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Id. The Agreement will remain in effect
for one calendar year, unless terminated
sooner pursuant to contractual terms.
Id., Attachment 1 at 6.
III. Notice of Proceeding
The Commission establishes Docket
No. CP2014–30 for consideration of
matters raised by the Postal Service’s
Notice. Interested persons may submit
comments on whether the Agreement is
consistent with the requirements of 39
CFR 3015.5 and the policies of 39 U.S.C.
3632 and 3633. Comments are due no
later than February 26, 2014. The public
portions of this filing can be accessed
via the Commission’s Web site, https://
www.prc.gov. Information on how to
obtain access to material filed under
seal appears in 39 CFR 3007.40.
The Commission appoints Kenneth F.
Moeller to serve as Public
Representative in the captioned
proceeding.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. CP2014–30 for consideration of
matters raised by the Postal Service’s
Notice.
2. Comments by interested persons in
this proceeding are due no later than
February 26, 2014.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth
F. Moeller is appointed to serve as an
officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in this
proceeding.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB
Review, Request for Comments
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
SUMMARY:
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR)
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Our
ICR describes the information we seek
to collect from the public. Review and
approval by OIRA ensures that we
impose appropriate paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the
proposed collection of information to
determine (1) the practical utility of the
collection; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden of the collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of collections on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments to the RRB or OIRA must
contain the OMB control number of the
ICR. For proper consideration of your
comments, it is best if the RRB and
OIRA receive them within 30 days of
the publication date.
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA) provides for payment of
annuities to qualified employees and
their spouses. In order to receive an age
and service annuity, Section 2(e)(3)
states that an applicant must stop all
railroad work and give up any rights to
return to such work. However,
applicants are not required to stop
nonrailroad work or self-employment.
The RRB considers some work
claimed as ‘‘self-employment’’ to
actually be employment for an
employer. Whether the RRB classifies a
particular activity as self-employment or
as work for an employer depends upon
the circumstances of each case. These
circumstances are prescribed in 20 CFR
part 216.
Under the 1988 amendments to the
RRA, an applicant is no longer required
to stop work for a ‘‘Last Pre-Retirement
Nonrailroad Employer’’ (LPE). However,
Section 2(f)(6) of the RRA requires that
a portion of the employee’s Tier II
benefit and supplemental annuity be
deducted for earnings from the ‘‘LPE.’’
The ‘‘LPE’’ is defined as the last
person, company, or institution with
whom the employee or spouse applicant
was employed concurrently with, or
after, the applicant’s last railroad
employment and before their annuity
beginning date. If a spouse never
worked for a railroad, the LPE is the last
person for whom he or she worked.
The RRB utilizes Form AA–4, SelfEmployment and Substantial Service
Questionnaire, to obtain information
needed to determine if the work the
applicant claims is self-employment is
really self-employment or work for an
LPE or railroad service. If the work is
self-employment, the questionnaire
identifies any month in which the
applicant did not perform substantial
service. One response is requested of
each respondent. Completion is
voluntary. However, failure to complete
the form could result in the nonpayment
of benefits.
Previous Requests for Comments: The
RRB has already published the initial
60-day notice (78 FR 76336 on
December 17, 2013) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited
no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Self-Employment and
Substantial Service Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 3220–0138.
Form(s) submitted: AA–4.
Type of request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or
households.
Abstract: Section 2 of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) provides for
payment of annuities to qualified
employees and their spouses. Work for
a Last Pre-Retirement Nonrailroad
Employer (LPE), and work in selfemployment affect payment in different
ways. This collection obtains
information to determine whether
claimed self-employment is really selfemployment, and not work for a railroad
or LPE.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes
no changes to Form AA–4.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as
follows:
Annual
responses
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Form
Time (min)
Burden (hrs)
AA–4 (With assistance) ...........................................................................................................................
AA–4 (Without assistance) ......................................................................................................................
570
30
40
70
380
35
Total ..................................................................................................................................................
600
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415
Additional Information or Comments:
Copies of the forms and supporting
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Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to
Charles Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,
Illinois, 60611–2092 or
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV and to the
OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, Fax:
202–395–6974, Email address: OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
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COMMISSION
www.reginfo.gov. 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) Thomas
Bayer, Director/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. Comments must be submitted to
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: February 18, 2014.
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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Extension: Form 144;
OMB Control No. 3235–0101, SEC File No.
270–112.
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Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) this request for extension of
the previously approved collections of
information discussed below.
Form 144 (17 CFR 239.144) is used to
report the sale of securities during any
three-month period that exceeds 5,000
shares or other units and has an
aggregate sales price that does not
exceed $50,000. Under Sections
2(a)(11), 4(a)(1), 4(a)(2), 4(a)(4) and 19(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C.
77b(a)(11), 77d(a)(1), 77d(a)(2), 77d(a)(4)
and 77s(a)) and Rule 144 (17 CFR
230.144) there under, the Commission is
authorized to solicit the information
required to be supplied by Form 144.
The objectives of the rule could not be
met, if the information collection was
not required. The information collected
must be filed with the Commission and
is publicly available. Form 144 takes
approximately one burden hour per
response and is filed by 500
respondents for a total of 500 total
burden hours.
An agency 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.
The public may view the background
documentation for this information
collection at the following Web site,
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COMMISSION
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Extension:
Rule 15Ba2–6T; SEC File No. S7–19–10,
OMB Control No. 3235–0659.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) a request of extension of the
previously approved collection of
information provided for in Rule
15Ba2–6T—Temporary Registration as a
Municipal Advisor; Required
Amendments; and Withdrawal from
Temporary Registration (17 CFR
240.15Ba2–6T), under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’).
Paragraph (a) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
requires municipal advisors, as defined
in Section 15B(e)(4) of the Exchange Act
(15 U.S.C. 78o–4(e)(4)), to electronically
file with the Commission on the
Commission’s Web site at the following
link, Municipal Advisor Registration,
the information set forth in Form MA–
T (17 CFR 249.1300T) to temporarily
register or withdraw from temporary
registration.
Paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
requires municipal advisors to promptly
amend their temporary registration
whenever information concerning Items
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1 (Identifying Information) or 3
(Disciplinary Information) of Form MA–
T becomes inaccurate in any way.
Paragraph (b)(2) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
requires municipal advisors to promptly
amend their temporary registration
whenever they wish to withdraw from
registration.
Paragraph (c) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
provides that every initial registration,
amendment to registration, or
withdrawal from registration filed
pursuant to this rule constitutes a
‘‘report’’ within the meaning of
applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act.
Paragraph (d) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
provides that every Form MA–T,
including every amendment to or
withdrawal from registration, is
considered filed with the Commission
when the electronic form on the
Commission’s Web site is completed
and the Commission has sent
confirmation to the municipal advisor
that the form was filed.
Paragraph (e) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
provides that all temporary registrations
of municipal advisors will expire on the
earlier of: (1) The date that the
municipal advisor’s permanent
registration, submitted pursuant to the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder,
is approved or disapproved by the
Commission; (2) the date on which the
municipal advisor’s temporary
registration is rescinded by the
Commission; (3) for a municipal advisor
that has not applied for permanent
registration with the Commission in
accordance with the Exchange Act and
the rules thereunder, forty-five days
after the compliance date of such rules
for the municipal advisor; or (4)
December 31, 2014.
Paragraph (f) of Rule 15Ba2–6T
provides that Rule 15Ba2–6T will expire
on December 31, 2014.
The primary purpose of Rule 15Ba2–
6T is to provide information about
municipal advisors to investors and
issuers, as well as the Commission
pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Commission staff estimates that
approximately 100 new municipal
advisors will file Form MA–T during
the period January 1, 2014 through
December 31, 2014. Commission staff
estimates that each of the approximately
100 new municipal advisors will spend
an average of 2.5 hours preparing each
Form MA–T. Therefore the estimated
total reporting burden associated with
completing Form MA–T is 250 hours.
Additionally, Commission staff
estimates that approximately 1,150
municipal advisors currently registered
with the Commission and the estimated
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public.
Review and approval by OIRA ensures that we impose appropriate
paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the proposed collection of information
to determine (1) the practical utility of the collection; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden of the collection; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments to the
RRB or OIRA must contain the OMB control number of the ICR. For proper
consideration of your comments, it is best if the RRB and OIRA receive
them within 30 days of the publication date.
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides for payment
of annuities to qualified employees and their spouses. In order to
receive an age and service annuity, Section 2(e)(3) states that an
applicant must stop all railroad work and give up any rights to return
to such work. However, applicants are not required to stop nonrailroad
work or self-employment.
The RRB considers some work claimed as ``self-employment'' to
actually be employment for an employer. Whether the RRB classifies a
particular activity as self-employment or as work for an employer
depends upon the circumstances of each case. These circumstances are
prescribed in 20 CFR part 216.
Under the 1988 amendments to the RRA, an applicant is no longer
required to stop work for a ``Last Pre-Retirement Nonrailroad
Employer'' (LPE). However, Section 2(f)(6) of the RRA requires that a
portion of the employee's Tier II benefit and supplemental annuity be
deducted for earnings from the ``LPE.''
The ``LPE'' is defined as the last person, company, or institution
with whom the employee or spouse applicant was employed concurrently
with, or after, the applicant's last railroad employment and before
their annuity beginning date. If a spouse never worked for a railroad,
the LPE is the last person for whom he or she worked.
The RRB utilizes Form AA-4, Self-Employment and Substantial Service
Questionnaire, to obtain information needed to determine if the work
the applicant claims is self-employment is really self-employment or
work for an LPE or railroad service. If the work is self-employment,
the questionnaire identifies any month in which the applicant did not
perform substantial service. One response is requested of each
respondent. Completion is voluntary. However, failure to complete the
form could result in the nonpayment of benefits.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (78 FR 76336 on December 17, 2013) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Self-Employment and Substantial Service Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0138.
Form(s) submitted: AA-4.
Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or households.
Abstract: Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides
for payment of annuities to qualified employees and their spouses. Work
for a Last Pre-Retirement Nonrailroad Employer (LPE), and work in self-
employment affect payment in different ways. This collection obtains
information to determine whether claimed self-employment is really
self-employment, and not work for a railroad or LPE.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to Form AA-4.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Burden
Form responses Time (min) (hrs)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AA-4 (With assistance)........... 570 40 380
AA-4 (Without assistance)........ 30 70 35
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Total........................ 600 ........... 415
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Additional Information or Comments: Copies of the forms and
supporting documents can be obtained from Dana Hickman at (312) 751-
4981 or Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV.
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Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed
to Charles Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, Illinois, 60611-2092 or Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV and to the OMB
Desk Officer for the RRB, Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
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