Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 18, 2001 / Notices 65233

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Van Coverden (202) 268–8130.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 01–31167 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Data Collection 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

collection, the Railroad Retirement

Board will publish periodic summaries

of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

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.

Title and Purpose of information

collection: Representative Payee

Parental Custody Monitoring.

Under Section 12(a) of the Railroad

Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad

Retirement Board (RRB) is authorized to

select, make payments to, and to

conduct transactions with, a

beneficiary’s relative or some other

person willing to act on behalf of the

beneficiary as a representative payee.

The RRB is responsible for determining

if direct payment of the beneficiary or

payment to a representative payee

would best serve the beneficary’s

interest. Inherent in the RRB’s

authorization to select a representative

payee is the responsibility to monitor

the payee to assure that the beneficiary’s

interests are protected. Triennially, the

RRB utilizes Form G–99d, Parental

Custody Report, to obtain information

needed to verify that a parent-for-child

representative payee still has custody of

the child. One response is required from

each respondent. The RRB proposes

minor non-burden impacting editorial

changes to Form G–99d.

Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden

The estimated annual respondent

burden is as follows:

Form/Nos. Annual

responses

Time

(min)

Burden

(hrs)

G–99d ............................................................................................................................................................ 1,850 5 154

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information or to obtain a

copy of the information collection

justification, forms, and/or supporting

material, please call the RRB Clearance

Officer at (312) 751–3363. Comments

regarding the information collection

should be addressed to Ronald J.

Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844

N. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–

2092. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer,

[FR Doc. 01–31106 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

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 collection is

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.

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 P.L. 100–647 changed the

effective date of the onset from the first

month of eligibility to the first month of

concurrent entitlement to the noncovered service benefit and the RRA

benefit.

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

that the Tier I benefit of an employee

annuity will be equal to the amount

(before any reduction for age or

deduction for work) the employee

would receive if he or she would have

been 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 employees

under the RRA where the annuity or

non-covered service pension begins

after 1985. Since the amount of a Tier

I benefit of a spouse is one-half of the

employee’s Tier I, the spouse annuity is

also affected by the employee’s noncovered service pension reduction of his

or her Tier I benefit.

The RRB utilizes Form G–209,

Employee Non-covered Service Pension

Questionnaire, to obtain needed

information from railroad retirement

employee applicants or annuitants

about the receipt of a pension based on

employment not covered under the

Railroad Retirement Act or the Social

Security Act. It is used as both a

supplement to the employee annuity

application, and as an independent

questionnaire to be completed when an

individual who is already receiving an

employee annuity, becomes entitled to a

pension. One response is requested of

each respondent. Completion is

required to obtain or retain benefits. The

RRB proposes no changes to Form G–

209.

Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden

The estimated annual respondent

burden is as follows: