67418 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 1997 / Notices

comment on the technical issues raised

during the meeting. Those wishing to

speak are encouraged to sign the Public

Comment Register at the check-in table.

A time limit may have to be set on the

length of individual remarks; however,

written comments of any length may be

submitted for the record.

Transcripts of this meeting will be

available via e-mail, on computer disk,

or on a library-loan basis in paper

format from Davonya Barnes, Board

staff, beginning February 18, 1998. For

further information, contact Frank

Randall, External Affairs, 2300

Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300,

Arlington, Virginia 22201–3367; (Tel)

703–235–4473; (Fax) 703–235–4495; (Email) info@nwtrb.gov.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review

Board was created by Congress in the

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act

of 1987 to evaluate the technical and

scientific validity of activities

undertaken by the DOE in its program

to manage the disposal of the nation’s

commercial spent nuclear fuel and

defense high-level waste. In the same

legislation, Congress directed the DOE

to characterize a site at Yucca Mountain,

Nevada, for its suitability as a potential

location for a permanent repository for

the disposal of that waste.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

William Barnard,

Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical

Review Board.

[FR Doc. 97–33569 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–AM–M

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Proposed Submission of Information

Collection for OMB Review; Comment

Request; Notice of Termination for

Multiemployer Plans

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 in its

regulation on Notice of Termination for

Multiemployer Plans (29 CFR Part

4041A Subpart B) (OMB control number

1212–0020; expires March 31, 1998).

This notice informs the public of the

PBGC’s intent and solicits public

comment on the collection of

information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

by February 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Office of the General Counsel, suite

340, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026, or

delivered to that address between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m. on business days. Written

comments will be available for public

inspection at the PBGC’s

Communications and Public Affairs

Department, suite 240 at the same

address, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on

business days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah C. Murphy, Attorney, office of

the General Counsel, 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

4041A(f)(2) of the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act of 1974 (‘‘ERISA’’)

gives the PBGC authority to prescribe

reporting requirements for terminated

multiemployer pension plans covered

by Title IV of ERISA.

The PBGC’s regulation on Notice of

Termination for Multiemployer Plans

(29 CFR Part 4041A Subpart B) requires

the filing of a notice of termination with

the PBGC by a multiemployer plan that

has terminated either by plan

amendment or by mass withdrawal. The

notice must contain certain basic

information such as the plan’s identity,

the date of termination, and the plan’s

most recent Form 5500. In addition, a

plan that has terminated by mass

withdrawal must supply certain

financial information to enable the

PBGC to assess the likelihood of benefit

reductions or suspensions under the

plan and the need for PBGC financial

assistance to the plan. More information

is required with respect to mass

withdrawal terminations because the

risk of plan insolvency is greater in

these cases. (The regulation may be

accessed on the PBGC’s home page at

http://www.pbgc.gov.)

The collection of information under

the regulation has been approved by

OMB under control number 1212–0020

through March 31, 1998. The 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. The PBGC estimates that the

total annual hour burden of the

regulation is one hour and that the total

annual cost burden is $34,125.

The PBGC is soliciting public

comments to—

• 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.

Issued in Washington, DC, this 18th day of

December, 1997.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–33576 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Proposed Submission of Information

Collection for OMB Review; Comment

Request; Extension of Special

Withdrawal Liability Rules

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 in its

regulation on Extension of Special

Withdrawal Liability Rules (29 CFR Part

4203) (OMB control number 1212–0023;

expires March 31, 1998). This notice

informs the public of the PBGC’s intent

and solicits public comment on the

collection of information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

by February 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Office of the General Counsel, suite

340, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026, or

delivered to that address between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m. on business days. Written