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gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on November 24,
2015, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a Request of the United
States Postal Service to Add Priority
Mail Express, Priority Mail, & First-Class
Package Service Contract 6 to
Competitive Product List. Documents
are available at www.prc.gov, Docket
Nos. MC2016–21, CP2016–27.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015–30362 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
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Effective date: December 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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2015, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a Request of the United
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Mail Contract 154 to Competitive
Product List. Documents are available at
www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2016–18,
CP2016–24.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
POSTAL SERVICE
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Product Change—Priority Mail
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Regulatory Commission to add a
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the list of Negotiated Service
Agreements in the Mail Classification
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on November 24,
2015, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a Request of the United
States Postal Service to Add Priority
Mail Contract 155 to Competitive
Product List. Documents are available at
www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2016–19,
CP2016–25.
SUMMARY:
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015–30369 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
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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.
1. Title and purpose of information
collection: Application for Survivor
Insurance Annuities; OMB 3220–0030.
Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), monthly survivor
annuities are payable to surviving
widow(er)s, parents, unmarried
children, and in certain cases, divorced
spouses, mothers (fathers), remarried
widow(er)s, and grandchildren of
deceased railroad employees if there are
no qualified survivors of the employee
immediately eligible for an annuity. The
requirements relating to the annuities
are prescribed in 20 CFR 216, 217, 218,
and 219.
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To collect the information needed to
help determine an applicant’s
entitlement to, and the amount of, a
survivor annuity the RRB uses Forms
AA–17, Application for Widow(er)’s
Annuity; AA–17b, Applications for
Determination of Widow(er)’s Disability;
AA–18, Application for Mother’s/
Father’s and Child’s Annuity; AA–19,
Application for Child’s Annuity; AA–
19a, Application for Determination of
Child’s Disability; AA–20, Application
for Parent’s Annuity, and electronic
Forms AA–17cert, Application
Summary and Certification and AA–
17sum, Application Summary.
The on-line automated survivor
annuity application (Forms AA–17,
AA–18, AA–19, and AA–20) process
obtains information about an applicant’s
marital history, work history, benefits
from other government agencies, and
Medicare entitlement for a survivor
annuity. An RRB representative
interviews the applicant either at a field
office (preferred), an itinerant point, or
by telephone. During the interview, the
RRB representative enters the
information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of
the interview, the system generates, for
the applicant’s review, either Form AA–
17cert or AA–17sum, which provides a
summary of the information that the
applicant provided or verified. Form
AA–17cert, Application Summary and
Certification, requires a tradition pen
and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature. Form AA–
17sum, Application Summary,
documents the alternate signing method
called ‘‘Attestation,’’ which is an action
taken by the RRB representative to
confirm and annotate in the RRB
records (1) the applicant’s intent to file
an application; (2) the applicant’s
affirmation under penalty of perjury that
the information provided is correct; and
(3) the applicant’s agreement to sign the
application by proxy. When the RRB
representative is unable to contact the
applicant in person or by telephone, for
example, the applicant lives in another
country, a manual version of the
appropriate form is used. One response
is requested of each respondent.
Completion of the forms is required to
obtain a benefit.
The RRB proposes to remove the
paper version of Forms AA–17, AA–18,
AA–19, and AA–20 from the
information collection due to receiving
less than 10 responses a year. No
changes are proposed to electronic
Forms AA–17cert, AA–17sum, or
manual Forms AA–17b and AA–19a.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form number
AA–17 Application Process
AA–17cert .............................................................................................................................
AA–17sum ............................................................................................................................
AA–17b
(With assistance) ..................................................................................................................
(Without assistance) .............................................................................................................
AA–19a
(With assistance) ..................................................................................................................
(Without assistance) .............................................................................................................
Certification, and AA–3sum,
Application Summary.
The AA–3 application process gathers
information from an applicant about
their marital history, work history,
benefits from other government
agencies, and Medicare entitlement for
a spouse annuity. An RRB
representative interviews the applicant
either at a field office (preferred), an
itinerant point, or by telephone. During
the interview, the RRB representative
enters the information obtained into an
on-line information system. Upon
completion of the interview, the system
generates, for the applicant’s review,
either Form AA–3cert or AA–3sum,
which is a summary of the information
that the applicant provided or verified.
Form AA–3cert, Application Summary
and Certification, requires a traditional
pen and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature. Form AA–
Burden
(hours)
900
2,100
20
19
300
665
250
20
40
50
167
17
200
15
45
65
150
16
3,485
Total ...............................................................................................................................
2. Title and purpose of information
collection: Application for Spouse
Annuity under the Railroad Retirement
Act; OMB 3220–0042.
Section 2(c) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), provides for the
payment of annuities to spouses of
railroad retirement annuitants who meet
the requirements under the RRA. The
age requirements for a spouse annuity
depend on the employee’s age, date of
retirement, and years of railroad service.
The requirements relating to the
annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR 216,
218, 219, 232, 234, and 295.
To collect the information needed to
help determine an applicant’s
entitlement to, and the amount of, a
spouse annuity the RRB uses Form AA–
3, Application for Spouse/Divorced
Spouse Annuity, and electronic Forms
AA–3cert, Application Summary and
Time
(minutes)
........................
1,315
3sum, Application Summary,
documents an alternate signing method
called ‘‘Attestation,’’ which is an action
taken by the RRB representative to
confirm and annotate in the RRB
records (1) the applicant’s intent to file
an application; (2) the applicant’s
affirmation under penalty of perjury that
the information provided is correct; and
(3) the applicant’s agreement to sign the
application by proxy. When the RRB
representative is unable to contact the
applicant in person or by telephone, for
example, the applicant lives in another
country, a manual version of Form AA–
3 is used. One response is requested of
each respondent. Completion of the
form is required to obtain a benefit.
The RRB proposes to remove the
paper version of the AA–3 from the
information collection due to receiving
less than 10 responses a year.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form number
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
4,700
7,000
30
29
2,350
3,383
Total ...............................................................................................................................
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Form AA–3 Online Process
Form AA–3cert (Ink Signature) ............................................................................................
Form AA–3sum (Attestation) ................................................................................................
11,700
........................
5,733
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.
[FR Doc. 2015–30443 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75140-75141]
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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.
1. Title and purpose of information collection: Application for
Survivor Insurance Annuities; OMB 3220-0030.
Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), monthly
survivor annuities are payable to surviving widow(er)s, parents,
unmarried children, and in certain cases, divorced spouses, mothers
(fathers), remarried widow(er)s, and grandchildren of deceased railroad
employees if there are no qualified survivors of the employee
immediately eligible for an annuity. The requirements relating to the
annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR 216, 217, 218, and 219.
To collect the information needed to help determine an applicant's
entitlement to, and the amount of, a survivor annuity the RRB uses
Forms AA-17, Application for Widow(er)'s Annuity; AA-17b, Applications
for Determination of Widow(er)'s Disability; AA-18, Application for
Mother's/Father's and Child's Annuity; AA-19, Application for Child's
Annuity; AA-19a, Application for Determination of Child's Disability;
AA-20, Application for Parent's Annuity, and electronic Forms AA-
17cert, Application Summary and Certification and AA-17sum, Application
Summary.
The on-line automated survivor annuity application (Forms AA-17,
AA-18, AA-19, and AA-20) process obtains information about an
applicant's marital history, work history, benefits from other
government agencies, and Medicare entitlement for a survivor annuity.
An RRB representative interviews the applicant either at a field office
(preferred), an itinerant point, or by telephone. During the interview,
the RRB representative enters the information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of the interview, the system
generates, for the applicant's review, either Form AA-17cert or AA-
17sum, which provides a summary of the information that the applicant
provided or verified. Form AA-17cert, Application Summary and
Certification, requires a tradition pen and ink ``wet'' signature. Form
AA-17sum, Application Summary, documents the alternate signing method
called ``Attestation,'' which is an action taken by the RRB
representative to confirm and annotate in the RRB records (1) the
applicant's intent to file an application; (2) the applicant's
affirmation under penalty of perjury that the information provided is
correct; and (3) the applicant's agreement to sign the application by
proxy. When the RRB representative is unable to contact the applicant
in person or by telephone, for example, the applicant lives in another
country, a manual version of the appropriate form is used. One response
is requested of each respondent. Completion of the forms is required to
obtain a benefit.
The RRB proposes to remove the paper version of Forms AA-17, AA-18,
AA-19, and AA-20 from the information collection due to receiving less
than 10 responses a year. No changes are proposed to electronic Forms
AA-17cert, AA-17sum, or manual Forms AA-17b and AA-19a.
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Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Time Burden
Form number responses (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AA-17 Application Process
AA-17cert................................................... 900 20 300
AA-17sum.................................................... 2,100 19 665
AA-17b
(With assistance)........................................... 250 40 167
(Without assistance)........................................ 20 50 17
AA-19a
(With assistance)........................................... 200 45 150
(Without assistance)........................................ 15 65 16
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Total................................................... 3,485 .............. 1,315
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2. Title and purpose of information collection: Application for
Spouse Annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act; OMB 3220-0042.
Section 2(c) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), provides for the
payment of annuities to spouses of railroad retirement annuitants who
meet the requirements under the RRA. The age requirements for a spouse
annuity depend on the employee's age, date of retirement, and years of
railroad service. The requirements relating to the annuities are
prescribed in 20 CFR 216, 218, 219, 232, 234, and 295.
To collect the information needed to help determine an applicant's
entitlement to, and the amount of, a spouse annuity the RRB uses Form
AA-3, Application for Spouse/Divorced Spouse Annuity, and electronic
Forms AA-3cert, Application Summary and Certification, and AA-3sum,
Application Summary.
The AA-3 application process gathers information from an applicant
about their marital history, work history, benefits from other
government agencies, and Medicare entitlement for a spouse annuity. An
RRB representative interviews the applicant either at a field office
(preferred), an itinerant point, or by telephone. During the interview,
the RRB representative enters the information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of the interview, the system
generates, for the applicant's review, either Form AA-3cert or AA-3sum,
which is a summary of the information that the applicant provided or
verified. Form AA-3cert, Application Summary and Certification,
requires a traditional pen and ink ``wet'' signature. Form AA-3sum,
Application Summary, documents an alternate signing method called
``Attestation,'' which is an action taken by the RRB representative to
confirm and annotate in the RRB records (1) the applicant's intent to
file an application; (2) the applicant's affirmation under penalty of
perjury that the information provided is correct; and (3) the
applicant's agreement to sign the application by proxy. When the RRB
representative is unable to contact the applicant in person or by
telephone, for example, the applicant lives in another country, a
manual version of Form AA-3 is used. One response is requested of each
respondent. Completion of the form is required to obtain a benefit.
The RRB proposes to remove the paper version of the AA-3 from the
information collection due to receiving less than 10 responses a year.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Time Burden
Form number responses (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Form AA-3 Online Process
Form AA-3cert (Ink Signature)............................... 4,700 30 2,350
Form AA-3sum (Attestation).................................. 7,000 29 3,383
-----------------------------------------------
Total................................................... 11,700 .............. 5,733
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
[FR Doc. 2015-30443 Filed 11-30-15; 8:45 am]
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