Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Termination of Single-Employer Plans, Missing Participants, 77171-77172 [2013-30341]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 245 / Friday, December 20, 2013 / Notices 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: December 12, 2013. Yoon Ferguson, Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor. [FR Doc. 2013–30292 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–CH–P NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION [NARA–2014–011] Proposed Disposal of George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administration Electronic Backup Tapes Office of Presidential Libraries, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ACTION: Presidential Records Act notice of proposed disposal of George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administration Disaster Recovery Backup Tapes; final agency action. AGENCY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is issuing this final notice to dispose of a collection of disaster recovery backup tapes from the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations under the provisions of 44 U.S.C. 2203(f)(3). The notice of proposed disposal of this collection of disaster recovery backup tapes was published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2013 (78 FR 125, p. 39016), and contains a detailed description of this issue. NARA received no comments on the proposed notice, and is therefore proceeding with this notice of final agency action. DATES: This notice will be effective and the disposal will occur on or after February 18, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director of Presidential Libraries Susan K. Donius; National Archives and Records Administration, Suite 2200; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, Maryland 20740–6001; by telephone at 301–837–3250; by fax to 301–837–3199; or by email to beth.fidler@nara.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NARA published a ‘‘Presidential Records Act notice of Proposed Disposal of George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administration Electronic Backup Tapes’’ on June 28, 2013, in the Federal Register (78 FR 125) for a 45 day comment period. NARA received no written comments. emcdonald on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:44 Dec 19, 2013 Jkt 232001 NARA has determined that further retention of these disaster recovery backup tapes is not warranted. The Presidential and Federal electronic mail with attachments, pager, and calendar records residing on these backup tapes were previously restored and NARA will permanently retain those Presidential and Federal records on a different set of electronic media. Because the backup tapes proposed for disposal were made for disaster recovery purposes and the restoration project was completed in 1996, NARA is following the normal disposal processes established in General Records Schedules 20 and 24 for Federal record backup tapes. NARA will proceed to dispose of 22,907 All-In-One backup tapes created during the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations by OA staff as specified in the February 18, 2014 of this notice, because NARA has determined that they lack sufficient administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value. This notice constitutes NARA’s final agency action pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2203(f)(3). Dated: December 16, 2013. David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. [FR Doc. 2013–30371 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7515–01–P PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Termination of Single-Employer Plans, Missing Participants Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. ACTION: Notice of request for extension of OMB approval, with modifications. AGENCY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under the Paperwork Reduction Act, extend approval, with modifications, of a collection of information in its regulations on Termination of Single Employer Plans and Missing Participants, and implementing forms and instructions (OMB control number 1212–0036, expires December 31, 2013). This notice informs the public of PBGC’s request and solicits public comment on the collection of information. DATES: Comments should be submitted by January 21, 2014. ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77171 Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, via electronic mail at OIRA_DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395– 6974. A copy of the request (including the collection of information) is posted at https://www.pbgc.gov/res/lawsandregulations/information-collections under-omb-review.html. It may also be obtained without charge by writing to the Disclosure Division of the Office of the General Counsel of PBGC at the above address, visiting the Disclosure Division, faxing a request to 202–326– 4042, or calling 202–326–4040 during normal business hours. (TTY and TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be connected to 202–326–4040.) The Disclosure Division will email, fax, or mail the request to you, as you request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Amato Burns, Attorney (326–4400, ext. 3072) or Catherine B. Klion, Assistant General Counsel (326–4400, ext. 3041), Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326–4400 (TTY and TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be connected to 202–326–4400.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 4041 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), a single-employer pension plan may terminate voluntarily only if it satisfies the requirements for either a standard or a distress termination. Pursuant to ERISA section 4041(b), for standard terminations, and section 4041(c), for distress terminations, and PBGC’s termination regulation (29 CFR part 4041), a plan administrator wishing to terminate a plan is required to submit specified information to PBGC in support of the proposed termination and to provide specified information regarding the proposed termination to third parties (participants, beneficiaries, alternate payees, and employee organizations). In the case of a plan with participants or beneficiaries who cannot be located when their benefits are to be distributed, the plan administrator is subject to the requirements of ERISA section 4050 and PBGC’s missing participants regulation (29 CFR part 4050). These regulations may be found on PBGC’s Web site at https://www.pbgc.gov/res/laws-andregulations/code-of-federalregulations.html. The collection of information under these regulations and the implementing forms and instructions has been E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1 77172 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 245 / Friday, December 20, 2013 / Notices approved by OMB under control number 1212–0036 (expires December 31, 2013). PBGC is requesting that OMB extend its approval for three years, with modifications. 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. The modifications include a new requirement that plan administrators of plans terminating in a standard termination attach copies of the Notice of Intent to Terminate and sample Notices of Plan Benefits to the Standard Termination Notice (Form 500) filed with PBGC. PBGC is reorganizing the distress termination forms and instructions, including removing information items that PBGC no longer needs or can gather in other ways, adding a few information items that PBGC typically has been requesting as additional information under 29 CFR 4041.45(c), and moving some information items from one form to another. PBGC is also making clarifying, simplifying, editorial, and other changes to the current standard termination, distress termination, and missing participants forms and instructions. PBGC estimates that 1,430 plan administrators will be subject to the collection of information requirements in PBGC’s regulations on termination and missing participants and implementing forms and instructions each year, and that the total annual burden of complying with these requirements is 1,667 hours and $2,761,200. Issued in Washington, DC, this 16th day of December 2013. Judith Starr, General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. [FR Doc. 2013–30341 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7709–02–P OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT National Council on Federal LaborManagement Relations Meeting emcdonald on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES The meetings will start at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time and will be held in Room 1350, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415. Interested parties should consult the Council Web site at www.lmrcouncil.gov for the latest information on Council activities, including changes in meeting dates. The Council is an advisory body composed of representatives of Federal employee organizations, Federal management organizations, and senior Government officials. The Council was established by Executive Order 13522, entitled, ‘‘Creating Labor-Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services,’’ which was signed by the President on December 9, 2009. Along with its other responsibilities, the Council assists in the implementation of labormanagement forums throughout the Government and makes recommendations to the President on innovative ways to improve delivery of services and products to the public, while cutting costs and advancing employee interests. The Council is cochaired by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget. At its meetings, the Council will continue its work in promoting cooperative and productive relationships between labor and management in the executive branch by carrying out the responsibilities and functions listed in section 1(b) of the Executive Order. The meetings are open to the public. Please contact the Office of Personnel Management at the address shown below if you wish to present material to the Council at the meeting. The manner and time prescribed for presentations may be limited, depending upon the number of parties that express interest in presenting information. Tim Curry, Deputy Associate Director for Partnership and Labor Relations, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 7H28, Washington, DC 20415; phone at (202) 606–2930; or email at PLR@opm.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations plans to meet on the following dates— Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. SUMMARY: Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. For the National Council. Katherine Archuleta, Director. [FR Doc. 2013–30417 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325–39–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:44 Dec 19, 2013 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. CP2014–13; Order No. 1907] New Postal Product Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning a contract with Canada for the delivery of inbound Expedited Parcels USA and Express Mail Services (EMS). This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps. DATES: Comments are due: December 23, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing alternatives. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Contents of Filing III. Commission Action IV. Ordering Paragraphs I. Introduction On December 13, 2013, the Postal Service filed Notice, pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5, that it has entered into a successor negotiated service agreement (Agreement) with Canada’s foreign postal operator, Canada Post Corporation (Canada Post).1 The Postal Service seeks to have the inbound portion of the Agreement, which concerns delivery of inbound Expedited Parcels USA and Express Mail Services (EMS) in the United States, included within the Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreements with Foreign Postal Operators 1 (MC2010–34) product on the competitive product list. Notice at 1, 3. II. Contents of Filing The Postal Service’s filing consists of the Notice, financial workpapers, and four attachments.2 Attachment 1 is an 1 Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing Functionally Equivalent Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreement with a Foreign Postal Operator, December 13, 2013 (Notice). 2 The financial workpapers and Attachments 2 and 4 were filed in redacted and unredacted versions. Terms and conditions associated with E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77171-77172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30341]


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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION


Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment 
Request; Termination of Single-Employer Plans, Missing Participants

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of request for extension of OMB approval, with 
modifications.

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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting 
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, extend approval, with modifications, of a collection of 
information in its regulations on Termination of Single Employer Plans 
and Missing Participants, and implementing forms and instructions (OMB 
control number 1212-0036, expires December 31, 2013). This notice 
informs the public of PBGC's request and solicits public comment on the 
collection of information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted by January 21, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk 
Officer for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, via electronic mail 
at OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
    A copy of the request (including the collection of information) is 
posted at https://www.pbgc.gov/res/laws-andregulations/information-collections under-omb-review.html. It may also be obtained without 
charge by writing to the Disclosure Division of the Office of the 
General Counsel of PBGC at the above address, visiting the Disclosure 
Division, faxing a request to 202-326-4042, or calling 202-326-4040 
during normal business hours. (TTY and TDD users may call the Federal 
relay service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 
202-326-4040.) The Disclosure Division will email, fax, or mail the 
request to you, as you request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Amato Burns, Attorney (326-4400, 
ext. 3072) or Catherine B. Klion, Assistant General Counsel (326-4400, 
ext. 3041), Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation, 1200 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202-326-4400 (TTY 
and TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1-800-
877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4400.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 4041 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), a single-
employer pension plan may terminate voluntarily only if it satisfies 
the requirements for either a standard or a distress termination. 
Pursuant to ERISA section 4041(b), for standard terminations, and 
section 4041(c), for distress terminations, and PBGC's termination 
regulation (29 CFR part 4041), a plan administrator wishing to 
terminate a plan is required to submit specified information to PBGC in 
support of the proposed termination and to provide specified 
information regarding the proposed termination to third parties 
(participants, beneficiaries, alternate payees, and employee 
organizations). In the case of a plan with participants or 
beneficiaries who cannot be located when their benefits are to be 
distributed, the plan administrator is subject to the requirements of 
ERISA section 4050 and PBGC's missing participants regulation (29 CFR 
part 4050). These regulations may be found on PBGC's Web site at https://www.pbgc.gov/res/laws-and-regulations/code-of-federal-regulations.html.
    The collection of information under these regulations and the 
implementing forms and instructions has been

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approved by OMB under control number 1212-0036 (expires December 31, 
2013). PBGC is requesting that OMB extend its approval for three years, 
with modifications. 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.
    The modifications include a new requirement that plan 
administrators of plans terminating in a standard termination attach 
copies of the Notice of Intent to Terminate and sample Notices of Plan 
Benefits to the Standard Termination Notice (Form 500) filed with PBGC. 
PBGC is reorganizing the distress termination forms and instructions, 
including removing information items that PBGC no longer needs or can 
gather in other ways, adding a few information items that PBGC 
typically has been requesting as additional information under 29 CFR 
4041.45(c), and moving some information items from one form to another. 
PBGC is also making clarifying, simplifying, editorial, and other 
changes to the current standard termination, distress termination, and 
missing participants forms and instructions.
    PBGC estimates that 1,430 plan administrators will be subject to 
the collection of information requirements in PBGC's regulations on 
termination and missing participants and implementing forms and 
instructions each year, and that the total annual burden of complying 
with these requirements is 1,667 hours and $2,761,200.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 16th day of December 2013.
Judith Starr,
General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2013-30341 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
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