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section 504, the records referred to in 

paragraph (j) above shall be 

unconditionally available at their 

customary location during normal 

business hours to: 

(i) any duly authorized employee or 

representative of the Department or the 

Internal Revenue Service; 

(ii) the Board or any duly authorized 

representative of the Board; 

(iii) the Independent Fiduciary or any 

duly authorized representative of the 

Independent Fiduciary; 

(iv) any participant or beneficiary of 

the Plan, or any duly authorized 

representative of such participant or 

beneficiary; 

(2) If any party refuses to disclose 

information to a person on the basis that 

such information is exempt from 

disclosure, such party must provide a 

written notice to that person advising 

them of the reasons for the refusal and 

that the Department may request such 

information on their behalf by the close 

of the thirtieth (30th) day following the 

request; 

(l) The Sale is not part of an 

agreement, arrangement or 

understanding designed to benefit UBC 

or any of its affiliates; 

(m) The Board, the UBC, and/or the 

Independent Fiduciary must provide to 

the Department the records necessary to 

demonstrate that the conditions of this 

exemption, as amended, have been met, 

within 30 days from the date the 

Department requests such records; and 

(n) All the material facts and 

representations made by the Applicant 

that are set forth in the Summary of 

Facts and Representations are true and 

accurate at all times. 

Exemption Date: If granted, this 

proposed exemption will be in effect on 

the date that the grant notice is 

published in the Federal Register. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

George Christopher Cosby, 

Director, Office of Exemption Determinations, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration, 

U.S. Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22468 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 

1974 Technical Release 1991–1 

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 31, 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 

101(e) of ERISA establishes notice 

requirements that must be satisfied 

before an employer may transfer excess 

assets from a defined benefit pension 

plan to a retiree health benefit account, 

as permitted under the conditions set 

forth in section 420 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the 

Code). 

The notice requirements of ERISA 

section 101(e) are two-fold. First, 

subsection (e)(1) requires plan 

administrators to provide advance 

written notification of such transfers to 

participants and beneficiaries. Second, 

subsection (e)(2)(A) requires employers 

to provide advance written notification 

of such transfers to the Secretaries of 

Labor and the Treasury, the plan 

administrator, and each employee 

organization representing participants 

in the plan. Both notices must be given 

at least 60 days before the transfer date. 

The two subsections prescribe the 

information to be included in each type 

of notice and further give the Secretary 

of Labor the authority to prescribe how 

notice to participants and beneficiaries 

must be given, and how any additional 

reporting requirements are deemed 

necessary. 

On May 8, 1991, the Department 

published ERISA Technical Release 91– 

1, to provide guidance on how to satisfy 

the notice requirements prescribed by 

ERISA section 101(e). The Technical 

Release made two changes in the 

statutory requirements for the second 

type of notice. First, it required the 

notice to include a filing date and the 

intended asset transfer date. Second, it 

simplified the statutory filing 

requirements by providing that filing 

with the Department of Labor would be 

deemed sufficient notice to both the 

Department and the Department of the 

Treasury as required under the statute. 

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) 

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: Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

Technical Release 1991–1. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0084. 

Affected Public: Private sector, 

Business or other for profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 14. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 119,718. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

4,011 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $3,744. 


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79962 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 1, 2024 / Notices 

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

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22434 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act 

Blackout Period Notice 

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 31, 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: The 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA), enacted on 

July 30, 2002, amended ERISA to 

include a blackout period disclosure 

requirement in subsection 101(i). This 

information collection requires 

administrators of individual account 

pension plans (e.g., a profit sharing 

plan, 401(k) type plan or money 

purchase pension plan) to provide at 

least 30 days advance written notice to 

the affected participants and 

beneficiaries in advance of any 

‘‘blackout period’’ during which their 

existing rights to direct or diversify their 

investments under the plan, or obtain a 

loan or distribution from the plan will 

be temporarily suspended. The term 

‘‘blackout period’’ is generally defined 

as any period of more than three 

consecutive business days during which 

time the ability of plan participants and 

beneficiaries to direct or diversify 

investments or to obtain loans or 

distributions is suspended, limited or 

restricted. 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) 

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: Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act 

Blackout Period Notice. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0122. 

Affected Public: Private sector, 

Business or other for profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 50,312. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 8,045,170. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

85,926 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $244,734. 

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

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22435 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; PermitRequired Confined Spaces 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Occupational 

Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)- 

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 31, 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: 

Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202– 

693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

collections of information are needed by 

employers and employees involved in 

the entry of permit-required confined 

spaces to prevent injuries and death 

from exposure to the hazards associated 

with such entries. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on July 16, 2024 (89 FR 

57944). 

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 


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