Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 30 / Thursday, February 13, 1997 / Notices 6813

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Chemical and Transport Systems (#1190).

Date and Time: March 4, 1997; 8:30 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Room 530, Arlington, VA

22230, (703) 306–1371.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Raul Miranda, Program

Director, Chemical Reaction Processes,

Division of Chemical and Transport Systems

(CTS), Room 525, (703) 306–1371.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

nominations for the FY97 Research

Equipment Grant Panel proposals as part of

the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the proposals.

These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C.

552b(c) (4) and (6) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Linda Allen-Benton,

Deputy Director, Division of Human Resource

Management, Acting Committee Management

Officer.

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Special Emphasis Panel in

Geosciences; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Geosciences (1756).

Date and Time: Monday, March 3–

Wednesday March 5, 1997; 8:30 a.m.–5:00

p.m.

Place: Room 730, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Michael R. Reeve,

Section Head, Division of Ocean Sciences,

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Blvd., Room 725, Arlington, VA 22230.

Telephone: 703/306–1582.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate OCE’s FY

1997 Faculty Early Career (CAREER)

proposals as part of the selection process for

awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in The Sunshine Act.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Linda Allen-Benton,

Deputy Director, Division of Human Resource

Management, Acting Committee Management

Officer.

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Special Emphasis Panel in Physics;

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Physics

(1208).

Date and Time: March 6–8, 1997, from 8:30

am to 6:00 pm.

Place: Room 330, NSF 4201 Wilson Blvd.,

Arlington, VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. J. W. Lightbody,

Program Director for Nuclear Physics, Room

1015, National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230,

Telephone: (703) 306–1806.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

Experimental Nuclear Physics proposals as

part of the selection process for awards.

Reason for closing: The project plans being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information, information on

personnel and proprietary data for present

and future subcontracts. These matters are

exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of

the Government in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Linda Allen-Benton,

Deputy Director, Division of Human Resource

Management, Acting Committee Management

Officer.

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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: Statements of Claimed

Railroad Service and Earnings, OMB

3220–0025.

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

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

RRP provides the following form(s) to

obtain information needed to determine

if a claimant has sufficient service or

compensation to qualify for

unemployment or sickness benefits.

Form No.

Annual

responses

Time

(min.)

Burden

(hours)

UI–9 ........... 800 10 133

UI–23 ......... 600 5 50

UI–44 ......... 150 5 13

ID–4F ......... 25 5 2

ID–4U ........ 150 5 13

ID–4X ........ 100 5 8

ID–4Y ........ 25 5 2

ID–20–1 ..... 50 5 4

ID–20–2 ..... 100 5 8

ID–20–4 ..... 10 5 1

Total ... 2,010 ............ 234
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Minor non-burden impacting editorial

changes which include the addition of

language required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 are being

proposed to all of the above forms.

Completion of the forms is required to

obtain a benefit. One response is

required of each respondent.

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.

Comments regarding the information

collection should be addressed to

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement

Board, 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60611–2092. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

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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: Employer’s Deemed Service

Month Questionnaire; OMB 3220–0156.

Under Section 3(i) of the Railroad

Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad

Retirement Board (RRB) may deem

additional months of service in cases

where an employee does not actually

work in every month of the year. The

RRB utilizes Form GL–99, Employers

Deemed Services Month Questionnaire,

to obtain service and compensation

information from railroad employers

needed to determine if an employee can

be credited with additional deemed

months of railroad service. Completion

is mandatory. One response is required

for each RRB inquiry.

No changes are proposes to Form GL–

99. The completion time for the GL–99

is estimated at 2 minutes per response.

The RRB estimates that approximately

4,000 responses are received 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.

Comments regarding the information

collection should be addressed to

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60611–2092. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

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Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad

Retirement Board has submitted the

following proposal(s) for the collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL(S):

(1) Collection title: Application for

Spouse Annuity Under the Railroad

Retirement Act.

(2) Form(s) submitted: AA–3

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0042

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: May 31, 1997

(5) Type of request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

(6) Respondents: Individuals or

households

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 10,800

(8) Total annual responses: 10,800

(9) Total annual reporting hours:

5,982

(10) Collection description: The

Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides

for the payment of annuities to spouses

of railroad retirement annuitants who

meet the requirements under the RRA.

The application obtains information

supporting the claim for benefits based

on being a spouse of an annuitant.

The information is used in

determining entitlement to and amount

of the annuity applied for.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Copies of the form and supporting

documents can be obtained from Chuck

Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer

(312–751–3363). Comments regarding

the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 and

the OMB reviewer, Laura Oliven (202–

395–7316), Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10230, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel No. IC–22500; International Series

Release No. 1050/812–7531].

The Emerging Germany Fund Inc.;

Notice of Application

February 7, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (the ‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for

exemption under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANTS: The Emerging Germany

Fund Inc. (the ‘‘Fund’’) and each other

registered investment company for

which RCM Capital Management, L.L.C.

(‘‘RCM’’), Dresdner Bank AG (‘‘Dresdner

Bank’’) or any of Dresdner Bank’s other

subsidiaries or affiliates may in the

future serve as investment adviser or

manager (the ‘‘Prospective Funds’’).

RELEVANT ACT SECTIONS: Order requested

under section 10(f) for an exemption

from that section.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

seek an order to permit them to

purchase securities in underwritten

pubic offerings in the Federal Republic

of Germany (‘‘Germany’’) in which

Dresdner Bank or one of its affiliates

acts as a principal underwriter.

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on June 1, 1990, and amended on

January 25, 1991 and November 13,

1996.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicants with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

March 4, 1997, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on

applicants, in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.