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compensation to qualify for

unemployment or sickness benefits.

Form No. and title

Annual

responses

Estimated

completion

time (min)

Burden

(hours)

UI–9—Applicant’s Statement of Employment and Wages .............................................................................. 800 10 133

UI–23—Claimant’s Statement of Service for Railroad Unemployment Insurance Benefits ........................... 600 5 50

UI–44—Claim for Credit for Military Service (RUIA) ....................................................................................... 150 5 13

ID–4F—Letter Advising of Ineligibility for RUIA Benefits ................................................................................ 25 5 2

ID–4U—Letter Advising of Service/Earnings Requirements for RUIA Benefits .............................................. 150 5 13

ID–4X—Letter Advising of Service/Earnings Requirements for Sickness Benefits ........................................ 100 5 8

ID–4Y—Letter Advising of Ineligibility for Sickness Benefits .......................................................................... 25 5 2

ID–20–1—Letter Advising that Normal Unemployment Benefits Are About to be Exhausted ....................... 50 5 4

ID–20–2—Letter Advising that Normal Sickness Benefits Are about to be Exhausted ................................. 100 5 8

ID–20–4—Letter Advising that Normal Sickness Benefits Are About to be Exhausted/Non-Entitlement ...... 5 5 1

Total ...................................................................................................................................................... 2,005 .................... 234

The renewal of this information

collection will continue to RRB’s

initiative to consolidate information

collections by major functional areas.

The purpose of the initiative is to bring

related collection instruments together

in one collection, better manage the

instruments, and prepare for the

electronic collection of this information.

(A collection instrument can be an

individual form, electronic collection,

interview, or any other method that

collects specific information from the

public.

As part of the OMB renewal process,

the RRB proposes that this collection

(OMB 3220–0025), Statements of

Claimed Railroad Service and Earnings,

be renamed RUTA Investigations and

Continuing Entitlement. Upon approval

by OMB, the RRB intends to merge the

following OMB approved collections

into this collection by the expected

expiration date(s).

OMB Collection No. and Title RRB Forms Expected expiration date

3220–0049—Investigation of Claim for Possible Days of Employment or State Benefits Received.ID–5T,ID–5R(SUP), ID–49R, UI–48 .......................................... 8/31/2000

3220–0057—Placement Service ................................................ ES–2, ES–20a, ES–20b, ES–21, ES–21c, UI–35, & Job Vacancies Report.6/30/2001

3220–0079—Certification Regarding Rights to Unemployment

Benefits.

UI–45 .......................................................................................... 8/31/2002

3220–0164—Availability to Work ................................................ UI–38, UI–38s, ID–8k ................................................................ 5/31/2002

3220–0171—RUTA Claims Notification System ........................ ID–4k .......................................................................................... 6/30/2002

Revisions to existing collection

instruments and, occasionally, a new

instrument related to this program

function may be required during the

three-year cycle of this information

collection. The RRB currently estimates

the completion time for Form ID–5I,

Letter to Non-Railroad Employers on

Employment and Earnings of a Claimant

at 15 minutes, Form ID–5R(SUP), Report

of Employees Paid RUIA Benefits for

Every Day in Month Reported as Month

of Creditable Service at 10 minutes,

Form ID–49R, Letter to Railroad

Employer for Payroll Information at 15

minutes, Form UI–48, Claimant’s

Statement Regarding Benefit Claim for

Days of Employment at 12 minutes,

Form ES–2, Supplemental Information

for Central Register at .25 minutes, Form

ES–20a, Notice of Employment Referral

at .75 minutes, Form ES–20b, Notice of

Employment Referral (Employer) at .5

minutes, ES–21, Referral to State

Employment Service, at .68 minutes,

Form ES–21c, Report of State

Employment Service Office at 1.5

minutes, Form UI–35, Field Office

Record of Claimant Interview at 7 to

10.5 minutes, the Railroad Job Vacancy

Report at 10 minutes, Form UI–45,

Claimant Statement, Voluntary Leaving

of Work, at 15 minutes, Form UI–38,

Claimant’s Report of Efforts to Find

Work at 11.5 minutes, Form UI–38s,

School Attendance and Availability

Questionnaire at 6 to 10 minutes, Form

ID–8k, Letter to Union Representative at

5 minutes, and Form ID–4k, Prepayment

Claims Verification Notice at 2 minutes.

After the last information collection is

merged and other necessary adjustments

are made, the resultant information

collection is expected to total

approximately 5,200 annual burden

hours. A justification for each action

described above (merge collection,

revised collection instrument, new

collection instrument) will be provided

to OMB with a correction Change

Worksheet (OMB Form 83–C) at the

time the action occurs. With the next

renewal of this collection, the RRB will

update the information collection

package to account for the consolidation

and other interim adjustment.

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.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

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Extension:

Rule 22d–1, SEC File No. 270–275, OMB

Control No. 3235–0310

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 (the

‘‘Commission’’) has submitted for

extension of OMB approval Rule 22d–1

under the Investment Company Act of

1940 (‘‘Investment Company Act’’).

Rule 22d–1 [17 CFR 270.22d–1]

provides registered investment

companies that issue redeemable

securities (‘‘funds’’) an exemption from

section 22(d) of the Investment

Company Act to the extent necessary to

permit scheduled variations in or

elimination of the sales load on fund

securities for particular classes of

investors or transactions, provided

certain conditions are met. These

conditions require that (1) the

scheduled variation be applied

uniformly to all offerees in the specified

class; (2) existing shareholders and

prospective investors be furnished

adequate information concerning the

scheduled variation, as prescribed in

applicable registration statement form

requirements; (3) the fund’s prospectus

and statement of additional information

are revised to describe the new

scheduled variation before any new

sales load variation is made available to

purchasers of fund shares; and (4)

within one year of first making the

scheduled variation available, existing

shareholders are advised of any new

sales load variation (items (2) through

(4), collectively, ‘‘notice requirements’’).

The notice requirements of Rule 22d–1

are designed to ensure that all existing

and prospective investors that may be

eligible for a reduction or elimination of

the sales load receive timely notice

about it. The rule imposes an annual

burden per fund of approximately 15

minutes, so that the total burden for the

approximately 2,400 funds that might

rely on the rule is estimated to be 600

hours.

The collection of information under

Rule 22d–1 is mandatory. The

information provided by Rule 22d–1 is

not kept confidential. The Commission

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

The estimate of average burden hours

is made solely for the purposes of the

Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not

derived from a comprehensive or even

a representative survey or study.

General comments regarding the

above information should be directed to

the following persons: (i) Desk Officer

for the Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell,

Associate Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Comments must be submitted to OMB

within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: April 11, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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Upon Written Request, Copies

Available From: Securities and

Exchange Commission, Office of Filings

and Information Services, Washington,

DC 20549.

Extension:

Rule 6e–2, SEC File No. 207–177, OMB

Control No. 3235–0177

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 on the

following rule:

Rule 6e–2 [17 CFR 270.6e–2] under

the Investment Company Act of 1940

(‘‘Act’’) is an exemptive rule which

permits separate accounts, formed by

life insurance companies, to fund

certain variable life insurance products.

The rule exempts such separate

accounts from the registration

requirements under the Act, among

others, on condition that they comply

with all but certain designated

provisions of the Act and meet the other

requirements of the rule. The rule sets

forth several information collection

requirements.

Rule 6e–2 provides a separate account

with an exemption from the registration

provisions of section 8 of the Act if the

account files with the Commission Form

N–6EI–1, a notification of claim of

exemption.

The rule also exempts a separate

account from a number of other series

of the Act, provided that the separate

account makes certain disclosure in its

registration statements, reports to

contractholders, proxy solicitations, and

submissions to state regulatory

authorities, as prescribed by the rule.

Paragraph (b)(9) of Rule 6e–2 provides

an exemption from the requirements of

section 17(f) of the Act and imposes a

reporting burden and certain other

conditions. Section 17(f) requires that

every registered management company

meet various custody requirements for

its securities and similar investments.

Paragraph (b)(9) applies only to

management accounts that offer life

insurance contracts subject to Rule 6e–

2.

Since 1997, there have been no filings

under paragraph (b)(9) of Rule 6e–2 by

management accounts. Further, all

variable life separate accounts that have

filed post-effective amendments to their

registration statements during this

period have been structured as unit

investment trusts and thus have not

been subject to the requirements of

paragraph (b)(9) of the rule. Therefore,

since 1997, thee has been no cost or

burden to the industry regarding the

information collection requirements of

paragraph (b)(9) of Rule 6e–2.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless its displays a currently valid

control number.

Written comments regarding the

above information should be directed to

the following persons: (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; and (ii) Michael

E. Bartell, Associate Executive Director,

Office of Information Technology,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC

20549. Comments must be submitted to

OMB within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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