[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28109-28110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10813]
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment
Request; Administrative Appeals
AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension of OMB approval.
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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``PBGC'') is
requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend
approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of
information under its regulation on Rules for Administrative Review of
Agency Decisions. This notice informs the public of PBGC's request and
solicits public comment on the collection of information.
DATES: Comments should be submitted by June 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk
Officer for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, via electronic mail
at [email protected] or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Copies of the collection of information may also be obtained
without charge by writing to the Disclosure Division of the Office of
the General Counsel of PBGC at the above address or by visiting the
Disclosure Division or calling 202-326-4040 during normal business
hours. (TTY and TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free
at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4040.) PBGC's
regulation on Administrative Appeals may be accessed on PBGC's Web site
at www.pbgc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah C. Murphy, Deputy Assistant
General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, or Donald McCabe, Attorney,
Regulatory Affairs Group, Office of the General Counsel, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20005-
4026, 202-326-4400. (For TTY and TDD, call 800-877-8339 and request
connection to 202-326-4400).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC's regulation on Rules for
Administrative Review of Agency Decisions (29 CFR part 4003) prescribes
rules governing the issuance of initial determinations by PBGC and the
procedures for requesting and obtaining administrative review of
initial determinations. Certain types of initial determinations are
subject to administrative appeals, which are covered in subpart D of
the regulation. Subpart D prescribes rules on who may file appeals,
when and where to file appeals, contents of appeals, and other matters
relating to appeals.
Most appeals filed with PBGC are filed by individuals
(participants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees) in connection with
benefit entitlement or amounts. A small number of appeals are filed by
employers in connection with other matters, such as plan coverage under
ERISA section 4021 or employer liability under ERISA sections
4062(b)(1), 4063, or 4064. Appeals may be filed by hand, mail,
commercial delivery service, fax or email. For appeals of benefit
determinations, PBGC has optional forms for filing appeals and requests
for extensions of time to appeal.
OMB has approved the administrative appeals collection of
information under control number 1212-0061 through May 31, 2016. PBGC
is requesting that OMB extend approval of this collection of
information for three years without change. An agency may not conduct
or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information
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unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
PBGC estimates that an average of 900 appellants per year will
respond to this collection of information. PBGC further estimates that
the average annual burden of this collection of information is about
forty-five minutes and $52 per appellant, with an average total annual
burden of 643 hours and $46,680.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 2 day of May 2016.
Judith Starr,
General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2016-10813 Filed 5-6-16; 8:45 am]
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