Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2022 / Notices 24219 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2021–0041] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

amended, this notice announces a new 

matching program with the Department 

of Labor (DOL). 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

proposed matching program on or 

before May 23, 2022. The matching 

program will be applicable on May 25, 

2022, or once a minimum of 30 days 

after publication of this notice has 

elapsed, whichever is later. The 

matching program will be in effect for 

a period of 18 months. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2021–0041 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct regulation. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2021–0041 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comment immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966– 

0869. 

3. Mail: Matthew Ramsey, Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, G–401 WHR, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, or emailing 

Matthew.Ramsey@ssa.gov. Comments 

are also available for public viewing on 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person, 

during regular business hours, by 

arranging with the contact person 

identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Interested parties may submit general 

questions about the matching program 

to Melissa Feldhan, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, G–401 WHR, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, at telephone: (410) 965– 

1416, or send an email to 

Melissa.Feldhan@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this 

matching program, DOL will disclose 

the DOL-administered Part C Black 

Lung (BL) benefit data to SSA. SSA will 

match DOL’s Part C BL data with SSA’s 

records of persons receiving Social 

Security disability benefits to verify that 

Part C BL beneficiaries are receiving the 

correct amount of Social Security 

disability benefits. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

Participating Agencies: SSA and DOL. 

Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program: The legal authority 

for this agreement is section 224(h)(1) of 

the Social Security Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 

424a(h)(1). This legal authority requires 

any Federal agency to provide SSA with 

information in its possession that SSA 

may require for making a timely 

determination of the amount of 

reduction required under section 224 of 

the Act for workers’ compensation 

offset. 

Purpose(s): This agreement 

establishes the terms, conditions, and 

safeguards under which DOL will 

disclose the DOL-administered Part C 

BL benefit data to SSA. SSA will match 

DOL’s Part C BL data with SSA’s 

records of persons receiving Social 

Security disability benefits to verify that 

Part C BL beneficiaries are receiving the 

correct amount of Social Security 

disability benefits. 

Categories of Individuals: The 

individuals whose information is 

involved in this matching program are 

those individuals who are receiving Part 

C BL benefits and Social Security 

disability benefits. 

Categories of Records: DOL’s monthly 

extract file will contain each Part C BL 

beneficiary’s Social Security number 

(SSN), name, date of birth, date of 

entitlement, payment status, current 

benefit amount, and effective date of the 

current benefit amount. SSA will 

determine which of the beneficiaries are 

receiving Social Security disability 

benefits and match the DOL data against 

the SSN, type of action code, and offset 

type for those beneficiaries in SSA’s 

Master Beneficiary Record (MBR). 

System(s) of Records: SSA will match 

the DOL extract file against the MBR, 

60–0090, last fully published at 71 FR 

1826 (January 11, 2006), as amended at 

72 FR 69723 (December 10, 2007), 78 FR 

40542 (July 5, 2013), 83 FR 31250– 

31251 (July 3, 2018), and 83 FR 54969 

(November 1, 2018). DOL’s extract file is 

from DOL’s Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP), BL 

Benefit Payments file, DOL/OWCP–9, 

last fully published at 81 FR 25765 

(April 29, 2016). 

[FR Doc. 2022–08598 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2021–0042] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

amended, this notice announces a new 

matching program with the Department 

of Labor (DOL). 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

proposed matching program on or 

before May 23, 2022. The matching 

program will be applicable on May 25, 

2022, or once a minimum of 30 days 

after publication of this notice has 

elapsed, whichever is later. The 

matching program will be in effect for 

a period of 18 months. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2021–0042 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct regulation. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 


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