44492 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before October 23, 2017 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 8142, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Jennifer Leonard by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS) 

Title: U.S. Treasury Auctions 

Submitter Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: 1530–0056. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Chapter 31 of Title 31 of the 

United States code authorizes the 

Secretary of the Treasury to issue 

United States obligations and to offer 

them for sale under such terms and 

conditions as the Secretary may 

prescribe. Submitters in U.S. Treasury 

auctions are required by Federal 

Regulation 31 CFR part 356.16(a) to 

have an agreement on file prior to 

submitting a computer tender in 

Treasury auctions. This information is 

only required of organizations that 

voluntarily choose to submit tenders 

directly in Treasury auctions. 

Form: FS Form 5441. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 80. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20185 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Multiemployer Pension Plan 

Application To Reduce Benefits 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; Request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Trustees of the 

Western States Office and Professional 

Employees Pension Fund (WSOPE 

Pension Fund), a multiemployer 

pension plan, has submitted an 

application to reduce benefits under the 

plan in accordance with the 

Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 

2014. The purpose of this notice is to 

announce that the application submitted 

by the Board of Trustees of the WSOPE 

Pension Fund has been published on 

the Treasury Web site, and to request 

public comments on the application 

from interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the WSOPE Pension Fund. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, in accordance 

with the instructions on that site. 

Electronic submissions through 

www.regulations.gov are encouraged. 

Comments may also be mailed to the 

Department of the Treasury, MPRA 

Office, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Room 1224, Washington, DC 20220. 

Attn: Eric Berger. Comments sent via 

facsimile and email will not be 

accepted. 

Additional Instructions. All 

comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will be made available to the 

public. Do not include any personally 

identifiable information (such as Social 

Security number, name, address, or 

other contact information) or any other 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you do not 

want publicly disclosed. Treasury will 

make comments available for public 

inspection and copying on 

www.regulations.gov or upon request. 

Comments posted on the Internet can be 

retrieved by most Internet search 

engines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the application 

from the WSOPE Pension Fund, please 

contact Treasury at (202) 622–1534 (not 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 

2014 (MPRA) amended the Internal 

Revenue Code to permit a 

multiemployer plan that is projected to 

have insufficient funds to reduce 

pension benefits payable to participants 

and beneficiaries if certain conditions 

are satisfied. In order to reduce benefits, 

the plan sponsor is required to submit 

an application to the Secretary of the 

Treasury, which Treasury, in 

consultation with the Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the 

Department of Labor, is required to 

approve or deny. 

On August 24, 2017, the Board of 

Trustees of the WSOPE Pension Fund 

submitted an application for approval to 

reduce benefits under the plan. As 

required by MPRA, that application has 

been published on Treasury’s Web site 

at https://auth.treasury.gov/services/ 

Pages/Plan-Applications.aspx. Treasury 

is publishing this notice in the Federal 

Register, in consultation with the PBGC 

and the Department of Labor, to solicit 

public comments on all aspects of the 

WSOPE Pension Fund application. 

Comments are requested from 

interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the WSOPE Pension Fund. 

Consideration will be given to any 

comments that are timely received by 

Treasury. 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

David Kautter, 

Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20259 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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