Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request, 80574-80577 [2022-28433]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
80574
ACTION:
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 250 / Friday, December 30, 2022 / Notices
Notice.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
The Postal Service gives
notice of filing a request with the Postal
Regulatory Commission to add a
domestic shipping services contract to
the list of Negotiated Service
Agreements in the Mail Classification
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
DATES: Date of required notice:
December 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on December 22,
2022, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a USPS Request to Add
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail,
First-Class Package Service, and Parcel
Select Service Contract 105 to
Competitive Product List. Documents
are available at www.prc.gov, Docket
Nos. MC2023–96, CP2023–97.
SUMMARY:
Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022–28413 Filed 12–29–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
POSTAL SERVICE
Product Change—Priority Mail
Express, Priority Mail, & First-Class
Package Service Negotiated Service
Agreement
Postal ServiceTM.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Postal Service gives
notice of filing a request with the Postal
Regulatory Commission to add a
domestic shipping services contract to
the list of Negotiated Service
Agreements in the Mail Classification
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
DATES: Date of required notice:
December 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on December 19,
2022, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a USPS Request to Add
Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, &
First-Class Package Service Contract 80
to Competitive Product List. Documents
are available at www.prc.gov, Docket
Nos. MC2023–94, CP2023–95.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022–28417 Filed 12–29–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:08 Dec 29, 2022
Jkt 259001
[Docket No: SSA–2022–0067]
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 and one new collection.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID
Number [SSA–2022–0067].
(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–2022–0067].
I. The information collections below
are pending at SSA. SSA will submit
them to OMB within 60 days from the
date of this notice. To be sure we
consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than February 28,
2023. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Vocational Resource Facilitator
Demonstration—0960–NEW. SSA is
undertaking the Vocational Resource
Facilitator Demonstration (VRFD) under
the Interventional Cooperative
Agreement Program (ICAP). ICAP allows
SSA to partner with various non-federal
groups and organizations to advance
interventional research connected to the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
and Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) programs. VRFD will test the
Vocational Resource Facilitator (VRF)
PO 00000
Frm 00053
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
intervention, which helps newly injured
spinal cord injury or disease (SCI) or
brain injury (BI) patients pursue their
employment goals. The VRFD will
provide empirical evidence on the
impact of the intervention on patients in
several critical areas: (1) employment
and earnings; (2) SSI and SSDI benefit
receipt; and (3) satisfaction and wellbeing. A rigorous evaluation of VRFD is
critical to help SSA and other interested
parties assess promising options to
improve employment-related outcomes
and decrease benefit receipt. The VRFD
evaluation uses a randomized control
experimental design that includes one
treatment group and one control group.
Control group members will receive a
referral for services to the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
(DVRS), New Jersey’s state Vocational
Rehabilitation agency. The treatment
group will receive a referral to DVRS
and employment services from a
resource facilitator (RF). RFs are fully
integrated members of clinical teams
who engage with injured workers during
inpatient rehabilitation about return to
work. The central research questions
include:
• Was the intervention implemented
as planned?
• What are key considerations for
scaling up or adopting the VRF model
at other facilities?
• What were the impacts of VRF on
outcomes of interest?
• Did treatment group members earn
or work more than control group
members?
• Were treatment group members
relatively less likely to apply to or
receive SSI or SSDI benefits?
• Did treatment group members
experience greater satisfaction and wellbeing than control group members?
• What were the benefits and costs of
the demonstration across key groups?
The proposed public survey data
collections will support three
components of the planned
implementation, impact, and benefitcost analyses. The data collection efforts
will provide information that is not
available in SSA program records about
the characteristics and outcomes of
VRFD participants in the treatment and
control groups. Respondents are newly
injured SCI and BI patients, who will
provide written consent before agreeing
to participate in the study and be
randomly assigned to one of the study
groups.
Type of Request: Request for a new
information collection.
E:\FR\FM\30DEN1.SGM
30DEN1
80575
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 250 / Friday, December 30, 2022 / Notices
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Average
wait time in
field office or
for teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
Informed Consent Form ................................
Baseline Survey ............................................
12-month Follow-up Survey ..........................
Staff Interviews with Site Staff ......................
Onsite Audit of sample of case files .............
500
500
400
10
1
1
1
1
2
2
10
15
20
66
30
83
125
133
22
1
* $28.01
* 28.01
* 28.01
* 28.01
* 28.01
** 21
** 21
** 21
** 21
** 21
*** $7,227
*** 8,403
*** 7,647
*** 728
*** 28
Totals .....................................................
1,411
........................
........................
364
........................
........................
*** 24,033
* 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).
** 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.
2. Application for a Social Security
Number Card, the Social Security
Number Application Process (SSNAP),
and internet SSN Replacement Card
(iSSNRC) Application—20 CFR
422.103–422.110—0960–0066.
SSA collects information on the SS–
5 (used in the United States) and SS–5–
FS (used outside the United States) to
issue original or replacement Social
Security cards. SSA also enters the
application data into the SSNAP
application when issuing a card via
telephone or in person. In addition,
hospitals collect the same information
on SSA’s behalf for newborn children
through the Enumeration-at-Birth
process. In this process, parents of
newborns provide hospital birth
registration clerks with information
required to register these newborns.
Hospitals send this information to State
Bureaus of Vital Statistics (BVS), and
they send the information to SSA’s
National Computer Center. SSA then
uploads the data to the SSA mainframe
along with all other enumeration data,
and we assign the newborn a Social
Security number (SSN) and issue a
Social Security card. Respondents can
also use these modalities to request a
change in their SSN records. In
addition, the iSSNRC internet
application collects information similar
to the paper SS–5 for no-change, and a
name change due to marriage,
replacement SSN cards for adult U.S.
citizens. The iSSNRC modality allows
certain applicants for SSN replacement
cards to complete the internet
application and submit the required
evidence online rather than completing
a paper Form SS–5. Finally, oSSNAP
collects information similar to that
which we collect on the paper SS–5 for
no change situations, with the exception
of a name change. oSSNAP allows
applicants, both U.S. citizens and non-
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
citizens, for new or replacement SSN
cards to start the application process online, receive a list of evidentiary
documents, and then submit the
application data to SSA for further
processing by SSA employees.
Applicants need to visit a local SSA
office to complete the application
process. We are planning to make minor
changes to clarify that one screen is
optional, and to provide a space for
respondents to inform SSA of the types
of documents they will present during
the in-person follow up meeting. The
respondents for this information
collection are applicants for original and
replacement Social Security cards, or
individuals who wish to change
information in their SSN records, who
use any of the modalities described
above.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
wait time in
field office or
for teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
EAB Modality:
Hospital staff who relay the State birth
certificate information to the BVS and
SSA through the EAB process ............
I
3,759,517
I
1
I
5
I
313,293
* $24.49
250,225
* 28.01
109
* 28.01
68,509
* 28.01
I
** 0
*** $7,672,546
** 0
*** 7,008,802
** 0
*** 3,053
** 24
*** 11,129,802
iSSNRC Modality:
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a replacement card with no changes through
the iSSNRC .........................................
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a replacement card with a name change
through iSSNRC ..................................
3,002,698
I
1,312
1
I
1
5
I
5
I
I
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
oSSNAP Modality:
Adult U.S. Citizens providing information
to receive a replacement card through
the oSSNAP+ .......................................
Adult U.S. Citizens providing information
to receive an original card through the
oSSNAP+ .............................................
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:08 Dec 29, 2022
822,104
1
I
37,323
I
Jkt 259001
PO 00000
1
Frm 00054
5
I
Fmt 4703
5
I
Sfmt 4703
3,110
I
E:\FR\FM\30DEN1.SGM
* 28.01
I
30DEN1
* 24
I
*** 505,272
80576
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 250 / Friday, December 30, 2022 / Notices
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing information to receive a replacement card
through the oSSNAP+ .........................
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
wait time in
field office or
for teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
84,635
1
5
7,053
* 28.01
** 24
*** 1,145,805
6,973,505
1
9
1,046,026
* 28.01
** 24
**** 107,430,338
207,521
1
9
31,128
* 28.01
** 24
*** 3,196,949
1,113,144
1
10
185,524
* 28.01
** 24
*** 17,668,204
6,703
1
60
6,703
* 28.01
** 24
*** 262,846
SSNAP/SS–5 Modality:
Respondents who do not have to provide parents’ SSNs ..............................
Respondents whom we ask to provide
parents’ SSNs (when applying for
original SSN cards for children under
age 12) ................................................
Applicants age 12 or older who need to
answer additional questions so SSA
can determine whether we previously
assigned an SSN .................................
Applicants asking for a replacement
SSN card beyond the allowable limits
(i.e., who must provide additional documentation to accompany the application) ......................................................
Enumeration Quality Review:
Authorization
information
Authorization
information
to SSA to obtain personal
cover letter ........................
to SSA to obtain personal
follow-up cover letter ........
500
1
15
125
* 28.01
** 24
*** 9,103
500
1
15
125
* 28.01
** 24
*** 9,103
Grand Total:
Totals ...............................................
16,213,543
........................
........................
1,928,937
........................
........................
*** 159,309,973
+ The
number of respondents for this modality is an estimate based on google analytics data for the SS–5 form downloads from SSA.Gov.
* We based this figure on average Hospital Records Clerks (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292098.htm), and average U.S. worker’s hourly wages (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm) as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** 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
collection below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding this
information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
January 30, 2023. Individuals can obtain
copies of this OMB clearance package
by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
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 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 (ADRP), 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 OMBapproved information collection.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
SUBMISSION OF ADVANCE DESIGNATION
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Intranet version (Paper Form SSA–4547,
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain) .............
Internet version (mySSA) ..............................
Internet version (iClaim) ................................
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:08 Dec 29, 2022
Jkt 259001
Frequency of
response
* 473,052
327,101
827,257
PO 00000
Frm 00055
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
1
1
1
Fmt 4703
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
6
6
6
Sfmt 4703
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
47,305
32,710
82,726
E:\FR\FM\30DEN1.SGM
** $19.86
** 19.86
** 19.86
30DEN1
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) ***
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ****
*** 24
........................
........................
**** $4,697,406
**** 649,621
**** 1,642,938
80577
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 250 / Friday, December 30, 2022 / Notices
SUBMISSION OF ADVANCE DESIGNATION—Continued
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Totals .....................................................
I
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
1,627,410
I
........................
I
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
........................
I
162,741
I
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) ***
........................
I
........................
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ****
I
**** 6,989,965
* 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.
WAIVER OF ADVANCE DESIGNATION
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)
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) ***
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ****
Intranet version (Paper Form SSA–4547,
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain) .............
Internet version (mySSA) ..............................
Internet version (iClaim) ................................
394,493
262,996
657,489
1
1
1
2
2
2
13,150
8,767
21,916
** $19.86
** 19.86
** 19.86
*** 24
........................
........................
**** $3,395,007
**** 174,113
**** 435,252
Totals .....................................................
1,314,978
........................
........................
43,833
........................
........................
**** 4,004,372
** 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.
GRANT TOTALS
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Totals .......................................................
I
2,942,388
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
I
........................
I
........................
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
I
206,574
I
........................
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) ***
I
........................
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ****
I
**** $10,994,337
** 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.
Dated: December 27, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022–28433 Filed 12–29–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Notice of Availability of Adopted Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and Combined Record of Decision
(ROD)
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The FHWA, on behalf of the
California Department of Transportation
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:08 Dec 29, 2022
Jkt 259001
For
Caltrans District 7: Michael Enwedo,
Branch Chief, Division of
Environmental Planning, California
Department of Transportation—District
7, 100 S Main Street, Los Angeles, CA
90012. Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.–5:00
p.m., Pacific Standard Time, telephone
(213) 335–0060 or email
michael.enwedo@dot.ca.gov. For
FHWA, contact Shawn Oliver at (916)
498–5048 or email Shawn.Oliver@
dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Highway Administration
SUMMARY:
(Caltrans), is issuing this notice to
announce Caltrans’ adoption of the
Maritime Administration’s (MARAD)
Combined Final Environmental Impact
Statement/Record of Decision and Final
Section 4(f) Evaluation (FEIS/ROD) for
the Port of Long Beach (POLB or Port)
Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility
Project (Project).
PO 00000
Frm 00056
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
The Final
EIS and ROD for the Pier B On-Dock
Rail Support Facility Project were
approved by MARAD on April 7, 2022.
MARAD’s Notice of Availability for the
Final EIS and ROD was published in the
Federal Register on April 15, 2022.
Under 49 U.S.C. 304a(b), MARAD
issued a single Final EIS and ROD
(USEPA, 2022). Therefore, the 30-day
wait/review period under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) did
not apply to the action (Federal
Register, 2022).
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.3(b)(2),
Caltrans was a cooperating agency on
this project. Therefore, recirculation of
the document is not necessary under
Section 1506.3(c) of the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations.
Subsequent to MARAD’s ROD issued
for the entire Pier B On-Dock Rail
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\30DEN1.SGM
30DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80574-80577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28433]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2022-0067]
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 and one new
collection.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0067].
(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-
2022-0067].
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
February 28, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Vocational Resource Facilitator Demonstration--0960-NEW. SSA is
undertaking the Vocational Resource Facilitator Demonstration (VRFD)
under the Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP). ICAP
allows SSA to partner with various non-federal groups and organizations
to advance interventional research connected to the Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
programs. VRFD will test the Vocational Resource Facilitator (VRF)
intervention, which helps newly injured spinal cord injury or disease
(SCI) or brain injury (BI) patients pursue their employment goals. The
VRFD will provide empirical evidence on the impact of the intervention
on patients in several critical areas: (1) employment and earnings; (2)
SSI and SSDI benefit receipt; and (3) satisfaction and well-being. A
rigorous evaluation of VRFD is critical to help SSA and other
interested parties assess promising options to improve employment-
related outcomes and decrease benefit receipt. The VRFD evaluation uses
a randomized control experimental design that includes one treatment
group and one control group. Control group members will receive a
referral for services to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Services (DVRS), New Jersey's state Vocational Rehabilitation agency.
The treatment group will receive a referral to DVRS and employment
services from a resource facilitator (RF). RFs are fully integrated
members of clinical teams who engage with injured workers during
inpatient rehabilitation about return to work. The central research
questions include:
Was the intervention implemented as planned?
What are key considerations for scaling up or adopting the
VRF model at other facilities?
What were the impacts of VRF on outcomes of interest?
Did treatment group members earn or work more than control
group members?
Were treatment group members relatively less likely to
apply to or receive SSI or SSDI benefits?
Did treatment group members experience greater
satisfaction and well-being than control group members?
What were the benefits and costs of the demonstration
across key groups?
The proposed public survey data collections will support three
components of the planned implementation, impact, and benefit-cost
analyses. The data collection efforts will provide information that is
not available in SSA program records about the characteristics and
outcomes of VRFD participants in the treatment and control groups.
Respondents are newly injured SCI and BI patients, who will provide
written consent before agreeing to participate in the study and be
randomly assigned to one of the study groups.
Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.
[[Page 80575]]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average wait
Average Estimated Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response response burden hourly cost teleservice cost
(minutes) (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Informed Consent Form................... 500 1 10 83 * $28.01 ** 21 *** $7,227
Baseline Survey......................... 500 1 15 125 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 8,403
12-month Follow-up Survey............... 400 1 20 133 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 7,647
Staff Interviews with Site Staff........ 10 2 66 22 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 728
Onsite Audit of sample of case files.... 1 2 30 1 * 28.01 ** 21 *** 28
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals.............................. 1,411 .............. .............. 364 .............. .............. *** 24,033
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 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).
** 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.
2. Application for a Social Security Number Card, the Social
Security Number Application Process (SSNAP), and internet SSN
Replacement Card (iSSNRC) Application--20 CFR 422.103-422.110--0960-
0066.
SSA collects information on the SS-5 (used in the United States)
and SS-5-FS (used outside the United States) to issue original or
replacement Social Security cards. SSA also enters the application data
into the SSNAP application when issuing a card via telephone or in
person. In addition, hospitals collect the same information on SSA's
behalf for newborn children through the Enumeration-at-Birth process.
In this process, parents of newborns provide hospital birth
registration clerks with information required to register these
newborns. Hospitals send this information to State Bureaus of Vital
Statistics (BVS), and they send the information to SSA's National
Computer Center. SSA then uploads the data to the SSA mainframe along
with all other enumeration data, and we assign the newborn a Social
Security number (SSN) and issue a Social Security card. Respondents can
also use these modalities to request a change in their SSN records. In
addition, the iSSNRC internet application collects information similar
to the paper SS-5 for no-change, and a name change due to marriage,
replacement SSN cards for adult U.S. citizens. The iSSNRC modality
allows certain applicants for SSN replacement cards to complete the
internet application and submit the required evidence online rather
than completing a paper Form SS-5. Finally, oSSNAP collects information
similar to that which we collect on the paper SS-5 for no change
situations, with the exception of a name change. oSSNAP allows
applicants, both U.S. citizens and non-citizens, for new or replacement
SSN cards to start the application process on-line, receive a list of
evidentiary documents, and then submit the application data to SSA for
further processing by SSA employees. Applicants need to visit a local
SSA office to complete the application process. We are planning to make
minor changes to clarify that one screen is optional, and to provide a
space for respondents to inform SSA of the types of documents they will
present during the in-person follow up meeting. The respondents for
this information collection are applicants for original and replacement
Social Security cards, or individuals who wish to change information in
their SSN records, who use any of the modalities described above.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average wait
Average Estimated Average time in field
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EAB Modality:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hospital staff who relay the State 3,759,517 1 5 313,293 * $24.49 ** 0 *** $7,672,546
birth certificate information to the
BVS and SSA through the EAB process.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
iSSNRC Modality:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a 3,002,698 1 5 250,225 * 28.01 ** 0 *** 7,008,802
replacement card with no changes
through the iSSNRC..................
Adult U.S. Citizens requesting a 1,312 1 5 109 * 28.01 ** 0 *** 3,053
replacement card with a name change
through iSSNRC......................
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oSSNAP Modality:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adult U.S. Citizens providing 822,104 1 5 68,509 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 11,129,802
information to receive a replacement
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
Adult U.S. Citizens providing 37,323 1 5 3,110 * 28.01 * 24 *** 505,272
information to receive an original
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
[[Page 80576]]
Adult Non-U.S. Citizens providing 84,635 1 5 7,053 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 1,145,805
information to receive a replacement
card through the oSSNAP\+\..........
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSNAP/SS-5 Modality:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Respondents who do not have to 6,973,505 1 9 1,046,026 * 28.01 ** 24 **** 107,430,338
provide parents' SSNs...............
Respondents whom we ask to provide 207,521 1 9 31,128 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 3,196,949
parents' SSNs (when applying for
original SSN cards for children
under age 12).......................
Applicants age 12 or older who need 1,113,144 1 10 185,524 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 17,668,204
to answer additional questions so
SSA can determine whether we
previously assigned an SSN..........
Applicants asking for a replacement 6,703 1 60 6,703 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 262,846
SSN card beyond the allowable limits
(i.e., who must provide additional
documentation to accompany the
application)........................
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enumeration Quality Review:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorization to SSA to obtain 500 1 15 125 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 9,103
personal information cover letter...
Authorization to SSA to obtain 500 1 15 125 * 28.01 ** 24 *** 9,103
personal information follow-up cover
letter..............................
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grand Total:
Totals........................... 16,213,543 .............. .............. 1,928,937 .............. .............. *** 159,309,973
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\+\ The number of respondents for this modality is an estimate based on google analytics data for the SS-5 form downloads from SSA.Gov.
* We based this figure on average Hospital Records Clerks (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292098.htm), and average U.S. worker's hourly wages
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm) as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** 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 collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than January 30, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of this
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
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 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 (ADRP), 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.
Submission of Advance Designation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity
respondents response response burden amount office cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) ** (minutes) *** (dollars) ****
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intranet version (Paper Form SSA-4547, * 473,052 1 6 47,305 ** $19.86 *** 24 ****
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)......... $4,697,406
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 80577]]
Totals.............................. 1,627,410 .............. .............. 162,741 .............. .............. **** 6,989,965
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 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.
Waiver of Advance Designation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity
respondents response response burden amount office cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) ** (minutes) *** (dollars) ****
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intranet version (Paper Form SSA-4547, 394,493 1 2 13,150 ** $19.86 *** 24 ****
SSI Claims System, MCS, iMain)......... $3,395,007
Internet version (mySSA)................ 262,996 1 2 8,767 ** 19.86 .............. **** 174,113
Internet version (iClaim)............... 657,489 1 2 21,916 ** 19.86 .............. **** 435,252
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals.............................. 1,314,978 .............. .............. 43,833 .............. .............. **** 4,004,372
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
** 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.
Grant Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response response burden amount office (dollars) ****
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) ** (minutes) ***
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals............................... 2,942,388 .............. .............. 206,574 .............. .............. **** $10,994,337
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
** 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.
Dated: December 27, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-28433 Filed 12-29-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
