82 FR 18169 - Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 72 (April 17, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 72 (April 17, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 72 (Monday, April 17, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 18169-18171] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-07632] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments Summary: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and approval by OIRA ensures that we impose appropriate paperwork burdens. The RRB invites comments on the proposed collections of information to determine (1) the practical utility of the collections; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the subject of collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments to the RRB or OIRA must contain the OMB control number of the ICR. For proper consideration of your comments, it is best if the RRB and OIRA receive them within 30 days of the publication date. 1. Title and purpose of information collection: RUIA Investigations and Continuing Entitlement; OMB 3220-0025. Under Section 1(k) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), unemployment and sickness benefits are not payable for any day remuneration is payable or accrues to the claimant. Also Section 4(a-1) of the RUIA provides that unemployment or sickness benefits are not payable for any day the claimant receives the same benefits under any law other than the RUIA. Under Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) regulation 20 CFR 322.4(a), a claimant's certification or statement on an RRB-provided claim form, that he or she did not work on any day claimed and did not receive income such as vacation pay or pay for time lost, shall constitute sufficient evidence unless there is conflicting evidence. Further, under 20 CFR 322.4(b), when there is a question raised as to whether or not remuneration is payable or has accrued to a claimant with respect to a claimed day(s), an investigation shall be made with a view to obtaining information sufficient for a finding. The RRB utilizes the following three forms to obtain information from railroad employers, nonrailroad employers, and claimants, that is needed to determine whether a claimed day(s) of unemployment or sickness were improperly or fraudulently claimed: Form ID-5i, Request for Employment Information; Form ID-5R (SUP), Report of Employees Paid RUIA Benefits for Every Day in Month Reported as Month of Creditable Service; and Form UI-48, Statement Regarding Benefits Claimed for Days Worked. Completion is voluntary. One response is requested of each respondent. To qualify for unemployment or sickness benefits payable under Section 2 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), a railroad employee must have certain qualifying earnings in the applicable base year. In addition, to qualify for extended or accelerated benefits under Section 2 of the RUIA, a railroad employee who has exhausted his or her rights to normal benefits must have at least 10 years of railroad service (under certain conditions, military service may be [[Page 18170]] credited as months of railroad service). Accelerated benefits are unemployment or sickness benefits that are payable to a railroad employee before the regular July 1 beginning date of a benefit year if an employee has 10 or more years of service and is not qualified for benefits in the current benefit year. During the RUIA claims review process, the RRB may determine that unemployment or sickness benefits cannot be awarded because RRB records show insufficient qualifying service and/or compensation. When this occurs, the RRB allows the claimant the opportunity to provide additional information if they believe that the RRB service and compensation records are incorrect. Depending on the circumstances, the RRB provides the following forms to obtain information needed to determine if a claimant has sufficient service or compensation to qualify for unemployment or sickness benefits. Form UI-9, Statement of Employment and Wages; Form UI-44, Claim for Credit for Military Service; Form ID-4U, Advising of Service/Earnings Requirements for Unemployment Benefits; and Form ID- 4X, Advising of Service/Earnings Requirements for Sickness Benefits. Completion of these forms is required to obtain or retain a benefit. One response is required of each respondent. Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the initial 60-day notice (82 FR 9249 on February 3, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments. Information Collection Request (ICR) Title: RUIA Investigations and Continuing Entitlement. OMB Control Number: 3220-0025. Forms submitted: UI-9, UI-23, UI-44, UI-48, ID-4U, ID-4X, ID-5I, ID-5R (SUP). Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection. Affected public: Private Sector; Businesses or other for profits. Abstract: The information collection has two purposes. When RRB records indicate that railroad service and/or compensation is insufficient to qualify a claimant for unemployment or sickness benefits, the RRB obtains information needed to reconcile the compensation and/or service on record with that claimed by the employee. Other forms in the collection allow the RRB to determine whether unemployment or sickness benefits were improperly obtained. Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to the forms in this collection. The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Form number responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UI-9............................................................ 69 10 11 UI-44........................................................... 10 5 1 UI-48........................................................... 14 12 3 ID-4U........................................................... 35 5 3 ID-4X........................................................... 25 5 2 ID-5i........................................................... 1,050 15 262 ID-5R (SUP)..................................................... 400 10 67 ----------------------------------------------- Total....................................................... 1,603 .............. 349 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Title and Purpose of information collection: Self-Employment/ Corporate Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring; OMB 3220-0202. Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides for the payment of disability annuities to qualified employees. Section 2 also provides that if the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) receives a report of an annuitant working for a railroad or earning more than prescribed dollar amounts from either nonrailroad employment or self-employment, the annuity is no longer payable, or can be reduced, for the months worked. The regulations related to the nonpayment or reduction of the annuity by reason of work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.160-164. Some activities claimed by the applicant as ``self-employment'' may actually be employment for someone else (e.g., training officer, consultant, salesman). 20 CFR 216.22(c) states, for example, that an applicant is considered an employee, and not self-employed, when acting as a corporate officer, since the corporation is the applicant's employer. Whether the RRB classifies a particular activity as self- employment or as work for an employer depends upon the circumstances in each case. The circumstances are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.21-216-23. Certain types of work may actually indicate an annuitant's recovery from disability. Regulations related to an annuitant's recovery from disability for work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.17-220-20. In addition, the RRB conducts continuing disability reviews (also known as a CDR), to determine whether the annuitant continues to meet the disability requirements of the law. Payment of disability benefits and/or a beneficiary's period of disability will end if medical evidence or other information shows that an annuitant is not disabled under the standards prescribed in Section 2 of the RRA. Continuing disability reviews are generally conducted if one or more of the following conditions are met: (1) The annuitant is scheduled for a routine periodic review, (2) the annuitant returns to work and successfully completes a trial work period, (3) substantial earnings are posted to the annuitant's wage record, or (4) information is received from the annuitant or a reliable source that the annuitant has recovered or returned to work. Provisions relating to when and how often the RRB conducts disability reviews are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.186. To enhance program integrity activities, the RRB utilizes Form G- 252, Self-Employment/Corporate Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring. Form G-252 obtains information from a disability annuitant who either claims to be self-employed or a corporate officer, or who the RRB determines to be self-employed or a corporate officer after a continuing disability review. The continuing disability review may be prompted by a report of work, return to railroad service, an allegation of a medical improvement or a routine disability review call-up. The information gathered is used to determine entitlement and/or continued entitlement to, and the amount of, the disability annuity, as prescribed in 20 CFR 220.176. Completion is required to retain benefits. One response is required of each respondent. [[Page 18171]] Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the initial 60-day notice (82 FR 9250 on February 3, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments. Information Collection Request (ICR) Title: Self-Employment/Corporate Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring. OMB Control Number: 3220-0202. Form(s) submitted: G-252. Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection. Affected public: Individuals or Households. Abstract: To determine entitlement or continued entitlement to a disability annuity, the RRB will obtain information from disability annuitants who claim to be self-employed or a corporate officer or who the RRB determines to be self-employed or a corporate officer after a continuing disability review. Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-252. The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Form number responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-252........................................................... 100 20 33 ----------------------------------------------- Total....................................................... 100 .............. 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information or Comments: Copies of the forms and supporting documents can be obtained from Dana Hickman at (312) 751- 4981 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 [email protected] and to the OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected]. Martha P. Rico, Secretary to the Board. [FR Doc. 2017-07632 Filed 4-14-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7905-01-P
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POSTAL SERVICE www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2017–110, minimize the burden of collections on
CP2017–158. respondents, including the use of
Product Change—Priority Mail Express automated collection techniques or
Stanley F. Mires,
and Priority Mail Negotiated Service other forms of information technology.
Attorney, Federal Compliance. Comments to the RRB or OIRA must
Agreement
[FR Doc. 2017–07631 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am] contain the OMB control number of the
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. BILLING CODE 7710–12–P ICR. For proper consideration of your
comments, it is best if the RRB and
ACTION: Notice.
OIRA receive them within 30 days of
POSTAL SERVICE the publication date.
SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 1. Title and purpose of information
notice of filing a request with the Postal Product Change—Priority Mail collection: RUIA Investigations and
Regulatory Commission to add a Negotiated Service Agreement Continuing Entitlement; OMB 3220–
domestic shipping services contract to AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 0025.
the list of Negotiated Service Under Section 1(k) of the Railroad
ACTION: Notice.
Agreements in the Mail Classification Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
Schedule’s Competitive Products List. SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives unemployment and sickness benefits are
notice of filing a request with the Postal not payable for any day remuneration is
DATES: Effective April 17, 2017.
Regulatory Commission to add a payable or accrues to the claimant. Also
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: domestic shipping services contract to Section 4(a–1) of the RUIA provides that
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. the list of Negotiated Service unemployment or sickness benefits are
Agreements in the Mail Classification not payable for any day the claimant
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The receives the same benefits under any
Schedule’s Competitive Products List.
United States Postal Service® hereby law other than the RUIA. Under
DATES: Effective date: April 17, 2017.
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on April 10, 2017, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. regulation 20 CFR 322.4(a), a claimant’s
it filed with the Postal Regulatory certification or statement on an RRB-
Commission a Request of the United SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
provided claim form, that he or she did
States Postal Service to Add Priority United States Postal Service® hereby
not work on any day claimed and did
Mail Express & Priority Mail Contract 45 gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
not receive income such as vacation pay
to Competitive Product List. Documents 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on April 10, 2017,
or pay for time lost, shall constitute
are available at www.prc.gov, Docket it filed with the Postal Regulatory
sufficient evidence unless there is
Nos. MC2017–113, CP2017–161. Commission a Request of the United
conflicting evidence. Further, under 20
States Postal Service to Add Priority
Stanley F. Mires, CFR 322.4(b), when there is a question
Mail Contract 307 to Competitive raised as to whether or not
Attorney, Federal Compliance. Product List. Documents are available at remuneration is payable or has accrued
[FR Doc. 2017–07629 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am] www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2017–112, to a claimant with respect to a claimed
BILLING CODE 7710–12–P CP2017–160. day(s), an investigation shall be made
Stanley F. Mires, with a view to obtaining information
Attorney, Federal Compliance. sufficient for a finding. The RRB utilizes
POSTAL SERVICE the following three forms to obtain
[FR Doc. 2017–07628 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am]
information from railroad employers,
Product Change—Priority Mail BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
nonrailroad employers, and claimants,
Negotiated Service Agreement that is needed to determine whether a
claimed day(s) of unemployment or
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD sickness were improperly or
ACTION: Notice. Agency Forms Submitted for OMB fraudulently claimed: Form ID–5i,
Review, Request for Comments Request for Employment Information;
SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives Form ID–5R (SUP), Report of Employees
notice of filing a request with the Postal Summary: In accordance with the Paid RUIA Benefits for Every Day in
Regulatory Commission to add a Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 Month Reported as Month of Creditable
domestic shipping services contract to U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Service; and Form UI–48, Statement
the list of Negotiated Service Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding Regarding Benefits Claimed for Days
Agreements in the Mail Classification an Information Collection Request (ICR) Worked. Completion is voluntary. One
Schedule’s Competitive Products List. to the Office of Information and response is requested of each
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of respondent.
DATES: Effective April 17, 2017. Management and Budget (OMB). Our To qualify for unemployment or
ICR describes the information we seek sickness benefits payable under Section
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
to collect from the public. Review and 2 of the Railroad Unemployment
Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179.
approval by OIRA ensures that we Insurance Act (RUIA), a railroad
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The impose appropriate paperwork burdens. employee must have certain qualifying
United States Postal Service® hereby The RRB invites comments on the earnings in the applicable base year. In
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gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. proposed collections of information to addition, to qualify for extended or
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on April 10, 2017, determine (1) the practical utility of the accelerated benefits under Section 2 of
it filed with the Postal Regulatory collections; (2) the accuracy of the the RUIA, a railroad employee who has
Commission a Request of the United estimated burden of the collections; (3) exhausted his or her rights to normal
States Postal Service to Add Priority ways to enhance the quality, utility, and benefits must have at least 10 years of
Mail Contract 305 to Competitive clarity of the information that is the railroad service (under certain
Product List. Documents are available at subject of collection; and (4) ways to conditions, military service may be
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Previous Requests for Comments: The OMB Control Number: 3220–0202. information from disability annuitants
RRB has already published the initial Form(s) submitted: G–252. who claim to be self-employed or a
60-day notice (82 FR 9250 on February Type of request: Extension without corporate officer or who the RRB
3, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. change of a currently approved determines to be self-employed or a
3506(c)(2). That request elicited no collection. corporate officer after a continuing
comments. Affected public: Individuals or disability review.
Households. Changes proposed: The RRB proposes
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Abstract: To determine entitlement or no changes to Form G–252.
Title: Self-Employment/Corporate continued entitlement to a disability The burden estimate for the ICR is as
Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring. annuity, the RRB will obtain follows:
Annual Time Burden
Form number responses (minutes) (hours)
G–252 .......................................................................................................................................... 100 20 33
Total ...................................................................................................................................... 100 ........................ 33
Additional Information or Comments: solicit comments on the proposed rule A Customer Cross Order is comprised
Copies of the forms and supporting change from interested persons. of a non-Professional, Public Customer
documents can be obtained from Dana Order to buy and a non-Professional,
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or Public Customer Order to sell at the
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. same price and for the same quantity.4
the Proposed Rule Change
Comments regarding the information Rule 7110(c)(5) provides that Customer
collection should be addressed to Brian The Exchange proposes to expand the Cross Orders are automatically executed
Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 execution range for a Customer Cross upon entry provided that the execution
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois Order. The text of the proposed rule is between the best bid and offer on
60611–1275 or Brian.Foster@rrb.gov and change is available from the principal BOX and will not trade through the
to the OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, office of the Exchange, at the NBBO. Customer Cross Orders are
Fax: 202–395–6974, Email address: Commission’s Public Reference Room automatically canceled if they cannot be
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. and also on the Exchange’s Internet Web executed. Customer Cross Orders may
site at http://boxexchange.com. only be entered in the regular trading
Martha P. Rico, increments applicable to the options
Secretary to the Board. II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and classes under Rule 7050. IM–7140–1 5
[FR Doc. 2017–07632 Filed 4–14–17; 8:45 am]
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule applies to the entry and execution of
BILLING CODE 7905–01–P
Change Customer Cross Orders.
The Exchange is now proposing to
In its filing with the Commission, the expand the execution range for
self-regulatory organization included Customer Cross Orders. Specifically, a
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE statements concerning the purpose of, Customer Cross Order will
COMMISSION and basis for, the proposed rule change automatically execute if the execution
and discussed any comments it received price is at or between the best bid and
[Release No. 34–80428; File No. SR–BOX– on the proposed rule change. The text offer on BOX, provided that it is not at
2017–10] of these statements may be examined at the same price as a Public Customer
the places specified in Item IV below. Order on the BOX Book. This is
Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX The self-regulatory organization has opposed to the current requirement that
Options Exchange LLC; Notice of prepared summaries, set forth in the execution price be strictly between
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Sections A, B, and C below, of the most the best bid and offer on BOX. The
a Proposed Rule Change to Expand significant aspects of such statements.
the Execution Range for a Customer a liquidity refresh pause or route timer because the
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Cross Order Exchange does not offer these functionalities.
Statement of the Purpose of, and 4 See Rule 7110(c)(5).
April 11, 2017. Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 5 This Rule prevents an Options Participant
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Change executing agency orders to increase its economic
gain from trading against the order without first
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 1. Purpose giving other trading interest on BOX an opportunity
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 to trade with the agency order pursuant to Rule
Same as Item 3a in the 19b–4 Purpose 7150 (Price Improvement Period), Rule 7245
notice is hereby given that on March 29,
section. [sic] Make sure all the footnotes (Complex Order Price Improvement Period) or Rule
2017, BOX Options Exchange LLC (the
copy correctly. [sic] The Exchange 7270 (Block Trades). However, the Exchange
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities recognizes that it may be possible for an Options
proposes to amend BOX Rule 7110(c)(5)
and Exchange Commission Participant to establish a relationship with a
(Customer Cross Order) to expand the Customer or other person (including affiliates) to
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
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execution range for a Customer Cross deny agency orders the opportunity to interact on
change as described in Items I and II
Order. This is a competitive filing that BOX and to realize similar economic benefits as it
below, which Items have been prepared would achieve by executing agency orders as
is based on the rules of another
by the self-regulatory organization. The principal. It will be a violation of this Rule for an
exchange.3 Options Participant to circumvent this Rule by
Commission is publishing this notice to
providing an opportunity for a Customer or other
3 See MIAX Rule 515(h)(1). The Exchange is not person (including affiliates) to execute against
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). copying all aspects of MIAX Rule 515(h)(1). agency orders handled by the Options Participant
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. Specifically, BOX is not copying the references to immediately upon their entry into the Trading Host.
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