19538 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2022 / Notices 

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: Employee Representative’s 

Status and Compensation Reports; OMB 

3220–0014. 

Under Section 1(b)(1) of the Railroad 

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

the term ‘‘employee’’ includes an 

individual who is an employee 

representative. As defined in Section 

1(c) of the RRA, an employee 

representative is an officer or official 

representative of a railway labor 

organization other than a labor 

organization included in the term 

‘‘employer,’’ as defined in the RRA, who 

before or after August 29, 1935, was in 

the service of an employer under the 

RRA and who is duly authorized and 

designated to represent employees in 

accordance with the Railway Labor Act, 

or, any individual who is regularly 

assigned to or regularly employed by 

such officer or official representative in 

connection with the duties of his or her 

office. The requirements relating to the 

application for employee representative 

status and the periodic reporting of the 

compensation resulting from such status 

is contained in 20 CFR 209.10. 

The RRB utilizes Form DC–2, 

Employee Representative’s Report of 

Compensation, to obtain the 

information needed to determine 

employee representative status and to 

maintain a record of creditable service 

and compensation resulting from such 

status. Completion is required to obtain 

or retain a benefit. One response is 

requested of each respondent. The RRB 

proposes no changes to Form DC–2. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

DC–2 ............................................................................................................................................ 82 30 41 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 82 ........................ 41 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Application for Survivor 

Insurance Annuities; OMB 3220–0030. 

Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad 

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

monthly survivor annuities are payable 

to surviving widow(er)s, parents, 

unmarried children, and in certain 

cases, divorced spouses, mothers 

(fathers), remarried widow(er)s, and 

grandchildren of deceased railroad 

employees if there are no qualified 

survivors of the employee immediately 

eligible for an annuity. The 

requirements relating to the annuities 

are prescribed in 20 CFR 216, 217, 218, 

and 219. 

To collect the information needed to 

help determine an applicant’s 

entitlement to, and the amount of, a 

survivor annuity the RRB uses Forms 

AA–17, Application for Widow(er)’s 

Annuity; AA–17b, Applications for 

Determination of Widow(er)’s Disability; 

AA–18, Application for Mother’s/ 

Father’s and Child’s Annuity; AA–19, 

Application for Child’s Annuity; AA– 

19a, Application for Determination of 

Child’s Disability; AA–20, Application 

for Parent’s Annuity, and electronic 

Forms AA–17cert, Application 

Summary and Certification and AA– 

17sum, Application Summary. 

The on-line automated survivor 

annuity application (Forms AA–17, 

AA–18, AA–19, and AA–20) process 

obtains information about an applicant’s 

marital history, work history, benefits 

from other government agencies, and 

Medicare entitlement for a survivor 

annuity. An RRB representative 

interviews the applicant either at a field 

office (preferred), an itinerant point, or 

by telephone. During the interview, the 

RRB representative enters the 

information obtained into an on-line 

information system. Upon completion of 

the interview, the system generates, for 

the applicant’s review, either Form AA– 

17cert or AA–17sum, which provides a 

summary of the information that the 

applicant provided or verified. Form 

AA–17cert, Application Summary and 

Certification, requires a tradition pen 

and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature. Form AA– 

17sum, Application Summary, 

documents the alternate signing method 

called ‘‘Attestation,’’ which is an action 

taken by the RRB representative to 

confirm and annotate in the RRB 

records (1) the applicant’s intent to file 

an application; (2) the applicant’s 

affirmation under penalty of perjury that 

the information provided is correct; and 

(3) the applicant’s agreement to sign the 

application by proxy. When the RRB 

representative is unable to contact the 

applicant in person or by telephone, for 

example, the applicant lives in another 

country, a manual version of the 

appropriate form is used. One response 

is requested of each respondent. 

Completion of the forms is required to 

obtain a benefit. 

The RRB proposes no changes to 

forms AA–17b, AA–17cert, AA–17sum, 

AA–19a. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

AA–17 Application Process: 

AA–17cert ............................................................................................................................. 900 20 300 

AA–17sum ............................................................................................................................ 2,100 19 665 

AA–17b: 


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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN—Continued 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

(With assistance) .................................................................................................................. 250 45 188 

(Without assistance) ............................................................................................................. 20 55 18 

AA–19a: 

(With assistance) .................................................................................................................. 200 45 150 

(Without assistance) ............................................................................................................. 15 65 16 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 3,485 ........................ 1,337 

3. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Nonresident Questionnaire; 

OMB 3220–0145. 

Under Public Laws 98–21 (42 U.S.C. 

410) and 98–76 (45 U.S.C. 231t), 

benefits under the Railroad Retirement 

Act payable to annuitants living outside 

the United States may be subject to 

taxation under United States income tax 

laws. Whether the social security 

equivalent and non-social security 

equivalent portions of Tier I, Tier II, 

vested dual benefit, or supplemental 

annuity payments are subject to tax 

withholding, and whether the same or 

different rates are applied to each 

payment, depends on a beneficiary’s 

citizenship and legal residence status, 

and whether exemption under a tax 

treaty between the United States and the 

country in which the beneficiary is a 

legal resident has been claimed. To 

affect the required tax withholding, the 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) needs 

to know a nonresident’s citizenship and 

legal residence status. 

To secure the required information, 

the RRB utilizes Form RRB–1001, 

Nonresident Questionnaire, as a 

supplement to an application as part of 

the initial application process, and as an 

independent vehicle for obtaining the 

needed information when an 

annuitant’s residence or tax treaty status 

changes. Completion is voluntary. One 

response is requested of each 

respondent. 

The RRB proposes no changes to 

Form RRB–1001: 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

RRB–1001 (Initial filing) ............................................................................................................... 300 30 250 

RRB–1001 (Tax renewal) ............................................................................................................ 1,000 30 400 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 1,300 ........................ 650 

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 

Tucker at (312) 469–2591 or 

Kennisha.Tucker@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 D. Foster, 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06946 Filed 4–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

OFFICE 

Request for Information: Sustainable 

Chemistry 

AGENCY: Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP). 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Information (RFI) from the public on 

Federal programs and activities in 

support of sustainable chemistry. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP) requests 

input from interested parties on 

sustainable chemistry to guide future 

Federal efforts. The term ‘‘sustainable 

chemistry’’ does not have a consensus 

definition and most uses of the term 

indicate that it is synonymous with 

‘‘green chemistry.’’ Therefore, 

information is requested on the 

preferred definition for sustainable 

chemistry. OSTP requests comments on 

how the definition of sustainable 

chemistry could impact the following: 

The role of technology, Federal policies 

that may aid or hinder sustainable 

chemistry initiatives, future research to 

advance sustainable chemistry, financial 

and economic considerations, and 

Federal agency efforts. Comments 

provided in response to this RFI will be 

used to address Subtitle E—Sustainable 

Chemistry of the 2021 National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) to identify 

research questions and priorities to 

promote transformational progress in 

improving the sustainability of the 

chemical sciences. 

DATES: Interested persons and 

organizations are invited to submit 

comments on or before 5:00 p.m. ET on 

June 3, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals and 

organizations should submit comments 

electronically to JEEP@ostp.eop.gov and 

include ‘‘Sustainable Chemistry RFI’’ in 

the subject line of the email. Due to time 

constraints, mailed paper submissions 

will not be accepted, and electronic 

submissions received after the deadline 

may not be taken into consideration. 

Instructions 

Response to this RFI is voluntary. 

Each responding entity (individual or 

organization) is requested to submit 

only one response. OSTP welcomes any 

responses to inform and guide policies 

and actions related to Sustainable 

Chemistry. Please feel free to respond to 

one or as many topics as you choose, 

while noting the number of the topic(s) 

to which you are responding. 

Submission must not exceed 10 pages in 

12-point or larger font, with a page 

number provided on each page. 

Responses should include the name of 

the person(s) or organization(s) filing 

the comment, as well as the respondent 


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