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[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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