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accordance with OMB Circular A–110
and 28 CFR part 70.
(5) An Estimate of the Total Number
of Respondents and the Amount of Time
Estimated for an Average Respondent to
Respond: It is estimated that 100
respondents will complete a 4-hour
form.
(6) An Estimate of the Total Public
Burden (in Hours) Associated with the
Collection: The total hour burden to
complete the forms is 400 annual
burden hours.
If Additional Information is Required
Contact: Lynn Bryant, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building,
Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
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March 20, 2009.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission of the
following public information collection
requests (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
A copy of each ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation; including
among other things a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 202–693–
4223 (this is not a toll-free number)/email: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Department of Labor—ETA, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202–395–7316/Fax: 202–395–6974
(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
ensure the appropriate consideration,
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comments should reference the OMB
Control Number (see below).
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments which:
• 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,
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: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Experience Rating
Report.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0164.
Agency Form Numbers: ETA 204.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 13.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden
(excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
Description: The ETA–204 provides
data to ETA for the study of seasonality,
employment or payroll fluctuations, and
stabilization, expansion or contraction
in operations on employment
experience. The data are used to provide
an indication of whether solvency
problems exist in the State’s Trust Fund
accounts and in analyzing factors that
give rise to solvency problems. The data
are also used to complete the
Experience Rating Index. For additional
information, see related notice
published at Volume 73 FR 67207 on
November 13, 2008.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Tax Performance
System.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0332.
Agency Form Numbers: N/A.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 52.
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Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 90,428.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden
(excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
Description: The Tax Performance
System (TPS) gathers and disseminates
information on the timeliness and
accuracy of state unemployment
insurance tax operations. The
Department is required to review the
timeliness, accuracy, and completeness
of certain tax collections of states using
the Tax Performance System. Handbook
407 prescribes the operation of this
program. TPS data now are an integral
part of the Unemployment Insurance
(UI) PERFORMS, the performance
management system for the UI program.
UI PERFORMS incorporates a strategic
planning process of identifying
priorities; ongoing collection and
monitoring of valid data to measure
performance; identification of areas of
potential improvement; and
development of specific action steps to
improve performance, followed by use
of available data to determine whether
the action steps are successful. For
additional information, see related
notice published at Volume 73 FR
48243 on August 18, 2008.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Reemployment
and Eligibility Assessment Program.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0456.
Agency Form Numbers: ETA 9128 and
ETA 9129.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 18.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 36.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden
(excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
Description: The Social Security Act
(U.S.C. 42, section 503) authorizes DOL
to prescribe standard definitions,
methods and procedures, and reporting
requirements for the collection of
information on benefit payment
accuracy and the reemployment of UI
benefit recipients to ensure the
verification of these data. The ETA 9060
report provides a count of the claimants
who were referred to Reemployment
and Eligibility Assessment (REA)
program and a count of those who
completed the services. The ETA 9061
report provides for the subsequent
collection of outcome data, which
assists in monitoring the success of the
REA program. For additional
information, see related notice
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published at Volume 73 FR 73957 on
December 4, 2008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Comment Request;
Definition of ‘‘Plan Assets’’—
Participant Contributions
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AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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 program helps to ensure that the
data the Department collects 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 its collection
requirements on respondents.
Currently, the Employee Benefits
Security Administration (EBSA) is
soliciting comments concerning an
extension of the current approval of the
information collection in the regulation
entitled Definition of Plan Assets—
Participant Contributions, codified at 29
CFR 2510.3–102. A copy of EBSA’s
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments
regarding the ICR and burden estimates
to G. Christopher Cosby, Office of Policy
and Research, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Comments may be submitted in writing
to the above address, via facsimile to
(202) 219–4745, or electronically to the
following Internet e-mail address:
ebsa.opr@dol.gov.
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I. Background
The regulation concerning plan assets
and participant contributions provides
guidance for fiduciaries, participants,
and beneficiaries of employee benefit
plans regarding how participant
contributions to pension plans must be
handled when they are either paid to
the employer by the participant or
directly withheld by the employer from
the employee’s wages for transmission
to the pension plan. In particular, the
regulation sets standards for the timely
delivery of such participant
contributions, including an outside time
limit for the employer’s holding of
participant contributions. In addition,
for those employers who may have
difficulty meeting the regulation’s
outside deadlines for transmitting
participant contribution, the regulation
(29 CFR 2510.3–102(d)) provides the
opportunity for the employer to obtain
an extension of the time limit by
providing participants and the
Department with a notice that contains
specified information. The ICR pertains
to this notice requirement. The
Department previously requested review
of this information collection and
obtained approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
OMB control number 1210–0100. That
approval is scheduled to expire on June
30, 2009.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department of Labor
(Department) 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,
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., by permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
This notice requests comments on an
extension of the ICR included in the
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regulation governing the definition of
‘‘plan assets’’ as related to participant
contributions. The Department is not
proposing or implementing changes to
the existing ICR at this time. A summary
of the ICR and the current burden
estimates follows:
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
Title: Definition of Plan Assets—
Participant Contributions.
OMB Number: 1210–0100.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions;
individuals.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 251.
Total Burden Hours: 1.
Total Burden Cost (Operating and
Maintenance): $1,000.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 23, 2009.
Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research,
Employee Benefits Security Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection: Comment Request National
Medical Support Notice—Part B
AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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 program helps to ensure that the
data the Department collects 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,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
March 20, 2009.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of
the following public information collection requests (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation; including among other things a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Mary Beth Smith-
Toomey on 202-693-4223 (this is not a toll-free number)/e-mail: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Department of Labor--ETA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these
are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register. In
order to ensure the appropriate consideration, comments should
reference the OMB Control Number (see below).
The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
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, 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: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Experience Rating Report.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0164.
Agency Form Numbers: ETA 204.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 13.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
Description: The ETA-204 provides data to ETA for the study of
seasonality, employment or payroll fluctuations, and stabilization,
expansion or contraction in operations on employment experience. The
data are used to provide an indication of whether solvency problems
exist in the State's Trust Fund accounts and in analyzing factors that
give rise to solvency problems. The data are also used to complete the
Experience Rating Index. For additional information, see related notice
published at Volume 73 FR 67207 on November 13, 2008.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Tax Performance System.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0332.
Agency Form Numbers: N/A.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 90,428.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
Description: The Tax Performance System (TPS) gathers and
disseminates information on the timeliness and accuracy of state
unemployment insurance tax operations. The Department is required to
review the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of certain tax
collections of states using the Tax Performance System. Handbook 407
prescribes the operation of this program. TPS data now are an integral
part of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) PERFORMS, the performance
management system for the UI program. UI PERFORMS incorporates a
strategic planning process of identifying priorities; ongoing
collection and monitoring of valid data to measure performance;
identification of areas of potential improvement; and development of
specific action steps to improve performance, followed by use of
available data to determine whether the action steps are successful.
For additional information, see related notice published at Volume 73
FR 48243 on August 18, 2008.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0456.
Agency Form Numbers: ETA 9128 and ETA 9129.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 36.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excludes wage/hour costs): $0.
Description: The Social Security Act (U.S.C. 42, section 503)
authorizes DOL to prescribe standard definitions, methods and
procedures, and reporting requirements for the collection of
information on benefit payment accuracy and the reemployment of UI
benefit recipients to ensure the verification of these data. The ETA
9060 report provides a count of the claimants who were referred to
Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program and a count of
those who completed the services. The ETA 9061 report provides for the
subsequent collection of outcome data, which assists in monitoring the
success of the REA program. For additional information, see related
notice
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published at Volume 73 FR 73957 on December 4, 2008.
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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