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III. Congressional Review Act
This RG is a rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C.
801–808). However, the Office of
Management and Budget has not found
it to be a major rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act.
IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and
Issue Finality
This regulatory guide, RG 3.76,
endorses, with clarifications, NEI 14–03,
which provides guidance on the format
and content of spent fuel storage
renewal applications and
implementation of aging management
programs under 10 CFR part 72. As
explained in RG 3.76, licensees are not
required to comply with the positions
set forth in this regulatory guide.
Therefore, RG 3.76 does not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 72.62,
‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC
Management Directive (MD) 8.4,
‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward
Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information
Requests’’; or constitute forward fitting
as that term is defined and described in
MD 8.4. If, in the future, the NRC were
to impose a position in RG 3.76 in a
manner that would constitute
backfitting or forward fitting, then the
NRC would address the backfitting
provision in 10 CFR 72.62 or the
forward fitting provision of MD 8.4,
respectively.
Dated: July 15, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Programs
Management Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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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: Railroad Service and
Compensation Reports/System Access
Application; OMB 3220–0008.
Under Section 9 of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231h)
and Section 6 of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)
(45 U.S.C. 356), the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) maintains for each railroad
employee, a record of compensation
paid to that employee by all railroad
employers for whom the employee
worked after 1936. This record, which is
used by the RRB to determine eligibility
for, and amount of, benefits due under
the laws it administers, is conclusive as
to the amount of compensation paid to
an employee during such period(s)
covered by the report(s) of the
compensation by the employee’s
railroad employer(s), except in cases
when an employee files a protest
pertaining to his or her reported
compensation within the statute of
limitations cited in Section 9 of the RRA
and Section 6 of the RUIA.
To enable the RRB to establish and
maintain the record of compensation,
employers are required to file with the
RRB, reports of their employees’
compensation, in such manner and form
and at such times as the RRB prescribes.
Railroad employers’ reports and
responsibilities are prescribed in 20 CFR
209. The RRB currently utilizes Form
BA–3, Annual Report of Creditable
Compensation, and Form BA–4, Report
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of Creditable Compensation
Adjustments, to secure the required
information from railroad employers.
Form BA–3 provides the RRB with
information regarding annual creditable
service and compensation for each
individual who worked for a railroad
employer covered by the RRA and RUIA
in a given year. Form BA–4 provides for
the adjustment of any previously
submitted reports and also the
opportunity to provide any service and
compensation that had been previously
omitted. Requirements specific to Forms
BA–3 and BA–4 are prescribed in 20
CFR 209.8 and 209.9.
Employers currently have the option
of submitting BA–3 and BA–4 reports
electronically by CD–ROM, secure
Email, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or
online via the RRB’s Employer
Reporting System (ERS).
The information collection also
includes RRB Form BA–12, Application
for Employer Reporting internet Access,
and Form G–440, Report Specifications
Sheet. Form BA–12 is completed by
railroad employers to obtain system
access to ERS. Once access is obtained,
authorized employees may submit
reporting forms online to the RRB. The
form determines what degree of access
(view/only, data entry/modification or
approval/submission) is appropriate for
that employee. It is also used to
terminate an employee’s access to ERS.
Form G–440, Report Specifications
Sheet, serves as a certification document
for Forms BA–3 and BA–4 as well as
other RRB employer reporting forms
(Form BA–6a, BA–6 Address Report
(OMB 3220–0005), Form BA–9, Report
of Separation Allowance or Severance
Pay (OMB 3220–0173) and Form BA–11,
Report of Gross Earnings (OMB 3220–
0132). It records the type of medium the
report was submitted on, and serves as
a summary recapitulation sheet for
reports filed on paper. The RRB
proposes no changes to Forms BA–3
(internet), BA–4 (internet), BA–12, and
G–440. The RRB proposes to remove
Form BA–3 (Paper) and BA–4 (Paper)
from the Information Collection due to
less than 10 responses per year.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
CURRENT BURDEN
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Reporting
Time
(minutes)
Responses
Burden
(hours)
BA–3:
Electronic Media 2/ ..............................................................................
BA–3 (Internet) ...................................................................................
96
617
46.25 (2,775 min) ............................
46.25 (2,775 min) ............................
4,440
28,536
Total BA–3 ...................................................................................
713
..........................................................
32,976
BA–4:
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN—Continued
CURRENT BURDEN
Reporting
Time
(minutes)
Responses
Burden
(hours)
Electronic Media 2/ ..............................................................................
BA–4 (Internet) ...................................................................................
355
3,942
1.00 (60 min) ...................................
.33 (20 min) .....................................
355
1,314
Total BA–4 ...................................................................................
BA–12:
Initial Access .......................................................................................
Access Termination ............................................................................
4,297
..........................................................
1,669
295
38
.33 (20 min) .....................................
.166 (10 min) ...................................
98
7
Total BA–12 .................................................................................
G–440 (certification):
Form BA–3 (no employees) ...............................................................
Form BA–11 (no employees) .............................................................
Paper forms (without recap) ...............................................................
Form BA–15 .......................................................................................
Electronic transactions .......................................................................
BA–3 and BA–4 (with recap) ..............................................................
333
..........................................................
105
19
60
7
600
94
125
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.50 (30 min) .....................................
1.25 (75 min) ...................................
5
15
1
150
47
156
Total G–440 ........................................................................................
905
..........................................................
374
Grand Total ..........................................................................
6,248
..........................................................
35,194
2. Evidence for Application of Overall
Minimum: OMB 3220–0083.
Under Section 3(f)(2) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231b),
the total monthly benefits payable to a
railroad employee and his/her family
are guaranteed to be no less than the
amount which would be payable if the
employee’s railroad service had been
covered by the Social Security Act. This
is referred to as the Social Security
Overall Minimum Guarantee, which is
prescribed in 20 CFR 229. To administer
this provision, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) requires information about
a retired employee’s spouse and
child(ren) who would not be eligible for
benefits under the RRA but would be
eligible for benefits under the Social
Security Act if the employee’s railroad
service had been covered by that Act.
The RRB obtains the required
information by the use of Forms G–319,
Statement Regarding Family and
Earnings for Special Guaranty
Computation, and G–320, Student
Questionnaire for Special Guaranty
Computation. One response is required
of each respondent. Completion is
required to obtain or retain benefits. The
RRB proposes no changes to Forms G–
319 and G–320.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
CURRENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form No.
G–319 (completed by the employee):
With assistance ..................................................................................
Without assistance: ............................................................................
G–319 (completed by spouse):
With assistance ..................................................................................
Without assistance .............................................................................
G–320:
(Age 18 at Special Guaranty Begin Date or Special Guaranty Age
18 Attainments).
G–320:
(Student Monitoring done in Sept, March and at end of school year)
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Total .............................................................................................
3. Title and purpose of information
collection: Gross Earnings Report; OMB
3220–0132.
In order to carry out the financial
interchange provisions of Section 7(c)(2)
of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA)
(45 U.S.C. 231f), the RRB obtains
annually from railroad employer’s the
gross earnings for their employees on a
one-percent basis, i.e., 1% of each
employer’s railroad employees. The
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Time
(minutes)
5
230
26 .....................................................
55 .....................................................
2
211
5
10
30 .....................................................
60 .....................................................
2
10
30
15 .....................................................
7
10
15 .....................................................
2
290
..........................................................
234
gross earnings sample is based on the
earnings of employees whose social
security numbers end with the digits
‘‘30.’’ The gross earnings are used to
compute payroll taxes under the
financial interchange.
The gross earnings information is
essential in determining the tax
amounts involved in the financial
interchange with the Social Security
Administration and Centers for
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Burden
(hours)
Medicare & Medicaid Services. Besides
being necessary for current financial
interchange calculations, the gross
earnings file tabulations are also an
integral part of the data needed to
estimate future tax income and
corresponding financial interchange
amounts. These estimates are made for
internal use and to satisfy requests from
other government agencies and
interested groups. In addition, cash flow
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projections of the social security
equivalent benefit account, railroad
retirement account and cost estimates
made for proposed amendments to laws
administered by the RRB are dependent
on input developed from the
information collection.
The RRB utilizes Form BA–11 to
obtain gross earnings information from
railroad employers. Employers have the
option of preparing and submitting BA–
11 reports online via the RRB’s
Employer Reporting System or on paper
(or in like format) by File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) or secure Email. The
online BA–11 includes the option to file
a ‘‘negative report’’ (no employees, or no
employees with the digits ‘‘30’’).
Completion is mandatory. One response
is requested of each respondent. The
RRB proposes no changes to Form BA–
11.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
Form No.
BA–11
BA–11
BA–11
BA–11
BA–11
Burden
(hours)
CD–ROM .........................................................................................................................
File Transfer Protocol ......................................................................................................
Secure Email ...................................................................................................................
(Internet)—Positive ..........................................................................................................
(Internet)—Negative .........................................................................................................
0
11
0
154
424
30
300
30
30
15
0
55
0
77
106
Total ......................................................................................................................................
589
........................
238
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, contact Kennisha
Tucker at (312) 469–2591 or
Kennisha.Tucker@rrb.gov. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–
1275 or emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[OMB Control No. 3235–0422, SEC File No.
270–373]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Extension:
Rule 23c–3 and Form N–23c–3
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Time
(minutes)
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 (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
extension and approval.
Rule 23c–3 (17 CFR 270.23c–3) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) permits a
registered closed-end investment
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company (‘‘closed-end fund’’ or ‘‘fund’’)
that meets certain requirements to
repurchase common stock of which it is
the issuer from shareholders at periodic
intervals, pursuant to repurchase offers
made to all holders of the stock. The
rule enables these funds to offer their
shareholders a limited ability to resell
their shares in a manner that previously
was available only to open-end
investment company shareholders.
There have been recent regulatory
developments put forth by the
Commission that will provide
shareholders of closed-end funds with
additional benefits. Effective August 1,
2021, rule 23c–3 will be amended by
including a new subparagraph (e) that
will permit a fund that relies on rule
23c–3 to register an indefinite amount of
securities, under Section 24 of the
Investment Company Act upon the
effectiveness of a fund’s registration
statement.1 In addition, concurrent with
the implementation of rule 23c–3(e), the
Commission adopted an amendment to
rule 24f–2 under the Investment
Company Act, permitting closed-end
funds to compute registration fees on an
annual net basis.2 The Commission’s
intent in proposing and adopting rules
23c–3(e) and 24f–2(a) respectively, was
to avoid the possibility a closed-end
fund of inadvertently selling more
shares than it had registered.3 These
revisions to rule 23c–3 do not impose
additional collections of information.
Notwithstanding these recent
regulatory developments, a closed-end
fund that relies on rule 23c–3 must send
shareholders a notification that contains
CFR 270.23c–3(e).
2 17 CFR 270.24f–2(a).
3 Securities Offering Reform for Closed-End
Investment Companies (SEC Rel. No. IC–33427)
(Mar. 20, 2019) [84 FR 14448 (Apr. 10, 2019)] at 64.
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specified information each time the
fund makes a repurchase offer (on a
quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis,
or, for certain funds, on a discretionary
basis not more often than every two
years). The fund also must file copies of
the shareholder notification with the
Commission (electronically through the
Commission’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
System (‘‘EDGAR’’)) on Form N–23c–3,
a filing that provides certain
information about the fund and the type
of offer the fund is making.4 The fund
must describe in its annual report to
shareholders the fund’s policy
concerning repurchase offers and the
results of any repurchase offers made
during the reporting period. The fund’s
board of directors must adopt written
procedures designed to ensure that the
fund’s investment portfolio is
sufficiently liquid to meet its repurchase
obligations and other obligations under
the rule. The board periodically must
review the composition of the fund’s
portfolio and change the liquidity
procedures as necessary. The fund also
must file copies of advertisements and
other sales literature with the
Commission as if it were an open-end
investment company subject to Section
24 of the Investment Company Act (15
U.S.C. 80a–24) and the rules that
implement Section 24. Rule 24b–3
under the Investment Company Act (17
CFR 270.24b–3), however, exempts the
fund from that requirement if the
materials are filed instead with the
4 Form N–23c–3, entitled ‘‘Notification of
Repurchase Offer Pursuant to Rule 23c–3,’’ requires
the fund to state its registration number, its full
name and address, the date of the accompanying
shareholder notification, and the type of offer being
made (periodic, discretionary, or both).
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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: Railroad Service
and Compensation Reports/System Access Application; OMB 3220-0008.
Under Section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C.
231h) and Section 6 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)
(45 U.S.C. 356), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) maintains for each
railroad employee, a record of compensation paid to that employee by
all railroad employers for whom the employee worked after 1936. This
record, which is used by the RRB to determine eligibility for, and
amount of, benefits due under the laws it administers, is conclusive as
to the amount of compensation paid to an employee during such period(s)
covered by the report(s) of the compensation by the employee's railroad
employer(s), except in cases when an employee files a protest
pertaining to his or her reported compensation within the statute of
limitations cited in Section 9 of the RRA and Section 6 of the RUIA.
To enable the RRB to establish and maintain the record of
compensation, employers are required to file with the RRB, reports of
their employees' compensation, in such manner and form and at such
times as the RRB prescribes. Railroad employers' reports and
responsibilities are prescribed in 20 CFR 209. The RRB currently
utilizes Form BA-3, Annual Report of Creditable Compensation, and Form
BA-4, Report of Creditable Compensation Adjustments, to secure the
required information from railroad employers. Form BA-3 provides the
RRB with information regarding annual creditable service and
compensation for each individual who worked for a railroad employer
covered by the RRA and RUIA in a given year. Form BA-4 provides for the
adjustment of any previously submitted reports and also the opportunity
to provide any service and compensation that had been previously
omitted. Requirements specific to Forms BA-3 and BA-4 are prescribed in
20 CFR 209.8 and 209.9.
Employers currently have the option of submitting BA-3 and BA-4
reports electronically by CD-ROM, secure Email, File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), or online via the RRB's Employer Reporting System (ERS).
The information collection also includes RRB Form BA-12,
Application for Employer Reporting internet Access, and Form G-440,
Report Specifications Sheet. Form BA-12 is completed by railroad
employers to obtain system access to ERS. Once access is obtained,
authorized employees may submit reporting forms online to the RRB. The
form determines what degree of access (view/only, data entry/
modification or approval/submission) is appropriate for that employee.
It is also used to terminate an employee's access to ERS. Form G-440,
Report Specifications Sheet, serves as a certification document for
Forms BA-3 and BA-4 as well as other RRB employer reporting forms (Form
BA-6a, BA-6 Address Report (OMB 3220-0005), Form BA-9, Report of
Separation Allowance or Severance Pay (OMB 3220-0173) and Form BA-11,
Report of Gross Earnings (OMB 3220-0132). It records the type of medium
the report was submitted on, and serves as a summary recapitulation
sheet for reports filed on paper. The RRB proposes no changes to Forms
BA-3 (internet), BA-4 (internet), BA-12, and G-440. The RRB proposes to
remove Form BA-3 (Paper) and BA-4 (Paper) from the Information
Collection due to less than 10 responses per year.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
Current Burden
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Reporting Responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BA-3:
Electronic Media 2/....................... 96 46.25 (2,775 min)............... 4,440
BA-3 (Internet)........................... 617 46.25 (2,775 min)............... 28,536
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Total BA-3............................ 713 ................................ 32,976
BA-4:
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Electronic Media 2/....................... 355 1.00 (60 min)................... 355
BA-4 (Internet)........................... 3,942 .33 (20 min).................... 1,314
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Total BA-4............................ 4,297 ................................ 1,669
BA-12:
Initial Access............................ 295 .33 (20 min).................... 98
Access Termination........................ 38 .166 (10 min)................... 7
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Total BA-12........................... 333 ................................ 105
G-440 (certification):
Form BA-3 (no employees).................. 19 .25 (15 min).................... 5
Form BA-11 (no employees)................. 60 .25 (15 min).................... 15
Paper forms (without recap)............... 7 .25 (15 min).................... 1
Form BA-15................................ 600 .25 (15 min).................... 150
Electronic transactions................... 94 .50 (30 min).................... 47
BA-3 and BA-4 (with recap)................ 125 1.25 (75 min)................... 156
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Total G-440............................... 905 ................................ 374
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Grand Total....................... 6,248 ................................ 35,194
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2. Evidence for Application of Overall Minimum: OMB 3220-0083.
Under Section 3(f)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45
U.S.C. 231b), the total monthly benefits payable to a railroad employee
and his/her family are guaranteed to be no less than the amount which
would be payable if the employee's railroad service had been covered by
the Social Security Act. This is referred to as the Social Security
Overall Minimum Guarantee, which is prescribed in 20 CFR 229. To
administer this provision, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) requires
information about a retired employee's spouse and child(ren) who would
not be eligible for benefits under the RRA but would be eligible for
benefits under the Social Security Act if the employee's railroad
service had been covered by that Act. The RRB obtains the required
information by the use of Forms G-319, Statement Regarding Family and
Earnings for Special Guaranty Computation, and G-320, Student
Questionnaire for Special Guaranty Computation. One response is
required of each respondent. Completion is required to obtain or retain
benefits. The RRB proposes no changes to Forms G-319 and G-320.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
Current Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-319 (completed by the employee):
With assistance........................... 5 26.............................. 2
Without assistance:....................... 230 55.............................. 211
G-319 (completed by spouse):
With assistance........................... 5 30.............................. 2
Without assistance........................ 10 60.............................. 10
G-320:
(Age 18 at Special Guaranty Begin Date or 30 15.............................. 7
Special Guaranty Age 18 Attainments).
G-320:
(Student Monitoring done in Sept, March 10 15.............................. 2
and at end of school year).
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Total................................. 290 ................................ 234
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3. Title and purpose of information collection: Gross Earnings
Report; OMB 3220-0132.
In order to carry out the financial interchange provisions of
Section 7(c)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231f),
the RRB obtains annually from railroad employer's the gross earnings
for their employees on a one-percent basis, i.e., 1% of each employer's
railroad employees. The gross earnings sample is based on the earnings
of employees whose social security numbers end with the digits ``30.''
The gross earnings are used to compute payroll taxes under the
financial interchange.
The gross earnings information is essential in determining the tax
amounts involved in the financial interchange with the Social Security
Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Besides
being necessary for current financial interchange calculations, the
gross earnings file tabulations are also an integral part of the data
needed to estimate future tax income and corresponding financial
interchange amounts. These estimates are made for internal use and to
satisfy requests from other government agencies and interested groups.
In addition, cash flow
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projections of the social security equivalent benefit account, railroad
retirement account and cost estimates made for proposed amendments to
laws administered by the RRB are dependent on input developed from the
information collection.
The RRB utilizes Form BA-11 to obtain gross earnings information
from railroad employers. Employers have the option of preparing and
submitting BA-11 reports online via the RRB's Employer Reporting System
or on paper (or in like format) by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or
secure Email. The online BA-11 includes the option to file a ``negative
report'' (no employees, or no employees with the digits ``30'').
Completion is mandatory. One response is requested of each respondent.
The RRB proposes no changes to Form BA-11.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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BA-11 CD-ROM.................................................... 0 30 0
BA-11 File Transfer Protocol.................................... 11 300 55
BA-11 Secure Email.............................................. 0 30 0
BA-11 (Internet)--Positive...................................... 154 30 77
BA-11 (Internet)--Negative...................................... 424 15 106
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Total....................................................... 589 .............. 238
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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 Kennisha Tucker at (312) 469-2591
or [email protected]. Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 or emailed
to [email protected]. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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