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###### Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

# AGENCY:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

# ACTION:

Notice of intention to request extension of OMB approval.

# SUMMARY:

                        The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information contained in its regulation on Liability for Termination of Single-Employer Plans,                         *29 CFR Part 4062*                         (OMB control number 1212-0017; expires March 31, 2011). This notice informs the public of PBGC's intent and solicits public comment on the collection of information.                    

# DATES:

Comments should be submitted by January 18, 2011.

# ADDRESSES:

Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

*Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov.*                         Follow the Web site instructions for submitting comments.                              ( print page 70956)    

*E-mail:  paperwork.comments@pbgc.gov.*

*Fax:*                         202-326-4224.                    

*Mail or Hand Delivery:*                         Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-4026.                    

                        Comments received, including personal information provided, will be posted to                         *http://www.pbgc.gov.*

                        Copies of the collection of information and comments may be obtained without charge by writing to the Disclosure Division, Office of General Counsel, at the above address or by visiting the Disclosure Division or calling 202-326-4040 during normal business hours. (TTY/TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4040.) The regulation on Liability for Termination of Single-Employer Plans can be accessed on PBGC's Web site at                         *http://www.pbgc.gov.*

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas H. Gabriel, Attorney, or Catherine B. Klion, Manager, Regulatory and Policy Division, Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-4026, 202-326-4024. (For TTY and TDD, call 800-877-8339 and request connection to 202-326-4024).

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 4062 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, provides that the contributing sponsor of a single-employer pension plan and members of the sponsor's controlled group (“the employer”) incur liability (“employer liability”) if the plan terminates with assets insufficient to pay benefit liabilities under the plan. PBGC's statutory lien for employer liability and the payment terms for employer liability are affected by whether and to what extent employer liability exceeds 30 percent of the employer's net worth.

                    Section 4062.6 of PBGC's employer liability regulation (                    *29 CFR 4062.6*) requires a contributing sponsor or member of the contributing sponsor's controlled group who believes employer liability upon plan termination exceeds 30 percent of the employer's net worth to so notify PBGC and to submit net worth information. This information is necessary to enable PBGC to determine whether and to what extent employer liability exceeds 30 percent of the employer's net worth.                

The collection of information under the regulation has been approved by OMB under control number 1212-0017 through March 31, 2011. PBGC intends to request that OMB extend its approval for another 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 an average of five contributing sponsors or controlled group members per year will respond to this collection of information. PBGC further estimates that the average annual burden of this collection of information will be 12 hours and $3,996 per respondent, with an average total annual burden of 60 hours and $19,980.

PBGC is soliciting public comments to:

○ Evaluate whether the 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 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.                

Issued in Washington, DC, November 15, 2010.

John H. Hanley,

Director, Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

[FR Doc. 2010-29154 Filed 11-18-10; 8:45 am]

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