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###### Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

# AGENCY:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

# ACTION:

Notice of intent to request extension of OMB approval of information collection.

# SUMMARY:

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, without change, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information for its employees to request a medical exception to the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.

# DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 2022.

# ADDRESSES:

Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
      -  Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.                          Follow the instructions for submitting comments.                    
      -  Email: paperwork.comments@pbgc.gov.                          Refer to OMB control number 1212-0075 in the subject line.                    
      -  Mail or Hand Delivery:                          Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026.                    

Commenters are strongly encouraged to submit public comments electronically. PBGC expects to have limited personnel available to process public comments that are submitted on paper through mail. Until further notice, any comments submitted on paper will be considered to the extent practicable.

                        All submissions received must include the agency's name (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or PBGC) and refer to OMB control number 1212-0075. All comments received will be posted without change to PBGC's website,                         *http://www.pbgc.gov,*                         including any personal information provided. Commenters should not include any information for which disclosure is restricted by statute, such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information (“confidential business information”). Submission of confidential business information without a request for protected treatment constitutes a waiver of any claims of confidentiality.                    

Copies of the collection of information may be obtained by writing to Disclosure Division, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026, or calling 202-229-4040 during normal business hours. TTY users may call the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-229-4040.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Melissa Rifkin (                        *rifkin.melissa@pbgc.gov*), Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026; 202-229-6563. (TTY and TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-229-6563.)                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    Under Executive Order 14043, every Federal agency must “implement, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a program to require COVID-19 vaccination for all of its Federal employees, with exceptions only as required by law.” In following this directive, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has a requirement that its employees must receive and submit proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. As required by 29 U.S.C. 701*et seq.*                     and 29 CFR part 1630, PBGC allows an exception from the vaccination requirement for employees who demonstrate medical reasons or disabilities that would make the COVID-19 vaccine unsafe for them. To                           ( print page 4668)                        obtain this exception, employees must complete the Request for Medical Exception to COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement form. PBGC uses the information on this form to verify employees' assertions that they are entitled to an exception to the COVID-19 vaccination requirement because of their medical or disability statuses.                

The medical exception request collection of information has been approved by OMB under control number 1212-0075 (expires May 31, 2022). PBGC intends to request that OMB extend its approval for 3 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.

PBGC estimates that an average of 2 employees each year will submit Request for Medical Exception to COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement forms. The total estimated annual burden of the collection of information is 0.5 hours and $0.

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 methodologies 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.

Hilary Duke,

Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

[FR Doc. 2022-01801 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]

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