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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #18016 and #18017;
VERMONT Disaster Number VT–00046]
Presidential Declaration Amendment of
a Major Disaster for the State of
Vermont
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Francisco Sa´nchez, Jr.,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster
Recovery & Resilience.
[FR Doc. 2023–19448 Filed 9–7–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8026–09–P
Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 5.
AGENCY:
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Vermont
(FEMA–4720–DR), dated 07/14/2023.
Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding,
Landslides, and Mudslides.
Incident Period: 07/07/2023 through
07/17/2023.
DATES: Issued on 08/31/2023.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 10/12/2023.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 04/15/2024.
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:
Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster
Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street
SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416,
(202) 205–6734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for the State of Vermont,
dated 07/14/2023, is hereby amended to
extend the deadline for filing
applications for physical damages as a
result of this disaster to 10/12/2023.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
SUMMARY:
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2023–0035]
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, Fax:
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
SSA–8060–U3 .....................................................................
20,000
1
20
202–395–6974, Email address: OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Submit your comments online
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
2023–0035].
(SSA) Social Security Administration,
OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 833–
410–1631, 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–2023–0035].
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 November 7,
2023. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Agreement to Sell Property—20
CFR 416.1240—1245—0960—0127.
Individuals or couples who are
otherwise eligible for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments, but
whose resources exceed the allowable
limit, may receive conditional payments
if they agree to dispose of the excess
non-liquid resources and make
repayments. SSA uses Form SSA–8060–
U3 to document this agreement, and to
ensure the individuals understand their
obligations. Respondents are applicants
for and recipients of SSI payments who
will be disposing of excess non-liquid
resources.
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) **
6,667
* $29.76
** $198,410
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* We based this figures 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).
** 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. Work Activity Report (SelfEmployment)—20 CFR 404.1520(b),
404.1571—404.1576, 404.1584—
404.1593, and 416.971—416.976—
0960–0598. SSA uses Form SSA–820–
BK to determine initial or continuing
eligibility for: (1) Title II Social Security
disability benefits (SSDI); or (2) Title
XVI SSI payments. Under Titles II and
XVI of the Social Security Act,
recipients receive disability benefits and
SSI payments based on their inability to
engage in substantial gainful activity
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(SGA) due to a physical or mental
condition. Therefore, when the
recipients resume work, they must
report their work so SSA can evaluate
and determine by law whether they
continue to meet the disability
requirements. SSA uses Form SSA–820–
BK to obtain information on selfemployment activities of Social Security
Title II and XVI disability applicants
and recipients. We use the data we
obtain to evaluate disability claims, and
to help us determine if the claimant
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meets current disability provisions
under Titles II and XVI. Since
applicants for disability benefits or
payments must prove an inability to
perform any kind of SGA generally
available in the national economy for
which we expect them to qualify based
on age, education, and work experience,
any work an applicant performed until,
or subsequent to, the date the disability
allegedly began, affects our disability
determination. The respondents are
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applicants and claimants for SSI
payments or SSDI benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSA–820–BK (in Office) .........................
SSA–820–BK (phone) .............................
SSA–820–BK (paper) ..............................
SSA–820–APP (online submission) ........
Frequency of
response
12,144
36,428
48,571
2,857
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
1
1
1
1
30
30
30
30
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
6,072
18,214
24,286
1,429
* $12.81
* 12.81
*1 2.81
* 12.81
Average
wait time
in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
** 24
** 19
0
0
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
*** $140.013
*** 381,085
*** 311,104
*** 18,305
* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA’s disability insurance payment data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on 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. Social Security’s Public
Credentialing and Authentication
Process—20 CFR 401.45 and 402—
0960–0789.
Background
Authentication is the foundation for
secure, online transactions. Identity
authentication is the process of
determining, with confidence, that
someone is who he or she claims to be
during a remote, automated session. It
comprises three distinct factors:
something you know; something you
have; and something you are. Singlefactor authentication uses one of the
factors, and multi-factor authentication
uses two or more of the factors.
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SSA’s Public Credentialing and
Authentication Process
SSA offers consistent authentication
across SSA’s secured online services.
We allow our users to request and
maintain only one User ID, consisting of
a self-selected username and password,
to access multiple Social Security
electronic services. Designed in
accordance with the OMB
Memorandum M–04–04 and the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Special Publication
800–63, this process provides the means
of authenticating users of our secured
electronic services and streamlines
access to those services.
SSA’s public credentialing and
authentication process:
• Issues a single User ID to anyone
who wants to do business with the
agency and meets the eligibility criteria;
• Partners with an external Identity
Services Provider (ISP) to help us verify
the identity of our online customers;
• Complies with relevant standards;
• Offers access to some of SSA’s
workloads online, while providing a
high level of confidence in the identity
of the person requesting access to these
services;
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• Offers an in-person process for
those who are uncomfortable with or
unable to use the internet process;
• Balances security with ease of use;
and
• Provides a user-friendly way for the
public to conduct extended business
with us online instead of visiting local
servicing offices or requesting
information over the phone. Individuals
have real-time access to their Social
Security information in a safe and
secure web environment.
Public Credentialing and
Authentication Process Features
We collect and maintain the users’
personally identifiable information (PII)
in our Central Repository of Electronic
Authentication Data Master File Privacy
Act system of records, which we
published in the Federal Register (75
FR 79065). The PII may include the
users’ name; address; date of birth;
Social Security number (SSN); phone
number; and other types of identity
information [e.g., address information of
persons from the W–2 and Schedule
Self Employed forms we receive
electronically for our programmatic
purposes as permitted by 26 U.S.C.
6103(l)(1)(A)]. We may also collect
knowledge-based authentication data,
which is information users establish
with us or that we already maintain in
our existing Privacy Act systems of
records.
We retain the data necessary to
administer and maintain our eAuthentication infrastructure. This
includes management and profile
information, such as blocked accounts;
failed access data; effective date of
passwords; and other data allowing us
to evaluate the system’s effectiveness.
The data we maintain also may include
archived transaction data and historical
data.
We use the information from this
collection to identity proof and
authenticate our users online, and to
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allow them access to their personal
information from our records. We also
use this information to provide second
factor authentication. We are committed
to expanding and improving this
process so we can grant access to
additional online services in the future.
Offering online services is not only an
important part of meeting SSA’s goals,
but is vital to good public service. In
increasing numbers, the public expects
to conduct complex business over the
internet. Ensuring SSA’s online services
are both secure and user-friendly is a
high priority.
We awarded a competitively bid
contract to an ISP, Equifax,1 to help us
verify the identity of our online
customers. We use this ISP, in addition
to our other authentication methods, to
help us prove, or verify, the identity of
our customers when they are
completing online or electronic
transactions with us.
Social Security’s Authentication
Strategy
We remain committed to enhancing
our online services using authentication
processes that balance usability and
security. We will continue to research
and develop new authentication tools
while monitoring the emerging threats.
The following are key components of
our authentication strategy:
• Enrollment and Identity
Verification—Individuals who meet the
following eligibility requirements may
enroll:
Æ Must have a valid email address;
Æ Must have a valid Social Security
number (SSN);
Æ Must have a domestic address of
record (includes military addresses);
and
Æ Must be at least 18 years of age.
We collect identifying data and use
SSA and ISP records to verify an
1 Equifax is a global information solutions
provider. Equifax’s solutions help Social Security to
manage risk and mitigate fraud.
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individual’s identity. Individuals have
the option of obtaining an enhanced,
stronger, User ID by providing certain
financial information (e.g., Medicare
wages, self-employed earnings, or the
last eight digits of a credit card number)
for verification. We also ask individuals
to answer out-of-wallet questions so we
can further verify their identities.
Individuals who are unable to complete
the process online can present
identification at a field office to obtain
a User ID.
• Establishing the User Profile—The
individual self-selects a username and
password, both of which can be of
variable length and alphanumeric. We
provide a password strength indicator to
help the individual select a strong
password. We also ask the individual to
choose challenge questions for use in
restoring a lost or forgotten username or
password.
• Provide a Second Factor—We ask
the individual to provide a text message
enabled cell phone number or an email
address. We consider the cell phone
number or email address the second
factor of authentication. We send a
security code to the individual’s
selected second factor. We require the
individual to confirm its receipt by
entering the security code online.
Subsequently, each time the individual
attempts to sign in to his or her online
account, we will also send a message
with a one-time security code to the
individual’s selected second factor. The
individual must enter the security code
along with his or her username and
password. The code is valid for only 10
minutes. If the individual does not enter
the code within 10 minutes, the code
expires, and the individual must request
another code.
• Enhancing the User ID—If
individuals opt to enhance or upgrade
their User IDs, they must provide
certain financial information for
Social Security’s Enrollment Process
The enrollment process is a one-time
only activity. SSA requires the
individuals to agree to the ‘‘Terms of
Service’’ detailed on our website before
we allow them to begin the enrollment
process. The ‘‘Terms of Service’’ inform
the individuals what we will and will
not do with their personal information,
and the privacy and security protections
we provide on all data we collect. These
terms also detail the consequences of
misusing this service.
To verify the individual’s identity, we
ask the individual to give us minimal
personal information, which may
include:
• Name;
• SSN;
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
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verification. We mail a one-time-use
upgrade code to the individual’s
verified residential address. When the
individual receives the upgrade code in
the mail, he or she can enter this code
online to enhance the security of the
account. With extra security, we
continue to require the individuals to
sign in using their username, password,
and a one-time security code we send to
their second factor email address or cell
phone number (whichever the users
listed in their account).
• Sign in and Use—Our
authentication process provides an
individual with a User ID for access to
our sensitive online Social Security
services. Second factor authentication
requires the individual to sign in with
a username, password, and a one-time
security code sent to the individual’s
selected second factor. SSA expanded
its existing capabilities to require
second factor authentication for every
online sign in. We also allow for
maintenance of the second factor
options. An individual who forgets the
password can reset it automatically
without contacting SSA.
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
• Date of birth;
• Address—mailing and residential;
• Telephone number;
• Email address;
• Financial information;
• Cell phone number; and
• Selecting and answering password
reset questions.
We send a subset of this information
to the ISP, who then generates a series
of out-of-wallet questions back to the
individual. The individual must answer
all or most of the questions correctly
before continuing in the process. The
exact questions generated are unique to
each individual.
This collection of information, or a
subset of it, is mandatory for
respondents who want to do business
with SSA via the internet. We collect
this information via the internet, on
SSA’s public-facing website. We also
offer an in-person identification
verification process for individuals who
cannot, or are not willing, to register
online. For this process, the individual
must go to a local SSA field office and
provide identifying information. We do
not ask for financial information with
the in-person process.
We only collect the identity
verification information one time, when
the individual registers for a credential.
We ask for the User ID (username and
password) every time an individual
signs in to our automated services. If
individuals opt for the enhanced or
upgraded account, they also either
receive an email message or a text
message on their cell phones (this serves
as the second factor for authentication)
each time they sign in.
The respondents are individuals who
choose to use the internet or Automated
Telephone Response System to conduct
business with SSA.
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) **
Internet Registrations ..............................
Internet Sign-Ins ......................................
Intranet Registration (RCS) .....................
11,788,914
124,989,089
54,908
1
1
1
8
1
8
1,571,855
2,083,151
7,321
* $29.76
* 29.76
* 29.76
........................
........................
** 24
*** $46,778,405
*** 6,194,574
*** 871,492
Totals ...............................................
136,832,911
........................
........................
3,662,327
........................
........................
** 53,844,471
* 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 these figures 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
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information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
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To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
October 10, 2023. Individuals can obtain
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copies of this OMB clearance package
by writing to the
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Authorization for the Social
Security Administration to Obtain Wage
and Employment Information from
Payroll Data Providers—0960–0807.
Section 824 of the Bipartisan Budget Act
(BBA) of 2015, Public Law 114–74,
authorizes SSA to enter into information
exchanges with payroll data providers
for the purposes of improving program
administration and preventing improper
payments in the SSDI and SSI programs.
SSA uses Form SSA–8240,
‘‘Authorization for the Social Security
Administration to Obtain Wage and
Employment Information from Payroll
Data Providers,’’ to secure the
authorization needed from the relevant
members of the public to obtain their
wage and employment information from
payroll data providers. Ultimately, SSA
uses this wage and employment
information to help determine program
eligibility and payment amounts.
The public can complete Form SSA–
8240 using the following modalities: a
paper form; the internet; and an inoffice or telephone interview, during
which an SSA employee documents the
wage and employment information
authorization information on one of
SSA’s internal systems (the Modernized
Claims System (MCS); the SSI Claims
System; eWork; or iMain). The
individual’s authorization will remain
effective until one of the following four
events occurs:
• SSA makes a final adverse decision
on the application for benefits, and the
applicant has filed no other claims or
appeals under the Title for which SSA
obtained the authorization;
• the individual’s eligibility for
payments ends, and the individual has
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
not filed other claims or appeals under
the Title for which SSA obtained the
authorization;
• the individual revokes the
authorization verbally or in writing; or
• the deeming relationship ends (for
SSI purposes only).
SSA requests authorization on an asneeded basis as part of the following
processes: (a) SSDI and SSI initial
claims; (b) SSI redeterminations; and (c)
SSDI Work Continuing Disability
Reviews. The respondents are
individuals who file for, or are currently
receiving, SSDI or SSI payments, and
any person whose income and resources
SSA counts when determining an
individual’s SSI eligibility or payment
amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time
in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–8240 (paper) ..................................
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic (MCS,
MSSICS, and eWork) ..........................
Internet ....................................................
150,000
1
8
20,000
* $12.81
........................
*** $256,200
697,580
147,820
1
1
3
3
34,879
7,391
* 12.81
* 12.81
* 21
0
*** 3,574,400
*** 94,679
Totals ...............................................
995,400
........................
........................
62,270
........................
........................
*** 3,925,279
* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2023 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.
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2. Notice to Electronic Information
Exchange Partners to Provide Contractor
List—0960–0820. The Federal standards
Privacy Act of 1974; E-Government act
of 2002; and the National Institute of
Standard Special Publications 800–53–
4, requires SSA to maintain oversight of
the information it provides to Electronic
Information Exchange Partners (EIEPs).
EIEPs obtain SSA data for the
administration of federally funded and
state-administered programs. SSA has a
responsibility to monitor and protect the
personally identifiable information SSA
shares with other Federal and State
agencies, and private organizations
through the Computer Matching and
Privacy Protection Act, and the
Information Exchange Agreements
(IEA). Under the terms of the State
Transmission Component IEA, and
agency IEA, EIEPs agree to comply with
Electronic Information Exchange
security requirements and procedures
for State and local Agencies exchanging
electronic information with SSA. SSA’s
Technical Systems Security
Requirements document provides all
agencies using SSA data ensure SSA
information is not processed;
maintained; transmitted; or stored in; or
by means of data communications
channel; electronic devices; computers;
or computer networks located in
geographic or virtual areas not subject to
U.S. law. SSA conducts tri-annual
compliance reviews of all State and
local agencies, and Tribes with whom
we have an IEA, to verify appropriate
security safeguards remain in place to
protect the confidentiality of
information SSA supplies. SSA requires
any organization with an electronic data
exchange agreement, to provide the SSA
Regional Office contact a current list of
contractors, or agents who have access
to SSA data upon request. SSA uses
Form SSA–731, Notice to Electronic
Information Exchange Partners to
Provide Contractor List to collect this.
The respondents are Federal agencies;
State, local, or tribal agencies; who
exchange electronic information with
SSA.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly
cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–731 .............................................................................
300
1
20
100
* $29.76
** $2,976
* We based this figure on average State, local and tribal government worker’s salaries (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
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** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
Dated: September 1, 2023.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36719]
Red River Valley & Western Railroad
Company—Acquisition and Operation
Exemption—Rail Line of BNSF Railway
Company
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Red River Valley & Western Railroad
Company (RRVW), a Class III rail
carrier, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to
acquire from BNSF Railway Company
(BNSF) and to operate an approximately
0.4-mile rail line, extending from
milepost 54.55 to milepost 54.95 in
Casselton, Cass County, N.D. (the Line).1
According to the verified notice,
RRVW reached an agreement with BNSF
in 2006 for acquisition and operation of
the Line. RRVW states that the parties’
transaction was consummated in 2006
and that RRVW has been operating over
the Line since that time.2 RRVW states,
however, that it recently discovered that
it inadvertently neglected to seek
acquisition and operation authority for
the Line from the Board when it
acquired the Line from BNSF. RRVW
now seeks after-the-fact Board
authorization for its prior acquisition
and operation of the Line.3
RRVW certifies that the proposed
acquisition of the Line does not involve
any interchange commitments. RRVW
further certifies that its projected
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not (and did not) result in the
creation of a Class II or Class I rail
carrier. Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e),
if a carrier’s projected annual revenues
1 On September 1, 2023, RRVW filed an errata to
its verified notice of exemption to note that the Line
is an approximately 0.4-mile rail segment, rather
than a 0.5-mile rail segment as previously indicated
in its notice filed on August 23, 2023.
2 RRVW states that, in 1987, it received authority
from the agency to acquire the tracks, physical
assets, and common carrier obligation for 656 miles
of various rail lines from BNSF. See Red River
Valley & W. R.R.—Acquis. & Operation
Exemption—Certain Lines of Burlington N. R.R., FD
31071 (ICC served July 22, 1987). According to
RRVW, the Line was not part of that original
transaction but provides a connection from the lines
acquired in 1987 to one of RRVW’s customers,
Tharaldson Ethanol.
3 RRVW is not seeking retroactive effectiveness
for the exemption.
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will exceed $5 million, it must, at least
60 days before the exemption becomes
effective, post a notice of its intent to
undertake the proposed transaction at
the workplace of the employees on the
affected lines, serve a copy of the notice
on the national offices of the labor
unions with employees on the affected
lines, and certify to the Board that it has
done so. However, RRVW has filed a
request for partial waiver of the 60-day
advance labor notice requirements to
allow the exemption to take effect as
soon as its waiver request is granted, but
no earlier than 30 days after the filing
of RRVW’s notice of exemption.
RRVW’s waiver request will be
addressed in a separate decision. The
Board will establish the effective date of
the exemption in its separate decision
on the waiver request.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Petitions for stay must
be filed no later than September 15,
2023.
All pleadings referring to Docket No.
FD 36719 should be filed with the
Surface Transportation Board either via
e-filing on the Board’s website or in
writing addressed to 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each pleading
must be served on RRVW’s
representative, William A. Mullins,
Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC
20037.
According to RRVW, this action is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c)(1)(i) and from historic
reporting requirements under 49 CFR
1105.8(b)(1).
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: September 5, 2023.
By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office
of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2023–0038]
Initial Decision That Certain Frontal
Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators
Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc.
and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC
Contain a Safety Defect; and
Scheduling of a Public Meeting
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of initial decision and
public meeting.
AGENCY:
NHTSA will hold a public
meeting regarding its initial decision
that certain frontal and passenger air bag
inflators manufactured by ARC and
Delphi through January 2018 contain a
defect related to motor vehicle safety
and should be recalled.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
at DOT headquarters in Washington,
DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on October
5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
submissions to the docket number
identified in the heading of this
document by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number. Note that all written
submissions received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act discussion below.
We will consider all written
submissions received before the close of
business on Friday, October 20, 2023.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or written
submissions received, go to https://
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62136-62140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2023-0035]
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,
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
Submit your comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2023-
0035].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 833-410-1631, Email address: [email protected].
Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2023-0035].
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
November 7, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Agreement to Sell Property--20 CFR 416.1240--1245--0960--0127.
Individuals or couples who are otherwise eligible for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) payments, but whose resources exceed the
allowable limit, may receive conditional payments if they agree to
dispose of the excess non-liquid resources and make repayments. SSA
uses Form SSA-8060-U3 to document this agreement, and to ensure the
individuals understand their obligations. Respondents are applicants
for and recipients of SSI payments who will be disposing of excess non-
liquid resources.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount (dollars) **
(dollars) *
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SSA-8060-U3.................................... 20,000 1 20 6,667 * $29.76 ** $198,410
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* We based this figures 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).
** 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. Work Activity Report (Self-Employment)--20 CFR 404.1520(b),
404.1571--404.1576, 404.1584--404.1593, and 416.971--416.976--0960-
0598. SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to determine initial or continuing
eligibility for: (1) Title II Social Security disability benefits
(SSDI); or (2) Title XVI SSI payments. Under Titles II and XVI of the
Social Security Act, recipients receive disability benefits and SSI
payments based on their inability to engage in substantial gainful
activity (SGA) due to a physical or mental condition. Therefore, when
the recipients resume work, they must report their work so SSA can
evaluate and determine by law whether they continue to meet the
disability requirements. SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to obtain information
on self-employment activities of Social Security Title II and XVI
disability applicants and recipients. We use the data we obtain to
evaluate disability claims, and to help us determine if the claimant
meets current disability provisions under Titles II and XVI. Since
applicants for disability benefits or payments must prove an inability
to perform any kind of SGA generally available in the national economy
for which we expect them to qualify based on age, education, and work
experience, any work an applicant performed until, or subsequent to,
the date the disability allegedly began, affects our disability
determination. The respondents are
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applicants and claimants for SSI payments or SSDI benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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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) **
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SSA-820-BK (in Office)............... 12,144 1 30 6,072 * $12.81 ** 24 *** $140.013
SSA-820-BK (phone)................... 36,428 1 30 18,214 * 12.81 ** 19 *** 381,085
SSA-820-BK (paper)................... 48,571 1 30 24,286 *1 2.81 0 *** 311,104
SSA-820-APP (online submission)...... 2,857 1 30 1,429 * 12.81 0 *** 18,305
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on 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. Social Security's Public Credentialing and Authentication
Process--20 CFR 401.45 and 402--0960-0789.
Background
Authentication is the foundation for secure, online transactions.
Identity authentication is the process of determining, with confidence,
that someone is who he or she claims to be during a remote, automated
session. It comprises three distinct factors: something you know;
something you have; and something you are. Single-factor authentication
uses one of the factors, and multi-factor authentication uses two or
more of the factors.
SSA's Public Credentialing and Authentication Process
SSA offers consistent authentication across SSA's secured online
services. We allow our users to request and maintain only one User ID,
consisting of a self-selected username and password, to access multiple
Social Security electronic services. Designed in accordance with the
OMB Memorandum M-04-04 and the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-63, this process provides the
means of authenticating users of our secured electronic services and
streamlines access to those services.
SSA's public credentialing and authentication process:
Issues a single User ID to anyone who wants to do business
with the agency and meets the eligibility criteria;
Partners with an external Identity Services Provider (ISP)
to help us verify the identity of our online customers;
Complies with relevant standards;
Offers access to some of SSA's workloads online, while
providing a high level of confidence in the identity of the person
requesting access to these services;
Offers an in-person process for those who are
uncomfortable with or unable to use the internet process;
Balances security with ease of use; and
Provides a user-friendly way for the public to conduct
extended business with us online instead of visiting local servicing
offices or requesting information over the phone. Individuals have
real-time access to their Social Security information in a safe and
secure web environment.
Public Credentialing and Authentication Process Features
We collect and maintain the users' personally identifiable
information (PII) in our Central Repository of Electronic
Authentication Data Master File Privacy Act system of records, which we
published in the Federal Register (75 FR 79065). The PII may include
the users' name; address; date of birth; Social Security number (SSN);
phone number; and other types of identity information [e.g., address
information of persons from the W-2 and Schedule Self Employed forms we
receive electronically for our programmatic purposes as permitted by 26
U.S.C. 6103(l)(1)(A)]. We may also collect knowledge-based
authentication data, which is information users establish with us or
that we already maintain in our existing Privacy Act systems of
records.
We retain the data necessary to administer and maintain our e-
Authentication infrastructure. This includes management and profile
information, such as blocked accounts; failed access data; effective
date of passwords; and other data allowing us to evaluate the system's
effectiveness. The data we maintain also may include archived
transaction data and historical data.
We use the information from this collection to identity proof and
authenticate our users online, and to allow them access to their
personal information from our records. We also use this information to
provide second factor authentication. We are committed to expanding and
improving this process so we can grant access to additional online
services in the future.
Offering online services is not only an important part of meeting
SSA's goals, but is vital to good public service. In increasing
numbers, the public expects to conduct complex business over the
internet. Ensuring SSA's online services are both secure and user-
friendly is a high priority.
We awarded a competitively bid contract to an ISP, Equifax,\1\ to
help us verify the identity of our online customers. We use this ISP,
in addition to our other authentication methods, to help us prove, or
verify, the identity of our customers when they are completing online
or electronic transactions with us.
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Social Security's Authentication Strategy
We remain committed to enhancing our online services using
authentication processes that balance usability and security. We will
continue to research and develop new authentication tools while
monitoring the emerging threats.
The following are key components of our authentication strategy:
Enrollment and Identity Verification--Individuals who meet
the following eligibility requirements may enroll:
[cir] Must have a valid email address;
[cir] Must have a valid Social Security number (SSN);
[cir] Must have a domestic address of record (includes military
addresses); and
[cir] Must be at least 18 years of age.
We collect identifying data and use SSA and ISP records to verify
an
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individual's identity. Individuals have the option of obtaining an
enhanced, stronger, User ID by providing certain financial information
(e.g., Medicare wages, self-employed earnings, or the last eight digits
of a credit card number) for verification. We also ask individuals to
answer out-of-wallet questions so we can further verify their
identities. Individuals who are unable to complete the process online
can present identification at a field office to obtain a User ID.
Establishing the User Profile--The individual self-selects
a username and password, both of which can be of variable length and
alphanumeric. We provide a password strength indicator to help the
individual select a strong password. We also ask the individual to
choose challenge questions for use in restoring a lost or forgotten
username or password.
Provide a Second Factor--We ask the individual to provide
a text message enabled cell phone number or an email address. We
consider the cell phone number or email address the second factor of
authentication. We send a security code to the individual's selected
second factor. We require the individual to confirm its receipt by
entering the security code online. Subsequently, each time the
individual attempts to sign in to his or her online account, we will
also send a message with a one-time security code to the individual's
selected second factor. The individual must enter the security code
along with his or her username and password. The code is valid for only
10 minutes. If the individual does not enter the code within 10
minutes, the code expires, and the individual must request another
code.
Enhancing the User ID--If individuals opt to enhance or
upgrade their User IDs, they must provide certain financial information
for verification. We mail a one-time-use upgrade code to the
individual's verified residential address. When the individual receives
the upgrade code in the mail, he or she can enter this code online to
enhance the security of the account. With extra security, we continue
to require the individuals to sign in using their username, password,
and a one-time security code we send to their second factor email
address or cell phone number (whichever the users listed in their
account).
Sign in and Use--Our authentication process provides an
individual with a User ID for access to our sensitive online Social
Security services. Second factor authentication requires the individual
to sign in with a username, password, and a one-time security code sent
to the individual's selected second factor. SSA expanded its existing
capabilities to require second factor authentication for every online
sign in. We also allow for maintenance of the second factor options. An
individual who forgets the password can reset it automatically without
contacting SSA.
Social Security's Enrollment Process
The enrollment process is a one-time only activity. SSA requires
the individuals to agree to the ``Terms of Service'' detailed on our
website before we allow them to begin the enrollment process. The
``Terms of Service'' inform the individuals what we will and will not
do with their personal information, and the privacy and security
protections we provide on all data we collect. These terms also detail
the consequences of misusing this service.
To verify the individual's identity, we ask the individual to give
us minimal personal information, which may include:
Name;
SSN;
Date of birth;
Address--mailing and residential;
Telephone number;
Email address;
Financial information;
Cell phone number; and
Selecting and answering password reset questions.
We send a subset of this information to the ISP, who then generates
a series of out-of-wallet questions back to the individual. The
individual must answer all or most of the questions correctly before
continuing in the process. The exact questions generated are unique to
each individual.
This collection of information, or a subset of it, is mandatory for
respondents who want to do business with SSA via the internet. We
collect this information via the internet, on SSA's public-facing
website. We also offer an in-person identification verification process
for individuals who cannot, or are not willing, to register online. For
this process, the individual must go to a local SSA field office and
provide identifying information. We do not ask for financial
information with the in-person process.
We only collect the identity verification information one time,
when the individual registers for a credential. We ask for the User ID
(username and password) every time an individual signs in to our
automated services. If individuals opt for the enhanced or upgraded
account, they also either receive an email message or a text message on
their cell phones (this serves as the second factor for authentication)
each time they sign in.
The respondents are individuals who choose to use the internet or
Automated Telephone Response System to conduct business with SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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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) **
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Internet Registrations............... 11,788,914 1 8 1,571,855 * $29.76 .............. *** $46,778,405
Internet Sign-Ins.................... 124,989,089 1 1 2,083,151 * 29.76 .............. *** 6,194,574
Intranet Registration (RCS).......... 54,908 1 8 7,321 * 29.76 ** 24 *** 871,492
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Totals........................... 136,832,911 .............. .............. 3,662,327 .............. .............. ** 53,844,471
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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 these figures 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 October 10, 2023. Individuals can obtain
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copies of this OMB clearance package by writing to the
[email protected].
1. Authorization for the Social Security Administration to Obtain
Wage and Employment Information from Payroll Data Providers--0960-0807.
Section 824 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2015, Public Law 114-
74, authorizes SSA to enter into information exchanges with payroll
data providers for the purposes of improving program administration and
preventing improper payments in the SSDI and SSI programs. SSA uses
Form SSA-8240, ``Authorization for the Social Security Administration
to Obtain Wage and Employment Information from Payroll Data
Providers,'' to secure the authorization needed from the relevant
members of the public to obtain their wage and employment information
from payroll data providers. Ultimately, SSA uses this wage and
employment information to help determine program eligibility and
payment amounts.
The public can complete Form SSA-8240 using the following
modalities: a paper form; the internet; and an in-office or telephone
interview, during which an SSA employee documents the wage and
employment information authorization information on one of SSA's
internal systems (the Modernized Claims System (MCS); the SSI Claims
System; eWork; or iMain). The individual's authorization will remain
effective until one of the following four events occurs:
SSA makes a final adverse decision on the application for
benefits, and the applicant has filed no other claims or appeals under
the Title for which SSA obtained the authorization;
the individual's eligibility for payments ends, and the
individual has not filed other claims or appeals under the Title for
which SSA obtained the authorization;
the individual revokes the authorization verbally or in
writing; or
the deeming relationship ends (for SSI purposes only).
SSA requests authorization on an as-needed basis as part of the
following processes: (a) SSDI and SSI initial claims; (b) SSI
redeterminations; and (c) SSDI Work Continuing Disability Reviews. The
respondents are individuals who file for, or are currently receiving,
SSDI or SSI payments, and any person whose income and resources SSA
counts when determining an individual's SSI eligibility or payment
amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
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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) **
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SSA-8240 (paper)..................... 150,000 1 8 20,000 * $12.81 .............. *** $256,200
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic 697,580 1 3 34,879 * 12.81 * 21 *** 3,574,400
(MCS, MSSICS, and eWork)............
Internet............................. 147,820 1 3 7,391 * 12.81 0 *** 94,679
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Totals........................... 995,400 .............. .............. 62,270 .............. .............. *** 3,925,279
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2023 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. Notice to Electronic Information Exchange Partners to Provide
Contractor List--0960-0820. The Federal standards Privacy Act of 1974;
E-Government act of 2002; and the National Institute of Standard
Special Publications 800-53-4, requires SSA to maintain oversight of
the information it provides to Electronic Information Exchange Partners
(EIEPs). EIEPs obtain SSA data for the administration of federally
funded and state-administered programs. SSA has a responsibility to
monitor and protect the personally identifiable information SSA shares
with other Federal and State agencies, and private organizations
through the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act, and the
Information Exchange Agreements (IEA). Under the terms of the State
Transmission Component IEA, and agency IEA, EIEPs agree to comply with
Electronic Information Exchange security requirements and procedures
for State and local Agencies exchanging electronic information with
SSA. SSA's Technical Systems Security Requirements document provides
all agencies using SSA data ensure SSA information is not processed;
maintained; transmitted; or stored in; or by means of data
communications channel; electronic devices; computers; or computer
networks located in geographic or virtual areas not subject to U.S.
law. SSA conducts tri-annual compliance reviews of all State and local
agencies, and Tribes with whom we have an IEA, to verify appropriate
security safeguards remain in place to protect the confidentiality of
information SSA supplies. SSA requires any organization with an
electronic data exchange agreement, to provide the SSA Regional Office
contact a current list of contractors, or agents who have access to SSA
data upon request. SSA uses Form SSA-731, Notice to Electronic
Information Exchange Partners to Provide Contractor List to collect
this. The respondents are Federal agencies; State, local, or tribal
agencies; who exchange electronic information with SSA.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount (dollars) **
(dollars) *
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SSA-731........................................ 300 1 20 100 * $29.76 ** $2,976
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* We based this figure on average State, local and tribal government worker's salaries (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
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** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Dated: September 1, 2023.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
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