Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 8961-8962 [2017-02064]
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The
Trust’s CEO, in consultation with the
Chair of the Board of Directors, has
determined that the Council is in the
public interest and supports the Trust in
performing its duties and
responsibilities under the Presidio Trust
Act, 16 U.S.C. 460bb appendix.
The Council advises on the
establishment of a new national center
(Presidio Institute) focused on service
and leadership development, with
specific emphasis on: (a) Assessing the
role and key opportunities of a national
center dedicated to service and
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recommendations related to the Presidio
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Location: The meeting will be held at
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Dated: January 26, 2017.
Andrea M. Andersen,
Acting General Counsel.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title and purpose of information
collection: Continuing Disability Report;
OMB 3220–0187. Under Section 2 of the
Railroad Retirement Act, an annuity is
not payable or is reduced for any month
in which the annuitant works for a
railroad or earns more than prescribed
dollar amounts from either non-railroad
employment or self-employment.
Certain types of work may indicate an
annuitant’s recovery from disability.
The provisions relating to the reduction
or non-payment of an annuity by reason
of work, and an annuitant’s recovery
from disability for work, are prescribed
in 20 CFR 220.17–220.20. The RRB
conducts continuing disability reviews
(CDR) to determine whether an
annuitant continues to meet the
disability requirements of the law.
Provisions relating to when and how
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often the RRB conducts CDR’s are
prescribed in 20 CFR 220.186.
Form G–254, Continuing Disability
Report, is used by the RRB to develop
information for a CDR determination,
including a determination prompted by
a report of work, return to railroad
service, allegation of medical
improvement, or a routine disability
review call-up.
The RRB proposes the following
changes:
Form G–254 is being revised to make
non-burden impacting editorial and
formatting changes. In addition,
significant changes are proposed to
Form G–254 in support of the RRB’s
Disability Program Improvement Project
(DPIP) to enhance/improve disability
case processing and overall program
integrity as recommended by the RRB’s
Office of Inspector General and the
Government Accountability Office.
Proposed revisions/additions include:
• Providing, in Item 31a, more
descriptive labels (Easy, Difficult, Hard,
Not at All, and N.A.) to help identify the
applicant’s ability to perform an
activity.
Æ Requesting for information on four
new activity items (Sitting, Standing,
Reading, and Writing), to be consistent
with other RRB disability forms.
• New Item 31b, which requests the
applicant to provide additional
information about their daily activities.
• Requesting, in Item 31d, when a
disability annuitant uses an assistive
device (wheelchair, cane, etc.).
The RRB also proposes the addition of
new Form RL–8A, Occupational
Disability Certification, which the RRB
will use to annually monitor
occupational disability annuitants who
meet certain criteria. The form will
require that the annuitant certify that
they are still disabled in order to
continue receiving their occupational
disability annuities. Form RL–8 will be
used to transmit the Form RL–8A. The
Paperwork Reduction Act and Privacy
Act Notices are on Form RL–8A.
Form G–254a, Continuing Disability
Update Report, is used to help identify
a disability annuitant whose work
activity and/or recent medical history
warrants completion of Form G–254 for
a more extensive review. The RRB
proposes no changes to Form G–254a.
Completion is required to retain a
benefit. One response is requested of
each respondent to Forms G–254 and G–
254a.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
G–254 ..........................................................................................................................................
G–254A ........................................................................................................................................
RL–8A ..........................................................................................................................................
1,500
1,500
400
5–35
5
15
623
125
100
Total ......................................................................................................................................
3,400
........................
848
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, contact Dana
Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–
1275 or emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Rules
147(f)(1)(iii) and 147A(f)(1)(iii) Written
Representations as to Purchaser
Residency
ACTION:
Notice.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has
submitted two sponsored information
collection requests (‘‘ICRs’’) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 1 (‘‘PRA’’). The
first title is: ‘‘Rule 147(f)(1)(iii) Written
Representation as to Purchaser
Residency.’’ The second title is: ‘‘Rule
147A(f)(1)(iii) Written Representation as
to Purchaser Residency.’’ OMB approval
has been requested by April 20, 2017.
ADDRESSES: A copy of these ICRs with
applicable supporting documentation,
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
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RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
ICR Reference Numbers 201701–
3235–005 and 201701–3235–006 for
Rules 147 and 147A, respectively.
Comments should be directed to: (i)
Desk Officer for the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10102, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503, or by
sending an email to: Shagufta_Ahmed@
omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela C. Dyson,
Chief Information Officer, Securities
and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549 or send an email
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
request should serve to notify the public
that the Commission is seeking PRA
approval from OMB for the collections
of information associated with the final
rule amendments to Rule 147 2 and new
Rule 147A 3 under the Securities Act of
1933 4 (‘‘Securities Act’’) that were
adopted by the Commission on October
26, 2016.5
As adopted, both Rule 147(f)(1)(iii)
and new Rule 147A(f)(1)(iii) will require
the issuer to obtain from the purchaser
a written representation as to the
purchaser’s residency. In the Proposing
Release, the Commission had proposed
eliminating the requirement in Rule
147. In response to comments received
on the Proposing Release, the
Commission decided not to eliminate
the requirement in Rule 147 and instead
adopted an identical requirement in
new Rule 147A(f)(1)(iii).6 The
representation is not required to be
presented in any particular format,
although it must be in writing.
Representations obtained by the issuer
are not required to be kept confidential,
and there is no mandatory retention
period.
2 17
CFR 230.147.
CFR 230.147A.
4 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.
5 See Release No. 33–10238 (Oct. 26, 2016) [81 FR
83494]. New Rule 147A and the amendment to Rule
147 will be effective on April 20, 2017.
6 Id.
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We anticipate that the requirement for
issuers to obtain a written
representation from each purchaser as to
his or her residence, as required under
Rule 147(f)(1)(iii) and Rule
147A(f)(1)(iii), could result in somewhat
higher compliance costs for issuers to
meet these requirements in order to sell
securities in an exempt intrastate
offering. For purposes of the PRA, for
each of Rule 147 and Rule 147A, we
estimate that the total annual paperwork
burden for all affected issuers arising
from this collection of information
requirement will be approximately 175
hours of issuer (company) personnel
time and approximately $70,000 for the
services of outside professionals. We
anticipate that the written
representation required by purchasers,
including the obligation to determinate
the state or territory of their residence,
as required under Rule 147(f)(1)(iii) and
Rule 147A(f)(1)(iii), will result in a
burden incurred by purchasers in order
to purchase securities in an exempt
intrastate offering. For purposes of the
PRA, for each of Rule 147 and Rule
147A, we estimate that the total annual
paperwork burden for all affected
purchasers arising from this collection
of information requirements will be
approximately 1,750 hours of purchaser
time and no cost incurred for the
services of outside professionals.
In deriving our estimates, we assume
that:
• Approximately 700 issuers 7 will
conduct a Rule 147 and Rule 147A
offering each year, respectively, and
each issuer will spend an average of
fifteen minutes to obtain and collect the
written representation from each
purchaser in the offering as to his or her
state or territory of residence, resulting
7 We rely upon the number of offerings under
Rules 504 and 505 of Regulation D for the year
ended December 31, 2015 as a proxy for the average
annual number of offerings under Rule 147 and new
Rule 147A. Based on staff analysis of Form D
filings, there were 519 new Form D filings reporting
reliance on Rule 504 and 179 new Form D filings
reporting reliance on Rule 505 in 2015. See Figure
1 in Section V.A.1, above. For purposes of these
PRA estimates, we estimate that an average of 700
issuers will conduct a Rule 147 and new Rule 147A
offering each year, respectively.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title and purpose of information collection: Continuing Disability
Report; OMB 3220-0187. Under Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act,
an annuity is not payable or is reduced for any month in which the
annuitant works for a railroad or earns more than prescribed dollar
amounts from either non-railroad employment or self-employment. Certain
types of work may indicate an annuitant's recovery from disability. The
provisions relating to the reduction or non-payment of an annuity by
reason of work, and an annuitant's recovery from disability for work,
are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.17-220.20. The RRB conducts continuing
disability reviews (CDR) to determine whether an annuitant continues to
meet the disability requirements of the law. Provisions relating to
when and how often the RRB conducts CDR's are prescribed in 20 CFR
220.186.
Form G-254, Continuing Disability Report, is used by the RRB to
develop information for a CDR determination, including a determination
prompted by a report of work, return to railroad service, allegation of
medical improvement, or a routine disability review call-up.
The RRB proposes the following changes:
Form G-254 is being revised to make non-burden impacting editorial
and formatting changes. In addition, significant changes are proposed
to Form G-254 in support of the RRB's Disability Program Improvement
Project (DPIP) to enhance/improve disability case processing and
overall program integrity as recommended by the RRB's Office of
Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office. Proposed
revisions/additions include:
Providing, in Item 31a, more descriptive labels (Easy,
Difficult, Hard, Not at All, and N.A.) to help identify the applicant's
ability to perform an activity.
[cir] Requesting for information on four new activity items
(Sitting, Standing, Reading, and Writing), to be consistent with other
RRB disability forms.
New Item 31b, which requests the applicant to provide
additional information about their daily activities.
Requesting, in Item 31d, when a disability annuitant uses
an assistive device (wheelchair, cane, etc.).
The RRB also proposes the addition of new Form RL-8A, Occupational
Disability Certification, which the RRB will use to annually monitor
occupational disability annuitants who meet certain criteria. The form
will require that the annuitant certify that they are still disabled in
order to continue receiving their occupational disability annuities.
Form RL-8 will be used to transmit the Form RL-8A. The Paperwork
Reduction Act and Privacy Act Notices are on Form RL-8A.
Form G-254a, Continuing Disability Update Report, is used to help
identify a disability annuitant whose work activity and/or recent
medical history warrants completion of Form G-254 for a more extensive
review. The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-254a.
Completion is required to retain a benefit. One response is
requested of each respondent to Forms G-254 and G-254a.
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Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual Time Burden
Form No. responses (minutes) (hours)
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G-254........................................................... 1,500 5-35 623
G-254A.......................................................... 1,500 5 125
RL-8A........................................................... 400 15 100
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Total....................................................... 3,400 .............. 848
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Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material, contact Dana Hickman at (312) 751-4981 or
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 or emailed to
Brian.Foster@rrb.gov. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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