47168 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by contacting the Retirement 

Services Publications Team, Office of 

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street 

NW, Room 3316–L, Washington, DC 

20415, Attention: Cyrus S. Benson, or 

sent via electronic mail to: 

Cyrus.Benson@opm.gov or faxed to 

(202) 606–0910 or reached via telephone 

at (202) 606–4808. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35) as amended by the ClingerCohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is 

soliciting comments for this collection. 

The information collection (OMB No. 

3206–0167) was previously published in 

the Federal Register on June 8, 2021, at 

86 FR 30503, allowing for a 60-day 

public comment period. No comments 

were received for this collection. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Financial Resources Questionnaire (RI 

34–1), Financial Resources 

Questionnaire—Federal Employees’ 

Group Life Insurance Premiums 

Underpaid (RI 34–17), and Financial 

Resources Questionnaire—Federal 

Employees Health Benefits Premiums 

Underpaid (RI 34–18), collects detailed 

financial information for use by OPM to 

determine whether to agree to a waiver, 

compromise, or adjustment of the 

collection of erroneous payments from 

the Civil Service Retirement and 

Disability Fund. Notice of Amount Due 

Because Of Annuity Overpayment (RI 

34–3), Notice of Amount Due Because of 

FEGLI Premium Underpayment (RI 34– 

19), and Notice of Amount Due Because 

of FEHB Premium Underpayment (RI 

34–20), informs the annuitant about the 

overpayment and collects information 

from the annuitant about how 

repayment will be made. 

Analysis 

Agency: Retirement Operations, 

Retirement Services, Office of Personnel 

Management. 

Title: Financial Resources 

Questionnaire/Notice of Debt Due 

Because of Annuity Overpayment. 

OMB Number: 3206–0167. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Number of Respondents: 2,361. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 60 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,361 hours. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Kellie Cosgrove Riley, 

Director, Office of Privacy and Information 

Management. 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Renewal Without Change of an 

Existing Information Collection; OPM 

Form 1655, Application for Senior 

Administrative Law Judge, and OPM 

Form 1655–A, Geographic Preference 

Statement for Senior Administrative 

Law Judge Applicant; OMB Control 

Number 3206–0248 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administrative Law 

Judge Program Office, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) offers the 

general public and other federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

an existing information collection 

request (ICR) 3206–0248, OPM Form 

1655, Application for Senior 

Administrative Law Judge, and OPM 

Form 1655–A, Geographic Preference 

Statement for Senior Administrative 

Law Judge Applicant. As required, OPM 

is soliciting comments for this 

collection. The information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 18, 2021 allowing for 

a 60-day public comment period. No 

comments were received for this 

information collection. The purpose of 

this notice is to allow an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until September 22, 

2021. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management Budget, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management or 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to 

(202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by contacting the 

Administrative Law Judge Program 

Office, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management, 1900 E Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Ms. 

Diane Hobbs, Administrative Law Judge 

Program Manager, by phone at (202) 

606–3822, or send via electronic mail to 

diane.hobbs@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

OPM 1655, Application for Senior 

Administrative Law Judge, and OPM 

1655–A, Geographic Preference 

Statement for Senior Administrative 

Law Judge Applicant, are used by 

retired Administrative Law Judges 

seeking reemployment on a temporary 

and intermittent basis to complete 

hearings of one or more specified case(s) 

in accordance with the Administrative 

Procedure Act of 1946. This revision 

proposes to renew a currently approved 

collection. 


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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

4 If FINRA seeks to provide additional temporary 

relief from the rule requirements identified in this 

proposed rule change beyond December 31, 2021, 

FINRA will submit a separate rule filing to further 

extend the temporary extension of time. The 

amended FINRA rules will revert to their original 

form at the conclusion of the temporary relief 

period and any extension thereof. 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91495 

(April 7, 2021), 86 FR 19306 (April 13, 2021) 

(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

File No. SR–FINRA–2021–006). 

6For example, President Joe Biden on July 29, 

2021, announced several measures to increase the 

number of people vaccinated against COVID–19 and 

to slow the spread of the Delta variant, including 

strengthening safety protocols for federal 

government employees and contractors. See https:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statementsreleases/2021/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-toannounce-new-actions-to-get-more-americansvaccinated-and-slow-the-spread-of-the-deltavariant/. 

7For instance, the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention on July 27, 2021, began recommending 

that fully vaccinated people wear a mask in public 

indoor settings in areas of substantial or high 

transmission and noted that fully vaccinated people 

might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level 

of transmission, particularly if they are 

immunocompromised or at increased risk for severe 

disease from COVID–19. See https://www.cdc.gov/ 

coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinatedguidance.html. Also, several cities, including 

Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New Haven and 

San Francisco, have recently reinstated their mask 

mandates. 

8See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88917 

(May 20, 2020), 85 FR 31832 (May 27, 2020) (Notice 

of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of File No. 

SR–FINRA–2020–015); Securities Exchange Act 

Release No. 89055 (June 12, 2020), 85 FR 36928 

(June 18, 2020) (Notice of Filing and Immediate 

Effectiveness of File No. SR–FINRA–2020–017); 

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89423 (July 29, 

2020), 85 FR 47278 (August 4, 2020) (Notice of 

Continued 

Analysis 

Agency: Administrative Law Judge 

Program Office, Office of Personnel 

Management. 

Title: OPM 1655, Application for 

Senior Administrative Law Judge, and 

OPM 1655–A, Geographic Preference 

Statement for Senior Administrative 

Law Judge Applicant. 

OMB Number: 3206–0248. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Federal 

Administrative Law Judge Retirees. 

Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 150—OPM 1655/ 

Approximately 200—OPM 1655–A. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

Approximately 30–45 Minutes—OPM 

1655/Approximately 15–25 Minutes— 

OPM 1655–A. 

Total Burden Hours: Estimated 94 

hours—OPM 1655/Estimated 67 hours— 

OPM 1655–A. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Kellie Cosgrove Riley, 

Director, Office of Privacy and Information 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18074 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am] 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–92685; File No. SR–FINRA– 

2021–019] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Extend the Expiration 

Date of the Temporary Amendments 

set Forth in SR–FINRA–2020–015 and 

SR–FINRA–2020–027 

August 17, 2021. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

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

notice is hereby given that on August 

13, 2021, the Financial Industry 

Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

the proposed rule change as described 

in Items I and II below, which Items 

have been prepared by FINRA. FINRA 

has designated the proposed rule change 

as constituting a ‘‘non-controversial’’ 

rule change under paragraph (f)(6) of 

Rule 19b–4 under the Act,3 which 

renders the proposal effective upon 

receipt of this filing by the Commission. 

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 

FINRA is proposing to extend the 

expiration date of the temporary 

amendments set forth in SR–FINRA– 

2020–015 and SR–FINRA–2020–027 

from August 31, 2021, to December 31, 

2021.4 The proposed rule change would 

not make any changes to the text of 

FINRA rules. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on FINRA’s website at 

http://www.finra.org, at the principal 

office of FINRA 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, 

FINRA 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 these statements 

may be examined at the places specified 

in Item IV below. FINRA has prepared 

summaries, set forth in sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

In response to the COVID–19 global 

health crisis and the corresponding 

need to restrict in-person activities, 

FINRA filed proposed rule changes, SR– 

FINRA–2020–015 and SR–FINRA– 

2020–027, which respectively provide 

temporary relief from some timing, 

method of service and other procedural 

requirements in FINRA rules and allow 

FINRA’s Office of Hearing Officers 

(‘‘OHO’’) and the National Adjudicatory 

Council (‘‘NAC’’) to conduct hearings, 

on a temporary basis, by video 

conference, if warranted by the current 

COVID–19-related public health risks 

posed by an in-person hearing. In April 

2021, FINRA filed a proposed rule 

change, SR–FINRA–2021–006, to extend 

the expiration date of the temporary 

amendments in both SR–FINRA–2020– 

015 and SR–FINRA–2020–027 from 

April 30, 2021, to August 31, 2021.5

While there are signs of improvement, 

much uncertainty remains for the 

coming months. The emergence of the 

Delta variant, dissimilar vaccination 

rates throughout the United States, and 

the uptick in transmissions in many 

locations indicate that COVID–19 

remains an active and real public health 

concern.6 Based on its assessment of 

current COVID–19 conditions and the 

lack of a clear timeframe for a sustained 

and widespread abatement of COVID– 

19-related health concerns and 

corresponding restrictions,7 FINRA has 

determined that there is a continued 

need for temporary relief for several 

months beyond August 31, 2021. 

Accordingly, FINRA proposes to extend 

the expiration date of the temporary rule 

amendments in SR–FINRA–2020–015 

and SR–FINRA–2020–027 from August 

31, 2021, to December 31, 2021. 

i. SR–FINRA–2020–015 

As stated in its previous filings, 

FINRA proposed, and subsequently 

extended, the changes set forth in SR– 

FINRA–2020–015 to temporarily amend 

some timing, method of service and 

other procedural requirements in FINRA 

rules during the period in which 

FINRA’s operations are impacted by the 

outbreak of COVID–19.8 Among other 


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