[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13712-13713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04671]


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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 Part 
4003 of its regulations relating to Administrative Appeals (OMB control 
number 1212-0061, expires April 30, 2013). This notice informs the 
public of PBGC's request and solicits public comment on the collection 
of information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted by April 1, 2013.

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. A copy of PBGC's 
request may 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 that office 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.) The request is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov. PBGC's 
regulation on Administrative Appeals may be accessed on PBGC's Web site 
at www.pbgc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine B. Klion, Assistant General

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Counsel, or Donald McCabe, Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Group, Office 
of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005-4026, 202-326-4024. (For TTY and TDD, 
call 800-877-8339 and request connection to 202-326-4024.)

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 April 30, 2013. PBGC 
is requesting that OMB extend its approval of this collection of 
information for three years. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
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 45 
minutes and $52 per appellant, with an average total annual burden of 
643 hours and $46,680.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this February 21, 2013.
Judith Starr,
General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2013-04671 Filed 2-27-13; 8:45 am]
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