Notice2025-14988
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Administrative Law Judge Administrative Hearing Procedures
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Published
August 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 150 (Thursday, August 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 38183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14988]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement
Administrative Law Judge Administrative Hearing Procedures
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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 September 8, 2025.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#490d060516191b0816191c0b05000a092d2625672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="01454e4d5e5153405e5154434d484241656e6d2f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 521 of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. 1151,
provides that the Secretary of Labor may issue ex parte cease and
desist orders when it appears to the Secretary that the alleged conduct
of a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) under section 3(40)
of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 1002(40), is fraudulent, or creates an immediate
danger to the public safety or welfare, or is causing or can be
reasonably expected to cause significant, imminent, and irreparable
public injury. Section 521(b) provides that a person that is adversely
affected by the issuance of a cease and desist order may request an
administrative hearing regarding the order. The Department has
promulgated a final regulation that is the subject of this information
collection request, which describes the procedures before an
administrative law judge (ALJ) when a person seeks an administrative
hearing for review of such an order.
Under section 2571.3 of the rule, the party that is subject to a
cease and desist order issued under ERISA section 521 has the burden to
initiate an adjudicatory proceeding before an ALJ. Section 2571.3
governs the service of documents necessary to initiate ALJ proceedings
by such a party on the Secretary of Labor and the ALJ. For additional
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2025 (90 FR 671).
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.
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: Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement
Administrative Law Judge Administrative Hearing Procedures.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0148.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,220 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $500.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-14988 Filed 8-6-25; 8:45 am]
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