PBGC Extends Comment Period for Withdrawal Liability Proposed Rule

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is extending the comment period for a proposed rule that would provide interest rate assumptions that may be used by a plan actuary in determining a withdrawing employer’s liability under a multiemployer plan. PBGC published the proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 14, 2022, with a comment period that was scheduled to end on November 14, 2022. After receiving a request to extend the comment period to provide a total of at least 60 days from October 14, 2022, PBGC is extending the comment period through December 13, 2022. Release of the proposed rule was previously announced.