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OMB Control No: 1210-0126	ICR Reference No: 201407-1210-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201307-1210-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/EBSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 01/16/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/17/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2017
Responses	77,100,000	0	77,989,123
Time Burden (Hours)	576,000	0	977,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	29,600,000	0	26,845,755

Abstract: Pub. L. 108-218 amended section 101(f) of ERISA to require plan administrators of a defined benefit plan which is a multiemployer plan to each plan year furnish a plan funding notice to each plan participant and beneficiary, to each labor organization representing such participants or beneficiaries, to each employer that has an obligation to contribute under the plan, and to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. In August 2006, section 501(a) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA)expanded the annual notice requirement to single-employer defined benefit plans. Section 501(c) of the PPA directs the Department to publish a model of the notice required by section 101(f) of ERISA, as amended, not later than one year after the date of enactment of the PPA. On February 10, 2009, the Department issued a Field Assistance Bulletin 2009-1 (the FAB) concerning the disclosure requirements mandated by the PPA, which provides model notices. The FAB addresses the need for interim guidance pending the adoption of regulations or other guidance under section 101(f) of ERISA by providing that pending further guidance, the Department will, as a matter of enforcement policy, treat a plan administrator as satisfying the requirements of section 101(f), if the administrator complies with the guidance contained in the FAB (and appropriately uses a completed model notice) and has acted in accordance with a good faith, reasonable interpretation of those requirements with respect to matters not specifically addressed in the FAB. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) section 101(f) sets forth the requirements for plan administrators of most single-employer DB plans to furnish annual funding notices to the PBGC, plan participants and beneficiaries, and each labor organization representing such participants or beneficiaries. MAP-21 section 40211(b)(2)(A) has amended ERISA section 101(f)(2), by adding a new subparagraph (D), to require single-employer DB plan administrators to disclose additional information in the annual funding notice for a plan year beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2015, regarding the effect of the MAP-21 segment rate stabilization rules on plan liabilities and the plan sponsor's minimum required contributions to the plan. MAP-21 section 40211(b)(2)(B) requires the DOL to modify the model annual funding notice required under Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) section 501(c) to include, prominently, the supplemental information required under new ERISA section 101(f)(2)(D). On March 8, 2013, the DOL released EBSA Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2013-01 concerning the new disclosure requirements mandated the MAP-21. The FAB addresses a need for interim guidance pending the adoption of regulations or other guidance under ERISA section 101(f), as amended by the MAP-21. The FAB sets forth technical questions and answers and provides a model supplement that plan administrators may use to discharge their MAP-21 disclosure obligations and provides that, pending further guidance and as a matter of enforcement policy, the DOL will treat a single employer DB plan administrator as satisfying MAP-21 requirements if the plan administrator complies with the guidance in the memorandum and otherwise acts in accordance with a good faith and reasonable interpretation of those requirements. On June 10, 2013, OMB approved the Department's revision to the ICR to reflect FAB 2013-01 on an emergency basis.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 1021(f) Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 29 USC 1021(f) Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1210-AB18	Final or interim final rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
MAP-21

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	77,100,000	77,989,123	-500,000	-389,123
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	576,000	977,000	-401,000	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	29,600,000	26,845,755	2,600,000	154,245

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The change in burden occurred, because the Department updated its estimates to reflect the final rule.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Christopher Cosby 202-693-8425 cosby.chris@dol.gov

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