[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44700-44701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15308]


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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: Continuing Disability 
Report; OMB 3220-0187.
    Under Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act, an annuity is not 
payable or is reduced for any month in which the annuitant works for a 
railroad or earns more than prescribed dollar amounts from either non-
railroad employment or self-employment. Certain types of work may 
indicate an annuitant's recovery from disability. The provisions 
relating to the reduction or non-payment of annuities by reasons of 
work and an annuitant's recovery from disability for work are 
prescribed in 20 CFR 220.17-220.20. The RRB conducts continuing 
disability reviews (CDR) to determine whether annuitants continue to 
meet the disability requirements of the law. Provisions relating to 
when and how often the RRB conducts CDR's are prescribed in 20 CFR 
220.186.
    Form G-254, Continuing Disability Report, is used by the RRB to 
develop information for CDR determinations, including determinations 
prompted by a report of work, return to railroad service, allegations 
of medical improvement, or routine disability call-up. The RRB provides 
significant non-burden impacting editorial and formatting changes. The 
editorial changes are proposed largely to provide better instructions 
and to clarify information currently requested.
    Form G-254a, Continuing Disability Update Report, is used to help 
identify disability annuitants whose work activity and/or recent 
medical history warrants a more extensive review and thus completion of 
Form G-254. The RRB proposes non-burden impacting changes to Form G-
254a to delete items no longer necessary and to add the Paperwork 
Reduction Act/Privacy notice that had previously been part of an 
accompanying transmittal letter.
    One response is requested of each respondent to Form G-254 and G-
254a. Completion is required to retain a benefit.

Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden

    The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:

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                                      Annual                    Burden
               Form                 responses   Time  (min)     (hrs)
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G-254............................        1,500         5-35          623
G-254a...........................        1,500            5          125
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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 or send an e-mail request to [email protected]. 
Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed to 
Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, 
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or send an e-mail to 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-15308 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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