The "Annual
Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plans (Form 5500 Series)" is
approved through January 1991, subject to the following terms and
conditions: 1. The user agencies will incorporate the revisions to
the Form 5500 Series specified in the clearance letter from J.
Howard Beales (OMB) to Roger Cooper (Department of the Treasury),
dated April 8, 1987. 2. The Schedule B, as revised and submitted by
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to OMB on April 21, 1988,
is approved. 3. In future requests for Paperwork Reduction Act
approval of the Form 5500 Series, OMB requests that the Department
of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and PBGC use a common basis and
methodology for estimating the paperwork burden of these reporting
requirements.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/1991
01/31/1991
11/30/1990
228,643
0
901,400
47,665
0
33,728
0
0
0
SECTION 4065 OF ERISA REQUIRES
COVERED, DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT CONTAINING
CERTAIN INFORMATION. THE FORM 5500 SERIES PROVIDES A STANDARD
FORMAT FOR FULFILLING THIS REQUIRMENT.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.