Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 81 / Thursday, April 26, 2012 / Notices 24989 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; ERISA 

Procedure 76–1; Advisory Opinion 

Procedure 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘ERISA 

Procedure 76–1; Advisory Opinion 

Procedure,’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for continued use 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–EBSA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881 

(these are not toll-free numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by email at 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Employee Income Security Act of 1974 

(ERISA), the EBSA has responsibility to 

administer the reporting, disclosure, 

fiduciary, and other standards for 

pension and welfare benefit plans. The 

procedure for ERISA advisory opinions 

establishes a public process for 

requesting guidance from the EBSA on 

how the ERISA applies to particular 

circumstances. The procedure sets forth 

specific administrative processes for 

requesting either an advisory opinion or 

an information letter and describes the 

types of questions that may be 

submitted. As part of the procedure, 

requesters are instructed to provide 

information to the EBSA concerning the 

circumstances governing their request. 

The EBSA relies on the information 

provided by the requester to analyze the 

issue presented and provide guidance. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 

DOL obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 1210–0066. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

June 30, 2012; however, it should be 

noted that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

For additional information, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on December 7, 2011 (76 FR 

76439). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1210– 

0066. The OMB 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., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–EBSA. 

Title of Collection: ERISA Procedure 

76–1; Advisory Opinion Procedure. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0066. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or Other For-Profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 573. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $1,250,218. 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Notice of 

Blackout Period Under ERISA 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Notice 

of Blackout Period Under ERISA,’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval for 

continued use in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–EBSA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881 

(these are not toll-free numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 


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