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Comments must be in English. A 

person requesting that information 

contained in a comment submitted by 

that person be treated as confidential 

business information must certify that 

such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

commenter. Confidential business 

information must be clearly designated 

as such and ‘‘Business Confidential’’

must be marked at the top and bottom 

of the cover page and each succeeding 

page. Persons who submit confidential 

business information are encouraged 

also to provide a non-confidential 

summary of the information. 

Information or advice contained in a 

comment submitted, other than business 

confidential information, may be 

determined by USTR to be confidential 

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that 

information or advice may qualify as 

such, the submitter—

(1) Must clearly so designate the 

information or advice; 

(2) Must clearly mark the material as 

‘‘Submitted In Confidence’’ at the top 

and bottom of the cover page and each 

succeeding page; and 

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the 

information or advice. 

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the 

URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will 

maintain a file on this dispute 

settlement proceeding, accessible to the 

public, in the USTR Reading Room, 

which is located at 1724 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20508. The public file 

will include non-confidential comments 

received by USTR from the public with 

respect to the dispute; if a dispute 

settlement panel is convened or in the 

event of an appeal from such a panel, 

the U.S. submissions, the submissions, 

or non-confidential summaries of 

submissions, received from other 

participants in the dispute; the report of 

the panel; and, if applicable, the report 

of the Appellate Body. The USTR 

Reading Room is open to the public, by 

appointment only, from 10 a.m. to noon 

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. An appointment to review the 

public file (Docket WTO/DS–360, India 

Alcohol Duties Dispute) may be made 

by calling the USTR Reading Room at 

(202) 395–6186. 

Daniel Brinza, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative 

for Monitoring and Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E7–7376 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W7–P 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

April 19, 2007 Public Hearing 

OPIC’s Sunshine Act notice of its 

Public Hearing in Conjunction with 

each Board meeting was published in 

the Federal Register (Volume 72, 

Number 59, Page 14627) on March 29, 

2007. No requests were received to 

provide testimony or submit written 

statements for the record; therefore, 

OPIC’s public hearing scheduled for 2 

PM, April 19, 2007 in conjunction with 

OPIC’s April 26, 2007 Board of Directors 

meeting has been cancelled. 

Contact Person For Information: 

Information on the hearing cancellation 

may be obtained from Connie M. Downs 

at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 

218–0136, or via e-mail at 

cdown@opic.gov. 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Connie M. Downs, 

OPIC Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–1945 Filed 4–16–07; 1:53 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M 

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: Self-Employment and 

Substantial Service Questionnaire; OMB 

3220–0138. Section 2 of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA) provides for 

payment of annuities to qualified 

employees and their spouses. In order to 

receive an age and service annuity, 

Section 2(e)(3) states that an applicant 

must stop all railroad work and give up 

any rights to return to such work. 

However, applicants are not required to 

stop non-railroad work or selfemployment. 

The RRB considers some work 

claimed as ‘‘self-employment’’ to 

actually be employment for an 

employer. Whether the RRB classifies a 

particular activity as self-employment or 

as work for an employer depends upon 

the circumstances of each case. These 

circumstances are prescribed in 20 CFR 

part 216. 

Under the 1988 amendments to the 

RRA, an applicant is no longer required 

to stop work for a ‘‘Last Pre-Retirement 

Nonrailroad Employer’’ (LPE). However, 

section 2(f)(6) of the RRA requires that 

a portion of the employee’s Tier II 

benefit and supplemental annuity be 

deducted for earnings from a ‘‘LPE’’

employer. 

‘‘LPE’’ is defined as the last person, 

company or institution with whom the 

employee or spouse applicant was 

employed concurrently with, or after, 

the applicant’s last railroad employment 

and before their annuity beginning date. 

If a spouse never worked for a railroad, 

the LPE employer is the last person for 

whom he or she worked. 

The RRB currently utilizes Form AA–

4, Self-Employment and Substantial 

Service Questionnaire, when an 

applicant claims to be self-employed to 

obtain information needed to determine 

if the applicant’s work is LPE, railroad 

service or self-employment. If the work 

is self-employment, the questionnaire 

identifies any months in which the 

applicant did not perform substantial 

service. One response is requested of 

each respondent. Completion is 

voluntary. However, failure to complete 

the form could result in the nonpayment 

of benefits. 

The RRB proposes editorial and 

formatting changes to Form AA–4. 

Other non-burden impacting changes 

include dividing current items that 

currently contain multiple questions 

into separate items with Yes/No 

responses and skip patterns. Checklists 

have also been added to many items to 

obtain more standardized responses. 

Currently most items cite the possible 

options only as examples to prompt the 

applicant. 

The completion time for the AA–4 is 

estimated at between 40 and 70 

minutes. The RRB estimates that 

approximately 600 AA–4’s are 

completed annually. 

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 

send an e-mail request to 


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