Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Notices 76963

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee Open Committee Meetings 

According to the provisions of section 

10 of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby 

given that meetings of the Federal 

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee 

will be held on—

Thursday, January 13, 2005, 

Thursday, January 27, 2005, 

Thursday, February 10, 2005, and 

Thursday, February 24, 2005

The meetings will start at 10 a.m. and 

will be held in Room 5A06A, Office of 

Personnel Management Building, 1900 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee is composed of a Chair, five 

representatives from labor unions 

holding exclusive bargaining rights for 

Federal blue-collar employees, and five 

representatives from Federal agencies. 

Entitlement to membership on the 

Committee is provided for in 5 U.S.C. 

5347. 

The Committee’s primary 

responsibility is to review the Prevailing 

Rate System and other matters pertinent 

to establishing prevailing rates under 

subchapter IV, chapter 53, 5 U.S.C., as 

amended, and from time to time advise 

the Office of Personnel Management. 

These scheduled meetings will start 

in open session with both labor and 

management representatives attending. 

During the meetings either the labor 

members or the management members 

may caucus separately with the Chair to 

devise strategy and formulate positions. 

Premature disclosure of the matters 

discussed in these caucuses would 

unacceptably impair the ability of the 

Committee to reach a consensus on the 

matters being considered and would 

disrupt substantially the disposition of 

its business. Therefore, these caucuses 

will be closed to the public because of 

a determination made by the Director of 

the Office of Personnel Management 

under the provisions of section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B). These caucuses may, 

depending on the issues involved, 

constitute a substantial portion of a 

meeting. 

Annually, the Chair compiles a report 

of pay issues discussed and concluded 

recommendations. These reports are 

available to the public, upon written 

request to the Committee’s Secretary. 

The public is invited to submit 

material in writing to the Chair on 

Federal Wage System pay matters felt to 

be deserving of the Committee’s 

attention. Additional information on 

these meetings may be obtained by 

contacting the Committee’s Secretary, 

Office of Personnel Management, 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee, Room 5538, 1900 E Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606–

1500.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Mary M. Rose, 

Chairperson, Federal Prevailing Rate 

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 04–28107 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–49–P

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 

Statement Regarding Contributions 

and Support of Children: OMB 3220–

0195. Section 2(d)(4) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), provides, in part, 

that a child is deemed dependent if the 

conditions set forth in Section 

202(d)(3),(4) and (9) of the Social 

Security Act are met. Section 202(d)(4) 

of the Social Security Act, as amended 

by Public Law 104–121, requires as a 

condition of dependency, that a child 

receives one-half of his or her support 

from the stepparent. This dependency 

impacts upon the entitlement of a 

spouse or survivor of an employee 

whose entitlement is based upon having 

a stepchild of the employee in care, or 

on an individual seeking a child’s 

annuity as a stepchild of an employee. 

Therefore, depending on the employee 

for at least one-half support is a 

condition affecting eligibility for 

increasing an employee or spouse 

annuity under the social security overall 

minimum provisions on the basis of the 

presence of a dependent child, the 

employee’s natural child in limited 

situations, adopted children, 

stepchildren, grandchildren and stepgrandchildren and equitably adopted 

children. The regulations outlining 

child support and dependency 

requirements are prescribed in 20 CFR 

222.50–57. 

In order to correctly determine if an 

applicant is entitled to a child’s annuity 

based on actual dependency, the RRB 

uses Form G–139, Statement Regarding 

Contributions and Support of Children, 

to obtain financial information needed 

to make a comparison between the 

amount of support received from the 

railroad employee and the amount 

received from other sources. Completion 

is required to obtain a benefit. One 

response is required of each respondent. 

The RRB estimates that 500 Form G–

139’s are completed annually. The 

completion time is estimated at 60 

minutes. The RRB proposes non-burden 

impacting editorial changes to Form G–

139. 

Additional Information or Comments:

To request more information or to 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection justification, forms, and/or 

supporting material, please call the RRB 

Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or 

Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments 

regarding the information collection 

should be addressed to Ronald J. 

Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 

N. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–

2092 or Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV.

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice.

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–28065 Filed 12–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #P077] 

State of Alaska (Amendment #2) 

In accordance with a notice received 

from the Department of Homeland 

Security—Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, effective 

December 9, 2004, the above numbered 

Public Assistance declaration is hereby 

amended to reestablish the incident 

period for this disaster as beginning on 

October 18, 2004, and continuing 

through and including October 24, 2004. 

All other information remains the 

same, i.e., the deadline for filing