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CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comments are 

due no later than February 19, 2016. 

The public portions of these filings can 

be accessed via the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Kenneth R. 

Moeller to represent the interests of the 

general public (Public Representative) 

in this docket. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission reopens Docket 

No. CP2015–43 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Postal Service’s 

Notice. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Kenneth R. 

Moeller to serve as an officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this proceeding. 

3. Comments are due no later than 

February 19, 2016. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB 

Review, Request for Comments 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad 

Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding 

three Information Collection Requests 

(ICR) to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Our 

ICR describes the information we seek 

to collect from the public. Review and 

approval by OIRA ensures that we 

impose appropriate paperwork burdens. 

The RRB invites comments on the 

proposed collections of information to 

determine (1) the practical utility of the 

collections; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden of the collections; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information that is the 

subject of collection; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of collections on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments to the RRB or OIRA must 

contain the OMB control number of the 

ICR. For proper consideration of your 

comments, it is best if the RRB and 

OIRA receive them within 30 days of 

the publication date. 

1. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Application for Survivor 

Insurance Annuities; OMB 3220–0030. 

Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), 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 AA–17 application process 

obtains information from an applicant 

about their 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 on-line 

information system generates a 

summary of the information that was 

provided on either Form AA–17cert, 

Application Summary and Certification, 

or Form AA–17sum, Application 

Summary, for the applicant to review 

and approve. Form AA–17cert 

documents approval using the 

traditional pen and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature, 

and Form AA–17sum, documents 

approval using the alternative signature 

method called Attestation. 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 

Form AA–17 is used. 

One response is requested of each 

respondent. Completion of the forms is 

required to obtain a benefit. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (80 FR 75140 on 

December 1, 2015) required by 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2). That request elicited no 

comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Application for Survivor 

Insurance Annuities. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0030. 

Form(s) submitted: AA–17, AA–17b, 

AA–17cert, AA–17sum, AA–18, AA–19, 

AA–19a, and AA–20. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: Under Section 2(d) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act, monthly 

survivor annuities are payable to 

surviving widow(er)s, parents, 

unmarried children, and in certain 

cases, divorced wives (husbands), 

mothers (fathers), remarried widow(er)s 

and grandchildren of deceased railroad 

employees. The collection obtains 

information needed by the RRB to 

determine entitlement to and the 

amount of the annuity applied for. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

to remove the manual version of Forms 

AA–17, AA–18, AA–19 and AA–20 

from the information collection due to 

receiving less than 10 responses 

annually. No changes are proposed to 

Forms AA–17b and AA–19a. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form number Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

AA–17 Application Process: 

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

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

AA–17b: 

(With assistance) .................................................................................................................. 250 40 167 

(Without assistance) ............................................................................................................. 20 50 17 

AA–19a: 

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Form number Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

(Without assistance) ............................................................................................................. 200 45 150 

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

Total ............................................................................................................................... 3,485 ........................ 1,315 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Application for Spouse 

Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement 

Act; OMB 3220–0042. 

Section 2(c) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), provides for the 

payment of annuities to spouses of 

railroad retirement annuitants who meet 

the requirements under the RRA. The 

age requirements for a spouse annuity 

depend on the employee’s age, date of 

retirement, and years of railroad service. 

The requirements relating to the 

annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR 216, 

218, 219, 232, 234, and 295. 

To collect the information needed to 

help determine an applicant’s 

entitlement to, and the amount of, a 

spouse annuity the RRB uses Form AA– 

3, Application for Spouse/Divorced 

Spouse Annuity, and electronic Forms 

AA–3cert, Application Summary and 

Certification, and AA–3sum, 

Application Summary. 

The AA–3 application process gathers 

information from an applicant about 

their marital history, work history, 

benefits from other government 

agencies, railroad pensions and 

Medicare entitlement for a spouse 

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 on-line information 

system generates a summary of the 

information that was provided on either 

Form AA–3cert, Application Summary 

and Certification, or Form AA–3sum, 

Application Summary, for the applicant 

to review and approve. Form AA–3cert 

documents approval using the 

traditional pen and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature, 

and Form AA–3sum documents 

approval using the alternative signature 

method called Attestation. 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 

Form AA–3 is used. 

One response is requested of each 

respondent. Completion of the forms is 

required to obtain a benefit. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (80 FR 75141 on 

December 1, 2015) required by 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2). That request elicited no 

comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Application for Spouse Annuity 

Under the Railroad Retirement Act. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0042. 

Form(s) submitted: AA–3, AA–3cert, 

and AA–3sum. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: The Railroad Retirement Act 

provides for the payment of annuities to 

spouses of railroad retirement 

annuitants who meet the requirements 

under the Act. The application obtains 

information supporting the claim for 

benefits based on being a spouse of an 

annuitant. The information is used for 

determining entitlement to and amount 

of the annuity applied for. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

to remove the manual version of Form 

AA–3, from the information collection 

due to receiving less than 10 responses 

annually. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form number Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

AA–3 online process: 

AA–3cert (with assistance) ................................................................................................... 4,700 30 2,350 

AA–3sum (with assistance) .................................................................................................. 7,000 29 3,383 

Total ............................................................................................................................... 11,700 ........................ 5,733 

3. Title and Purpose of information 

collection: Request for Medicare 

Payment; OMB 3220–0131. 

Under Section 7(d) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act, the RRB administers the 

Medicare program for persons covered 

by the railroad retirement system. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed by Palmetto GBA, the Medicare 

carrier for railroad retirement 

beneficiaries, to pay claims for 

payments under Part B of the Medicare 

program. Authority for collecting the 

information is prescribed in 42 CFR 

424.32. 

The RRB currently utilizes Forms G– 

740S, Patient’s Request for Medicare 

Payment, along with Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services Form 

CMS–1500, to secure the information 

necessary to pay Part B Medicare 

Claims. One response is completed for 

each claim. Completion is required to 

obtain a benefit. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (80 FR 72998 on 

November 23, 2015) required by 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited 

no comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Request for Medicare Payment. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0131. 

Form(s) submitted: G–740S, CMS– 

1500. 

Type of request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: The RRB administers the 

Medicare program for persons covered 

by the Railroad Retirement System. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed by Palmetto GBA, the RRB’s 

carrier, to pay claims for services 

covered under Part B of the program. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to RRB Form G–740S. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: See Justification (Item No. 

12). 

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1 15 U.S.C. 78k–1. 

2 17 CFR 242.608. 

3The Plan provides an orderly process for Parties 

to reserve available ticker symbols for equity 

securities. Specifically, each party to the Plan may 

reserve a set number of 1-, 2-, or 3-character 

symbols and a set number of 4- or 5-character 

symbols. In the case of 1-, 2-, or 3-character 

symbols, each party may reserve up to 20 symbols 

perpetually (i.e., without a time limit on the 

reservation) as ‘‘List A reservations,’’ and 1,500 

symbols for 24 months (i.e., with a 24-month 

expiration on the reservation) as ‘‘List B 

reservations.’’ Each party also may reserve the same 

number of symbols on a separate ‘‘List A’’ and a 

separate ‘‘List B’’ for 4- or 5-character symbols. 

4On November 6, 2008, the Commission 

approved the Symbology Plan that was originally 

proposed by the CHX, Nasdaq, FINRA, NSX, and 

Phlx, subject to certain changes. See Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 58904, 73 FR 67218 

(November 13, 2008) (File No. 4–533). On 

November 18, 2008, the ISE, and on December 22, 

2008, NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE MKT (f/k/a ‘‘NYSE 

Alternext US, LLC’’) and CBOE, and on December 

24, 2008, NASDAQ OMX BX, filed amendments to 

join the Plan, which amendments became 

immediately effective upon filing. See Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 59024 (November 26, 

2008), 73 FR 74538 (December 8, 2008) (File No. 

4–533) (ISE filing to join the Plan); Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 59162 (December 24, 

2008), 74 FR 132 (January 2, 2009) (File No. 4–533) 

(NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE Alternext US LLC and 

CBOE filing to join the Plan); and Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 59187 (December 30, 

2008), 74 FR 729 (January 7, 2009) (File No. 4–533) 

(NASDAQ OMX BX filing to join the Plan). On 

January 5, 2009 and March 6, 2009, the Parties 

amended the plan to modify certain effective dates 

in the Plan, which amendments became 

immediately effective upon filing. See Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 59225 (January 9, 2009), 

73 FR 3117 (January 16, 2009) (File No. 4–533) 

(Amendment No. 1); and Securities Exchange Act 

Release No. 59574 (March 13, 2009), 74 FR 11981 

(March 20, 2009) (File No. 4–533) (Amendment No. 

2). On September 30, 2009, BATS, on July 7, 2010, 

EDGA and EDGX, and on May 7, 2012, BOX, filed 

amendments to join the Plan, which amendments 

became immediately effective upon filing. See 

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 60856 (October 

21, 2009), 74 FR 55276 (October 27, 2009) (File No. 

4–533) (BATS filing to join the Plan); Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 62573 (July 26, 2010), 75 

FR 45682 (August 3, 2010) (File No. 4–533) (EDGA 

and EDGX filing to join the Plan); and Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 66957 (May 10, 2012), 77 

FR 28904 (May 16, 2012) (File No. 4–533) (BOX 

filing to join the Plan). 

5 17 CFR 242.608(b)(1). 

6Except that, pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 

IV (Portability of Symbols in Use), if a new SRO 

lists a security or product that previously was listed 

on another SRO, the new SRO has the right to that 

symbol unless, in its discretion, it consents to the 

symbol being retained by the former SRO. 

Total annual responses: 1. 

Total annual reporting hours: 1. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents can be obtained from Dana 

Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or 

Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. 

Comments regarding the information 

collection should be addressed to 

Charles Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois, 60611–2092 or 

Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV and to the 

OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, Fax: 

202–395–6974, Email address: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Charles Mierzwa, 

Chief of Information Resources Management. 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–77123; File No. 4–533] 

Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of 

Amendment No. 3 to the National 

Market System Plan for the Selection 

and Reservation of Securities Symbols 

Submitted by Financial Industry 

Regulatory Authority, Inc., BATS 

Exchange, Inc., BOX Options 

Exchange, LLC, Chicago Board 

Options Exchange, Incorporated, 

Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., EDGA 

Exchange, Inc., EDGX Exchange, Inc., 

International Securities Exchange, 

LLC, NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., NASDAQ 

OMX PHLX, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock 

Market LLC, National Stock Exchange, 

Inc., New York Stock Exchange, LLC, 

NYSE MKT, LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc. 

February 11, 2016. 

On August 24, 2015, Financial 

Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

(‘‘FINRA’’), on behalf of the following 

parties to the National Market System 

Plan for the Selection and Reservation 

of Securities Symbols (the ‘‘Plan’’): 

BATS Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BATS’’), BOX 

Options Exchange, LLC (‘‘BOX’’), 

Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated (‘‘CBOE’’), Chicago Stock 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’), EDGA 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGA’’), EDGX 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘EDGX’’), FINRA, 

International Securities Exchange, LLC 

(‘‘ISE’’), NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc. 

(‘‘BX’’), NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. 

(‘‘Phlx’’), The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 

(‘‘Nasdaq’’), National Stock Exchange, 

Inc. (‘‘NSX’’), New York Stock 

Exchange, LLC (‘‘NYSE’’), NYSE MKT, 

LLC (‘‘NYSE MKT’’), and NYSE Arca, 

Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’) (collectively with 

FINRA, the ‘‘Parties’’), filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 608 

thereunder,2 a proposal to amend the 

Plan.3 The proposal represents the third 

substantive amendment to the Plan 

(‘‘Amendment’’) and reflects changes 

unanimously approved by the Parties.4

The Amendment to the Plan proposes to 

revise Section IV(d) of the Plan (Reuse 

of a Symbol) to provide that, where a 

Party ceases to use a symbol, such party 

may elect to release the symbol and that 

such symbol may not be reused to 

identify a new security (other than the 

security that has been trading under 

such symbol) within 90 calendar days 

from the last day of its use to identify 

the old security, without the consent of 

the Party that released the symbol. In 

addition, a Party may not reuse (or 

consent to the reuse of) a symbol to 

identify a new security unless such 

Party reasonably determines that such 

use would not cause investor confusion. 

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments from 

interested persons on the Amendment 

to the Plan.5

I. Description and Purpose of the 

Amendment 

The Plan was created to enhance the 

effectiveness and efficiency of the 

national market system and to provide 

for fair competition between the selfregulatory organizations (‘‘SROs’’) by 

establishing a uniform system for the 

selection and reservation of securities 

symbols. The Plan, among other things, 

sets forth the process for securing 

perpetual and limited-time reservations, 

the use of a waiting list, the right to 

reuse a symbol and the ability to request 

the release of a symbol. 

Under Section IV(d) of the current 

Plan, if a Party ceases to use a symbol, 

such Party automatically has that 

symbol reserved for a period of 24 

months, notwithstanding any other 

limits on the number of reserved 

symbols specified in the Plan.6

However, in the event that the Party 

ceasing to use the symbol neither: (1) 

Places the symbol on its List A, or (2) 

uses the symbol within 24 months, the 

symbol is released for use pursuant to 

Section IV(b)(5) (Non-Use or Release of 

Symbols Within Time Period). In such 

cases, the symbol may be reused by a 

different Party to identify a new security 

in accordance with the procedures set 

forth in the Plan. Section IV(d) of the 

Plan provides that a symbol may not be 

reused by a Party to identify a new 

security unless the Party reasonably 

determines that such use would not 

cause investor confusion. Thus, even 

where a Party releases a symbol for 

reuse, such symbol may not be reused 

to identify a new security if such use 

would cause investor confusion in the 

judgment of the party seeking to reuse 

the symbol. 

The Parties are amending Section 

IV(d) of the Plan to clarify that, if a Party 

ceases use of a symbol, such Party may 

elect to release the symbol pursuant to 

paragraph (b)(5) of the Plan. If a Party 

does not release the symbol, such 

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