[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]
 BILLING CODE 7709-02-P