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November 13, 2008.
R. Michelle Schroll,
Office of the Secretary.
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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.
Proposed Data Collection(s) Available
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
1. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
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 collections are
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
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.
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual responses
Form #(s)
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
RL–231–F ......................................................................................................................................................
300
30
150
Total ........................................................................................................................................................
300
..................
150
2. Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
Supplemental Information on
Accident and Insurance; OMB 3220–
0036. Under Section 12(o) of the
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
(RUIA), the Railroad Retirement Board
is entitled to reimbursement of the
sickness benefits paid to a railroad
employee if the employee receives a
sum or damages for the same infirmity
for which the benefits are paid. Section
2(f) of the RUIA requires employers to
reimburse the RRB for days in which
salary, wages, pay for time lost or other
remuneration is later determined to be
payable. Reimbursements under section
2(f) generally result from the award of
pay for time lost or the payment of
guaranteed wages. The RUIA prescribes
that the amount of benefits paid be
deducted and held by the employer in
a special fund for reimbursement to the
RRB.
The RRB currently utilizes Form(s)
SI–1c, (Supplemental Information on
Accident and Insurance), SI–5 (Report
of Payments to Employee Claiming
Sickness Benefits Under the RUIA), ID–
3s (Request for Lien Information), ID–
3s–1, (Lien Information Under Section
12(o) of the RUIA), ID–3u (Request for
Section 2(f) Information), ID–30k (Form
Letter Asking Claimant for Additional
Information on Injury or Illness), and
ID–30k–1 (Request for Supplemental
Information on Injury or Illness—3rd
Party), to obtain the necessary
information from claimants and railroad
employers. The RRB proposes minor
non-burden impacting changes to all of
the forms in the collection. Completion
is required to obtain benefits. One
response is requested of each
respondent.
The estimated annual respondent
burden for this collection is as follows:
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual responses
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Form #(s)
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
SI–1c ..............................................................................................................................................................
SI–5 ................................................................................................................................................................
ID–3s ..............................................................................................................................................................
ID–3s.1 ...........................................................................................................................................................
ID–3u .............................................................................................................................................................
ID–30k ............................................................................................................................................................
ID–30k.1 .........................................................................................................................................................
1,000
2,500
18,500
500
1,500
2,000
2,500
5
5
3
3
3
5
5
93
208
926
25
76
208
167
Total ........................................................................................................................................................
28,500
..................
1,693
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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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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon written request, copies available
from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
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Extension: Regulation S–K, OMB Control No.
3235–0071, SEC File No. 270–2.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Regulation S–K (17 CFR 229.101–
229.103, 229.201–229.202, 229.301–
229.308T, 229.401–229.407, 229.501–
229.512, 229.601, 229.701–229.703,
229.801–229.802, 229.901–229.915)
specifies the non-financial disclosure
requirements applicable to registration
statements under the Securities Act of
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) and
registration statements under Section
12, annual and other reports under
Section 13 and 15(d), going-private
transaction statements under Section 13,
tender offer statements under Section 13
and 14, annual reports to security
holders and proxy and information
statements under Section 14 and any
other documents required to be filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l, 78m, 78n, 78o(d)).
Regulation S–K is assigned one burden
hour for administrative convenience.
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Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
Please direct your written comments
to Lewis W. Walker, Acting Director/
CIO, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson,
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria,
Virginia 22312; or send an e-mail to:
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: November 6, 2008.
Florence E. Harmon,
Acting Secretary.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Extension: Rule 34b–1; File No. 270–305;
OMB Control No. 3235–0346.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Rule 34b–1 under the Investment
Company Act (17 CFR 270.34b–1)
governs sales material that accompanies
or follows the delivery of a statutory
prospectus (‘‘sales literature’’).1 Rule
34b–1 deems to be materially
misleading any investment company
sales literature required to be filed with
1 A ‘‘statutory prospectus’’ is a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77j(a)).
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the Commission by Section 24(b) of the
Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C.
80a–24(b)) 2 that includes performance
data, unless the sales literature also
includes the appropriate uniformly
computed data and the legend
disclosure required in investment
company advertisements by rule 482
under the Securities Act of 1933 (17
CFR 230.482). Requiring the inclusion
of such standardized performance data
in sales literature is designed to prevent
misleading performance claims by funds
and to enable investors to make
meaningful comparisons among fund
performance claims.
The Commission estimates that 3,210
respondents file approximately 13,001
responses with the Commission that
include the information required by rule
34b–1. The burden from rule 34b–1
requires 2.41 hours per response
resulting from creating the information
required under rule 34b–1. The total
burden hours for rule 34b–1 is 31,332
per year in the aggregate (13,001
responses × 2.41 hours per response).
Estimates of average burden hours are
made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, and are not
derived from a comprehensive or even
a representative survey or study of the
costs of Commission rules and forms.
The collection of information under
rule 34b–1 is mandatory. The
information provided under rule 34b–1
is not kept confidential. The
Commission may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the
proposed performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
2 Sales literature addressed to or intended for
distribution to prospective investors is deemed filed
with the Commission for purposes of Section 24(b)
of the Investment Company Act upon filing with a
national securities association registered under
Section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that has adopted rules providing standards for the
investment company advertising practices of its
members and has established and implemented
procedures to review that advertising. See Rule
24b–3 under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR
270.24b–3).
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection(s) 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
collections are 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.
1. 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.
The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Time Burden
Form (s) responses (minutes) (hours)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RL-231-F............................ 300 30 150
-----------------------------------
Total........................... 300 .......... 150
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Title and Purpose of Information Collection
Supplemental Information on Accident and Insurance; OMB 3220-0036.
Under Section 12(o) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
the Railroad Retirement Board is entitled to reimbursement of the
sickness benefits paid to a railroad employee if the employee receives
a sum or damages for the same infirmity for which the benefits are
paid. Section 2(f) of the RUIA requires employers to reimburse the RRB
for days in which salary, wages, pay for time lost or other
remuneration is later determined to be payable. Reimbursements under
section 2(f) generally result from the award of pay for time lost or
the payment of guaranteed wages. The RUIA prescribes that the amount of
benefits paid be deducted and held by the employer in a special fund
for reimbursement to the RRB.
The RRB currently utilizes Form(s) SI-1c, (Supplemental Information
on Accident and Insurance), SI-5 (Report of Payments to Employee
Claiming Sickness Benefits Under the RUIA), ID-3s (Request for Lien
Information), ID-3s-1, (Lien Information Under Section 12(o) of the
RUIA), ID-3u (Request for Section 2(f) Information), ID-30k (Form
Letter Asking Claimant for Additional Information on Injury or
Illness), and ID-30k-1 (Request for Supplemental Information on Injury
or Illness--3rd Party), to obtain the necessary information from
claimants and railroad employers. The RRB proposes minor non-burden
impacting changes to all of the forms in the collection. Completion is
required to obtain benefits. One response is requested of each
respondent.
The estimated annual respondent burden for this collection is as
follows:
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Time Burden
Form (s) responses (minutes) (hours)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SI-1c............................... 1,000 5 93
SI-5................................ 2,500 5 208
ID-3s............................... 18,500 3 926
ID-3s.1............................. 500 3 25
ID-3u............................... 1,500 3 76
ID-30k.............................. 2,000 5 208
ID-30k.1............................ 2,500 5 167
-----------------------------------
Total........................... 28,500 .......... 1,693
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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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