[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50508-50509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24253]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

29 CFR Part 2510


Proposed Regulation for Plans Established or Maintained Pursuant 
to Collective Bargaining Agreements Under Section 3(40)(A)

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the proposed rule 
under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
as amended, 29 U.S.C. 1001-1461 (the Act), relating to plans 
established or maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements 
for purposes of section 3(40) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 1002(40). The 
proposed rule was set forth in a notice of proposed rulemaking 
published in the Federal Register at 650 FR 39208 (August 1, 1995).

DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule is extended through 
November 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (preferably three copies) concerning the 
proposed rule should be submitted to: Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration, Room N-5669, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Attention: Proposed Regulation Under 
Section 3(40). All submissions will be open to public inspection at the 
Public Documents Room, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5638, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Connor, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Pension and 
Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Rm N-5669, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20210 (telephone (202) 
219-8671) or Cynthia Caldwell Weglicki, Office of the Solicitor, Plan 
Benefits Security Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Rm N-4611, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20210 (telephone (202) 219-
4592). These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 1, 1995, the Department of Labor 
(the Department) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 39208) regarding plans established or 
maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements for purposes of 
section 3(40) of the Act. In that notice the Department invited all 
interested persons to submit written comments concerning the proposed 
rule on or before October 2, 1995.
    The Department has received requests from some members of the 
public for additional time to prepare comments due to the complexity of 
the issues involved in the proposed rule, and the Department believes 
that it is appropriate to grant such additional time. Accordingly, this 
notice extends the comment period during which comments on the proposed 
rule may be submitted through November 16, 1995.

Notice of Extension of Comment Period

    Notice is hereby given that the comment period for the proposed 
rule relating to plans established or maintained pursuant to collective 
bargaining agreements for purposes of section 3(40) of the Act 
(proposed at 60 FR 39208, August 1, 1995) is hereby extended through 
Thursday, November 16, 1995.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of September 1995.
Olena Berg,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-24253 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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