[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32254]


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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD


Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted 
the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the 
Office of Management and Budget for review and approval.

Summary of Proposal(s)

    (1) Collection title: Gross Earnings Report.
    (2) Form(s) submitted: BA-11.
    (3) OMB Number: 3220-0132.
    (4) Expiration date of current OMB clearance: 1/31/2000.
    (5) Type of request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    (6) Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    (7) Estimated annual number of respondents: 536.
    (8) Total annual responses: 556.
    (9) Total annual reporting hours: 345.
    (10) Collection description: Section 7(c)(2) of the Railroad 
Retirement Act requires a financial interchange between the OASDHI 
trust funds and the railroad retirement account. The collection obtains 
gross earnings of railway employees on a 1% basis. The information is 
used in determining the amount which would place the OASDHI trust funds 
in the position they would have been if railroad service had been 
covered by the Social Security and FIC acts.

Additional Information or Comments

    Copies of the forms and supporting documents can be obtained from 
Chuck Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer (312-751-3363). Comments 
regarding the information collection should be addressed to Ronald J. 
Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 
Illinois, 60611-2092 and the OMB reviewer, Lori Schack (202-395-7316), 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10230, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Chuck Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-32254 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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