Request for Comments Under E.O. 12898, 81541-81542 [2011-33214]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 28, 2011 / Notices 2011, agencies listed in EO 12898 signed a Memorandum of This Court retains jurisdiction to Understanding (EJ MOU), which, among enable any party to this Final Judgment other things, commits agencies to to apply to the Court at any time for develop a final Environmental Justice further orders and directions as may be Strategy. necessary or appropriate to carry out or The purpose of this notice is to invite construe this Final Judgment, to modify public comment on DOL’s draft any of its provisions, to enforce Environmental Justice Strategy. compliance, and to punish violations of DATES: Comments must be received on its provisions. or before January 20, 2012. XIII. Expiration of Final Judgment ADDRESSES: You may submit comments through https:// Unless the Court grants an extension, this Final Judgment shall expire ten (10) dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/. All comments will be available for years from the date of its entry. public inspection at https:// XIV. Public Interest Determination dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/. The parties have complied with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: e. requirements of the Antitrust christi cunningham, Associate Assistant Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. Secretary for Regulatory Policy, U.S. 16, including making copies available to Department of Labor, 200 Constitution the public of this Final Judgment, the Avenue NW., Room S–2312, Competitive Impact Statement, and any Washington, DC 20210, comments thereon and the United cunningham.christi@dol.gov, (202) 693– States’s responses to comments. Based 5959, (this is not a toll-free number). upon the record before the Court, which Individuals with hearing impairments includes the Competitive Impact may call 1–800–877–8339 (TTY/TDD). Statement and any comments and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive response to comments filed with the Order 12898 did not create a new legal Court, entry of this Final Judgment is in remedy. As an internal management tool the public interest. of the Executive Branch, the Order Dated: lllllllllllllllll directs Federal agencies to put in place [Court approval subject to procedures of procedures and take actions to make Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, achieving environmental justice part of 15 U.S.C. § 16] their basic mission. President Clinton lllllllllllllllllllll explained that Federal agencies have the responsibility to promote [TO BE SIGNED AFTER SUCH ‘‘nondiscrimination in Federal programs PROCEDURES] substantially affecting human health United States District Judge and the environment.’’ Accordingly, [FR Doc. 2011–33283 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] agencies must implement actions to BILLING CODE P identify and address disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR policies, and activities on minority, Native American, and low-income Request for Comments Under E.O. populations. 12898 The Department views Environmental Justice from a workplace training, health AGENCY: Office of the Assistant and safety perspective. The Department Secretary of Policy, Labor. is developing an Environmental Justice ACTION: Notice. Strategy that is in line with the mission of the Department and Secretary Solis’ SUMMARY: The Department of Labor vision for the future: Good Jobs for (DOL) is committed to Environmental Everyone. The vision of good jobs for Justice (EJ). President Obama has everyone includes ensuring that renewed agencies’ Environmental workplaces are safe and healthy; Justice planning by reinvigorating helping workers who are in low-wage Executive Order 12898 (EO 12898), jobs or out of the labor market find a which tasked Cabinet Level Federal path into middle-class jobs; and helping agencies with making Environmental middle-class families remain in the Justice part of their mission. The middle class. The Department’s draft agencies were directed to do so by Environmental Justice Strategy focuses identifying and addressing, as appropriate, the disproportionately high on agencies directly involved with worker training, health and safety and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, issues, and measurement—the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Employment policies, and activities on minority and Training Administration (ETA), the low-income populations. In August srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES XII. Retention of Jurisdiction VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:22 Dec 27, 2011 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 81541 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the Office of Recovery for Automotive Communities and Workers (ORACW), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). Request for Comments: As part of our development of the DOL Environmental Justice Strategy, we are soliciting public comment. Your input is important to us. Please provide responses that are supported with specific examples and data, where possible. This request for public input will inform development of the Department of Labor’s draft Environmental Justice Strategy. To facilitate receipt of the information, the Department has created an Internet portal specifically designed to capture your input and suggestions, https:// dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/. The portal contains a series of questions designed to gather information on how DOL can best meet the requirements of the Executive Order. The portal is open to receive comments through January 20, 2012. Questions for the Public: The Department of Labor intends the questions on the portal to be for discussion of the draft Environmental Justice Strategy. The questions are meant to initiate public dialogue, and are not intended to restrict the issues that may be raised or addressed. The questions were developed with the intent to probe a range of areas. When addressing these questions, the Department of Labor requests that commenters identify with specificity the program, policy, regulation or reporting requirement at issue, providing legal citation(s) where available. The Department also requests that submitters provide, in as much detail as possible, an explanation of why a program, policy, regulation or reporting requirement should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed as well as specific suggestions of ways the Department of Labor can better achieve Environmental Justice. Whenever possible, please provide empirical evidence and data to support your response. The Department of Labor is issuing this request solely to seek useful information as it develops its strategy. While responses to this request do not bind the Department of Labor to any further actions related to the response, all submissions will be made available to the public on https:// dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/. Authority: Executive Order 12898, ‘‘Federal Actions to Address Environmental E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1 81542 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 28, 2011 / Notices Justice in Minority Populations and LowIncome Populations,’’ February 11, 1994. 59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994). Dated: December 20, 2011. William E. Spriggs, Assistant Secretary for Policy. Dated: December 21, 2011. Kathleen M. Edwards, Director, Administrative Services, National Endowment for the Arts. [FR Doc. 2011–33215 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537–01–P [FR Doc. 2011–33214 Filed 12–27–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES [NRC–2011–0006] Sunshine FEDERAL REGISTER Notice srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES National Endowment for the Arts; Arts Advisory Panel Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20506 as follows (ending times are approximate): Media Arts (application review): January 24–26, 2012 in Room 716. A portion of this meeting, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on January 26th, will be open to the public for a policy discussion. 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The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please notify Bill Dosch, Chief, Work Life and Benefits Branch, at (301) 415–6200, TDD: (301) 415–2100, or by e-mail at william.dosch@nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a caseby-case basis. * * * * * This notice is distributed electronically to subscribers. If you no longer wish to receive it, or would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415–1969), or send an e-mail to darlene.wright@nrc.gov. Dated: December 22, 2011. Rochelle C. Bavol, Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 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Week of January 30, 2012—Tentative FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 30, 2012. * * * * * * The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings, call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. Contact person for more information: Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415–1651. * * * * * The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ public-meetings/schedule.html. * * * * * I. Introduction Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.106, NRC (or the Commission) is providing notice, in the matter of Zion Nuclear There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 16, 2012. Week of January 23, 2012—Tentative PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 L. Raynard Wharton, Senior Project Manager, Licensing and Inspection Directorate, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 492–3316; fax number: (301) 492–3348; email: Raynard.Wharton@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81541-81542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33214]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Request for Comments Under E.O. 12898

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Policy, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is committed to Environmental 
Justice (EJ). President Obama has renewed agencies' Environmental 
Justice planning by reinvigorating Executive Order 12898 (EO 12898), 
which tasked Cabinet Level Federal agencies with making Environmental 
Justice part of their mission. The agencies were directed to do so by 
identifying and addressing, as appropriate, the disproportionately high 
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, 
policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations. In 
August 2011, agencies listed in EO 12898 signed a Memorandum of 
Understanding (EJ MOU), which, among other things, commits agencies to 
develop a final Environmental Justice Strategy.
    The purpose of this notice is to invite public comment on DOL's 
draft Environmental Justice Strategy.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 20, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments through https://dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/.
    All comments will be available for public inspection at https://dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: e. christi cunningham, Associate 
Assistant Secretary for Regulatory Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-2312, Washington, DC 20210, 
cunningham.christi@dol.gov, (202) 693-5959, (this is not a toll-free 
number). Individuals with hearing impairments may call 1-800-877-8339 
(TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12898 did not create a new 
legal remedy. As an internal management tool of the Executive Branch, 
the Order directs Federal agencies to put in place procedures and take 
actions to make achieving environmental justice part of their basic 
mission. President Clinton explained that Federal agencies have the 
responsibility to promote ``nondiscrimination in Federal programs 
substantially affecting human health and the environment.'' 
Accordingly, agencies must implement actions to identify and address 
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental 
effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority, Native 
American, and low-income populations.
    The Department views Environmental Justice from a workplace 
training, health and safety perspective. The Department is developing 
an Environmental Justice Strategy that is in line with the mission of 
the Department and Secretary Solis' vision for the future: Good Jobs 
for Everyone. The vision of good jobs for everyone includes ensuring 
that workplaces are safe and healthy; helping workers who are in low-
wage jobs or out of the labor market find a path into middle-class 
jobs; and helping middle-class families remain in the middle class. The 
Department's draft Environmental Justice Strategy focuses on agencies 
directly involved with worker training, health and safety issues, and 
measurement--the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Employment 
Training Administration (ETA), the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), the Office of Recovery for Automotive 
Communities and Workers (ORACW), the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA), and the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 
(OWCP).
    Request for Comments: As part of our development of the DOL 
Environmental Justice Strategy, we are soliciting public comment. Your 
input is important to us. Please provide responses that are supported 
with specific examples and data, where possible.
    This request for public input will inform development of the 
Department of Labor's draft Environmental Justice Strategy. To 
facilitate receipt of the information, the Department has created an 
Internet portal specifically designed to capture your input and 
suggestions, https://dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/. The portal 
contains a series of questions designed to gather information on how 
DOL can best meet the requirements of the Executive Order. The portal 
is open to receive comments through January 20, 2012.
    Questions for the Public: The Department of Labor intends the 
questions on the portal to be for discussion of the draft Environmental 
Justice Strategy. The questions are meant to initiate public dialogue, 
and are not intended to restrict the issues that may be raised or 
addressed. The questions were developed with the intent to probe a 
range of areas.
    When addressing these questions, the Department of Labor requests 
that commenters identify with specificity the program, policy, 
regulation or reporting requirement at issue, providing legal 
citation(s) where available. The Department also requests that 
submitters provide, in as much detail as possible, an explanation of 
why a program, policy, regulation or reporting requirement should be 
modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed as well as specific 
suggestions of ways the Department of Labor can better achieve 
Environmental Justice. Whenever possible, please provide empirical 
evidence and data to support your response.
    The Department of Labor is issuing this request solely to seek 
useful information as it develops its strategy. While responses to this 
request do not bind the Department of Labor to any further actions 
related to the response, all submissions will be made available to the 
public on https://dolenvironmentaljustice.ideascale.com/.

    Authority: Executive Order 12898, ``Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental

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Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations,'' 
February 11, 1994. 59 FR 7629 (Feb. 16, 1994).

    Dated: December 20, 2011.
William E. Spriggs,
Assistant Secretary for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-33214 Filed 12-27-11; 8:45 am]
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