# Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval
**AGENCY:**
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) is announcing that collection of information included in its Prohibited Transaction Exemption 97-41 has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95). This notice announces the OMB approval number and expiration date.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Address requests for copies of the information collection request (ICR) to Gerald B. Lindrew, U.S. Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5647, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 219-4782. This is not a toll-free number.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In the *Federal Register* of March 23, 2000 (65 FR 15653), the Agency announced its intent to request renewal of its current OMB approval for the information collection provisions of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 97-41 (Collective Investment Fund Conversion Transactions). In accordance with PRA 95, OMB has renewed its approval for the ICR under OMB control number 1210-0104. The approval expires 08/31/2003.
Under 5 CFR 1320.5 (b), an Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a valid control number.
Dated: September 7, 2000.
Gerald B. Lindrew,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Research, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.