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Information Collection Request (ICR)

may be obtained by contacting the office

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office shown in the

ADDRESSES section below on or before

April 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew, Office of

Policy and Research, U.S. Department of

Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N–5647,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:

(202) 219–4782; Fax: (202) 219–4745.

These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 81–6 permits an employee

benefit plan to lend securities to a

broker-dealer registered under the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to a

bank, where the borrowing brokerdealer or bank is a party in interest,

provided certain conditions are met. In

the absence of an exemption, securities

lending transactions would be

prohibited under circumstances where

the borrowing broker-dealer or bank is

a party in interest or disqualified person

with respect to the plan under the

Employee Retirement Income Securities

Act (ERISA) or the Internal Revenue

Code (Code).

I. Desired Focus of Comments

The Department is particularly

interested in comments that:

• 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 a

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology 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.

III. Current Actions

The class exemption has two basic

information collection requirements.

The first requires the borrower of the

plan securities to report certain

information to the lending plan

fiduciary, and the second calls for a

written agreement between the lending

plan and the borrower. This notice

requests comments on the extension of

the ICR included in the Prohibited

Transaction Class Exemption 81–6. The

Department is not proposing or

implementing changes to the existing

ICR at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection of

information.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

Titles: Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 81–6.

OMB Number: 1210–0065.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Respondents: 42,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Responses: 126,000.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

10,500.

Total Burden Cost (Operating and

Maintenance): $47,880.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the information collection

request; they will also become a matter

of public record.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and

Research, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–4408 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Proposed Extension of Information

Collection; Comment Request

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 82–63

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This helps

to ensure that requested data can be

provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial

resources) is minimized, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the impact of collection requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration is soliciting

comments concerning the information

collection request (ICR) incorporated in

Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption

82–63 (PTE 82–63) involving

compensation arrangements for

securities lending services. A copy of

the ICR may be obtained by contacting

the office listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office shown in the

ADDRESSES section below on or before

April 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew, Office of

Policy and Research, U.S. Department of

Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N–5647,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:

(202) 219–4782; Fax: (202) 219–4745.

These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

PTE 82–63 allows certain

compensation arrangements to be made

for the provision by a fiduciary of

securities lending services to an

employee benefit plan, if the conditions

specified in the exemption are met. In

the absence of this exemption, certain

aspects of these transactions might be

prohibited by section 406 of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act. The class exemption has two basic

information collection requirements.

The first requirement is that the

compensation be paid in accordance

with a written instrument authorized by

a non-lending fiduciary, and the second

is that the lending fiduciary furnish the

authorizing fiduciary with information

needed for the authorizing fiduciary to

determine whether the compensation

arrangement should be made or

renewed.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Department is particularly

interested in comments that:

• 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

methodology and assumptions used;

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• 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.

III. Current Action

This notice requests comments on the

extension of the ICR included in PTE

82–63. The Department is not proposing

or implementing changes to the existing

ICR at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection of

information.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

Titles: Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 82–63.

OMB Number: 1210–0062.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Respondents: 42,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Responses: 42,000.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,500.

Total Burden Cost (Operating and

Maintenance): $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the information collection

request; they will also become a matter

of public record.

Dated: February 15, 2001.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and

Research, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–4409 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans’ Employment and Training

Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request: Federal Contractor

Veterans’ Employment Report VETS–

100

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service, Labor.

ACTION: Extend current collection for

three years.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506 C (2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted by

April 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to the Veterans’ Employment

and Training Service, U.S. Department

of Labor, Room S–1316, 200

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–4701.

Written comments limited to 10 pages

or fewer may also be transmitted be

facsimile to (202) 693–4755. Receipt of

submissions, whether by U.S.mail, email or FAX transmittal, will not be

acknowledged; however, the sender may

request confirmation that a submission

has been received, by telephoning VETS

at (202) 693–4717 (VOICE) or (877) 670–

7008 (TY/TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Ron

Bachman, Office of Operations and

Programs, Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room S–1316, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210,

telephone: (202) 693–4707. Copies of

the referenced information collection

request are available for inspection and

copying through VETS and will be

mailed to persons who request copies by

telephoning Ron Bachman at (202) 693–

4707.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Federal Contractor Veterans

Employment Report VETS–100 is

administered by the U.S. Department of

Labor, is used to facilitate Federal

contractor and subcontractor reporting

of their employment and new hiring

activity. Title 38 U.S.C., section 4212 (d)

was amended by the Veterans’

Employment Opportunities Act on

October 31, 1998, and now requires the

collection of information from entities

holding contracts of $25,000 or more

with Federal Departments or agencies to

report annually on (a) the number of

current employees in each job category

and at each hiring location who are

special disabled veterans, the number

who are veterans of the Vietnam era,

and the number who are other eligible

veterans who served on active duty

during a war or a campaign or

expedition for which a campaign badge

has been authorized; (b) the total

number of employees hiring during the

report period and of those, the number

of special disabled, the number who are

veterans of the Vietnam era, and the

number who are other veterans; and the

maximum and minimum number of

employees employed by the contractor

at each hiring location.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

Currently the Veterans’ Employment

and Training Service (VETS) is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed information collection request

for the Federal Contractor Veterans’

Employment Report VETS–100. The

Department of Labor is particularly

interested in comments which:

• 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

methodology 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 submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

This notice requests the Office of

Management and Budget approval for

the paperwork requirements for the

Federal Contractor Veterans’

Employment Report VETS–100.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Agency: Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service.

Title: Federal Contractor Veterans’

Report VETS–100.

OMB Number: 1293–0005.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions and not-for-profit

institutions.

Total Respondents: 194,580.

Average Time per Response: 30

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 97,290.

Total Annualized Capital/startup

costs: $0.