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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 42 / Wednesday, March 5, 2025 / Notices
The Commission vote for this
determination took place on February
27, 2025.
The authority for the Commission’s
determination is contained in section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part
210 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: February 27, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025–03525 Filed 3–4–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
U.S. Marshals Service
[OMB Number 1105–0105]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension
Without Change or a Currently
Approved Collection; Comments
Requested: Form CSO–005,
Preliminary Background Check Form
U.S. Marshals Service,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),
will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 30 days until April
4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments,
particularly with respect to the
estimated public burden or associated
response time, have suggestions, need a
copy of the proposed information
collection instrument with instructions,
SUMMARY:
or desire any additional information,
please contact Assistant Chief Karl
Slazer/Management Support Division,
US Marshals Service Headquarters, 1215
S Clark St., Ste. 10017, Arlington, VA
22202–4387, by telephone at 703–740–
2316 or by email at karl.slazer@
usdoj.gov.
The
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on December 10, 2024, 89 FR
99281, allowing a 60-day comment
period. Written comments and
suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
(check justification or form 83):
Extension without change or a currently
approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Form CSO–005, Preliminary
Background Check Form.
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form number (if applicable): Form
CSO–005.
Component: U.S. Marshals Service,
U.S. Department of Justice.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Court Security Officers/
Special Security Officer (CSO/SSO)
Applicants.
Other (if applicable): [None].
Abstract: The CSO–005 Preliminary
Background Check Form is used to
collect applicant information for CSO/
SSO positions. The applicant
information provided to USMS from the
Vendor gives information about which
District and Facility the applicant will
be working, the applicant’s personal
information, prior employment
verification, employment performance
and current financial status. The
information allows the selecting official
to hire applicants with a strong history
of employment performance and
financial responsibility. The questions
on this form have been developed from
the OPM, MSPB and DOJ ‘‘Best
Practice’’ guidelines for reference
checking.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: An estimated 750 respondents
will utilize the form, and it will take
each respondent approximately 60
minutes to complete the form.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated annual public
burden associated with this collection is
750 hours, which is equal to (750 (total
# of annual responses) * 1 (60 mins).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost
burden associated with the collection, if
applicable:
TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
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Activity
Frequency
Time per
response
(min.)
Total annual
responses
Total annual
burden
(hours)
Ex: Survey (individuals or households) ................
750
1/annually .....................
1,000
60
750
Unduplicated Totals .......................................
1,000
.......................................
1,000
........................
750
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden:
$14,651.00.
If additional information is required
contact: Darwin Arceo, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 42 / Wednesday, March 5, 2025 / Notices
Dated: February 28, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025–03546 Filed 3–4–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
[Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 2016–
10 and 2016–11; Application Numbers D–
12113 and D–12112]
Amendment To Extend Effective Dates
for Prohibited Transaction
Exemptions: Royal Bank of Canada,
Toronto, Canada; Northern Trust
Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of amendments.
AGENCY:
This document provides
notice of an amendment to Prohibited
Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 2016–
10, granted to Royal Bank of Canada
(together with its Current and Future
Affiliates, RBC), and 2016–11, granted
to Northern Trust Corporation (together
with its Current and Future Affiliates,
Northern) that extends the effective
periods of the exemptions for up to six
months if RBC and Northern meet
certain conditions. The amendment to
PTE 2016–10 is referred to herein as the
RBC QPAM Amendment, and the
amendment to PTE 2016–11 is referred
to herein as the Northern QPAM
Amendment (collectively, the
Amendments).
SUMMARY:
The Amendments will be in
effect on March 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the RBC QPAM Amendment, please
contact Ms. Blessed Chuksorji-Keefe,
Office of Exemption Determinations,
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, (202) 693–8567 (this is not a tollfree number). For the Northern QPAM
Amendment, please contact Ms. Anna
Mpras Vaughan, Office of Exemption
Determinations, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, (202) 693–8565
(this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 21, 2025, the U.S. Department
of Labor (the Department) published a
notice of proposed amendments in the
Federal Register (90 FR 10087) pursuant
to its authority under ERISA section
408(a), and in accordance with the
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Department’s exemption procedures.1
The proposed amendments would
extend the effective periods of PTE
2016–10 and PTE 2016–11 until the
earlier of September 4, 2025, or the date
that the Department makes a final
agency action in connection with the
Notices of Proposed Exemption for the
RBC QPAMs and the Northern QPAMs
the Department published in the
Federal Register in January 2025.2 The
proposed amendments required RBC
and Northern to meet the conditions for
relief under PTE 2016–10 and PTE
2016–11, respectively, during the
proposed extended effective periods.
Based on the RBC and Northern’s
representations contained in the
administrative record, the Department is
granting the Amendments as proposed.
The Amendments provide only the
relief specified herein and do not
provide relief from violations of any law
other than the prohibited transaction
provisions of ERISA.
Benefits of the Amendments: The
Department is granting the Amendments
based on the applicants’ representations
that the expiration of the exemptive
relief in PTEs 2016–10 and 2016–11
before the Department publishes a final
exemption extending such relief for an
additional period of five years would
harm plans and their participants and
beneficiaries and Individual Retirement
Account owners (Covered Plans).
As discussed below, the Department
makes the requisite findings under
ERISA section 408(a) that the
amendments are: (1) administratively
feasible for the Department, (2) in the
interest of Covered Plan(s) and their
participants and beneficiaries, and (3)
protective of the rights of the
participants and beneficiaries of
Covered Plans, based on the applicants’
adherence to all the conditions of PTEs
2016–10 and 2016–11, respectively, at
all times. Accordingly, affected parties
should be aware that the applicants’
adherence to all conditions in PTEs
2016–10 and 2016–11, as applicable, is
required for the applicants to rely on the
Amendments described herein. Absent
1 The procedures for requesting an exemption are
set forth in 29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (89 FR
4662, 4691, January 24, 2024). Effective December
31, 1978, section 102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4
of 1978, 5 U.S.C. app. 1 (1996), transferred the
authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
exemptions of the type requested by the applicants
to the Secretary of Labor. Accordingly, the
Department grants this exemption under its sole
authority.
2 Proposed Exemption for the Royal Bank of
Canada and Its Current and Future Affiliates at 90
FR 6013, January 17, 2025; Proposed Exemption
From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions
Involving Northern Trust Corporation at 90 FR
7174, January 21, 2025.
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these conditions, the Department would
not have granted the Amendments.
A. Background
On October 28, 2016, the Department
published PTEs 2016–10 and 2016–11
in the Federal Register.3 PTE 2016–10
is a temporary administrative exemption
that permits certain entities (the RBC
Qualified Professional Asset Managers
(QPAMs)) with specified relationships
to Royal Bank of Canada (Bahamas)
Limited (RBCTC Bahamas) to continue
to rely on the relief provided by the
Department’s QPAM Exemption 4 for a
one-year period beginning on March 5,
2024, and ending on March 4, 2025,
notwithstanding a potential judgment of
conviction against RBCTC Bahamas for
aiding and abetting tax fraud.5
Similarly, PTE 2016–11 permits certain
entities (the Northern QPAMs) with
specified relationships to Northern
Trust Fiduciary Services (Guernsey) ltd.
(NTFS) to continue to rely upon the
relief provided by the Department’s
QPAM Exemption for a one-year period
beginning on March 5, 2024, and ending
on March 4, 2025, notwithstanding a
potential judgment of conviction against
NTFS for aiding and abetting tax fraud
in the same scheme.6
The Department granted PTEs 2016–
10 and 2016–11 to protect RBC and
Northern’s ERISA-covered plan and IRA
clients from the harm that could result
from their respective QPAMs’ loss of
relief under PTE 84–14 due to the
QPAMs’ convictions.
RBC and Northern separately applied
to the Department for extended relief
that would apply after the relief in PTEs
2016–10 and 2016–11 expires on March
4, 2025. In response, on January 17,
2025, the Department published a
3 81 FR 75147 and 81 FR 75150 (October 28,
2016).
4 PTE 84–14 49 FR 9494, March 13, 1984, as
corrected at 50 FR 41430 (October 10, 1985), as
amended at 70 FR 49305 (August 23, 2005), as
amended at 75 FR 38837 (July 6, 2010), and as
amended at 89 FR 23090 (April 3, 2024), hereinafter
referred to as PTE 84–14 or the QPAM exemption.
Section I(g) of PTE 84–14 prevents an entity that
may otherwise meet the definition of a QPAM from
utilizing the exemptive relief provided by PTE 84–
14 for itself and its client plans, if that entity or an
‘‘affiliate’’ thereof, or any owner, direct or indirect,
of a five percent or more interest in the QPAM has
within 10 years immediately preceding the
transaction, been either convicted or released from
imprisonment, whichever is later, as a result of
criminal activity described in that section.
5 On December 11, 2023, the Department issued
a technical correction to PTE 2016–10 when RBCTC
Bahamas was convicted of aiding and abetting tax
fraud in France to accurately identify the French
Court issuing the conviction.
6 On April 4, 2024, the Department issued a
technical correction to PTE 2016–11 (89 FR 23612)
after NTFS was convicted of aiding and abetting tax
fraud in France to accurately identify the French
Court issuing the conviction.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11329-11330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03546]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
U.S. Marshals Service
[OMB Number 1105-0105]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension Without Change or a Currently Approved
Collection; Comments Requested: Form CSO-005, Preliminary Background
Check Form
AGENCY: U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),
will submit the following information collection request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
April 4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments,
particularly with respect to the estimated public burden or associated
response time, have suggestions, need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with instructions, or desire any
additional information, please contact Assistant Chief Karl Slazer/
Management Support Division, US Marshals Service Headquarters, 1215 S
Clark St., Ste. 10017, Arlington, VA 22202-4387, by telephone at 703-
740-2316 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2024, 89
FR 99281, allowing a 60-day comment period. Written comments and
suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the
proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection (check justification or form 83):
Extension without change or a currently approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Form CSO-005, Preliminary
Background Check Form.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection:
Form number (if applicable): Form CSO-005.
Component: U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Justice.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
Primary: Court Security Officers/Special Security Officer (CSO/SSO)
Applicants.
Other (if applicable): [None].
Abstract: The CSO-005 Preliminary Background Check Form is used to
collect applicant information for CSO/SSO positions. The applicant
information provided to USMS from the Vendor gives information about
which District and Facility the applicant will be working, the
applicant's personal information, prior employment verification,
employment performance and current financial status. The information
allows the selecting official to hire applicants with a strong history
of employment performance and financial responsibility. The questions
on this form have been developed from the OPM, MSPB and DOJ ``Best
Practice'' guidelines for reference checking.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 750
respondents will utilize the form, and it will take each respondent
approximately 60 minutes to complete the form.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with
this collection is 750 hours, which is equal to (750 (total # of annual
responses) * 1 (60 mins).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable:
Total Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Time per
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response Total annual
respondents responses (min.) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ex: Survey (individuals or 750 1/annually...... 1,000 60 750
households).
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Unduplicated Totals....... 1,000 ................ 1,000 .............. 750
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Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $14,651.00.
If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
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Dated: February 28, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-03546 Filed 3-4-25; 8:45 am]
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