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 further 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 60 FR 39208 (August 1,

1995). The first notice of an extension of the comment period for the

proposed rule was published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 50508

(September 29, 1995).

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

December 18, 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, DC 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, DC 20210 (telephone (202) 219-

4592). Theses 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.

On September 29, 1995, the Department published a notice in the

Federal Register (60 FR 50508) extending the comment period for the

proposed rule through November 16, 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

December 18, 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, and extended at 60 FR 50508,

September 29, 1995) is hereby further extended through Monday, December

18, 1995.

Signed at Washington, DC this 14th day of November 1995.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-28462 Filed 11-21-95; 8:45 am]

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