Under Section 2 of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act, unemployment benefits are provided for
qualified railroad employees. The collection obtains the
information needed to determine the eligibility to and amount of
such benefits for railroad employees.
The burden estimate for this
information collection has been revised downward to reflect the
actual responses received during calendar year 2012. The number of
unemployment applications and claims has decreased primarily due to
less unemployment in the rail industry as many claimants have
returned to their regular railroad employers. We have shown the
decrease of -63,742 responses and -6,764 burden hours as an
adjustment.
$0
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Uncollected
Charles Mierzwa 312-751-3363
charles.mierzwa@rrb.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.