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use of appropriate technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Approximately 200 RI 20–80 forms 

are completed annually. The form takes 

approximately 20 minutes to complete. 

The annual estimated burden is 67 

hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Margaret A. Miller by telephone at (202) 

606–2699, by FAX (202) 418–3251, or 

by e-mail to Margaret.Miller@opm.gov. 

Please include a mailing address with 

your request. 

DATES: Comments on this proposal 

should be received within 60 calendar 

days of the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to Ronald W. Melton, Deputy Assistant 

Director, Retirement Services Program, 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 

1900 E Street, NW., Room 3305, 

Washington, DC 20415–3500. 

For Information Regarding 

Administrative Coordination Contact: 

Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, 

Publications Team, RIS Support 

Services/Support Group, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 

NW.,—Room 4H28, Washington, DC 

20415, (202) 606–0623. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Howard Weizmann, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–22112 Filed 9–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Proposed Data Collection(s) Available 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

SUMMARY: 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 collections are 

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 

Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

Act Applications; OMB 3220–0039. 

Under Section 2 of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), 

sickness benefits are payable to 

qualified railroad employees who are 

unable to work because of illness or 

injury. In addition, sickness benefits are 

payable to qualified female employees if 

they are unable to work, or if working 

would be injurious, because of 

pregnancy, miscarriage or childbirth. 

Under Section 1(k) of the RUIA, a 

statement of sickness with respect to 

days of sickness of an employee is to be 

filed with the RRB within a 10-day 

period from the first day claimed as a 

day of sickness. The RRB’s authority for 

requesting supplemental medical 

information is Section 12(i) and 12(n) of 

the RUIA. The procedures for claiming 

sickness benefits and for the RRB to 

obtain supplemental medical 

information needed to determine a 

claimant’s eligibility for such benefits 

are prescribed in 20 CFR Part 335. The 

forms currently used by the RRB to 

obtain information needed to determine 

eligibility for and the amount of 

sickness benefits due a claimant 

follows: Form SI–1a, Application for 

Sickness Benefits; Form SI–1b, 

Statement of Sickness; Form SI–3, Claim 

for Sickness Benefits; Form SI–7, 

Supplemental Doctor’s Statement; Form 

SI–8, Verification of Medical 

Information; Form ID–7h, NonEntitlement to Sickness Benefits and 

Information on Unemployment Benefits; 

Form ID–11a, Requesting Reason for 

Late Filing of Sickness Benefit and ID– 

11b, Notice of Insufficient Medical and 

Late Filing. Completion is required to 

obtain or retain benefits. One response 

is requested of each respondent. 

Consistent with requirements of the 

Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA), the RRB 

proposes revisions to Form SI–1b, SI–7, 

and SI–8 to replace the term ‘‘Tax 

Identification Number’’ with ‘‘National 

Provider Identifier’’. No other changes 

are proposed. 

The estimated annual respondent 

burden is as follows: 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form #(s) Annual 

responses Time (min) Burden (hrs) 

SI–1a .............................................................................................................................................................. 22,200 10 3,700 

SI–1b (Doctor) ............................................................................................................................................... 22,200 8 2,960 

SI–3 ................................................................................................................................................................ 145,000 5 12,083 

SI–7 ................................................................................................................................................................ 22,600 8 3,013 

SI–8 ................................................................................................................................................................ 50 5 4 

ID–7H ............................................................................................................................................................. 50 5 4 

ID–11A ........................................................................................................................................................... 800 4 53 

ID–11B ........................................................................................................................................................... 1,000 4 67 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ 213,900 .................. 21,884 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection 

Annual Earnings Questionnaire for 

Annuitants in Last Pre-Retirement NonRailroad Employment; OMB 3220–0179 

Under section 2(e)(3) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), an annuity is not 

payable for any month in which a 

beneficiary works for a railroad. In 

addition, an annuity is reduced for any 

month in which the beneficiary works 

for an employer other than a railroad 

employer and earns more than a 

prescribed amount. Under the 1988 

amendments to the RRA, the Tier II 

portion of the regular annuity and any 

supplemental annuity must be reduced 

by one dollar for each two dollars of 

Last Pre-Retirement Non-Railroad 

Employment (LPE) earnings for each 

month of such service. However, the 

reduction cannot exceed fifty percent of 

the Tier II and supplemental annuity 


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amount for the month to which such 

deductions apply. LPE generally refers 

to an annuitant’s last employment with 

a non-railroad person, company, or 

institution prior to retirement which 

was performed whether at the same time 

of, or after an annuitant stopped railroad 

employment. The collection obtains 

earnings information needed by the RRB 

to determine if possible reductions in 

annuities because of Last Pre-Retirement 

Non-Railroad Employment Earnings 

(LPE) are in order. The RRB utilizes 

Form G–19L to obtain LPE earnings 

information from annuitants. 

Companion Form G–19L.1, which 

serves as an instruction sheet and 

contains the Paperwork Reduction/ 

Privacy Act Notice for the collection 

accompanies each Form G–19L sent to 

an annuitant. One response is requested 

of each respondent. Completion is 

required to retain a benefit. The RRB 

proposes the addition of a subitem 

requesting that an annuitant provide an 

Employer’s Identification Number (EIN). 

Non-burden impacting editorial and 

reformatting changes are also proposed. 

The estimated annual respondent 

burden is as follows: 

Form #(s) Annual 

responses Time (min) Burden (hrs) 

G–19L ............................................................................................................................................................ 300 15 75 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ 300 .................. 75 

Additional Information or Comments: 

To request more information regarding 

either of the information collections 

listed above or to obtain copies of the 

information collection justifications, 

forms, and/or supporting material, 

please call the RRB Clearance Officer at 

(312) 751–3363 or send an e-mail 

request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. 

Comments regarding the information 

collections should be addressed to 

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60611–2092 or via an e-mail to 

Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written 

comments should be received within 60 

days of this notice. 

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–22076 Filed 9–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold a Closed Meeting 

on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10 

a.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) 

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) 

and (10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the Closed 

Meeting. 

Commissioner Paredes, as duty 

officer, voted to consider the items 

listed for the Closed Meeting in closed 

session, and determined that no earlier 

notice was possible. 

The subject matter of the Closed 

Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 

September 23, 2008 will be: 

Formal orders of investigation; 

Institution and settlement of injunctive 

actions; 

Institution and settlement of administrative 

proceedings of an enforcement nature; and 

Other matters relating to enforcement 

proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

For further information and to 

ascertain what, if any, matters have been 

added, deleted or postponed, please 

contact: 

The Office of the Secretary at (202) 

551–5400. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22081 Filed 9–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold a Closed Meeting on 

Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at 2 

p.m. 

Commissioners and certain staff 

members who have an interest in the 

matter will attend the Closed Meeting. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(8) and (9) and 17 CFR 

200.402(a)(8) and (9), permit 

consideration of the scheduled matter at 

the Closed Meeting. 

Commissioner Paredes as duty officer, 

voted to consider the item listed for the 

closed meeting in closed session, and 

determined that no earlier notice thereof 

was possible. 

The subject matter of the Closed 

Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 

September 17, 2008, will be: Matters 

related to the financial markets. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. For further 

information and to ascertain what, if 

any, matters have been added, deleted 

or postponed, please contact: The Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

Florence E. Harmon, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22133 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–58555; File No. PCAOB– 

2008–01] 

Public Company Accounting Oversight 

Board; Order Approving Proposed 

Rule on Auditing Standard No. 6, 

Evaluating Consistency of Financial 

Statements, and Conforming 

Amendments 

September 16, 2008. 

I. Introduction 

On February 1, 2008, the Public 

Company Accounting Oversight Board 

(the ‘‘Board’’ or the ‘‘PCAOB’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) 

Proposed Auditing Standard No. 6, 

Evaluating Consistency of Financial 

Statements, (‘‘Auditing Standard No. 


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