[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 29 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7265-7266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3110]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

February 9, 2009.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of 
the following public information collection requests (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation; including among other things a description of the likely 
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden 
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov

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Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 
Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/
Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: [email protected] within 30 days from the date of this publication 
in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see 
below).
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of an existing OMB Control 
Number.
    Title of Collection: ERISA Technical Release 91-1.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0084.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,827.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: $25,286.
    Description: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(ERISA) Technical Release 91-1 alerts the public to amendments to 
section 101(e) of ERISA that requires a plan to provide advanced 
notification to the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury, as well as 
participants and beneficiaries, of an intended transfer of excess 
assets from a defined benefit plan to a retiree health account. For 
additional information, see related notice published at Vol. 73 FR 
70677 on November 21, 2008.

    Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of an existing OMB Control 
Number.
    Title of Collection: Disclosures by Insurers to General Account 
Policyholders.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0114.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 104.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 408,948.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: $32,235.
    Description: Section 1460 of the Small Business Job Protection Act 
of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-188) added a new Section 401(c) to ERISA to 
establish requirements for ``Transition Policies'' issued before 
December 31, 1998, to employee benefit plans, under which plan assets 
are held in the insurer's general account. The regulation requires 
financial information to be provided to the plan policyholder when the 
policy is first issued, annually, and upon request. For additional 
information, see related notice published at Vol. 73 FR 70676 on 
November 21, 2008.

Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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