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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65282-65283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26015]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

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 a revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
    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, 
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
(SSA), Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].

    SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection 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 3, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Application for a Social Security Number Card, and the Social 
Security Number Application Process (SSNAP)--20 CFR 422.103-422.110--
0960-0066. SSA collects information on the SS-5 (used in the United 
States) and SS-5-FS (used outside the United States) to issue original 
or replacement Social Security cards. SSA also enters the application 
data into the Social Security Number Application Process (SSNAP) when 
applicants request a new or replacement card via telephone or in 
person. In addition, hospitals collect the same information on SSA's 
behalf for newborn children through the Enumeration-at-Birth process. 
In this process, parents of newborns provide hospital birth 
registration clerks with information required to register these 
newborns. Hospitals send this information to State Bureaus of Vital 
Statistics (BVS), and they send the information to SSA's National 
Computer Center. SSA then uploads the data to the SSA mainframe along 
with all other enumeration data, and we assign the newborn a Social 
Security number (SSN) and issue a Social Security card. Respondents can 
also use these modalities to request a change in their SSN records. The 
respondents for this collection are applicants for original and 
replacement Social Security cards, or individuals who wish to change 
information in their SSN records, who use any of the modalities 
described above.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                              Average burden    Estimated total
        Application scenario              Number of         Frequency of       per response      annual burden
                                         respondents          response          (minutes)           (hours)
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Respondents who do not have to               12,000,000                  1                8.5          1,700,000
 provide parents' SSNs..............
Respondents whom we ask to provide              400,000                  1                  9             60,000
 parents' SSNs (when applying for
 original SSN cards for children
 under age 18)......................
Applicants age 12 or older who need           1,500,000                  1                9.5            237,500
 to answer additional questions so
 SSA can determine whether we
 previously assigned an SSN.........
Applicants asking for a replacement                 900                  1                 60                900
 SSN card beyond the new allowable
 limits (i.e., who must provide
 additional documentation to
 accompany the application).........
Authorization to SSA to obtain                      500                  1                 15                125
 personal information cover letter..

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Authorization to SSA to obtain                      500                  1                 15                125
 personal information follow-up
 cover letter.......................
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    Totals..........................         13,901,900  .................  .................          1,998,650
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    Dated: October 29, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-26015 Filed 10-31-14; 8:45 am]
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