Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2007-17; Grant of Individual Exemptions Involving; D-11390, BSC Services Corp. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan), PTE 2007-17; D-11402 and D-11403, Owens Corning Savings Plan and Owens Corning Savings and Security Plan (Collectively, the Plans), PTE 2007-18; D-11405, Middleburg Trust Company (Middleburg), PTE 2007-19; D-11420, BlackRock, Inc (BlackRock), and Merrill Lynch & Co. (Merrill Lynch) (Collectively, the Applicants), PTE 2007-20; D-11441, Gastroentero

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This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). A notice was published in the Federal Register of the pendency before the Department of a proposal to grant such exemption. The notice set forth a summary of facts and representations contained in the application for exemption and referred interested persons to the application for a complete statement of the facts and representations. The application has been available for public inspection at the Department in Washington, DC. The notice also invited interested persons to submit comments on the requested exemption to the Department. In addition the notice stated that any interested person might submit a written request that a public hearing be held (where appropriate). The applicant has represented that it has complied with the requirements of the notification to interested persons. No requests for a hearing were received by the Department. Public comments were received by the Department as described in the granted exe