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Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell,
Office of Information Services, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–6258; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–
0158 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC posts all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as entering
the comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Background
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the NRC is requesting
public comment on its intention to
request the OMB’s approval for the
information collection summarized
below.
1. The title of the information
collection: ‘‘Nuclear Material Events
Database (NMED) for the Collection of
Event Report, Response, Analyses, and
Follow-up Data on Events Involving the
Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
Radioactive Byproduct Material.’’
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0178.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: N/
A.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion. Agreement
States are requested to provide copies of
licensee nuclear material event reports
electronically or by hard copy to the
NRC within 30 days of receipt from
their licensee. In addition, Agreement
States are requested to report events that
may pose a significant health and safety
hazard to the NRC Headquarters
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Operations Officer within 24 hours of
notification by an Agreement State
licensee.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Current Agreement States and
any State receiving Agreement State
status in the future.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 506.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 37.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 804 hours.
10. Abstract: The NRC’s regulations
require the NRC’s licensees to report
incidents and overexposures, leaking or
contaminated sealed source(s), release
of excessive contamination of
radioactive material, lost or stolen
radioactive material, equipment failures,
abandoned well logging sources and
medical events. Agreement State
licenses are also required to report these
events to their individual Agreement
State regulatory authorities under
compatible Agreement State regulations.
The NRC is requesting that the
Agreement States provide information
to the NRC on the initial notification,
response actions, and follow-up
investigations on events involving the
use (including suspected theft or
terrorist activities) of nuclear materials
regulated pursuant to the AEA. The
event information should be provided in
a uniform electronic format, for
assessment and identification of any
facilities/site specific or generic safety
concerns that could have the potential
to impact public health and safety. The
identification and review of safety
concerns may result in lessons learned,
and may also identify generic issues for
further study which could result in
proposals for changes or revisions to
technical or regulatory designs,
processes, standards, guidance or
requirements.
III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking comments that
address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the
information collection accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection on respondents
be minimized, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
of July, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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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: Application for Survivor
Death Benefits; OMB 3220–0031.
Under section 6 of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), lump-sum death
benefits are payable to surviving
widow(er)s, children, and certain other
dependents. Lump-sum death benefits
are payable after the death of a railroad
employee only if there are no qualified
survivors of the employee immediately
eligible for annuities. With the
exception of the residual death benefit,
eligibility for survivor benefits depends
on whether the deceased employee was
‘‘insured’’ under the RRA at the time of
death. If the deceased employee was not
insured, jurisdiction of any survivor
benefits payable is transferred to the
Social Security Administration and
survivor benefits are paid by that agency
instead of the RRB. The requirements
for applying for benefits are prescribed
in 20 CFR 217, 219, and 234.
The collection obtains the information
required by the RRB to determine
entitlement to and amount of the
survivor death benefits applied for. To
collect the information, the RRB uses
Forms AA–11a, Designation for Change
of Beneficiary for Residual Lump-Sum;
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AA–21, Application for Lump-Sum
Death Payment and Annuities Unpaid
at Death; AA–21cert, Application
Summary and Certification; G–131,
Authorization of Payment and Release
of All Claims to a Death Benefit or
Accrued Annuity Payment; and G–273a,
Funeral Director’s Statement of Burial
Charges. One response is requested of
each respondent. Completion is
required to obtain benefits. The RRB
proposes the following changes to the
forms in the information collection:
• Form AA–21—Add clarifying
language to better define who qualifies
for a child’s annuity and other minor
editorial changes;
• Form G–273a—Add clarifying
language to Item 2, regarding the total
amount of charges the funeral home
should enter; and what the funeral
home should list as types of payments
received or expected to be received to
Item 3.
• Form G–131—For clarity, add an
Instructions section and space for the
RRB to enter the applicant’s name and
the waived share amount.
• Form AA–11a—Remove from the
information collection due to less than
10 responses a year.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
AA–21cert (with assistance) ........................................................................................................
AA–21 (without assistance) .........................................................................................................
G–131 ..........................................................................................................................................
G–273a ........................................................................................................................................
3,500
200
100
4,000
20
40
5
10
1,167
133
8
667
Total ......................................................................................................................................
7,800
........................
1,975
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 Charles
Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board,
844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or emailed to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Order Granting Approval
of Proposed Rule Change To Expire
CBOE Volatility Index Options Every
Week
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July 21, 2015.
I. Introduction
On June 1, 2015, Chicago Board
Options Exchange, Incorporated
(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘CBOE’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act
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of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to
expire CBOE Volatility Index (‘‘VIX’’)
options every week. The proposed rule
change was published for comment in
the Federal Register on June 12, 2015.3
The Commission received no comments
on the proposed rule change. This order
grants approval of the proposed rule
change.
II. Description of the Proposed Rule
Change
In February 2006, CBOE began trading
options that expire monthly on the VIX,
which measures a 30-day period of
implied volatility. Currently, standard
VIX options expire once a month. CBOE
now proposes to expire 30-day VIX
options every week. According to CBOE,
VIX options would continue to trade as
they do today and they would be subject
to all of the same rules that they are
subject to today, except as proposed to
be modified by the proposed rule
change.4
CBOE notes that, in its capacity as the
Reporting Authority, it enhanced the
VIX Index (cash/spot value) to include
P.M.-settled S&P 500 Index End-ofWeek expirations (‘‘SPXWs’’) in 2014.5
According to CBOE, the inclusion of
SPXWs allows the VIX Index to be
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 75120
(June 8, 2015), 80 FR 33574 (‘‘Notice’’).
4 See Notice, supra note 3, at 33574.
5 See Notice, supra note 3, at 33574–75. CBOE
notes that this enhancement did not impact the
exercise settlement value for VIX options and
futures, which continue to use the same VIX Index
formula and the opening prices of standard (i.e.,
third Friday expiration) S&P 500 Index (‘‘SPX’’)
option series with 30 days to expiration. See id. at
33575, n.5.
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calculated with SPX option series that
most precisely match the 30-day target
timeframe for expected volatility that
the VIX Index is intended to represent.
CBOE further states that using SPX
options with more than 23 days and less
than 37 days to expiration ensures that
the VIX Index will always reflect an
interpolation of two points along the
S&P 500 Index volatility term structure.6
The last trading day for expiring
standard VIX options is the business
day immediately prior to their
expiration date. The expiration date for
VIX options is pegged to the standard
(third Friday) SPX option expiration in
the subsequent month. According to
CBOE, the expiration date is on the
Wednesday that is 30 days prior to the
third Friday of the calendar month
immediately following the month in
which the VIX option expires.7 CBOE
(as the Reporting Authority for VIX
options) calculates the exercise
settlement value for expiring VIX
options on their expiration date.8
6 See Notice, supra note 3, at 33574–75. See also
the VIX White Paper available at https://
www.cboe.com/micro/vix/vixwhite.pdf for a
detailed description about the VIX Index
methodology.
7 See Notice, supra note 3, at 33575. If the Friday
in the subsequent month is an Exchange holiday
this standard Wednesday VIX option expiration is
changed to be the business day that is thirty days
prior to the Exchange business day immediately
preceding that Friday. See id.
8 See CBOE Rule 24.9(a)(5) (setting forth the
method of determining the day on which the
exercise settlement value will be calculated for VIX
options and determining the expiration date and
last trading day for VIX options). See also Notice,
supra note 3, at 33575.
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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: Application for
Survivor Death Benefits; OMB 3220-0031.
Under section 6 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), lump-sum
death benefits are payable to surviving widow(er)s, children, and
certain other dependents. Lump-sum death benefits are payable after the
death of a railroad employee only if there are no qualified survivors
of the employee immediately eligible for annuities. With the exception
of the residual death benefit, eligibility for survivor benefits
depends on whether the deceased employee was ``insured'' under the RRA
at the time of death. If the deceased employee was not insured,
jurisdiction of any survivor benefits payable is transferred to the
Social Security Administration and survivor benefits are paid by that
agency instead of the RRB. The requirements for applying for benefits
are prescribed in 20 CFR 217, 219, and 234.
The collection obtains the information required by the RRB to
determine entitlement to and amount of the survivor death benefits
applied for. To collect the information, the RRB uses Forms AA-11a,
Designation for Change of Beneficiary for Residual Lump-Sum;
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AA-21, Application for Lump-Sum Death Payment and Annuities Unpaid at
Death; AA-21cert, Application Summary and Certification; G-131,
Authorization of Payment and Release of All Claims to a Death Benefit
or Accrued Annuity Payment; and G-273a, Funeral Director's Statement of
Burial Charges. One response is requested of each respondent.
Completion is required to obtain benefits. The RRB proposes the
following changes to the forms in the information collection:
Form AA-21--Add clarifying language to better define who
qualifies for a child's annuity and other minor editorial changes;
Form G-273a--Add clarifying language to Item 2, regarding
the total amount of charges the funeral home should enter; and what the
funeral home should list as types of payments received or expected to
be received to Item 3.
Form G-131--For clarity, add an Instructions section and
space for the RRB to enter the applicant's name and the waived share
amount.
Form AA-11a--Remove from the information collection due to
less than 10 responses a year.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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AA-21cert (with assistance)..................................... 3,500 20 1,167
AA-21 (without assistance)...................................... 200 40 133
G-131........................................................... 100 5 8
G-273a.......................................................... 4,000 10 667
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Total....................................................... 7,800 .............. 1,975
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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 Charles Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or emailed to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
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