Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Federal Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation-DFELHWC-Longshore; Proposed Revision of Existing Collection; Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation (LS-207), 19360-19361 [2024-05644]
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and disclosure requirements by
prescribing an alternative method of
compliance. These SEPs are, for
purposes of this information collection,
referred to as ‘‘non-model SEPs’’
because they exclude those SEPs which
are created through use of Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form 5305–SEP,
and those SEPs in which the employer
influences the employees as to their
choice of IRAs to which employer
contributions will be made, and that
also prohibit withdrawals by
participants.
This information collection
requirement generally requires timely
written disclosure to employees eligible
to participate in non-model SEPs,
including specific information
concerning: participation requirements;
allocation formulas for employer
contributions; designated contact
persons for further information; and, for
employer recommended IRAs, specific
terms of the IRAs such as rates of return
and any restrictions on withdrawals.
Moreover, general information is
required that provides a clear
explanation of: the operation of the nonmodel SEP; participation requirements
and any withdrawal restrictions; and the
tax treatment of the SEP-related IRA.
Furthermore, statements must be
provided that inform participants of:
any other IRAs under the non-model
SEP other than that to which employer
contributions are made; any options
regarding rollovers and contributions to
other IRAs; descriptions of IRS
disclosure requirements to participants
and information regarding social
security integration (if applicable); and
timely notification of any amendments
to the terms of the non-model SEP. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
August 25, 2023 (88 FR 58312).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
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generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Alternative
Method of Compliance for Certain
Simplified Employee Pensions.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0034.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 35,560.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 67,930.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
21,227 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $2,066.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs, Division of Federal
Employees’, Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation—DFELHWC—
Longshore; Proposed Revision of
Existing Collection; Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
Notice of Controversion of Right to
Compensation (LS–207)
Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Division of
Federal Employees’, Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation
(DFELHWC), Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
request for comment to provide the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed collections of information in
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accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This request
helps to ensure that: requested data can
be provided in the desired format;
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized; collection
instruments are clearly understood; and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
OWCP/DFELHWC is soliciting
comments on the information collection
for ‘‘Notice of Controversion of Right to
Compensation (LS–207).’’
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
written comments received by May 17,
2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment
as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be
considered.
Written/Paper Submissions: Submit
written/paper submissions in the
following way:
• Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit
DOL–OWCP/DFELHWC, Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs,
Division of Federal Employees’
Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room
S3323, Washington, DC 20210.
• OWCP/DFELHWC will post your
comment as well as any attachments,
except for information submitted and
marked as confidential, in the docket at
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Division of
Federal Employees’, Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation, OWCP/
DFELHWC at suggs.anjanette@dol.gov
(email); or (202) 354–9660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs administers the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
The Act provides benefits to workers’
injured in maritime employment on the
navigable waters of the United States or
in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading,
repairing, or building a vessel. In
addition, several acts extend the
Longshore Act’s coverage to certain
other employees. Legal authority for this
information collection is found at 33
U.S.C. 930(a) and (b).
Currently, the Office of Workers’
Compensation (OWCP) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
collection: Notice of Controversion of
Right to Compensation (LS–207). A
copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
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address section of this Notice. Legal
authority for this information collection
is found at 33 U.S.C. 914(d). Regulatory
authority is found at 20 CFR 702.251.
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II. Desired Focus of Comments
The OWCP/DFELHWC is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
information collection request (ICR)
titled, ‘‘Notice of Controversion of Right
to Compensation (LS–207).’’
OWCP/DFELHWC 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 OWCP/
DFELHWC’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used in
the estimate.
• Suggest methods to 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.
Background documents related to this
information collection request are
available at https://regulations.gov and
at DOL–OWCP/DFELHWC located at
200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room
S3323, Washington, DC 20210.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request
concerns the ‘‘Notice of Controversion
of Right to Compensation (LS–207).’’
OWCP/DFELHWC has updated the data
with respect to the number of
respondents, responses, burden hours,
and burden costs supporting this
information collection request from the
previous information collection request.
Type of Review: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Agency: DOL-Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Division of
Federal Employees’, Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation, OWCP/
DFELHWC.
OMB Control Number: 1240–0042.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 550.
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Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 19,250.
Annual Burden Hours: 4,813 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper
Cost: $2,118.
OWCP Forms: Form LS–207, Notice of
Controversion of Right to
Compensation.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the proposed
information collection request; they will
become a matter of public record and
will be available at https://
www.reginfo.gov.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(C)(2)(A))
Anjanette Suggs,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Investment Advice to Participants and
Beneficiaries
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Employee
Benefits Security Administration
(EBSA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before April 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Howell by telephone at 202–
693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
ERISA, providing ‘‘investment advice’’
is a fiduciary act. A fiduciary who
advises participants about plan
investment opportunities that pay the
adviser fees or commissions may be
subject to liability under the Employee
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Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA) prohibited transaction rules.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006
(Pub. L. 109–280) amended the ERISA
and the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to
include a statutory exemption for
providing investment advice to
participants and beneficiaries in selfdirected defined contribution individual
account ERISA-covered plans (Plans)
and beneficiaries of individual
retirement accounts, individual
retirement annuities, Archer MSAs,
health savings accounts and Coverdell
education savings accounts (collectively
IRAs) described in the Code. The
statutory exemption provides relief from
the prohibited transaction provisions of
ERISA, and the parallel provisions of
the Code.
The information collections that are
conditions of the regulation include,
third-party disclosures, recordkeeping,
and audit requirements. With one
exception, the regulation does not
require any reporting or filing with the
Federal government, but the designated
records must be made available upon
request. The exception is the
requirement that the fiduciary adviser is
required under certain circumstances to
forward the audit report which is also
a required disclosure under the
regulation to the Department. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
August 25, 2023 (88 FR 58312).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Federal
Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation--DFELHWC--
Longshore; Proposed Revision of Existing Collection; Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Notice of Controversion of Right to
Compensation (LS-207)
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Federal
Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DFELHWC),
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
clearance request for comment to provide the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This request helps to ensure that: requested data can be provided in
the desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is
minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the
impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly
assessed. OWCP/DFELHWC is soliciting comments on the information
collection for ``Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation (LS-
207).''
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
May 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered.
Written/Paper Submissions: Submit written/paper submissions in the
following way:
Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit DOL-OWCP/DFELHWC, Office
of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Federal Employees'
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S3323, Washington, DC 20210.
OWCP/DFELHWC will post your comment as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted and marked as
confidential, in the docket at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, Division of Federal Employees', Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation, OWCP/DFELHWC at [email protected]
(email); or (202) 354-9660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The Act provides
benefits to workers' injured in maritime employment on the navigable
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. In
addition, several acts extend the Longshore Act's coverage to certain
other employees. Legal authority for this information collection is
found at 33 U.S.C. 930(a) and (b).
Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation (OWCP) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed collection: Notice of Controversion of
Right to Compensation (LS-207). A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the
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address section of this Notice. Legal authority for this information
collection is found at 33 U.S.C. 914(d). Regulatory authority is found
at 20 CFR 702.251.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
The OWCP/DFELHWC is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Notice of Controversion
of Right to Compensation (LS-207).''
OWCP/DFELHWC 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 OWCP/DFELHWC's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used in the estimate.
Suggest methods to 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.
Background documents related to this information collection request
are available at https://regulations.gov and at DOL-OWCP/DFELHWC
located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S3323, Washington, DC 20210.
Questions about the information collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request concerns the ``Notice of
Controversion of Right to Compensation (LS-207).'' OWCP/DFELHWC has
updated the data with respect to the number of respondents, responses,
burden hours, and burden costs supporting this information collection
request from the previous information collection request.
Type of Review: Revision of currently approved collection.
Agency: DOL-Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of
Federal Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation, OWCP/
DFELHWC.
OMB Control Number: 1240-0042.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 550.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 19,250.
Annual Burden Hours: 4,813 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $2,118.
OWCP Forms: Form LS-207, Notice of Controversion of Right to
Compensation.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized in
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection request; they will become a matter of
public record and will be available at https://www.reginfo.gov.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(C)(2)(A))
Anjanette Suggs,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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