[Federal Register: January 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 5)]

[Rules and Regulations]               

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION



29 CFR Part 4044



 

Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest 

Assumptions for Valuing Benefits; Correction



AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.



ACTION: Correcting amendment.



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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation published in the 

Federal Register of December 29, 2008, a final rule amending its 

regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans to adopt 

interest assumptions for plans with valuation dates in the first 

quarter of 2009. This document corrects inadvertent errors in that 

final rule.



DATES: Effective January 8, 2009.

    Applicability date: January 1, 2009.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine B. Klion, Attorney, 

Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202-326-4024. 

(TTY/TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1-800-

877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4024.)



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

published a document in the December 29, 2008, Federal Register (73 FR 

79362), amending its regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-

Employer Plans (29 CFR part 4044) to adopt interest assumptions for 

plans with valuation dates in the first quarter of 2009. This document 

corrects inadvertent errors in the January, February, and March 2009 

entries to Appendix B to part 4044. (There were no corresponding errors 

in the preamble to the document.)



List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 4044



    Employee benefit plans, Pension insurance, Pensions.



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Accordingly 29 CFR part 4044 is corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments:



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PART 4044--ALLOCATION OF ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLANS



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1. The authority citation for part 4044 continues to read as follows:



    Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3), 1341, 1344, 1362.





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2. In appendix B to part 4044, correct the entries for January, 

February, and March 2009, as set forth below, to read as follows:



Appendix B to Part 4044--Interest Rates Used to Value Benefits



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                                                                            The values of it are:

       For valuation dates occurring in the month--        -----------------------------------------------------

                                                               it    for t =     it    for t =     it    for t =

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January 2009..............................................   0.0602     1-20   0.0548      >20      N/A      N/A

February 2009.............................................   0.0602     1-20   0.0548      >20      N/A      N/A

March 2009................................................   0.0602     1-20   0.0548      >20      N/A      N/A

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on this 5th day of January 2009.

Vincent K. Snowbarger,

Deputy Director for Operations, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

[FR Doc. E9-141 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]



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