[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30757]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Notice of Extension of the Comment Periods for Proposed
Exemptions Affected by the TemporaryClosure of the Mailroom at the
Department of Labor
AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor (the Department).
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Comment Periods.
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SUMMARY: As a result of the recent anthrax scare, the Department's
mailroom was closed between October 22, 2001 and November 26, 2001 in
order that protective measures could be taken to ensure the appropriate
handling of the mail as well as the general safety of the Department's
employees. However, during this time frame, the following proposed
individual and class exemptions were published in the Federal Register
and requested comments from interested persons:
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Case No. FR Citation Date Plan/Entity Name
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D-10762................................ 66 FR 46830............... 9/7/01 Key Trust Company of Ohio.
D-10894................................ 66 FR 46837............... 9/7/01 Brookshire Brothers, Ltd.
D-10913, D-10914....................... 66 FR 46839............... 9/7/01 The Golden Comprehensive
Security Program and The
Golden Retirement Savings
Program.
D-10954................................ 66 FR 49400............... 9/27/01 Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company.
L-10937................................ 66 FR 49415............... 9/27/01 Ford Motor Company.
D-10997................................ 66 FR 46843............... 9/7/01 Exemption to Modify Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 97-08
Involving Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter & Co. Incorporated.
D-11034................................ 66 FR 49703............... 9/28/01 Proposed Amendment to
Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 80-26 for Certain
Interest Free Loans to
Employee Benefit Plans.
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Because no written comments were received from interested persons
while the mailroom was closed and the comment periods have since
expired for these pendency notices, the Department is hereby extending
the comment periods for the above referenced proposed exemptions until
December 26, 2001. Therefore, all written comments and/or hearing
requests should be sent by regular mail to the address specified in the
proposals. Alternatively, interested persons may submit their comments
and/or hearing requests by electronic mail to [email protected] or
by facsimile, (202) 219-0204.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Anna Mpras, U.S. Department of
Labor, telephone (202) 693-8565. (This is not a toll-free number.)
Ivan L. Strasfeld,
Director of Exemption, Determinations, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 01-30757 Filed 12-11-01; 8:45 am]
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