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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2025–0001]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
of OMB-approved information
collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA.
(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 by clicking on
Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments and choosing to click
on one of SSA’s published items. Please
reference Docket ID Number [SSA–
2025–0001] in your submitted response.
I. SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding these
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
February 7, 2025. Individuals can obtain
copies of these OMB clearance packages
by writing to the
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Integrated Registration Services
(IRES) System—20 CFR 401.45—0960–
0626. IRES is an internet-based
application that replaces the
respondent’s handwritten paper-based
signature with a user identification
number (User ID) and a password. IRES
provides registration, authentication,
and authorization gateway services for
Business-to-Government (B2G) suites of
services, including, but not limited to:
a. Business Services Online (BSO)
D Claimant Representative Services
b. Government Services Online (GSO)
(OMB#0960–0757)
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency
of response
D Office of Child Support Enforcement
(OCSE) Services
D Secure exchange of information
between SSA and third parties in
support of SSA and other federal
government-supported programs
c. Customer Support Application (CSA)
D CSA provides customer support
service for IRES. CSA allows users
to complete the registration process
via a telephone interview with a
Social Security customer service
representative.
The IRES System verifies the identity
of individuals, businesses,
organizations, entities, and government
agencies seeking to use SSA’s secured
internet and telephone applications.
Individuals need this verification to
electronically request and exchange
business data with SSA. Requestors
provide SSA with the information
needed to establish their identities.
Once SSA verifies identity, the IRES
system issues the requestor a user
identification number and a password to
conduct business with SSA.
Respondents are employers; employees;
third party submitters of wage data
business entities providing taxpayer
identification information; appointed
representatives; representative payees;
and data exchange partners conducting
business in support of SSA programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
IRES Internet Registrations ......................................................................
IRES Internet Requestors .........................................................................
IRES CS (CSA) Registrations ...................................................................
266,210
14,472,710
2,216
1
1
1
5
2
11
22,184
482,424
406
* $37.63
* 37.63
* 37.63
** $834,784
** 18,153,615
** 15,278
Totals .........................................................................................................
14,741,136
......................
....................
505,014
......................
** 19,003,677
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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); hourly
wages for Information and Record Keeping Analysts hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.htm);
and average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants and lawyers as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (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. Notification of a Social Security
Number (SSN) to an Employer for Wage
Reporting Purposes—20 CFR
422.103(a)—0960–0778. Individuals
applying for employment must provide
a SSN or indicate they have applied for
one. However, when an individual
applies for an initial SSN, there is a
delay between the assignment of the
number and the delivery of the SSN
card. At an individual’s request, SSA
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uses Form SSA–132 to send the
individual’s SSN to an employer.
Mailing this information to the
employer: (1) ensures the employer has
the correct SSN for the individual; (2)
allows SSA to receive correct earnings
information for wage reporting
purposes; and (3) reduces the delay in
the initial SSN assignment and delivery
of the SSN information directly to the
employer. It also enables SSA to verify
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the employer as a safeguard for the
applicant’s personally identifiable
information. The respondents are
individuals applying for an initial SSN
who ask SSA to mail confirmation of
their application or the SSN to their
employers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Modality of
completion
Number of
respondents
SSA–132 .............................................................
I
361,902
I
1
Estimated
total
annual
burden
(hours)
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of response
I
5
I
30,159
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
I
* $31.48
I
1589
Average
wait time
in field
office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
** 24
*** $5,506,482
* 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 on the average FY 2025 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: January 2, 2025
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025–00128 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. MCF 21127]
TIP Minnesota Coaches Acquisition
LLC, TIP MN Investments LP, and Tiger
Infrastructure Partners Fund IV AIV
LP—Acquisition of Control—Marschall
Line, Inc., Minnesota Coaches, Inc.,
Rehbein Transit Co., Inc., Ready Bus
Company, Inc., Voyageur Bus
Company, Inc., Minn-Dakota Coaches,
Inc., and Faribault Transportation
Service, Inc.
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice tentatively approving
and authorizing finance transaction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
TIP Minnesota Coaches
Acquisition LLC, TIP MN Investments
LP, and Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Fund IV AIV LP (Applicants) filed an
application seeking authority to acquire
control of seven interstate passenger
motor carriers: Marschall Line, Inc.
(Marschall Line), Minnesota Coaches,
Inc. (Minnesota Coaches), Rehbein
Transit Co., Inc. (Rehbein), Ready Bus
Company Inc. (Ready Bus), Voyageur
Bus Company, Inc. (Voyageur Bus),
Minn-Dakota Coaches, Inc. (MinnDakota), and Faribault Transportation
Service, Inc. (FTS) (collectively, the
Subject Carriers). The Board is
tentatively approving and authorizing
the transaction. If no opposing
comments are timely filed, this notice
will be the final Board action.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
February 24, 2025. If any comments are
filed, Applicants may file a reply by
March 10, 2025. If no opposing
comments are filed by February 24,
2025, this notice shall be effective on
February 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments, referring to
Docket No. MCF 21127, may be filed
with the Board either via e-filing on the
Board’s website or in writing addressed
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to: Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001.
In addition, send one copy of comments
to Applicants’ representative: Richard
G.S. Lee, Cooley LLP, 1299
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian O’Boyle at (202) 245–0364. If you
require an accommodation under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, please
call (202) 245–0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: According
to the application, TIP Minnesota
Coaches Acquisition LLC (TIP Minn.
Coaches) is a Delaware limited liability
company headquartered in New York,
N.Y., and is not a federally regulated
motor carrier, nor does it operate or
have a controlling interest in any
federally regulated motor carriers.
(Appl. 2.) TIP Minn. Coaches is wholly
owned by TIP MN Investments LP (TIP
MN Investments), a Delaware limited
partnership headquartered in New York.
(Id.) TIP MN Investments is in turn
wholly owned by Tiger Infrastructure
Partners Fund IV AIV LP, a fund and
Delaware limited partnership,
headquartered in New York.1 (Id. at 3.)
Applicants state that neither TIP MN
Investments, Tiger Infrastructure
Partners Fund IV AIV LP, Tiger
Infrastructure Associates GP IV LP, nor
Tiger Infrastructure Partners LP are
federally regulated motor carriers, nor
do they operate or have a controlling
interest in any federally regulated motor
carriers. (Id. at 3–4.)
Applicants state that, under the
proposed transaction, TIP Minn.
Coaches would acquire control of the
Subject Carriers from Patrick O. Regan
(Seller) and other minority
shareholders 2 by purchasing a majority
1 Applicants state that Tiger Infrastructure
Partners Fund IV AIV LP is managed by Tiger
Infrastructure Associates GP IV LP, a noncarrier
Delaware limited partnership headquartered in New
York. (Appl. 3.) More information about these
entities and Tiger Infrastructure Fund LP, which is
the private equity firm that established Tiger
Investment Fund IV AIV LP, is included in the
application. (Id.)
2 Those minority shareholders are Garrett O.
Regan, Casey O. Regan, Michael R. Clark, Michael
J. Krois, Thomas J. Severson, Michael S. Karlen,
Troy J. Nelson, Angela J. Mattingly, and Michael C.
Mattingly. (Appl. 4 n.6.)
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interest in a to-be-formed Delaware
limited partnership called MNC
Holdings, LP (Holdings).3 (Id. at 1–2.)
According to Applicants, Holdings 4
will ultimately hold 100% ownership of
several entities, including the seven
Subject Carriers, through 100%
ownership of certain intermediate
limited liability companies
(Intermediate Companies).5 (Id. at 1–2,
4, 16.) Following the closing of the
proposed transaction, Seller would
continue to hold a significant stake in
the Subject Carriers as well as retain an
active role in senior management and as
3 By decision served on November 14, 2024, the
Board tentatively approved and authorized an
application filed by Seller to control the Subject
Carriers through a corporate reorganization in
which Seller would become the majority
shareholder in MNC Holding Company, a new
entity created to serve as a holding company for the
Subject Carriers and other noncarrier entities.
Patrick O. Regan—Acquis. of Control—Faribault
Transp. Serv., Inc. (Regan), MCF 21123, slip op. at
1 (STB served Nov. 14, 2024). Applicants state that
they have filed the application in this proceeding
based on the presumption that the approval and
authority in Docket No. MCF 21123 would become
effective and the transactions described there will
be consummated. (Appl. 2 n.3.) The Board’s
approval and authority in Docket No. MCF 21123
became effective on December 31, 2024. Regan,
MCF 21123, slip op. at 1.
4 Applicants note that, in Docket No. MCF 21123,
Holdings was referred to as ‘‘MNC Holding
Company’’ and ‘‘Parent, LLC,’’ while in this
proceeding they refer to Holdings as ‘‘MNC
Holdings, LP.’’ (Appl. 5.) Applicants state that, due
to discussions that have taken place since the
application in Regan was filed, there have been
minor changes to the proposed corporate structure
described in Regan. The Board finds that these
differences are immaterial to the approval and
authority granted in Regan and, therefore, no
supplement or additional authority for those
transactions is required.
5 Specifically, Applicants state that Holdings will
hold 100% ownership of a to-be-formed Delaware
limited liability company expected to be named
MNC Intermediate Holdings, LLC, which in turn
will hold 100% ownership of a to-be-formed
Delaware limited liability company expected to be
named MNC Group Parent, LLC, which in turn will
hold 100% ownership of MNC Borrower, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, which in turn
will directly or indirectly hold 100% ownership of
the Subject Carriers. (Appl. 4 n.7.) More
information about the expected corporate structure
of Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
including the seven Subject Carriers, is included in
the application. (See id., Ex. 1.) Applicants note that
the names and number of the Intermediate
Companies differ from the description provided in
Regan. (Id. at 5.) As explained above, supra note 4,
the Board finds these differences to be immaterial
to its approval and authorization in Regan.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2025-0001]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA.
(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 by clicking on Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments and choosing to click on one of SSA's
published items. Please reference Docket ID Number [SSA-2025-0001] in
your submitted response.
I. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive
them no later than February 7, 2025. Individuals can obtain copies of
these OMB clearance packages by writing to the
[email protected].
1. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0626. IRES is an internet-based application that replaces the
respondent's handwritten paper-based signature with a user
identification number (User ID) and a password. IRES provides
registration, authentication, and authorization gateway services for
Business-to-Government (B2G) suites of services, including, but not
limited to:
a. Business Services Online (BSO)
[ssquf] Claimant Representative Services
b. Government Services Online (GSO) (OMB#0960-0757)
[ssquf] Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Services
[ssquf] Secure exchange of information between SSA and third
parties in support of SSA and other federal government-supported
programs
c. Customer Support Application (CSA)
[ssquf] CSA provides customer support service for IRES. CSA allows
users to complete the registration process via a telephone interview
with a Social Security customer service representative.
The IRES System verifies the identity of individuals, businesses,
organizations, entities, and government agencies seeking to use SSA's
secured internet and telephone applications. Individuals need this
verification to electronically request and exchange business data with
SSA. Requestors provide SSA with the information needed to establish
their identities. Once SSA verifies identity, the IRES system issues
the requestor a user identification number and a password to conduct
business with SSA. Respondents are employers; employees; third party
submitters of wage data business entities providing taxpayer
identification information; appointed representatives; representative
payees; and data exchange partners conducting business in support of
SSA programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Average
Average total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response response burden amount cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (dollars) **
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IRES Internet Registrations.. 266,210 1 5 22,184 * $37.63 ** $834,784
IRES Internet Requestors..... 14,472,710 1 2 482,424 * 37.63 ** 18,153,615
IRES CS (CSA) Registrations.. 2,216 1 11 406 * 37.63 ** 15,278
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Totals....................... 14,741,136 ............ ........... 505,014 ............ ** 19,003,677
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 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); hourly wages for Information and Record Keeping Analysts hourly
salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.htm); and
average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants and lawyers as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics (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. Notification of a Social Security Number (SSN) to an Employer
for Wage Reporting Purposes--20 CFR 422.103(a)--0960-0778. Individuals
applying for employment must provide a SSN or indicate they have
applied for one. However, when an individual applies for an initial
SSN, there is a delay between the assignment of the number and the
delivery of the SSN card. At an individual's request, SSA uses Form
SSA-132 to send the individual's SSN to an employer. Mailing this
information to the employer: (1) ensures the employer has the correct
SSN for the individual; (2) allows SSA to receive correct earnings
information for wage reporting purposes; and (3) reduces the delay in
the initial SSN assignment and delivery of the SSN information directly
to the employer. It also enables SSA to verify the employer as a
safeguard for the applicant's personally identifiable information. The
respondents are individuals applying for an initial SSN who ask SSA to
mail confirmation of their application or the SSN to their employers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated Average
Average total theoretical Average wait time Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per annual hourly cost in field office opportunity cost
respondents response response burden amount (minutes) ** (dollars) ***
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) *
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-132............................... 361,902 1 5 30,159 * $31.48 ** 24 *** $5,506,482
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2025 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: January 2, 2025
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-00128 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
