[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 76512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27074]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Class Exemption for Certain Transactions 
Involving Purchase of Securities Where Issuer May Use Proceeds To 
Reduce or Retire Indebtedness to Parties in Interest

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 January 13, 2023.

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: Section 408(a) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act (ERISA) authorizes the Secretary of Labor ``to 
grant a conditional or unconditional exemption of any fiduciary or 
class of fiduciaries or transactions, from all or part of the 
restrictions imposed by section 406 and 407(a).'' Class exemption PTE 
80-83, granted on November 4, 1980, allows employee benefit plans to 
purchase securities, which may aid the issuer of the securities to 
reduce or retire indebtedness to a party in interest. Entities who rely 
on the exemption are mainly banks that purchase, on behalf of employee 
benefit plans, securities issued by a corporation indebted to the bank 
that is a party in interest to the plan. The ICR contains recordkeeping 
requirement to keep records regarding transactions covered by the 
exemption that are sufficient to establish that the conditions of the 
exemption have been met. For additional substantive information about 
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on 
July 22, 2022 (87 FR 43897).
    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 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: Class Exemption for Certain Transactions 
Involving Purchase of Securities where Issuer May Use Proceeds to 
Reduce or Retire Indebtedness to Parties in Interest.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0064.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 25.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 15 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

     Dated: December 8, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-27074 Filed 12-13-22; 8:45 am]
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