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format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
IX. Determinative Documents
understood, and the impact of collection
There are no determinative materials
requirements on respondents can be
or documents within the meaning of the properly assessed. Currently, the
APPA that were considered by the
Employment and Training
United States in formulating the
Administration is soliciting comments
proposed Final Judgment.
on a new data collection for the
Dated: April 27, 2010
Evaluation of the Community-Based Job
Respectfully submitted,
Training Grants.
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A copy of the proposed information
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Angela L. Hughes, (DC Bar #3034210),
contacting the office listed below in the
Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of
addressee section of this notice or by
Justice, Antitrust Division,
accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/
Transportation, Energy, and,
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
Agriculture, 450 5th Street, NW; Suite
DATES: Written comments must be
8000, Washington, DC 20530,
submitted to the office listed in the
Telephone: 202/307–6410, Facsimile:
addressee’s section below on or before
202/307–2784, E-mail:
July 6, 2010.
angela.hughes@usdoj.gov
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
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to the Employment and Training
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Administration, Room N–5641, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, Attention: Garrett Groves,
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Telephone number: 202–693–3684 (this
is not a toll-free number), Fax number:
Employment and Training
202–693–2766. E-mail:
Administration
Groves.Garrett@DOL.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Information Collection for
the Evaluation of the CommunityI. Background
Based Job Training Grants; Comment
The Community-Based Job Training
Request
Grants (CBJTG) program is sponsored by
AGENCY: Employment and Training
ETA as an investment in building the
Administration.
capacity of community colleges to train
ACTION: Notice.
workers in the skills required to succeed
in high-growth, high-demand industries.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
CBJTG provides grants for the
part of its continuing effort to reduce
development and implementation of
paperwork and respondent burden
industry-specific job training programs
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
at community colleges to meet the
program to provide the general public
workforce needs of industry, including
and federal agencies with an
health care, energy, and advanced
opportunity to comment on proposed
manufacturing, among others. Over 200
and/or continuing collections of
grants were issued from 2005 through
information in accordance with the
2008 in three rounds of grant
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
competition, with a fourth round of
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
grants awarded in early 2009. Grant
program helps to ensure that requested
recipients are primarily community and
data can be provided in the desired
technical colleges, although in the later
rounds of grants, some community
12 See United States v. Enova Corp., 107 F. Supp.
college districts, State community
2d 10, 17 (D.DC 2000) (noting that the ‘‘Tunney Act
college systems and organizations and
expressly allows the court to make its public
interest determination on the basis of the
agencies within the public workforce
competitive impact statement and response to
investment system were awarded grants.
comments alone’’); United States v. Mid-Am.
ETA has contracted with the Urban
Dairymen, Inc., 1977–1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 61,508,
Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan,
at 71,980 (W.D. Mo. 1977) (‘‘Absent a showing of
corrupt failure of the government to discharge its
research organization based in
duty, the Court, in making its public interest
Washington, DC, to conduct an
finding, should * * * carefully consider the
evaluation of the CBJTG program. The
explanations of the government in the competitive
evaluation will mainly be based on data
impact statement and its responses to comments in
order to determine whether those explanations are
collected through a survey of grant
reasonable under the circumstances.’’); S. Rep. No.
recipients as well as a review of grant
93–298, 93d Cong., 1st Sess., at 6 (1973) (‘‘Where
documents and exploratory site visits to
the public interest can be meaningfully evaluated
a small number of grant projects. The
simply on the basis of briefs and oral arguments,
that is the approach that should be utilized.’’).
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are the main data source for this study
and will provide a comprehensive
picture of the different grant-funded
projects and identify grant
implementation issues to date.
The survey will be administered to all
grantees receiving awards in the first
three rounds. To reduce respondent
burden, the survey will be administered
in a Web-based format that allows for
automatic skip patterns. Grantees will
also have the option to complete and
return a paper version. Survey data will
be complemented by data collected
through ETA’s existing quarterly
reporting system to avoid any
duplication and further reduce reporting
burden for respondents. The survey will
gather data on grantee organization type,
size, and structure, project design and
objectives, recruitment efforts and target
populations, training and other program
activities, capacity-building activities,
partners’ contributions and activities,
and plans for sustaining programming
and leveraging resources.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
* 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 submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Evaluation of the CommunityBased Job Training Grants.
OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.
Record Keeping: N/A.
Affected Public: Community-Based
Job Training Grantees.
Total Respondents: 190.
Frequency: Once.
Total Annual Responses: 190.
Average Time per Response: 40
minutes.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 126.67
hours.
Total Burden Cost: The estimated
total burden cost is $4,862.89 as shown
below:
Estimated
number of
respondents
Category
Total hours
Median hourly
wage
Total
annualized
cost
Postsecondary education administrators (95.3 percent of respondents) ........
Local government social and community service managers (4.7 percent of
respondents) ................................................................................................
181
120.67
$38.79
$4,680.79
9
6.00
30.35
182.10
Total ..........................................................................................................
........................
126.67
........................
4,862.89
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information
collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Signed: At Washington, DC this 30th day
of April, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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[Docket No.: 70–1257; License No.: SNM–
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In the Matter of AREVA NP, Inc.;
Confirmatory Order (Effective
Immediately) [NRC–2010–0172]
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AREVA NP, Inc. (AREVA or Licensee)
is the holder of Materials License No.
SNM–1227 issued by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or
Commission) pursuant to 10 CFR Part
70. The license in effect at the time of
the incident described below was most
recently amended via Amendment 49,
issued on July 9, 2007. The NRC
renewed Materials License No. SNM–
1227, effective April 24, 2009. The
license authorizes the operation of the
AREVA NP facility in accordance with
the conditions specified therein. The
facility is located at the AREVA site in
Richland, Washington.
This Confirmatory Order is the result
of an agreement reached during an
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
mediation session conducted on March
9, 2010.
II
On September 23, 2009, the NRC’s
Office of Investigations (OI) completed
an investigation (OI Case No. 2–2009–
025) regarding activities at the AREVA
facility located in Richland,
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Washington. Based on the evidence
developed during the investigation, the
NRC staff concluded that on April 21,
2009, Item Relied On For Safety (IROFS)
1111, an electronic eye sensor known as
the vacuum wand interlock, was
deliberately bypassed by an employee
and made to work by using tape. These
actions violated Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP) 40486, ‘‘Richland
Operations General Rules,’’ Version
16.0, Section 7.0 which states that
‘‘interlocks, limit switches and any other
safety-related equipment are never to be
bypassed, made to work by using tape
or other material, or adjusted by anyone
except for a defined purpose and in
accordance with an approved
procedure.’’ As a result, IROFS 1111 was
not available and reliable as required by
10 CFR 70.61(e).
On March 9, 2010, the NRC and
AREVA met in an ADR session
mediated by a professional mediator,
which was arranged through Cornell
University’s Institute on Conflict
Resolution. ADR is a process in which
a neutral mediator with no decisionmaking authority assists the parties in
reaching an agreement or resolving any
differences regarding their dispute. This
confirmatory order is issued pursuant to
the agreement reached during the ADR
process. The elements of the agreement
consist of the following:
1. The NRC and AREVA agreed that
the incident that occurred on April 21,
2009, as described in NRC’s January 6,
2010, letter, constituted a violation of
SOP 40486, and that the operator’s
actions were deliberate. The NRC and
AREVA also agreed that, although the
vacuum wand interlock IROFS was
disabled, sufficient system IROFS
remained in service to perform the
intended safety function for identified
accident scenarios.
2. Based on AREVA’s review of the
incident and NRC concerns associated
with precluding recurrence of the
violation, AREVA completed the
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following corrective actions and
enhancements:
a. The equipment was returned to
normal operation and safety function
was verified;
b. The employee was immediately
relieved of duties pending an
investigation;
c. A charter was established and a
root cause investigation was performed;
d. Although not reportable, AREVA
notified the NRC of the incident in a
timely manner;
e. Disciplinary action was
administered in accordance with
company policies;
f. AREVA Richland management held
stand down meetings with all Richland
employees to reinforce obligations with
respect to willful misconduct,
procedural compliance, potential event
repercussions, personal accountability,
problem reporting, open
communications, opportunities for
employees to raise issues and other
discussion topics;
g. Lessons learned from this incident
were communicated internally and to
all other AREVA U.S. Special Nuclear
Material (SNM) licensed facilities
within the AREVA U.S. fuel
organization;
h. AREVA conducted an extent of
condition review with operators in all
product centers and determined that the
incident was isolated; and
i. Safety Conscious Work
Environment (SCWE) training was
conducted for employees at all AREVA
SNM licensed facilities within the
AREVA U.S. fuel organization.
3. In addition to the actions
completed by AREVA as discussed
above, AREVA agreed to additional
corrective actions and enhancements, as
fully delineated below in Section V of
this Confirmatory Order.
4. AREVA agreed to complete the
items listed in Section V within 12
months of issuance of this Confirmatory
Order.
5. Within three months of completion
of the terms of this Confirmatory Order,
AREVA will provide the NRC with a
letter discussing its basis for concluding
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[FR Doc No: 2010-10603]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection for the Evaluation of the
Community-Based Job Training Grants; Comment Request
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments on a new data collection for the Evaluation of the Community-
Based Job Training Grants.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice or by accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before July 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Employment and Training
Administration, Room N-5641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, Attention: Garrett Groves, Telephone number: 202-693-3684
(this is not a toll-free number), Fax number: 202-693-2766. E-mail:
Groves.Garrett@DOL.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTG) program is
sponsored by ETA as an investment in building the capacity of community
colleges to train workers in the skills required to succeed in high-
growth, high-demand industries. CBJTG provides grants for the
development and implementation of industry-specific job training
programs at community colleges to meet the workforce needs of industry,
including health care, energy, and advanced manufacturing, among
others. Over 200 grants were issued from 2005 through 2008 in three
rounds of grant competition, with a fourth round of grants awarded in
early 2009. Grant recipients are primarily community and technical
colleges, although in the later rounds of grants, some community
college districts, State community college systems and organizations
and agencies within the public workforce investment system were awarded
grants.
ETA has contracted with the Urban Institute, a non-profit, non-
partisan, research organization based in Washington, DC, to conduct an
evaluation of the CBJTG program. The evaluation will mainly be based on
data collected through a survey of grant recipients as well as a review
of grant documents and exploratory site visits to a small number of
grant projects. The survey data collected through this effort are the
main data source for this study and will provide a comprehensive
picture of the different grant-funded projects and identify grant
implementation issues to date.
The survey will be administered to all grantees receiving awards in
the first three rounds. To reduce respondent burden, the survey will be
administered in a Web-based format that allows for automatic skip
patterns. Grantees will also have the option to complete and return a
paper version. Survey data will be complemented by data collected
through ETA's existing quarterly reporting system to avoid any
duplication and further reduce reporting burden for respondents. The
survey will gather data on grantee organization type, size, and
structure, project design and objectives, recruitment efforts and
target populations, training and other program activities, capacity-
building activities, partners' contributions and activities, and plans
for sustaining programming and leveraging resources.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
* 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
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Evaluation of the Community-Based Job Training Grants.
OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
Record Keeping: N/A.
Affected Public: Community-Based Job Training Grantees.
Total Respondents: 190.
Frequency: Once.
Total Annual Responses: 190.
Average Time per Response: 40 minutes.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 126.67 hours.
Total Burden Cost: The estimated total burden cost is $4,862.89 as
shown below:
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Estimated Total
Category number of Total hours Median hourly annualized
respondents wage cost
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Postsecondary education administrators (95.3 181 120.67 $38.79 $4,680.79
percent of respondents)........................
Local government social and community service 9 6.00 30.35 182.10
managers (4.7 percent of respondents)..........
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Total....................................... .............. 126.67 .............. 4,862.89
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Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Signed: At Washington, DC this 30th day of April, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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