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The United States initiated this civil
action on behalf of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency
against Owyhee Construction, Inc.
(‘‘Owyhee’’) and the Riverside Water
and Sewer District (‘‘RWSD’’)
(collectively ‘‘Settling Defendants’’)
pursuant to Section 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover response
costs incurred by the United States in
connection with the release and
threatened release of hazardous
substances at the Orofino Asbestos
Superfund Site in Orofino, Clearwater
County, Idaho (the ‘‘Site’’).
Under the terms of the proposed
Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants
will be responsible for making a lump
sum payment of $475,000 and Owyhee
will make payments totaling $48,000 to
be paid quarterly in installments over
two years as reimbursement for the past
response costs incurred by the United
States during the removal actions. The
Consent Decree contains a covenant not
to sue for past and certain future costs
and response work at the Site under
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States v. Owyhee
Construction, Inc. et al. D.J. Ref. No. 90–
11–3–10860. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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comments:
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usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington,
DC 20044–7611.
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During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department Web site: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
proposed Consent Decree upon written
request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
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States Treasury.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Workforce Information Advisory
Council (WIAC)
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 308 of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act of 2014 (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113–128),
which amends section 15 of the WagnerPeyser Act of 1933 (29 U.S.C. 491–2),
notice is hereby given that the WIAC
will hold its inaugural meeting on July
13 and 14, 2016. The meeting will take
place at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) Training and Conference Center
in Washington, DC. The WIAC is being
established in accordance with
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), as amended
(5 U.S.C. App.) and will act in
accordance with the applicable
provisions of FACA and its
implementing regulation at 41 CFR 102–
3. Portions of this meeting will be open
to the public.
DATES: The meeting will take place on
Wednesday, July 13 and Thursday, July
14, 2016, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. The meeting will be open to the
public during the following times:
Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 10:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.; Thursday, July 14, 2016, 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Public statements and
requests to address the Advisory
Council must be postmarked by June 29,
2016.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the BLS Janet Norwood Training and
Conference Center, Rooms 7 and 8, in
the Postal Square Building at 2
Massachusetts Ave. NE., Washington,
DC 20212. Mail public statements and
requests to address the advisory council
to Mr. Steven Rietzke, Division of
National Programs, Tools, and
Technical Assistance, Employment and
Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room C–4510, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20210 or transmit by email to
Rietzke.Steven@dol.gov. See
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for
additional guidelines.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Rietzke, Chief, Division of
National Programs, Tools, and
Technical Assistance Employment and
Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room C–4510, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20210; Telephone: 202–693–3912. Mr.
Rietzke is the Designated Federal Officer
for the WIAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The WIAC is an
important component of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act. The
WIAC is a Federal Advisory Committee
of workforce and labor market
information experts representing a
broad range of national, State, and local
data and information users and
producers. The purpose of the WIAC is
to provide recommendations to the
Secretary of Labor, working jointly
through the Assistant Secretary for
Employment and Training and the
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, to
address: (1) The evaluation and
improvement of the nationwide
workforce and labor market information
system and statewide systems that
comprise the nationwide system; and (2)
how the Department and the States will
cooperate in the management of those
systems. These systems include
programs to produce employmentrelated statistics and State and local
workforce and labor market information.
The Department of Labor anticipates
the WIAC will accomplish its objectives
by: (1) Studying workforce and labor
market information issues; (2) seeking
and sharing information on innovative
approaches, new technologies, and data
to inform employment, skills training,
and workforce and economic
development decision making and
policy; and (3) advising the Secretary on
how the workforce and labor market
information system can best support
workforce development, planning, and
program development. Additional
information is available at
www.doleta.gov/wioa/wiac/.
Purpose: The purpose of this meeting
is to welcome the Council members,
provide background briefings on
Council activities and issues
confronting the nationwide and
statewide workforce and labor market
information systems, and facilitate
development of the Council’s activities
to accomplish the objectives established
in its Charter.
Agenda: Beginning at 10:30 a.m. on
July 13, 2016, the meeting will be open
to the public and the Committee will
discuss a number of items related to the
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administrative functioning of the
Committee, including a review of the
WIAC charter and objectives, and issues
related to Committee operations. After
the lunch break, brief remarks from
Federal Committee members and other
relevant Federal officials will be made.
The discussion will focus on current
initiatives, challenges, and
opportunities related to nationwide and
statewide workforce and labor market
information systems.
The meeting will resume at 9:00 a.m.
on July 14, 2016. The second day will
continue the previous day’s
conversation through facilitated
discussions among Committee members,
including but not limited to focusing on
key areas for further examination and
the need for subcommittees. Time for
public comment or statements for the
record will be made available on each
day; please see the final agenda on the
Web site for exact times.
The full agenda for the meeting, and
changes or updates to the meeting, will
be posted on the WIAC’s Web page,
www.doleta.gov/wioa/wiac/.
Attending the meeting: BLS is located
in the Postal Square Building, the
building that also houses the U.S. Postal
Museum, at 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.,
Washington, DC. You must have a
picture ID to be admitted to the BLS
offices at Postal Square Building, and
you must enter through the Visitors’
Entrance. The BLS Visitors’ Entrance is
on First Street NE., mid-block, across
from Union Station.
Public statements: Organizations or
members of the public wishing to
submit written statements may do so by
mailing them to the person and address
indicated in the ADDRESSES section by
the date indicated in the DATES section
or transmitting them as email
attachments in PDF format to the email
address indicated in the ADDRESSES
section with the subject line ‘‘July WIAC
Meeting Public Statements’’ by the date
indicated in the DATES section.
Submitters may include their name and
contact information in a cover letter for
mailed statements or in the body of the
email for statements transmitted
electronically. Relevant statements
received before the date indicated in the
DATES section will be included in the
record of the meeting. No deletions,
modifications, or redactions will be
made to statements received, as they are
public records. Please do not include
personally identifiable information (PII)
in your public statement.
Requests to address the Advisory
Council: Members of the public or
representatives of organizations wishing
to address the Council should forward
their requests to the contact indicated in
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the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section, or contact the same by phone,
by the date indicated in the DATES
section. Oral presentations will be
limited to 10 minutes, time permitting,
and shall proceed at the discretion of
the Council chair. Individuals with
disabilities, or others, who need special
accommodations, should indicate their
needs along with their request.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016–14336 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am]
Signed June 9, 2016, in Washington, DC, by
Eric D. Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[FR Doc. 2016–14286 Filed 6–16–16; 8:45 am]
Employment and Training
Administration
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Notice of Availability of Funds and
Funding Opportunity Announcement
for America’s Promise Grants
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity
Announcement.
AGENCY:
Funding Opportunity Number: FOA–
ETA–16–12.
SUMMARY: The Employment and
Training Administration (ETA), U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL), announces
the availability of approximately $100
million in grant funds authorized under
the American Competitiveness and
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998
(ACWIA), as amended (codified at 29
U.S.C. 3224a) for America’s Promise
Job-driven Grant Program.
Under this Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA), DOL will award
grants through a competitive process to
organizations to create or expand
regional partnerships between
employers, economic development,
workforce development, community
colleges, training programs, K–12
education systems, and communitybased organizations that make a
commitment to provide a pipeline of
workers to fill existing job openings.
DOL expects to fund approximately 20–
40 grants, with individual grant
amounts ranging from $1 million to $6
million. The grant period for
performance for this FOA is 48 months,
including all necessary implementation
and start-up activities.
The complete FOA and any
subsequent FOA amendments in
connection with this funding
opportunity are described in further
detail on ETA’s Web site at https://
www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm
or on https://www.grants.gov/. The Web
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sites provide application information,
eligibility requirements, review and
selection procedures, and other program
requirements governing this funding
opportunity.
DATES: The closing date for receipt of
applications under this announcement
is August 25, 2016. Applications must
be received no later than 4 p.m. Eastern
Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ariam Ferro, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room N–4716, Washington, DC
20210; Telephone: 202–693–3968.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary of Labor
Notice of Extension of Request for
Public Comment Regarding Revising
the List of Products Requiring Federal
Contractor Certification as to Forced
or Indentured Child Labor Pursuant to
Executive Order 13126
Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
This notice reopens and
extends the period for comments on the
Notice of Initial Determination
published in the Federal Register on
December 2, 2014, proposing to add
carpets from India to the List of
Products Requiring Federal Contractor
Certification as to Forced or Indentured
Child Labor (the EO List) (77 FR 59418).
The EO List is required by Executive
Order 13126 (Prohibition of Acquisition
of Products Produced by Forced or
Indentured Child Labor), and is
developed in accordance with the
‘‘Procedural Guidelines for the
Maintenance of the List of Products
Requiring Federal Contractor
Certification as to Forced or Indentured
Child Labor Under 48 CFR Subpart
22.15 and E.O. 13126.’’ The EO List
identifies products, by their country of
origin, that the Department of Labor, in
consultation and cooperation with the
Departments of State and Homeland
Security (collectively, the Departments),
has a reasonable basis to believe might
have been mined, produced or
manufactured by forced or indentured
child labor. In addition to proposing to
add a one new item, carpets from India,
to the EO List, the initial determination
invited comments from the public.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC)
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 308 of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) (Pub. L. 113-128), which amends section
15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 (29 U.S.C. 491-2), notice is hereby
given that the WIAC will hold its inaugural meeting on July 13 and 14,
2016. The meeting will take place at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) Training and Conference Center in Washington, DC. The WIAC is
being established in accordance with provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) and will act in
accordance with the applicable provisions of FACA and its implementing
regulation at 41 CFR 102-3. Portions of this meeting will be open to
the public.
DATES: The meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 13 and Thursday,
July 14, 2016, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be open
to the public during the following times: Wednesday, July 13, 2016,
10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Thursday, July 14, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. Public statements and requests to address the Advisory Council
must be postmarked by June 29, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the BLS Janet Norwood Training
and Conference Center, Rooms 7 and 8, in the Postal Square Building at
2 Massachusetts Ave. NE., Washington, DC 20212. Mail public statements
and requests to address the advisory council to Mr. Steven Rietzke,
Division of National Programs, Tools, and Technical Assistance,
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
C-4510, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210 or transmit by
email to Rietzke.Steven@dol.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
additional guidelines.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rietzke, Chief, Division of
National Programs, Tools, and Technical Assistance Employment and
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-4510, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3912.
Mr. Rietzke is the Designated Federal Officer for the WIAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The WIAC is an important component of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act. The WIAC is a Federal Advisory
Committee of workforce and labor market information experts
representing a broad range of national, State, and local data and
information users and producers. The purpose of the WIAC is to provide
recommendations to the Secretary of Labor, working jointly through the
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training and the Commissioner of
Labor Statistics, to address: (1) The evaluation and improvement of the
nationwide workforce and labor market information system and statewide
systems that comprise the nationwide system; and (2) how the Department
and the States will cooperate in the management of those systems. These
systems include programs to produce employment-related statistics and
State and local workforce and labor market information.
The Department of Labor anticipates the WIAC will accomplish its
objectives by: (1) Studying workforce and labor market information
issues; (2) seeking and sharing information on innovative approaches,
new technologies, and data to inform employment, skills training, and
workforce and economic development decision making and policy; and (3)
advising the Secretary on how the workforce and labor market
information system can best support workforce development, planning,
and program development. Additional information is available at
www.doleta.gov/wioa/wiac/.
Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to welcome the Council
members, provide background briefings on Council activities and issues
confronting the nationwide and statewide workforce and labor market
information systems, and facilitate development of the Council's
activities to accomplish the objectives established in its Charter.
Agenda: Beginning at 10:30 a.m. on July 13, 2016, the meeting will
be open to the public and the Committee will discuss a number of items
related to the
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administrative functioning of the Committee, including a review of the
WIAC charter and objectives, and issues related to Committee
operations. After the lunch break, brief remarks from Federal Committee
members and other relevant Federal officials will be made. The
discussion will focus on current initiatives, challenges, and
opportunities related to nationwide and statewide workforce and labor
market information systems.
The meeting will resume at 9:00 a.m. on July 14, 2016. The second
day will continue the previous day's conversation through facilitated
discussions among Committee members, including but not limited to
focusing on key areas for further examination and the need for
subcommittees. Time for public comment or statements for the record
will be made available on each day; please see the final agenda on the
Web site for exact times.
The full agenda for the meeting, and changes or updates to the
meeting, will be posted on the WIAC's Web page, www.doleta.gov/wioa/wiac/.
Attending the meeting: BLS is located in the Postal Square
Building, the building that also houses the U.S. Postal Museum, at 2
Massachusetts Ave. NE., Washington, DC. You must have a picture ID to
be admitted to the BLS offices at Postal Square Building, and you must
enter through the Visitors' Entrance. The BLS Visitors' Entrance is on
First Street NE., mid-block, across from Union Station.
Public statements: Organizations or members of the public wishing
to submit written statements may do so by mailing them to the person
and address indicated in the ADDRESSES section by the date indicated in
the DATES section or transmitting them as email attachments in PDF
format to the email address indicated in the ADDRESSES section with the
subject line ``July WIAC Meeting Public Statements'' by the date
indicated in the DATES section. Submitters may include their name and
contact information in a cover letter for mailed statements or in the
body of the email for statements transmitted electronically. Relevant
statements received before the date indicated in the DATES section will
be included in the record of the meeting. No deletions, modifications,
or redactions will be made to statements received, as they are public
records. Please do not include personally identifiable information
(PII) in your public statement.
Requests to address the Advisory Council: Members of the public or
representatives of organizations wishing to address the Council should
forward their requests to the contact indicated in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section, or contact the same by phone, by the date
indicated in the DATES section. Oral presentations will be limited to
10 minutes, time permitting, and shall proceed at the discretion of the
Council chair. Individuals with disabilities, or others, who need
special accommodations, should indicate their needs along with their
request.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
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