[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37360-37361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13350]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Alternative Reporting Methods for 
Apprenticeship and Training Plans and Top Hat Plans

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee 
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before July 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations under section 29 CFR 2520.104-22 
provide an exemption to the reporting and disclosure provision of Part 
1 of Title I of ERISA for employee welfare benefit plans that provide 
exclusively apprenticeship and training benefits. Regulations under 
section 29 CFR 2520.14-23 provide an alternative method of compliance 
with the reporting and disclosure of Title I of ERISA for unfunded or 
insured plans established for a select group of management of highly 
compensated employees (i.e., top hat plans). To satisfy the exemption 
and the alternative method of compliance respectively, plan 
administrators must satisfy the specified reporting and disclosure 
requirements. The 2019 final rule revised the procedures for filing 
apprenticeship and training plan notices and top hat plan statements 
with the Secretary of Labor to require electronic submission of these 
notices and statements. For additional substantive information about 
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on 
March 17, 2022 (87 FR 15267).
    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 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 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR

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cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes 
that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for 
existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo 
review.
    Agency: DOL-EBSA.
    Title of Collection: Alternative Reporting Methods for 
Apprenticeship and Training Plans and Top Hat Plans.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0153.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,800.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,800.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 300 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

    Dated: June 15, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-13350 Filed 6-21-22; 8:45 am]
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