Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 75 / Monday, April 20, 1998 / Notices 19521

II. Current Actions

This notice requests Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approval of the information collection

requirements contained in the PPE

standard.

Type of Review: Extension of a

Currently Approved Collection.

Agency: U.S. Department of Labor,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Personal Protective Equipment

(29 CFR 1910.132).

OMB Number: 1218–0205.

Agency Number: Docket Number ICR–

98–20.

Affected Public: State or local

governments; business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 29,000,000.

Frequency: On occasion.

Average Time per Response: 1.5

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

21,140.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of

April 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–10287 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Working Group Studying PreRetirement Distributions From ERISA

Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans

Advisory Council on Employee Welfare

and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of

Meeting

Pursuant to the authority contained in

Section 512 of the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29

U.S.C. 1142, a public meeting will be

held on Tuesday, May 5, 1998 of the

new Working Group of the Advisory

Council on Employee Welfare and

Pension Benefit Plans, which will study

pre-retirement distributions, including

in-service distributions and participant

loans from ERISA employer-sponsored

pension plans, known in the pension

benefits community as ‘‘leakage.’’

The purpose of the open meeting,

which will run from 9:30 a.m. to

approximately noon on Room N–4437

C&D, U.S. Department of Labor

Building, Second and Constitution

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, is

for Working Group members to establish

the agenda and course of study for the

upcoming Council year on the topic.

The Working Group Chair Barbara A.

Uberti, vice president of the Wilmington

Trust Company in Wilmington, Del.,

and Vice Chair Michael R. Fanning,

chief executive officer of the Central

Pension Fund International Union of

Operating Engineers and Participating

Employers, Washington, DC, hope to

begin hearing testimony on the topic at

the first session.

Members of the public are encouraged

to file a written statement pertaining to

the topic by submitting 20 copies on or

before May 1, 1998, to Sharon

Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA

Advisory Council, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–5677, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Individuals or representatives of

organizations wishing to address the

Working Group should forward their

request to the Executive Secretary or

telephone (202) 219–8753. Oral

presentations will be limited to 10

minutes, but an extended statement may

be submitted for the record. Individuals

with disabilities, who need special

accommodations, should contact Sharon

Morrissey by May 1, 1998, at the

address indicated in this notice.

Organizations or individuals also may

submit statements for the record

without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of

such statements should be sent to the

Executive Secretary of the Advisory

Council at the above address. Papers

will be accepted and included in the

record of the meeting if received on or

before May 1.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13th day

of April, 1998.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–10282 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Working Group Studying Small

Business: How To Enhance and

Encourage the Establishment of

Pension Plans, Advisory Council on

Employee Welfare and Pension

Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to the authority contained in

Section 512 of the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29

U.S.C. 1142, a public meeting will be

held Monday, May 4, 1998, of the

Advisory Council on Employee Welfare

and Pension Benefits Plans’ new

Working Group being formed to study

the obstacles to why small businesses

are not establishing retirement vehicles

for their employees when so many

different savings arrangements have

been developed and how to encourage

these same businesses to establish such

pension plans.

The session will take place in Room

N–4437 C&D, U.S. Department of Labor

Building, Second and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

The purpose of the open meeting, which

will run from 1 p.m. to approximately

3:30 p.m., is for Working Group

members to begin organizing its study

for the year and, it is hoped, to begin

taking testimony on the topic. Named to

head the Working Group are Council

members, Dr. Thomas J. Mackell Jr.,

executive vice president of Simms

Capital Management, Inc., of

Greenwich, Conn. as chair and Eddie C.

Brown, president, Brown Capital

Management in Baltimore, Md. as vice

chair.

Members of the public are encouraged

to file a written statement pertaining to

the topic by submitting 20 copies on or

before May 1, 1998, to Sharon

Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA

Advisory Council, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–5677, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Individuals or representatives of

organizations wishing to address the

Working Group should forward their

request to the Executive Secretary or

telephone (202) 219–8753. Oral

presentations will be limited to 10

minutes, but an extended statement may

be submitted for the record. Individuals

with disabilities, who need special

accommodations, should contact Sharon

Morrissey by May 1, at the address

indicated in this notice.

Organizations or individuals may also

submit statements for the record

without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of

such statements should be sent to the

Executive Secretary of the Advisory

Council at the above address. Papers

will be accepted and included in the

record of the meeting if received on or

before May 1.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13th day

of April, 1998.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–10283 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

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