37066 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 142 / Monday, July 27, 2009 / Notices 

Therefore, the Commission hereby 

grants APS an exemption from the 

requirements of 10 CFR 55.47(a)(1) for 

Mr. Mark A. Sharp, an applicant for a 

senior reactor operator license at the 

PVNGS. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the 

Commission has determined that the 

granting of this exemption will not have 

a significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment (74 FR 34803; 

dated July 17, 2009). 

This exemption is effective upon 

issuance. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day 

of July 2009. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph G. Giitter, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–17790 Filed 7–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Submission of Information Collection 

for OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Qualified Domestic Relations Orders 

Submitted to PBGC 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) is requesting that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) extend approval, under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, of the 

collection of information in PBGC’s 

booklet Qualified Domestic Relations 

Orders & PBGC (OMB control number 

1212–0054; expires August 31, 2009). 

This notice informs the public of 

PBGC’s request and solicits public 

comment on the collection of 

information. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by August 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

via electronic mail at 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or by fax 

to 202–395–6974. 

A copy of PBGC’s request may be 

obtained without charge by writing to 

the Disclosure Division of the Office of 

the General Counsel of PBGC at the 

above address or by visiting that office 

or calling 202 326 4040 during normal 

business hours. (TTY and TDD users 

may call the Federal relay service toll 

free at 1 800 877 8339 and ask to be 

connected to 202 326 4040.) The request 

is also available at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov. The current QDRO 

booklet is available on PBGC’s Web site 

at http://www.pbgc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

Amato Burns, Attorney, Legislative and 

Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005–4026, 202– 

326–4024. (TTY and TDD users may call 

the Federal relay service toll-free at 1– 

800–877–8339 and ask to be connected 

to 202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC is 

requesting that OMB extend its approval 

of the guidance and model language and 

forms contained in the PBGC booklet, 

Qualified Domestic Relations Orders & 

PBGC. 

A defined benefit pension plan that 

does not have enough money to pay 

benefits may be terminated if the 

employer responsible for the plan faces 

severe financial difficulty, such as 

bankruptcy, and is unable to maintain 

the plan. In such an event, PBGC 

becomes trustee of the plan and pays 

benefits, subject to legal limits, to plan 

participants and beneficiaries. 

The benefits of a pension plan 

participant generally may not be 

assigned or alienated. However, Title I 

of ERISA provides an exception for 

domestic relations orders that relate to 

child support, alimony payments, or the 

marital property rights of an alternate 

payee (a spouse, former spouse, child, 

or other dependent of a plan 

participant). The exception applies only 

if the domestic relations order meets 

specific legal requirements that make it 

a qualified domestic relations order, or 

‘‘QDRO.’’ 

ERISA provides that pension plans 

are required to comply with only those 

domestic relations orders which are 

QDROs, and that the decision as to 

whether a domestic relations order is a 

QDRO is made by the plan 

administrator. When PBGC is trustee of 

a plan, it reviews submitted domestic 

relations orders to determine whether 

the order is qualified before paying 

benefits to an alternate payee. The 

requirements for submitting a QDRO are 

established by statute. 

To simplify the process, PBGC has 

included model QDROs and 

accompanying guidance in a booklet, 

Qualified Domestic Relations Orders & 

PBGC.—The models and guidance assist 

parties by making it easier to comply 

with ERISA’s QDRO requirements when 

drafting orders for plans trusteed by 

PBGC. The booklet does not create any 

additional requirements. 

PBGC is not making any substantive 

revisions to the current QDRO booklet. 

One definition has been conformed to a 

change under the Pension Protection 

Act of 2006 and several references have 

been updated. 

The collection of information has 

been approved through August 31, 2009, 

by OMB under control number 1212– 

0054. PBGC is requesting that OMB 

extend approval of the collection of 

information for three 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 it will receive 

895 domestic relations orders annually 

and that the average annual burden of 

this collection of information is 2105 

hours and $495,060. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 21 day of 

July, 2009. 

John H. Hanley, 

Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–17873 Filed 7–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2009–27 and CP2009–37; 

Order No. 231] 

Priority Mail Contract 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Commission Order No. 231, 

which addresses a new Priority Mail 

contract, was inadvertently submitted to 

the Federal Register for publication in 

the Notices category. It appeared in that 

category on July 16, 2009 (74 FR 34598). 

Order No. 231 should have been 

submitted for publication in the ‘‘Rules’’ 

category, as this would have effectuated 

an intended change in the Code of 

Federal Regulations. The Commission is 

withdrawing the referenced Notice 

document and is submitting Order No. 

231 for publication in the appropriate 

category. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, general counsel, 

202–789–6820 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–17811 Filed 7–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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