Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Termination of Single-Employer Plans, Missing Participants, 45912-45913 [2017-20927]

Download as PDF 45912 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices NRC-regulated hazard (radiological or chemical).15 2. An NRC-ordered safety-related or security-related immediate remedial action. C. Events Involving the Medical Use of Radioactive Materials in Patients or Human Research Subjects.16 1. A medical event, as defined in § 35.3045, which results in a dose that: (a) Is equal to or greater than 1 gray (Gy) (100 rad) to a major portion of the bone marrow or to the lens of the eye; or equal to or greater than 2.5 Gy (250 rad) to the gonads; or (b) Exceeds, by 10 Gy (1,000 rad), the expected dose to any other organ or tissue from the administration defined in the written directive; and 2. A medical event, as defined in § 35.3045, which involves: (a) A dose or dosage that is at least 50 percent greater than that prescribed, or (b) A prescribed dose or dosage that: (i) Uses the wrong radiopharmaceutical or unsealed byproduct material; or (ii) Is delivered by the wrong route of administration; or (iii) Is delivered to the wrong treatment site; or (iv) Is delivered by the wrong treatment mode; or (v) Is from a leaking source or sources; or (vi) Is delivered to the wrong individual or human research subject. Appendix B: Other Events of Interest sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES This appendix discusses other events of interest that do not meet the criteria for abnormal occurrences (AOs) in Appendix A to this policy statement. The Commission may determine that events other than AOs may be of interest to Congress and the public and should be included in an appendix to the AO report as ‘‘Other Events of Interest.’’ Such events may include, but are not necessarily limited to, events that do not meet the AO 15 High-consequence events for facilities licensed under 10 CFR part 70, ‘‘Domestic licensing of special nuclear material,’’ are those that could seriously harm the worker or a member of the public in accordance with § 70.61, ‘‘Performance requirements.’’ The integrated safety analysis conducted and maintained by the licensee or applicant of 10 CFR part 70 fuel cycle facilities identifies such hazards and the safety controls (§ 70.62(c)) applied to meet the performance requirements in accordance with § 70.61(b) through (d). Fuel cycle facilities licensed under 10 CFR part 40, ‘‘Domestic licensing of source material,’’ or certified under 10 CFR part 76, ‘‘Certification of gaseous diffusion plants,’’ have licensing basis documents that describe facility specific hazards, consequences, and those controls used to prevent or mitigate the consequences of such accidents. For these facilities, a high-consequence event would be a release that has the potential to cause acute radiological or chemical exposures to a worker or a member of the public similar to that defined in Appendix A to Chapter 3, Section A.2, of NUREG 1520, Revision 2, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities License Applications—Final Report,’’ issued June 2015, under ‘‘Consequence Category 3 (High Consequences)’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML15176A258). 16 Criteria III.A.2, III.A.3, and III.A.4 also apply to medical licensees. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:01 Sep 29, 2017 Jkt 244001 criteria but that have been perceived by Congress or the public to be of high health or safety significance, have received significant media coverage, or have caused the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to increase its attention to or oversight of a program area, or a group of similar events that have resulted in licensed materials entering the public domain in an uncontrolled manner. [FR Doc. 2017–21043 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Termination of SingleEmployer Plans, Missing Participants Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. ACTION: Notice of intent to request extension of OMB approval. AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) extend approval (with modifications), under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, of a collection of information in its regulations on Termination of SingleEmployer Plans and Missing Participants, and implementing forms and instructions. This notice informs the public of PBGC’s intent and solicits public comment on the collection of information. SUMMARY: Comments should be submitted by December 1, 2017. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site instructions for submitting comments. • Email: paperwork.comments@ pbgc.gov. • Mail or Hand Delivery: Office of General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20005–4026. PBGC will make all comments available on its Web site at www.pbgc.gov. Copies of the collection of information may be obtained without charge by writing to the Disclosure Division of the Office of the General Counsel of PBGC at the above address or by visiting that office 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 DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 202–326–4040.) The regulations and forms and instructions relating to this collection of information are available on PBGC’s Web site at www.pbgc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Amato Burns (burns.jo.amato@ pbgc.gov), Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20005– 4026, 202 326–4400, ext. 3072, or Daniel S. Liebman (daniel.liebman@pbgc.gov), Acting Assistant General Counsel, same address and phone number, ext. 6510. TTY and TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 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, 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 regulation on missing participants (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 approved by OMB under control number 1212–0036 (expires November 30, 2017). 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. PBGC is proposing to provide that the plan administrator of a plan terminating in a standard termination, or a distress termination that closes out in the private sector, may submit termination forms electronically (scanned and emailed or faxed), rather than by mail or E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2017 / Notices sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES personal delivery only. PBGC is proposing this new submission provision to increase the ease of submission for plan administrators. In addition, PBGC is proposing to include an opportunity for plan sponsors to contact PBGC for a pre-filing consultation to discuss the filing process and ensure the filing of a distress termination is appropriate given the sponsor’s specific circumstances. This consultation will assist PBGC and the plan sponsor in exploring whether a waiver of one or more filing obligations is appropriate, identifying potential issues preventing a distress termination of a particular plan, and may indicate that commencement of an agency-initiated termination of the pension plan is warranted. This consultation will be voluntary and will result in little or no added burden on the plan sponsor. PBGC estimates that 1,276 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 will be 1,560 hours and $1,350,400. 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 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. Issued in Washington, DC, by Stephanie Cibinic, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. [FR Doc. 2017–20927 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7709–02–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:01 Sep 29, 2017 Jkt 244001 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [MC2017–207 and CP2017–315; MC2017– 208 and CP2017–316; MC2017–209 and CP2017–317; MC2017–210 and CP2017–318; MC2017–211 and CP2017–319; MC2017–212 and CP2017–320] New Postal Products Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission’s consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps. DATES: Comments are due: October 4, 2017. SUMMARY: 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. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Docketed Proceeding(s) I. Introduction The Commission gives notice that the Postal Service filed request(s) for the Commission to consider matters related to negotiated service agreement(s). The request(s) may propose the addition or removal of a negotiated service agreement from the market dominant or the competitive product list, or the modification of an existing product currently appearing on the market dominant or the competitive product list. Section II identifies the docket number(s) associated with each Postal Service request, the title of each Postal Service request, the request’s acceptance date, and the authority cited by the Postal Service for each request. For each request, the Commission appoints an officer of the Commission to represent the interests of the general public in the proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 (Public Representative). Section II also establishes comment deadline(s) pertaining to each request. The public portions of the Postal Service’s request(s) can be accessed via the Commission’s Web site (https:// PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45913 www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, can be accessed through compliance with the requirements of 39 CFR 3007.40. The Commission invites comments on whether the Postal Service’s request(s) in the captioned docket(s) are consistent with the policies of title 39. For request(s) that the Postal Service states concern market dominant product(s), applicable statutory and regulatory requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3010, and 39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. For request(s) that the Postal Service states concern competitive product(s), applicable statutory and regulatory requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 39 CFR part 3020, subpart B. Comment deadline(s) for each request appear in section II. II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 1. Docket No(s).: MC2017–207 and CP2017–315; Filing Title: Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contract 361 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of Unredacted Governors’ Decision, Contract, and Supporting Data; Filing Acceptance Date: September 26, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: October 4, 2017. 2. Docket No(s).: MC2017–208 and CP2017–316; Filing Title: Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contract 362 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of Unredacted Governors’ Decision, Contract, and Supporting Data; Filing Acceptance Date: September 26, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: October 4, 2017. 3. Docket No(s).: MC2017–209 and CP2017–317; Filing Title: Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contract 363 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of Unredacted Governors’ Decision, Contract, and Supporting Data; Filing Acceptance Date: September 26, 2017; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq.; Public Representative: Katalin K. Clendenin; Comments Due: October 4, 2017. 4. Docket No(s).: MC2017–210 and CP2017–318; Filing Title: Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Priority Mail Contract 364 to Competitive Product List and Notice of E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION


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

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of intent to request extension of OMB approval.

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SUMMARY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``PBGC'') intends to 
request that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend 
approval (with modifications), under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, of a collection of information in its regulations on Termination 
of Single-Employer Plans and Missing Participants, and implementing 
forms and instructions. This notice informs the public of PBGC's intent 
and solicits public comment on the collection of information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted by December 1, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the Web site instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: paperwork.comments@pbgc.gov.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Office of General Counsel, Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20005-
4026.
    PBGC will make all comments available on its Web site at 
www.pbgc.gov.
    Copies of the collection of information may be obtained without 
charge by writing to the Disclosure Division of the Office of the 
General Counsel of PBGC at the above address or by visiting that office 
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 regulations and forms and 
instructions relating to this collection of information are available 
on PBGC's Web site at www.pbgc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Amato Burns 
(burns.jo.amato@pbgc.gov), Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the 
General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20005-4026, 202 326-4400, ext. 3072, or Daniel S. 
Liebman (daniel.liebman@pbgc.gov), Acting Assistant General Counsel, 
same address and phone number, ext. 6510. TTY and TDD users may call 
the Federal relay service toll-free at 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, 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 regulation on missing 
participants (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 approved by OMB under 
control number 1212-0036 (expires November 30, 2017). 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.
    PBGC is proposing to provide that the plan administrator of a plan 
terminating in a standard termination, or a distress termination that 
closes out in the private sector, may submit termination forms 
electronically (scanned and emailed or faxed), rather than by mail or

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personal delivery only. PBGC is proposing this new submission provision 
to increase the ease of submission for plan administrators.
    In addition, PBGC is proposing to include an opportunity for plan 
sponsors to contact PBGC for a pre-filing consultation to discuss the 
filing process and ensure the filing of a distress termination is 
appropriate given the sponsor's specific circumstances. This 
consultation will assist PBGC and the plan sponsor in exploring whether 
a waiver of one or more filing obligations is appropriate, identifying 
potential issues preventing a distress termination of a particular 
plan, and may indicate that commencement of an agency-initiated 
termination of the pension plan is warranted. This consultation will be 
voluntary and will result in little or no added burden on the plan 
sponsor.
    PBGC estimates that 1,276 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 will be 1,560 hours and $1,350,400.
    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 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, by
Stephanie Cibinic,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2017-20927 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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