5. 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
I
1,563
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
I
1
I
10
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
I
261
Average wait
time in field office
(minutes) **
I
* $11.70
Total annual
opportunity cost
(dollars) ***
I
** 24
*** $10,366
* 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.
6. Medical Report on Adult with
Allegation of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Infection; Medical Report on Child
with Allegation of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection—20
CFR 416.933–416.934—0960–0500.
Section 1631(e)(i) of the Act authorizes
the Commissioner of SSA to gather
information to make a determination
about an applicant’s claim for SSI
payments. Section 1631(a)(4) of the Act
provides that the Commissioner may
pay SSI payments to an applicant for a
period not exceeding six months prior
to the determination of the individual’s
disability, if the individual is
presumptively disabled and is
determined to be otherwise eligible for
benefits; this procedure is called
Presumptive Disability (PD). SSA uses
Forms SSA–4814 and SSA–4815 to
collect information necessary to
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
determine if an individual with human
immunodeficiency virus infection, who
is applying for SSI disability benefits,
meets the requirements for PD. The
respondents are the medical sources of
the applicants for SSI disability
payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–4814 .................................................
SSA–4815 .................................................
1,307
20
1
1
8
10
174
3
* $16.02
* 16.02
** 19
** 19
*** $9,420
***144
Totals .................................................
1,327
........................
........................
177
........................
........................
*** 9,564
* We based this figure on the average Healthcare Support Occupations, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes310000.htm).
** 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.
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7. Certificate of Election for Reduced
Widow(er)s and Surviving Divorced
Spouse’s Benefits—20 CFR 404.335—
0960–0759. Section 202(q) of the 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,
and mails it back to SSA. SSA uses the
information collected 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.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity cost
(dollars) **
SSA–4111 ............................................
30,000
1
2
1,000
* $28.01
** $28,010
* We based this figure 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).
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** 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 22, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022–18391 Filed 8–25–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 312 (Sub-No. 5X)]
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South Carolina Central Railroad
Company, LLC—Abandonment
Exemption—in Darlington County, S.C.
South Carolina Central Railroad
Company, LLC (SCRF), has filed with
the Surface Transportation Board
(Board) a petition under 49 CFR 10502
for exemption from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to
abandon approximately two miles of rail
line over six railroad tracks that most
recently served the Sonoco Products
Company (Sonoco) in Hartsville,
Darlington County, S.C. The rail line
consists of the following: (1) Track 1
between Sonoco Lead mileposts 312.7
and 313.24, and its associated leads,
Tracks 1a and 1b; (2) Tracks 2 and 2a,
which do not have mileposts; and (3)
Track 3 between Hartsville mileposts
312.85 and 313.56 (the Line). The Line
traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code
29550 and has no rail stations.
According to SCRF, the Line is the
stub end of a rail line over which SCRF
provided rail service to Sonoco. SCRF
states, however, that Sonoco is retooling its facility for a different
commodity and will no longer require
rail service, and that, following the
abandonment, SCRF plans to transfer its
interest in the Line to Sonoco to
facilitate Sonoco’s development of its
property. Attached as an exhibit to the
petition is a letter from Sonoco
supporting the proposed abandonment.
SCRF states that, based on
information in its possession, the Line
does not contain federally granted
rights-of-way. Any documentation in
SCRF’s possession will be made
available promptly to those requesting
it.
The interest of railroad employees
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
By issuing this notice, the Board is
instituting an exemption proceeding
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pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final
decision will be issued by November 25,
2022.
Any offer of financial assistance
(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will
be due no later than 120 days after the
filing of the petition for exemption, or
10 days after service of a decision
granting the petition for exemption,
whichever occurs sooner. Persons
interested in submitting an OFA must
first file a formal expression of intent to
file an offer by September 6, 2022,
indicating the type of financial
assistance they wish to provide (i.e.,
subsidy or purchase) and demonstrating
that they are preliminarily financially
responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(1)(i).
Following abandonment, the Line
may be suitable for other public use,
including interim trail use. Any request
for a public use condition under 49 CFR
1152.28 or for interim trail use/rail
banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be
due no later than September 15, 2022.1
All pleadings, referring to Docket No.
AB 312 (Sub-No. 5X), must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board either
via e-filing on the Board’s website or in
writing addressed to 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, a copy of each pleading must
be served on SCRF’s representative, Eric
M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, Two
Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street,
Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Replies to the petition are due on or
before September 15, 2022.
Persons seeking further information
concerning abandonment procedures
may contact the Board’s Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer
to the full abandonment regulations at
49 CFR part 1152. Questions concerning
environmental issues may be directed to
the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0294.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
An environmental assessment (EA) (or
environmental impact statement (EIS), if
necessary) prepared by OEA will be
served upon all parties of record and
upon any other agencies or persons who
comment during its preparation. Other
interested persons may contact OEA to
obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). EAs in
abandonment proceedings normally will
be made available within 60 days of the
1 Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can
be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27),
respectively.
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filing of the petition. The deadline for
submission of comments on the EA
generally will be within 30 days of its
service.
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: August 17, 2022.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2022–18402 Filed 8–25–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36635]
Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver
Transport Ventures LLC, Global
Diversified Infrastructure Fund (North
America) LP, First State Infrastructure
Managers (International) Limited, and
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.—
Control Exemption—Pioneer Lines,
Inc., et al.
Patriot Rail Company LLC (Patriot),
SteelRiver Transport Ventures LLC;
Global Diversified Infrastructure Fund
(North America) LP; First State
Infrastructure Managers (International)
Limited; and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group, Inc. (MUFG) (collectively,
Patriot Rail), have filed a verified notice
of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2) to acquire control of 15
Class III rail carriers (the Pioneer Short
Lines) 1 controlled by Pioneer Lines, Inc.
(Pioneer). Patriot Rail currently controls
16 Class III rail carriers (the Patriot
Short Lines) in 14 states.2
1 The verified notice lists the Pioneer Short Lines
as follows: Alabama & Florida Railway Co., Inc.;
Decatur Junction Railway Co.; Elkhart & Western
Railroad Co.; Fort Smith Railroad Co.; The Garden
City Western Railway, Inc.; Georgia Southern
Railway Co.; Gettysburg & Northern Railroad Co.;
Indiana Southwestern Railway Co.; Kendallville
Terminal Railway Co.; Keokuk Junction Railway
Co.; Keokuk Union Depot Co.; Michigan Southern
Railroad Co.; Mississippi Central Railroad Co.;
Pioneer Industrial Railway Co.; and Vandalia
Railroad Co.
2 The verified notice lists the Patriot Short Lines
as follows: Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC;
DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC; Georgia
Northeastern Railroad Company, LLC; Golden
Triangle Railroad, LLC; Kingman Terminal
Railroad, LLC; Louisiana and North West Railroad
Company, LLC; Merced County Central Valley
Railroad, L.L.C.; Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC; Rarus
Railway, LLC (d/b/a Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Railway Co.); Sacramento Valley Railroad, LLC; Salt
Lake Garfield and Western Railway Company;
Temple & Central Texas Railway, LLC; Tennessee
Southern Railroad LLC; Texas, Oklahoma and
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2022-0046]
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 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-2022-0046].
(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-
2022-0046].
SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding these 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 September 26, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of
these OMB clearance packages by writing to
[email protected].
1. Supplemental Statement Regarding Farming Activities of Person
Living Outside the United States--0960-0103. When a beneficiary or
claimant reports farm work from outside the United States, SSA
documents this work on Form SSA-7163A-F4. Specifically, SSA uses the
form to determine if we should apply foreign work deductions to the
recipient's Title II benefits. We collect the information either
annually or every other year, depending on the respondent's country of
residence. Once respondents complete the form, they mail it back to
SSA. Respondents are Social Security recipients engaged in farming
activities outside the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-7163A-F4...................................... 19 1 60 19 * $16.70 ** $317
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* We based this figure on the average farming occupations hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes450000.htm).
** 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.
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2. Information About Joint Checking/Savings Account--20 CFR
416.1201 and 416.1208--0960-0461. SSA considers a person's resources
when evaluating eligibility for SSI. Generally, we consider funds in
checking and savings accounts as resources owned by the individuals
whose names appear on the account. However, individuals applying for
SSI may rebut this assumption of ownership in a joint account by
submitting certain evidence to establish the funds do not belong to
them. SSA uses Form SSA-2574 to collect information from SSI applicants
and recipients who object to the assumption that they own all or part
of the funds in a joint checking or savings account bearing their
names. SSA collects information about the account from both the SSI
applicant or recipient and the other account holder(s). After receiving
the completed form, SSA determines if we should consider the account to
be a resource for the SSI applicant and recipient. The respondents are
applicants and recipients of SSI, and individuals who list themselves
as joint owners of financial accounts with SSI applicants or
recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-2574 (Paper)...................... 50,000 1 7 5,833 * $19.86 .............. *** $115,843
SSA-2574 (SSI Claim System)........... 150,000 1 7 17,500 * 19.86 ** 21 *** 1,390,200
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Totals............................ 200,000 .............. .............. 23,333 .............. .............. *** 1,506,043
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf), and 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).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices and 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.
3. Real Property Current Market Value Estimate--0960-0471. SSA
considers an individual's resources when evaluating eligibility for SSI
payments. The value of an individual's resources, including non-home
real property, is one of the eligibility requirements for SSI payments.
SSA obtains current market value estimates of the claimant's real
property through Form SSA-L2794. We allow respondents to use readily
available records to complete the form, or we can accept their best
estimates. We use this form as part of initial applications and in
post-entitlement situations. SSA fills out Form SSA-L2794, and mails it
to the respondent along with a cover letter explaining why we need the
information and what information we are requesting, and a prepaid
envelope to send the SSA-L2794 back to SSA. The respondents are small
business operators in real estate; state and local government employees
tasked with assessing real property values; and other individuals
knowledgeable about local real estate values.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-L2794......................................... 300 1 20 100 * $23.45 ** $2,345
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* We based this figure on the median hourly salary of Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** 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.
4. 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)
with a prepaid envelope to send back to SSA. 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 year subsequent to the year of death), to ensure we avoid wage
fraud on the deceased's account. The respondents are employers who
report wages for employees who died.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-L4112......................................... 13,114 1 10 2,186 * $28.01 ** $61,230
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* We based this figure 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).
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** 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.
5. 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
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount office (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-4162....................... 1,563 1 10 261 * $11.70 ** 24 *** $10,366
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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.
6. Medical Report on Adult with Allegation of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Medical Report on Child with
Allegation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection--20 CFR 416.933-
416.934--0960-0500. Section 1631(e)(i) of the Act authorizes the
Commissioner of SSA to gather information to make a determination about
an applicant's claim for SSI payments. Section 1631(a)(4) of the Act
provides that the Commissioner may pay SSI payments to an applicant for
a period not exceeding six months prior to the determination of the
individual's disability, if the individual is presumptively disabled
and is determined to be otherwise eligible for benefits; this procedure
is called Presumptive Disability (PD). SSA uses Forms SSA-4814 and SSA-
4815 to collect information necessary to determine if an individual
with human immunodeficiency virus infection, who is applying for SSI
disability benefits, meets the requirements for PD. The respondents are
the medical sources of the applicants for SSI disability payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Average wait
Average burden Estimated theoretical time for Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-4814.............................. 1,307 1 8 174 * $16.02 ** 19 *** $9,420
SSA-4815.............................. 20 1 10 3 * 16.02 ** 19 ***144
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Totals............................ 1,327 .............. .............. 177 .............. .............. *** 9,564
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* We based this figure on the average Healthcare Support Occupations, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes310000.htm).
** 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.
7. Certificate of Election for Reduced Widow(er)s and Surviving
Divorced Spouse's Benefits--20 CFR 404.335--0960-0759. Section 202(q)
of the 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, and mails it back to SSA. SSA uses the information collected
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.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount (dollars) **
(dollars) *
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SSA-4111........................................ 30,000 1 2 1,000 * $28.01 ** $28,010
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* We based this figure 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).
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** 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 22, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-18391 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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