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OMB Control No: 1210-0039	ICR Reference No: 202501-1210-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202306-1210-005
Agency/Subagency: DOL/EBSA	Agency Tracking No: 1210-AB10(Final)
Title: Summary Plan Description Requirements Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as Amended
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/13/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/07/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2026	09/30/2026	09/30/2026
Responses	117,968,000	0	117,968,000
Time Burden (Hours)	1,397,000	0	1,397,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	88,872,000	0	88,872,000

Abstract: The Department has promulgated regulations governing the content and furnishing of SPDs, SMMs, and SMRs at 29 CFR 102-2 (Style and Format of Summary Plan Descriptions); 29 CFR 2520.102-3 (Contents of Summary Plan Descriptions); 29 CFR 2520.102-4 (Option for Different Summary Plan Descriptions); 29 CFR 2520.2520.104b-1 (Disclosure); 29 CFR 2520.104b-2 (Summary Plan Descriptions); 29 CFR 104b-3 (Summary of Material Modifications to the Plan and Changes in the Information Required to be Included in the Summary Plan Description); and 29 CFR 104(b)-(4) (Alternative Methods of Compliance for Furnishing the Summary Plan Description and Summaries of Material Modifications of a Pension Plan to a Retired Participant, a Separated Participant, and a Beneficiary Receiving Benefits). These regulations set standards for the content of these disclosure documents, the methods of furnishing that will satisfy the statutory disclosure requirements, and alternative methods of compliance. In particular, regulations at 29 CFR 2520.104b-1(c) specifically describe the circumstances under which the administrator of an employee benefit plan may furnish required disclosure documents, including the SPD/SMM/SMR, through electronic media. The Department's regulations contain information collections that constitute mandatory third-party disclosure requirements applicable to the majority of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)-covered pension and welfare benefit plans. The Department has determined that these information collections are necessary in order to ensure the participants and beneficiaries in employee benefit plans covered under ERISA receive adequate information about the benefits due to them and their rights under the plans.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 1022 Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
US Code: 29 USC 1024 Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 8317	02/08/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 53524	08/08/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Summary Plan Description Requirements Under ERISA

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	117,968,000	117,968,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,397,000	1,397,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	88,872,000	88,872,000

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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: James Butikofer 202 693-8434 Butikofer.James@dol.gov

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