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to the addresses provided above for 

submitting comments. 

Laura Thoms, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00477 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1123–0010] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Extension of a 

Previously Approved Collection; 

Request for Registration Under the 

Gambling Devices Act of 1962 

AGENCY: Criminal Division, Department 

of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Criminal Division, 

Department of Justice (DOJ), will be 

submitting 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 

February 12, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have comments especially on the 

estimated public burden or associated 

response time, suggestions, or need a 

copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact: Dawn Cauraugh, Office of 

Enforcement Operations, 1301 New 

York Avenue NW, Washington DC 

20530, (202) 353–3993, 

dawn.cauraugh.usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register at 89 FR 89044 on November 

12, 2024, 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; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and/or 

—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. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number OMB 1123–0010. This 

information collection request may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Justice, information collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOJ notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection: 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. Title of the Form/Collection: 

Request for Registration Under the 

Gambling Act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171– 

1178). 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: OMB No. 1123–0010 (7/31/ 

2017); Office of Enforcement 

Operations. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 

[Affected Public: Primary: Business or 

other for-profit. Other: Not-for-profit 

institutions, individuals or household, 

and State, Local, or Tribe Government. 

The form can be used by any entity 

required to register under the Gambling 

Devices Act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171– 

1178). 

[Abstract: Under the Gambling 

Devices Act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171– 

1178) mandates that the Department of 

Justice register all entities that 

participate in the interstate commerce of 

gambling devices. Registration involves 

the collection of certain information 

from the respondent, as specified in the 

Act. 

5. Obligation to Respond: Gambling 

Devices Act of 1962, 15 U.S.C. 1171– 

1178. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 7,800 of respondents. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 5 

minutes. 

8. Frequency: Annually. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 650 hours. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

(annually) 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Time per 

response 

(min) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Form ....................................................................................................... 7,800 1 7,800 5 650 

Unduplicated Totals ........................................................................ 7,800 1 7,800 5 650 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218 Washington, DC 20530. 


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1The procedures that govern the Applicant’s 

request for an exemption (the Exemption 

Procedures) are set forth in 29 CFR part 2570, 

subpart B at 76 FR 66637, 66644 (October 27, 2011). 

Although the Applicant’s submission is being 

processed under the Exemption Procedures in effect 

as of December 27, 2011, the Exemption Procedures 

were recently amended at 89 FR 4662, 4691 

(January 24, 2024). Effective December 31, 1978, 

section 102 of the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 

1978, 5 U.S.C. app. 1 (1996), transferred the 

authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 

administrative exemptions under the Code section 

4975(c)(2) to the Secretary of Labor. Accordingly, 

the Department grants this exemption under its sole 

authority. Furthermore, references herein to 

provisions of Title I of ERISA shall be deemed to 

refer to their applicable corresponding provision in 

Code section 4975, unless specified otherwise. 

2 89 FR 79953. 

3The Applicant states that the Plan elected to 

become a multiemployer plan in accordance with 

ERISA section 3(37)(G) and meets the legislative 

definition of a multiemployer plan under 

3(37)(G)(vi). That section reads, ‘‘(vi) A plan is 

described in this clause if it is a plan sponsored by 

an organization which is described in section 

501(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 

U.S.C. 501(c)(5)] and exempt from tax under section 

501(a) of such Code 1986 [26 U.S.C. 501(a)] and 

which was established in Chicago, Illinois, on 

August 12, 1881.’’ The United Brotherhood of 

Carpenters Pension Fund is sponsored by the UBC, 

which is a 501(c)(5) organization, tax exempt under 

Code section 501(a), and was established in 

Chicago, Illinois, on August 12, 1881. 

4Employees of the Carpenters International 

Training Fund, The International LaborManagement Committee for the Floor and Wall 

Covering Industry, the UBC National Job Corps 

Training Fund, The United Brotherhood of 

Carpenters Pension Fund, and the Carpenters 

Legislative Improvement Committee may also be 

eligible for participation in the Plan. 

5The Applicant represents that, unlike other 

multiemployer plans, the Plan is not maintained by 

a collective bargaining agreement and, therefore, is 

not a ‘‘Taft-Hartley’’ plan, pursuant to Labor 

Management Relations Act section 305(c)(5). 

Because the Trustees of the Plan are appointed by 

either the UBC or UBC Local Unions and UBC 

Councils, none of the Trustees could be considered 

‘‘employer representatives,’’ which would be 

required for the Plan to constitute a Taft-Hartley 

multiemployer plan. 

Dated: January 7, 2025. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00449 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2025– 

01; Exemption Application No. D–12084] 

Exemption From Certain Prohibited 

Transaction Restrictions Involving 

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and 

Joiners of America (UBC or the 

Applicant) Located in Washington, DC 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document gives notice of 

an 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 (the 

Code). This exemption permits the 

Trustees of the United Brotherhood of 

Carpenters Pension Fund (the Plan) to 

sell 19.25 acres of improved real 

property (the Property) on behalf of the 

Plan to the UBC for cash (the Sale). 

DATES: The exemption will be in effect 

on January 13, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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: UBC 

requested an exemption pursuant to 

ERISA section 408(a) and Code section 

4975(c)(2) and supplemented the 

request with certain additional 

information (that is collectively, referred 

to as the ‘‘Application’’).1 On October 1, 

2024, the Department published a notice 

of proposed exemption in the Federal 

Register (the Proposed Exemption).2

Based on UBC’s representations in its 

Application and the administrative 

record, the Department has determined 

to grant the Proposed Exemption. This 

exemption provides only the relief 

specified herein and does not provide 

relief from violations of any law other 

than the prohibited transaction 

provisions of ERISA and the Code. 

Benefits of the Exemption: The 

Department is granting relief based, in 

part, on UBC’s representations that the 

Plan will receive approximately 

$4,317,500 to $4,620,000 more in net 

proceeds by selling the property to UBC 

than it would receive in a sale to an 

unrelated third party. Other expected 

benefits to the Plan are described below. 

As discussed below, the Department 

makes the requisite findings under 

ERISA section 408(a) based on the 

Applicant’s adherence to all the 

exemption’s conditions at all times. 

Accordingly, affected parties should be 

aware that the conditions incorporated 

in this exemption are necessary for the 

Department to grant the relief requested 

by the Applicant, and that the 

Department would not have granted this 

exemption without these conditions. 

Background 

1. The UBC is an international labor 

organization with 725 local unions 

(UBC Local Unions) and 37 councils 

(the UBC Councils). The UBC Local 

Unions are chartered by and affiliated 

with the UBC and represent the 

individual members of the UBC in their 

respective geographic area. Each UBC 

Council is affiliated with a UBC Local 

Union and the various UBC Councils are 

affiliated to the UBC by the UBC 

Constitution. According to the 

Applicant, the UBC Councils are 

separate legal entities from the UBC and 

the UBC does not control the UBC 

Councils that are affiliated with it. 

Further, the Applicant states that none 

of the trustees appointed by the UBC 

Councils are officers of the UBC, and no 

agency relationship exists between the 

UBC and the UBC Councils. 

2. The Plan is a multiemployer 

defined benefit pension plan located in 

Las Vegas, Nevada.3 The Plan provides 

pension benefits to full-time officers or 

representatives employed by a UBC 

Local Union, UBC Council, other 

designated representatives of a UBC 

Local Union or UBC Council, or persons 

who are United States residents and are 

determined to be representative of, or 

professional, management, or 

confidential employees of, the UBC.4 As 

of December 31, 2022, the Plan had 

4,627 participants and as of June 30, 

2023, the Plan had approximately 

$931,860,235 in assets. According to the 

Plan’s annual funding notice issued in 

April 2022, the Plan had a funded 

percentage of 99.3% as of January 1, 

2021. 

3. The Plan is sponsored and 

administered by a Board of Trustees (the 

Board) comprised of up of six (6) 

trustees who are current and former 

members of the UBC Executive Board 

(the UBC Trustees) and five (5) trustees 

who are appointed by officers of UBC 

Local Unions or UBC Councils (the 

Council Trustees).5 The UBC Trustees 

and the Council Trustees are referred to 

collectively as the ‘‘Trustees.’’ The 

Applicant represents that the UBC is an 

employee organization whose members 

are covered by the Plan and an 

employer of employees who are covered 

by the Plan; therefore, it is a party in 

interest to the Plan pursuant to ERISA 

section 3(14)(C) and (D). 

The Property 

4. The Plan owns the Property 

through its wholly-owned limited 

liability company, Bermuda Hidden 

Well, LLC (Bermuda LLC), that was 

incorporated by the Plan on April 19, 

2001 in the State of Delaware. Bermuda 

LLC was originally formed to hold real 

property on behalf of the Plan and is 

managed on behalf of the Plan by 

Washington Capital Management, Inc. 


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