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submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the documents are submitted through 

the NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, 

an electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public website at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 

Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing adjudicatory 

documents in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click ‘‘cancel’’ when 

the link requests certificates and you 

will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing docket where 

you will be able to access any publicly 

available documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held, and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 

Register and served on the parties to the 

hearing. 

For further details with respect to this 

application, see the application dated 

December 2, 2020 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML20337A344). 

Dated: January 21, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dennis J. Galvin, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01742 Filed 1–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–438 and 50–439; NRC– 

2020–0273] 

In the Matter of Tennessee Valley 

Authority Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, 

Units 1 and 2 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Order; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has approved the 

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 

requests to extend the latest 

construction completion dates for 

Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (BLN), Units 1 

and 2, to October 1, 2021. TVA is the 

current construction permit (CP) holder 

for BLN, Units 1 and 2. The initial CPs 

for BLN were issued on December 24, 

1974, authorizing TVA to construct 

BLN, Units 1 and 2, in Jackson County, 

AL. 

DATES: The Order was issued on January 

22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket NRC– 

2020–0273 when contacting the NRC 

about the availability of information 

regarding this document. You may 

obtain publicly available information 

related to this document using any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0273. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 

telephone: 301–287–9127; email: 

Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 


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• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The ‘‘Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, 

Units 1 and 2—Extension of 

Construction Permits Expiration Dates,’’ 

is available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML20335A393. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Omid Tabatabai, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

6616, email: Omid.Tabatabai@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Order is attached. 

Dated: January 22, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Omid Tabatabai-Yazdi, 

Senior Project Manager, New Reactor 

Licensing Branch, Division of New and 

Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

United States of America Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission 

In the Matter of TENNESSEE VALLEY 

AUTHORITY (Bellefonte Nuclear 

Plant, Units 1 and 2) 

Docket Nos. 50–438 and 50–439 

Order 

I 

The Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA, or the applicant) is the current 

holder of Construction Permit (CP) Nos. 

CPPR–122 and CPPR–123, which the 

Atomic Energy Commission (now the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC)) issued on December 24, 1974 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML090680334), for 

construction of the Bellefonte Nuclear 

Plant (BLN), Units 1 and 2, respectively. 

The CPs for CPPR–122 and CPPR–123 

expire on October 1, 2020, and October 

1, 2014, respectively. 

These facilities, currently in deferred 

plant status as described in the 

Commission Policy Statement on 

Deferred Plants, published in Volume 

52 of the Federal Register (FR), page 

38077 (52 FR 38077), on October 14, 

1987, are at the applicant’s site in 

Jackson County, AL, located on a 

peninsula at Tennessee River Mile 392 

on the west shore of Guntersville 

Reservoir, about 6 miles east-northeast 

of Scottsboro, AL. 

TVA filed a request on June 10, 2014 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML14168A489), 

as supplemented on March 31, 2017 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML17090A388), 

under Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) 50.55(b) for the 

extension of the latest date for the 

completion of construction as stated in 

CPPR–123 for BLN Unit 2. TVA also 

filed a request on August 28, 2020 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML20244A305), 

under 10 CFR 50.55(b) for the extension 

of the latest date for the completion of 

construction as stated in CPPR–122 for 

BLN Unit 1. 

In its letter dated June 14, 2014, TVA 

requested the NRC to extend the latest 

construction completion date for BLN 

Unit 2 from October 1, 2014, to October 

1, 2017. Later, in a letter dated March 

31, 2017, TVA stated that it had sold the 

Bellefonte property at auction and 

proposed that the NRC leave the 

extension request for BLN Unit 2 as an 

open item until the NRC is able to 

obtain construction completion 

information based on the purchaser’s 

plans. 

In its letter dated August 28, 2020, 

TVA requested the NRC to extend the 

latest construction completion date for 

BLN Unit 1 from October 1, 2020 to 

October 1, 2021. TVA stated that the 

sale of BLN Units 1 and 2 did not close 

in November 2018, and that the 

purchaser, Nuclear Development, LLC, 

filed a lawsuit against TVA for breach 

of contract. TVA stated that an 

extension for BLN Unit 1 is needed to 

allow the parties additional time to 

obtain a decision in the lawsuit. 

II 

The NRC reviewed TVA’s requests in 

the letters dated June 10, 2014; March 

31, 2017; and August 28, 2020. As 

discussed more fully in the staff’s 

related safety evaluation, the NRC staff 

finds that good cause exists for 

extending the completion date to 

October 1, 2021, for BLN Units 1 and 2. 

The staff also finds that the requested 

extensions involve no significant 

hazards consideration. 

The NRC staff prepared an 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact and published 

it in the Federal Register on January 19, 

2021 (86 FR 5280). Under 10 CFR 51.32, 

‘‘Finding of no significant impact,’’ the 

Commission has determined that 

extending the construction completion 

date will not have a significant effect on 

the quality of the human environment. 

III 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any persons 

(petitioner) whose interest may be 

affected by this action may file a request 

for a hearing and petition for leave to 

intervene (petition) with respect to the 

action. The scope of this order 

extending the construction completion 

dates and any proceeding hereunder is 

limited to direct challenges to the CP 

holder’s asserted reasons that show 

good cause for the extension. Petitions 

shall be filed in accordance with the 

Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules of Practice 

and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. 

Interested persons should consult a 

current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The 

NRC’s regulations are accessible 

electronically from the NRC Library on 

the NRC’s website at https://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of 

the regulations is available at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, located at One 

White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, 

the Commission or a presiding officer 

will rule on the petition and, if 

appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be 

issued. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the 

petition should specifically explain the 

reasons why intervention should be 

permitted with particular reference to 

the following general requirements for 

standing: (1) The name, address, and 

telephone number of the petitioner; (2) 

the nature of the petitioner’s right to be 

made a party to the proceeding; (3) the 

nature and extent of the petitioner’s 

property, financial, or other interest in 

the proceeding; and (4) the possible 

effect of any decision or order which 

may be entered in the proceeding on the 

petitioner’s interest. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), 

the petition must also set forth the 

specific contentions which the 

petitioner seeks to have litigated in the 

proceeding. Each contention must 

consist of a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted. In addition, the petitioner 

must provide a brief explanation of the 

bases for the contention and a concise 

statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion which support the contention 

and on which the petitioner intends to 

rely in proving the contention at the 

hearing. The petitioner must also 

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sources and documents on which the 

petitioner intends to rely to support its 

position on the issue. The petition must 

include sufficient information to show 

that a genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant or licensee on a material issue 

of law or fact. Contentions must be 

limited to matters within the scope of 

the proceeding. The contention must be 

one which, if proven, would entitle the 

petitioner to relief. A petitioner who 

fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 

CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one 

contention will not be permitted to 

participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene. Parties have the opportunity 

to participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing with respect to resolution of 

that party’s admitted contentions, 

including the opportunity to present 

evidence, consistent with the NRC’s 

regulations, policies, and procedures. 

Petitions must be filed no later than 

60 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. Petitions and motions for 

leave to file new or amended 

contentions that are filed after the 

deadline will not be entertained absent 

a determination by the presiding officer 

that the filing demonstrates good cause 

by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition 

must be filed in accordance with the 

filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic 

Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this 

document. 

If a hearing is requested, and the 

Commission has not made a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission will make a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration. The 

final determination will serve to 

establish when the hearing is held. If the 

final determination is that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration, the 

Commission may issue the amendment 

and make it immediately effective, 

notwithstanding the request for a 

hearing. Any hearing would take place 

after issuance of the amendment. If the 

final determination is that the 

amendment request involves a 

significant hazards consideration, then 

any hearing held would take place 

before the issuance of the amendment 

unless the Commission finds an 

imminent danger to the health or safety 

of the public, in which case it will issue 

an appropriate order or rule under 10 

CFR part 2. 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof, may submit a petition to 

the Commission to participate as a party 

under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition 

should state the nature and extent of the 

petitioner’s interest in the proceeding. 

The petition should be submitted to the 

Commission no later than 60 days from 

the date of publication of this notice. 

The petition must be filed in accordance 

with the filing instructions in the 

‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’ 

section of this document, and should 

meet the requirements for petitions set 

forth in this section, except that under 

10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local 

governmental body, or Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof does not need to address the 

standing requirements in 10 CFR 

2.309(d) if the facility is located within 

its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, 

local governmental body, Federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof may participate as a non-party 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 

If a hearing is granted, any person 

who is not a party to the proceeding and 

is not affiliated with or represented by 

a party may, at the discretion of the 

presiding officer, be permitted to make 

a limited appearance pursuant to the 

provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person 

making a limited appearance may make 

an oral or written statement of his or her 

position on the issues but may not 

otherwise participate in the proceeding. 

A limited appearance may be made at 

any session of the hearing or at any 

prehearing conference, subject to the 

limits and conditions as may be 

imposed by the presiding officer. Details 

regarding the opportunity to make a 

limited appearance will be provided by 

the presiding officer if such sessions are 

scheduled. 

IV 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene (petition), any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, and documents filed by 

interested governmental entities that 

request to participate under 10 CFR 

2.315(c), must be filed in accordance 

with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 

77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Detailed guidance on 

making electronic submissions may be 

found in the Guidance for Electronic 

Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. Participants 

may not submit paper copies of their 

filings unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the document is submitted through the 

NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an 

electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 


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A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public website at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 

Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing adjudicatory 

documents in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click ‘‘cancel’’ when 

the link requests certificates and you 

will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where 

you will be able to access any publicly 

available documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

The attorney for the permit holder is 

Sherry A. Quirk, Executive Vice 

President and General Counsel, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 

37902. 

V 

It is hereby ordered that the latest 

dates for the completion of construction 

for CP Nos. CPPR–122 and CPPR–123 

are extended to October 1, 2021. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22 day 

of January 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

/RA/ 

Robert M. Taylor, 

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01754 Filed 1–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Submission of Information Collection 

for OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Disclosure of Termination Information 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) is requesting that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) extend approval, under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, of a 

collection of information on the 

disclosure of termination information 

under its regulations for distress 

terminations and for PBGC-initiated 

terminations. This notice informs the 

public of PBGC’s intent and solicits 

public comment on the collection of 

information. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://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. 

A copy of the request will be posted 

on PBGC’s website at https://

www.pbgc.gov/prac/laws-andregulation/federal-register-notices-openfor-comment. It may also be obtained by 

writing to Disclosure Division, Office of 

the General Counsel, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20005–4026, or 

calling 202–326–4040 during normal 

business hours. TTY users may call the 

Federal Relay Service toll-free at 800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4040. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Rifkin (rifkin.melissa@

pbgc.gov), Attorney, Regulatory Affairs 

Division, Office of the General Counsel, 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 

20005–4026; 202–229–6563. (TTY users 

may call the Federal Relay Service tollfree at 800–877–8339 and ask to be 

connected to 202–229–6563.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

4041 and 4042 of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 

as amended (‘‘ERISA’’), 29 U.S.C. 1301– 

1461, govern the termination of singleemployer defined benefit pension plans 

that are subject to Title IV of ERISA. A 

plan administrator may initiate a 

distress termination pursuant to section 

4041(c), and PBGC may itself initiate 

proceedings to terminate a pension plan 

under section 4042 if PBGC determines 

that certain conditions are present. 

Section 506 of the Pension Protection 

Act of 2006 amended sections 4041 and 

4042 of ERISA. These amendments 

require that, upon a request by an 

affected party, a plan administrator 

must disclose information it has 

submitted to PBGC in connection with 

a distress termination filing, and that a 

plan administrator or plan sponsor must 

disclose information it has submitted to 

PBGC in connection with a PBGCinitiated termination. The provisions 

also require PBGC to disclose the 

administrative record relating to a 

PBGC-initiated termination upon 

request by an affected party. 

The collection of information has 

been approved by OMB under control 

number 1212–0065 (expires March 31, 

2021). On November 16, 2020, PBGC 

published in the Federal Register (at 85 

FR 73090) a notice informing the public 

of its intent to request an extension of 

this collection of information without 

modification. PBGC did not receive any 

comments in response. PBGC is 


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