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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection Available for
Public Comment and
Recommendations
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: Request to Non-Railroad
Employer for Information About
Annuitant’s Work and Earnings; OMB
3220–0107.
Under Section 2 of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), a railroad
employee’s retirement annuity or an
annuity paid to the spouse of a railroad
employee is subject to work deductions
in the Tier II component of the annuity
and any employee supplemental
annuity for any month in which the
annuitant works for a Last PreRetirement Non-Railroad Employer
(LPE). LPE is defined as the last person,
company, or institution, other than a
railroad employer, that employed an
employee or spouse annuitant. In
addition, the employee, spouse or
divorced spouse Tier I annuity benefit is
subject to work deductions under
Section 2(F)(1) of the RRA for earnings
from any non-railroad employer that are
over the annual exempt amount. The
regulations pertaining to non-payment
of annuities by reason of work are
contained in 20 CFR 230.1 and 230.2.
The RRB utilizes Form RL–231–F,
Request to Non-Railroad Employer for
Information About Annuitant’s Work
and Earnings, to obtain the information
needed for determining if any work
deductions should be applied because
an annuitant worked in non-railroad
employment after the annuity beginning
date. One response is requested of each
respondent. Completion is voluntary.
The RRB is proposing no changes to
Form RL–231–F.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
Annual
responses
Form No.(s)
Time
(min)
Burden
(hrs)
RL–231–F ....................................................................................................................................
300
30
150
Total ......................................................................................................................................
300
........................
150
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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, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
send an e-mail request to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Ronald J.
Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
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[Release No. 35–28018]
Filings Under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as Amended
(‘‘Act’’)
August 22, 2005.
Notice is hereby given that the
following filing(s) has/have been made
with the Commission pursuant to
provisions of the Act and rules
promulgated under the Act. All
interested persons are referred to the
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for
complete statements of the proposed
transaction(s) summarized below. The
application(s) and/or declaration(s) and
any amendment(s) is/are available for
public inspection through the
Commission’s Branch of Public
Reference.
Interested persons wishing to
comment or request a hearing on the
application(s) and/or declaration(s)
should submit their views in writing by
September 16, 2005, to the Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC
20549–9303, and serve a copy on the
relevant applicant(s) and/or declarant(s)
at the address(es) specified below. Proof
of service (by affidavit or, in the case of
an attorney at law, by certificate) should
be filed with the request. Any request
for hearing should identify specifically
the issues of facts or law that are
disputed. A person who so requests will
be notified of any hearing, if ordered,
and will receive a copy of any notice or
order issued in the matter. After
September 16, 2005, the application(s)
and/or declaration(s), as filed or as
amended, may be granted and/or
permitted to become effective.
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Entergy Corporation, et al. (70–9123)
Entergy Corporation (‘‘Entergy’’), a
registered holding company, 639 Loyola
Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113; and
Entergy’s current and future nonutility
companies (‘‘Applicants’’) have filed a
post-effective amendment
(‘‘Declaration’’) under sections 6(a), 7,
and 12(b) of the Act and rules 45, and
54 under the Act.
Applicants request a supplemental
order from the Commission for Entergy
and its existing and future nonutility
subsidiary companies to issue
guarantees and provide other forms of
credit support, as described below
(collectively, ‘‘Guarantees’’). The
Guarantees would be issued to or for the
benefit of Entergy’s nonutility
subsidiaries which are: (a) ‘‘New
Subsidiaries,’’ 1 (b) ‘‘exempt wholesale
generators’’ (‘‘EWGs’’) as defined in
Section 32(a) of the Act, (c) ‘‘foreign
utility companies’’ (‘‘FUCOs’’) as
defined in Section 33(2) of the Act,
(EWGs and FUCOs collectively referred
to as ‘‘Exempt Projects’’), (d) ‘‘exempt
telecommunication companies’’
(‘‘ETCs’’) as defined in Section 34(a) of
the Act, (e) other subsidiary companies
of Entergy (including ‘‘operating and
management companies organized for
the purpose of providing operations and
maintenance services, ‘‘O&M Subs’’)
and Entergy Power, Inc. (‘‘EPI’’), a
company that markets and sells its
electric generating capacity and energy
at wholesale, principally to nonassociate customers that are or may be
authorized or permitted by rule,
regulation or order of the Commission
under the Act to engage in other
businesses (‘‘Authorized Subsidiary
Companies’’),2 and (f) ‘‘energy-related
companies,’’ as defined in Rule 58
under the Act (‘‘Energy-related
Companies’’). New Subsidiaries, Exempt
Projects, ETCs, Energy-related
Companies and Authorized Subsidiary
1 New Subsidiaries are defined in the December
20, 2002 order (HCAR No. 27626) as direct or
indirect subsidiary companies of Entergy organized
(a) to engage in development activities and/or (b)
to hold, acquire and/or finance the acquisition of
one or more subsidiary companies of Entergy which
are (i) ‘‘exempt wholesale generators’’, (ii) ‘‘foreign
utility companies’’, (iii) ‘‘exempt
telecommunications companies’’, (iv) ‘‘energyrelated companies’’, (v) ‘‘Authorized Subsidiary
Companies’’, (vi) other ‘‘New Subsidiaries’’ and/or
(vii) Rule 58 Companies, as these terms are defined
in the order.
2 The Authorized Subsidiary Companies currently
include, but are not limited to, Entergy Enterprises,
Inc., EPI, Entergy Nuclear, Inc., Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc., Entergy Operations Services, Inc.,
Entergy Operations Services North Carolina, Inc.,
Entergy Global Power Operations Corporation and
Entergy Power Operations U.S., Inc.
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Companies are collectively referred to as
Nonutility Companies.
In order to further facilitate the
development, acquisition and
ownership by Entergy of interests in
Exempt Projects and other Nonutility
Companies, as authorized or permitted
under the Act from time to time, to the
extent the transactions are not exempt
from the Act or otherwise authorized or
permitted by rule, regulation or order of
the Commission, Entergy and the
Nonutility Companies (exclusive of EPI)
request authority to issue Guarantees to
or for the benefit of Nonutility
Companies 3 from time to time through
February 8, 2006 (the ‘‘Authorization
Period’’), in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $3 billion at any one time
outstanding (including any Guarantees
previously issued and outstanding
under the prior order) 4 (the ‘‘Aggregate
Authorization’’). The amount of a
Guarantee shall not reduce the
Aggregate Authorization to the extent
that the provision of the Guarantee is
exempt from the Act or is otherwise
authorized or permitted by rule or
regulation of the Commission issued
under the Act.
Guarantees may take the form of
Entergy or a Nonutility Company
agreeing to guarantee, undertake
reimbursement obligations, assume
liabilities or other obligations in respect
of or act as surety on bonds, letters of
credit, evidences of indebtedness,
equity commitments, power purchase
agreements, leases, liquidated damages
provisions, and other obligations
undertaken by Entergy’s associate
Nonutility Companies. For example, the
associate companies may be called upon
to furnish various types of bonds as
security, including bid bonds,
performance bonds, and material and
payment bonds. Guarantees may also be
necessary or desirable to satisfy the
requirements of lenders or other project
participants under financing documents
or other project agreements to which an
associate Nonutility Company of
Entergy is or will become a party
(including with respect to the provision
of construction, interim or permanent
debt or equity financing). These forms of
credit enhancements are typical in the
marketplace, and would significantly
benefit Entergy’s investments in
3 EPI holds undivided ownership interests in
certain non-exempt electric generating stations and,
as discussed above, is engaged in the business of
generating and selling its capacity and related
energy, at wholesale, principally to non-associate
bulk power producers on negotiated (i.e. market
based) terms and conditions. Therefore, EPI is a
‘‘public-utility company’’ for purposes of the Act.
4 As of March 31, 2005, the aggregate amount of
guarantees outstanding under the prior order is
approximately $1.25 billion.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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: Request to Non-
Railroad Employer for Information About Annuitant's Work and Earnings;
OMB 3220-0107.
Under Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), a railroad
employee's retirement annuity or an annuity paid to the spouse of a
railroad employee is subject to work deductions in the Tier II
component of the annuity and any employee supplemental annuity for any
month in which the annuitant works for a Last Pre-Retirement Non-
Railroad Employer (LPE). LPE is defined as the last person, company, or
institution, other than a railroad employer, that employed an employee
or spouse annuitant. In addition, the employee, spouse or divorced
spouse Tier I annuity benefit is subject to work deductions under
Section 2(F)(1) of the RRA for earnings from any non-railroad employer
that are over the annual exempt amount. The regulations pertaining to
non-payment of annuities by reason of work are contained in 20 CFR
230.1 and 230.2.
The RRB utilizes Form RL-231-F, Request to Non-Railroad Employer
for Information About Annuitant's Work and Earnings, to obtain the
information needed for determining if any work deductions should be
applied because an annuitant worked in non-railroad employment after
the annuity beginning date. One response is requested of each
respondent. Completion is voluntary. The RRB is proposing no changes to
Form RL-231-F.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:
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Annual
Form No.(s) responses Time (min) Burden (hrs)
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RL-231-F........................................................ 300 30 150
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Total....................................................... 300 .............. 150
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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, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at
(312) 751-3363 or send an e-mail request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed to
Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-16975 Filed 8-25-05; 8:45 am]
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