Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Notices 97155 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20902 and #20903; 

PUERTO RICO Disaster Number PR–20003] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

(FEMA–4850–DR), dated November 27, 

2024. 

Incident: Tropical Storm Ernesto. 

DATES: Issued on November 27, 2024. 

Incident Period: August 13, 2024 

through August 16, 2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 27, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 27, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

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: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

November 27, 2024, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of a governmental nature may 

file disaster loan applications online 

using the MySBA Loan Portal https://

lending.sba.gov or other locally 

announced locations. Please contact the 

SBA disaster assistance customer 

service center by email at 

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by 

phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further 

assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Municipalities: Aibonito, 

Anasco, Aguas Buenas, 

Barranquitas, Canovanas, Ceiba, 

Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, 

Hormigueros, Jayuya, Las Marias, 

Loiza, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, 

Mayaguez, Naguabo, Orocovis, San 

Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa 

Isabel, Vega Alta, Vieques, Villalba, 

Yabucoa. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Percent 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 20902B and for 

economic injury is 209030. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28565 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20896 and #20897; 

CALIFORNIA Disaster Number CA–20029] 

Administrative Declaration of a 

Disaster for the State of California 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of California dated 

November 29, 2024. 

Incident: Mountain Fire. 

DATES: Issued on November 29, 2024. 

Incident Period: November 6, 2024 

and continuing. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 28, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 29, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

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: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

submitted online using the MySBA 

Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or 

other locally announced locations. 

Please contact the SBA disaster 

assistance customer service center by 

email at disastercustomerservice@

sba.gov or by phone at 1–800–659–2955 

for further assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Ventura. 

Contiguous Counties: 

California: Kern, Los Angeles, Santa 

Barbara. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere .................... 5.125 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere ............ 2.563 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere .................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere ............ 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ................................... 3.625 

For Economic Injury: 

Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without 

Credit Available Elsewhere 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ................................... 3.625 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 208965 and for 

economic injury is 208970. 

The State which received an EIDL 

Declaration is California. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Isabella Guzman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28528 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2024–0052] 

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 extensions 

and 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 

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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– 

2024–0052] in your submitted response. 

I. The information collection below is 

pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to 

OMB within 60 days from the date of 

this notice. To be sure we consider your 

comments, we must receive them no 

later than February 4, 2025. Individuals 

can obtain copies of the collection 

instrument by writing to the above 

email address. 

Coverage of Employees of State and 

Local Governments—20 CFR 404— 

0960–0425. The Code of Federal 

Regulations at 20 CFR 404, Subpart M, 

prescribes the rules for States 

submitting reports of deposits and 

recordkeeping to SSA. SSA requires 

States (and interstate instrumentalities) 

to provide wage and deposit 

contribution information for pre-1987 

periods. Not all states have completely 

satisfied their pending wage report and 

contribution liability with SSA for pre1987 tax years. SSA needs these 

regulations until all pending items with 

all states are closed out, and to provide 

for collection of this information in the 

future, if necessary. The respondents are 

State and local governments or 

interstate instrumentalities. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved Information Collection. 

Regulation section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total 

annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

404. 1204 (a) & (b) .................................. 52 1 30 26 $32.39 ** $842 

404.1215 .................................................. 52 1 60 52 * 32.39 ** 1,684 

404. 1216 (a) & (b) .................................. 52 1 60 52 * 32.39 ** 1,684 

Totals ................................................ 156 ........................ ........................ 130 ........................ ** 4,210 

* We based this figure by averaging both the average State Government hourly wages (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_999200.htm), 

and the average Local Government hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_

999300.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. 

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 

January 6, 2025. Individuals can obtain 

copies of these OMB clearance packages 

by writing to the 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

1. Work Activity Report—Employee— 

20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571– 

404.1576, 404.1584–404.1593, and 

416.971–404.976—0960–0059. SSA uses 

Form SSA–821–BK to collect recipient 

employment information to determine 

whether recipients worked after 

becoming disabled and, if so, whether 

the work is substantial gainful activity. 

In addition, SSA uses the SSA–821–BK 

and SSA–821–APP to obtain work 

information during the initial claims 

process, the continuing disability 

review process, post-adjudicative work 

issue actions, and for Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) claims involving 

work issues. SSA reviews and evaluates 

the data to determine if the applicant or 

recipient meets the disability 

requirements of the law. The 

respondents are applicants or recipients 

of Title II Social Security Disability, and 

Title XVI SSI applicants. 

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–821–BK In Office .......................... 64,330 1 30 32,165 * $13.30 ** 24 *** $770,030 

SSA–821–BK Phone ............................. 128,660 1 30 64,330 * 13.30 ** 19 *** 1,397,458 

SSA–821–BK Returned Via Mail .......... 192,990 1 40 128,660 * 13.30 ........................ *** 1,710,380 

SSA–821–BK Electronic ....................... 25,320 1 45 18,990 * 13.30 ........................ *** 252,567 

Totals ............................................. 411,300 ........................ ........................ 244,145 ........................ ........................ *** 4,130,435 

* We based this figure on the average of both DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2024 data (https://mwww.ba.ssa.gov/legislation/2024FactSheet.pdf), and 

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 2024 wait times for field offices (24 minutes) and teleservice centers (19 minutes), 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. Claimant’s Medication—20 CFR 

404.1512, 416.912—0960–0289. To 

receive Old Age Survivors and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) and 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

payments, the relevant State Disability 

Determination Service (DDS) or field 

office (FO) must first adjudicate 

claimants’ applications. If the DDS or 

FO denies an initial application, the 

claimants may request for 

reconsideration of the initial denial. At 

that time, the claimants may submit 

addition documentation to further 

justify their claims. If the DDS denies 

the claim at the reconsideration level, 

the claimant may then request a hearing 

before a judge. Before the hearing, SSA 

allows the claimant to submit additional 

evidence to support their claim. In 

addition, since judges must obtain 

information from the claimant to update 

and complete their medical record and 

to verify the accuracy of the 

information, SSA also sends the 

claimant Form HA–4632, Claimant’s 

Medications, to request information 

from the claimant regarding the current 

medications they use. This information 

helps the judge overseeing the case to 

fully investigate: (1) the claimant’s 

medical treatment and (2) the effects of 

the medications on the claimant’s 

medical impairments and functional 

capacity. The judge makes the 

completed form a part of the 

documentary evidence of record, 

placing it in the official record of the 

proceedings as an exhibit. The 

respondents are applicants (or their 

representatives) for OASDI or SSI 

payments who request a hearing to 

contest an agency denial of their claim. 

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) *** 

HA–46321—PDF/paper version ............ 51,000 1 20 17,000 * $13.30 ** 21 *** $463,505 

Electronic Records Express Submissions .................................................. 249,000 1 20 83,000 * 31.48 ........................ *** 2,612,840 

Totals ............................................. 300,000 ........................ ........................ 100,000 ........................ ........................ *** 3,076,345 

* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2024FactSheet.pdf) and 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 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. 

3. Questionnaire for Children 

Claiming SSI Benefits—20 CFR 

416.912(a)—0960–0499. Sections 1614 

and 1631 of the Act allow SSA to 

determine the eligibility of an 

applicant’s claim for SSI payments. 

Parents or legal guardians seeking to 

obtain or retain SSI eligibility for their 

children use Form SSA–3881–BK to 

provide SSA with the addresses of 

nonmedical sources such as schools, 

counselors, agencies, organizations, or 

therapists who would have information 

about a child’s functioning. SSA uses 

this information to help determine a 

child’s claim or continuing eligibility 

for SSI. The respondents are the parents, 

guardians, or other caretakers of: (1) 

applicants who appeal SSI childhood 

disability decisions; or (2) recipients 

undergoing a continuing disability 

review. 

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–3881–BK (Paper Version) ............ 98,307 1 30 49,154 * $31.48 ** 24 *** $2,785,256 

SSA–3881–BK (Intranet Version) ......... 52,936 1 30 26,468 * 31.48 ** 21 *** 1,416,474 

Totals ............................................. 151,243 ........................ ........................ 75,622 ........................ ........................ *** 4,201,730 

* 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 the average FY 2024 wait times for field offices and hearings office, as well as by 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. 

4. Waiver of Right to Appear— 

Disability Hearing—20 CFR 404.913– 

404.914, 404.916(b)(5), 416.1413– 

416.1414, 416.1416(b)(5)—0960–0534. 

Claimants for Social Security disability 

payments or their representatives can 

use Form SSA–773–U4 to waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

The disability hearing officer uses the 

signed form as a basis for not holding 

a hearing, and for preparing a written 

decision on the claimant’s request for 

disability payments based solely on the 

evidence of record. The respondents are 

disability claimants for Social Security 

benefits or SSI payments, or their 

representatives, who wish to waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

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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–773–U4 ......................................... 4,356 1 3 218 * $13.30 ** 24 *** $26,068 

* We based this figure on average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2024 data (https://mwww.ba.ssa.gov/legislation/2024FactSheet.pdf). 

** 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. 

5. Function Report—Child (Birth to 

1st Birthday, Age 1 to 3rd Birthday, Age 

3 to 6th Birthday, Age 6 to 12th 

Birthday, Age 12 to 18th Birthday)—20 

CFR 416.912 and 416.924a(a)(2)—0960– 

0542. As part of SSA’s disability 

determination process, we use Forms 

SSA–3375–BK through SSA–3379–BK 

to request information from a child’s 

parent or guardian for children applying 

for SSI. The five different versions of the 

form contain questions about the child’s 

day-to-day functioning appropriate to a 

particular age group; thus, respondents 

use only one version of the form for 

each child. The adjudicative team 

(disability examiners and medical or 

psychological consultants) of State 

disability determination services offices 

collect the information on the 

appropriate version of this form (in 

conjunction with medical and other 

evidence) to form a complete picture of 

the children’s ability to function and 

their impairment-related limitations. 

The adjudicative team uses the 

completed profile to determine: (1) if 

each child’s impairment(s) results in 

marked and severe functional 

limitations; and (2) whether each child 

is disabled. The respondents are parents 

and guardians of child applicants for 

SSI. 

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–3375 ............................................. 26,864 1 20 8,955 * $31.48 ** 21 *** $577,878 

SSA–3376 ............................................. 53,347 1 20 17,782 * 31.48 ** 21 *** 1,147,540 

SSA–3377 ............................................. 108,745 1 20 36,248 * 31.48 ** 21 *** 2,339,247 

SSA–3378 ............................................. 193,800 1 20 64,600 * 31.48 ** 21 *** 4,168,896 

SSA–3379 ............................................. 142,006 1 20 47,335 * 31.48 ** 21 *** 3,054,725 

Totals ............................................. 524,762 ........................ ........................ 174,921 ........................ ........................ *** 11,288,286 

* 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 averaging 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. 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28509 Filed 12–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2024–0049] 

Social Security Ruling, SSR 24–3p.; 

Titles II and XVI: Use of Occupational 

Information and Vocational Specialist 

and Vocational Expert Evidence in 

Disability Determinations and 

Decisions 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Social Security Ruling 

(SSR). 

SUMMARY: We are providing notice of 

SSR 24–3p. This SSR rescinds and 

replaces ‘‘SSR 00–4p: Titles II and XVI: 

Use of Vocational Expert and Vocational 

Specialist Evidence, and Other Reliable 

Occupational Information in Disability 

Decisions’’, and explains our standard 

for evaluating whether vocational 

evidence is sufficient to support a 

disability determination or decision. 

DATES: We will apply this notice on 

January 6, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick McGuire, Social Security 

Administration, Office of Analytics, 

Review, and Oversight, Appellate 

Operations, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, (703) 605– 

7100, for information about this notice. 

For information on eligibility or filing 

for benefits, call our national toll-free 

number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 1– 

800–325–0778, or visit our internet site, 

Social Security Online, at https://

www.ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although 

5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1) and (a)(2) do not 

require us to publish this SSR, we are 

publishing it in accordance with 20 CFR 

402.35(b)(1). 

SSRs represent precedential final 

opinions, orders, and statements of 

policy and interpretations that we have 

adopted relating to the Federal Old Age, 

Survivors, and Disability Insurance 

program, and Supplemental Security 

Income program. We may base SSRs on 

determinations or decisions made in our 

administrative review process, Federal 

court decisions, decisions of our 

Commissioner, opinions from our Office 

of the General Counsel, or other 

interpretations of law and regulations. 

Although SSRs do not have the same 

force and effect as law, they are binding 

on all SSA components in accordance 

with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1). 

This SSR will remain in effect until 

we publish a notice in the Federal 

Register that rescinds it, or until we 

publish a new SSR that replaces or 

modifies it. 


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