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1 49 FR 9494 (March 13, 1984), as corrected at 50 

FR 41430 (October 10, 1985), as amended at 70 FR 

49305 (August 23, 2005), and as amended at 75 FR 

38837 (July 6, 2010). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks approval under the PRA for 

revisions to the Certificate of Medical 

Necessity, Form CM–893, information 

collection that a coal miner’s physician 

completes and the OWCP uses to 

determine whether the miner meets 

impairment standards to qualify for 

durable medical equipment, home 

nursing, and/or pulmonary 

rehabilitation. This information 

collection has been classified as a 

revision, because of minor changes to 

the form designed to help a medical 

provider better understand the 

information needed to be provided. An 

accommodation statement has also been 

added to the form to inform a 

respondent who has a mental or 

physical limitation to contact the OWCP 

if further assistance is needed in 

completing the claims process. The 

Black Lung Benefits Act authorizes this 

information collection. See 30 U.S.C. 

901. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1240–0024. The current 

approval is scheduled to expire on 

December 31, 2014; however, the DOL 

notes that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

New requirements would only take 

effect upon OMB approval. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 7, 2014 (79 FR 46280). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1240–0024. The OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 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. 

Agency: DOL–OWCP. 

Title of Collection: Certificate of 

Medical Necessity. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0024. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,500. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 2,500. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

965 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $1,460. 

Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27262 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Application No. D–11819] 

Notice of Hearing on Proposed 

Individual Exemption Involving Credit 

Suisse AG (Hereinafter, Either Credit 

Suisse AG or the Applicant) 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of Labor (the 

Department) will hold a hearing on 

January 15, 2015, relating to a proposed 

individual exemption from certain 

prohibited transaction restrictions of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 

amended (the Code) that, if granted, 

would affect the ability of certain 

entities related to Credit Suisse AG to 

continue to rely upon the relief 

provided by Prohibited Transaction 

Class Exemption (PTE) 84–14. A notice 

of pendency of the proposed exemption 

was published in the Federal Register at 

79 FR 52365 (September 3, 2014). 

DATES: The hearing will be held on 

January 15, 2015, beginning at 10:00 

a.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at 

the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210, in Room C5320. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

S. Hesse, Office of Exemption 

Determinations, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, telephone (202) 

693–8546 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 3, 2014, the Department 

published in the Federal Register, at 79 

FR 52365, a notice of pendency of a 

proposed individual exemption that, if 

granted, would permit: Certain affiliates 

of Credit Suisse AG (the Credit Suisse 

Affiliated Entities); and certain entities 

in which Credit Suisse AG owns a 5% 

or more interest (the Credit Suisse 

Related Entities), to continue to rely on 

the relief provided by Prohibited 

Transaction Class Exemption (PTE) 84– 

14,1 notwithstanding a judgment of 

conviction against Credit Suisse AG for 

one count of conspiracy to violate 

section 7206(2) of the Internal Revenue 

Code in violation of Title 18, United 

States Code, Section 371, to be entered 

in the District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia in Case Number 

1:14–cr–188–RBS. In that notice, the 

Department invited interested persons 

to submit written comments and any 

requests for a public hearing on the 

proposed exemption. 

In response to the notice, the 

Department received several comments 

that expressed concern about the merits 

of the proposed exemption, including: 

whether the proposed exemption was in 

the interest of employee benefit plans 

and their participants and beneficiaries; 

and whether the safeguards in the 

proposed exemption are adequate to 

protect the rights of participants and 

beneficiaries of such employee benefit 

plans. The submissions received by the 

Department are available for public 

inspection in the Public Disclosure 

Room of the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 


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Labor, Room N–1515, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

After considering the comments, the 

Department has decided to hold a 

hearing regarding whether the Credit 

Suisse Affiliated Entities and the Credit 

Suisse Related Entities may 

prospectively rely on PTE 84–14 on a 

permanent, conditional basis. The 

hearing will be held on January 15, 

2015, beginning at 10:00 a.m., EST, in 

Room C5320 at the Department of Labor, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Any interested person who wishes to 

be assured of an opportunity to present 

oral comments at the hearing should 

submit by December 29, 2014: (1) A 

written request to be heard; and (2) Five 

copies of an outline of the topics to be 

discussed. The topics to be discussed 

should address the effect that the 

proposed exemption, if granted, will 

have on employee benefit plans; 

including whether the proposed 

exemption is in the interest of plans and 

of their participants and beneficiaries, 

and whether the safeguards in the 

proposed exemption are adequate to 

protect the rights of participants and 

beneficiaries of such plans. 

Presenters at the hearing should be 

aware that the Department is 

particularly interested in factual 

evidence that will enable the 

Department to determine whether the 

proposed exemption is in the interest of, 

and protective of, employee benefit 

plans and IRAs. 

The request to be heard and 

accompanying outline should be sent to: 

Office of Exemption Determinations, 

Room N–5700, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, 

‘‘Attention: Application No. D–11819, 

Credit Suisse AG Exemption Hearing.’’ 

Copies of your mailed submission may 

also be sent by electronic mail to 

moffitt.betty@dol.gov or by FAX to (202) 

219–0204 by the end of the scheduled 

submission period. The notice of 

hearing, the proposed exemption, and 

any submissions received in respect of 

either will be available for public 

inspection in the Public Documents 

Room of the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–1515, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Comments, hearing requests, and other 

submissions will also be available 

online at www.regulations.gov, at no 

charge. 

Warning: If you submit a written 

request to be heard, do not include any 

personally identifiable information 

(such as name, address, or other contact 

information) or confidential business 

information that you do not want 

publicly disclosed. All hearing requests 

may be posted on the Internet and can 

be retrieved by most Internet search 

engines. 

The Department will prepare an 

agenda indicating the order of 

presentation of oral comments. The 

Department reserves the right to restrict 

the agenda to those commenters whose 

outlines contain information that is 

within the scope of the topics to be 

discussed at the hearing. In the absence 

of special circumstances, each 

commenter will be allotted ten minutes 

in which to complete his or her 

presentation. Information about the 

agenda may be obtained on or after 

January 8, 2015, by contacting Mr. Erin 

Hesse, Office of Exemption 

Determinations, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, telephone (202) 

693–8546 (this is not a toll-free phone 

number). Those individuals who make 

oral comments at the hearing should be 

prepared to answer questions regarding 

their comments. The hearing will be 

transcribed. 

Notice to Interested Persons 

Within fifteen (15) calendar days of 

publication of the Notice of Public 

Hearing (the Notice) in the Federal 

Register, Credit Suisse AG shall provide 

notice to all interested persons in the 

manner agreed upon by the Applicant 

and the Department. Such notification 

will contain a copy of this Notice, as 

published in the Federal Register, and 

a copy of the notice of proposed 

exemption for Credit Suisse AG, as 

published in the Federal Register at 79 

FR 52365 on September 3, 2014. 

Notice of Public Hearing 

Notice is hereby given that a public 

hearing will be held on January 15, 

2015, regarding a proposed exemption 

from certain prohibited transaction 

restrictions of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974, as 

amended, and from certain taxes 

imposed by the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986, as amended, for transactions 

involving certain affiliates of Credit 

Suisse AG and entities in which Credit 

Suisse AG owns a 5% or more interest 

but which are not themselves affiliates. 

The hearing will be held, beginning at 

10:00 a.m., EST, in Room C–5320 at the 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

November, 2014. 

Lyssa Hall, 

Director of Exemption Determinations, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration, 

U.S. Department of Labor. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Application No. D–11837] 

Notice of Proposed Exemption 

Involving Credit Suisse AG Located in 

Zurich, Switzerland 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

notice of pendency before the 

Department of Labor (the Department) of 

a proposed exemption from certain 

prohibited transaction restrictions of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA or the 

Act), and the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986, as amended (the Code). This 

proposed exemption was developed by 

the Department on its own motion. If 

granted, the proposed exemption would 

increase, from one year to ten years, the 

period during which certain entities 

with specified relationships to Credit 

Suisse AG (hereinafter, Credit Suisse 

Affiliated QPAMs and Credit Suisse 

Related QPAMs) may rely on prohibited 

transaction class exemption (PTE) 84– 

14. 

Effective Date: If granted, this 

proposed exemption will be effective for 

the period of time starting on the date 

a final exemption, if any, is published 

in the Federal Exemption, and ending 

on the date that is ten years following 

the date a judgment of conviction 

against Credit Suisse AG for one count 

of conspiracy to violate section 7206(2) 

of the Internal Revenue Code in 

violation of Title 18, United States 

Code, Section 371 (the Conviction) is 

entered in the District Court for the 

Eastern District of Virginia in Case 

Number 1:14–cr–188–RBS. 

DATES: Written comments and requests 

for a public hearing on the proposed 

exemption should be submitted to the 

Department within 45 days from the 

date of publication of this Federal 

Register Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for 

a hearing should state: (1) The name, 

address, telephone number, and email 


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