[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70840-70841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28930]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Disclosures for Participant Directed 
Individual Account Plans

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee 
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Disclosures for Participant Directed 
Individual Account Plans,'' to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq. Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before December 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201510-1210-009 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are 
not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

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Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-EBSA, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-
5806 (this is not a toll-free number); or by email: 
[email protected]. Commenters are encouraged, but not 
required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments by mail or courier to 
the U.S. Department of Labor--OASAM, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance Management Program, 
Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; or by 
email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email 
at [email protected].
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the Disclosures for Participant Directed Individual Account Plans 
information collection. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(ERISA) section 404(c), 29 U.S.C. 1104(c), provides that, if an 
individual account pension plan permits a participant or beneficiary to 
exercise control over assets in his or her account and the participant 
or beneficiary in fact exercises such control (as determined under DOL 
regulations), the participant or beneficiary shall not be deemed to be 
a fiduciary by such exercise of control and no person otherwise a 
fiduciary to the plan shall be liable for any loss or breach that 
results solely from this exercise of control. Regulations 29 CFR 
2550.404a-5 provides that, when a plan allocates investment 
responsibilities to participants or beneficiaries, the plan 
administrator must take action to ensure they are provided with 
sufficient information regarding the plan and its investment options, 
including fee and expense information, to make informed decisions with 
regard to the management of their individual accounts; therefore, the 
regulation requires a plan administrator to provide each participant or 
beneficiary with certain plan-related information and investment-
related information. ERISA section 404 authorizes this information 
collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1104.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1210-0090.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on November 30, 2015. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
rulemaking notice published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2015 
(80 FR 14301).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1210-0090. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     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: DOL-EBSA.
    Title of Collection: Disclosures for Participant Directed 
Individual Account Plans.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0090.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 518,282.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 713,900,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 7,300,000 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $274,000,000.

    Dated: November 9, 2015.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-28930 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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