Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree, 17881 [2017-07499]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 70 / Thursday, April 13, 2017 / Notices
Dated: April 10, 2017.
Kira Antell,
Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy.
Employment and Training
Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent
Decree
In accordance with Departmental
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Georgia Coastal Land
Co., et al., No. 2:16–cv–00060–LGW–
RSB, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Southern District
of Georgia on April 7, 2017.
This proposed Consent Decree
concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Georgia Coastal
Land Company, Provident Land
Holdings Company, Provident
Construction Company, and William L.
Nutting, pursuant to Sections 301, 309,
and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. 1311(a), 1319(g)(9), and 1344(s),
to obtain injunctive relief from and
impose civil penalties against the
Defendants for violating the Clean Water
Act by discharging pollutants without a
permit into waters of the United States.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves
these allegations by requiring the
Defendants to restore impacted areas
and perform mitigation, and to pay civil
and administrative penalties.
The Department of Justice will accept
written comments relating to this
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)
days from the date of publication of this
Notice. Please address comments to
Samara Spence, Trial Attorney for the
United States Department of Justice,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Environmental Defense
Section, Post Office Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044 and refer to
United States v. Georgia Coastal Land
Co., et al., DJ #90–5–1–1–20782.
The proposed Consent Decree may be
examined at the Clerk’s Office, United
States District Court for the Southern
District of Georgia, Brunswick Division,
801 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA
31520. In addition, the proposed
Consent Decree may be examined
electronically at https://www.justice.gov/
enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Defense Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
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Allowable Meal Charge
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[FR Doc. 2017–07512 Filed 4–12–17; 8:45 am]
Labor Certification Process for the
Temporary Employment of H–2A and
H–2B Foreign Workers in the United
States: 2017 Allowable Charges for
Agricultural Workers’ Meals and for
Travel Subsistence Reimbursement,
Including Lodging
Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Employment and
Training Administration of the
Department of Labor is issuing this
Notice to announce: (1) The allowable
charges for 2017 that employers seeking
H–2A workers in occupations other than
range herding may charge their workers
when the employer provides three
meals a day, and (2) the maximum
travel subsistence meal reimbursement
that a worker with receipts may claim
in 2017 under the H–2A and H–2B
programs. The Notice also includes a
reminder regarding employers’
obligations with respect to overnight
lodging costs as part of required
subsistence.
DATES: Effective on April 13, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William W. Thompson, II,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification (OFLC), U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room PPII–12–200, Washington, DC
20210. Telephone: 202–513–7350 (this
is not a toll-free number). Individuals
with hearing or speech impairments
may access the telephone number above
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States (U.S.) Citizenship and
Immigration Services of the Department
of Homeland Security will not approve
an employer’s petition for the admission
of H–2A or H–2B nonimmigrant
temporary workers in the U.S. unless
the petitioner has received from the
DOL an H–2A or H–2B labor
certification. Both the H–2A and H–2B
labor certifications provide that: (1)
There are not sufficient U.S. workers
who are qualified and who will be
available to perform the labor or
services involved in the petition; and (2)
the employment of the foreign worker(s)
in such labor or services will not
adversely affect the wages and working
conditions of workers in the U.S.
similarly employed. See 20 CFR
655.1(a)(H–2B); 20 CFR 655.100 (H–2A).
SUMMARY:
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Among the minimum benefits and
working conditions that the Department
requires employers to offer their U.S.
and H–2A workers who are not engaged
in range occupations are three meals a
day or free and convenient cooking and
kitchen facilities so workers may
prepare their own meals.1 See 20 CFR
655.122(g). Where the employer
provides the meals, the job offer must
state the charge, if any, to the worker for
such meals. Id.
The Department establishes the
methodology for determining the
maximum amounts that H–2A
agricultural employers may charge their
U.S. and foreign workers for providing
them with three meals per day during
employment. See 20 CFR 655.173(a).
This methodology allows for annual
adjustments of the previous year’s
maximum allowable charge based upon
updated U.S. Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) data for
Food, not seasonally adjusted. Id. The
maximum charge allowed by 20 CFR
655.122(g) is adjusted by the same
percentage as the 12-month percent
change in the CPI for all Urban
Consumers for Food (CPI–U for
Food).2 Id. The OFLC Certifying Officer
may also permit an employer to charge
workers a higher amount for providing
them with three meals a day, if the
higher amount is justified and
sufficiently documented by the
employer, as set forth in 20 CFR
655.173(b).
The percentage change in the CPI–U
for Food between December 2015 and
December 2016 was –0.2 percent.3
Accordingly, the maximum allowable
charge under 20 CFR 655.122(g) shall be
no more than $12.07 per day, unless the
OFLC Certifying Officer approves a
higher charge as authorized under 20
CFR 655.173(b).
Reimbursement for Daily Travel
Subsistence
The H–2A regulations (20 CFR
655.122(h)(1)) and the H–2B regulations
(20 CFR 655.20(j)(1)(i)) establish that the
minimum daily travel subsistence
expense for meals, for which a worker
is entitled to reimbursement, must be at
1 H–2A employers must provide workers engaged
in herding or the production of livestock on the
range meals or food to prepare meals without
charge or deposit charge. See 20 CFR 655.210(e).
2 The 12-month percent change in the CPI–U for
Food for 2006 through 2016 is available through
BLS’ Web site at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/.
3 In 2016, the maximum allowable charge under
20 CFR 655.122(g) was $12.09 per day. 81 FR 9885,
9886 (Feb. 26, 2016). As a result, the maximum
allowable meal charge for 2017 has decreased only
$.02.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Georgia
Coastal Land Co., et al., No. 2:16-cv-00060-LGW-RSB, was lodged with
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
on April 7, 2017.
This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Georgia Coastal Land Company, Provident Land
Holdings Company, Provident Construction Company, and William L.
Nutting, pursuant to Sections 301, 309, and 404 of the Clean Water Act,
33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 1319(g)(9), and 1344(s), to obtain injunctive relief
from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for violating
the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into
waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these
allegations by requiring the Defendants to restore impacted areas and
perform mitigation, and to pay civil and administrative penalties.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Samara Spence,
Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Environment
and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post
Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044 and refer to United States v.
Georgia Coastal Land Co., et al., DJ #90-5-1-1-20782.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office,
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia,
Brunswick Division, 801 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520. In
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at
https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-07499 Filed 4-12-17; 8:45 am]
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