[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7711-7712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4026]


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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD


Proposed Data 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 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: Statement Regarding 
Contributions and Support: OMB 3220-0099 Under section 2 of the 
Railroad Retirement Act, dependency on an employee for one-half support 
at the time of an employee's death can be a condition affecting 
entitlement to a survivor annuity and can affect the amount of both 
spouse and survivor annuities. One-half support is also a condition 
which may negate the public service pension offset in Tier I for a 
spouse or widow(er). The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) utilizes Form 
G-134, Statement Regarding Contributions and Support, to secure

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information needed to adequately determine if the applicant meets the 
one-half support requirement. One form is completed by each respondent. 
Non-burden impacting editorial and formatting changes are being 
proposed to Form G-134 for clarification purposes. Also, enhanced 
program monitoring and evaluation of this form last year showed that 
the completion time needed to be increased significantly because the 
annuitant needed time to gather the necessary information from many 
personal finance records not normally kept on hand.
    The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:

                                      Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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                                                                                Estimated
                         Form #                           Annual responses   completion time      Burden (hrs)
                                                                                  (min)
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G-134
With assistance........................................                 75                147                184
Without assistance.....................................                 25                180                 75
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      Total............................................                100  .................                259
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    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. 02-4026 Filed 2-19-02; 8:45 am]
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