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dividing the number representing
Bureau of Prisons facilities’ monetary
obligation (excluding activation costs)
by the number of inmate-days incurred
for the preceding fiscal year, and then
by multiplying the quotient by 365. In
2012, however, there were 366 days, so
we multiply the quotient by 366 for
2012.
Under § 505.2, the Director of the
Bureau of Prisons determined that,
based upon fiscal year 2012 data, the fee
to cover the average cost of
incarceration for Federal inmates in
Fiscal Year 2012 was $29,027.46 ($79.31
per day). (Please note: There were 366
days in FY 2012.) The average annual
cost to confine an inmate in a
Community Corrections Center for
Fiscal Year 2012 was $27,003 ($73.78
per day).
Charles E. Samuels, Jr.,
Director, Bureau of Prisons.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection Request Submitted for
Public Comment
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
helps the public understand the
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format. Currently, the
Department is soliciting comments on
the information collection requests
(ICRs) described in this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
Addresses section on or before October
15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
regarding the information collection
request 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.,
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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 email address:
ebsa.opr@dol.gov. A copy of the ICRs
may be obtained free of charge by
contacting 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,
email: ebsa.opr@dol.gov. These are not
toll-free numbers. The ICRs also are
available at refinfo.gov (https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice seeks public comment on the
requests for extension of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of ICRs described in this
notice. The Department is not proposing
any changes to the existing ICRs at this
time. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. A summary of the ICRs and
their current burden estimates follows:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Notice to Employees of
Coverage Options under Fair Labor
Standards Act Section 18B.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0149.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 6,160,461.
Responses: 72,484,292.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
374,502.
Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance):
$12,229,992.
Description: Many provisions of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Affordable Care Act) that become
effective beginning in 2014 are designed
to expand access to affordable health
coverage. These include provisions for
coverage to be offered through a Health
Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace),
premium tax credits to assist
individuals in purchasing such
coverage, employer notice to employees
of coverage options available through
the Marketplace, and other related
provisions. The Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services (HHS), and
the Treasury are working together to
develop coordinated regulations and
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other administrative guidance to assist
stakeholders with implementation of the
Affordable Care Act.
Beginning January 1, 2014,
individuals and employees of small
businesses will have access to affordable
coverage through a new competitive
private health insurance market—the
Health Insurance Marketplace. The
Marketplace offers one-stop shopping to
find and compare private health
insurance options. Open enrollment for
health insurance coverage through the
Marketplace begins October 1, 2013.
Section 1512 of the Affordable Care
Act creates a new Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA) section 18B requiring a
notice to employees of coverage options
available through the Marketplace. On
May 8, 2013, the Department issued
Technical Release 2013–2, which
provides temporary guidance regarding
the notice requirement under FLSA
section 18B and announces the
availability of the Model Notice to
Employees of Coverage Options.
On May 10, 2013, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the model notice under OMB
Control Number 1210–0149 pursuant to
the emergency procedures for review
and clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5
CFR 1320.13. OMB approval of the
revision currently is scheduled to expire
on November 30, 2013.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Annual Funding Notice for
Defined Benefit Plans.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0126.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 27,534.
Responses: 77,989,123.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
977,000.
Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance):
$26,845,755.
Description: On July 6, 2012,
President Barrack Obama signed the
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st
Century Act (MAP–21). The new law
provides funding interest-rate
stabilization for single employer defined
benefit (DB) plans, effective for plan
years beginning on and after January 1,
2012. To counter the current low
interest rates that are triggering
significantly larger pension
contributions for many plan sponsors,
the MAP–21 sets a floor (or ceiling) for
the interest rates that single employer
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DB plan administrators generally are
required to use to calculate
contributions. Under the new rules, the
generally required interest rates are
limited to rates that are within a
specified range, or corridor, above or
below a 25-year average for the rates.
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA) section 101(f) sets
forth the requirements for plan
administrators of most single-employer
DB plans to furnish annual funding
notices to the PBGC, plan participants
and beneficiaries, and each labor
organization representing such
participants or beneficiaries. MAP–21
section 40211(b)(2)(A) has amended
ERISA section 101(f)(2), by adding a
new subparagraph (D), to require singleemployer DB plan administrators to
disclose additional information in the
annual funding notice for a plan year
beginning after December 31, 2011, and
before January 1, 2015, regarding the
effect of the MAP–21 segment rate
stabilization rules on plan liabilities and
the plan sponsor’s minimum required
contributions to the plan. MAP–21
section 40211(b)(2)(B) requires the
Department to modify the model annual
funding notice required under Pension
Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) section
501(c) to include, prominently, the
supplemental information required
under new ERISA section 101(f)(2)(D).
On March 8, 2013, the Department
released EBSA Field Assistance Bulletin
(FAB) 2013–01 concerning the new
disclosure requirements mandated the
MAP–21. The FAB addresses a need for
interim guidance pending the adoption
of regulations or other guidance under
ERISA section 101(f), as amended by the
MAP–21. The FAB sets forth technical
questions and answers and provides a
model supplement that plan
administrators may use to discharge
their MAP–21 disclosure obligations
and provides that, pending further
guidance and as a matter of enforcement
policy, the Department will treat a
single employer DB plan administrator
as satisfying MAP–21 requirements if
the plan administrator complies with
the guidance in the memorandum and
otherwise acts in accordance with a
good faith and reasonable interpretation
of those requirements.
On April 19, 2013, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the model supplement as a
revision to OMB Control Number 1210–
0126 under the emergency procedures
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35) and 5 CFR 1320.13. OMB approval
of the revision currently is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2013.
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Desired Focus of Comments
The 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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the ICR for OMB approval
of the extension of the information
collection; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: August 8, 2013.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of a Public Meeting of the
Advisory Committee on
Apprenticeship (ACA)
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 10 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2 § 10), notice is
hereby given to announce a public
meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Apprenticeship (ACA) on Tuesday,
September 17, 2013 and Thursday,
September 19, 2013. The ACA is a
discretionary committee established by
the Secretary of Labor, in accordance
with FACA, as amended in 5 U.S.C.
App. 2, and its implementing
regulations (41 CFR parts 101–6 and
102–3). All meetings of the ACA are
open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will begin at
approximately 1:30 p.m. Eastern
SUMMARY:
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Standard Time on Tuesday, September
17, 2013, via webinar, and will continue
until approximately 4:00 p.m. The
meeting will reconvene on Thursday,
September 19, 2013, at the U.S.
Department of Labor, at approximately
8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and
adjourn at approximately 4:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Designated Federal Official, Mr. John V.
Ladd, Administrator, Office of
Apprenticeship, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room N–5311,
Washington, DC 20210, Telephone:
(202) 693–2796 (this is not a toll-free
number).
In order to
promote cost savings, the ACA will
convene virtually on Tuesday,
September 17, 2013, and face-to-face at
the U.S. Department of Labor on
September 19, 2013. The first day of the
meeting will take place via webinar and
audio-video conference technology.
Web and audio instructions to
participate in this meeting will be
prominently posted on the OA
homepage: https://www.doleta.gov/oa/.
Members of the public are encouraged
to attend the meeting virtually. For
members of the public wishing to attend
in person, a listening room with limited
seating will be made available upon
request. The location for the listening
room will be: U.S. Department of Labor,
Frances Perkins Building, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. (Please consult the Security
Instructions for the Frances Perkins
Building below). The second first day of
the meeting will take place at the
Department of Labor, Frances Perkins
Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC, 20210, Room, C5515.
Members of the public are encouraged
to arrive early to allow for security
clearance into the Francis Perkins
Building.
Security Instructions for June 6, 2013
at the Frances Perkins Building: Meeting
participants should use the visitor’s
entrance to access Frances Perkins
Building, one block north of
Constitution Avenue on at 3rd and C
Streets NW. For security purposes
meeting participants must:
1. Present a valid photo ID to receive
a visitor badge.
2. Know the name of the event you are
attending: the meeting event is the
Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship.
3. Visitor badges are issued by the
security officer at the Visitor Entrance
located at 3rd and C Streets NW. When
you receive your visitor badge, the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted
for Public Comment
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 helps
the public understand the information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the desired format. Currently, the
Department is soliciting comments on the information collection
requests (ICRs) described in this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office shown in the
Addresses section on or before October 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments regarding the information
collection request 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., 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 email address:
ebsa.opr@dol.gov. A copy of the ICRs may be obtained free of charge by
contacting 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, email:
ebsa.opr@dol.gov. These are not toll-free numbers. The ICRs also are
available at refinfo.gov (https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice seeks public comment on the
requests for extension of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of ICRs described in this notice. The Department is not
proposing any changes to the existing ICRs at this time. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an
information collection unless it displays a valid OMB control number. A
summary of the ICRs and their current burden estimates follows:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of
Labor.
Title: Notice to Employees of Coverage Options under Fair Labor
Standards Act Section 18B.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0149.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 6,160,461.
Responses: 72,484,292.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 374,502.
Estimated Total Burden Cost (Operating and Maintenance):
$12,229,992.
Description: Many provisions of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) that become effective
beginning in 2014 are designed to expand access to affordable health
coverage. These include provisions for coverage to be offered through a
Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace), premium tax credits to
assist individuals in purchasing such coverage, employer notice to
employees of coverage options available through the Marketplace, and
other related provisions. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the Treasury are working together to develop
coordinated regulations and other administrative guidance to assist
stakeholders with implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Beginning January 1, 2014, individuals and employees of small
businesses will have access to affordable coverage through a new
competitive private health insurance market--the Health Insurance
Marketplace. The Marketplace offers one-stop shopping to find and
compare private health insurance options. Open enrollment for health
insurance coverage through the Marketplace begins October 1, 2013.
Section 1512 of the Affordable Care Act creates a new Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA) section 18B requiring a notice to employees of
coverage options available through the Marketplace. On May 8, 2013, the
Department issued Technical Release 2013-2, which provides temporary
guidance regarding the notice requirement under FLSA section 18B and
announces the availability of the Model Notice to Employees of Coverage
Options.
On May 10, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved
the model notice under OMB Control Number 1210-0149 pursuant to the
emergency procedures for review and clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35)
and 5 CFR 1320.13. OMB approval of the revision currently is scheduled
to expire on November 30, 2013.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of
Labor.
Title: Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Plans.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0126.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 27,534.
Responses: 77,989,123.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 977,000.
Estimated Total Burden Cost (Operating and Maintenance):
$26,845,755.
Description: On July 6, 2012, President Barrack Obama signed the
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The new law
provides funding interest-rate stabilization for single employer
defined benefit (DB) plans, effective for plan years beginning on and
after January 1, 2012. To counter the current low interest rates that
are triggering significantly larger pension contributions for many plan
sponsors, the MAP-21 sets a floor (or ceiling) for the interest rates
that single employer
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DB plan administrators generally are required to use to calculate
contributions. Under the new rules, the generally required interest
rates are limited to rates that are within a specified range, or
corridor, above or below a 25-year average for the rates.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) section
101(f) sets forth the requirements for plan administrators of most
single-employer DB plans to furnish annual funding notices to the PBGC,
plan participants and beneficiaries, and each labor organization
representing such participants or beneficiaries. MAP-21 section
40211(b)(2)(A) has amended ERISA section 101(f)(2), by adding a new
subparagraph (D), to require single-employer DB plan administrators to
disclose additional information in the annual funding notice for a plan
year beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2015,
regarding the effect of the MAP-21 segment rate stabilization rules on
plan liabilities and the plan sponsor's minimum required contributions
to the plan. MAP-21 section 40211(b)(2)(B) requires the Department to
modify the model annual funding notice required under Pension
Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) section 501(c) to include, prominently,
the supplemental information required under new ERISA section
101(f)(2)(D).
On March 8, 2013, the Department released EBSA Field Assistance
Bulletin (FAB) 2013-01 concerning the new disclosure requirements
mandated the MAP-21. The FAB addresses a need for interim guidance
pending the adoption of regulations or other guidance under ERISA
section 101(f), as amended by the MAP-21. The FAB sets forth technical
questions and answers and provides a model supplement that plan
administrators may use to discharge their MAP-21 disclosure obligations
and provides that, pending further guidance and as a matter of
enforcement policy, the Department will treat a single employer DB plan
administrator as satisfying MAP-21 requirements if the plan
administrator complies with the guidance in the memorandum and
otherwise acts in accordance with a good faith and reasonable
interpretation of those requirements.
On April 19, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the model supplement as a revision to OMB Control Number 1210-
0126 under the emergency procedures for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.13. OMB approval of the revision
currently is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2013.
Desired Focus of Comments
The 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.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the ICR for OMB approval of the extension of the
information collection; they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 8, 2013.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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