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Number 1210–0110)) as required under
section 101(b)(1) of ERISA and ERISA
regulations codified in 29 CFR part
2520. Under the Delinquent Filer
Voluntary Compliance Program (DFVC)
Program, administrators otherwise
subject to the assessment of higher civil
penalties are permitted to pay reduced
civil penalties for voluntarily complying
with the annual reporting requirements
under Title I of ERISA. This information
collection requires providing data
necessary to identify the plan along
with the penalty payment. With respect
to most pension plans and welfare
plans, the requirement is satisfied by
sending, along with the penalty
payment, a copy of the delinquent
annual report (without attachments or
schedules) which is filed with the
Department at a different address under
the EFAST system. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on October 20, 2020
(85 FR 66580).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Delinquent Filer
Voluntary Compliance Program.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0089.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 10,350.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 10,350.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
518 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $778,718.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

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Dated: January 8, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Request
for Assistance From the Department of
Labor, Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Employee
Benefits Security Administration
(EBSA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before February 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202–
693–8538 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@
dol.gov.
SUMMARY:

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EBSA
assists participants in understanding
their rights, responsibilities, and
benefits under employee benefits laws
and intervenes informally on their
behalf with the plan sponsor in order to
assist them in obtaining the health and
retirement benefits to which they may
have been inappropriately denied,
which can avert the necessity for a
formal investigation or a civil action.
EBSA has made a request for assistance
form available on its website for those
wishing to obtain assistance in this
manner. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on October 20, 2020 (85 FR
66580).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Request for
Assistance from the Department of
Labor, Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0146.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 5,582.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 5,582.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
2,791 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: January 8, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021–00697 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am]
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