Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices 78505 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail Express 

Negotiated Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Effective date: December 30, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth A. Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on December 22, 

2014, it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a Request of the United 

States Postal Service to Add Priority 

Mail Express Contract 25 to Competitive 

Product List. Documents are available at 

www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2015–22, 

CP2015–28. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Attorney, Federal Requirements. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30425 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

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: Railroad Service and 

Compensation Reports/System Access 

Application; OMB 3220–0008. 

Under Section 9 of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA) and Section 6 of 

the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

Act (RUIA) the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) maintains for each railroad 

employee, a record of compensation 

paid to that employee by all railroad 

employers for whom the employee 

worked after 1936. This record, which is 

used by the RRB to determine eligibility 

for, and amount of, benefits due under 

the laws it administers, is conclusive as 

to the amount of compensation paid to 

an employee during such period(s) 

covered by the report(s) of the 

compensation by the employee’s 

railroad employer(s), except in cases 

when an employee files a protest 

pertaining to his or her reported 

compensation within the statute of 

limitations cited in Section 9 of the RRA 

and Section 6 of the RUIA. 

To enable the RRB to establish and 

maintain the record of compensation, 

employers are required to file with the 

RRB, reports of their employees’ 

compensation, in such manner and form 

and at such times as the RRB prescribes. 

Railroad employers’ reports and 

responsibilities are prescribed in 20 CFR 

209. The RRB currently utilizes Form 

BA–3, Annual Report of Creditable 

Compensation, and Form BA–4, Report 

of Creditable Compensation 

Adjustments, to secure the required 

information from railroad employers. 

Form BA–3 provides the RRB with 

information regarding annual creditable 

service and compensation for each 

individual who worked for a railroad 

employer covered by the RRA and RUIA 

in a given year. Form BA–4 provides for 

the adjustment of any previously 

submitted reports and also the 

opportunity to provide any service and 

compensation that had been previously 

omitted. Requirements specific to Forms 

BA–3 and BA–4 are prescribed in 20 

CFR 209.8 and 209.9. 

Employers currently have the option 

of submitting BA–3 and BA–4 reports 

electronically by CD–ROM, File 

Transfer Protocol (FTP), secure Email, 

or online via the RRB’s Employer 

Reporting System (ERS). 

The information collection also 

includes RRB Form BA–12, Application 

for Employer Reporting Internet Access, 

and Form G–440, Report Specifications 

Sheet. Form BA–12 is completed by 

railroad employers to obtain system 

access to ERS. Once access is obtained, 

authorized employees may submit 

reporting forms online to the RRB. The 

form determines what degree of access 

(view/only, data entry/modification or 

approval/submission) is appropriate for 

that employee. It is also used to 

terminate an employee’s access to ERS. 

Form G–440, Report Specifications 

Sheet, serves as a certification document 

for various RRB employer reporting 

forms (Form BA–3, Form BA–4, Form 

BA–6a, BA–6, Address Report (OMB 

3220–0005), Form BA–9, Report of 

Separation Allowance or Severance Pay 

(OMB 3220–0173) and Form BA–11, 

Report of Gross Earnings (OMB 3220– 

0132)). It records the type of medium 

the report was submitted on, and serves 

as a summary recapitulation sheet for 

reports filed on paper. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (79 FR 63652 on October 

24, 2014) required by 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2). On November 25, 2014, the 

RRB received comments from the 

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of 

Economic Analysis (BEA), strongly 

supporting the RRB’s continued 

collection of the data on Forms BA–3 

and BA–4 stating ‘‘these forms are our 

main data source for key components of 

BEA’s economic statistics.’’ 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Railroad Service and 

Compensation Reports/System Access 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0008. 

Form(s) submitted: BA–3, BA–3 

(Internet), BA–4, BA–4 (Internet), BA– 

12 and G–440. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: Private Sector; 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Abstract: Under the Railroad 

Retirement Act and the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act, 

employers are required to report service 

and compensation for each employee to 

update Railroad Retirement Board 

records for payments of benefits. The 

collection obtains service and 

compensation information and 

information needed to ensure secure 

system access from employers who 

voluntarily opt to use the RRB’s 

Internet-based Employer Reporting 

System to submit reporting forms and 

information needed to certify employer 

reporting transactions. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

to eliminate the paper version of Form 

BA–3 and to make minor non-burden 

impacting changes to Forms BA–12. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

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