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Metro Post market test. This notice
informs the public of the filing, invites
public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: October 9,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
II. Notice of Commission Action
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On September 19, 2014, the Postal
Service filed a request, pursuant to 39
U.S.C. 3641(d)(2) and Order No. 1539, to
extend the duration of the Metro Post
market test for an additional year and to
expand the test to additional markets
across the nation during this additional
year.1 The Metro Post market test is
currently set to expire on December 16,
2014. Request at 1. Metro Post is
currently being tested in the San
Francisco and New York City
metropolitan areas. ld.
The Postal Service intends to expand
the Metro Post market test to a number
of additional markets over the next year
so that it can examine the market for
same-day delivery in a wider range of
metropolitan areas. ld. The Postal
Service explains that it is necessary to
test a variety of metropolitan areas to
determine the operational feasibility
and desirability of making Metro Post a
permanent product. ld. at 1–2.
Accordingly, the Postal Service
requests to extend the Metro Post
market test for one additional year, until
December 16, 2015, and to expand the
test into other metropolitan areas over
the coming year. ld. at 2. The Postal
Service asserts that all other aspects of
the Metro Post market test remains
unchanged, and in compliance with 39
U.S.C. 3641 and Commission Order No.
1539. ld.
II. Notice of Filing
The Commission reopens Docket No.
MT2013–1 to consider matters raised by
1 Request of the United States Postal Service for
Extension and Expansion of Metro Post Market
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the Postal Service’s Request. Interested
persons may submit comments on
whether the Postal Service’s filing in the
captioned docket is consistent with the
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3641. Comments
are due no later than October 9, 2014.
The filing can be accessed via the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Elisabeth
S. Shellan to represent the interests of
the general public (Public
Representative) in this docket.
III. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission reopens Docket
No. MT2013–1 to consider matters
raised by the Postal Service’s Request.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints Elisabeth S.
Shellan to serve as an officer of the
Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding.
3. Comments are due no later than
October 9, 2014.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
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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.
Test, September 19, 2014 (Request). See also Order
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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.
The RRB uses a Personal
Identification Number (PIN)/Password
system that allows RRB customers to
conduct business with the agency
electronically. As part of the system, the
RRB collects information needed to
establish a unique PIN/Password that
allows customer access to RRB Internetbased services. The information
collected is matched against records of
the railroad employee that are
maintained by the RRB. If the
information is verified, the request is
approved and the RRB mails a Password
Request Code (PRC) to the requestor. If
the information provided cannot be
verified, the requestor is advised to
contact the nearest field office of the
RRB to resolve the discrepancy. Once a
PRC is obtained from the RRB, the
requestor can apply for a PIN/Password
online. Once the PIN/Password has been
established, the requestor has access to
RRB Internet-based services.
Completion is voluntary, however, the
RRB will be unable to provide a PRC or
allow a requestor to establish a PIN/
Password (thereby denying system
access), if the requests are not
completed.
Previous Requests for Comments: The
RRB has already published the initial
60-day notice (79 FR 41604 on July 16,
2014) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2).
That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Request for Internet Services.
OMB Control Number: 3220–0198.
Form(s) submitted: N/A.
Type of request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected public: Individuals or
Households.
Abstract: The Railroad Retirement
Board collects information needed to
provide customers with the ability to
request a Password Request Code and
subsequently, to establish an individual
PIN/Password, the initial steps in
providing the option of conducting
transactions with the RRB on a routine
basis through the Internet.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes
no changes to the PRC and PIN/
Password screens.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as
follows:
No. 1539, Order Approving Metro Post Market Test,
November 14, 2012.
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Annual
responses
Form number
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
PRC .............................................................................................................................................
Pin/Password ...............................................................................................................................
12,500
20,000
5.0
1.5
1,042
500
Total ......................................................................................................................................
32,500
........................
1,542
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.
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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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review;
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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:
Rule 498, SEC File No. 270–574, OMB
Control No. 3235–0648.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act’’), the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘the
Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of the
previously approved collection of
information discussed below.
Rule 498 (17 CFR 230.498) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et
seq.) (‘‘Securities Act’’) permits openend management investment companies
(‘‘funds’’) to satisfy their prospectus
delivery obligations under the Securities
Act by sending or giving key
information directly to investors in the
form of a summary prospectus
(‘‘Summary Prospectus’’) and providing
the statutory prospectus on a Web site.
Upon an investor’s request, funds are
also required to send the statutory
prospectus to the investor. In addition,
under rule 498, a fund that relies on the
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rule to meet its statutory prospectus
delivery obligations must make
available, free of charge, the fund’s
current Summary Prospectus, statutory
prospectus, statement of additional
information, and most recent annual
and semi-annual reports to shareholders
at the Web site address specified in the
required Summary Prospectus legend.1
A Summary Prospectus that complies
with rule 498 is deemed to be a
prospectus that is authorized under
Section 10(b) of the Securities Act and
Section 24(g) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1
et seq.).
The purpose of rule 498 is to enable
a fund to provide investors with a
Summary Prospectus containing key
information necessary to evaluate an
investment in the fund. Unlike many
other federal information collections,
which are primarily for the use and
benefit of the collecting agency, this
information collection is primarily for
the use and benefit of investors. The
information filed with the Commission
also permits the verification of
compliance with securities law
requirements and assures the public
availability and dissemination of the
information.
Based on an analysis of fund filings,
the Commission estimates that
approximately 9,082 portfolios are using
a Summary Prospectus. The
Commission estimates that the annual
hourly burden per portfolio associated
with the compilation of the information
required on the cover page or the
beginning of the Summary Prospectus is
0.5 hours, and estimates that the annual
hourly burden per portfolio to comply
with the Web site posting requirement
is approximately 1 hour, requiring a
total of 1.5 hours per portfolio per year.2
Thus the total annual hour burden
associated with these requirements of
the rule is approximately 13,623.3 The
Commission estimates that the annual
1 17
CFR 270.498(e)(1).
2 0.5 hours per portfolio + 1 hour per portfolio =
1.5 hours per portfolio. The Commission believes
that funds that have opted to use the Summary
Prospectus have already incurred the estimated
one-time hour burden to initially comply with rule
498, and therefore the estimated burden hours to
initially comply with rule 498 and the associated
costs are not included in these estimates.
3 1.5 hours per portfolio × 9,082 portfolios =
13,623 hours.
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cost burden is approximately $15,900
per portfolio, for a total annual cost
burden of approximately $144,403,800.4
Estimates of the 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.
Under rule 498, use of the Summary
Prospectus is voluntary, but the rule’s
requirements regarding provision of the
statutory prospectus upon investor
request are mandatory for funds that
elect to send or give a Summary
Prospectus in reliance upon rule 498.
The information provided under rule
498 will not be kept confidential. 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:
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, 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: September 29, 2014.
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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4 $15,900 per portfolio × 9,082 portfolios =
$144,403,800.
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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.
The RRB uses a Personal Identification Number (PIN)/Password system
that allows RRB customers to conduct business with the agency
electronically. As part of the system, the RRB collects information
needed to establish a unique PIN/Password that allows customer access
to RRB Internet-based services. The information collected is matched
against records of the railroad employee that are maintained by the
RRB. If the information is verified, the request is approved and the
RRB mails a Password Request Code (PRC) to the requestor. If the
information provided cannot be verified, the requestor is advised to
contact the nearest field office of the RRB to resolve the discrepancy.
Once a PRC is obtained from the RRB, the requestor can apply for a PIN/
Password online. Once the PIN/Password has been established, the
requestor has access to RRB Internet-based services.
Completion is voluntary, however, the RRB will be unable to provide
a PRC or allow a requestor to establish a PIN/Password (thereby denying
system access), if the requests are not completed.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (79 FR 41604 on July 16, 2014) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Request for Internet Services.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0198.
Form(s) submitted: N/A.
Type of request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected public: Individuals or Households.
Abstract: The Railroad Retirement Board collects information needed
to provide customers with the ability to request a Password Request
Code and subsequently, to establish an individual PIN/Password, the
initial steps in providing the option of conducting transactions with
the RRB on a routine basis through the Internet.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to the PRC and PIN/
Password screens.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows:
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Annual Time Burden
Form number responses (minutes) (hours)
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PRC............................................................. 12,500 5.0 1,042
Pin/Password.................................................... 20,000 1.5 500
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Total....................................................... 32,500 .............. 1,542
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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.
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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