Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Review Request and Proposed Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13839-13840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6822]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Review 
Request and Proposed Request

    In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that 
require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). SSA is 
requesting emergency consideration from OMB by March 29, 1999 of the 
information collection listed below.
    Disability Update Report--0960-0511. The Social Security Act 
requires a periodic review of the disabled status of recipients whose 
benefits are based on disability to determine whether they continue to 
be eligible for these benefits. SSA uses the information collected on 
the SSA-455 to identify those beneficiaries who have medically improved 
and/or returned to work and have substantial earnings, and to decide 
whether a full medical continuing disability review should be conducted 
or deferred to a later date. The respondents are recipients of

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supplemental security income and/or social security disability 
benefits.
    Number of Respondents: 900,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 225,000 hours.
    In addition, SSA will submit this collection for approval under the 
normal OMB clearance process. 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 on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments should be directed to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA 
Reports Clearance Officer at the addresses listed below. You can obtain 
a copy of the collection instrument and/or OMB clearance package by 
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by 
writing to him. Comments will be most useful if received within 60 days 
from the date of this notice.
(SSA Address)
Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 
6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235
(OMB Address)
Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Lori Schack, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20503

    Dated: March 16, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-6822 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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