[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 22, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57845-57846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28462]



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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 further 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 60 FR 39208 (August 1, 
1995). The first notice of an extension of the comment period for the 
proposed rule was published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 50508 
(September 29, 1995).

DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule is extended through 
December 18, 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, DC 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, DC 20210 (telephone (202) 219-
4592). Theses are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 1, 1995, the Department of Labor 
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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.
    On September 29, 1995, the Department published a notice in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 50508) extending the comment period for the 
proposed rule through November 16, 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 
December 18, 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, and extended at 60 FR 50508, 
September 29, 1995) is hereby further extended through Monday, December 
18, 1995.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 14th day of November 1995.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-28462 Filed 11-21-95; 8:45 am]

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