Sections 104 and 4065 of ERISA require
plan administrators to file an annual report. The report must
contain the information described in section 103 of ERISA. The Form
5500 Series provides a standard format for fulfilling that
requirement.
PBGC estimates an increase of
16,501 hours in the hour burden from 1,242 to 17,743. PBGC
estimates that the increase is due to the Agencies incorporation of
OMB’s guidance that the burden incurred by service providers should
be reported as an hour burden in item 12 of the Supporting
Statement instead of as a cost burden in item 13 of the Supporting
Statement. Therefore, PBGC is no longer including those service
provider hours as cost burden in item 13 of the Supporting
Statement.
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.