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Among other conditions, PTE 92–6 

requires that pension plans inform the 

insured participant of a proposed sale of 

a life insurance or annuity policy to the 

employer, a relative, another plan, an 

owner-employee, or a shareholderemployee. This recordkeeping 

requirement constitutes an information 

collection within the meaning of the 

PRA, for which the Department has 

obtained approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

OMB Control No. 1210–0063. The OMB 

approval is currently scheduled to 

expire on July 31, 2007. 

II. Current Actions 

This notice requests public comment 

pertaining to the Department’s request 

for extension of OMB approval of the 

information collection contained in PTE 

92–6. After considering comments 

received in response to this notice, the 

Department intends to submit an ICR to 

OMB for continuing approval. No 

change to the existing ICR is proposed 

or made at this time. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a valid 

OMB control number. A summary of the 

ICR and the current burden estimates 

follows: 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

Title: Prohibited Transaction Class 

Exemption 92–6. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

OMB Number: 1210–0063. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondents: 8,360. 

Responses: 8,360. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,671. 

Estimated Total Burden Cost 

(Operating and Maintenance): $3,093. 

III. Focus of Comments 

The Department of Labor 

(Department) is particularly interested 

in comments that: 

• 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., by permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the ICR for OMB approval 

of the extension of the information 

collection; they will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Bradford P. Campbell, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment; Final Rule on Health 

Care Continuation Coverage 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the 

Department), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides 

the general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the reporting burden on the public and 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. Currently, 

the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration is soliciting comments 

on the proposed extension of the 

information collection provisions of its 

final rule at 29 CFR Part 2590, Health 

Care Continuation Coverage. A copy of 

the information collection request (ICR) 

may be obtained by contacting the office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office shown in the 

ADDRESSES section on or before June 8, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Joseph S. Piacentini, 

Department of Labor, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210, (202) 693–8410, FAX (202) 

693–4745 (these are not toll-free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The continuation coverage provisions 

of section 601 through 608 of ERISA 

(and parallel provisions of the Internal 

Revenue Code (Code)) generally require 

group health plans to offer qualified 

beneficiaries’ the opportunity to elect 

continuation coverage following certain 

events that would otherwise result in 

the loss of coverage. Continuation 

coverage is a temporary extension of the 

qualified beneficiary’s previous group 

health coverage. The right to elect 

continuation coverage allows 

individuals to maintain group health 

coverage under adverse circumstances 

and to bridge gaps in health coverage 

that otherwise could limit their access 

to health care. 

COBRA provides the Secretary of 

Labor (the Secretary) with authority 

under section 608 of ERISA to carry out 

the continuation coverage provisions. 

The Conference Report that 

accompanied COBRA divided 

interpretive authority over the COBRA 

provisions between the Secretary and 

the Secretary of the Treasury (the 

Treasury) by providing that the 

Secretary has the authority to issue 

regulations implementing the notice and 

disclosure requirements of COBRA, 

while the Treasury is authorized to 

issue regulations defining the required 

continuation coverage. 

On May 26, 2004, the Department of 

Labor (the Department) published in the 

Federal Register (69 FR 30084) final 

regulations governing the timing, 

content, and administration of the 

notice obligations arising under ERISA. 

These final rules implementing the 

notice requirements of the COBRA 

provisions of ERISA also apply for 

purposes of the parallel Code 

provisions. 

This recordkeeping requirement 

constitutes an information collection 

within the meaning of the PRA, for 

which the Department has obtained 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control 

No. 1210–0123. The OMB approval is 

currently scheduled to expire on July 

31, 2007. 

II. Current Actions 

This notice requests public comment 

pertaining to the Department’s request 

for extension of OMB approval of the 

information collection contained in its 

final rule at 29 CFR 2590, Health Care 

Continuation Coverage. After 

considering comments received in 


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response to this notice, the Department 

intends to submit an ICR to OMB for 

continuing approval. No change to the 

existing ICR is proposed or made at this 

time. An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, an information collection 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. A summary of the ICR and the 

current burden estimates follows: 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

Title: Notice Requirements of the 

Health Care Continuation Coverage 

Provisions. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

OMB Number: 1210–0123. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondents: 411,000. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Responses: 9,225,900. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: None 

Estimated Total Burden Cost 

(Operating and Maintenance): 

$14,723,400. 

Estimated Total Annualized Cost: 

$16,379,900. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Department of Labor 

(Department) is particularly interested 

in comments that: 

• 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., by permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the ICR for OMB approval 

of the extension of the information 

collection; they will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Bradford P. Campbell, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–6554 Filed 4–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations; 

Operations Under Water 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

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

program 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 8, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to, Debbie 

Ferraro, Management Services Division, 

1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2171, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. Commenters 

are encouraged to send their comments 

on computer disk, or via Internet e-mail 

to Ferraro.Debbie@DOL.GOV. Ms. 

Ferraro can be reached at (202) 693–

9821 (voice), or (202) 693–9801 

(facsimile). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact the employee listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Title 30, CFR § 75.1716, 75.1716–1 

and 75.1716–3 require operators of 

underground coal mines to notify 

MSHA of proposed mining under bodies 

of water and to obtain a permit to mine 

under a body of water if, in the 

judgment of the Secretary, it is 

sufficiently large to constitute a hazard 

to miners. This is a statutory provision 

contained in Section 317(r) of the 

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 

1977. The regulation is necessary to 

prevent the inundation of underground 

coal mines with water, which has the 

potential of drowning miners. The coal 

mine operator submits an application 

for the permit to the District Manager in 

whose district the mine is located. 

Applications contain the name and 

address of the mine; projected mining 

and ground support plans; a mine map 

showing the location of the river, 

stream, lake or other body of water and 

its relation to the location of all working 

places; a profile map showing the type 

of strata and the distance in elevation 

between the coal bed and the water 

involved. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the information collection 

related to Operations Under Water. 

MSHA 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 appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. 

III. Current Action 

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the information collection 

related to Operations Under Water. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Title: Operations Under Water. 

OMB Number: 1219–0020. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Annual Reponses: 30. 

Average Response Time: 5 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 150. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $450. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 


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