[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 128 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13084]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration

29 CFR Part 2560

RIN 1210-AB90


Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans 
Under ERISA; Correction

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects an inadvertent error in paragraph 
numbering in the final rule entitled ``Default Electronic Disclosure by 
Employee Pension Benefit Plans under ERISA,'' published in the Federal 
Register on May 27, 2020 (85 FR 31884). That rule adopted a new safe 
harbor for plan administrators to use to furnish information to 
participants and beneficiaries of retirement plans subject to the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

DATES: Effective July 27, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Davis, Office of Regulations 
and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, (202) 
693-8500. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule the Department of Labor 
adopted on May 27, 2020, ``Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee 
Pension Benefit Plans under ERISA'' (E-Disclosure Rule), made a number 
of conforming amendments to affected sections of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR). With respect to a cross reference added to 29 CFR 
2560.503-1, the numbering of paragraph (j) was incorrectly identified 
as paragraph (j)(1).\1\ This document takes the administrative steps 
required to correct that error in the text of the CFR. This technical 
correction is a non-substantive, ministerial action that affects no 
legal rights or obligations and imposes no costs.
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    \1\ 85 FR 31884, 31924 (May 27, 2020).
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Administrative Procedure Act

    The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), does 
not require notice and an opportunity for public comment when the 
agency for good cause finds that notice and public comment are 
unnecessary, impracticable, or contrary to the public interest. The 
Department finds good cause for dispensing with public comments because 
this document merely corrects a cross-reference in the E-Disclosure 
Rule. This technical correction will become effective on the same date 
as the E-Disclosure Rule and imposes no new or substantive requirement 
on the public. As such, the Department has determined that notice and 
the opportunity for public comment on this final rule are unnecessary.

Other Procedural Matters

    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) and 
13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review). Because this final 
rule is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 
12866, it therefore is not subject to Executive Order 13771 (Reducing 
Regulations and Controlling Regulatory Costs). In addition, no analysis 
is required under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601(2), or 
Sections 202 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 
Public Law 104-4, because, as noted in the above discussion regarding 
applicability of the APA, the Department is not required to engage in 
notice and comment. This final rule does not have significant Federal 
implications under Executive Order 13132. This final rule also is not 
subject to requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq., because it does not involve a collection of 
information as defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3).
    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally 
provides that the agency promulgating an action must submit a report, 
including a copy of the action, to each House of Congress and to the 
Comptroller General of the United States before certain actions may 
take effect. This final rule is administrative and only makes a 
technical correction in the E-Disclosure Rule. The Department has 
determined for good cause, as described above, that notice and public 
procedure are unnecessary and that this technical correction will take 
effect on July 27, 2020.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 2560

    Employee benefit plans, Pensions.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Department amends 29 
CFR part 2560 by making the following correcting amendment:

PART 2560--RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

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1. The authority citation for part 2560 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  29 U.S.C. 1132, 1135, and Secretary of Labor's Order 
1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Section 2560.503-1 also issued 
under 29 U.S.C. 1133. Section 2560.502c-7 also issued under 29 
U.S.C. 1132(c)(7). Section 2560.502c-4 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 
1132(c)(4). Section 2560.502c-8 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 
1132(c)(8).


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2. Amend Sec.  2560.503-1 by revising the second sentence of paragraph 
(j) introductory text to read as follows:


Sec.  2560.503-1  Claims procedure.

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    (j) * * * Any electronic notification shall comply with the 
standards imposed by 29 CFR 2520.104b-1(c)(1)(i), (iii), and (iv), or 
with the standards imposed by 29 CFR 2520.104b-31 (for pension benefit 
plans). * * *
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    Signed at Washington, DC, June 12, 2020.
Jeanne Wilson,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, 
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2020-13084 Filed 7-1-20; 8:45 am]
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