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covered in subpart D of the regulation.
Subpart D prescribes rules on who may
file appeals, when and where to file
appeals, contents of appeals, and other
matters relating to appeals.
Most appeals filed with PBGC are
filed by individuals (participants,
beneficiaries, and alternate payees) in
connection with benefit entitlement or
amounts. A small number of appeals are
filed by employers in connection with
other matters, such as plan coverage
under ERISA section 4021 or employer
liability under ERISA sections
4062(b)(1), 4063, or 4064. Appeals may
be filed by hand, mail, commercial
delivery service, fax or e-mail. For
appeals of benefit determinations, PBGC
has optional forms for filing appeals and
requests for extensions of time to
appeal.
OMB has approved the administrative
appeals collection of information under
control number 1212–0061 through
January 31, 2010. PBGC intends to
request that OMB extend approval of
this collection of information for three
years. An agency 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.
PBGC estimates that an average of 900
appellants per year will respond to this
collection of information. PBGC further
estimates that the average annual
burden of this collection of information
is 0.71 hours and $52 per appellant,
with an average total annual burden of
643 hours and $46,680.
PBGC is soliciting public comments
to—
• Evaluate whether the 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
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.
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December 2009.
John H. Hanley,
Director, Legislative and Regulatory
Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
[OMB Control No. 3206–0194; Form RI 92–
22]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for an Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection:
AGENCY: Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice
announces that the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) intends to submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for review of an
existing information collection.
‘‘Annuity Supplement Earnings Report’’
(OMB Control No. 3206–0194; Form RI
92–22), is used each year to obtain the
earned income of each Federal
Employees Retirement System (FERS)
annuitant receiving an annuity
supplement. The annuity supplement is
paid to eligible FERS annuitants who
are not retired on disability and are not
yet age 62. The supplement
approximates the portion of a full career
Social Security benefit earned while
under FERS and ends at age 62. Like
Social Security benefits, the annuity
supplement is subject to an earnings
limitation.
Comments are particularly invited on:
Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of functions of the Office of Personnel
Management, and whether it will have
practical utility; whether our estimate of
the public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
and ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
We estimate 700 RI 92–22 forms are
completed annually. Each form requires
approximately 15 minutes to complete.
The annual estimated burden is 175
hours.
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For copies of this proposal, contact
Cyrus S. Benson on (202) 606–4808,
FAX (202) 606–0910 or via E-mail to
Cyrus.Benson@opm.gov. Please include
a mailing address with your request.
DATES: Comments on this proposal
should be received within 60 calendar
days from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments
to—James K. Freiert, Deputy Assistant
Director, Retirement Services Program,
Center for Retirement and Insurance
Services, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room
3305, Washington, DC 20415–3500.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT:
Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader,
Publications Team, RIS Support
Services/Support Group, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,
NW., Room 4H28, Washington, DC
20415, (202) 606–0623.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Notice of Extension of Federal Long
Term Care Insurance Program Special
Decision Period for Current Enrollees
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice of extension of federal
long term care insurance program
special decision period for current
enrollees.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) is announcing an
extension of the limited Special
Decision Period for current enrollees in
the Federal Long Term Care Insurance
Program (FLTCIP) who have the
automatic compound inflation option.
The initial deadline for changes under
the Special Decision Period was
December 14, 2009. It has been
extended through February 15, 2010 for
some enrollees with automatic
compound inflation and through March
15, 2010 for other enrollees who are
being individually notified by mail of
the extension of their Special Decision
Period. Both sets of enrollees are subject
to premium increases if they retain their
current coverage. Abbreviated
underwriting requirements have also
been extended. The effective date of
premium increases for automatic
compound inflation option enrollees
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has been extended from January 1, 2010
to March 1, 2010.
DATES: The Special Decision Period for
FLTCIP enrollees with the automatic
compound inflation option began
October 1, 2009 and has been extended
through February 15, 2010 for some
enrollees and through March 15, 2010
for other enrollees. The latter group will
be individually notified by mail
regarding an error in the initial
information packet they received from
Long Term Care Partners pertaining to
premium changes and available options.
They are being provided a second
information packet and additional time
to make their decisions. The effective
date of premium increases for enrollees
with the automatic compound inflation
option has been extended from January
1, 2010 to March 1, 2010. There are no
changes to the Special Decision Period
and effective dates for enrollees with the
future purchase option.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Enrollees may call 1–800–LTC–FEDS
(1–800–582–3337) (TTY: 1–800–843–
3557) or visit www.ltcfeds.com. For
purposes of this Federal Register notice
only, the contact at OPM is John Cutler,
Senior Policy Analyst, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, at
john.cutler@opm.gov or (202) 606–0004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 1, 2009, OPM published a
Federal Register Notice announcing a
limited Special Decision Period for
current enrollees in the Federal
Employees Long Term Care Insurance
Program. That notice may be found at 74
FR 50845: https://
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9–
23727.pdf.
The limited Special Decision Period is
solely for current enrollees. Provisions
in the October 1, 2009 Federal Register
notice pertaining to underwriting,
billing age, and premiums (other than
the changes noted below) remain the
same, as do other provisions in that
Notice. For example, enrollees who
make coverage changes outside of the
Special Decision Period may be subject
to full underwriting, as specified in
§ 875.403, and different premium
calculation rules.
Underwriting requirements:
Underwriting requirements remain
unchanged, except that for a special
decision period coverage change to
become effective, the active workforce
member must be actively at work at
least one day during the calendar month
immediately before the coverage
effective date. For example, for an
effective date of March 1, 2010, the
active workforce member must be
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actively at work at least one day during
the month of February 2010.
Effective date of changes to premium:
The effective date of premium increases
for enrollees with the automatic
compound inflation option will be
March 1, 2010, or the first day of the
month following approval of the
request, whichever is later. However, if
coverage changes result in a premium
decrease, the premium decrease will be
effective January 1, 2010. Billing will be
adjusted retroactively as needed for
coverage decreases requested after
January 1, 2010.
For enrollees with the future purchase
option who choose to accept the regular
biennial future purchase option offer or
to change their coverage, the effective
date of any changes remains January 1,
2010.
Effective date of changes to coverage:
The effective dates of coverage changes
specified in the Federal Register notice
issued October 1, 2009 remain
unchanged. Coverage changes that do
not require underwriting will be
effective January 1, 2010, regardless of
when the enrollee submits the Special
Decision Period request. Coverage
changes requiring underwriting will be
effective January 1, 2010, or the first day
of the month following approval of the
request, whichever is later.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9008; 5 CFR 875.402.
Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2010–14 and CP2010–13;
Order No. 351]
New Postal Product
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a
recently-filed Postal Service request to
add a bilateral agreement with Canada
Post to the Competitive Product List. A
related contract affects the delivery of
inbound surface parcel post and
Xpresspost. This notice addresses
procedural steps associated with these
filings.
DATES:
Comments are due: December 14,
2009.
Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot
submit their views electronically should
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contact the person identified in ‘‘FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’
by telephone for advice on alternatives
to electronic filing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202–789–6820 or
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filing
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On November 25, 2009, the Postal
Service filed a formal request pursuant
to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30
et seq. to add the Canada Post-United
States Postal Service Contractual
Bilateral Agreement for Inbound
Competitive Services (Bilateral
Agreement) to the Competitive Product
List.1 The Postal Service asserts that the
Bilateral Agreement is a competitive
product ‘‘not of general applicability’’
within the meaning of 39 U.S.C.
3632(b)(3). This Request has been
assigned Docket No. MC2010–14.
The Postal Service
contemporaneously filed notice,
pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39
CFR 3015.5, that the Governors have
established prices and classifications
not of general applicability for inbound
competitive services as reflected in the
Bilateral Agreement. More specifically,
the Bilateral Agreement, which has been
assigned Docket No. CP2010–13,
governs the exchange of Inbound Parcel
Post from Canada.
Existing agreement. The Postal
Service acknowledges an existing
bilateral agreement with Canada Post for
inbound competitive services, which is
set to expire at the end of calendar year
2009. Id. at 3. The Postal Service asserts
that the proposed MCS language in
Docket No. MC2010–14 ‘‘resembles the
language’’ for the existing bilateral
agreement and that the differences
‘‘reflect changes to certain operational
details’’ including a reclassification of
Canada Post’s ‘‘Xpresspost-USA’’
product from a market dominant
product to a competitive product. Id.
The Commission reviewed and
approved that bilateral agreement in
Docket Nos. CP2009–9 and MC2009–8.
The Commission had previously
approved the ‘‘Xpresspost-USA’’
product as a market dominant product
1 Request of United States Postal Service to Add
Canada Post-United States Postal Service
Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound
Competitive Services to the Competitive Product
List, and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) the Enabling
Governors’ Decision and Agreement, November 25,
2009 (Request).
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Notice of Extension of Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program
Special Decision Period for Current Enrollees
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of extension of federal long term care insurance program
special decision period for current enrollees.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is announcing an
extension of the limited Special Decision Period for current enrollees
in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) who have the
automatic compound inflation option. The initial deadline for changes
under the Special Decision Period was December 14, 2009. It has been
extended through February 15, 2010 for some enrollees with automatic
compound inflation and through March 15, 2010 for other enrollees who
are being individually notified by mail of the extension of their
Special Decision Period. Both sets of enrollees are subject to premium
increases if they retain their current coverage. Abbreviated
underwriting requirements have also been extended. The effective date
of premium increases for automatic compound inflation option enrollees
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has been extended from January 1, 2010 to March 1, 2010.
DATES: The Special Decision Period for FLTCIP enrollees with the
automatic compound inflation option began October 1, 2009 and has been
extended through February 15, 2010 for some enrollees and through March
15, 2010 for other enrollees. The latter group will be individually
notified by mail regarding an error in the initial information packet
they received from Long Term Care Partners pertaining to premium
changes and available options. They are being provided a second
information packet and additional time to make their decisions. The
effective date of premium increases for enrollees with the automatic
compound inflation option has been extended from January 1, 2010 to
March 1, 2010. There are no changes to the Special Decision Period and
effective dates for enrollees with the future purchase option.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enrollees may call 1-800-LTC-FEDS (1-
800-582-3337) (TTY: 1-800-843-3557) or visit www.ltcfeds.com. For
purposes of this Federal Register notice only, the contact at OPM is
John Cutler, Senior Policy Analyst, Strategic Human Resources Policy
Division, at john.cutler@opm.gov or (202) 606-0004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 1, 2009, OPM published a Federal
Register Notice announcing a limited Special Decision Period for
current enrollees in the Federal Employees Long Term Care Insurance
Program. That notice may be found at 74 FR 50845: https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-23727.pdf.
The limited Special Decision Period is solely for current
enrollees. Provisions in the October 1, 2009 Federal Register notice
pertaining to underwriting, billing age, and premiums (other than the
changes noted below) remain the same, as do other provisions in that
Notice. For example, enrollees who make coverage changes outside of the
Special Decision Period may be subject to full underwriting, as
specified in Sec. 875.403, and different premium calculation rules.
Underwriting requirements: Underwriting requirements remain
unchanged, except that for a special decision period coverage change to
become effective, the active workforce member must be actively at work
at least one day during the calendar month immediately before the
coverage effective date. For example, for an effective date of March 1,
2010, the active workforce member must be actively at work at least one
day during the month of February 2010.
Effective date of changes to premium: The effective date of premium
increases for enrollees with the automatic compound inflation option
will be March 1, 2010, or the first day of the month following approval
of the request, whichever is later. However, if coverage changes result
in a premium decrease, the premium decrease will be effective January
1, 2010. Billing will be adjusted retroactively as needed for coverage
decreases requested after January 1, 2010.
For enrollees with the future purchase option who choose to accept
the regular biennial future purchase option offer or to change their
coverage, the effective date of any changes remains January 1, 2010.
Effective date of changes to coverage: The effective dates of
coverage changes specified in the Federal Register notice issued
October 1, 2009 remain unchanged. Coverage changes that do not require
underwriting will be effective January 1, 2010, regardless of when the
enrollee submits the Special Decision Period request. Coverage changes
requiring underwriting will be effective January 1, 2010, or the first
day of the month following approval of the request, whichever is later.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9008; 5 CFR 875.402.
Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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