Notice2023-15018
Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving the Association of Washington Business (AWB) HealthChoice Employee Benefits Trust Located in Olympia, Washington
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Published
July 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentEmployee Benefits Security Administration
Abstract
The Department of Labor (the Department) is extending the comment period for the proposed individual exemption for certain prohibited transactions involving the Association of Washington Business (AWB) HealthChoice Employee Benefits Trust (the proposed exemption). As discussed in the DATES section below, the Department is extending the comment period through August 14, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 135 (Monday, July 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45448-45449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15018]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
[Application Number L-11989]
Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving
the Association of Washington Business (AWB) HealthChoice Employee
Benefits Trust Located in Olympia, Washington
AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of proposed exemption; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the Department) is extending the
comment period for the proposed individual exemption for certain
prohibited transactions involving the Association
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of Washington Business (AWB) HealthChoice Employee Benefits Trust (the
proposed exemption). As discussed in the DATES section below, the
Department is extending the comment period through August 14, 2023.
DATES: Written comments and requests for a public hearing on the
proposed exemption must be received by the Department by August 14,
2023.
ADDRESSES: All written comments and requests for a hearing should be
sent to the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Office of
Exemption Determinations, Attention: Application No. L-11989 via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#06632b4943424662696a28616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dfbaf2909a9b9fbbb0b3f1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a> or online through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Any
such comments or requests should be sent by the end of the scheduled
comment period. The application for the exemption and the comments
received will be available for public inspection in the Public
Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-1515, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Comments and hearing requests will also be
available online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> at no charge. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for additional information regarding
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Wilker, Office of Exemption
Determinations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, (202) 693-8557 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 14, 2023, the Department published
the proposed exemption in the Federal Register (87 FR 14197). The
proposal established a July 31, 2023, deadline for the public to submit
comments. The Department has been informed that AWB had to redistribute
its notice to interested parties package due to an incomplete first
distribution. Therefore, the Department is extending the proposed
exemption's comment period until August 14, 2023, to provide additional
time for interested parties to prepare and submit their comments.
Persons are encouraged to submit all comments electronically and
not to send paper copies. Comments should state the nature of the
person's interest in the proposed exemption and how the person would be
adversely affected by the exemption, if granted. Any person who may be
adversely affected by an exemption can request a hearing on the
exemption. A request for a hearing must state: (1) The name, address,
telephone number, and email address of the person making the request;
(2) the nature of the person's interest in the exemption and the manner
in which the person would be adversely affected by the exemption; and
(3) a statement of the issues to be addressed and a general description
of the evidence to be presented at the hearing. The Department will
grant a request for a hearing made in accordance with the requirements
above where a hearing is necessary to fully explore material factual
issues identified by the person requesting the hearing. A notice of
such hearing shall be published by the Department in the Federal
Register. The Department may decline to hold a hearing if: (1) the
request for the hearing does not meet the requirements above; (2) the
only issues identified for exploration at the hearing are matters of
law; or (3) the factual issues identified can be fully explored through
the submission of evidence in written (including electronic) form.
Warning: All comments received will be included in the public
record without change and may be made available online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be confidential or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. If you
submit a comment, EBSA recommends that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your comment, but DO NOT submit
information that you consider to be confidential, or otherwise
protected (such as a Social Security number or an unlisted phone
number) or confidential business information that you do not want
publicly disclosed. However, if EBSA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EBSA
might not be able to consider your comment.
Additionally, the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EBSA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an email directly to EBSA without going
through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public record and made available on the internet.
Signed at Washington, DC.
George Christopher Cosby,
Director, Office of Exemption Determinations, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2023-15018 Filed 7-14-23; 8:45 am]
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