January 28, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2009-01-28-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2009-01-28
Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generators for Which Construction Is Commenced After August 17, 1971; Standards of Performance for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units for Which Construction Is Commenced After September 18, 1978; Standards of Performance for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units; and Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units
Document Number: E9-523
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is amending the new source performance standards (NSPS) for electric utility steam generating units and industrial-commercial- institutional steam generating units. These amendments to the regulations are to add compliance alternatives for owners and operators of certain affected sources, eliminate the opacity standard for facilities with a particulate matter (PM) limit of 0.030 lb/million British thermal units (MMBtu) or less that choose to voluntarily install and use PM continuous emission monitors (CEMS) to demonstrate compliance with that limit, and to correct technical and editorial errors.
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: E9-1971
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Election Assistance Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Document Number: E9-1942
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
State of California Request for Waiver Under 42 U.S.C. 7543(b), the Clean Air Act
Document Number: E9-1939
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning
Document Number: E9-1923
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-1873
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China
Document Number: E9-1861
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On August 20, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published in the Federal Register the final results of the second administrative review and concurrent new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review, 73 FR 49162 (August 20, 2008) (``Final Results'') and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (August 8, 2007) (``Issues and Decision Memo''). The period of review (``POR'') covered January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. We are amending our Final Results to correct ministerial errors made in the calculation of the antidumping duty margin for Fujian Lianfu Forestry Co./Fujian Wonder Pacific Inc./Fuzhou Huan Mei Furniture Co., Ltd./Jiangsu Dare Furniture Co., Ltd. (collectively, ``the Dare Group'') and Teamway Furniture (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., and Brittomart Inc. (collectively ``Teamway''), pursuant to section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act'') \1\. These corrections will also affect the dumping margins for the other companies in the review to which a separate rate applies. See the Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2006 Administrative and New Shipper Reviews of Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic China, dated January 23, 2009.
North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review
Document Number: E9-1858
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On January 16, 2009, Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 L.P. and Sivaco Ontario, a division of Sivaco Wire Group 2004 L.P. (collectively, ``Ivaco''), filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel Review was requested of the Final Results of the 2006-2007 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review made by the International Trade Administration, respecting Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada. The determination was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 77005) on December 18, 2008. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned Case Number USA-CDA-2009-1904-01 to this request.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: E9-1857
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: E9-1856
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: E9-1850
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Education
The Leader, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-1849
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Education
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: E9-1848
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Education
The Leader, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Proposed Information Collection; Evaluation of Great Ape Conservation Fund Grant Activities
Document Number: E9-1834
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. We 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.
Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1018-0119; Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE)
Document Number: E9-1833
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2009. We 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB.
Circular Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
Document Number: E9-1829
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has made a final determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe (CWASPP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the ``Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this notice.
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and to Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement and to Initiate Consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for the Proposed Transcanada Keystone Xl Pipeline
Document Number: E9-1828
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of State
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. (Keystone) has applied to the United States Department of State for a Presidential Permit authorizing the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities at the border of the United States for the importation of petroleum from a foreign country. Authorization is being requested in connection with Keystone's proposed international pipeline project (the Keystone XL Project), which is designed to transport crude oil production from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to existing markets in the Texas Gulf Coast area. The Department of State receives and considers applications for Presidential Permits for such energy-related pipelines pursuant to authority delegated to it by the President under Executive Order 13337 of April 30, 2004 (69 FR 25299), as amended. To issue a Permit, the Department of State must find that issuance would serve the national interest. In the course of processing such applications, the Department consults extensively with concerned Federal and State agencies, and invites public comment in arriving at its determination. With respect to the application submitted by Keystone, the Department of State has concluded that the issuance of the Presidential Permit would constitute a major Federal action that may have a significant impact upon the environment within the meaning of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. For this reason, Department of State intends to prepare an EIS to address reasonably foreseeable impacts from the proposed action and alternatives. Additionally Department of State has determined that issuance of a Presidential permit for the Keystone XL project triggers review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and is consequently initiating the required consultation under that statute. Consultation will be conducted with State Historic Preservation Officers, Indian tribes, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and other consulting parties, as appropriate, to determine the locations (if any) of potential sites for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as well as the potential eligibility and findings of effect for cultural resources identified within the Keystone XL Area of Potential Effect. The purpose of this Notice of Intent (NOI) is to inform the public about the proposed action, announce plans for scoping meetings, invite public participation in the scoping process, and solicit public comments for consideration in establishing the scope and content of the EIS. As the proposed project may involve an action in a floodplain or wetland, the EIS will include a floodplain and wetlands assessment and floodplain statement of findings.
Circular Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
Document Number: E9-1827
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined that circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from the People's Republic of China (PRC) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The final dumping margins for this investigation are listed in the ``Final Determination Margins'' section of this notice.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; FHA Lender Approval, Annual Renewal, Periodic Updates and Noncompliance Reporting by FHA Approved Lenders
Document Number: E9-1824
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant Application-Continuum of Care Registration
Document Number: E9-1823
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. The Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Application-Registration is part of the currently approved information collection package 2506- 0112. The request for a new information collection is to separate the Continuum of Care Registration from the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Application. The registration information is necessary to assist in the selection of proposals submitted to HUD (by State and local governments, public housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations) for the awarded funds under the Supportive Housing, Shelter Plus Care, and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Occupancy for Homeless Individuals programs.
Meetings of Humanities Panel
Document Number: E9-1822
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-1818
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of a currently approved information collection used for quoted reproduction orders for various types of records found in their holdings. These include, but are not limited to, WW1 Draft Registration Cards, Prison Records, and Naturalization Records. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Proposal Review Panel for Physics; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E9-1817
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested
Document Number: E9-1816
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested
Document Number: E9-1815
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comments Requested
Document Number: E9-1814
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
Television Broadcasting Services; Rio Grande City, TX
Document Number: E9-1813
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Sunbelt Multimedia Co., licensee of station KTLM-DT, to substitute DTV channel 40 for post-transition DTV channel 20 at Rio Grande City, Texas.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Correction
Document Number: E9-1812
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (HWIR-Media) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1775.05, OMB Control Number 2050-0161
Document Number: E9-1811
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
L-Lactic Acid Registration Review Final Work Plan and Proposed Registration Review Decision; Correction
Document Number: E9-1810
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of December 24, 2008, concerning the availability of EPA's Final Work Plan and Proposed Final Decision for the pesticide case L-Lactic Acid. This document is being issued to correct a typographical error in the name of the active ingredient L-Lactic Acid.
Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB)
Document Number: E9-1809
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA's EFAB will hold an open meeting of the full board in Washington, DC on March 16-17, 2009. EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and activities. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on environmental finance issues, proposed legislation, Agency priorities, and to discuss progress with work products under EFAB's current Strategic Action Agenda. Environmental financing topics expected to be discussed include: Financial Assurance Mechanisms (Commercial Insurance & Cost Estimation); Financial Assurance and CO2 Underground Injection Control/Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Water Loss Reduction (``Leaky Pipes''); Innovative Financing Tools, and State Revolving Fund Investment Options. This meeting is open to the public, however, seating is limited. All members of the public who are planning to attend the meeting must register in advance, no later than Friday, March 6, 2009.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, Part A (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0262.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0034
Document Number: E9-1804
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Labeling for Natural Rubber Latex Condoms Classified Under 21 CFR 884.5300”
Document Number: E9-1803
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Labeling for Natural Rubber Latex Condoms Classified Under 21 CFR 884.5300'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Aviation Proceedings, Agreements filed the week ending January 17, 2009
Document Number: E9-1802
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation
Meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS)
Document Number: E9-1799
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the meeting is to receive briefings and information on the 2009 topics. The meeting is open to the public, subject to availability of space.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-601, Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-1798
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey
Document Number: E9-1795
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Director's Three Initiative Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort Form
Document Number: E9-1794
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service Director's Three Initiative Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort Form.'' Type of Information Collection Request: Three year approval of this new information collection, 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service Director's Three Initiative Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort (BPPPLE) Form.'' Form(s): The Indian Health Service BPPPLE form. Need and Use of Information Collection: The Indian Health Service (IHS) goal is to raise the health status of the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/ AN) people to the highest possible level by providing comprehensive health care and preventive health services. To support the HiS mission, the Director's Three Initiative was launched which is comprised of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HP/DP), Behavioral Health (BH) and Chronic Care (CC). The Director's Three Initiative is linked together in their aim to reduce health disparities and improve the health and wellness among the AI/AN populations through a coordinated and systematic approach to enhance health promotion, and chronic disease and mental health prevention methods at the local, regional, and national levels. To provide the product/service to IHS, Tribal, and Urban (I/T/U) programs, the Director's Three Initiative work together to develop a centralized program database of Best/Promising Practices (BPP). The purpose of this collection is to develop a database of BPP to be published on the IHS.gov Web site which will be a resource for program evaluation and for modeling examples of HP/DP, BH, and CC projects occurring in AI/AN communities. This is a request that OMB approves, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, an IHS information collection initiative to promote submission of ``Best and Promising Practices and Local Efforts'' among the I/T/U. All information submitted is on a voluntary basis; no legal basis exists for collection of this information. The information collected will enable the Director's Three Initiative program to: (a) Identify evidence based approaches to prevention programs among the I/T/U when no system is currently in place; and (b) Allow the program managers to review BPPPLE occurring among the I/T/U when considering program planning for their community. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: I/T/U organizations program staff. The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, Number of respondents, Responses per respondent, Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s). Estimated Burden Hours
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Michigan
Document Number: E9-1789
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces the availability of a Record of Decision by FHWA pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Protection Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, as amended and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500- 1508). In addition, this Notice announces actions taken by FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(1)(1). These actions relate to a proposed border crossing project, Detroit River International Crossing Study in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. These actions grant approvals for the project.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request; Regulation Regarding Participant Directed Individual Account Plans Under ERISA 404(c)
Document Number: E9-1788
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This helps to ensure that the data the Department gathers can be provided in the desired format, that the reporting burden on the public (time and financial resources) is minimized, that the public understands the Department's collection instruments, and that the Department can accurately assess the impact of collection requirements on respondents. Currently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is soliciting comments concerning an extension of the information collections in regulation section 2550.404c-1, pertaining to participant-directed individual account plans under section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). A copy of the information collection request (ICR) may be obtained by contacting the office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request ERISA Advisory Opinion Procedure 76-1
Document Number: E9-1787
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This helps to ensure that the data the Department gathers can be provided in the desired format, that the reporting burden on the public (time and financial resources) is minimized, that the public understands the Department's collection instruments, and that the Department can accurately assess the impact of collection requirements on respondents. Currently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is soliciting comments concerning an extension of the information collection provisions incorporated in ERISA Advisory Opinion Procedure 76-1. A copy of the information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office shown in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request; Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program
Document Number: E9-1786
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration is soliciting comments concerning the information collection request (ICR) incorporated in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (the VFC Program) and the Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (the Exemption) that is used in connection with the VFC Program. The ICR is currently approved under OMB Number 1210-0118 and is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2009. A copy of the ICR may be obtained by contacting the office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request; Final Rule Relating to Notice of Blackout Periods to Participants and Beneficiaries
Document Number: E9-1785
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-28
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Department of Labor (the Department) conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. This program helps to ensure that the data the Department gathers can be provided in the desired format, that the reporting burden on the public (time and financial resources) is minimized, that the public understands the Department's collection instruments, and that the Department can accurately assess the impact of collection requirements on respondents. By this notice, the Department is soliciting comments concerning the information collection provisions of the regulation under section 101(i) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the SOA), which requires written notice to be provided to affected participants and beneficiaries of individual account plans of any ``blackout period'' during which their right to direct or diversify investments, obtain a loan, or obtain a distribution under the plan may be temporarily suspended. A copy of the ICR may be obtained by contacting the office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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