Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 184 / Thursday, September 24, 2009 / Notices 48781 

202–395–5806 (these are not toll-free 

numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

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. 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Prohibited 

Transaction Class Exemptions for Multi 

employer Plans & Multi employer 

Apprenticeship Plans, PTE 76–1, PTE 

77–10, PTE 78–6. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0058. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,230. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,052. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(excludes hourly wage costs): $0. 

Description: PTE 76–1 permits 

multiemployer employee benefit plans 

under specific conditions to negotiate 

with contributing employer to accept 

delinquent contributions and settle 

delinquencies; to make construction 

loans to contributing employers; and to 

lease property and purchase services 

and goods from parties in interest, 

including contributing employers and 

employee associations. PTE 77–10 

expands the scope of relief provided 

under PTE 76–1 part C, for leasing 

property and purchasing goods and 

services. PTE 78–6 provides an 

exemption to multiemployer 

apprenticeship plans for purchasing 

personal property or leasing real 

property from a contributing employer. 

All three exemptions impose 

recordkeeping requirements on plans as 

a condition to availability of the relief. 

For additional information, see related 

notice published at Vol. 74 FR 31978 on 

July 6, 2009. 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Request to the 

Department of Labor for Expedited 

Review of Denial of COBRA Premium 

Reduction. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0135. 

Affected Public: Individuals of 

households; Businesses or other forprofits; and Not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15,400. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 14,350. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(excludes hourly wage costs): $8,000. 

Description: The American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 

111–5) provides for premium assistance 

and expanded eligibility for health 

benefits under the Consolidated 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1986, commonly called COBRA. This 

premium assistance is not paid directly 

to the covered employee or the qualified 

beneficiary, but instead is in the form of 

a tax credit for the health plan, the 

employer, or the insurer. An individual 

must be an ‘‘assistance eligible 

individual’’ to be eligible for the 

premium assistance. If eligible, these 

individuals pay only 35% of their 

COBRA premiums to the plan and the 

remaining 65% is paid through the tax 

credit. Eligible individuals can start 

getting the premium assistance as of the 

first day of coverage beginning on or 

after February 17, 2009. 

If individuals request treatment as an 

assistance eligible individual and are 

denied such treatment because of their 

ineligibility for COBRA continuation 

coverage, the Secretary of Labor must 

make a determination within 15 

business days after receipt of an 

individual’s application for review. 

The Application to the Department of 

Labor for Expedited Review of Denial of 

COBRA Premium Reduction (the 

‘‘Application’’) is the form used by 

individuals to file their expedited 

review appeals. Such individuals must 

complete all information requested on 

the Application in order to file their 

review requests with the Department’s 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA). An Application 

may be denied if sufficient information 

is not provided. 

In certain situations, EBSA will have 

to contact plan administrators for 

additional information regarding an 

applicant’s appeal of a denial of 

premium reduction. The ‘‘Plan 

Administrator Information Sheet’’ will 

be used for this purpose in cases where 

the Department has otherwise been 

unable to contact a plan administrator 

regarding a filed application. For 

additional information, see related 

notices published at Vol. 74 FR 28278 

on June 15, 2009, and at Vol. 74 FR 

20503 on May 4, 2009. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–23011 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act; Notice of a Matter To Be 

Added to the Agenda for Consideration 

at an Agency Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

September 24, 2009. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTER TO BE ADDED: 2a. Revisions to 

Temporary Corporate Credit Union 

Liquidity Guarantee Program. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, 

July 16, 2009. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE ADDED: 1. Consideration 

of Supervisory Activity. Closed 

pursuant to exemptions (8), (9)(A)(ii) 

and 9(B). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board, 

Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Mary Rupp, 

Board Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–23223 Filed 9–22–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 


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