Fees charged to participants

[CJS07]

Is there any guidance on if a trustee is required to give participants notice prior to charging TPA fees to participant accounts? I have a trustee who will be terminating their plan and wants to pass outstanding TPA fees onto remaining participants (less than 10) on a pro-rata basis. For example, one participant would be charged $900. The trustee doesn't want to give notice to the participants - he just wants to process the fees. It seems to be an ethical question at the very least.

Thanks

[Lou S.]

What does the plan's SPD say? If it references that participants may be charged fees you are probably OK. If not an updated SPD or SMM might be in order.