[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 97 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23811-23812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11813]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Labor-Management Standards

29 CFR Parts 403 and 408

RIN 1215-AB62


Labor Organization Annual Reports

AGENCY: Office of Labor-Management Standards, Employment Standards 
Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the period for comments on the proposed 
rule published on April 21, 2009 (74 FR 18172). The proposed rule would 
rescind the regulations published on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3677), 
which made several revisions to the current Form LM-2, which is used by 
the largest labor organizations to file their annual financial reports 
under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as 
amended, and established a procedure by which the Secretary of Labor 
may revoke, under certain circumstances, a particular labor 
organization's authorization to file a simplified annual report, Form 
LM-3. The comment period, which was to expire on May 21, 2009, is 
extended to June 22, 2009.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule published on April 21, 2009 (74 FR 
18172) must be received on or before June 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 1215-AB62, only 
by the following methods:
    Internet--Federal eRulemaking Portal. Electronic comments may be 
submitted through http://www.regulations.gov. To locate the proposed 
rule, use key words such as ``Labor-Management Standards'' or ``Labor 
Organization Annual Financial Reports'' to search documents accepting 
comments. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Please be 
advised that comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Delivery: Comments should be sent to: Denise M. Boucher, Director 
of the Office of Policy, Reports and Disclosure, Office of Labor-
Management Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room N-5609, Washington, DC 20210. Because of security 
precautions the Department continues to experience delays in U.S. mail 
delivery. You should take this into consideration when preparing to 
meet the deadline for submitting comments.
    The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) recommends that you 
confirm receipt of your delivered comments by contacting (202) 693-0123 
(this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing impairments 
may call (800) 877-8339 (TTY/TDD). Only those comments submitted 
through http://www.regulations.gov, hand-delivered, or mailed will be 
accepted. Comments will be available for public inspection at http://www.regulations.gov and during normal business hours at the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise M. Boucher, Director, Office of 
Policy, Reports and Disclosure, Office of Labor-Management Standards, 
Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-5609, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-
1185 (this is not a toll-free number), (800) 877-8339 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of April 21, 2009 
(74 FR 18172), the Department published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
that would rescind the regulations published on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 
3678). Interested persons were invited to submit comments on or before 
May 21, 2009, 30 days after the publication of the notice.
    Public commenters have requested an extension of time to submit 
comments. The Department has decided to extend the comment period until 
June 22, 2009. An extension of this duration is appropriate because it 
will afford parties additional time to submit comments on the proposal 
without unduly delaying final action on the proposal. In the rulemaking 
that led to promulgation of the January 21 regulations, the Department 
provided an initial 45 day comment period (73 FR 27346) that was later 
extended 15 additional days after requests for an extension (73 FR 
34913). The extension of the comment period for the April 21 notice of 
proposed rulemaking to June 22 adds 32 days to the initial 30 day 
comment period.
    The proposed rule to rescind the regulations published on January 
21, 2009 is available on the Web site maintained by OLMS at http://www.olms.dol.gov. Anyone who is unable to access this information on 
the Internet can obtain the information by contacting the Employment 
Standards Administration at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-5609, 
Washington, DC 20210, at [email protected] or at (202) 693-0123 (this 
is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing impairments may 
call 1-800-877-8339 (TTY/TDD).


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of May 2009.
Shelby Hallmark,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards.

Andrew Auerbach,
Deputy Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards.
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