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OMB Control No: 1210-0040	ICR Reference No: 202602-1210-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202307-1210-003
Agency/Subagency: DOL/EBSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Employee Retirement Income Security Act Summary Annual Report Requirement
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/29/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/11/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2029	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2026
Responses	209,869,516	0	178,211,549
Time Burden (Hours)	15,209,906	0	1,068,322
Cost Burden (Dollars)	46,945,095	0	18,423,119

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	209,869,516	178,211,549	31,657,967
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,209,906	1,068,322	14,141,584
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	46,945,095	18,423,119	28,521,976

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 Department has updated the wage rates, the estimates on the number of plans, the number of participants and beneficiaries, and the percent of SARs that are assumed to be distributed electronically. As a result, the number of responses has increased by 31,657,967, the hour burden has increased by 14,141,584 hours, and the cost burden has increased by $28,521,976.

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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