Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 22, 2009 / Notices 18409 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Employer’s Deemed Service 

Month Questionnaire; OMB 3220–0156. 

Section 3 (i) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), as amended by 

Public Law 98–76, provides that the 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), under 

certain circumstances, may deem 

additional months of service in cases 

where an employee does not actually 

work in every month of the year, 

provided the employee satisfies certain 

eligibility requirements, including the 

existence of an employment relation 

between the employee and his or her 

employer. The procedures pertaining to 

the deeming of additional months of 

service are found in the RRB’s 

regulations at 20 CFR Part 210, 

Creditable Railroad Service. 

The RRB utilizes Form GL–99, 

Employers Deemed Service Months 

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. 

The RRB proposes non-burden 

impacting, editorial and formatting 

changes to Form GL–99. Completion is 

mandatory. One response is required for 

each RRB inquiry. The completion time 

for Form GL–99 is estimated at 2 

minutes per response. The RRB 

estimates that approximately 4,000 

responses are received annually. 

3. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Statement of Claimant or 

Other Person; OMB 3220–0083. 

To support an application for an 

annuity under Section 2 of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA) or for 

unemployment benefits under Section 2 

of the Railroad Unemployment 

Insurance Act (RUIA), pertinent 

information and proofs must be 

furnished for the RRB to determine 

benefit entitlement. Circumstances may 

require an applicant or other person(s) 

having knowledge of facts relevant to 

the applicant’s eligibility for an annuity 

or benefits to provide written statements 

supplementing or changing statements 

previously provided by the applicant. 

Under the railroad retirement program 

these statements may relate to changes 

in annuity beginning date(s), dates for 

marriage(s), birth(s), prior railroad or 

non-railroad employment, an applicants 

request for reconsideration of an 

unfavorable RRB eligibility 

determination for an annuity or various 

other matters. The statements may also 

be used by the RRB to secure a variety 

of information needed to determine 

eligibility to unemployment and 

sickness benefits. Procedures related to 

providing information needed for RRA 

annuity or RUIA benefit eligibility 

determinations are prescribed in 20 CFR 

parts 217 and 320 respectively. 

The RRB utilizes Form G–93, 

Statement of Claimant or Other Person, 

to obtain the supplemental or corrective 

information from applicants or other 

persons needed to determine applicant 

eligibility for an RRA annuity or RUIA 

benefits. The RRB proposes no changes 

to Form G–93. Completion is voluntary. 

One response is requested of each 

respondent. The completion time for 

Form G–93 is estimated at 15 minutes 

per response. The RRB estimates that 

approximately 900 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. 

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9180 Filed 4–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

OMB Review; Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213 

Extension: 

Rule 15g–3, OMB Control No. 3235–0392, 

SEC File No. 270–346. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for approval of extension of the 

existing collection of information 

provided for in the following rule: Rule 

15g–3—Broker or dealer disclosure of 

quotations and other information 

relating to the penny stock market (17 

CFR 240.15g–3) under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 

seq.). 

Rule 15g–3 requires that brokers and 

dealers disclose to customers current 

quotation prices or similar market 

information in connection with 

transactions in penny stocks. The 

purpose of the rule is to increase the 

level of disclosure to investors 

concerning penny stocks generally and 

specific penny stock transactions. 

The Commission estimates that 

approximately 240 broker-dealers will 

each spend an average of 100 hours 

annually to comply with the rule. Thus, 

the total compliance burden is 

estimated to be approximately 24,000 

burden-hours per year. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

control number. 

Comments should be directed to: (i) 

Desk Officer for the Securities and 

Exchange Commission, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10102, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503 or by 

sending an e-mail to: 

Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) 

Charles Boucher, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 

Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, 

Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an e-mail 

to PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: April 15, 2009. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–9160 Filed 4–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Extension: 

Rule 15g–5; OMB Control No. 3235–0394; 

SEC File No. 270–348. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the existing 

collection of information provided for in 

the following rule: Rule 15g–5— 

Disclosure of compensation of 

associated persons in connection with 

penny stock transactions (17 CFR 

240.15g–5) under the Securities 


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