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specialty occupations and as fashion 

models or by those who want to report 

violations and will permit the 

Department to meet its statutory 

responsibilities for program 

administration, management, and 

oversight. For additional substantive 

information about this ICR, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on May 6, 2024 (89 FR 37263). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Title of Collection: Labor Condition 

Application for H–1B, H–1B1, and E–3 

Nonimmigrants and the Nonimmigrant 

Worker Information Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0310. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions; State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments; Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 138,314. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 645,353. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

843,989 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $41,140. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)). 

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20621 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Disclosures by Insurers to General 

Account Policyholders 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before October 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Howell by telephone at 202– 

693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1460 of the Small Business Job 

Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–188) 

(SBJPA) amended ERISA by adding 

section 401(c). This section requires the 

Department to promulgate a regulation 

providing guidance, applicable only to 

insurance policies issued on or before 

December 31, 1998, to or for the benefit 

of employee benefit plans, to clarify the 

extent to which assets held in an 

insurer’s general account under such 

contracts are ‘‘plan assets’’ within the 

meaning of ERISA, because the policies 

are not ‘‘guaranteed benefit policies’’ 

within the meaning of section 401(b) of 

ERISA. SBJPA further directed the 

Department to set standards for how 

insurers should manage the specified 

insurance policies (called Transition 

Policies). Pursuant to the authority and 

direction given under SBJPA, the 

Department promulgated a final rule on 

January 5, 2000 (65 FR 714) that is 

codified at 29 CFR 2550.401c-1. 

Regulation section 29 CFR 

2550.401(c)-1 imposes specific 

requirements on insurers that are parties 

to Transition Policies in order to ensure 

that the fiduciaries acting on behalf of 

plans have adequate information and 

understanding of how the Transition 

Policies work. This information 

collection requires that an insurer that 

issues and maintains a Transition Policy 

to or for the benefit of an employee 

benefit plan must disclose to the plan 

fiduciary, initially upon issuance of the 

policy and on an annual basis, to the 

extent that the policy is not a 

guaranteed benefit policy: (1) the 

methods by which income and expenses 

of the insurer’s general account are 

allocated to the policy, the actual 

annual return to the plan, and other 

pertinent information; (2) the extent to 

which alternative arrangements 

supported by the assets of the insurer’s 

separate accounts are available; (3) any 

rights under the policy to transfer funds 

to a separate account and the terms 

governing such right; and (4) the extent 

to which support by assets of the 

insurer’s separate accounts might pose 

differing risks to the plan. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 5, 2024 (89 FR 7732). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 


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years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–EBSA. 

Title of Collection: Disclosures by 

Insurers to General Account 

Policyholders. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0114. 

Affected Public: Private sector, 

Business or other for profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 316. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 26,470. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

112,498 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $960. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)). 

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20624 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043] 

TUV SUD America, Inc.: Grant of 

Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for TUV SUD 

America, Inc. as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

September 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, phone: (202) 693–1911 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Application for 

Expansion 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM), as a 

NRTL. TUVAM’s expansion covers the 

addition of one recognized testing site to 

the NRTL scope of recognition. 

OSHA’s recognition of a NRTL 

signifies that the organization meets the 

requirements specified in 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within its scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by its applicable test standard; and (2) 

the recognized site(s) that has/have the 

technical capability to perform the 

product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards 

within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is 

not a delegation or grant of government 

authority; however, recognition enables 

employers to use products approved by 

the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require product testing and certification. 

The agency processes an application 

by a NRTL for initial recognition and for 

an expansion or renewal of this 

recognition, following requirements in 

appendix A, 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides its preliminary 

finding. In the second notice, the agency 

provides the final decision on the 

application. These notices set forth the 

NRTL’s scope of recognition or 

modifications of that scope. OSHA 

maintains an informational web page for 

each NRTL, including TUVAM, which 

details the NRTL’s scope of recognition. 

These pages are available from the 

OSHA website at: https://

www.osha.gov/nationally-recognizedtesting-laboratory-program. 

TUVAM submitted an application to 

OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope 

of recognition. The application, dated 

August 1, 2023 (OSHA–2007–0043– 

0061), requested the expansion of the 

NRTL scope of recognition to include 

one additional test site located at: 5945 

Cabot Parkway, Suite 100, Alpharetta, 

Georgia 30005. OSHA staff performed 

an on-site review of TUVAM’s testing 

facilities at TUVAM Alpharetta on 

November 14–15, 2023, in which 

assessors found some nonconformances 

with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. 

TUVAM has addressed these issues 

sufficiently, and OSHA staff has 

preliminarily determined that OSHA 

should grant the expansion request to 

include this additional site. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing TUVAM’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

July 29, 2024 (89 FR 60926). The agency 

requested comments by August 13, 

2024, but it received no comments in 

response to the notice. OSHA now is 

proceeding with this notice to grant 

expansion of TUVAM’s scope of 

recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the 

TUVAM expansion application, go to 

www.regulations/gov or contact the 

Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY 

(877) 889–5627. Docket No. OSHA– 

2007–0043 contains all materials in the 

record containing TUVAM’s 

recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined TUVAM’s 

expansion application, conducted a 

detailed on-site assessment, and 

examined other pertinent information. 

Based on review of this evidence, OSHA 

finds that TUVAM meets the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of recognition, subject to the 

specified limitations and conditions. 

OSHA, therefore, is proceeding with 

this final notice to grant TUVAM’s 

expanded scope of recognition. OSHA 

limits the expansion of TUVAM’s 

recognition to include the site at 

Alpharetta, Georgia listed above. 

OSHA’s recognition of the site limits 

TUVAM to performing product testing 

and certifications only to the test 

standards for which the site has the 

proper capability and programs, and for 

test standards in TUVAM’s scope of 

recognition. This limitation is consistent 

with the recognition that OSHA grants 

to other NRTLs that operate multiple 

sites. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 

TUVAM also must abide by the 

following conditions of the recognition: 

1. TUVAM must inform OSHA as 

soon as possible, in writing, of any 

change of ownership, facilities, or key 

personnel, and of any major change in 

its operations as a NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. TUVAM must meet all the terms of 

its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. TUVAM must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 


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