[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8506-8507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03165]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB 
Approvals

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announces 
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved certain 
collections of information, listed in the Supplementary Information 
section below, following EBSA's submission of requests for such 
approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). This notice 
describes the approved or re-approved information collections and 
provides their OMB control numbers and current expiration dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Christopher Cosby, Office of Policy 
and Research, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5718, 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-8410; Fax: (202) 219-4745. 
These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA and its implementing regulations 
require Federal agencies to display OMB control numbers and inform 
respondents of their legal significance after OMB has approved an 
agency's information collections. In accordance with those 
requirements, EBSA hereby notifies the public that the following 
information collections have been re-approved by OMB following EBSA's 
submission of an information collection request (ICR) for extension of 
a prior approval:
     OMB Control No. 1210-0048, Suspension of Pension Benefits 
Pursuant to Regulations 29 CFR 2530.203-3. The expiration date for this 
information collection is December 31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0061, Employee Retirement Income 
Security

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Act Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 1981-8, Investment of Plan 
Assets in Certain Types of Short-Term Investments. The expiration date 
for this information collection is December 31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0063, Prohibited Transaction Class 
Exemption 1992-6: Sale of Individual Life Insurance or Annuity 
Contracts by a Plan. The expiration date for this information 
collection is May 31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0076, Loans to Plan Participants and 
Beneficiaries Who Are Parties in Interest With Respect to The Plan 
Regulation. The expiration date for this information collection is May 
31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0094, Prohibited Transaction Class 
Exemption 1985-68 to Permit Employee Benefit Plans to Invest in 
Customer Notes of Employers. The expiration date for this information 
collection is May 31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0098, Process for Expedited Approval 
of an Exemption for Prohibited Transaction, Prohibited Transaction 
Class Exemption 1996-62. The expiration date for this information 
collection is October 31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0111, Prohibited Transaction Class 
Exemption 1998-54 Relating to Certain Employee Benefit Plan Foreign 
Exchange Transactions Executed Pursuant to Standing Instructions. The 
expiration date for this information collection is December 31, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0132, Default Investment Alternatives 
under Participant Directed Individual Account Plans. The expiration 
date for this information collection is June 30, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0138, Notice of Medical Necessity 
Criteria under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 
2008. The expiration date for this information collection is March 31, 
2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0149, Notice of Employees of Coverage 
Options Under Fair Labor Standards Act Section 18B. The expiration date 
for this information collection is May 31, 2020.
    EBSA hereby notifies the public that the following information 
collections have been approved by OMB following EBSA's submission of an 
information collection request (ICR) for a revision of a currently 
approved collection:
     OMB Control No. 1210-0053, Employee Benefit Plan Claims 
Procedure Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The 
expiration date for this information collection is February 29, 2020.
     OMB Control No. 1210-0150, Coverage of Certain 
Preventative Services under the Affordable Care Act--Private Sector. 
The expiration date for this information collection is April 30, 2018.
    The PRA provides that 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. Publication of 
this notice satisfies this requirement with respect to the above-listed 
information collections, as provided in 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(C).

Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research, Employee Benefits Security 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-03165 Filed 2-26-18; 8:45 am]
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