Justification of nonmaterial change_1212-0036 e-Filing Portal.02

Justification for No Material or Nonsubstantive Change to Currently-Approved Collection

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

TITLE: Termination of Single Employer Plans (29 CFR part 4041)

STATUS: OMB control number 1212-0036; expires 09/30/2028

CONTACT: Monica O’Donnell (202-229-5507)

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is making a change that is not substantive to the currently-approved information collection for termination of single-employer plans required under section 4041 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and part 4041 of PBGC’s regulations.

Currently, a plan must submit its standard termination filing by email. In the currently-approved instructions, there is language about PBGC’s e-Filing Portal becoming available in the future. The e-Filing Portal will be accepting standard termination filings beginning December 8, 2025. The information collected in the e-Filing Portal is the same as that collected on the PDF forms that are submitted via email.

This change in the method of information collection will not increase the hour or cost burden for this information collection.

The following screenshots demonstrate what the standard termination filing module in PBGC’s e-Filing Portal will look like.