Furnishing Documents to the
Secretary of Labor on Request Under Employee Retirement Income
Security Act Section 104(a)(6)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/23/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2021
893
831
41
55
721
3,451
The purpose of the collection is to
obtain employee benefit plan information when a participant or
beneficiary has requested the documents from their plan
administrator and the administrator has failed or refused to
provide them. Section 104(a)(6) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and related regulations at 29 CFR
2520.104a-8 require the administrator of an employee benefit plan
covered by Title I of ERISA to furnish certain documents relating
to the plan on request to the Secretary of Labor.
US Code:
29 USC 1024(a)(6) Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974
The estimated number of
requested SPDs and SMMs has been adjusted to incorporate updated
recovery data from EBSA’s Office of Outreach, Education, and
Assistance. The estimates above also reflect updated postage and
material costs and wage rates. Additionally, the Department assumes
that 92.7 percent of respondents will provide the requested
documents electronically.
$27,556
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Chris Cosby 202
693-8540
No
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.