[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2570.82]

[Page 546]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XXV--PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                  LABOR
 
PART 2570--PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D--Procedure for the Assessment of Civil Penalties Under ERISA 
                             Section 502(l)
 
Sec. 2570.82  Definitions.

    For purposes of this section:
    (a) 502(l) civil penalty proceedings means an adjudicatory 
proceeding relating to the assessment of a civil penalty provided in 
section 502(l) of ERISA;
    (b) Notice of assessment means any document, however designated, 
issued by the Secretary which contains a specified assessment, in 
monetary terms, of a civil penalty under ERISA section 502(l). A 
``notice of assessment'' will contain a brief factual description of the 
violation for which the assessment is being made, the identity of the 
person being assessed, and the amount of the assessment and the basis 
for assessing that particular person that particular penalty amount;
    (c) Person includes an individual, partnership, corporation, 
employee benefit plan, association, exchange or other entity or 
organization;
    (d) Petition means a written request, made by a person, for a waiver 
or reduction of the civil penalty described herein; and
    (e) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor and includes, pursuant to 
any delegation of authority by the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary 
for Pension and Welfare Benefits, Area Directors for Pension and Welfare 
Benefits, or Deputy Area Directors for Pension and Welfare Benefits.