[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56886-56887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24753]


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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION


Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment 
Request; Annual Reporting (Form 5500 Series)

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of request for extension of OMB approval, with 
modifications.

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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting 
that the Office of Management and Budget

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(OMB) extend approval, with modifications, of a collection of 
information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, of its 
collection of information for Annual Reporting under OMB control number 
1212-0057. This notice informs the public of PBGC's request and 
solicits public comment on the collection.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by December 14, 2018.

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 the request will be posted on PBGC's website at: https://www.pbgc.gov/prac/laws-and-regulations/information-collections-under-omb-review. It may also be obtained without charge by writing to the 
Disclosure Division of the Office of the General Counsel of PBGC at 
1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026; faxing a request to 202-
326-4042; or, calling 202-326-4040 during normal business hours (TTY 
users may call the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 800-877-8339 and 
ask to be connected to 202-326-4040). The Disclosure Division will 
email, fax, or mail the information to you, as you request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Levin ([email protected]), 
Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the General Counsel, 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 
20005-4026, 202 326-4400, extension 3559. TTY users may call the 
Federal Relay Service toll-free at 800-877-8339 and ask to be connected 
to 202-326-4400, extension 3559.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection is needed 
because annual reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the 
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and the Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is required by law for most 
employee benefit plans. For PBGC, section 4065 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires annual 
reporting to PBGC for pension plans covered by title IV of ERISA. To 
accommodate these filing requirements, PBGC, IRS, and EBSA have jointly 
promulgated the Form 5500 Series, which includes the Form 5500 Annual 
Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan and the Form 5500-SF Short Form 
Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefit Plan.
    PBGC is proposing modifications to the 2019 Schedule R (Retirement 
Plan Information), Form 5500-SF, and Schedule SB (Single-Employer 
Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information), and their related 
instructions. The Schedules are part of the Form 5500 Series. These 
proposed modifications affect some, but not all, single-employer 
defined benefit plans covered by title IV of ERISA. PBGC also is 
proposing minor modifications to the Form 5500 Series to improve the 
accuracy of reported information. The modifications are described in 
greater detail in the supporting statement submitted to OMB with this 
information collection, along with PBGC's rationale for each 
modification.
    PBGC is proposing to modify Schedule R to obtain information from 
single-employer plans related to unpaid minimum required contributions. 
Single-employer plans are required to report the amount of unpaid 
minimum required contributions on Schedule SB and, in most cases, 
report additional information about the unpaid (``missed'') 
contributions to PBGC on the applicable PBGC form (i.e., Form 10 or 
Form 200). In some cases, this PBGC reporting requirement is waived 
(e.g., if the contribution is made within 30 days of the due date). 
PBGC has found a significant number of plans that are required to file 
these PBGC form(s) do not. As part of its enforcement effort, PBGC 
regularly contacts plans that report unpaid contributions on Schedule 
SB if the applicable PBGC form is not received. With limited exception, 
PBGC cannot distinguish between plans that were required to report 
missed contributions and those that qualified for a regulatory waiver, 
and as a result, PBGC ends up contacting many plans for which reporting 
was waived. PBGC is proposing to modify Schedule R by requiring PBGC-
insured single-employer plans that report unpaid minimum required 
contributions on Schedule SB to check a box indicating whether PBGC 
reporting of the missed contributions was waived or required (and if 
required, whether such reporting requirement has been satisfied). PBGC 
is proposing this addition of information to enable PBGC to limit its 
contact to plans that were required, but failed to, report information 
about unpaid contributions to PBGC.
    Because many small PBGC-insured plans are not required to complete 
Schedule R (i.e., plans that file Form 5500-SF), PBGC also is proposing 
to add a similar question about missed contributions to Form 5500-SF.
    With regard to the Schedule SB form and instructions, PBGC is 
proposing to modify line 23 to eliminate three boxes representing 
mortality tables that are no longer applicable.
    The existing collection of information was approved under OMB 
control number 1212-0057 (expires March 31, 2021). On August 20, 2018, 
PBGC published in the Federal Register (at 83 FR 42172), a notice 
informing the public of its intent to request an extension of this 
collection of information, as modified. PBGC received one comment in 
support of the collection of information. PBGC is requesting that OMB 
extend approval of the collection, with modifications, 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 it will receive approximately 23,900 Form 5500 
and Form 5500-SF filings per year under this collection of information. 
PBGC further estimates that the total annual burden of this collection 
of information for PBGC will be 1,200 hours and $1,531,000.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Hilary Duke,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2018-24753 Filed 11-13-18; 8:45 am]
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