83588 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 229 / Thursday, November 30, 2023 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 13, 2023, pursuant to their 

authority under 39 U.S.C. 3632, the 

Governors of the Postal Service 

established prices and classification 

changes for competitive products to 

establish Zone 10 prices for Priority 

Mail Express, Priority Mail, and USPS 

Ground Advantage. The Governors’ 

Decision and the record of proceedings 

in connection with such decision are 

reprinted below in accordance with 

section 3632(b)(2). Mail Classification 

Schedule language containing the new 

prices and classification changes can be 

found at www.prc.gov. 

Colleen Hibbert-Kapler, 

Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Changes in 

Rates and Classifications of General 

Applicability for Competitive Products 

(Governors’ Decision No. 23–6) 

November 14, 2023 

Statement of Explanation and 

Justification 

Pursuant to authority under section 

3632 of title 39, as amended by the 

Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act of 2006 (‘‘PAEA’’), we establish 

prices and classifications of general 

applicability for certain competitive 

products in order to establish Zone 10 

rates for offshore locations. Specifically, 

Zone 10 rates will be added to the price 

charts for the Postal Service’s ‘‘full 

network’’ competitive products: Priority 

Mail Express, Priority Mail, and USPS 

Ground Advantage. The rates will apply 

to mail destinating in Alaska, Hawaii, 

and US Territories, and not originating 

in the same state or territory. Prices are 

designed to be five percent higher than 

the January 2024 proposed prices for 

Zone 8. Additionally, USPS Ground 

Advantage prices for Zone 9 will be 

increased to align with the new Zone 10 

prices. Classification changes will be 

made in the relevant price charts to 

include new columns for Zone 10 

prices. A detailed description of the 

changes can be found in the Postal 

Service’s associated draft Mail 

Classification Schedule change 

document. That document contains the 

draft Mail Classification Schedule 

sections with classification changes in 

legislative format, and new prices 

displayed in the price charts. 

As shown in the nonpublic annex 

being filed under seal herewith, the 

changes we establish should enable 

each affected competitive product to 

cover its attributable costs (39 U.S.C. 

3633(a)(2)) and should result in 

competitive products as a whole 

complying with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a)(3), 

which, as implemented by 39 CFR 

3035.107(c), requires competitive 

products collectively to contribute a 

minimum of 9.9 percent to the Postal 

Service’s institutional costs. 

Accordingly, no issue of subsidization 

of competitive products by market 

dominant products should arise (39 

U.S.C. 3633(a)(1)). We therefore find 

that the new prices and classification 

changes are in accordance with 39 

U.S.C. 3632–3633 and 39 CFR 3035.102 

and 104. 

Order 

The changes in prices and classes set 

forth herein shall be effective no earlier 

than July 1, 2024, on a date and time 

determined at the discretion of 

management. We direct the Secretary to 

have this decision published in the 

Federal Register in accordance with 39 

U.S.C. 3632(b)(2) and direct 

management to file with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission appropriate 

notice of these changes. 

By The Governors: 

/s/ 

Roman Martinez IV, 

Chairman, Board of Governors. 

United States Postal Service Office of 

The Board of Governors 

Certification of Governors’ Vote on 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–6 

Consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632(a), I 

hereby certify that, on November 13, 

2023, the Governors voted on adopting 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–6, and that 

a majority of the Governors then holding 

office voted in favor of that Decision. 

Date: November 13, 2023. 

/s/ lllllllllllllllllll

Michael J. Elston, 

Secretary of the Board of Governors. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB 

Review, Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) is forwarding an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). Our ICR describes 

the information we seek to collect from 

the public. Review and approval by 

OIRA ensures that we impose 

appropriate paperwork burdens. 

The RRB invites comments on the 

proposed collection of information to 

determine (1) the practical utility of the 

collection; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden of the collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information that is the 

subject of collection; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of collections on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments to the RRB or OIRA must 

contain the OMB control number of the 

ICR. For proper consideration of your 

comments, it is best if the RRB and 

OIRA receive them within 30 days of 

the publication date. 

1. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Application and Claim for 

Unemployment Benefits and 

Employment Service; OMB 3220–0022. 

Section 2 of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) 

(45 U.S.C. 231), provides 

unemployment benefits for qualified 

railroad employees. These benefits are 

generally payable for each day of 

unemployment in excess of four during 

a registration period (normally a period 

of 14 days). 

Section 12 of the RUIA provides that 

the RRB establish, maintain and operate 

free employment facilities directed 

toward the reemployment of railroad 

employees. The procedures for applying 

for the unemployment benefits and 

employment service and for registering 

and claiming the benefits are prescribed 

in 20 CFR 325. 

The RRB utilizes the following forms 

to collect the information necessary to 

pay unemployment benefits: Form UI–1 

(or its internet equivalent, Form UI–1 

(Internet)), Application for 

Unemployment Benefits and 

Employment Service, is completed by a 

claimant for unemployment benefits 

once in a benefit year, at the time of first 

registration. Completion of Form UI–1 

or UI–1 (Internet) also registers an 

unemployment claimant for the RRB’s 

employment service. 

The RRB also utilizes Form UI–3, (or 

its internet equivalent Form UI–3 

(Internet)) Claim for Unemployment 

Benefits for use in claiming 

unemployment benefits for days of 

unemployment in a particular 

registration period, normally a period of 

14 days. 

Completion of Forms UI–1, UI–1 

(Internet), UI–3 and UI–3 (Internet) is 

required to obtain or retain benefits. The 

number of responses required of each 

claimant varies, depending on their 

period of unemployment. 


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Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (88 FR 66067 on 

September 26, 2023) required by 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited 

no comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Application and Claim for 

Unemployment Benefits and 

Employment Service. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0022. 

Forms submitted: UI–1, UI–1 

(Internet), UI–3, UI–3 (Internet). 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: Under section 2 of the 

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 

unemployment benefits are provided for 

qualified railroad employees. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed to determine the eligibility to 

and amount of such benefits for railroad 

employees. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to the forms in the 

collection. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

UI–1 ........................................................................................................................... 2,118 10 323 

UI–1 (Internet) ............................................................................................................ 7,549 10 1,258 

UI–3 ........................................................................................................................... 23,724 6 2,372 

UI–3 (Internet) ............................................................................................................ 82,027 6 8,203 

Total .................................................................................................................... 115,418 .............................. 12,186 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Placement Service; OMB 

3220–0057. 

Section 12(i) of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) 

(45 U.S.C. 362), authorizes the RRB to 

establish, maintain, and operate free 

employment offices to provide 

claimants for unemployment benefits 

with job placement opportunities. 

Section 704(d) of the Regional Railroad 

Reorganization Act of 1973, as 

amended, and as extended by the 

Consolidated Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1985, required the 

RRB to maintain and distribute a list of 

railroad job vacancies, by class and 

craft, based on information furnished by 

rail carriers to the RRB. Although the 

requirement under the law expired 

effective August 13, 1987, the RRB has 

continued to obtain this information in 

keeping with its employment service 

responsibilities under section 12(k) of 

the RUIA. Application procedures for 

the job placement program are 

prescribed in 20 CFR 325. The 

procedures pertaining to the RRB’s 

obtaining and distributing job vacancy 

reports furnished by rail carriers are 

described in 20 CFR 346.1. 

The RRB currently utilizes four forms 

to obtain information needed to carry 

out its job placement responsibilities. 

Form ES–2, Central Register 

Notification, is used by the RRB to 

obtain information needed to update a 

computerized central register of 

separated and furloughed railroad 

employees available for employment in 

the railroad industry. Forms ES–21, 

Referral to State Employment Service, 

and ES–21c, Report of State 

Employment Service Office, are used by 

the RRB to provide placement assistance 

for unemployed railroad employees 

through arrangements with State 

Employment Service offices. Form UI– 

35, Field Office Record of Claimant 

Interview, is used primarily by the RRB 

to conduct in-person interviews of 

claimants for unemployment benefits. 

Completion of these forms is required 

to obtain or maintain a benefit. In 

addition, the RRB also collects Railroad 

Job Vacancies information received 

voluntarily from railroad employers. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (88 FR 66068 on 

September 26, 2023) required by 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited 

no comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Placement Service. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0057. 

Form(s) submitted: ES–2, ES–21, ES– 

21c, UI–35 and Job Vacancies Report. 

Type of request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected public: Private Sector, 

Businesses or other for-profits; 

Individuals or Households; State, Local, 

and Tribal Governments. 

Abstract: Under the RUIA, the 

Railroad Retirement Board provides job 

placement assistance for unemployed 

railroad workers. The collection obtains 

information from job applicants, 

railroad employers, and State 

Employment Service offices for use in 

placement, for providing referrals for job 

openings, reports of referral results and 

for verifying and monitoring claimant 

eligibility. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to the forms in this 

information collection. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

ES–21 ........................................................................................................................ 80 1.00 1 

ES–21c ...................................................................................................................... 25 2.00 1 

UI–35 in person ......................................................................................................... 6,300 7.00 735 

UI–35 by mail ............................................................................................................. 700 11.00 128 

Job Vacancies ........................................................................................................... 470 10.00 78 

Total .................................................................................................................... 7,575 .............................. 943 

3. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Report of Medicaid State 

Office on Beneficiary’s Buy-In Status; 

OMB 3220–0185. 

Under section 7(d) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231), the RRB 

administers the Medicare program for 

persons covered by the railroad 

retirement system. Under section 1843 

of the Social Security Act, states may 

enter into ‘‘buy-in agreements’’ with the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

for the purpose of enrolling certain 

groups of low-income individuals under 


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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 98585 

(September 28, 2023), 88 FR 68692 (October 4, 

2023) (‘‘Notice’’). 

4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). A proposed rule change 

may take effect upon filing with the Commission if 

it is designated by the exchange as ‘‘establishing or 

changing a due, fee, or other charge imposed by the 

self-regulatory organization on any person, whether 

or not the person is a member of the self-regulatory 

organization.’’ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 

5See Notice, supra note 3. 

6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(C). 

7See Notice, supra note 3, at 68692. 

8 Id. 

the Medicare medical insurance (Part B) 

program and paying the premiums for 

their insurance coverage. Generally, 

these individuals are categorically 

needy under Medicaid and meet the 

eligibility requirements for Medicare 

Part B. States can also include in their 

buy-in agreements, individuals who are 

eligible for medical assistance only. The 

RRB uses Form RL–380–F, Report to 

State Medicaid Office, to obtain 

information needed to determine if 

certain railroad beneficiaries are entitled 

to receive Supplementary Medical 

Insurance program coverage under a 

state buy-in agreement in states in 

which they reside. Completion of Form 

RL–380–F is voluntary. One response is 

received from each respondent. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (88 FR 66068 on 

September 26, 2023) required by 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited 

no comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Report of Medicaid State Office 

on Beneficiary’s Buy-In Status. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0185. 

Forms submitted: RL–380–F. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: State, local, and 

Tribal governments. 

Abstract: Under the Railroad 

Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement 

Board administers the Medicare 

program for persons covered by the 

railroad retirement system. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed to determine if certain railroad 

beneficiaries are entitled to receive 

Supplemental Medical Insurance 

program coverage under a state buy-in 

agreement in states in which they 

reside. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

the following changes to Form RL–380– 

F: 

• Change ‘Medicare Number’ box on 

righthand side of form to ‘Medicare 

Beneficiary Identifier’. 

• Remove box 6 on righthand side of 

form ‘Social Security Number’ as it is a 

duplicate of box 4 ‘Beneficiary’s Own 

Social Security Number’. 

• In Question 4, change ‘Medicare 

number under which state paid 

premium (if different from RRB 

Medicare claim number’ to ‘Medicare 

Beneficiary Identifier Number (MBI) in 

which state paid premium’. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

RL–380–F .................................................................................................................. 600 10 100 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents can be obtained from 

Kennisha Money at (312) 469–2591 or 

Kennisha.Money@rrb.gov. Comments 

regarding the information collection 

should be addressed to Brian Foster, 

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North 

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611– 

1275 or Brian.Foster@rrb.gov. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Brian Foster, 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–99017; File No. SR–MEMX– 

2023–25] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX 

LLC; Suspension of and Order 

Instituting Proceedings To Determine 

Whether To Approve or Disapprove a 

Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its 

Fee Schedule To Establish an Options 

Regulatory Fee 

November 24, 2023. 

I. Introduction 

On September 27, 2023, MEMX LLC 

(‘‘MEMX’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’), 

pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 a 

proposed rule change (file number SR– 

MEMX–2023–25) to adopt an Options 

Regulatory Fee (‘‘ORF’’).3 The proposed 

rule change was immediately effective 

upon filing with the Commission 

pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) of the 

Act.4 The proposed rule change was 

published for comment in the Federal 

Register on October 4, 2023.5

Pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(C) of the 

Act,6 the Commission is hereby: (1) 

temporarily suspending file number SR– 

MEMX–2023–25; and (2) instituting 

proceedings to determine whether to 

approve or disapprove file number SR– 

MEMX–2023–25. 

II. Description of the Proposed Rule 

Change 

The Exchange proposes to establish 

an ORF in the amount of $0.0015 per 

contract side.7 The per-contract ORF 

will be collected by the Options 

Clearing Corporation (‘‘OCC’’) on behalf 

of the Exchange for each options 

transaction, cleared or ultimately 

cleared by an Exchange member in the 

‘‘customer’’ range, regardless of the 

exchange on which the transaction 

occurs. The ORF is collected from 

either: (1) a Member that was the 

ultimate clearing firm for the 

transaction; or (2) a non-Member that 

was the ultimate clearing firm where a 

Member was the executing clearing firm 

for the transaction.8

According to the Exchange, the 

amount of the proposed ORF fee is 

‘‘based on historical industry volume, 

projected volumes on the Exchange, and 


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