Request for Certification of Compliance-Rural Industrialization Loan and Grant Program, 31647 [2012-12917]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 103 / Tuesday, May 29, 2012 / Notices
[FR Doc. 2012–12884 Filed 5–25–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Request for Certification of
Compliance—Rural Industrialization
Loan and Grant Program
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Employment and
Training Administration is issuing this
notice to announce the receipt of a
‘‘Certification of Non-Relocation and
Market and Capacity Information
Report’’ (Form 4279–2) for the
following:
Applicant/Location: Aquion Energy,
Inc.
Principal Product/Purpose: The loan,
guarantee, or grant application is to
finance capital equipment purchases for
the manufacturing lines, which includes
the retrofit and build-out of the facility,
which will be located in Mt. Pleasant,
Pennsylvania. The NAICS industry code
for this enterprise is: 335911 (storage
battery manufacturing).
DATES: All interested parties may submit
comments in writing no later than June
12, 2012. Copies of adverse comments
received will be forwarded to the
applicant noted above.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Anthony D.
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room S–4231,
Washington, DC 20210; or email
Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via
fax (202) 693–3015 (this is not a toll-free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number
(202) 693–2784 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act of 1972, as established
under 29 CFR part 75, authorizes the
United States Department of Agriculture
to make or guarantee loans or grants to
finance industrial and business
activities in rural areas. The Secretary of
Labor must review the application for
financial assistance for the purpose of
certifying to the Secretary of Agriculture
that the assistance is not calculated, or
likely, to result in: (a) A transfer of any
employment or business activity from
one area to another by the loan
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applicant’s business operation; or, (b)
An increase in the production of goods,
materials, services, or facilities in an
area where there is not sufficient
demand to employ the efficient capacity
of existing competitive enterprises
unless the financial assistance will not
have an adverse impact on existing
competitive enterprises in the area. The
Employment and Training
Administration within the Department
of Labor is responsible for the review
and certification process. Comments
should address the two bases for
certification and, if possible, provide
data to assist in the analysis of these
issues.
Signed in Washington, DC, on this 21st day
of May, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Establishing Indicators to Determine
Whether State Plan Operations are At
Least as Effective as Federal OSHA:
Stakeholder Meeting
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) invites
interested parties to participate in an
informal stakeholder meeting on
establishing definitions and measures to
determine whether OSHA-approved
State Plans for occupational safety and
health (State Plans) are at least as
effective as the Federal OSHA program
as required by the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970. The purpose of
this meeting is to provide a forum to
gather information and ideas on key
outcome and activity based indicators
and how OSHA can use such indicators
to assess the effectiveness of State Plans.
DATES: The date for the stakeholder
meeting is June 25, 2012, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. eastern standard time, in
Washington, DC. The deadline for
registration to attend or participate in
the meeting and to submit written
comments is June 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Francis Perkins Building, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N3437, at
200 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. The nearest
Metro station is Judiciary Square (Red
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Line). Photo ID is required to enter the
building.
Registration to attend or participate in
the meeting: To participate in the June
25, 2012 stakeholder meeting, provide
written comments or be a
nonparticipating observer, you must
register electronically, by phone, or by
facsimile by close of business on June
11, 2012. Those interested may register
with Angela DeCanio by email at:
DeCanio.Angela@dol.gov, by phone at:
(202) 693–2239, or by fax at: (202) 693–
1671. Registrants should label their
requests as: ‘‘Stakeholder Meeting:
Monitoring of OSHA-Approved State
Plans.’’ When registering please indicate
the following: (1) Name, address, phone,
fax, and email address; (2) Organization
for which you work; and, (3)
Organization you will represent (if
different).
The meeting will last 3 hours, and be
limited to approximately 20
participants. OSHA will do its best to
accommodate all persons who wish to
participate. OSHA encourages persons
and groups having similar interests to
consolidate their information and
participate through a single
representative. Members of the general
public may observe, but not participate
in, the meetings as space permits. OSHA
staff will be present to take part in the
discussions.
OSHA staff will manage registration
of participants and observers and
logistics for the meeting. A transcription
of the meeting will be available for
review at www.osha.gov. OSHA will
confirm participants to ensure a fair
representation of interests and a wide
range of viewpoints. Nonparticipating
observers who do not register for the
meeting will be accommodated as space
permits. Electronic copies of this
Federal Register notice, as well as news
releases and other relevant documents,
are available on the OSHA Web page at:
www.osha.gov. Registrants wanting to
submit written comments must do so by
June 11, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general and press inquiries contact:
Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office
of Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)
693–1725; email:
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. For
technical information contact: Doug
Kalinowski, Director, OSHA Directorate
of Cooperative and State Programs,
Room N–3700, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)
693–2200; email:
kalinowski.doug@dol.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Request for Certification of Compliance--Rural Industrialization
Loan and Grant Program
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this
notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation
and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the
following:
Applicant/Location: Aquion Energy, Inc.
Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant
application is to finance capital equipment purchases for the
manufacturing lines, which includes the retrofit and build-out of the
facility, which will be located in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The
NAICS industry code for this enterprise is: 335911 (storage battery
manufacturing).
DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later
than June 12, 2012. Copies of adverse comments received will be
forwarded to the applicant noted above.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D.
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; or
email Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via fax (202) 693-3015 (this is
not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number
(202) 693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act of 1972, as established under 29 CFR part 75,
authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture to make or
guarantee loans or grants to finance industrial and business activities
in rural areas. The Secretary of Labor must review the application for
financial assistance for the purpose of certifying to the Secretary of
Agriculture that the assistance is not calculated, or likely, to result
in: (a) A transfer of any employment or business activity from one area
to another by the loan applicant's business operation; or, (b) An
increase in the production of goods, materials, services, or facilities
in an area where there is not sufficient demand to employ the efficient
capacity of existing competitive enterprises unless the financial
assistance will not have an adverse impact on existing competitive
enterprises in the area. The Employment and Training Administration
within the Department of Labor is responsible for the review and
certification process. Comments should address the two bases for
certification and, if possible, provide data to assist in the analysis
of these issues.
Signed in Washington, DC, on this 21st day of May, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2012-12917 Filed 5-25-12; 8:45 am]
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