Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2018 / Notices 27377 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or 

households. 

Form 8858 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

35.99 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 719,800 hours. 

Schedule M (Form 8858) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

24.75 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 198,000 hours. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

will be of public record. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: June 5, 2018. 

Laurie Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12577 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Multiemployer Pension Plan 

Application To Reduce Benefits 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Trustees of the 

Western States Office and Professional 

Employees Pension Fund (WSOPE 

Pension Fund), a multiemployer 

pension plan, has submitted an 

application to reduce benefits under the 

fund in accordance with the 

Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 

2014 (MPRA). The purpose of this 

notice is to announce that the 

application submitted by the Board of 

Trustees of the WSOPE Pension Fund 

has been published on the website of 

the Department of the Treasury 

(Treasury), and to request public 

comments on the application from 

interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the WSOPE Pension Fund. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, in accordance 

with the instructions on that site. 

Electronic submissions through 

www.regulations.gov are encouraged. 

Comments may also be mailed to the 

Department of the Treasury, MPRA 

Office, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Room 1224, Washington, DC 20220, 

Attn: Danielle Norris. Comments sent 

via facsimile and email will not be 

accepted. 

Additional Instructions: All 

comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will be made available to the 

public. Do not include any personally 

identifiable information (such as your 

Social Security number, name, address, 

or other contact information) or any 

other information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you do not 

want publicly disclosed. Treasury will 

make comments available for public 

inspection and copying on 

www.regulations.gov or upon request. 

Comments posted on the internet can be 

retrieved by most internet search 

engines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the application 

from the WSOPE Pension Fund, please 

contact Treasury at (202) 622–1534 (not 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MPRA 

amended the Internal Revenue Code to 

permit a multiemployer plan that is 

projected to have insufficient funds to 

reduce pension benefits payable to 

participants and beneficiaries if certain 

conditions are satisfied. In order to 

reduce benefits, the plan sponsor is 

required to submit an application to the 

Secretary of the Treasury, which must 

be approved or denied in consultation 

with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) and the Department 

of Labor. 

On May 15, 2018, the Board of 

Trustees of the WSOPE Pension Fund 

submitted an application for approval to 

reduce benefits under the fund. As 

required by MPRA, that application has 

been published on Treasury’s website at 

https://www.treasury.gov/services/ 

Pages/Plan-Applications.aspx. Treasury 

is publishing this notice in the Federal 

Register, in consultation with PBGC and 

the Department of Labor, to solicit 

public comments on all aspects of the 

WSOPE Pension Fund application. 

Comments are requested from 

interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the WSOPE Pension Fund. 

Consideration will be given to any 

comments that are timely received by 

Treasury. 

Dated: June 4, 2018. 

David Kautter, 

Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12558 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

VA Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and 

Abuse Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, that the VA 

Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 

Advisory Committee will meet virtually 

on July 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. until 

12:00 p.m. (EST). The toll-free 

telephone number for this meeting is 

(844) 825–8490, access code: 

332244674#. Note: The telephone line 

will be muted except for the Committee 

and VA Executives. This meeting will 

be open the the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary, through the 

Assistant Secretary for Management and 

Chief Financial Officers, on matters 

relating to improving and enhancing 

VA’s efforts to identify, prevent, and 

mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse across 

VA in order to improve the integrity of 


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