52088 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 216 / Thursday, November 9, 2017 / Notices 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the State of South 

Carolina, dated 10/16/2017, is hereby 

amended to include the following areas 

as adversely affected by the disaster. 

Primary Counties: Abbeville, Newberry, 

Saluda 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24360 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2017–0061] 

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, 

Fax: 202–395–6974, Email address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

(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: 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through www.regulations.gov, 

referencing Docket ID Number [SSA– 

2017–0061]. 

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 8, 

2018. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by writing to 

the above email address. 

1. Application for Mother’s or Father’s 

Insurance Benefits—20 CFR 404.339– 

404.342, 20 CFR 404.601–404.603— 

0960–0003. Section 202(g) of the Social 

Security Act (Act) provides for the 

payment of monthly benefits to the 

widow or widower of an insured 

individual if the surviving spouse is 

caring for the deceased worker’s child 

(who is entitled to Social Security 

benefits). SSA uses the information on 

Form SSA–5–BK to determine an 

individual’s eligibility for mother’s or 

father’s insurance benefits. The 

respondents are individuals caring for a 

child of the deceased worker who is 

applying for mother’s or father’s 

insurance benefits under the Old Age, 

Survivors, and Disability Insurance 

program. 

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) 

SSA–5–F6 (paper) ........................................................................................... 6,542 1 15 1,636 

Modernized Claims System ............................................................................. 42,175 1 15 10,544 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 48,717 ........................ ........................ 12,180 

2. Letter to Employer Requesting Wage 

Information—0960–0138. SSA must 

establish and verify wage information 

for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

applicants and recipients when 

determining SSI eligibility and payment 

amounts. SSA collects wage data from 

employers on Form SSA–L4201 to 

determine eligibility and proper 

payment amounts for SSI applicants and 

recipients. The respondents are 

employers of SSI applicants and 

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) 

SSA–L4201 ...................................................................................................... 133,000 1 30 66,500 

3. Modified Benefit Formula 

Questionnaire—Foreign Pension—0960– 

0561. SSA uses Form SSA–308 to 

determine exactly how much (if any) of 

a foreign pension we can use to reduce 

the amount of Title II Social Security 

retirement or disability benefits under 

the modified benefit formula. In 

addition, SSA has agreed to pay the full 

amount of all reductions or refund the 

full amount of all sums that SSA made 

to, or collected from, the Class member’s 

of Social Security old age, survivors, 

and disability insurance benefits 

payments (OASDI Benefits), due to the 

application of the Windfall Elimination 

Provision to those OASDI Benefits based 

on the receipt of Old Age Benefits from 

the National Institute of Israel, per the 

Greenberg, et al. v. Colvin case 

settlement. The respondents are 

applicants for Title II Social Security 

retirement or disability benefits who 

have foreign pensions. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 


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Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–308 .......................................................................................................... 4,430 1 10 738

Greenberg Cases ............................................................................................ 363 1 60 363 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 4,793 ........................ ........................ 1,101 

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 11, 2017. Individuals can 

obtain copies of the OMB clearance 

packages by writing to 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

1. Application to Collect a Fee for 

Payee Service—20 CFR 404.2040a & 20 

CFR 416.640a—0960–0719. Sections 

205(j)(4)(A) and (B) and 1631(a)(2) of the 

Act allow SSA to authorize certain 

organizational representative payees to 

collect a fee for providing payee 

services. Before an organization may 

collect this fee, they complete and 

submit Form SSA–445. SSA uses the 

information to determine whether to 

authorize or deny permission to collect 

fees for payee services. The respondents 

are private sector businesses or State 

and local government offices applying 

to become fee-for-service organizational 

representative payees. 

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) 

Private sector business ................................................................................... 90 1 10 15 

State/local government offices ........................................................................ 10 1 10 2 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 100 ........................ ........................ 17 

2. Redetermination of Eligibility for 

Help with Medicare Prescription Drug 

Plan Costs—20 CFR 418.3125—0960– 

0723. As per the requirements of the 

Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, 

SSA conducts low-income subsidy 

eligibility redeterminations for Medicare 

beneficiaries who currently receive the 

Medicare Part D subsidy and who meet 

certain criteria. Respondents complete 

Form SSA–1026–REDE under the 

following circumstances: (1) When 

individuals became entitled to the 

Medicare Part D subsidy during the past 

12 months; (2) if they were eligible for 

the Part D subsidy for more than 12 

months; or (3) if they reported a change 

in income, resources, or household size. 

Part D beneficiaries complete the SSA– 

1026–SCE when they need to report a 

potentially subsidy-changing event, 

including the following: (1) Marriage; 

(2) spousal separation; (3) divorce; (4) 

annulment of a marriage; (5) spousal 

death; or (6) moving back in with one’s 

spouse following a separation. The 

respondents are current recipients of the 

Medicare Part D low-income subsidy 

who will undergo an eligibility 

redetermination for one of the reasons 

mentioned above. 

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) 

SSA–1026–REDE ............................................................................................ 98,990 1 18 29,697 

SSA–1026–SCE .............................................................................................. 4,267 1 18 1,280 

REDE Field Office Interview ............................................................................ 50,529 1 18 15,159 

SCE Field Office Interview .............................................................................. 3,468 1 18 1,040 

Total .......................................................................................................... 157,254 ........................ ........................ 47,176 

Dated: November 6, 2017. 

Naomi R. Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24387 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10195] 

The State Department’s List of Entities 

and Subentities Associated With Cuba 

(Cuba Restricted List) 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Initial publication of list of 

entities; notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

publishing a List of Restricted Entities 

and Subentities Associated with Cuba 

(Cuba Restricted List) with which direct 

financial transactions will be generally 

prohibited under the Cuban Assets 

Control Regulations (CACR). This list 

will also be considered during review of 

license applications submitted to the 

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS) pursuant to 


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