Notice of Proposed Individual Exemption Involving The Alaska Laborers-Construction Industry Apprenticeship Training Trust (the Plan), Located in Seattle, WA, 44396-44400 [E9-20737]

Agencies

• Employee Benefits Security Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 166 (Friday, August 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44396-44400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20737]


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 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration

[Application No. L-11482]


Notice of Proposed Individual Exemption Involving The Alaska 
Laborers-Construction Industry Apprenticeship Training Trust (the 
Plan), Located in Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed individual exemption.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a notice of pendency before the 
Department of Labor (the Department) of

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a proposed exemption which, if granted, would permit the purchase by 
the Plan of certain unimproved real property (the Property) from the 
Alaska Construction & General Laborers 942 Business Association, Inc. 
(the Building Association), an entity owned by Local 942, Laborers 
International Union of North America (Local 942), a party in interest 
with respect to the Plan. If granted, the exemption would affect 
participants and beneficiaries of and fiduciaries with respect to the 
Plan.

DATES: Effective Date: If granted, this proposed exemption will be 
effective on the date the grant notice is published in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: Written comments and requests for a public hearing should be 
received by the Department on or before October 27, 2009.

ADDRESSES: All written comments and requests for a public hearing 
(preferably, three copies) should be sent to the Office of Exemption 
Determinations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Room N-5700, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210, Attention: Application No. L-11482. Interested persons are also 
invited to submit comments and/or hearing requests to the Department by 
facsimile to (202) 219-0204 or by electronic mail to Broady.Jan@dol.gov 
by the end of the scheduled comment period. The application pertaining 
to the proposed 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-
1513, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jan D. Broady, Office of Exemption 
Determinations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, telephone (202) 693-8556. (This is not a toll-free 
number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of the pendency 
before the Department of a proposed exemption from certain prohibited 
transaction restrictions of section 406 of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act or ERISA). If granted, the 
exemption would permit the Plan to purchase the subject Property from 
Local 942, a party in interest with respect to the Plan. The proposed 
exemption has been requested in an application filed on behalf of the 
Plan pursuant to section 408(a) of the Act and in accordance with the 
procedures set forth in 29 CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836, 
32847, August 10, 1990). Accordingly, this proposed exemption is being 
issued solely by the Department.

Summary of Facts and Representations

    1. The Plan is an apprenticeship and training plan that is 
organized as a multi-employer Taft-Hartley Trust Fund. The Plan was 
established in October 1967, pursuant to an original Agreement and 
Declaration of Trust (the Trust Agreement), between labor and employer 
representatives of the construction industry in the State of Alaska. 
The Plan was created to provide classroom instruction and outside 
training classes and to simulate work experience needed at construction 
sites and on-the-job training for members and apprentices of Local 942 
and Local 341 of the Laborers International Union of North America 
(Local 341).\1\ Although the Plan has a physical presence in Fairbanks, 
Alaska and Anchorage, Alaska, it maintains its legal address in 
Seattle, Washington.
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    \1\ Local 942 and Local 341 are collectively referred to herein 
as the ``Unions.''
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    2. The Plan is sponsored by the Unions and the Associated General 
Contractors for the State of Alaska (the AGC), an employer organization 
representing most of the contributing employers to the Plan. The AGC 
serves as the collective bargaining agent on behalf of the employers in 
Alaska. Besides the Unions and the AGC, independent employers 
contribute to the Plan, though these employers may not be AGC members.
    3. The Plan is administered by an eight member Board of Trustees 
(the Trustees), four of whom are appointed by the AGC and four of whom 
are appointed by the Unions. The Trustees have ultimate fiduciary, 
operational and investment discretion over the assets of the Plan. The 
Trustees appointed by the AGC are Derald Schoon, John Minder, Michael 
Brady, and Roxanna Horschel. The Trustees appointed by the Unions are 
Dan Simien and Tim Sharp (who represent Local 942), and Ron McPheters 
and Joey Merrick (who represent Local 341). The Trustees administer the 
Plan and certain training facilities described herein with the 
assistance of Les Lauinger, the Plan's Training Coordinator. As of June 
30, 2008, the Plan had total net assets of $5,742,204. As of October 3, 
2008, the Plan had approximately 2,000 participants.
    4. The Building Association is an Alaska corporation that was 
incorporated by and on behalf of Local 942 to hold title to real 
property solely on behalf of Local 942. The Building Association is 
located at 2740 Davis Road, Fairbanks, Alaska. Other than serving as a 
Plan sponsor, Local 341 has no other relationship to the Building 
Association or to Local 942.
    5. Among the assets of the Building Association is the Property, 
consisting of approximately .642 acres of undeveloped land. The 
Property is located at 2740 Davis Road, Fairbanks, Alaska and it is 
legally described as ``the East half of Lot 2, Block 16 [of the 
Laborers Training Center Subdivision], facing the corner of Ada Street 
and Twenty-First Avenue.'' The Property is adjacent to the Fairbanks 
Training School building (the Training Facility), which is currently 
owned and operated by the Plan for training purposes. The Property is 
also adjacent to real property (referred to as ``Lots 1A and 1B of 
Block 16'') owned and used exclusively by the Building Association to 
conduct its business operations.
    The Property represents a portion of vacant land that was 
originally purchased by the Building Association from the Keith Briggs 
Trust, an unrelated party, on June 20, 1997 for $112,500 (the Briggs 
Property). Of the purchase price paid for the Briggs Property, the 
Building Association made a $50,000 cash payment and it financed the 
remaining balance of $62,500 in two annual installments that occurred 
on the first and second anniversary dates of the closing date at 8% 
interest per annum.
    6. On January 9, 2003, the Department gave final authorization to 
the Plan pursuant to the requirements of Prohibited Transaction 
Exemption 96-62 (61 FR 39988, July 31, 1996, as amended by 67 FR 44622, 
July 3, 2002), a class exemption permitting certain authorized 
transactions between plans and parties in interest. The Department's 
authorization (Final Authorization Number 2003-01E) allowed the Plan to 
purchase approximately 27,907 square feet of the Briggs Property, 
including the western half of Lot 2 of Block 16 from the Building 
Association for $42,000. The property acquired constitutes the site of 
the Training Facility and it contains approximately 4,400 square feet 
of classroom and office space, including vacant land for at least 30 
parking spaces next to the building. The Training Facility has been 
owned and occupied entirely by the Plan since 2003.
    7. In 2004 and 2005, the Trustees determined that the Plan needed 
additional vacant land adjacent to the

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Training Facility.\2\ An initial Earnest Money Receipt and Agreement 
(the Initial Agreement) was executed in December 2005 between Mr. 
Lauinger, the Plan's Training Coordinator and Mr. Sharp, on behalf of 
the Building Association. Under the terms of the Initial Agreement, the 
Plan deposited $28,000 in the Client Trust Account held on behalf of 
the Plan by the law firm Jermain, Dunnagan and Owens, P.C. (JDO) of 
Anchorage, Alaska. JDO, the Plan's legal counsel, is a party in 
interest with respect to the Plan because it is a service provider. JDO 
has also submitted this exemption request on behalf of the Plan.
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    \2\ According to the Trust Agreement, any action taken by the 
Trustees must be performed by ``unit'' vote. As a result of this 
procedure, any decision to purchase the Property was made by such 
unit or group vote, which consisted of one vote by the Union 
Trustees and one vote by the Employer Trustees. Although Trustees 
Tim Sharp and Dan Simien, who are Union Trustees representing Local 
942, ``voted'' within their Trustee group for purposes of obtaining 
a majority, their individual votes did not matter because the Union 
Trustees were only entitled to exercise one vote. Similarly, the 
Trustees for Local 341 voted within their Trustee group.
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    Under the terms of the Initial Agreement, the eastern one-half 
portion of Lot 1 of Block 16, which faces the corner of Ada and Davis 
Streets and consists of approximately 67,000 square feet of space, 
would be acquired by the Plan from the Building Association. Therefore, 
it was understood that the Plan would need to obtain an administrative 
exemption from the Department in order for this transaction to proceed. 
The Building Association was also willing to refrain from selling or 
marketing this tract of property until the Plan had received an 
administrative exemption from the Department. If the proposed exemption 
was not approved by the Department, the Initial Agreement would 
terminate and no sale would be consummated. Although the Initial 
Agreement required that the exemption be obtained within a reasonable 
period of time, no specific date was indicated.
    8. Subsequently, the Trustees determined that it would not be 
prudent for the Plan to purchase the entire eastern half of Lot 1 of 
Block 16. Instead, the Plan would purchase only half of the parcel or 
approximately 27,907 square feet of land. As a result, and at full cost 
to Local 942 and the Building Association, the land and lots were 
replatted to show the Property as the ``East half of Lot 2 as an 
extension of Lot 2 of Block 16, of the Laborers Training Trust 
Subdivision.''
    In November 2007, a Revised and Final Earnest Money Receipt and 
Agreement (the Revised Agreement) was executed between Mr. Sharp for 
the Building Association and Mr. Lauinger on behalf of the Plan. Under 
the Revised Agreement, the amount of the Plan's earnest money was 
reduced to $26,500. In addition, the parties executed an addendum to 
allow the Building Association and Local 942 a right of first refusal 
if the Plan decided to resell the vacant lot. As with the Initial 
Agreement, the primary condition of the Revised Agreement required the 
Department's approval of both transactions.\3\ The Plan has received no 
interest on its earnest money under either the Initial Agreement or the 
Revised Agreement, nor has it paid any servicing or administrative fees 
to JDO.\4\ Nevertheless, given the amount of time that has elapsed 
since such funds have been held in the Client Trust Account, JDO has 
agreed to compensate the Plan for all back interest at the time the 
proposed transaction is consummated.\5\ Such interest amount will be 
determined by the independent fiduciary for the Plan, as discussed in 
Representation 12.
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    \3\ The right of first refusal has not been included in the 
scope of this exemption request. If the Plan ever decides to resell 
the Property to the Building Association and Local 942, the 
applicants will request an administrative exemption from the 
Department.
    \4\ According JDO, the Client Trust Account is an ``Interest On 
Lawyer Trust Account'' or ``IOLTA'' that is established by a law 
firm to hold funds for a client that is separate from the firm's 
other accounts or any other client accounts. The Professional Rules 
of Responsibility and the Alaska Bar Association rules, require for 
an IOLTA that all interest payments earned by the firm accounts or 
the Client Trust Accounts be turned over to the state Bar 
Association.
    \5\ The Department is expressing no opinion herein on whether 
the decision by JDO to recommend that the Plan deposit its earnest 
money in a non-interest bearing account, has violated the provisions 
of section 404(a) of the Act. In pertinent part, section 404(a) of 
the Act requires, among other things, that a fiduciary of a plan act 
prudently, solely in the interest of the plan's participants and 
beneficiaries, and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits 
to participants and beneficiaries when making investment decisions 
on behalf of a plan.
     In addition, the Department wishes to point out that to the 
extent JDO has received any direct or indirect benefit by 
recommending that the Plan's earnest money be placed in a Client 
Trust Account rather than in an interest-bearing escrow account with 
an unrelated party, such action would violate section 406(a)(1)(D) 
and section 406(b)(1) and (b)(2) of the Act.
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    9. The Plan proposes to purchase the Property from the Building 
Association. The Plan will acquire the Property for the lesser of 
$62,791 or the fair market value of such Property at the time of the 
transaction, as determined by a qualified, independent appraiser. The 
Plan will pay the consideration in cash and it will not be required to 
pay any real estate commissions, fees or other expenses in connection 
with the transaction. Accordingly, an administrative exemption is 
requested from the Department.
    Further, the proposed transaction will be consummated only after a 
qualified, independent fiduciary, acting on behalf of the Plan, 
negotiates the relevant terms and conditions of such transaction and 
determines that proceeding with the transaction is in the best 
interests of the Plan and its participants and beneficiaries. The 
independent fiduciary will monitor the proposed transaction on behalf 
of the Plan to ensure compliance with the agreed upon terms.
    10. The Trustees seek this exemption so that the Plan will own real 
property that is adjacent to the Training Facility and it will give the 
Plan more direct road access. The Property will be used by the Plan to 
store training equipment and provide a place to conduct outdoor 
training classes. Also, due to the distances involved, it is 
represented that the Training Facility needs to operate independently 
from an Anchorage training facility and have sufficient physical space 
and training capabilities to hold classes for members and apprentices 
living in Northern Alaska. In the past, large and specialized classes 
needed for certification required that residents from Fairbanks fly to 
Anchorage and find temporary housing to take training classes, at 
considerable expense.
    11. The Property has been appraised by Chris Guinn, MAI, SRA, SR/
WA, a qualified, independent appraiser affiliated with the real 
appraisal firm of Street, Guinn & Associates, located in Fairbanks, 
Alaska. Mr. Guinn certifies in an appraisal report dated September 23, 
2008 that he has no present or prospective interest in the Property nor 
any personal interest or bias with respect to the parties involved and 
that he has received no income, at any time, from the Building 
Association or from any other parties in interest.
    Mr. Guinn represents that he has been a real estate professional in 
interior Alaska for over 25 years and has a Master's degree in business 
administration. He states that he maintains several professional 
affiliations as a member of the Appraisal Institute and the Greater 
Fairbanks Board of Realtors, among other things. He explains that he 
has owned Street Guinn & Associates since 1986, and during this time he 
has acted as an independent professional fee appraiser specializing in 
condemnation, rural and commercial income property. Further, Mr. Guinn 
states that he has participated in numerous arbitration

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issues, not only as the appraiser of record, but also as a chairman of 
a panel charged with the resolution of such matters.
    Using the Sales Comparison Approach to valuation, Mr. Guinn has 
placed the fair market value of a fee simple interest in the Property 
at $70,000, as of September 10, 2008. Thus, the Property represents 
less than 1.3% of the Plan's assets. Mr. Guinn also physically 
inspected the Property. He explains that his estimate of the fair 
market value of the Property is as a ``stand-alone property'' and he 
concludes that the Plan will be engaging in an arm's length 
transaction. Mr. Guinn will update his appraisal on the date the 
purchase transaction is consummated.
    12. Washington Capital Management, Inc. (WCM) of Seattle, 
Washington will serve as the independent fiduciary for the Plan with 
respect to the proposed transaction. Specifically, Cory Carlson, 
Director of Equity Real Estate of WCM and Mel Morgan, MAI and Vice 
President of WCM have prepared the representations required of the 
independent fiduciary. WCM has been a registered investment adviser for 
over 31 years. As a real estate investment manager, WCM has handled 
real estate investments for many Taft-Hartley multiemployer plans, 
including the Alaska Laborers-Employers Retirement Trust. As of 
September 30, 2008, WCM had $3.3 billion under management, in both 
separate accounts and commingled open ended portfolio strategies for 
stocks, bonds, mortgages or real estate equity. WCM is also a 
``Qualified Professional Asset Manager'' and it has six offices, 
including an office in Anchorage, Alaska and a staff of 55 employees. 
WCM states that it has received no income, at any time, from the 
parties in interest involved in the proposed transaction and has no 
other relationships with these parties.
    WCM represents that it understands and accepts the duties, 
responsibilities and liabilities in acting as a fiduciary with respect 
to the Plan. In this regard, WCM states that it has a compliance 
department which reviews all ongoing actions for compliance with ERISA 
duties and responsibilities. In addition, WCM states that it has a 
``corporate culture'' and an ``individual value system'' which is 
attentive to the intent and obligations of ERISA and the resulting 
rules.
    Based on Mr. Guinn's appraisal of the Property, WCM concludes that 
the purchase price of $62,791 is acceptable and it does not exceed the 
$70,000 fair market value price that would be expected in an arm's 
length transaction. WCM also states that the acquisition of the 
Property would provide certain non-monetary benefits to the Plan 
because it would allow the Plan to expand its training operations. 
Since the purchase price is so low, WCM does not believe the 
acquisition of the Property would affect the Plan's liquidity needs. 
WCM notes that two of the biggest risks to the Plan in acquiring a 
vacant parcel of industrial land, such as the Property, are 
environmental liability and depreciation. However, it states that it 
has been informed that there are no environmental concerns with the 
Property and that it has held value. Therefore, the proposed purchase 
transaction, according to WCM, would be in the best interests of the 
Plan and its participants and beneficiaries.
    In addition, WCM has addressed the amount of the earnest money 
given by the Plan to secure the Property and the appropriateness of 
JDO's placing such funds in the law firm's Client Trust Account instead 
of in an interest-bearing account maintained on behalf of the Plan by 
an unrelated party. With respect to the amount of the earnest money, 
WCM states that the $26,500 deposit, though substantial, is not unusual 
considering the $62,791 purchase price for the Property. WCM explains 
that earnest money deposits are negotiated to encourage the timely 
completion of a transaction and to provide sufficient funds to cover 
damages if a dispute arises. When the total price is small, WCM further 
explains that the deposits tend to be a larger percentage. Thus, the 
deposit amount is within a market standard range, according to WCM.
    With respect to the issue of whether the earnest money was 
appropriately deposited, WCM states that although the earning of 
interest varies according to regional and local practices, it would 
recommend that the Plan's earnest money be placed in an interest-
bearing escrow account, particularly for future long-term transactions 
involving the Plan. WCM also notes that the amount of potential 
interest earned by the Plan would have been relatively small. Using one 
month CD rates published by the Federal Reserve, WCM has initially 
determined that the Plan's earnest money deposit of $26,500 would have 
earned $3,840 between December 2004 and April 2009. WCM will update 
this calculation on the date the proposed transaction is consummated.
    In addition to the foregoing duties, WCM will monitor the purchase 
transaction on behalf of the Plan. Further, WCM will ensure compliance 
with all agreed upon terms and conditions.
    13. In summary, it is represented that the proposed transaction 
will satisfy the statutory criteria for an exemption under section 
408(a) of the Act because:
    (a) The terms and conditions of the proposed transaction will be no 
less favorable to the Plan than those which the Plan would receive in 
an arm's length transaction with an unrelated party.
    (b) The purchase of the Property will be a one-time transaction for 
cash.
    (c) The Plan will not pay any real estate commissions, fees, or 
other similar expenses to any party as a result of the proposed 
transaction.
    (d) The Plan will purchase the Property from the Building 
Association for the lesser of (1) $62,791 or (2) the fair market value 
of the Property as determined on the date of such transaction by a 
qualified, independent appraiser.
    (e) The proposed transaction will be consummated only after an 
independent fiduciary (1) determines that proceeding with the 
transaction is in the best interests of the Plan and its participants 
and beneficiaries and (2) negotiates the relevant terms and conditions 
of such transaction.
    (f) The independent fiduciary has calculated and will calculate to 
the date of sale, using the applicable certificate of deposit rate in 
effect, the amount of interest owed to the Plan based upon its earnest 
money deposit for the Property.
    (g) On the date of the transaction, the Plan's legal counsel will 
pay all interest owed the Plan resulting from counsel's placement of 
the Plan's earnest money deposit for the Property in a non-interest 
bearing account.
    (h) The independent fiduciary will monitor the proposed transaction 
on behalf of the Plan to ensure compliance with the agreed upon terms.

Notice to Interested Persons

    The Trustees will provide notice of the proposed exemption to 
interested persons within 30 days of the publication of the notice of 
proposed exemption in the Federal Register. The interested persons to 
whom the Trustees would provide notice would include, but would not be 
limited to, Plan participants, Union members, and all active laborers 
reported to the Plan on contribution remittance reports filed with the 
Plan's Trust Administration Office. Such notice will be provided to 
interested persons by first-class mail and will include a copy of the 
notice of proposed exemption as published in the Federal Register as 
well as a supplemental statement, as required pursuant to 29 CFR 
2570.43(b)(2). The supplemental statement will inform

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interested persons of their right to comment on and/or to request a 
hearing. Comments and requests for a hearing with respect to the 
proposed exemption are due within 60 days of the publication of this 
pendency notice in the Federal Register.

General Information

    The attention of interested persons is directed to the following:
    (1) The fact that a transaction is the subject of an exemption 
under section 408(a) of the Act does not relieve a fiduciary or other 
party in interest from certain other provisions of the Act, including 
any prohibited transaction provisions to which the exemption does not 
apply and the general fiduciary responsibility provisions of section 
404 of the Act, which require, among other things, a fiduciary to 
discharge his or her duties respecting the plan solely in the interest 
of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan and in a prudent 
fashion in accordance with section 404(a)(1)(B) of the Act;
    (2) The proposed exemption, if granted, will not extend to any 
transaction prohibited under section 406(b)(3);
    (3) Before an exemption can be granted under section 408(a) of the 
Act, the Department must find that the exemption is administratively 
feasible, in the interest of the plan and of its participants and 
beneficiaries and protective of the rights of participants and 
beneficiaries of the plan;
    (4) The proposed exemption, if granted, will be supplemental to, 
and not in derogation of, any other provisions of the Act, including 
statutory or administrative exemptions. Furthermore, the fact that a 
transaction is subject to an administrative or statutory exemption is 
not dispositive of whether the transaction is in fact a prohibited 
transaction; and
    (5) This proposed exemption, if granted, is subject to the express 
condition that the facts and representations set forth in the notice of 
proposed exemption accurately describe, where relevant, the material 
terms of the transaction that will be consummated if this exemption is 
granted.

Written Comments and Hearing Requests

    All interested persons are invited to submit written comments or 
requests for a hearing on the pending exemption to the address above, 
within the time frame set forth above, after the publication of this 
proposed exemption in the Federal Register. All comments will be made a 
part of the record. Comments received will be available for public 
inspection with the referenced applications at the address set forth 
above.

Proposed Exemption

    Based on the facts and representations set forth in the 
application, the Department is considering granting an exemption under 
the authority of section 408(a) of the Act and in accordance with the 
procedures set forth in 29 CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836, 
32847, August 10, 1990). If the exemption is granted, the restrictions 
of sections 406(a), 406(b)(1) and (b)(2) of the Act shall not apply to 
the purchase by the Plan of certain unimproved real property (the 
Property) from the Alaska Construction & General Laborers 942 Building 
Association, Inc. (the Building Association), an entity owned by Local 
942, Laborers International Union of North America, a party in interest 
with respect to the Plan, provided that the following conditions are 
satisfied:
    (a) The terms and conditions of the proposed transaction are no 
less favorable to the Plan than those which the Plan would receive in 
an arm's length transaction with an unrelated party.
    (b) The purchase of the Property is a one-time transaction for 
cash.
    (c) The Plan does not pay any real estate commissions, fees, or 
other similar expenses to any party as a result of the proposed 
transaction.
    (d) The Plan purchases the Property from the Building Association 
for the lesser of (1) $62,791 or (2) the fair market value of the 
Property as determined on the date of such transaction by a qualified, 
independent appraiser.
    (e) The proposed transaction is consummated only after an 
independent fiduciary (1) determines that proceeding with the 
transaction is in the best interests of the Plan and its participants 
and beneficiaries and (2) negotiates the relevant terms and conditions 
of such transaction.
    (f) The independent fiduciary calculates, on the date of the 
transaction (using the applicable certificate of deposit rate in 
effect), the amount of interest owed to the Plan based upon its earnest 
money deposit for the Property.
    (g) On the date of the transaction, the Plan's legal counsel pays 
all interest owed the Plan resulting from counsel's placement of the 
Plan's earnest money deposit for the Property in a non-interest bearing 
account.
    (h) The independent fiduciary monitors the proposed transaction on 
behalf of the Plan to ensure compliance with the agreed upon terms.
    The availability of this proposed exemption is subject to the 
express condition that the material facts and representations contained 
in the application for exemption are true and complete and accurately 
describe all material terms of the Covered Transactions.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of August 2009.
Ivan L. Strasfeld,
Director of Exemption Determinations, Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
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