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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of intention to request extension of OMB approval.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Liability for Termination of Single-Employer Plans

DATES: Comments should be submitted by January 22, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``PBGC'') intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information contained in its regulation on Liability for Termination of SingleEmployer Plans, 29 CFR Part 4062 (OMB Control Number 12120017; expires February 29, 2008). This notice informs the public of PBGC's intent and solicits public comment on the collection of information.

SUMMARY: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Section 4062 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, provides that the contributing sponsor of a singleemployer pension plan and members of the sponsor's controlled group (``the employer'') incur liability (``employer liability'') if the plan terminates with assets insufficient to pay benefit liabilities under the plan. PBGC's statutory lien for employer liability and the payment terms for employer liability are affected by whether and to what extent employer liability exceeds 30 percent of the employer's net worth.

Section 4062.6 of PBGC's employer liability regulation (29 CFR 4062.6) requires a contributing sponsor or member of the contributing sponsor's controlled group who believes employer liability upon plan termination exceeds 30 percent of the employer's net worth to so notify PBGC and to submit net worth information. This information is necessary to enable PBGC to determine whether and to what extent employer liability exceeds 30 percent of the employer's net worth.

The collection of information under the regulation has been approved by OMB under control number 12120017 through February 29, 2008. PBGC intends to request that OMB extend its approval for another 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 an average of five contributing sponsors or controlled group members per year will respond to this collection of information. PBGC further estimates that the average annual burden of this collection of information will be 12 hours and $3,636 per respondent, with an average total annual burden of 60 hours and $18,120.

PBGC is soliciting public comments to
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Evaluate whether the 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 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.

Issued in Washington, DC, this 16th day of November, 2007. John H. Hanley,
Director, Legislative and Regulatory Department Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. E722791 Filed 112007; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Thomas H. Gabriel, Attorney, or Catherine B. Klion, Manager, Regulatory and Policy Division, Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 200054026, 202326 4024. (For TTY and TDD, call 8008778339 and request connection to 2023264024.)