Proposed Regulation for Plans Established or Maintained Pursuant to Collective Bargaining Agreements Under Section 3(40)(A)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

29 CFR Part 2510

Proposed Regulation for Plans Established or Maintained Pursuant

to Collective Bargaining Agreements Under Section 3(40)(A)

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of

Labor.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the proposed rule

under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,

as amended, 29 U.S.C. 1001-1461 (the Act), relating to plans

established or maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements

for purposes of section 3(40) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 1002(40). The

proposed rule was set forth in a notice of proposed rulemaking

published in the Federal Register at 650 FR 39208 (August 1, 1995).

DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule is extended through

November 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (preferably three copies) concerning the

proposed rule should be submitted to: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Room N-5669, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Attention: Proposed Regulation Under

Section 3(40). All submissions will be open to public inspection at the

Public Documents Room, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration,

U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5638, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Connor, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Rm N-5669,

200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20210 (telephone (202)

219-8671) or Cynthia Caldwell Weglicki, Office of the Solicitor, Plan

Benefits Security Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Rm N-4611, 200

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20210 (telephone (202) 219-

4592). These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 1, 1995, the Department of Labor

(the Department) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the

Federal Register (60 FR 39208) regarding plans established or

maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements for purposes of

section 3(40) of the Act. In that notice the Department invited all

interested persons to submit written comments concerning the proposed

rule on or before October 2, 1995.

The Department has received requests from some members of the

public for additional time to prepare comments due to the complexity of

the issues involved in the proposed rule, and the Department believes

that it is appropriate to grant such additional time. Accordingly, this

notice extends the comment period during which comments on the proposed

rule may be submitted through November 16, 1995.

Notice of Extension of Comment Period

Notice is hereby given that the comment period for the proposed

rule relating to plans established or maintained pursuant to collective

bargaining agreements for purposes of section 3(40) of the Act

(proposed at 60 FR 39208, August 1, 1995) is hereby extended through

Thursday, November 16, 1995.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of September 1995.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-24253 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]

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