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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Comment Request;
Employee Benefit Plan Claims
Procedures Under ERISA
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AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the
Department), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA
95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides
the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
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assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the reporting burden on the public and
the public understand the Department’s
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format. Currently, the Employee
Benefits Security Administration
(EBSA) is soliciting comments on a
proposed extension of the current
approval of information collection
provisions incorporated in the
regulation pertaining to employee
benefit plan claims procedures under
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to G. Christopher Cosby, Office of Policy
and Research, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N–5647,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–8410; Fax: (202) 219–4745.
These are not toll-free numbers.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to the following Internet
e-mail address: ebsa.opr@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 503 of ERISA requires each
employee benefit plan to provide,
pursuant to regulations promulgated by
the Secretary of Labor, notice in writing
to any participant or beneficiary whose
claim for benefits under the plan has
been denied. The notice must set forth
the specific reasons for the denial and
must be written in a manner calculated
to be understood by the claimant. Plans
must also give a participant or
beneficiary whose claim has been
denied a reasonable opportunity to
obtain a full and fair review of any
benefit claim denial by the appropriate
named fiduciary.
The Department issued a regulation
pertaining to benefit claims procedures
in 1977 and amended that regulation in
a Notice of Final Rulemaking (NFRM)
published on November 21, 2000 (65 FR
70246). The regulation pertaining to
benefit claims procedures is codified at
29 CFR 2560.503–1. The regulation
requires plans to establish reasonable
claims procedures that meet specified
standards governing the timing and
content of notices and disclosures.
EBSA submitted an ICR for the
information collections in 29 CFR
2560.503–1 to the Office of Management
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and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance in connection with
publication of the NFRM, and OMB
approved the information collections
under OMB control number 1210–0053.
That approval is scheduled to expire on
April 30, 2010. After considering
comments received in response to this
notice, the Department intends to
submit an ICR to OMB to request
continuing approval. The public is not
required to respond to an information
collection unless it displays a valid
control number. No change to the
existing ICR is being proposed or made
at this time.
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., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Action
This notice requests comments on an
extension of OMB’s approval of the
information collections included in 29
CFR 2560.503–1. 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:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Employee Benefit Plan Claims
Procedures under ERISA.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–0053.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 5,900,000.
Responses: 321,000,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
529,000.
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Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance):
$423,052,000.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of the ICR; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 11, 2010.
Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research,
Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010–588 Filed 1–13–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of proposed data
collection.
The U.S. Department of
Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation process to provide the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
process helps ensure that requested data
can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burdens are minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently the Office
of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
is soliciting comments concerning a
proposed data collection for the
following survey: 2009 NATIONAL
SURVEY OF PUBLIC ATTITUDES
SUMMARY:
TOWARD PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
March 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Richard Horne, U.S.
Department of Labor, Office of Disability
Employment Policy, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Suite S–1303,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–7880. This is not a toll-free
number. E-mail: horne.richard@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Horne, telephone: (202) 693–
7880, e-mail: horne.richard@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This survey project is a central part of
the Task Order DOLU8942143, entitled
2009 National Survey of Public
Attitudes toward People with
Disabilities. This Task Order is being
administered by the Office of Disability
Employment Policy (ODEP), a federal
agency in the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) and the lead agency in DOL’s
implementation of the employmentrelated goals of the President. ODEP’s
vision is to provide national leadership
to increase employment opportunities
for adults and youth with disabilities
while striving to eliminate barriers to
their employment. Social Dynamics LLC
is contracted to design and implement
the 2009 National Survey of Public
Attitudes toward People with
Disabilities.
This data collection is authorized
pursuant to Public Law 106–554 which
direct the Office of Disability Policy to
provide initiatives to ‘‘further the
objective of eliminating employment
barriers to the training and employment
of people with disabilities.’’
II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department is particularly
interested in comments which:
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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Action
This proposed collection ICR covers:
The Survey of Public Attitudes Toward
People With Disabilities (PWD). The
survey will build on the findings of
previous surveys, with an emphasis on
current attitudes and behaviors of
people toward PWD. The survey will be
conducted by telephone utilizing
computer assisted telephone
interviewing (CATI). The survey will
also solicit free-text comments from
respondents regarding their attitudes
toward PWD in the workplace.
Agency: Office of Disability
Employment Policy.
Titles: Survey of Public Attitudes
Toward People with Disabilities.
OMB Number: Pending.
Frequency: One time.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: People between 18
and 64 years of age.
Number of Respondents: 1,600.
EXHIBIT A–1—ESTIMATED HOUR AND ANNUAL COST RESPONSE BURDEN
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Data collection activity
Annual burden
hours
Hours per response
Annual burden
(cost)
9
1,600
2,847
1
1
1
15 min ..............................................
15 min ..............................................
5 min ................................................
2.25
400
237.25
$41.31
7,344
4,356
Total ...........................................
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National survey .................................
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54,270
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.
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Description: Changes instituted with
the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 have made workplace
discrimination against people with
disabilities illegal, while guaranteeing
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their right to special accommodations in
the workplace. Still, data continue to
show low levels of employment and pay
of people with disabilities when
compared to people without disabilities.
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[FR Doc No: 2010-588]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request;
Employee Benefit Plan Claims Procedures Under ERISA
AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. This
helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection
requirements and minimize the reporting burden on the public and the
public understand the Department's information collection requirements
and provide the requested data in the desired format. Currently, the
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is soliciting comments
on a proposed extension of the current approval of information
collection provisions incorporated in the regulation pertaining to
employee benefit plan claims procedures under 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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to G. Christopher Cosby, Office
of Policy and Research, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-5647,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-8410; Fax: (202) 219-4745.
These are not toll-free numbers. Comments may also be submitted
electronically to the following Internet e-mail address:
ebsa.opr@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 503 of ERISA requires each employee benefit plan to
provide, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor,
notice in writing to any participant or beneficiary whose claim for
benefits under the plan has been denied. The notice must set forth the
specific reasons for the denial and must be written in a manner
calculated to be understood by the claimant. Plans must also give a
participant or beneficiary whose claim has been denied a reasonable
opportunity to obtain a full and fair review of any benefit claim
denial by the appropriate named fiduciary.
The Department issued a regulation pertaining to benefit claims
procedures in 1977 and amended that regulation in a Notice of Final
Rulemaking (NFRM) published on November 21, 2000 (65 FR 70246). The
regulation pertaining to benefit claims procedures is codified at 29
CFR 2560.503-1. The regulation requires plans to establish reasonable
claims procedures that meet specified standards governing the timing
and content of notices and disclosures. EBSA submitted an ICR for the
information collections in 29 CFR 2560.503-1 to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in connection with
publication of the NFRM, and OMB approved the information collections
under OMB control number 1210-0053. That approval is scheduled to
expire on April 30, 2010. After considering comments received in
response to this notice, the Department intends to submit an ICR to OMB
to request continuing approval. The public is not required to respond
to an information collection unless it displays a valid control number.
No change to the existing ICR is being proposed or made at this time.
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., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Action
This notice requests comments on an extension of OMB's approval of
the information collections included in 29 CFR 2560.503-1. 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:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of
Labor.
Title: Employee Benefit Plan Claims Procedures under ERISA.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210-0053.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions.
Respondents: 5,900,000.
Responses: 321,000,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 529,000.
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Estimated Total Burden Cost (Operating and Maintenance):
$423,052,000.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 11, 2010.
Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research, Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-588 Filed 1-13-10; 8:45 am]
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