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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

ZRIN 1210–ZA11 

Model Notice of Pending Election of 

Multiemployer Plan Status 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

Model Notice of Pending Election of 

Multiemployer Plan Status. The Pension 

Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), Public 

Law 109–280, permits certain plans that 

would otherwise be treated as 

multiemployer plans to elect to revoke 

a prior election to be treated as singleemployer plans, and certain other plans 

to elect to be treated as multiemployer 

plans. The PPA requires plan 

administrators to provide notice of such 

an election to each plan participant and 

beneficiary, each labor organization 

representing such participants or 

beneficiaries, and each employer that 

has an obligation to contribute to the 

plan, and further requires the Secretary 

of Labor to prescribe a model notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Lurie, Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA), U.S. 

Department of Labor, (202) 693–8510. 

This is not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1106 of the PPA added subparagraph (G) 

to section 3(37) of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(ERISA) and paragraph (6) to section 

414(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 (the Code). The new provisions 

permit a plan that had made an election 

under subparagraph (E) of section 3(37) 

of ERISA and paragraph (5) of section 

414(f) of the Code to be treated as a 

single-employer plan to elect to revoke 

such election within one year following 

the date of enactment of the PPA 

pursuant to procedures prescribed by 

the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC), provided certain 

conditions are satisfied. In addition, the 

new provisions permit certain other 

plans to elect to be treated as a 

multiemployer plan for all purposes 

under ERISA and the Code, pursuant to 

procedures prescribed by the PBGC. 

Any election under 3(37)(G) is effective 

starting with the first plan year ending 

after August 17, 2006. An eligible plan 

is (1) a plan that either (A) is maintained 

pursuant to one or more collective 

bargaining agreements and to which 

more than one employer is required to 

contribute, or (B) is described as having 

been established in Chicago, Illinois on 

August 12, 1881, and is sponsored by an 

organization described in section 

501(c)(5) of the Code and exempt from 

tax under section 501(a) of the Code, 

and (2) the plan meets the following 

requirements: (A) For each of the three 

plan years immediately before the date 

of enactment of the PPA the plan 

satisfied the above conditions or is so 

described, (B) substantially all of the 

employer contributions for each of those 

plan years were made or required to be 

made by organizations that were exempt 

from tax under section 501 of the Code, 

and (C) the plan was established prior 

to September 2, 1974. 

Section 3(37)(G)(v)(I) further provides 

that the plan administrator of a plan 

making an election pursuant to section 

3(37)(G) shall provide notice of the 

pending election no later than 30 days 

before the election is made to each plan 

participant and beneficiary, each labor 

organization representing such 

participants or beneficiaries, and each 

employer that has an obligation to 

contribute to the plan, describing the 

principal differences between the 

guarantee programs under Title IV and 

the benefit restrictions under Title I for 

single-employer and multiemployer 

plans, along with such other 

information the plan administrator 

chooses to include. 

Section 3(37)(G)(v)(II) requires the 

Secretary of Labor to prescribe a model 

notice for this purpose within 180 days 

of the date of enactment of the PPA. In 

order to satisfy this directive, the 

Department is publishing this Notice, 

which contains a Model Notice of 

Pending Election of Multiemployer Plan 

Status. The Department will consider 

that plan administrators who use the 

Model Notice to notify participants, 

beneficiaries, labor organizations, and 

employers of their plan’s change of 

status no later than 30 days before an 

election is made to have satisfied their 

obligations under section 3(37)(G)(v)(I). 

The Model Notice is also available on 

EBSA’s Web site at http://www.dol.gov/ 

ebsa. 

The Department has consulted with 

the PBGC in connection with the 

development of the Model Notice. The 

PBGC has advised that it will establish 

procedures and provide guidance for 

making the election provided for in 

section 3(37)(G). The Department is of 

the view that no election under 3(37)(G) 

is effective unless made pursuant to 

such procedures, including certification 

by the plan administrator that it has 

complied with the notice requirements 

in section 3(37)(G)(v)(I). In this regard, 

section 3(37)(G)(v)(III) provides the 

Secretary of Labor with authority to 

assess civil penalties for a failure to 

provide such a notice. 

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Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

November, 2006. 

Bradford P. Campbell, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 06–9491 Filed 11–30–06; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 

Study of IMLS Funded Digital 

Collections and Content, Collections 

Registry Survey, Submission for OMB 

Clearance 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and Humanities. 

ACTION: Submission to OMB for 

Clearance. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services announces the 

following information collection has 

been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A 

copy of this proposed form, with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

may be obtained by calling the Institute 

of Museum and Library Services, 

Director of Research and Technology, 

Rebecca Danvers at (202) 653–4680. 

IMLS seeks OMB clearance for study of 

IMLS Funded Digital Collections and 

Content, Collections Registry Survey. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 2, 2007. 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. 

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the form 

contact: Rebecca Danvers, Director of 

Research and Technology, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 1800 M 

St., NW., 9th floor, Washington, DC 

20036, telephone 202–653–4680, fax 

202–653–4625, e-mail 

rdanvers@imls.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is an independent Federal 

grant-making agency authorized by the 

Museum and Library Services Act, 

Public Law 104–208, as amended. The 

IMLS provides a variety of grant 

programs to assist the nation’s museums 

and libraries in improving their 

operations and enhancing their services 

to the public. Museums and libraries of 

all sizes and types may receive support 

from IMLS programs. The Museum and 

Library Services Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 

9101, et seq. authorizes the Director of 

the Institute of Museum and Library 

Services to make grants to museums and 

other entities as the Director considers 

appropriate. In the National Leadership 

Grant program, IMLS funds the 

digitization of library and museum 

collections. The survey is a Web-based 

form to collect electronically collection 

level data about digitization projects 

funded by the Institute of Museum and 

Library Services through the National 

Leadership and Grants to State Libraries 

programs. 

II. Current Actions 

To collect information from grantee 

institutions that received IMLS 

digitization grants since 2005. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Museum Grants for African 

American History and Culture Program 

Guidelines. 

OMB Number: 3137–051. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: museums and 

libraries that created digital collections 

with IMLS funding. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: .5 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 25. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual costs: $625. 

Contact: Comments should be sent to 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for 

Education, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, (202) 395–7316. 

Dated: November 27, 2006. 

Rebecca Danvers, 

Director Research and Technology. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. STN 50–454, STN 50–455, STN 

50–456 AND STN 50–457] 

Exelon Generation Company, LLC 

Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; 

Braidwood Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; 

Exemption 

1.0 Background 

Exelon Generation Company, LLC 

(EGC, or the licensee) is the holder of 

Facility Operating Licenses NPF–37, 

NPF–66, NPF–72, and NPF–77, which 

authorize operation of Byron Station, 

Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Byron), and 

Braidwood Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 

(Braidwood), respectively. The licenses 

provide, among other things, that the 

facilities are subject to all rules, 

regulations, and orders of the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC, the 

Commission) now or hereafter in effect. 

The Byron facility consists of two 

pressurized-water reactors located in 

Ogle County in Illinois. The Braidwood 

facility consists of two pressurizedwater reactors located in Will County in 

Illinois. 

2.0 Request/Action 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Appendix 

G, requires that pressure-temperature 

(P–T) limits be established for reactor 

pressure vessels (RPVs) during normal 

operating and hydrostatic or leak rate 

testing conditions. Specifically, 10 CFR 

Part 50, Appendix G states, ‘‘[t]he 

minimum temperature requirements 

* * * pertain to the controlling 

material, which is either the material in 

the closure flange or the material in the 

beltline region with the highest 

reference temperature * * * [T]he 

minimum temperature requirements 

and the controlling material depend on 

the operating condition (i.e., hydrostatic 

pressure and leak tests, or normal 

operation including anticipated 

operational occurrences), the vessel 

pressure, whether fuel is in the vessel, 

and whether the core is critical. The 

metal temperature of the controlling 

material, in the region of the controlling 

material which has the least favorable 

combination of stress and temperature, 

must exceed the appropriate minimum 

temperature requirement for the 

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