Notice2023-03350
Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Payment of Premiums; Termination Premium
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Published
February 17, 2023
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Abstract
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, with modifications, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information for the termination premium under its regulation on Payment of Premiums. This notice informs the public of PBGC's request and solicits public comment on the collection of information.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10389-10390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03350]
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment
Request; Payment of Premiums; Termination Premium
AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension of OMB approval.
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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, with
modifications, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of
information for the termination premium under its regulation on Payment
of Premiums. This notice informs the public of PBGC's request and
solicits public comment on the collection of information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. All
comments received will be posted without change to PBGC's website,
<a href="http://www.pbgc.gov">http://www.pbgc.gov</a>, including any personal information provided. Do
not submit comments that include any personally identifiable
information or confidential business information.
Copies of the collection of information may be obtained by writing
to Disclosure Division, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2101, or
calling 202-229-4040 during normal business hours. If you are deaf or
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to
access telecommunications relay services.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Rifkin
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2908b84898b8ccc8f878e8b919183a292808581cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="75071c131e1c1b5b1810191c06061435051712165b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>), Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division,
Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2101, 202-229-6563. (If you
are deaf or hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial
7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(PBGC) administers the pension plan termination insurance program under
title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA). Section 4006(a)(7) of ERISA provides for a ``termination
premium'' (in addition to the flat-rate and variable-rate premiums
under sections 4006(a)(3)(A) and (E)) that is payable for 3 years
following certain distress and involuntary plan terminations. PBGC's
regulations on Premium Rates (29 CFR part 4006) and Payment of Premiums
(29 CFR part 4007) implement the termination premium. Sections 4007.3
and 4007.13(b) of the premium payment regulation require the filing of
termination premium information and payments with PBGC. PBGC has issued
Form T and its corresponding instructions for paying the termination
premium. In this renewal, PBGC is updating the email address listed in
the filing instructions for Form T and making a clarifying edit.
In general, the termination premium applies where a single-employer
plan terminates in a distress termination under section 4041(c) of
ERISA (unless contributing sponsors and controlled group members meet
the bankruptcy liquidation requirements of section 4041(c)(2)(B)(i)) or
in an involuntary termination under section 4042 of ERISA, and the
termination date under section 4048 of ERISA is after 2005.
The termination premium is payable for 3 years. The same amount is
payable each year. The termination premium is due on the 30th day of
each of 3 consecutive 12-month periods. The first 12-month period
generally begins shortly after the termination date or after the
conclusion of bankruptcy proceedings in certain cases. The termination
premium and related information must be filed by a person liable for
the termination premium. The persons liable for the termination premium
are contributing sponsors and members of their controlled groups,
determined on the day before the plan termination date. Section 4007.10
of the premium payment regulation requires the retention of records
supporting or validating the computation of premiums paid and requires
that the records be made available to PBGC.
The existing collection of information was approved under OMB
control number 1212-0064 (expires April 30, 2023). On December 12,
2022, PBGC published in the Federal Register (at 87 FR 76090) a notice
informing the public of its intent to request an extension of this
collection of information, as modified. No comments were received. PBGC
is requesting that OMB extend approval of the collection (with
modifications) for three years. 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 estimates that, during the next 3 years, it will receive an
average of 1 filing of Form T per year. PBGC estimates that the total
annual burden for the collection of information will be 5 minutes and
$67.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Stephanie Cibinic,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2023-03350 Filed 2-16-23; 8:45 am]
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