EBSA is amending the regulations that establish procedures for terminating abandoned individual account pension plans and rolling over distributions for missing or unresponsive participants in terminating plans, as well as the prohibited transaction class exemption that permits a party that is terminating abandoned plan to receive payment out of plan assets and the related exemption that permits rollover of distributions from existing plans to be invested in proprietary vehicles under specified conditions. The amendments to these regulations and exemptions are intended to require the parties making rollover distributions for the benefit of nonspouse beneficiaries of missing participants to invest the rollover distributions in tax-favored vehicles made newly available to the nonspouse beneficiaries by amendments to the Tax Code enacted under the Pension Protection Act of 2006. These amendments do not affect the burden estimates previously approved by OMB for 1210-0127. EBSA is submitting this change worksheet to provide OMB with the changed collection instruments.
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.