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however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0190. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0190 on this website. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The 

supporting statement and burden 

spreadsheet are available in ADAMS 

under Accession Nos. ML20280A683 

and ML20280A682. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 

1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance 

Officer, David Cullison, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@

nrc.gov. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2020–0190 in your 

comment submission. The NRC cautions 

you not to include identifying or contact 

information in comment submissions 

that you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS, 

and the NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting 

public comment on its intention to 

request the OMB’s approval for the 

information collection summarized. 

1. The title of the information 

collection: 48 CFR Chapter 20, US NRC 

Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR). 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0169. 

3. Type of submission: Extension. 

4. The form number, if applicable: 

Not applicable. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: Monthly, once (at time of 

award), and on occasion (when changes 

occur.) 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: Contractors and bidders. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 4,908 (4,762 reporting 

responses + 146 recordkeepers). 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 535. 

9. The estimated number of hours 

needed annually to comply with the 

information collection requirement or 

request: 12,500 (9,922 reporting + 2,578 

recordkeeping). 

10. Abstract: The mandatory 

requirements of the NRCAR implement 

and supplement the government-wide 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

and ensure that the regulations 

governing the procurement of goods and 

services with the NRC satisfy the needs 

of the agency. This includes reports and 

recordkeeping requirements for certain 

contractors or offerors to submit a 

monthly progress report that 

summarizes work performed during the 

previous month, and/or retain records of 

equipment, payroll, inspection and 

quality control records, as applicable. 

Because of differing statutory authorities 

among Federal agencies, the FAR 

permits agencies to issue a regulation to 

implement FAR policies and procedures 

internally to satisfy the specific need of 

the agency. 

The NRCAR includes policies, 

procedures, solicitation provisions and 

contract clauses needed to ensure 

effective and efficient evaluation, 

negotiation, and administration of 

agency acquisitions. Certain reports, 

such as reports of contractor 

organizational conflicts of interest or 

changes in key personnel are collected 

from contractors on as needed basis as 

changes occur whether at the time 

award or throughout the life of the 

contract. Some reports are required to be 

submitted monthly such as the 

Financial Status report and Technical 

Progress Report. There are also some 

reports that bidders are required to 

submit upon request, such as responses 

to pre-award questions that demonstrate 

their ability to meet minimum standards 

set forth in Federal Acquisition 

Regulations. 

III. Specific Requests for Comments 

The NRC is seeking comments that 

address the following questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the estimate of the burden of the 

information collection accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection on respondents 

be minimized, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology? 

Dated: March 4, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David C. Cullison, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04865 Filed 3–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Proposed Submission of Information 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; Locating and Paying 

Participants 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to request 

extension of OMB approval, with 

modifications. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) intends to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) extend approval, with 

modifications, to a collection of 

information (OMB Control Number 

1212–0055; expires October 31, 2021) 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

The purpose of the information 

collection is to enable PBGC to pay 

benefits to participants and 

beneficiaries. This notice informs the 

public of PBGC’s intent and solicits 


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public comment on the collection of 

information, as modified. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 10, 2021 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: paperwork.comments@

pbgc.gov. Refer to Locating and Paying 

Participants information collection in 

the subject line. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Regulatory 

Affairs Division, Office of the General 

Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20005–4026. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency’s name (Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or PBGC) 

and refer to Locating and Paying 

Participants information collection. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to PBGC’s website, 

http://www.pbgc.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

A copy of the request will be posted 

on PBGC’s website at https://

www.pbgc.gov/prac/laws-andregulation/ 

federal-register-notices-openforcomment. It may also be obtained by 

writing to Disclosure Division, Office of 

the General Counsel, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20005–4026, or 

calling 202–326–4040 during normal 

business hours. TTY users may call the 

Federal Relay Service toll-free at 800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4040. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Rifkin (rifkin.melissa@

pbgc.gov), Attorney, Regulatory Affairs 

Division, Office of the General Counsel, 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

1200 K Street NW, Washington DC 

20005–4026; 202–229–6563. (TTY users 

may call the Federal Relay Service tollfree at 800–877–8339 and ask to be 

connected to 202–229–6563.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection is needed to pay 

participants and beneficiaries who may 

be entitled to pension benefits from 

plans that have terminated. Participants 

and beneficiaries are asked to provide 

information in connection with an 

application for benefits. This includes 

requests to individuals to provide 

identifying information so that PBGC 

may determine whether the individuals 

are entitled to benefits. All requested 

information is needed so that PBGC may 

determine benefit entitlements and 

make appropriate payments. 

This information collection includes 

My Pension Benefit Account (MyPBA), 

an application on PBGC’s website, 

http://www.pbgc.gov, through which 

plan participants and beneficiaries may 

conduct electronic transactions with 

PBGC, including applying for pension 

benefits, designating a beneficiary, 

electing or changing federal income tax 

withholding from periodic payments, 

changing contact information, and 

applying for or changing electronic 

direct deposit. 

PBGC is proposing to eliminate one 

form (the Form 709), add four forms 

(form 700RN, form 700RSC, form 

703RBD and form 703RBD–MP) and 

revise several other forms in this 

collection, specifically Forms: 700, 701, 

702, 705, 706, 707, 708, 710, 711, 715 

and 717. The proposed revisions 

include the following. 

• PBGC is proposing the addition of 

four new forms: Form 700RN, Form 

700RSC, Form 703RBD and Form 

703RBD–MP. Each is intended to 

improve customer service. 

(1) Form 700RN and Form 700RSC 

will be used in rare situations when 

participants who are already receiving 

benefits choose to elect a retroactive 

annuity starting state. Form 700RN will 

be used by participants where spousal 

consent is not required, and Form 

700RSC will be used by participants 

where spousal consent is required. 

PBGC will use this information to 

provide eligible participants an option 

to change their annuity starting date and 

receive reduced monthly benefits. 

(2) Form 703RBD and Form 703RBD– 

MP will be used in rare situations by 

participants who have reached their 

required beginning date (RBD) and are 

eligible to elect a lump sum payment in 

lieu of an annuity. Form 703RBD will be 

used for trusteed plan participants. 

Form 703RBD–MP will be used for 

participants claiming benefits under the 

Missing Participants Program and 

requires notarization of the participant’s 

signature as a fraud prevention measure. 

PBGC is separating participants who 

have reached their RBD from other 

participants able to elect a lump sum 

payment to ensure that appropriate 

information is communicated to 

participants who have reached their 

RBD. 

• To Form 700, PBGC is proposing to 

remove the question that asks 

participants to designate beneficiaries 

for amounts owed at death and collect 

this information only on Form 707. This 

change is intended to reduce errors with 

customers completing Form 700. 

• To Form 701, PBGC is proposing to 

add a question asking for the gender of 

the participant’s spouse. PBGC will use 

this information for actuarial 

calculations required to operate the 

single-employer insurance program. 

• To Forms 701, 702, 705, 706, 707, 

and 708, PBGC is proposing to clarify 

the requested information about 

beneficiaries owed benefits upon the 

participant’s death. 

• To Forms 701, 705, 706 and 710, 

PBGC is proposing to eliminate a 

question and information about 

Electronic Transfer Accounts (ETA), as 

this Department of the Treasury 

sponsored program ended. 

• To Form 711, PBGC is proposing to 

add a question for notarized spousal 

consent to the change in a beneficiary 

for a certain and continuous annuity. 

This change is intended to comply with 

applicable requirements under the 

Internal Revenue Code. 

• To Form 715, PBGC is proposing to 

clarify the instructions to improve 

customer service. 

• To Form 717, PBGC is proposing to 

eliminate questions asking for gender, 

the branch or division where the 

employee worked, lump sum amount 

and date paid, whether the lump sum 

was rolled over to an individual 

retirement account (IRA), and whether 

the employee is currently receiving 

retirement benefits. PBGC is proposing 

to add requests for the last dates of 

employment, information on the type of 

retirement plan, and information 

appearing on SSA Form L–99–C1. This 

addition will decrease the need for 

PBGC to follow up with customers for 

additional, required information and 

increase processing efficiency. 

PBGC is making editorial and 

formatting changes as well, including 

changing the design and appearance of 

MyPBA. PBGC believes these revisions 

will provide greater clarity to customers 

and improve their experience with the 

online system. 

The existing collection of information 

was approved under OMB control 

number 1212–0055 (expires October 31, 

2021). PBGC intends to request that 

OMB extend its approval (with 

modifications) for three years. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to, 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

PBGC estimates that it will receive 

170,521 benefit application or 

information forms annually. The total 

annual burden associated with this 

collection of information is estimated to 

be 58,376 hours and an estimated 

$58,682, which is the total average 

maximum cost of notary services for 

participants’ or participants’ spouses’ 

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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4Unless otherwise specified, the term ‘‘Market 

Makers’’ as used herein includes Specialists and eSpecialists. 

5Specialists and e-Specialists already pay a rate 

of $0.18 per contract on Manual volume. 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 87404 

(October 28, 2019), 84 FR 58772 (November 1, 2019) 

(SR–NYSEAMER–2019–43) (notice regarding 

adoption of the Step-Up Program). 

7See proposed Fee Schedule, Section I.A. 

(reflecting deletion of footnote 8 relating to the 

Step-Up Program). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5). 

PBGC is soliciting public comments 

to— 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Issued in Washington, DC, by 

Stephanie Cibinic, 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04831 Filed 3–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–91248; File No. SR– 

NYSEAMER–2021–12] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

American LLC; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend the NYSE 

American Options Fee Schedule 

March 3, 2021. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that, on March 1, 

2021, NYSE American LLC (‘‘NYSE 

American’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the selfregulatory organization. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend the 

NYSE American Options Fee Schedule 

(‘‘Fee Schedule’’) regarding an incentive 

program for Market Makers. The 

Exchange proposes to implement the fee 

change effective March 1, 2021. The 

proposed rule change is available on the 

Exchange’s website at www.nyse.com, at 

the principal office of the Exchange, and 

at the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of, 

and basis for, the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of this filing is to modify 

the Fee Schedule to eliminate an 

incentive program that was designed to 

encourage Market Makers 4 to increase 

their Manual volume above a base rate 

(the ‘‘Step-Up Program’’). The Exchange 

proposes to implement the rule change 

on March 1, 2021. 

Currently, the Exchange offers 

discounts on the standard $0.25 per 

contract fee on Manual volume to 

Market Makers that increase their 

Manual volume by a specified 

percentage of TCADV over their August 

2019 volume or, for new Market Makers, 

that increase Manual volume by a 

specified percentage of TCADV above a 

base level of 15,000 ADV (‘‘Increased 

Manual Volume’’). Specifically, the 

Exchange provides an $0.18 per contract 

charge on Increased Manual Volume to 

Market Makers (excluding Specialists 

and e-Specialists) 5 with Increased 

Manual Volume of at least 0.15% 

TCADV and a $0.12 per contract charge 

on Increased Manual Volume to Market 

Makers with Increased Manual Volume 

of at least 0.30% TCADV. 

The Exchange adopted the Step-Up 

Program—a voluntary program—in 

October of 2019 to encourage Market 

Makers to increase Manual volume on 

the Exchange.6 However, because the 

Step-Up Program has not been utilized 

(and therefore did not achieve its 

intended effect), the Exchange proposes 

to eliminate the Step-Up Program from 

the Fee Schedule.7

The Exchange believes that the 

elimination of the Step-Up Program 

would not impact any Market Makers, 

given that no Market Makers ever 

achieved the Increased Manual Volume 

necessary to qualify for the discounted 

rates. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b) of the Act,8 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of Sections 

6(b)(4) and (5) of the Act,9 in particular, 

because it provides for the equitable 

allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 

other charges among its members, 

issuers and other persons using its 

facilities and does not unfairly 

discriminate between customers, 

issuers, brokers or dealers. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change to eliminate the 

Step-Up Program from the Fee Schedule 

is reasonable because this program has 

not been utilized and thus has not 

effectively incented Market Makers to 

increase participation in manual 

executions on the Exchange. The 

Exchange believes eliminating an 

unutilized incentive program would 

simplify the Fee Schedule. The 

Exchange believes that eliminating the 

Step-Up Program from the Fee Schedule 

is equitable and not unfairly 

discriminatory because the program 

would be eliminated in its entirety and 

would no longer be available to any 

Market Maker. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of 

the Act, the Exchange does not believe 

that the proposed rule change would 

impose any burden on competition that 

is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

Instead, the Exchange believes that the 

proposed elimination of the Step-Up 

Program from the Fee Schedule would 

not affect intramarket or intermarket 

competition because, as discussed 


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