Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 6, 2024 / Notices 88105 

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 Commonwealth of 

Virginia, dated October 1, 2024, is 

hereby amended to include the 

following areas as adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Lee. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

Kentucky: Bell. 

Tennessee: Claiborne. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25745 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2024–0044] 

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 

(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– 

2024–0044] in your submitted response. 

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 January 6, 

2025. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by writing to 

the above email address. 

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) 

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. 

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) ** 

IRES Internet Registrations ...................................................... 266,210 1 5 22,184 * $42.82 ** $949,919 

IRES Internet Requestors ......................................................... 14,472,710 1 2 482,424 * 42.82 ** 20,657,396 

IRES CS (CSA) Registrations ................................................... 2,216 1 11 406 * 42.82 ** 17,385 

Total ................................................................................... 14,741,136 ........................ ........................ 505,014 ........................ ** 21,624,700 

* We based this figure on an overall average of the average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-00000); hourly wages for Information and Record Keeping Analysts hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. (Information 

and Record Clerks, All Other (bls.gov)); and average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants (Paralegals and Legal Assistants (bls.gov); and lawyers (Lawyers 

(bls.gov) as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

** 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 

an 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 


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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 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) * 

Average 

wait time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–132 ....................................................... 361,902 1 5 30,159 * $31.48 ** 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#00- 

0000). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2024 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the 

application. 

II. SSA submitted the information 

collections below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding these 

information collections would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than 

December 6, 2024. Individuals can 

obtain copies of these OMB clearance 

packages by writing to the 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

1. Requests for Self-Employment 

Information, Employee Information, and 

Employer Information—20 CFR 

422.120—0960–0508. When SSA cannot 

identify Form W–2 wage data for an 

individual, we place the data in an 

earnings suspense file and contact the 

individual (and certain instances the 

employer) to obtain the correct 

information. If the respondent furnishes 

the name and Social Security Number 

(SSN) information that agrees with 

SSA’s records, or provides information 

that resolves the discrepancy, SSA adds 

the reported earnings to the 

respondent’s Social Security record. We 

use Forms SSA–L2765, SSA–L3365, and 

SSA–L4002 for this purpose. The 

respondents are self-employed 

individuals and employees whose name 

and SSN information do not agree with 

their employer’s and SSA’s records. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMB 

approved 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–L2765 * ............................................................................. 1 1 10 1 ** $31.48 *** $31.48 

SSA–L3365 * ............................................................................. 1 1 10 1 ** 31.48 *** 31.48 

SSA–L4002 * ............................................................................. 1 1 10 1 ** 31.48 *** 31.48 

Totals ................................................................................. 1 ........................ ........................ 3 ........................ *** 94.44 

* SSA does not currently send out any of these collections; however, we included 1 hour burden placeholders for each collection, in the event we need to send 

these notices out in the near future. 

** We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm). 

*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the 

application. 

2. Representative Payee Report of 

Benefits and Dedicated Account—20 

CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, and 

416.665—0960–0576. SSA requires 

representative payees (RPs) to manage 

the dedicated account in accordance 

with our rules, including using the 

funds for permitted expenditures and 

reporting on the use of funds. When the 

SSI recipient requires a dedicated 

account, SSA notifies the RP to inform 

them of the need to open the dedicated 

account and of the rules for managing a 

dedicated account, including the 

required submission of a written report 

accounting for the use of money paid to 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

recipients into the dedicated account. 

SSA allows the respondent to submit 

their own written report, or use Form 

SSA–6233, which simplifies the process 

for the respondents. SSA uses Form 

SSA–6233 to: (1) ensure the RPs use the 

payments for the recipient’s current 

maintenance and personal needs and 

properly conserves the remainder; and 

(2) confirm the funds paid into the 

dedicated account are spent and saved 

in compliance with the law. 

Respondents are RPs for SSI recipients. 

Type of Request: Revision of 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) ** 

Average wait 

time in 

field office 

or for 

teleservice 

centers 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–6233 ..................................................... 68,000 1 20 22,667 $31.48 * 21 ** $1,462,781 *** 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00- 

0000). 

** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2024 wait times for field offices (24 minutes) and teleservice centers (19 minutes), based on SSA’s current management information data. 


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*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Supplemental Security Income 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 Number 

Verification Services—20 CFR 401.45— 

0960–0660. Internal Revenue Service 

regulations require employers to 

provide wage and tax data to SSA using 

Form W–2, or its electronic equivalent. 

As part of this process, the employer 

must furnish the employee’s name and 

SSN. In addition, the employee’s name 

and SSN must match SSA’s records for 

SSA to post earnings to the employee’s 

earnings record, which SSA maintains. 

SSA offers the Social Security Number 

Verification Service (SSNVS), which 

allows employers to verify the reported 

names and SSNs of their employees 

match those in SSA’s records. SSNVS is 

a cost-free, voluntary method for 

employers to verify employee 

information via the internet. SSA 

annotates data an employer supplies to 

SSA for verification that does not match 

SSA’s records with a no match indicator 

and returns it to the employer. The 

respondents are employers who need to 

verify SSN data using SSA’s records. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSNVS .......................................................... 44,891 60 2,663,460 5 221,955 $43.65 * $9,688,336 ** 

* We based this figure on the average hourly wage for Accountants and Auditors, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (Accountants and Auditors 

(bls.gov)). 

** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the 

application. 

4. Request for Deceased Individual’s 

Social Security Record—20 CFR 

402.130—0960–0665. The Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), at 5 U.S.C. 

552(a)(3) of the U.S. Code, provides 

instructions for members of the public 

to request records from Federal 

Agencies. When a member of the public 

requests an individual’s Social Security 

record under FOIA, SSA needs the 

name and address of the requestor as 

well as a description of the requested 

record to process the request. While 

SSA respondents may submit these 

requests in writing, SSA also allows for 

the use of Form SSA–711, Deceased 

Individual’s Social Security Records, for 

FOIA requests for a deceased 

individual’s records for genealogical 

research, family estate matters, and 

other reasons. SSA then uses the 

information the respondent provides on 

Form SSA–711, or via an internet 

request through SSA’s electronic 

Freedom of Information Act Xpress 

(FOIAXpress) website, to: (1) verify the 

wage earner is deceased; and (2) access 

the correct Social Security record. 

Respondents are members of the public 

requesting deceased individuals’ Social 

Security records. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) ** 

Average wait 

time in 

field office 

or for 

teleservice 

centers 

(minutes) ** 

Internet Request through FOIAXpress ......... 49,800 1 7 5,810 * $31.48 ........................ *** $182,899 

SSA–711 (paper) .......................................... 200 1 7 23 * $31.48 ** 21 *** $2,928 

Total ....................................................... 50,000 ........................ ........................ 5,833 ........................ ........................ *** $185,827 

* We based this figure on 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 averaging both the average FY 2024 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. 

5. Sheltered Workshop Wage 

Reporting—0960–0771. Sheltered 

workshops are private non-profit 

organizations or institutions that 

implement a recognized program of 

rehabilitation for handicapped workers 

or provide such workers with 

remunerative employment or other 

occupational rehabilitating activity of an 

educational or therapeutic nature. 

Sheltered workshops perform a service 

for their clients by reporting monthly 

wages directly to SSA. SSA uses the 

information these workshops provide to 

verify and post monthly wages to SSI 

recipient’s records. Most workshops 

report monthly wage totals to their local 

SSA office, so we can adjust the client’s 

SSI payment amount in a timely manner 

and prevent overpayments. Sheltered 

workshops are motivated to report 

wages voluntarily as a service to their 

clients. Respondents are sheltered 

workshops that report monthly wages 

for services performed in the workshop. 

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Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) ** 

Average wait 

time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

Sheltered Workshop Wage 

Reporting ....................... 244 12 2,928 15 732 $23.28 * 24 ** $44,302 *** 

* We based this on average Rehabilitation Counselors hourly salary, as reported in Bureau of Labor Statistics data (Rehabilitation Counselors (bls.gov)) 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2024 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: November 1, 2024. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25782 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–1988] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) 

Safety Event Reporting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on July 31, 

2024. The collection involves 

information that must be reported to the 

FAA about small unmanned aircraft 

system (sUAS) safety events if they 

result in serious injury or damage 

exceeding certain thresholds. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin Walsh by email at: 

ben.walsh@faa.gov; phone: 202–267– 

8233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0767. 

Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems (sUAS) Safety Event Reporting. 

Form Numbers: N/A (web portal: 

https://faadronezone.faa.gov). 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on July 31, 2024 (89 FR 61575). The title 

of this information collection is being 

changed from ‘‘Small Unmanned 

Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Accident 

Reporting’’ to ‘‘Small Unmanned 

Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Safety Event 

Reporting’’ to reflect the change made to 

the title of the applicable regulation (14 

CFR 107.9) in 2022. The regulations at 

14 CFR 107.9 requires that a small 

unmanned aircraft system safety event 

be reported if it causes: (1) serious 

injury to any person or any loss of 

consciousness; or (2) damage to any 

property, other than the small 

unmanned aircraft, unless the cost of 

repair or fair market value in the event 

of total loss does not exceed $500. The 

information collected by the FAA 

through its DroneZone web portal, 

Flight Standards District Offices, one of 

the Regional Operations Centers, or the 

Washington Operations Center for each 

small UAS safety event will be used to 

investigate and determine regulatory 

compliance. In addition, the safety 

event information will go into the FAA 

aircraft accident database for safety 

analysis purposes by the FAA Office of 

Accident Investigation and Analysis, 

pursuant to its statutory safety mission. 

As is currently the case for manned 

aircraft accidents, small UAS safety 

event data will be made available to the 

public and the National Transportation 

Safety Board (NTSB). 

Respondents: Small Unmanned 

Aircraft System operators that 

experience a safety event that must be 

reported to the FAA per 14 CFR, 107.9. 

Approximately 41 per year. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

10.25 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1, 

2024. 

Joseph Morra, 

Manager, Emerging Technologies Division, 

AFS–700. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25812 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0036] 

Notice of Availability of Interim 

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 

Improvement (CMAQ) Program 

Guidance as Revised by the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL) 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of Interim 

Guidance; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of FHWA CMAQ Program 

Interim Guidance (Interim Guidance). 

The Interim Guidance provides 

information and guidance on eligibility, 

transfer, and other CMAQ Program 

requirements under the BIL, enacted as 

the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

Act. The CMAQ Program requirements 

in the BIL took effect on October 1, 

2021, and apply to all funding obligated 

on or after that date, whether carryover 


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