80 FR 81381 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 249 (December 29, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 249 (December 29, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-32720 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 81381-81383] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32720] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Employer Reporting; 3220-0005. Under Section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), and Section 6 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), railroad employers are required to submit reports of employee service and compensation to the RRB as needed for administering the RRA and RUIA. To pay benefits due on a [[Page 81382]] deceased employee's earnings records or determine entitlement to, and amount of annuity applied for, it is necessary at times to obtain from railroad employers current (lag) service and compensation not yet reported to the RRB through the annual reporting process. The reporting requirements are specified in 20 CFR 209.6 and 209.7. The RRB currently utilizes Form G-88A.1, Notice of Retirement and Verification of Date Last Worked, Form G-88A.2, Notice of Retirement and Request for Service Needed for Eligibility, and Form AA-12, Notice of Death and Compensation, to obtain the required lag service and related information from railroad employers. Form G-88A.1 is sent by the RRB via a computer-generated listing or transmitted electronically via the RRB's Employer Reporting System (ERS) to employers. ERS consists of a series of screens with completion instructions and collects essentially the same information as the approved manual version. Form G-88A.1 is used for the specific purpose of verifying information previously provided to the RRB regarding the date last worked by an employee. If the information is correct, the employer need not reply. If the information is incorrect, the employer is asked to provide corrected information. Form G-88A.2 is used by the RRB to secure lag service and compensation information when it is needed to determine benefit eligibility. Form AA-12 obtains a report of lag service and compensation from the last railroad employer of a deceased employee. This report covers the lag period between the date of the latest record of employment processed by the RRB and the date an employee last worked, the date of death or the date the employee may have been entitled to benefits under the Social Security Act. The information is used by the RRB to determine benefits due on the deceased employee's earnings record. The RRB proposes no changes to Forms G-88A.1, G-88A.2 or AA-12. In addition, 20 CFR 209.12(b) requires all railroad employers to furnish the RRB with the home addresses of all employees hired within the last year (new-hires). Form BA-6a, Form BA-6 Address Report, is used by the RRB to obtain home address information of employees from railroad employers who do not have the home address information computerized and who submit the information in a paper format. The form also serves as an instruction sheet to railroad employers who submit the information electronically by magnetic tape, cartridge, or CD ROM. The RRB proposes no changes to Form BA-6a. Completion of the forms is mandatory. Multiple responses may be filed by respondent. Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Time Burden Form No. responses (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AA-12........................................................... 60 5 5 G-88A.1......................................................... 100 5 8 G-88A.1 Internet................................................ 260 4 17 G-88A.1 Internet (Class 1 railroads)............................ 144 16 38 G-88A.2......................................................... 100 5 8 G-88A.2 (Internet).............................................. 1,200 2.5 50 BA-6a Electronic Equivalent*.................................... 14 15 4 BA-6a (E-mail).................................................. 30 15 8 BA-6a (File Transfer Protocol).................................. 10 15 3 BA-6a Internet (RR initiated)................................... 250 17 71 BA-6a Internet (RRB initiated).................................. 250 12 50 BA-6a Paper (RR initiated)...................................... 80 32 43 BA-6a Paper (RRB initiated)..................................... 250 32 133 ----------------------------------------------- Total....................................................... 2,748 .............. 438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Title and purpose of information collection: Employee Representative's Status and Compensation Reports; OMB 3220-0014. Under Section 1(b)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), the term ``employee'' includes an individual who is an employee representative. As defined in Section 1(c) of the RRA, an employee representative is an officer or official representative of a railway labor organization other than a labor organization included in the term ``employer,'' as defined in the RRA, who before or after August 29, 1935, was in the service of an employer under the RRA and who is duly authorized and designated to represent employees in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, or, any individual who is regularly assigned to or regularly employed by such officer or official representative in connection with the duties of his or her office. The requirements relating to the application for employee representative status and the periodic reporting of the compensation resulting from such status is contained in 20 CFR 209.10. The RRB utilizes Forms DC-2a, Employee Representative's Status Report, and DC-2, Employee Representative's Report of Compensation, to obtain the information needed to determine employee representative status and to maintain a record of creditable service and compensation resulting from such status. Completion is required to obtain or retain a benefit. One response is requested of each respondent. The RRB proposes to remove Form DC-2a from the information collection due to receiving less than 10 responses a year. Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Time Burden Form No. responses (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DC-2............................................................ 82 30 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 81383]] Total....................................................... 82 .............. 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Title and purpose of information collection: Survivor Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0032. Under Section 6 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), benefits that may be due on the death of a railroad employee or a survivor annuitant include (1) a lump-sum death benefit (2) a residual lump-sum payment (3) accrued annuities due but unpaid at death, and (4) monthly survivor insurance payments. The requirements for determining the entitlement of possible beneficiaries to these benefits are prescribed in 20 CFR 234. When the RRB receives notification of the death of a railroad employee or survivor annuitant, an RRB field office utilizes Form RL- 94-F, Survivor Questionnaire, to secure additional information from surviving relatives needed to determine if any further benefits are payable under the RRA. Completion is voluntary. One response is requested of each respondent. The RRB proposes the following changes to Form RL-94-F:Add new Item 8d, Divorced Spouse's Date of Divorce from Employee; Renumber current Item 8d to 8e, and Change ``Address'' to ``Mailing Address'' in Items 6, 7, 8a, 10, 11, 12, 14.b.2, 15b, and 16 for those applicants who live outside the country. Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Time Burden Form No. responses (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RL-94-F Items 5-10, and 18...................................... 50 9 8 RL-94-F, Items 5-18............................................. 7,200 11 1,320 RL-94-F, Item 18 only........................................... 750 5 63 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................................... 8,000 .............. 1,391 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Title and purpose of information collection: Employer's Deemed Service Month Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0156. Section 3 (i) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), as amended by P.L. 98-76, provides that the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), under certain circumstances, may deem additional months of service in cases where an employee does not actually work in every month of the year, provided the employee satisfies certain eligibility requirements, including the existence of an employment relation between the employee and his or her employer. The procedures pertaining to the deeming of additional months of service are found in the RRB's regulations at 20 CFR 210, Creditable Railroad Service. The RRB utilizes Form GL-99, Employer's Deemed Service Months Questionnaire, to obtain service and compensation information from railroad employers to determine if an employee can be credited with additional deemed months of railroad service. The RRB proposes non-burden impacting editorial changes to Form GL- 99. Completion is mandatory. One response is required for each RRB inquiry. Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Time Burden Form No. responses (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GL-99........................................................... 2,000 2 67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 2015-32720 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7905-01-P
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Service Agreements with Foreign Postal notice informs the public of the filing, accessed via the Commission’s Web site
Operators 1 product. Id. at 9–10, 13. The invites public comment, and takes other (http://www.prc.gov).
Postal Service identifies differences administrative steps. The Commission appoints Curtis E.
between the Agreement and the TNT DATES: Comments are due: January 4, Kidd to serve as Public Representative
Agreement, but asserts that these 2016. in these dockets.
differences do not detract from the ADDRESSES: Submit comments III. Ordering Paragraphs
conclusion that the Agreement is electronically via the Commission’s
functionally equivalent to the TNT It is ordered:
Filing Online system at http://
Agreement. Id. at 10–13. 1. The Commission establishes Docket
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
Nos. MC2016–47 and CP2016–62 to
III. Commission Action comments electronically should contact
consider the matters raised in each
The Commission, in conformance the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
docket.
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
with rule 3010.44, establishes Docket 2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Curtis E.
No. R2016–4 to consider issues raised in telephone for advice on filing
Kidd is appointed to serve as an officer
the Notice. The Commission invites alternatives.
of the Commission to represent the
comments from interested persons on FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: interests of the general public in these
whether the Agreement is consistent David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at proceedings (Public Representative).
with 39 U.S.C. 3622 and the 202–789–6820. 3. Comments are due no later than
requirements of 39 CFR part 3010. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: January 4, 2016.
Comments are due no later than January 4. The Secretary shall arrange for
5, 2016. The public portions of this Table of Contents
publication of this order in the Federal
filing can be accessed via the I. Introduction Register.
Commission’s Web site (http:// II. Notice of Commission Action
By the Commission.
www.prc.gov). Information on how to III. Ordering Paragraphs
Stacy L. Ruble,
obtain access to non-public material I. Introduction Secretary.
appears in 39 CFR part 3007.
The Commission appoints Nina Yeh In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 [FR Doc. 2015–32710 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]
to represent the interests of the general and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P
public (Public Representative) in this Service filed a formal request and
docket. associated supporting information to
add Priority Mail Contract 170 to the RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
IV. Ordering Paragraphs competitive product list.1
It is ordered: The Postal Service Proposed Collection; Comment
1. The Commission establishes Docket contemporaneously filed a redacted Request
No. R2016–4 for consideration of contract related to the proposed new
matters raised by the Postal Service’s product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Notice. 39 CFR 3015.5. Request, Attachment B. requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Nina To support its Request, the Postal the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Yeh is appointed to serve as an officer Service filed a copy of the contract, a which provides opportunity for public
of the Commission (Public copy of the Governors’ Decision comment on new or revised data
Representative) to represent the authorizing the product, proposed collections, the Railroad Retirement
interests of the general public in this changes to the Mail Classification Board (RRB) will publish periodic
proceeding. Schedule, a Statement of Supporting summaries of proposed data collections.
3. Comments by interested persons in Justification, a certification of Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this proceeding are due no later than compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a), and the proposed information collection is
January 5, 2016. an application for non-public treatment necessary for the proper performance of
4. The Secretary shall arrange for of certain materials. It also filed the functions of the agency, including
publication of this order in the Federal supporting financial workpapers. whether the information has practical
Register. utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
II. Notice of Commission Action estimate of the burden of the collection
By the Commission.
The Commission establishes Docket of the information; (c) ways to enhance
Stacy L. Ruble,
Nos. MC2016–47 and CP2016–62 to the quality, utility, and clarity of the
Secretary. consider the Request pertaining to the information to be collected; and (d)
[FR Doc. 2015–32712 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am] proposed Priority Mail Contract 170 ways to minimize the burden related to
BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P product and the related contract, the collection of information on
respectively. respondents, including the use of
The Commission invites comments on automated collection techniques or
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION whether the Postal Service’s filings in other forms of information technology.
[Docket Nos. MC2016–47 and CP2016–62; the captioned dockets are consistent 1. Title and purpose of information
Order No. 2916] with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, collection: Employer Reporting; 3220–
3633, or 3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 39 0005.
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New Postal Product CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comments are Under Section 9 of the Railroad
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. due no later than January 4, 2016. The Retirement Act (RRA), and Section 6 of
public portions of these filings can be the Railroad Unemployment Insurance
ACTION: Notice.
Act (RUIA), railroad employers are
1 Request of the United States Postal Service to
SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a required to submit reports of employee
Add Priority Mail Contract 170 to Competitive
recent Postal Service filing concerning Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of
service and compensation to the RRB as
the addition of Priority Mail Contract Unredacted Governors’ Decision, Contract, and needed for administering the RRA and
170 to the competitive product list. This Supporting Data, December 22, 2015 (Request). RUIA. To pay benefits due on a
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN—Continued
Annual Time Burden
Form No. responses (minutes) (hours)
Total ...................................................................................................................................... 82 ........................ 41
3. Title and purpose of information for determining the entitlement of is requested of each respondent. The
collection: Survivor Questionnaire; possible beneficiaries to these benefits RRB proposes the following changes to
OMB 3220–0032. are prescribed in 20 CFR 234. Form RL–94–F:
Under Section 6 of the Railroad When the RRB receives notification of • Add new Item 8d, Divorced
Retirement Act (RRA), benefits that may the death of a railroad employee or Spouse’s Date of Divorce from
be due on the death of a railroad survivor annuitant, an RRB field office Employee;
employee or a survivor annuitant utilizes Form RL–94–F, Survivor • Renumber current Item 8d to 8e,
include (1) a lump-sum death benefit (2) Questionnaire, to secure additional and
a residual lump-sum payment (3) information from surviving relatives • Change ‘‘Address’’ to ‘‘Mailing
accrued annuities due but unpaid at needed to determine if any further Address’’ in Items 6, 7, 8a, 10, 11, 12,
death, and (4) monthly survivor benefits are payable under the RRA. 14.b.2, 15b, and 16 for those applicants
insurance payments. The requirements Completion is voluntary. One response who live outside the country.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual Time Burden
Form No. responses (minutes) (hours)
RL–94–F Items 5–10, and 18 ...................................................................................................... 50 9 8
RL–94–F, Items 5–18 .................................................................................................................. 7,200 11 1,320
RL–94–F, Item 18 only ................................................................................................................ 750 5 63
Total ...................................................................................................................................... 8,000 ........................ 1,391
4. Title and purpose of information every month of the year, provided the Questionnaire, to obtain service and
collection: Employer’s Deemed Service employee satisfies certain eligibility compensation information from railroad
Month Questionnaire; OMB 3220–0156. requirements, including the existence of employers to determine if an employee
Section 3 (i) of the Railroad Retirement an employment relation between the can be credited with additional deemed
Act (RRA), as amended by P.L. 98–76, employee and his or her employer. The months of railroad service.
provides that the Railroad Retirement procedures pertaining to the deeming of
The RRB proposes non-burden
Board (RRB), under certain additional months of service are found
in the RRB’s regulations at 20 CFR 210, impacting editorial changes to Form
circumstances, may deem additional GL–99. Completion is mandatory. One
months of service in cases where an Creditable Railroad Service.
The RRB utilizes Form GL–99, response is required for each RRB
employee does not actually work in inquiry.
Employer’s Deemed Service Months
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual Time Burden
Form No. responses (minutes) (hours)
GL–99 .......................................................................................................................................... 2,000 2 67
Additional Information or Comments: regarding the information collection comments should be received within 60
To request more information or to should be addressed to Charles days of this notice.
obtain a copy of the information Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board,
Charles Mierzwa,
collection justification, forms, and/or 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
supporting material, contact Dana Chief of Information Resources Management.
60611–2092 or emailed to
Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Written [FR Doc. 2015–32720 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments BILLING CODE 7905–01–P
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