72034 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 233 / Thursday, December 4, 2014 / Notices 

Abstract: The NHPRC posts grant 

announcements to their Web site and to 

Grants.gov (www.grants.gov), where the 

information will be specific to the grant 

opportunity named. The basic 

information collection remains the 

same. The NA Form 17001 is used by 

the NHPRC staff, reviewers, and the 

Commission to determine if the 

applicant and proposed project are 

eligible for an NHPRC grant, and 

whether the proposed project is 

methodologically sound and suitable for 

support. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Swarnali Haldar, 

Executive for Information Services/CIO. 

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BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Board of 

Directors Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, December 11, 

2014, 2 p.m. (OPEN Portion), 2:15 p.m. 

(CLOSED Portion) 

PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, 

Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New 

York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

STATUS: Meeting OPEN to the Public 

from 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Closed portion 

will commence at 2:15 p.m. (approx.) 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. President’s Report 

2. Minutes of the Open Session of the 

September 18, 2014 Board of 

Directors Meeting 

FURTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

(Closed to the Public 2:15 p.m.): 

1. Finance Project—Kenya 

2. Finance Project—India 

3. Minutes of the Closed Session of the 

September 18, 2014 Board of 

Directors Meeting 

4. Reports 

5. Pending Projects 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Information on the meeting may be 

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 

336–8438. 

Dated: December 1, 2014. 

Connie M. Downs, 

Corporate Secretary, Overseas Private 

Investment Corporation. 

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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 an 

forwarding Information Collection 

Request (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: Student Beneficiary 

Monitoring; OMB 3220–0123. 

Under provisions of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), there are two 

types of benefit payments that are based 

on the status of a child being in fulltime elementary or secondary school 

attendance at age 18–19: a survivor 

child’s annuity benefit under Section 

2(d)(1)(iii) and an increase in the 

employee retirement annuity under the 

Special Guaranty computation as 

prescribed in section 3(f)(2) and 20 CFR 

229. 

The survivor student annuity is 

usually paid by direct deposit to a 

financial institution either into the 

student’s checking or savings account or 

into a joint bank account with a parent. 

The requirements for eligibility as a 

student are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.74, 

and include students in independent 

study and home schooling. 

To help determine if a child is 

entitled to student benefits, the RRB 

requires evidence of full-time school 

attendance. This evidence is acquired 

through the RRB’s student monitoring 

program, which utilizes the following 

forms. Form G–315, Student 

Questionnaire, obtains certification of a 

student’s full-time school attendance as 

well as information on the student’s 

marital status, social security benefits, 

and employment, which are needed to 

determine entitlement or continued 

entitlement to benefits under the RRA. 

Form G–315A, Statement of School 

Official, is used to obtain, from a school, 

verification of a student’s full-time 

attendance when the student fails to 

return a monitoring Form G–315. Form 

G–315A.1, School Official’s Notice of 

Cessation of Full-Time School 

Attendance, is used by a school to notify 

the RRB that a student has ceased fulltime school attendance. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (79 FR 57988 on 

September 26, 2014) required by 44 

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

no comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Student Beneficiary Monitoring. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0123. 

Form(s) submitted: G–315, G–315A, 

G–315A.1. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: Under the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), a student benefit 

is not payable if the student ceases fulltime school attendance, marries, works 

in the railroad industry, has excessive 

earnings or attains the upper age limit 

under the RRA. The report obtains 

information to be used to determine if 

benefits should cease or be reduced. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

minor editorial and formatting changes 

to Forms G–315, G–315A, and G– 

315A.1. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

G–315 .......................................................................................................................................... 860 15 215 

G–315a ........................................................................................................................................ 20 3 1 

G–315a.1 ..................................................................................................................................... 20 2 1 

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Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 900 ........................ 217 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: RUIA Claims Notification 

and Verification System; OMB 3220– 

0171. 

Section 5(b) of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), 

requires that effective January 1, 1990, 

when a claim for benefits is filed with 

the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), 

the RRB shall provide notice of the 

claim to the claimant’s base year 

employer(s) to provide them an 

opportunity to submit information 

relevant to the claim before making an 

initial determination. If the RRB 

determines to pay benefits to the 

claimant under the RUIA, the RRB shall 

notify the base-year employer(s). 

The purpose of the RUIA Claims 

Notification and Verification System is 

to provide two notices, pre-payment 

Form ID–4K, Prepayment Notice of 

Employees’ Applications and Claims for 

Benefits Under the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act, and postpayment Form ID–4E, Notice of RUIA 

Claim Determination. Prepayment Form 

ID–4K provides notice to a claimant’s 

base-year employer(s), of each 

unemployment application and 

unemployment and sickness claim filed 

for benefits under the RUIA and 

provides the employer an opportunity to 

convey information relevant to the 

proper adjudication of the claim. 

The railroad employer can elect to 

receive Form ID–4K by one of three 

options: A computer-generated paper 

notice, by Electronic Data Interchange 

(EDI), or online via the RRB’s Employer 

Reporting System (ERS). The railroad 

employer can respond to the ID–4K 

notice by telephone, manually by 

mailing a completed ID–4K back to the 

RRB, or electronically via EDI or ERS. 

Completion is voluntary. The RRB 

proposes no changes to any of the ID– 

4K options. 

Once the RRB determines to pay a 

claim post-payment Form Letter ID–4E, 

Notice of RUIA Claim Determination, is 

used to notify the base-year employer(s). 

This gives the employer a second 

opportunity to challenge the claim for 

benefits. 

The ID–4E mainframe-generated 

paper notice, EDI, and Internet versions 

are transmitted on a daily basis, 

generally on the same day that the 

claims are approved for payment. 

Railroad employers who are mailed 

Form ID–4E are instructed to write if 

they want a reconsideration of the RRB’s 

determination to pay. Employers who 

receive the ID–4E electronically, may 

file a reconsideration request by 

completing the ID–4E by either EDI or 

ERS. Completion is voluntary. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (79 FR 57988 on 

September 26, 2014) required by 44 

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

no comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: RUIA Claims Notification and 

Verification System. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0171. 

Form(s) submitted: ID–4K, ID–4K 

(INTERNET), ID–4E, ID–4E 

(INTERNET). 

Type of request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected public: Private Sector; 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Abstract: Section 5(b) of the RUIA 

requires that effective January 1, 1990, 

when a claim for benefits is filed with 

the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), 

the RRB shall provide notice of such 

claim to the claimant’s base-year 

employer(s) and afford such employer(s) 

an opportunity to submit information 

relevant to the claim before making an 

initial determination on the claim. 

When the RRB determines to pay 

benefits to a claimant under the RUIA, 

the RRB shall provide notice of such 

determination to the claimant’s base 

year employer. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to the forms in the 

collection. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

ID–4K (Manual) ............................................................................................................................ 1,250 2 42 

ID–4K (EDI) ................................................................................................................................. 17,500 (*) 210 

ID–4K (Internet) ........................................................................................................................... 57,000 2 1,900 

ID–4E (Manual) ............................................................................................................................ 50 2 2 

ID–4E (Internet) ........................................................................................................................... 120 2 4 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 75,920 ........................ 2,158 

* The burden for the 5 participating employers who transmit EDI responses is calculated at 10 minutes each per day, 251 workdays a year or 

210 total hours of burden. 

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

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4The LME is regulated by the Financial Conduct 

Authority (FCA), an independent non-governmental 

body which exercises statutory regulatory power 

under the Financial Services and Markets Act of 

2000 of the United Kingdom and which also 

regulates the major participating members of the 

London Bullion Market Association and the London 

Platinum and Palladium Market (the ‘‘LPPM’’). 

5 In a press release dated October 16, 2014, LME 

stated that LME’s electronic solution relating to the 

fix for platinum and palladium, LMEbullion, will 

provide a pricing methodology that fully meets the 

administrative and regulatory needs of market 

participants including the International 

Organization of Securities Commissions (‘‘IOSCO’’) 

Principles for Financial Benchmarks. 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 60970 

(November 9, 2009), 74 FR 59319 (November 17, 

2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–95) (notice of filing of 

proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the 

ETFS Platinum Trust) (‘‘ETFS Platinum Notice’’); 

61220 (December 22, 2009), 74 FR 68886 (December 

29, 2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–95) (order 

approving proposed rule change to list and trade 

shares of the ETFS Platinum Trust). 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–73701; File No. SR– 

NYSEArca–2014–135] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change to Reflect a Change to 

the Process for Determining the 

Benchmark Values Used by the ETFS 

Platinum Trust, ETFS Palladium Trust, 

ETFS Precious Metals Trust and ETFS 

White Metals Basket Trust 

November 28, 2014. 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that, on 

November 25, 2014, NYSE Arca, Inc. 

(the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 

been prepared by the self-regulatory 

organization. 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 

The Exchange proposes to change rule 

[sic] to reflect a change to the process 

for determining the benchmark values 

used by the ETFS Platinum Trust, the 

ETFS Palladium Trust, the ETFS 

Precious Metals Trust and the ETFS 

White Metals Basket Trust, each of 

which is currently listed on the 

Exchange under NYSE Arca Equities 

Rule 8.201, with respect to calculation 

of the net asset value of shares of each 

such trust. The text of the proposed rule 

change is available on the Exchange’s 

Web site at www.nyse.com, at the 

principal office of the Exchange, 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, the 

self-regulatory organization 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 those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to reflect a 

change in the administrative process for 

determining the benchmark values used 

by the ETFS Platinum Trust, the ETFS 

Palladium Trust, the ETFS Precious 

Metals Trust and the ETFS White Metals 

Basket Trust (each a ‘‘Trust’’ and, 

collectively, the ‘‘Trusts’’) with respect 

to calculation of the net asset value 

(‘‘NAV’’) of shares (‘‘Shares’’) of each 

such Trust. The Trusts are listed and 

traded pursuant to NYSE Arca Equities 

Rules 8.201 for Commodity-Based Trust 

Shares. The sponsor for the Trusts is 

ETFS Services USA LLC (‘‘Sponsor’’). 

The proposed administrative change 

would replace as of the close of business 

November 30, 2014 references to the 

‘‘London AM Fix’’ and ‘‘London PM 

Fix,’’ (collectively, the ‘‘London Fix’’), 

the current platinum and palladium 

price mechanism that the London 

Platinum and Palladium Fixing 

Company Limited (the ‘‘LPPFCL’’) 

manually administers, with an 

electronic platinum and palladium 

bullion price fixing system (known as 

LMEbullion) administered by the 

London Metal Exchange (‘‘LME’’),4 as 

described below. 

Revised London Fix Procedures for 

Platinum and Palladium 

On November 18, 2014, the Sponsor 

issued a press release (‘‘Press Release’’) 

stating that the LPPFCL has announced 

its intention to revise the London Fix 

pricing benchmark processes for 

platinum and palladium after November 

30, 2014. The afternoon session of the 

London Fix has been the ‘‘Benchmark 

Price’’ for valuation of platinum and 

palladium bullion held respectively by 

each of the Trusts. The LPPFCL has 

accepted a proposal by the LME to 

administer revised platinum and 

palladium price benchmark 

mechanisms on its behalf. Commencing 

December 1, 2014, the LME will operate 

platinum and palladium bullion price 

fixing systems (LMEbullion) that will 

replicate electronically the current 

manual London Fix processes employed 

by the LPPFCL as well as provide 

electronic market clearing processes for 

platinum and palladium bullion 

transactions at the fixed prices 

established by the LME pricing 

mechanism.5 The new electronic price 

fixing processes to be used by the LME 

will continue to establish and publish 

fixed prices for troy ounces of platinum 

and palladium twice each London 

trading day during fixing sessions 

beginning at 9:45 a.m. London time (the 

‘‘LME AM Fix’’) and 2:00 p.m. London 

time (the ‘‘LME PM Fix’’). In addition to 

utilizing the same London Fix standards 

and methods, the LME will also 

supervise the platinum and palladium 

electronic price fixing processes through 

its market operations, compliance, 

internal audit and third-party complaint 

handling capabilities in order to support 

the integrity of the LME AM and PM 

Fixes. 

The Sponsor anticipates that, 

commencing December 1, 2014, the 

Sponsor will determine that the LME 

PM Fix will continue to be an 

appropriate basis for valuing platinum 

and palladium, as applicable, received 

upon purchase of a Trust’s Shares, 

delivered upon redemption of a Trust’s 

Shares and for determining the value of 

a Trust’s platinum and palladium 

bullion, as applicable each trading day. 

The Sponsor also expects to determine 

that the LME PM Fix will fairly 

represent the commercial value of 

platinum and palladium bullion, as 

applicable, held by each Trust. 

Exchange-Listed Platinum and 

Palladium-based Products 

The Exchange lists and trades shares 

of exchange traded products that 

reference the London Fix for one or 

more purposes. Specifically, the 

Exchange lists and trades shares of the 

ETFS Platinum Trust 6, the ETFS 

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