Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 9888-9889 [2016-04287]
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• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Summary of
Benefits and Coverage and Uniform
Glossary Required Under the Affordable
Care Act.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0147.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,299,742.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 71,252,326.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
431,552 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $9,273,266.
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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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.
Title and purpose of information
collection: Application for Employee
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Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement
Ac; OMB 3220–0002.
Section 2a of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA) provides for payments of age
and service, disability, and
supplemental annuities to qualified
employees. An annuity cannot be paid
until the employee stops working for a
railroad employer. In addition, the age
and service employee must relinquish
any rights held to such jobs. A disabled
employee does not need to relinquish
employee rights until attaining Full
Retirement Age, or if earlier, when their
spouse is awarded a spouse annuity.
Benefits become payable after the
employee meets certain other
requirements, which depend on the type
of annuity payable. The requirements
for obtaining the annuities are
prescribed in 20 CFR 216 and 220.
To collect the information needed to
help determine an applicant’s
entitlement to, and the amount of, an
employee retirement annuity the RRB
uses Forms AA–1, Application for
Employee Annuity; AA–1d, Application
for Determination of Employee
Disability; G–204, Verification of
Workers Compensation/Public Disability
Benefit Information, and electronic
Form(s) AA–1cert, Application
Summary and Certification, and AA–
1sum, Application Summary.
The AA–1 application process obtains
information from an applicant about
their marital history, work history,
military service, benefits from other
governmental agencies, railroad
pensions and Medicare entitlement for
either an age and service or disability
annuity. An RRB representative
interviews the applicant either at a field
office, 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 on-line information
system generates Form AA–1cert,
Application Summary and Certification,
or Form AA–1sum, Application
Summary, a summary of the information
that was provided for the applicant to
review and approve. Form AA–1cert
documents approval using the
traditional pen and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature,
and Form AA–1sum documents
approval using the alternative signature
method called Attestation. When the
RRB representative is unable to contact
the applicant in person or by telephone,
for example, the applicant lives in
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another country, a manual version of
Form AA–1 is used.
Form AA–1d, Application for
Determination of Employee’s Disability,
is completed by an employee who is
filing for a disability annuity under the
RRA, or a disability freeze under the
Social Security Act, for early Medicare
based on a disability. Form G–204,
Verification of Worker’s Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information, is
used to obtain and verify information
concerning a worker’s compensation or
a public disability benefit that is or will
be paid by a public agency to a disabled
railroad employee.
The RRB proposes the following
changes to information collection 3220–
0002:
Form AA–1 is being revised to make
non-burden impacting editorial and
formatting changes that include the
deletion of an obsolete item. In addition,
changes are proposed to Form AA–1 in
support of the RRB’s Disability Program
Improvement Project (DPIP) to enhance/
improve disability case processing and
overall program integrity as
recommended by the RRB’s Office of
Inspector General and the Government
Accountability Office. Proposed
revisions to Form AA–1 include the
addition of questions regarding whether
a disability applicant is relinquishing
seniority rights and why. Comparable
revisions to electronic equivalent forms
(AA–1cert and AA–1sum) are also being
proposed.
Significant changes are proposed to
Form AA–1d in support of the RRB’s
DPIP to enhance/improve disability case
processing and overall program integrity
as recommended by the RRB’s Office of
Inspector General and the Government
Accountability Office. Proposed changes
to Form AA–1d include the addition of
questions regarding an applicant’s daily
activities, including any social and
recreational activities and volunteer
work; their education and training, any
work performed since terminating their
railroad occupation; whether an
applicant used a facilitator or an
attorney to either complete or aid in
their completion of application.
Clarification of existing items and other
non-burden impacting editorial and
formatting changes are also proposed.
The RRB proposes no changes to
Form G–204.
One response is requested of each
respondent. Completion of the forms is
required to obtain/retain a benefit.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
AA–1 (without assistance) ...........................................................................................................
AA–1cert (with assistance) ..........................................................................................................
AA–1sum (with assistance) .........................................................................................................
AA–1d (with assistance) ..............................................................................................................
AA–1d (without assistance) .........................................................................................................
G–204 ..........................................................................................................................................
100
4,620
8,000
2,600
5
20
62
30
29
60
85
15
103
2,310
3,867
2,600
7
5
Total ......................................................................................................................................
15,345
........................
8,892
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. 2016–04287 Filed 2–25–16; 8:45 am]
rule change was published for comment
in the Federal Register on November 25,
2015.3 On January 4, 2016, the
Commission designated a longer period
within which to approve the proposed
rule change, disapprove the proposed
rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether to disapprove the
proposed rule change.4 On February 9,
2016, the Exchange filed Amendment
No. 1 to the proposed rule change,5
which replaced the originally filed
proposed rule change in its entirety.6
On February 11, 2016, the Exchange
both filed and withdrew Amendment
No. 2 to the proposed rule change. On
February 11, 2016, the Exchange filed
Amendment No. 3 to the proposed rule
change.7 On February 17, 2016, the
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS
Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of
Amendments No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 to,
and Order Instituting Proceedings to
Determine Whether To Approve or
Disapprove, a Proposed Rule Change,
as Modified by Amendments No. 1, No.
3, and No. 4, To Amend BATS Rule
14.11(i) To Adopt Generic Listing
Standards for Managed Fund Shares
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February 22, 2016.
I. Introduction
On November 18, 2015, BATS
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’) filed with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule
19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
change to amend BATS Rule 14.11(i) by,
among other things, adopting generic
listing standards for Managed Fund
Shares (defined below). The proposed
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76478
(Nov. 19, 2015), 80 FR 73841 (‘‘Notice’’).
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76820,
81 FR 989 (Jan. 8, 2016). The Commission
designated February 23, 2016 as the date by which
the Commission shall either approve or disapprove,
or institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove, the proposed rule change. See id.
5 Amendment No. 1: (1) Clarifies the proposed
treatment of convertible securities under the
proposed generic listing criteria; (2) modifies the
proposed criterion regarding American Depositary
Receipts (‘‘ADRs’’) to provide that no more than
10% of the equity weight of the portfolio shall
consist of non-exchange traded (rather than
unsponsored) ADRs; (3) modifies the proposed
portfolio limit on listed derivatives to require that
at least 90% of the weight of such holdings invested
in futures, exchange-traded options, and listed
swaps shall, on both an initial and continuing basis,
consist of futures, options, and swaps for which the
Exchange may obtain information via the
Intermarket Surveillance Group (‘‘ISG’’) from other
members or affiliates of the ISG or for which the
principal market is a market with which the
Exchange has a comprehensive surveillance sharing
agreement (‘‘CSSA’’); (4) provides that a portfolio’s
investments in listed and over-the-counter (‘‘OTC’’)
derivatives will be calculated for purposes the
proposed limits on such holdings as the total
absolute notional value of the derivatives; (5) makes
certain other conforming and clarifying changes.
The amendments to the proposed rule change are
available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-bats2015-100/bats2015100.shtml.
6 See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5, at 4.
7 Amendment No. 3 deletes from the proposal the
following two sentences: (1) ‘‘Such limitation will
not apply to listed swaps because swaps are listed
on swap execution facilities (‘‘SEFs’’), the majority
of which are not members of ISG.’’ and (2) ‘‘Such
limitation would not apply to listed swaps because
swaps are listed on SEFs, the majority of which are
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Exchange filed Amendment No. 4 to the
proposed rule change.8 The Commission
has not received any comments on the
proposal.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Act 9 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,10
notice is hereby given that the Exchange
filed with the Commission Amendments
No. 1, No. 3., and No. 4 to the proposed
rule change on February 9, 2016,
February 11, 2016, and February 17,
2016, respectively. The proposed rule
change, as modified by those
amendments, is described in Sections I
and II below, which Sections have been
prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on Amendments No.
1, No. 3, and No. 4 from interested
persons.
Additionally, as discussed in Section
III below, the Commission is instituting
proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of
the Act 11 to determine whether to
approve or disapprove the proposed
rule change, as modified by
Amendments No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4
thereto.
not members of ISG.’’ Amendment No. 3 also
corrects an erroneous statement in Item 11 to
indicate that an Exhibit 4 was included in
Amendment No. 1.
8 Amendment No. 4 deletes from the proposal the
following sentence: ‘‘Thus, if the limitation applied
to swaps, there would effectively be a cap of 10%
of the portfolio invested in listed swaps.’’
Amendment No. 3 also amends two representations
as follows (added language in brackets): The
Exchange or FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will
communicate as needed regarding trading in
Managed Fund Shares [and their underlying
components] with other markets that are members
of the ISG, including all U.S. securities exchanges
and futures exchanges on which the components
are traded[, or with which the Exchange has in
place a CSSA.] In addition, the Exchange or
FINRA[,] on behalf of the Exchange[,] may obtain
information regarding trading in Managed Fund
Shares [and their underlying components] from
other markets that are members of the ISG,
including all U.S. securities exchanges and futures
exchanges on which the components are traded, or
with which the Exchange has in place a CSSA.’’
9 15 U.S.C.78s(b)(1).
10 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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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
Employee Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Ac; OMB 3220-0002.
Section 2a of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides for
payments of age and service, disability, and supplemental annuities to
qualified employees. An annuity cannot be paid until the employee stops
working for a railroad employer. In addition, the age and service
employee must relinquish any rights held to such jobs. A disabled
employee does not need to relinquish employee rights until attaining
Full Retirement Age, or if earlier, when their spouse is awarded a
spouse annuity. Benefits become payable after the employee meets
certain other requirements, which depend on the type of annuity
payable. The requirements for obtaining the annuities are prescribed in
20 CFR 216 and 220.
To collect the information needed to help determine an applicant's
entitlement to, and the amount of, an employee retirement annuity the
RRB uses Forms AA-1, Application for Employee Annuity; AA-1d,
Application for Determination of Employee Disability; G-204,
Verification of Workers Compensation/Public Disability Benefit
Information, and electronic Form(s) AA-1cert, Application Summary and
Certification, and AA-1sum, Application Summary.
The AA-1 application process obtains information from an applicant
about their marital history, work history, military service, benefits
from other governmental agencies, railroad pensions and Medicare
entitlement for either an age and service or disability annuity. An RRB
representative interviews the applicant either at a field office, 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 on-line
information system generates Form AA-1cert, Application Summary and
Certification, or Form AA-1sum, Application Summary, a summary of the
information that was provided for the applicant to review and approve.
Form AA-1cert documents approval using the traditional pen and ink
``wet'' signature, and Form AA-1sum documents approval using the
alternative signature method called Attestation. 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-1 is used.
Form AA-1d, Application for Determination of Employee's Disability,
is completed by an employee who is filing for a disability annuity
under the RRA, or a disability freeze under the Social Security Act,
for early Medicare based on a disability. Form G-204, Verification of
Worker's Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information, is used to
obtain and verify information concerning a worker's compensation or a
public disability benefit that is or will be paid by a public agency to
a disabled railroad employee.
The RRB proposes the following changes to information collection
3220-0002:
Form AA-1 is being revised to make non-burden impacting editorial
and formatting changes that include the deletion of an obsolete item.
In addition, changes are proposed to Form AA-1 in support of the RRB's
Disability Program Improvement Project (DPIP) to enhance/improve
disability case processing and overall program integrity as recommended
by the RRB's Office of Inspector General and the Government
Accountability Office. Proposed revisions to Form AA-1 include the
addition of questions regarding whether a disability applicant is
relinquishing seniority rights and why. Comparable revisions to
electronic equivalent forms (AA-1cert and AA-1sum) are also being
proposed.
Significant changes are proposed to Form AA-1d in support of the
RRB's DPIP to enhance/improve disability case processing and overall
program integrity as recommended by the RRB's Office of Inspector
General and the Government Accountability Office. Proposed changes to
Form AA-1d include the addition of questions regarding an applicant's
daily activities, including any social and recreational activities and
volunteer work; their education and training, any work performed since
terminating their railroad occupation; whether an applicant used a
facilitator or an attorney to either complete or aid in their
completion of application. Clarification of existing items and other
non-burden impacting editorial and formatting changes are also
proposed.
The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-204.
One response is requested of each respondent. Completion of the
forms is required to obtain/retain a benefit.
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Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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AA-1 (without assistance)....................................... 100 62 103
AA-1cert (with assistance)...................................... 4,620 30 2,310
AA-1sum (with assistance)....................................... 8,000 29 3,867
AA-1d (with assistance)......................................... 2,600 60 2,600
AA-1d (without assistance)...................................... 5 85 7
G-204........................................................... 20 15 5
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Total....................................................... 15,345 .............. 8,892
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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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