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The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Florida,
dated 09/29/2022, is hereby amended to
4.375 include the following areas as adversely
affected by the disaster:
2.188
Primary Counties (Physical Damage and
Economic Injury Loans): Orange,
6.080
Osceola, Polk, Seminole.
3.040 Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury
Loans Only):
1.875
Florida: Brevard, Indian River, Lake,
Okeechobee, Sumter, Volusia.
All other information in the original
1.875
declaration remains unchanged.
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Homeowners without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
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 .....................................
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
3.040
1.875
Rafaela Monchek,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2022–21728 Filed 10–5–22; 8:45 am]
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 17651 4 and for
economic injury is 17652 0.
The States which received an EIDL
Declaration # is Illinois, Indiana.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
[FR Doc. 2022–21727 Filed 10–5–22; 8:45 am]
[Disaster Declaration #17644 and #17645;
FLORIDA Disaster Number FL–00178]
Presidential Declaration Amendment of
a Major Disaster for the State of Florida
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 1.
AGENCY:
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA–
4673–DR), dated 09/29/2022.
Incident: Hurricane Ian.
Incident Period: 09/23/2022 and
continuing.
DATES: Issued on 09/29/2022.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 11/28/2022.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 06/29/2023.
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.
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1.875.
1.875.
1.875.
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 17649 8 and for
economic injury is 17650 0.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
[Disaster Declaration #17649 and #17650;
Puerto Rico Disaster Number PR–00043]
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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For Physical Damage:
Non-Profit Organizations with
Credit Available Elsewhere ...
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
For Economic Injury:
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
Rafaela Monchek,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2022–21723 Filed 10–5–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8026–09–P
AGENCY:
BILLING CODE 8026–09–P
SUMMARY:
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Municipalities:
Arecibo, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo,
Guayanilla, Jayuya, Salinas, San
German, Toa Alta, Utuado.
The Interest Rates are:
BILLING CODE 8026–09–P
Presidential Declaration of a Major
Disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Isabella C. Guzman,
Administrator.
60721
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
This is a Notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(FEMA–4671–DR), dated 09/29/2022.
Incident: Hurricane Fiona.
Incident Period: 09/17/2022 and
continuing.
DATES: Issued on 09/29/2022.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 11/28/2022.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 06/29/2023.
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
President’s major disaster declaration on
09/29/2022, Private Non-Profit
organizations that provide essential
services of a governmental nature may
file disaster loan applications at the
address listed above or other locally
announced locations.
SUMMARY:
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[Docket No: SSA–2022–0050]
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.
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/
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public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket
ID Number [SSA–2022–0050].
(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–
2022–0050].
I. The information collection below is
pending at SSA. SSA will submit it 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 December 5, 2022. Individuals
can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by writing to the above
email address.
Advance Designation of
Representative Payee—0960–0814. On
April 13, 2018, the President signed into
law The Strengthening Protections for
Social Security Beneficiaries Act of
2018, also known as Public Law (Pub.
L.) 115–165. Section 201 of the law
allows SSA beneficiaries and applicants
under Title II, Title VIII and Title XVI,
of the Social Security Act (Act) to
designate individuals to serve as a
representative payee should the need
arise in the future. Section 201(j)(2) of
Public Law 115–165 provides the
requirements for selecting a qualified
representative payee. SSA only offers
the option to advance designate to
capable adults and emancipated minors.
Beneficiaries who have an assigned
representative payee, or have a
representative application in process,
cannot advance designate. Form SSA–
4547, Advance Designation of
Representative Payee, allows
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
beneficiaries or applicants the option to
designate individuals in order of
priority, to serve as a representative.
Beneficiaries or applicants can update
or change the advance designee order of
priority at any time. SSA uses the
information on Form SSA–4547 to
select a qualified representative payee
in order of priority. If the selected
representative payee is unable or
unwilling to serve, or meet SSA
requirements, SSA will select another
representative payee to serve in the
beneficiaries and applicant’s best
interest. SSA will notify beneficiaries
annually of the individuals they chose
in advance to be their representative
payee. The respondents are SSA
beneficiaries and claimants who want to
choose an advance designate
representative.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
Average wait
time in
field office
(minutes) ***
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ****
Submission of Advance Designation
Intranet version (Paper Form SSA–4547,
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain) .......
Internet version (mySSA) ........................
Internet version (iClaim) ..........................
* 473,052
327,101
827,257
1
1
1
6
6
6
47,305
32,710
82,726
** $19.86
** 19.86
** 19.86
*** 24
..........................
..........................
**** $4,697,406
**** 649,621
**** 1,642,938
Totals ...............................................
1,627,410
........................
........................
162,741
........................
..........................
**** 6,989,965
2
43,833
19.86
..........................
**** 870,523
........................
206,574
........................
..........................
**** 7,860,488
Waiver of Advance Designation
All Modalities (Intranet and Internet) .......
1,314,978
1
Totals ...............................................
2,942,388
........................
Grand Totals
* SSA enters advance designation information we receive on the paper Form SSA–4547 in the ADRP system using one of the Intranet applications. Accordingly, we
have included the paper form responses in this figure for Intranet responses.
** 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 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.
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II. 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
November 7, 2022. Individuals can
obtain copies of these OMB clearance
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSA–4–BK (Death Claim) paper ............
SSA–4–BK/(Death Claim) MCS Interview ......................................................
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packages by writing to
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Application for Child’s Insurance
Benefits—20 CFR 404.350–404.368,
404.603, & 416.350—0960–0010. Title II
of the Act provides for the payment of
monthly benefits to children of an
insured retired, disabled, or deceased
worker. Section 202(d) of the Act
discloses the conditions and
requirements the applicant must meet
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Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
when filing an application. SSA uses
the information on Form SSA–4–BK to
determine entitlement for children of
living and deceased workers to monthly
Social Security payments. Respondents
are guardians completing the form on
behalf of the children of living or
deceased workers, or the children of
living or deceased workers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
1,178
1
12
236
* $28.01
0
*** $6,610
227,999
1
11
41,800
* 28.01
** 24
*** 3,725,330
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Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–4–BK (Life Claim) Paper ................
SSA–4–BK (Life Claim) MCS Interview ..
2,180
284,245
1
1
12
11
436
52,112
* 28.01
* 28.01
0
** 24
*** 12,212
*** 4,644,338
Totals ...............................................
515,602
........................
........................
94,584
........................
..........................
*** 8,388,490
* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#000000).
** 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. Statement for Determining
Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental
Security Income Payment(s)—416.204—
0960–0416. SSA conducts
redeterminations of disability to
determine whether Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients: (1)
have met and continue to meet all
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
telephone interview) using the
automated SSI Claim System. The
respondents are SSI recipients or their
representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
statutory and regulatory requirements
for SSI eligibility; and (2) are receiving
the correct SSI payment amount. SSA
makes these redeterminations through
periodic use of Form SSA–8203–BK.
SSA conducts this legally mandated
information collection in field offices
via personal contact (face-to-face or
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time
in field office
or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–8203–BK (paper version) ...............
SSA–8203–BK (SSI Claims system) ......
44,396
1,918,702
1
1
20
19
14,799
607,589
* $19.86
* 19.86
** 21
** 21
*** $602,513
*** 25,403,621
Totals ...............................................
1,963,098
........................
........................
622,388
........................
..........................
*** 26,006,134
* 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. Request to Withdraw a Hearing
Request; Request to Withdraw an
Appeals Council Request for Review;
and Administrative Review Process for
Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims—
20 CFR parts 404, 405, and 416—0960–
0710. Claimants have a statutory right
under the Act and current regulations to
apply for Social Security Disability
Insurance (SSDI) benefits SSI payments.
SSA collects information at each step of
the administrative process to adjudicate
claims fairly and efficiently. SSA
collects this information to establish a
claimant’s right to administrative
review, and determine the severity of
the claimant’s alleged impairments. SSA
uses the information we collect to
determine entitlement or continuing
eligibility to SSDI benefits or SSI
payments, and to enable appeals of
these determinations. In addition, SSA
Number of
respondents
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Regulation sections
404.961, 416.1461, 405.330, and 405.366 .........................
404.950, 416.1450, and 405.332 ........................................
404.949 and 416.1449 ........................................................
405.334 ...............................................................................
404.957, 416.1457, and 405.380 ........................................
405.381 ...............................................................................
405.401 ...............................................................................
404.971 and 416.1471 (HA–85 & e85; HA–86 & e86) .......
404.982 and 416.1482 ........................................................
404.987 & 404.988 and 416.1487 & 416.1488 and
405.601 ............................................................................
404.1740(b)(1) .....................................................................
416.1540(b)(1) .....................................................................
404.1512, 404.1740(c)(4), 416.912, and 416.1540(c)(4) ...
405.372(c) ...........................................................................
405.1(b)(5) 405.372(b) ........................................................
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Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
collects information on Forms HA–85
and HA–86 to allow claimants to
withdraw a hearing request or an
Appeals Council review request. The
respondents are applicants for Title II
SSDI or Title XVI SSI benefits; their
appointed representatives; legal
advocates; medical sources; and
schools.
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) **
12,220
1,040
2,868
20
21,041
37
5,310
1,606
1,687
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
20
60
60
10
30
10
10
30
4,073
347
2,868
20
3,507
19
885
268
844
* $19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
** $80,890
** 6,891
** 56,958
** 397
** 69,649
** 377
** 17,576
** 5,322
** 16,762
12,425
150
150
150
5,310
833
1
1
1
1
1
1
30
2
2
2
10
30
6,213
5
5
5
885
417
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
** 123,390
** 99
** 99
** 99
** 17,576
** 8,282
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Number of
respondents
Regulation sections
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
405.505 ...............................................................................
405.1(c)(2) ...........................................................................
405.20 .................................................................................
833
5,310
5,310
1
1
1
30
10
10
417
885
885
* 19.86
* 19.86
* 19.86
** 8,282
** 17,576
** 17,576
Totals ...........................................................................
76,300
........................
........................
22,548
..........................
** 447,801
* 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).
** 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. Electronic SSDI and SSI Wage
Reporting: myWageReport, SSA Mobile
Wage Reporting, and Supplemental
Security Income Telephone Wage
Reporting—20 CFR 404.1520(b),
404.1571–1576, 404.1584–1593, &
416.701–416.732—0960–0715. SSA
requires SSDI beneficiaries or their
representative payees to report changes
when beneficiaries return to work, when
their amount of work increases, or when
their earnings increase. Similarly, SSA
requires recipients of SSI, their
deemors, and representative payees to
report changes in work and monthly
wages. SSA allows SSDI beneficiaries,
SSI recipients, deemors, and
representative payees to report earnings
via electronic means, though the
methods available depend on the type of
benefits received. SSDI users may report
wages using an internet reporting
system called myWageReport.
myWageReport is a secure internet
reporting tool within the mySSA portal
that enables SSDI beneficiaries to
submit pay stub information to SSA. In
addition to myWageReport, SSI users
have two other electronic options, the
SSA Mobile Wage Reporting application
(SSAMWR) and the SSI Telephone
Wage Reporting System (SSITWR). 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 SSAMWR
allows recipients to report their wages
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency
of response
Number
of responses
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
through the mobile wage reporting
application on their smartphone.
SSITWR and SSAMWR systems collect
the same information and send it to SSA
over secure channels. To ensure the
security of the information provided,
SSITWR and SSAMWR 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 SSDI
beneficiaries, SSI recipients, SSI
deemors, or representative payees.
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) ***
Training/Instruction * ................................
myWageReport .......................................
SSITWR ..................................................
SSAMWR ................................................
108,280
3,557
16,341
88,382
1
12
12
12
108,280
42,684
196,092
1,060,584
35
7
5
6
63,163
4,980
16,341
106,058
** $19.86
** 19.86
** 19.86
** 19.86
*** $1,254,417
*** 98,903
*** 324,532
*** 2,106,312
Totals ...............................................
216,560
........................
1,407,640
........................
190,542
..........................
*** 3,784,164
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* SSI respondents complete training and a modality of collection. SSA is not able to break down the number of new wage reporters who receive training and longtime wage reporters who did not receive training; therefore, the actual number may be less than the estimate we provided. SSA collects management information
data based on the number of transactions; the number of respondents has been extrapolated from that number. We do not collect MI on unique reporters.
** 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).
*** 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. Government-to-Government
Services Online website Registration
Form; Government-to-Government
Services Online website Account
Modification/Deletion Form—20 CFR
401.45—0960–0757. The Governmentto-Government Services Online (GSO)
website allows various external
organizations to submit files to a variety
of SSA systems and, in some cases,
receive files in return. The SSA systems
that process data transferred via GSO
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include, but are not limited to, systems
responsible for disability processing and
benefit determination or termination.
SSA uses the information on Form
SSA–159, GSO website Registration
Form, to register the requestor to use the
GSO website. Once we receive the SSA–
159, SSA provides the user with
account information and conducts a
walkthrough of the GSO website as
necessary. Established organizations
may submit Form SSA–159 to register
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additional users as well. The established
requesting organizations can also
complete Form SSA–160, GSO website
Account Modification/Deletion Form, to
modify their online accounts (e.g.,
address change). Respondents are State
and local government agencies, and
some private sector business entities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–159 .............................................................................
SSA–160 .............................................................................
1,354
430
1
1
15
15
339
108
* 21.13
* 21.13
** $7,163
** 2,282
Totals ...........................................................................
1,784
........................
........................
447
..........................
** 9,445
* We based these figures on average Information and Record Keeping Analysts’ hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/
oes/current/oes434199.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.
6. Application Status—20 CFR
401.45—0960–0763. Application Status
provides users with the capability to
check the status of their pending Social
Security claims via the National 800
Number Automated Telephone Service.
Users need their SSN and a
confirmation number to access this
information. SSA systems determine the
type of claim(s) the caller filed based
upon the information provided.
Subsequently, the automated telephone
system provides callers with the option
to choose the claim for which they wish
to obtain status. If the caller applied for
multiple claims, the automated system
allows the caller to select only one
claim at a time. Once callers select the
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Application Status ...................................
I
I
790,821
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
I
1
3
claim(s) they are calling about, an
automated voice advises them of the
status of their claim. The respondents
are current Social Security claimants
who wish to check on the status of their
claims.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Estimated
total annual
burden hours
(hours)
I
39,541
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
(dollars) *
I
$19.86 *
I
Average wait
for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
19 **
$5,758,764 ***
* 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 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.Report of Adult FunctioningEmployer—20 CFR 404.1512 and
416.912—0960–0805. Under the
authority provided in sections 205(a),
223(d)(5)(A), 1631(d)(1), and 1631(e)(1)
of the Act, the agency may collect
information from each applicant for, or
recipient of (collectively referred to as
‘‘claimant’’), disability insurance
benefits (DIB) or SSI payments. We use
this information as evidence to help us
determine eligibility or continued
eligibility for DIB or SSI. These sections
of the Act grant us the authority to
establish procedures for collecting and
verifying this evidence. Sections 20 CFR
404.1512 and 20 CFR 416.912 of the
Code of Federal Regulations provide
detailed requirements for the types of
evidence we request claimants provide
showing how their impairment(s) affects
their ability to work (e.g., medical, work
experience, daily activities, efforts to
work). When SSA’s Disability
Determination Service adjudicative
team determines that SSA needs
additional information to process an
applicant’s or claimant’s case, we use
Form SSA–3385, Report of Adult
Functioning—Employer, to collect
information from a claimant’s current or
former employer on an as needed basis,
to collect information regarding the
claimant’s job performance as evidence
to help inform the disability eligibility
for the claimant. We send the SSA–3385
with a pre-addressed and stamped
envelope to a claimant’s direct
supervisor, or another person who has
direct knowledge of the claimant’s job
performance and ask that individual to
provide information about the
Number of
respondents
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SSA–3385 ...........................................................................
I
3,601
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
I
1
claimant’s day-to-day functioning in a
work setting. The respondent completes
Form SSA–3385 and sends it back to
SSA in the enclosed envelope. Once
SSA receives the SSA–3385, the field
office scans the form into the claimant’s
electronic folder. Then the Disability
Determination Service adjudicative
team uses this information to evaluate
the claimant’s impairment-related
functional limitations to determine
eligibility or continued eligibility for
SSDI or SSI. The respondents are
current or former employers who are
contacted only when the adjudicative
team decides additional information is
necessary and the employer may be a
good source for the information.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
I
20
I
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
1,200
$28.01 *
$33,612 **
* 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).
** 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
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Dated: September 30, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022–21667 Filed 10–5–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 11878]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Department of State
Acquisition Regulation (DOSAR)
Notice of request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection
from all interested individuals and
organizations. The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to 60 days
after the date of publication in the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web: Persons with access to the
internet may comment on this notice by
going to www.Regulations.gov. You can
search for the document by entering
‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2022–0033’’ in
the Search field. Then click the
‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete
the comment form.
• Email: acquisitionpolicy@state.gov
and/or schroederhr@state.gov.
You must include the -DS form
number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control
number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including requests
for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
to Hilary Schroeder, who may be
reached on (202) 890–9798 or at
schroederhr@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Title of Information Collection:
Department of State Acquisition
Regulation (DOSAR).
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0050.
• Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection.
• Originating Office: A/OPE/AP/
SCPD.
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• Form Number: No form.
• Respondents: Offerors and
awardees of Department of State
solicitations and contracts.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,897.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
3,095.
• Average Time per Response: 82
hours.
• Total Estimated Burden Time:
253,416 hours.
• Frequency: On occasion.
• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
This collection includes DOSAR
provisions and clauses implemented via
solicitations and contracts to ensure
offerors meet qualifications and
awardees meet specific post-award
requirements.
Methodology
Information is collected
electronically.
Sharon D. James,
Acting Office Director, Office of the
Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition
Policy (A/OPE/OAP), Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Rescission of the Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Route 2/2A/32
Corridor Improvements Project, New
London County, Connecticut
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The FHWA, in cooperation
with the Connecticut Department of
Transportation (CTDOT) is issuing this
Notice to advise the public that we are
rescinding the June 3, 1996, Notice of
Intent (NOI) to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Route 2/2A/32 Project in New
London County, Connecticut. We are
rescinding the NOI because a substantial
amount of time has passed since its
publication and there is a need to reevaluate traffic growth and congestion
in the region.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy D. Jackson-Grove, Division
Administrator, FHWA, Connecticut
Division, 450 Main Street, Suite 612, CT
06103; Telephone: (860) 659–6703.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, as the lead Federal Agency, in
cooperation with the Connecticut
Department of Transportation (CTDOT),
as the joint lead agency and local project
sponsor, published an NOI in the
Federal Register on June 3, 1996, at 61
FR 27945, to prepare an EIS on a
proposal for transportation
improvements within the Connecticut
Route 2/2a/32 (CT 2/2A/32) corridor in
the towns of Norwich, Preston, Ledyard,
North Stonington, Stonington,
Montville, New London, Connecticut.
The purpose of the proposed project
was to identify transportation
improvements to relieve existing and
predicted traffic congestion and
improve safety on the Route 2 and 2A
corridors, along with associated state
routes that intersect with Route 2. The
study area extended from Westerly,
Rhode Island, northwest to Norwich,
CT, and south to New London, CT. The
Draft EIS was completed and considered
a range of alternatives that included: (1)
No Action; (2) commuter rail service
along the New England Central Rail line
combined with transit service (light rail
or monorail) between Norwich, CT and
Westerly, RI; (3) bus service between
Norwich and Westerly along (in part) a
dedicated busway; (4) a bypass of Route
2A; (5) widening Route 2 and upgrading
Routes 32 and 164; (6) and a bypass of
Route 2 in North Stonington. Each
SUMMARY:
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2022-0050]
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.
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/
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public/do/PRAMain. Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID
Number [SSA-2022-0050].
(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-2022-0050].
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it 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
December 5, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by writing to the above email address.
Advance Designation of Representative Payee--0960-0814. On April
13, 2018, the President signed into law The Strengthening Protections
for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018, also known as Public Law
(Pub. L.) 115-165. Section 201 of the law allows SSA beneficiaries and
applicants under Title II, Title VIII and Title XVI, of the Social
Security Act (Act) to designate individuals to serve as a
representative payee should the need arise in the future. Section
201(j)(2) of Public Law 115-165 provides the requirements for selecting
a qualified representative payee. SSA only offers the option to advance
designate to capable adults and emancipated minors. Beneficiaries who
have an assigned representative payee, or have a representative
application in process, cannot advance designate. Form SSA-4547,
Advance Designation of Representative Payee, allows beneficiaries or
applicants the option to designate individuals in order of priority, to
serve as a representative. Beneficiaries or applicants can update or
change the advance designee order of priority at any time. SSA uses the
information on Form SSA-4547 to select a qualified representative payee
in order of priority. If the selected representative payee is unable or
unwilling to serve, or meet SSA requirements, SSA will select another
representative payee to serve in the beneficiaries and applicant's best
interest. SSA will notify beneficiaries annually of the individuals
they chose in advance to be their representative payee. The respondents
are SSA beneficiaries and claimants who want to choose an advance
designate representative.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount office (dollars) ****
(dollars) ** (minutes) ***
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Submission of Advance Designation
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Intranet version (Paper Form SSA- * 473,052 1 6 47,305 ** $19.86 *** 24 **** $4,697,406
4547, SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)
Internet version (mySSA)............. 327,101 1 6 32,710 ** 19.86 ............... **** 649,621
Internet version (iClaim)............ 827,257 1 6 82,726 ** 19.86 ............... **** 1,642,938
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Totals........................... 1,627,410 .............. .............. 162,741 .............. ............... **** 6,989,965
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Waiver of Advance Designation
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All Modalities (Intranet and 1,314,978 1 2 43,833 19.86 ............... **** 870,523
Internet)...........................
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Grand Totals
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Totals........................... 2,942,388 .............. .............. 206,574 .............. ............... **** 7,860,488
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* SSA enters advance designation information we receive on the paper Form SSA-4547 in the ADRP system using one of the Intranet applications.
Accordingly, we have included the paper form responses in this figure for Intranet responses.
** 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 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.
II. 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 November 7, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of
these OMB clearance packages by writing to
[email protected].
1. Application for Child's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR 404.350-
404.368, 404.603, & 416.350--0960-0010. Title II of the Act provides
for the payment of monthly benefits to children of an insured retired,
disabled, or deceased worker. Section 202(d) of the Act discloses the
conditions and requirements the applicant must meet when filing an
application. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-4-BK to determine
entitlement for children of living and deceased workers to monthly
Social Security payments. Respondents are guardians completing the form
on behalf of the children of living or deceased workers, or the
children of living or deceased workers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount office (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-4-BK (Death Claim) paper......... 1,178 1 12 236 * $28.01 0 *** $6,610
SSA-4-BK/(Death Claim) MCS Interview. 227,999 1 11 41,800 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 3,725,330
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SSA-4-BK (Life Claim) Paper.......... 2,180 1 12 436 * 28.01 0 *** 12,212
SSA-4-BK (Life Claim) MCS Interview.. 284,245 1 11 52,112 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 4,644,338
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Totals........................... 515,602 .............. .............. 94,584 .............. ............... *** 8,388,490
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* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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. Statement for Determining Continuing Eligibility, Supplemental
Security Income Payment(s)--416.204--0960-0416. SSA conducts
redeterminations of disability to determine whether Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients: (1) have met and continue to meet all
statutory and regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility; and (2) are
receiving the correct SSI payment amount. SSA makes these
redeterminations through periodic use of Form SSA-8203-BK. SSA conducts
this legally mandated information collection in field offices via
personal contact (face-to-face or telephone interview) using the
automated SSI Claim System. The respondents are SSI recipients or their
representative payees.
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-8203-BK (paper version).......... 44,396 1 20 14,799 * $19.86 ** 21 *** $602,513
SSA-8203-BK (SSI Claims system)...... 1,918,702 1 19 607,589 * 19.86 ** 21 *** 25,403,621
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Totals........................... 1,963,098 .............. .............. 622,388 .............. ............... *** 26,006,134
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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. Request to Withdraw a Hearing Request; Request to Withdraw an
Appeals Council Request for Review; and Administrative Review Process
for Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims--20 CFR parts 404, 405, and
416--0960-0710. Claimants have a statutory right under the Act and
current regulations to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) benefits SSI payments. SSA collects information at each step of
the administrative process to adjudicate claims fairly and efficiently.
SSA collects this information to establish a claimant's right to
administrative review, and determine the severity of the claimant's
alleged impairments. SSA uses the information we collect to determine
entitlement or continuing eligibility to SSDI benefits or SSI payments,
and to enable appeals of these determinations. In addition, SSA
collects information on Forms HA-85 and HA-86 to allow claimants to
withdraw a hearing request or an Appeals Council review request. The
respondents are applicants for Title II SSDI or Title XVI SSI benefits;
their appointed representatives; legal advocates; medical sources; and
schools.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB- approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Regulation sections Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount (dollars) **
(dollars) *
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404.961, 416.1461, 405.330, and 405.366.............. 12,220 1 20 4,073 * $19.86 ** $80,890
404.950, 416.1450, and 405.332....................... 1,040 1 20 347 * 19.86 ** 6,891
404.949 and 416.1449................................. 2,868 1 60 2,868 * 19.86 ** 56,958
405.334.............................................. 20 1 60 20 * 19.86 ** 397
404.957, 416.1457, and 405.380....................... 21,041 1 10 3,507 * 19.86 ** 69,649
405.381.............................................. 37 1 30 19 * 19.86 ** 377
405.401.............................................. 5,310 1 10 885 * 19.86 ** 17,576
404.971 and 416.1471 (HA-85 & e85; HA-86 & e86)...... 1,606 1 10 268 * 19.86 ** 5,322
404.982 and 416.1482................................. 1,687 1 30 844 * 19.86 ** 16,762
404.987 & 404.988 and 416.1487 & 416.1488 and 405.601 12,425 1 30 6,213 * 19.86 ** 123,390
404.1740(b)(1)....................................... 150 1 2 5 * 19.86 ** 99
416.1540(b)(1)....................................... 150 1 2 5 * 19.86 ** 99
404.1512, 404.1740(c)(4), 416.912, and 416.1540(c)(4) 150 1 2 5 * 19.86 ** 99
405.372(c)........................................... 5,310 1 10 885 * 19.86 ** 17,576
405.1(b)(5) 405.372(b)............................... 833 1 30 417 * 19.86 ** 8,282
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405.505.............................................. 833 1 30 417 * 19.86 ** 8,282
405.1(c)(2).......................................... 5,310 1 10 885 * 19.86 ** 17,576
405.20............................................... 5,310 1 10 885 * 19.86 ** 17,576
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Totals........................................... 76,300 .............. .............. 22,548 ............... ** 447,801
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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).
** 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. Electronic SSDI and SSI Wage Reporting: myWageReport, SSA Mobile
Wage Reporting, and Supplemental Security Income Telephone Wage
Reporting--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-1576, 404.1584-1593, & 416.701-
416.732--0960-0715. SSA requires SSDI beneficiaries or their
representative payees to report changes when beneficiaries return to
work, when their amount of work increases, or when their earnings
increase. Similarly, SSA requires recipients of SSI, their deemors, and
representative payees to report changes in work and monthly wages. SSA
allows SSDI beneficiaries, SSI recipients, deemors, and representative
payees to report earnings via electronic means, though the methods
available depend on the type of benefits received. SSDI users may
report wages using an internet reporting system called myWageReport.
myWageReport is a secure internet reporting tool within the mySSA
portal that enables SSDI beneficiaries to submit pay stub information
to SSA. In addition to myWageReport, SSI users have two other
electronic options, the SSA Mobile Wage Reporting application (SSAMWR)
and the SSI Telephone Wage Reporting System (SSITWR). 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 SSAMWR allows recipients to report their wages through the
mobile wage reporting application on their smartphone. SSITWR and
SSAMWR systems collect the same information and send it to SSA over
secure channels. To ensure the security of the information provided,
SSITWR and SSAMWR 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 SSDI beneficiaries, SSI
recipients, SSI deemors, or representative payees.
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 Number of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response responses (minutes) burden (hours) amount (dollars) ***
(dollars) **
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Training/Instruction *............... 108,280 1 108,280 35 63,163 ** $19.86 *** $1,254,417
myWageReport......................... 3,557 12 42,684 7 4,980 ** 19.86 *** 98,903
SSITWR............................... 16,341 12 196,092 5 16,341 ** 19.86 *** 324,532
SSAMWR............................... 88,382 12 1,060,584 6 106,058 ** 19.86 *** 2,106,312
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Totals........................... 216,560 .............. 1,407,640 .............. 190,542 ............... *** 3,784,164
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* SSI respondents complete training and a modality of collection. SSA is not able to break down the number of new wage reporters who receive training
and longtime wage reporters who did not receive training; therefore, the actual number may be less than the estimate we provided. SSA collects
management information data based on the number of transactions; the number of respondents has been extrapolated from that number. We do not collect
MI on unique reporters.
** 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).
*** 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. Government-to-Government Services Online website Registration
Form; Government-to-Government Services Online website Account
Modification/Deletion Form--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0757. The Government-
to-Government Services Online (GSO) website allows various external
organizations to submit files to a variety of SSA systems and, in some
cases, receive files in return. The SSA systems that process data
transferred via GSO include, but are not limited to, systems
responsible for disability processing and benefit determination or
termination. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-159, GSO website
Registration Form, to register the requestor to use the GSO website.
Once we receive the SSA-159, SSA provides the user with account
information and conducts a walkthrough of the GSO website as necessary.
Established organizations may submit Form SSA-159 to register
additional users as well. The established requesting organizations can
also complete Form SSA-160, GSO website Account Modification/Deletion
Form, to modify their online accounts (e.g., address change).
Respondents are State and local government agencies, and some private
sector business entities.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response response burden (hours) amount (dollars) **
(minutes) (dollars) *
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SSA-159.............................................. 1,354 1 15 339 * 21.13 ** $7,163
SSA-160.............................................. 430 1 15 108 * 21.13 ** 2,282
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Totals........................................... 1,784 .............. .............. 447 ............... ** 9,445
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* We based these figures on average Information and Record Keeping Analysts' hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.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.
6. Application Status--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0763. Application Status
provides users with the capability to check the status of their pending
Social Security claims via the National 800 Number Automated Telephone
Service. Users need their SSN and a confirmation number to access this
information. SSA systems determine the type of claim(s) the caller
filed based upon the information provided. Subsequently, the automated
telephone system provides callers with the option to choose the claim
for which they wish to obtain status. If the caller applied for
multiple claims, the automated system allows the caller to select only
one claim at a time. Once callers select the claim(s) they are calling
about, an automated voice advises them of the status of their claim.
The respondents are current Social Security claimants who wish to check
on the status of their claims.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Average wait for
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated total theoretical teleservice Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost centers opportunity cost
(minutes) hours (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** (dollars) ***
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Application Status............ 790,821 1 3 39,541 $19.86 * 19 ** $5,758,764 ***
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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 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.Report of Adult Functioning-Employer--20 CFR 404.1512 and
416.912--0960-0805. Under the authority provided in sections 205(a),
223(d)(5)(A), 1631(d)(1), and 1631(e)(1) of the Act, the agency may
collect information from each applicant for, or recipient of
(collectively referred to as ``claimant''), disability insurance
benefits (DIB) or SSI payments. We use this information as evidence to
help us determine eligibility or continued eligibility for DIB or SSI.
These sections of the Act grant us the authority to establish
procedures for collecting and verifying this evidence. Sections 20 CFR
404.1512 and 20 CFR 416.912 of the Code of Federal Regulations provide
detailed requirements for the types of evidence we request claimants
provide showing how their impairment(s) affects their ability to work
(e.g., medical, work experience, daily activities, efforts to work).
When SSA's Disability Determination Service adjudicative team
determines that SSA needs additional information to process an
applicant's or claimant's case, we use Form SSA-3385, Report of Adult
Functioning--Employer, to collect information from a claimant's current
or former employer on an as needed basis, to collect information
regarding the claimant's job performance as evidence to help inform the
disability eligibility for the claimant. We send the SSA-3385 with a
pre-addressed and stamped envelope to a claimant's direct supervisor,
or another person who has direct knowledge of the claimant's job
performance and ask that individual to provide information about the
claimant's day-to-day functioning in a work setting. The respondent
completes Form SSA-3385 and sends it back to SSA in the enclosed
envelope. Once SSA receives the SSA-3385, the field office scans the
form into the claimant's electronic folder. Then the Disability
Determination Service adjudicative team uses this information to
evaluate the claimant's impairment-related functional limitations to
determine eligibility or continued eligibility for SSDI or SSI. The
respondents are current or former employers who are contacted only when
the adjudicative team decides additional information is necessary and
the employer may be a good source for the information.
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-3385....................................... 3,601 1 20 1,200 $28.01 * $33,612 **
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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).
** 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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Dated: September 30, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-21667 Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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