[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13522]
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[Federal Register: June 3, 1994]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
20 CFR Part 200
[RIN 3220-AB05]
Availability of Information to the Public
agency: Railroad Retirement Board.
action: Final rule.
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summary: The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) amends its regulations
establishing fees to be assessed in connection with the search for
records and provision of documents by the Board. The regulations
provide that the fees will be based on the salaries of the employees
who ordinarily perform the searches.
effective date: June 3, 1994.
addresses: Secretary to the Board, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
for further information contact: Michael C. Litt, Bureau of Law,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611,
(312) 751-4929, TDD (312) 751-4701.
supplementary information: Title 5 U.S.C. 552(a) requires the
promulgation of a regulation specifying the schedule of fees applicable
to the processing of requests for information. These fees are to
provide for the recovery of the direct costs of search, duplication,
and review. The fees previously provided for in Sec. 200.4(g)(1) no
longer reflect the actual costs of processing requests for information
and do not include fees for specific methods of transmittal of
documents. The Board is amending its regulation to update the fees by
establishing criteria for determining fees so that the fees will
automatically change with changes in Federal salaries. In addition, the
Board is increasing the fees found in section 200.4(g) and is adding a
new paragraph to provide a charge for transmittal of documents by other
than regular post.
On January 14, 1994, the Board published this rule as a proposed
rule (59 FR 2317), inviting comments on or before February 14, 1994. No
comments were received. The final rule differs from the proposed rule
in that we have deleted specific salary amounts to be assessed for
search and review and substituted therefor language that will allow
these fees to rise with salary rate increases. Also the maximum
computer search charge has been reduced from that in the proposed rule
in accordance with more current information.
The Board, with the concurrence of the Office of Management and
Budget, has determined that this is not a significant regulatory action
for purposes of Executive Order 12866. Therefore, no regulatory impact
analysis is required. There are no information collections associated
with this rule.
List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 200
Railroad employees, Railroad retirement, Railroad unemployment
insurance.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, title 20, chapter II, part
200 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 200--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
1. The authority citation for part 200 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5) and 45 U.S.C. 362; Sec. 200.4
also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552; Sec. 200.5 also issued under 5
U.S.C. 552; Sec. 200.6 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552b; Sec. 200.7
also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3717.
2. Section 200.4 is amended by revising paragraph (g)(1) to read as
follows:
Sec. 200.4 Availability of information to public.
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(g) * * *
(1) Fee schedule. To the extent that the following are chargeable,
they are chargeable according to the following schedule:
(i) The charge for making a manual search for records shall be the
salary rate, including benefits, for a GS-7, step 5 Federal employee;
(ii) The charge for reviewing documents to determine whether any
portion of any located document is permitted to be withheld shall be
the salary rate, including benefits, for a GS-13, step 5 Federal
employee;
(iii) The charge for making photocopies of any size document shall
be $.10 per copy per page:
(iv) The charge for computer-generated listings or labels shall
include the direct cost to the RRB of analysis and programming, where
required, plus the cost of computer operations to produce the listing
or labels. The maximum computer search charge shall be $2,250.00 per
hour ($37.50 per minute). Search time shall not include the time
expended in analysis or programming where these operations are
required.
(v) There shall be no charge for transmitting documents by regular
post. The charge for all other methods of transmitting documents shall
be the actual cost of transmittal.
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Dated: May 27, 1994.
By Authority of the Board.
For the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
[FR Doc. 94-13522 Filed 6-2-94; 8:45 am]
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