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OMB Control No: 1210-0110	ICR Reference No: 200711-1210-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200410-1210-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/EBSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Information Return/Report
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/16/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/16/2007
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2010	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2007
Responses	780,000	0	837,755
Time Burden (Hours)	536,000	0	1,948,529
Cost Burden (Dollars)	195,000,000	0	663,870,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	780,000	837,755	0	-57,755
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	536,000	1,948,529	-23,000	-1,389,529
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	195,000,000	663,870,000	-18,000,000	-450,870,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The reduction occurred, because EBSA updated the model it uses for these burden calculations and used updated estimates of the number of plans affected by the regulation. Reduction also due to compliance with requirements of Section 1103(b) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, which required a simplified reporting alternative for certain small plans.