[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30774-30775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13694]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 75-1, 
Security Transactions With Broker-Dealers, Reporting Dealers, and Banks

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment 
Benefits and Security Agency (EBSA) sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) revision titled, ``Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 
75-1, Security Transactions with Broker-Dealers, Reporting Dealers, and 
Banks,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
of 1995. Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before July 29, 2019.

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 website at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201906-1210-005 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these 
are not toll-free numbers) or sending an email to 
[email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 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: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or 
sending an email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks approval under the PRA for 
revisions to the Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 75-1, Security 
Transactions with Broker-Dealers, Reporting Dealers, and Banks. PTE 
1975-1 provides exemptions for transactions between employee benefit 
plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and broker-dealers, 
reporting dealers and banks, relating to securities purchases and 
sales, provided specified conditions are met. The exempted transactions 
include an employee benefit plan or IRA's purchase of securities from 
broker-dealers' inventories of stocks, from underwriting syndicates in 
which a fiduciary is a member, from banks, from reporting dealers, and 
from a market-maker that is a fiduciary. The exempted transactions also 
include, under certain conditions, a plan's or IRA's accepting an 
extension of credit from a broker-dealer for the purpose of 
facilitating settlement of a securities transaction. Among other 
conditions, PTE 1975-1 requires plans and IRAs involved in the 
transactions to maintain adequate records of the transactions for a 
period of six years. This information collection is a revision because 
the Department is renewing the information collections contained in PTE 
75-1 that had been in place prior to 2016. Section 408 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (``ERISA'') authorizes this 
information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1108.
    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 the OMB, under the PRA, approves it 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 1210-0092. The current approval is scheduled to 
expire on June 30, 2019; however, the DOL notes that existing 
information collection requirements submitted to the OMB will receive a 
month-to-month extension while they undergo review. New requirements 
would only take effect upon OMB approval. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on April 5, 2019 (84 FR 13719).
    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 1210-0092.
    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,

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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: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 75-1, 
Security Transactions with Broker-Dealers, Reporting Dealers, and 
Banks.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0092.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, Not-for-profits 
institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,116.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,116.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,019 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: June 20, 2019.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-13694 Filed 6-26-19; 8:45 am]
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