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A copy of each ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by contacting the Department 

of Labor (DOL) or the Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). To obtain 

documentation from DOL, contact 

Darrin King at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or e-mail: 

king.darrin@dol.gov. To obtain 

documentation from PBGC, contact 

Harold J. Ashner on 202–326–4024 (this 

is not a toll-free number) or e-mail: 

ashner.harold@pbgc.gov.

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) and Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

202–395–7316 (this is not a toll-free 

number), within 30 days from the date 

of this publication in the Federal 

Register. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• 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 the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed 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 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. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Annual Information Return/

Report. 

Form Number: Form 5500 and 

Schedules. 

Frequency: On occasion and 

Annually. 

Type of Response: Reporting; 

Recordkeeping; and Third-party 

disclosure. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; 

Individuals or households; and Farms.

Paperwork Reduction Act Burden 

Breakout by Agency:

Agency EBSA PBGC 

OMB Number ............................................................................................................................................... 1210–0110 1212–0057 

Number of Respondents .............................................................................................................................. 837,755 28,900 

Number of Annual Responses .................................................................................................................... 837,755 28,900 

Total Burden Hours ..................................................................................................................................... 1,948,529 2,373 

Total Annualized capital/startup costs ......................................................................................................... $0 $0 

Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing services) ............................................ $663,870,000 $1,737,078 

Average response time: Varies 

considerably by plan size. Large plans 

may spend considerably more time 

reporting than small plans. 

Description: Under Titles I and IV of 

the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974, as amended, and 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 

amended (the Code), pension and other 

employee benefit plans are generally 

required to file annual returns/reports 

concerning, among other things, the 

financial condition and operations of 

the plan. These annual reporting 

requirements can be satisfied by filing 

the Form 5500 in accordance with its 

instructions and related regulations. The 

Form 5500 is the primary source of 

information concerning the operation, 

funding, assets and investments of 

pension and other employee benefit 

plans. In addition to being an important 

disclosure document for plan 

participants and beneficiaries, the Form 

5500 is a compliance and research tool 

for EBSA, PBGC, and the IRS, and a 

source of information for other federal 

agencies, Congress, and the private 

sector for use in assessing employee 

benefit, tax, and economic trends and 

policies.

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Labor.

[FR Doc. 04–24660 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Request for Comments: VETS 300, SF 

269A, and Manager’s Report

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed continued collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. The 

Paperwork Reduction Act 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. 

Currently, VETS is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the information collection request for 

the Manager’s Report and replacement 

of the VETS–300, Quarterly Financial 

Status Reports with the OMB approved 

Standard Form (SF) 269A Reports for 

cost information collection.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted by 

January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be 

submitted to Paul Robertson, Regulatory 

Specialist, Office of Agency 

Management and Budget, Veterans’

Employment and Training Service, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–1312, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Electronic mail (e-mail) is the 

preferred method for submitting 

comments. Comments must be clearly 

identified as pertaining to this Federal 

Register Notice. E-mail may be sent to 

robertson.paul@dol.gov. Written 

comments are limited to 10 pages or 

fewer and may also be transmitted by 

facsimile to (202) 693–4755 (this is not 

a toll free number). Receipt of 

submissions, whether by U.S. mail, email or FAX transmittal, will not be 

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acknowledged; however, the sender may 

request confirmation that a submission 

has been received, by telephoning VETS 

at (202) 693–4708 (VOICE) or (202) 693–

4753 (TTY/TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Pamela Langley, Interim Chief, 

Division of Employment and Training 

Programs, VETS, at the Department of 

Labor, Room S–1312, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, 

or by e-mail at langley.pamela@dol.gov.

Copies of the referenced information 

collection request are available for 

inspection and copying through VETS 

and will be mailed to persons who 

request copies by contacting Pamela 

Langley at (202) 693–4708.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Each State Workforce Agency Office 

has been required to submit the VETS 

300 and Manager’s Reports on a 

quarterly basis, with one additional 

VETS 300, Final Fiscal Year Report. 

With the passage of Public Law 107–

288, the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, 

enacted November 7, 2002, the quarterly 

and final VETS–300 Cost Accounting 

Reports are no longer required to be 

submitted. The OMB approved SF 269A 

Quarterly Financial Report contains 

sufficient information to replace the 

VETS–300 Reports. The VETS–300 

reports will, therefore, be eliminated 

when the current form expires in 

December of 2004. 

Title 38 U.S.C. requires a report on 

employment and training services 

provided to veterans and eligible 

persons by the local employment 

service delivery system. This report is 

provided to the Director for Veterans’

Employment and Training (DVET) each 

fiscal quarter. It addresses the service 

delivery point’s performance and 

compliance with Federal law and 

regulations on the prioritization and 

provision of services to veterans and 

eligible persons. Section V. G. of the 

Special Grant Provisions and Veterans’

Program Letter 09–03, require this 

report to include, as a minimum, an 

analysis of compliance with applicable 

measures of service or standards of 

performance and the quantity, quality 

and character of services provided to 

veterans and eligible persons, to include 

Vocational Rehabilitation and 

Employment activity. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently VETS is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

three-year extension of the information 

collection request for the Manager’s 

Report. The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• 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 the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed 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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

This notice requests extended 

approval from OMB for the quarterly 

collection of information, electronic or 

mechanical submission, and other 

paperwork requirements of the 

Manager’s Report on Services to 

Veterans. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service. 

Title: VETS 300, Manager’s Report 

and SF 269A. 

OMB Number: 1293–0009. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments.

Reports Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses Frequency 

Average

(response time

(hours) 

Estimate

burden hours 

Manager’s Report ................................................................... 1,600 6,400 Quarterly ..... 4.00 25,600 

SF 269A ................................................................................. 53 530 Quarterly ..... .30 159 

Total ................................................................................ 1,653 6,930 ..................... ........................ 25,759 

Total Annualized Capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Initial Annual Costs: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the agency’s request for 

OMB approval of the information 

collection request. Comments will 

become a matter of public record.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

October, 2004. 

Frederico Juarbe Jr., 

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–24640 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 04–120] 

NASA Space Science Advisory 

Committee, Structure and Evolution of 

the Universe Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration announces a 

meeting of the NASA Space Science 

Advisory Committee (SScAC), Structure 

and Evolution of the Universe 

Subcommittee (SEUS).

DATES: Monday, November 8, 2004, 8:30 

a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, November 

9, 2004, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Inn and Conference Center, 

University of Maryland, 3501 University 

Boulevard East, Adelphi, Maryland 

20783.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael Salamon, Code SZ, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Washington, DC 20546, 202/358–0441, 

michael.h.salamon@nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public up 

to the seating capacity of the room. The 

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

—Universe Division News/Update 

—NASA Roadmapping Progress 

—James Webb Space Telescope Update 

—Deep Space Network Future Plans 

—Astronomy and Physics Working 

Group