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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. The RRB 

proposes to replace using EDI with the 

use of secure File Transfer Protocol 

(FTP). The RRB proposes no changes to 

the other versions of the ID–4E. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

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

ID–4K (FTP) ................................................................................................................................. 16,500 (*) 210 

ID–4K (Internet) ........................................................................................................................... 64,000 2 2,133 

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

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

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 81,920 ........................ 2,391 

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

210 total hours of burden. 

2. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Request for Internet Services, 

OMB 3220–0198. The RRB uses a 

Personal Identification Number (PIN)/ 

Password system that allows RRB 

customers to conduct business with the 

agency electronically. As part of the 

system, the RRB collects information 

needed to establish a unique PIN/ 

Password that allows customer access to 

RRB Internet-based services. The 

information collected is matched against 

records of the railroad employee that are 

maintained by the RRB. If the 

information is verified, the request is 

approved and the RRB mails a Password 

Request Code (PRC) to the requestor. If 

the information provided cannot be 

verified, the requestor is advised to 

contact the nearest field office of the 

RRB to resolve the discrepancy. Once a 

PRC is obtained from the RRB, the 

requestor can apply for a PIN/Password 

online. Once the PIN/Password has been 

established, the requestor has access to 

RRB Internet-based services. 

Completion is voluntary, however, the 

RRB will be unable to provide a PRC or 

allow a requestor to establish a PIN/ 

Password (thereby denying system 

access), if the requests are not 

completed. The RRB proposes no 

changes to the PRC screens or the PIN/ 

Password screens. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

Request PRC ............................................................................................................................... 14,000 5.0 1,167 

Establish Pin/Password ............................................................................................................... 17,500 1.5 200 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 31,500 ........................ 1,367 

Additional Information or Comments: 

To request more information or to 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection justification, forms, and/or 

supporting material, contact Dana 

Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or 

Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments 

regarding the information collection 

should be addressed to Brian Foster, 

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North 

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611– 

1275 or emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Brian D. Foster, 

Clearance Officer. 

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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, the 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is 

forwarding an 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: Certification of Termination 

of Service and Relinquishment of 

Rights; OMB 3220–0016. 

Under Section 2(e)(2) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA), an age and 

service annuity, spouse annuity, or 

divorced spouse annuity cannot be paid 

unless the Railroad Retirement Board 

(RRB) has evidence that the applicant 

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relinquished rights to return to the 

service of a railroad employer. Under 

Section 2(f)(6) of the RRA, earnings 

deductions are required for each month 

an annuitant works in certain nonrailroad employment termed Last PreRetirement Non-Railroad Employment. 

Normally, the employee, spouse, or 

divorced spouse relinquishes rights and 

certifies that employment has ended as 

part of the annuity application process. 

However, this is not always the case. In 

limited circumstances, the RRB utilizes 

Form G–88, Certification of Termination 

of Service and Relinquishment of 

Rights, to obtain an applicant’s report of 

termination of employment and 

relinquishment of rights. One response 

is required of each respondent. 

Completion is required to obtain or 

retain benefits. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (82 FR 37133 on August 

8, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 

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

comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Certification of Termination of 

Service and Relinquishment of Rights. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0016. 

Form(s) submitted: G–88. 

Type of request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: Under Section 2(e)(2) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad 

Retirement Board must have evidence 

that an annuitant for an age and service, 

spouse, or divorced spouse annuity has 

ceased railroad employment and 

relinquished their rights to return to the 

service of a railroad employer. The 

collection provides the means for 

obtaining this evidence. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to Form G–88. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

G–88 ............................................................................................................................................ 3,600 6 360 

2. Title and Purpose of information 

collection: Statement of Authority to Act 

for Employee; OMB 3220–0034. 

Under Section 5(a) of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), 

claims for benefits are to be made in 

accordance with such regulations as the 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) shall 

prescribe. The provisions for claiming 

sickness benefits as provided by Section 

2 of the RUIA are prescribed in 20 CFR 

335.2. Included in these provisions is 

the RRB’s acceptance of forms executed 

by someone else on behalf of an 

employee if the RRB is satisfied that the 

employee is sick or injured to the extent 

of being unable to sign forms. 

The RRB utilizes Form SI–10, 

Statement of Authority to Act for 

Employee, to provide the means for an 

individual to apply for authority to act 

on behalf of an incapacitated employee 

and also to obtain the information 

necessary to determine that the 

delegation should be made. Part I of the 

form is completed by the applicant for 

the authority and Part II is completed by 

the employee’s doctor. One response is 

requested of each respondent. 

Completion is required to obtain 

benefits. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (82 FR 37134 on August 

8, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 

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

comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Statement of Authority to Act 

for Employee. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0034. 

Form(s) submitted: SI–10. 

Type of request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: Under 20 CFR 335.2, the 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) 

accepts claims for sickness benefits by 

other than the sick or injured 

employees, provided the RRB has the 

information needed to satisfy itself that 

the delegation should be made. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to Form SI–10. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

SI–10 ............................................................................................................................................ 32 6 3 

3. Title and Purpose of information 

collection: Employee Non-Covered 

Service Pension Questionnaire; OMB 

3220–0154. 

Section 215(a)(7) of the Social 

Security Act provides for a reduction in 

social security benefits based on 

employment not covered under the 

Social Security Act or the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA). This provision 

applies a different social security benefit 

formula to most workers who are first 

eligible after 1985 to both a pension 

based in whole or in part on noncovered employment and a social 

security retirement or disability benefit. 

There is a guarantee provision that 

limits the reduction in the social 

security benefit to one-half of the 

portion of the pension based on noncovered employment after 1956. Section 

8011 of Public Law 100–647 changed 

the effective date of the onset from the 

first month of eligibility to the first 

month of concurrent entitlement to the 

non-covered service benefit and the 

RRA benefit. 

Section 3(a)(1) of the RRA provides 

that the Tier I benefit of an employee 

annuity shall be equal to the amount 

(before any reduction for age or 

deduction for work) the employee 

would receive if entitled to a like benefit 

under the Social Security Act. The 

reduction for a non-covered service 

pension also applies to a Tier I portion 

of the employee annuity under the RRA 

when the annuity or non-covered 

service pension begins after 1985. Since 

the amount of a spouse’s Tier I benefit 

is one-half of the employee’s Tier I, the 

spouse annuity is also affected. 

Form G–209, Employee Non-Covered 

Service Pension Questionnaire, is used 

by the RRB to obtain needed 

information (1) from a railroad 

employee who while completing Form 

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Annuity (OMB No. 3220–0002), 

indicates entitlement to or receipt of a 

pension based on employment not 

covered under the Railroad Retirement 

Act or the Social Security Act; or (2) 

from a railroad employee when an 

independently-entitled divorced spouse 

applicant believes the employee to be 

entitled to a non-covered service 

pension. However, this development is 

unnecessary if RRB records indicate the 

employee has 30 or more years of 

coverage; or (3) from an employee 

annuitant who becomes entitled to a 

pension based on employment not 

covered under the Railroad Retirement 

Act or the Social Security Act. One 

response is requested of each 

respondent. Completion is required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Previous Requests for Comments: The 

RRB has already published the initial 

60-day notice (82 FR 37134 on August 

8, 2017) required by 44 U.S.C. 

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

comments. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Employee Non-Covered Service 

Pension Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 3220–0154. 

Form(s) submitted: G–209. 

Type of request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Abstract: Under Section 3 of the 

Railroad Retirement Act, the Tier I 

portion of an employee annuity may be 

subjected to a reduction for benefits 

received based on work not covered 

under the Social Security Act or 

Railroad Retirement Act. The 

questionnaire obtains the information 

needed to determine if the reduction 

applies and the amount of such 

reduction. 

Changes proposed: The RRB proposes 

no changes to Form G–209. 

The burden estimate for the ICR is as 

follows: 

Form No. Annual 

responses 

Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

G–209 (Partial Questionnaire) ..................................................................................................... 50 1 1 

G–209 (Full Questionnaire) ......................................................................................................... 100 8 13 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 150 ........................ 14 

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 Brian 

Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60611–1275 or Brian.Foster@rrb.gov and 

to the OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, 

Fax: 202–395–6974, Email address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Brian D. Foster, 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F St. NE., Washington, DC 20549– 

2736 

Extension: 

Rule 15c1–7, SEC File No. 270–146, OMB 

Control No.3235–0134 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the existing collection of information 

provided for in Rule 15c1–7 (17 CFR 

240.15c1–7) under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 

seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’). The 

Commission plans to submit this 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval. 

Rule 15c1–7 states that any act of a 

broker-dealer designed to effect 

securities transactions with or for a 

customer account over which the 

broker-dealer (directly or through an 

agent or employee) has discretion will 

be considered a fraudulent, 

manipulative, or deceptive practice 

under the federal securities laws, unless 

a record is made of the transaction 

immediately by the broker-dealer. The 

record must include (a) the name of the 

customer, (b) the name, amount, and 

price of the security, and (c) the date 

and time when such transaction took 

place. 

The Commission estimates that 394 

respondents collect information related 

to approximately 400,000 transactions 

annually under Rule 15c1–7 and that 

each respondent would spend 

approximately 5 minutes on the 

collection of information for each 

transaction, for approximately 33,338 

aggregate hours per year (approximately 

84.6 hours per respondent). 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimates of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted in 

writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

under the PRA unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Please direct your written comments 

to: Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, 

DC 20549, or by sending an email to: 

PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: October 13, 2017. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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