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OMB Control No: 3220-0008	ICR Reference No: 201411-3220-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201111-3220-003
Agency/Subagency: RRB	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Railroad Service and Compensation Reports/System Access Application/Report Certification
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/27/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/19/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2015
Responses	5,648	0	6,841
Time Burden (Hours)	35,074	0	31,014
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, employers are required to report service and compensation for each employee to update Railroad Retirement Board records for payments of benefits. The collection obtains service and compensation information and information needed to ensure secure system access from employers who voluntarily opt to use the RRB's Internet-based Employer Reporting System to submit reporting forms and information needed to certify employer reporting transactions.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 45 USC 231(f) Name of Law: Railroad Retirement Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 63652	10/24/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 78505	12/30/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	5,648	6,841	-1,193
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	35,074	31,014	4,060
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The estimated overall responses for this collection have decreased by 1,193, from 6,841 to 5,648 while the burden hours have increased by 4,060, from 31,014 to 35,074. This is due to several reasons primarily due to Improved internal tracking that has resulted in more accurate estimates of actual responses for Form BA-3 (and all forms in the collection) resulting in a significant increase in both the amount of annual responses and burden hours. The increase is somewhat offset by the decreased use of Form BA-12 to sign up for on-line use, and the decreased use of Form G-440 as employers have transitioned to filing their reports online using ERS. We have shown the -1,193 responses and +4,060 burden hours as an adjustment. NOTE that going forward we estimate that the amount of responses and resulting decrease in burden for Form BA-12 will continue to decrease as most employers have now obtained access to use ERS to file their reports. Lastly, we anticipate the G-440 specification and certification sheet will also continue to decrease as most employers have now signed up to use ERS to file their reports.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Charles Mierzwa 312-751-3363 charles.mierzwa@rrb.gov

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