EBSA Unified Agenda - [Completed Actions]

RIN: 1210-AB26

Publication ID: Spring 2009 

Title: Model Notice of Critical Status for Multiemployer Plans 

Abstract: The Pension Protection Act of 2006, Public Law 109-280 (PPA), signed into law August 17, 2006, required the Secretary of the Department of Labor to prescribe a model notice that multiemployer plans in critical status may use of satisfy their obligation to notify effected parties. The Secretary of Labor's obligation to prescribe a model was transferred to the Secretary of Treasury pursuant to the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-458 (WRERA), signed into law December 23, 2008. Accordingly, the Department is withdrawing this initiative from the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. 

Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) 

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 

RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda

Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 

Major: No 

Unfunded Mandates: No 

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2540.305-1 

Legal Authority: 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1085(b)(3)(D)(iii) 

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/25/2008	73 FR 15688
NPRM Comment Period End	04/24/2008
Withdrawn	02/18/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No 

Government Levels Affected: None 

Small Entities Affected: No 

Federalism: No 

Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 

RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 

Agency Contact:
Susan Elizabeth Rees
Senior Pension Law Specialist
Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Room N5669, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N5655,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 693-8500
Fax:202 219-1791