[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60287-60288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29476]
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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: Application for
Employee Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Act; OMB 3220-0002.
Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), provides for
payment of age and service, disability and supplemental annuities to
qualified employees. The basic requirements for a regular employee
annuity retirement annuity under the RRA is 120 months (10 years)
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of creditable railroad service. Benefits then become payable after the
employee meets certain other requirements, which depend, in turn, on
the type of annuity payable.
The requirements relating to the annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR
216, and 220.
The forms used by the RRB to collect information needed for
determining entitlement to and the amount of an employee retirement
annuity follow: Form AA-1, Application for Employee Annuity Under the
Railroad Retirement Act is completed by an applicant for either an age
and service or disability annuity. It obtains information about the
applicants marital history, work history, military service, benefits
from other governmental agencies and railroad pensions. Form AA-1d,
Application for Determination of Employee Disability, is completed by
an employee who is filing for a disability annuity under the RRA, or a
disability freeze under the Social Security Act for early Medicare
based on a disability. Form G-204, Verification of Workers
Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information, is used to obtain
and verify information concerning worker's compensation or public
disability benefits that are or will be paid by a public agency to a
disabled railroad employee. Completion of the forms is required to
obtain a benefit. One response is requested of each respondent.
The RRB proposes to revise Form AA-1 to add items that secure
information pertaining to the direct deposit of benefits and Medicare
processing and delete items no longer required. Forms AA-1, AA-1d and
G-204 will be revised to add language required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Minor non-burden impacting cosmetic and
editorial changes will also be made to all three forms. The RRB
estimates that 13,400 Form AA-1's, 5,650 AA-1d's and 175 G-204's are
completed annually. The completion time for Form AA-1 is estimated to
37 to 62 minutes per response. The completion time for AA-1d is
estimated at 35 to 60 minutes per response. The completion time for
Form G-204 is estimated at 5 minutes per response.
Additional Information or Comments: 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. 97-29476 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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