Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2004 / Notices 75571

public comments received on the 

document, incorporate suggested 

changes as necessary, and issue the final 

report for use.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day 

of December, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Charles E. Ader, 

Director, Division of Risk Analysis and 

Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research.

[FR Doc. 04–27613 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collections; 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) publishes periodic 

summaries of proposed data collections. 

The information collections numbered 

below are pending at RRB and will be 

submitted to OMB within 60 days from 

the date of this notice. 

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 Separation Allowance or 

Severance Pay Report; OMB 3220–0173

Section 6 of the Railroad Retirement 

Act provides for a lump-sum payment to 

an employee or the employee’s 

survivors equal to the Tier II taxes paid 

by the employee on a separation 

allowance or severance payment for 

which the employee did not receive 

credits toward retirement. The lumpsum is not payable until retirement 

benefits begin to accrue or the employee 

dies. Also, section 4(a–1)(iii) of the 

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act 

provides that a railroad employee who 

is paid a separation allowance is 

disqualified for unemployment and 

sickness benefits for the period of time 

the employee would have to work to 

earn the amount of the allowance. In 

order to calculate and provide 

payments, the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) must collect and maintain 

records of separation allowances and 

severance payments which were subject 

to Tier II taxation from railroad 

employers. The RRB uses Form BA–9 to 

obtain, on a quarterly basis, the 

information needed from railroad 

employers concerning the separation 

allowances and severance payments 

made to railroad employees and/or the 

survivors of railroad employees. All 

reports contain a one-line entry for each 

such payment or adjustment. 

Completion is mandatory. Responses are 

requested quarterly. The RRB proposes 

no changes to Form BA–9. 

The estimated annual respondent 

burden is as follows:

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT

BURDEN

Form # Annual

responses 

Time

(min) 

Burden

(hrs) 

BA–9 ............. 2,030 75 2,537

2. Title and Purpose of Information 

Collection 

Representative Payee Parental Custody 

Monitoring; OMB 3220–0176

Under section 12(a) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad 

Retirement Board (RRB) is authorized to 

select, make payments to, and to 

conduct transactions with, a 

beneficiary’s relative or some other 

person willing to act on behalf of the 

beneficiary as a representative payee. 

The RRB is responsible for determining 

if direct payment to the beneficiary or 

payment to a representative payee 

would best serve the beneficiary’s 

interest. Inherent in the RRB’s 

authorization to select a representative 

payee is the responsibility to monitor 

the payee to assure that the beneficiary’s 

interests are protected. Triennially, the 

RRB utilizes Form G–99d, Parental 

Custody Report, to obtain information 

needed to verify that a parent-for-child 

representative payee still has custody of 

the child. One response is required from 

each respondent. The RRB proposes no 

changes to Form G–99d. 

The estimated annual respondent 

burden is as follows:

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT

BURDEN

Form #(s) Annual

responses 

Time

(min) 

Burden

(hrs) 

G–99d ........... 1,230 5 103

Additional Information or Comments:

To request more information regarding 

any of the information collections listed 

above or to obtain copies of the 

information collection justifications, 

forms, and/or supporting material, 

please call the RRB Clearance Officer at 

(312) 751–3363 or send an e-mail 

request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.gov. 

Comments regarding the information 

collections should be addressed to 

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60611–2092 or send an e-mail to 

Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.gov. Written 

comments should be received within 60 

days of this notice.

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27649 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[File No. 500–1] 

Absolute Health and Fitness, Inc.; 

Order of Suspension of Trading 

December 15, 2004. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of Absolute 

Health and Fitness, Inc. (‘‘Absolute 

Health’’) because of questions regarding 

the accuracy of assertions by Absolute 

Health, and by others, in public 

statements to investors concerning, 

among other things, its corporate status 

and its ownership of certain health and 

fitness facilities. 

The Commission is of the opinion that 

the public interest and the protection of 

investors require a suspension of trading 

in the securities of the above listed 

company. 

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to 

Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, that trading in the above 

listed company is suspended for the 

period from 9:30 a.m. EST December 15, 

2004 through 11:59 p.m. EST, on 

December 29, 2004.

By the Commission. 

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–27766 Filed 12–15–04; 1:39 pm] 

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