Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2024 / Notices 2259 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the Market Dominant or 

the Competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the Market 

Dominant or the Competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern Market Dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

Competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–161 and 

CP2024–167; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail, USPS Ground 

Advantage, & Parcel Select Contract 3 to 

Competitive Product List and Notice of 

Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing 

Acceptance Date: January 8, 2024; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Kenneth R. Moeller; Comments Due: 

January 17, 2024. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Jennie L. Jbara, 

Alternate Certifying Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

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. 

1. Title and purpose of information 

collection: RUIA Investigations and 

Continuing Entitlement; OMB 3220– 

0025. 

Under Section 1(k) of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) 

(45 U.S.C. 231), unemployment and 

sickness benefits are not payable for any 

day remuneration is payable or accrues 

to the claimant. Also, Section 4(a–1) of 

the RUIA provides that unemployment 

or sickness benefits are not payable for 

any day the claimant receives the same 

benefits under any law other than the 

RUIA. Under Railroad Retirement Board 

(RRB) regulation 20 CFR 322.4(a), a 

claimant’s certification, or statement on 

an RRB-provided claim form, that he or 

she did not work on any day claimed 

and did not receive income such as 

vacation pay or pay for time lost, shall 

constitute sufficient evidence unless 

there is conflicting evidence. Further, 

under 20 CFR 322.4(b), when there is a 

question raised as to whether or not 

remuneration is payable or has accrued 

to a claimant with respect to a claimed 

day(s), an investigation shall be made 

with a view to obtaining information 

sufficient for a finding. The RRB utilizes 

the following three forms to obtain 

information from railroad employers, 

nonrailroad employers, and claimants, 

that is needed to determine whether a 

claimed day(s) of unemployment or 

sickness were improperly or 

fraudulently claimed: Form ID–5i, 

Request for Employment Information; 

Form ID–5R (SUP), Report of Employees 

Paid RUIA Benefits for Every Day in 

Month Reported as Month of Creditable 

Service; and Form UI–48, Statement 

Regarding Benefits Claimed for Days 

Worked. Completion is voluntary. One 

response is requested of each 

respondent. 

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 

RRB provides the following forms to 

obtain information needed to determine 

if a claimant has sufficient service or 

compensation to qualify for 

unemployment or sickness benefits. 

Form UI–9, Statement of Employment 

and Wages; Form UI–44, Claim for 

Credit for Military Service; Form ID–4U, 

Advising of Service/Earnings 

Requirements for Unemployment 

Benefits; and Form ID–4X, Advising of 

Service/Earnings Requirements for 

Sickness Benefits. Completion of these 

forms is required to obtain or retain a 

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each respondent. The RRB proposes no 

changes to Form UI–9, UI–44, ID–4U, 

ID–4X, and UI–48. 

The RRB Proposes the Following 

Changes to Form ID–5i 

• add a 30-day time sensitive 

response on page 1, 

• page 2 modification to earnings 

sentence to include ‘‘if still employed, 

include earnings up to the current 

employment date.’’, 

• remove auto update of RRB 

letterhead address, phone number and 

email address, 

• update RRB address to headquarters 

address, 

• update RRB phone number to 

Unemployment and Programs Support 

Division, 

• update RRB fax number to 

Unemployment and Programs Support 

Division, 

• update RRB email address to 

Unemployment and Programs Support 

Division, and 

• update RRB office hours. 

The RRB Proposes the Following 

Changes to ID–5R (SUP) 

• change PRA/PA notice to update 

the officer title and 

• update RRB zip code. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual responses Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

UI–9 .............................................................................. 69 .................................................................................. 10 11 

UI–44 ............................................................................ 10 .................................................................................. 5 1 

UI–48 ............................................................................ 14 .................................................................................. 12 3 

ID–4U ............................................................................ 35 .................................................................................. 5 3 

ID–4X ............................................................................ 25 .................................................................................. 5 2 

ID–5i ............................................................................. 1,000 (Private sector) ...................................................

50 (state/local/etc.) 

15 250 

12 

ID–5R (SUP) ................................................................. 400 ................................................................................ 10 67 

Total ....................................................................... 1,603 ............................................................................. ........................ 349 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Pension Plan Reports; OMB 

3220–0089. 

Under section 2(b) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231a), 

the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) 

pays supplemental annuities to 

qualified RRB employee annuitants. A 

supplemental annuity, which is 

computed according to section 3(e) of 

the RRA, can be paid at age 60 if the 

employee has at least 30 years of 

creditable railroad service or at age 65 

if the employee has 25–29 years of 

railroad service. In addition to 25 years 

of service, a ‘‘current connection’’ with 

the railroad industry is required. 

Eligibility is further limited to 

employees who had at least 1 month of 

rail service before October 1981 and 

were awarded regular annuities after 

June 1966. Further, if an employee’s 

65th birthday was prior to September 2, 

1981, he or she must not have worked 

in rail service after certain closing dates 

(generally the last day of the month 

following the month in which age 65 is 

attained). Under section 2(h)(2) of the 

RRA, the amount of the supplemental 

annuity is reduced if the employee 

receives monthly pension payments, or 

a lump-sum pension payment from a 

private pension from a railroad 

employer to the extent the payments are 

based on contributions from that 

employer. The employee’s own 

contribution to their pension account 

does not cause a reduction. A private 

railroad employer pension is defined in 

20 CFR 216.42. 

The RRB requires the following 

information from railroad employers to 

calculate supplemental annuities: (a) the 

current status of railroad employer 

pension plans and whether such plans 

cause reductions to the supplemental 

annuity; (b) whether the employee 

receives monthly payments from a 

private railroad employer pension, 

elected to receive a lump sum in lieu of 

monthly pension payments from such a 

plan, or was required to receive a lump 

sum from such a plan due to the plan’s 

small benefit provision; and (c) the 

amount of the payments attributable to 

the railroad employer’s contributions. 

The requirement that railroad employers 

furnish pension information to the RRB 

is contained in 20 CFR 209.2. 

The RRB currently utilizes Form G– 

88p and G–88p (internet), Employer’s 

Supplemental Pension Report, and 

Form G–88r, Request for Information 

About New or Revised Employer 

Pension Plan, to obtain the necessary 

information from railroad employers. 

One response is requested of each 

respondent. Completion is mandatory. 

The RRB proposes no changes to G–88P 

and G–88P (internet), and G–88R. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

G–88p .......................................................................................................................................... 100 8 13 

G–88p (Internet) .......................................................................................................................... 200 6 20 

G–88R .......................................................................................................................................... 10 8 1 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 310 ........................ 34 

3. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Job Information Report, OMB 

3220–0193. 

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) 

occupational disability standards allow 

the RRB to request job information from 

railroad employers to determine an 

applicant’s eligibility for an 

occupational disability. 

To determine an occupational 

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employee’s work history and establish if 

the employee is precluded from 

performing his or her regular railroad 

occupation. This is accomplished by 

comparing the restrictions caused by the 

impairment(s) against the employee’s 

ability to perform his or her job duties. 

To collect the information needed to 

determine the effect of a disability on an 

employee applicant’s ability to work, 

the RRB utilizes Form G–251, 

Vocational Report (OMB 3220–0141) 

which is completed by the applicant. 

Form G–251A, Railroad Job 

Information, requests railroad 

employers to provide information 

regarding whether the employee has 

been medically disqualified from their 

railroad occupation; a summary of the 

employee’s duties; the machinery, tools 

and equipment used by the employee; 

the environmental conditions under 

which the employee performs their 

duties; all sensory requirements (vision, 

hearing, speech) needed to perform the 

employee’s duties; the physical actions 

and amount of time (frequency) allotted 

for those actions that may be required 

by the employee to perform their duties 

during a typical work day; any 

permanent working accommodations an 

employer may have made due to the 

employee’s disability; as well as any 

other relevant information they may 

choose to include. Completion is 

voluntary. The RRB proposes no 

changes to Form G–251A. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

G–251A ........................................................................................................................................ 436 60 436 

4. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Self-Employment/Corporate 

Officer Work and Earnings Monitoring; 

OMB 3220–0202. 

Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement 

Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231) provides for 

the payment of disability annuities to 

qualified employees. Section 2 also 

provides that if the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) receives a report of an 

annuitant working for a railroad or 

earning more than prescribed dollar 

amounts from either nonrailroad 

employment or self-employment, the 

annuity is no longer payable, or can be 

reduced, for the months worked. The 

regulations related to the nonpayment 

or reduction of the annuity by reason of 

work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.160– 

164. 

Some activities claimed by the 

applicant as ‘‘self-employment’’ may 

actually be employment for someone 

else (e.g., training officer, consultant, 

salesman). 20 CFR 216.22(c) states, for 

example, that an applicant is considered 

an employee, and not self-employed, 

when acting as a corporate officer, since 

the corporation is the applicant’s 

employer. Whether the RRB classifies a 

particular activity as self-employment or 

as work for an employer depends upon 

the circumstances in each case. The 

circumstances are prescribed in 20 CFR 

216.21–216–23. 

Certain types of work may actually 

indicate an annuitant’s recovery from 

disability. Regulations related to an 

annuitant’s recovery from disability for 

work are prescribed in 20 CFR 220.17– 

220–20. 

In addition, the RRB conducts 

continuing disability reviews (also 

known as a CDR), to determine whether 

the annuitant continues to meet the 

disability requirements of the law. 

Payment of disability benefits and/or a 

beneficiary’s period of disability will 

end if medical evidence or other 

information shows that an annuitant is 

not disabled under the standards 

prescribed in Section 2 of the RRA. 

Continuing disability reviews are 

generally conducted if one or more of 

the following conditions are met: (1) the 

annuitant is scheduled for a routine 

periodic review, (2) the annuitant 

returns to work and successfully 

completes a trial work period, (3) 

substantial earnings are posted to the 

annuitant’s wage record, or (4) 

information is received from the 

annuitant or a reliable source that the 

annuitant has recovered or returned to 

work. Provisions relating to when and 

how often the RRB conducts disability 

reviews are prescribed in 20 CFR 

220.186. 

To enhance program integrity 

activities, the RRB utilizes Form G–252, 

Self-Employment/Corporate Officer 

Work and Earnings Monitoring. Form 

G–252 obtains information from a 

disability annuitant who either claims 

to be self-employed or a corporate 

officer, or who the RRB determines to be 

self-employed or a corporate officer after 

a continuing disability review. The 

continuing disability review may be 

prompted by a report of work, return to 

railroad service, an allegation of a 

medical improvement or a routine 

disability review call-up. The 

information gathered is used to 

determine entitlement and/or continued 

entitlement to, and the amount of, the 

disability annuity, as prescribed in 20 

CFR 220.176. Completion is required to 

retain benefits. One response is required 

of each respondent. The RRB proposes 

no changes to Form G–252. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

G–252 .......................................................................................................................................... 15 20 5 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 15 ........................ 5 


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

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4CRD is the central licensing and registration 

system for the U.S. securities industry. The CRD 

system enables individuals and firms seeking 

registration with multiple states and self-regulatory 

organizations to do so by submitting a single form, 

fingerprint card, and a combined payment of fees 

to FINRA. Through the CRD system, FINRA 

maintains the qualification, employment, and 

disciplinary histories of registered associated 

persons of broker-dealers. 

5The Exchange originally adopted fees for use of 

the CRD system in 2003 and amended those fees in 

2013, 2022 and 2023. See Securities Exchange Act 

Release Nos. 48066 (June 19, 2003), 68 FR 38409 

(June 27, 2003) (SR–Amex–2003–49); 68630 

(January 11, 2013), 78 FR 6152 (January 29, 2013) 

(SR–NYSEMKT–2013–01); 93902 (January 5, 2022), 

87 FR 1461 (January 11, 2022) (SR–NYSEAMER– 

2021–47); and 96711 (January 19, 2023), 88 FR 4872 

(January 25, 2023) (SR–NYSEAMER–2023–06). 

While the Exchange lists these fees in its Price List, 

it does not collect or retain these fees. 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 90176 

(October 14, 2020), 85 FR 66592 (October 20, 2020) 

(SR–FINRA–2020–032). 

7The Exchange notes that it has only adopted the 

CRD system fees charged by FINRA to Non-FINRA 

Member Organizations when such fees are 

applicable. In this regard, certain FINRA CRD 

system fees and requirements are specific to FINRA 

members, but do not apply to NYSE-only member 

organizations. Non-FINRA Member Organizations 

have been charged CRD system fees since 2001. See 

note 4, supra. Member organizations that are also 

FINRA members are charged CRD system fees 

according to Section 4 of Schedule A to the FINRA 

By-Laws. 

8See Section (4)(b)(7) of Schedule A to the FINRA 

By-laws. 

9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 

11 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

Additional Information or Comments: 

To request more information or to 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection justification, forms, and/or 

supporting material, contact 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 emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Brian Foster, 

Clearance Officer. 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–99296; File No. SR– 

NYSEAMER–2023–67] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

American LLC; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Change To Amend the NYSE American 

Equities Price List 

January 8, 2024. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

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

notice is hereby given that, on December 

29, 2023, 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 Equities Price List (the 

‘‘Price List’’) with respect to the system 

processing fee for use of the Central 

Registration Depository (‘‘CRD’’ or ‘‘CRD 

system’’) collected by the Financial 

Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

(‘‘FINRA’’). The Exchange proposes to 

implement the fee change on January 2, 

2024. The Exchange proposes to 

implement the fee change on January 2, 

2024. 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 Exchange proposes to amend the 

Price List with respect to the system 

processing fee for use of CRD collected 

by FINRA.4 The Exchange proposes to 

implement the fee change effective 

January 2, 2024. 

FINRA collects and retains certain 

regulatory fees via CRD for the 

registration of associated persons of 

Exchange member organizations that are 

not FINRA members (‘‘Non-FINRA 

Member Organizations’’).5 CRD fees are 

user-based, and there is no distinction 

in the cost incurred by FINRA if the 

user is a FINRA member or a NonFINRA Member Organization. 

In 2020, FINRA amended certain fees 

assessed for use of the CRD system for 

implementation between 2022 and 

2024.6 The Exchange accordingly 

proposes to amend the Price List to 

mirror the system processing fee 

assessed by FINRA, which will be 

implemented concurrently with the 

amended FINRA fee as of January 2024.7

Specifically, the Exchange proposes to 

amend the Price List to modify the 

system processing fee charged to NonFINRA Member Organizations for each 

registered representative and principal 

from $45 to $70.8

The Exchange notes that the proposed 

change is not otherwise intended to 

address any other issues surrounding 

regulatory fees, and the Exchange is not 

aware of any problems that member 

organizations would have in complying 

with the proposed change. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

section 6(b) of the Act,9 in general, and 

furthers the objectives of section 

6(b)(4) 10 of the Act, in particular, in that 

it is designed to provide for the 

equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 

fees, and other charges. The Exchange 

also believes that the proposed rule 

change is consistent with section 6(b)(5) 

of the Act,11 in that it is designed to 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade, to foster cooperation and 

coordination with persons engaged in 

regulating, clearing, settling, processing 

information with respect to, and 

facilitating transactions in securities, to 

remove impediments to and perfect the 

mechanism of a free and open market 

and a national market system, and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest and is not designed to 

permit unfair discrimination between 

customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed fee change is reasonable 

because the fee will be identical to that 

adopted by FINRA as of January 2024 

for use of the CRD system for each of the 

member’s registered representatives and 

principals for system processing. The 

costs of operating and improving the 

CRD system are similarly borne by 

FINRA when a Non-FINRA Member 

Organization uses the CRD system; 


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