Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 32062-32063 [2021-12577]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives
[OMB Number 1140–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection of
eComments Requested; New
Information Collection; Request for
Interim Security Clearance—ATF Form
8620.70
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, Department of
Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(ATF), Department of Justice (DOJ), will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The proposed information collection
(IC) is also being published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
August 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments,
regarding the estimated public burden
or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, or
additional information, contact Lakisha
Gregory, Chief, Personnel Security
Division by mail at 99 New York
Avenue NE, Mailstop 1.E–300,
Washington, DC 20226, email at
Lakisha.Gregory@atf.gov, or telephone
at 202–648–9260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—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;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
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—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 submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
(check justification or form 83–I): New
collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Request for Interim Security Clearance.
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form number (if applicable): ATF
Form 8620.70.
Component: Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S.
Department of Justice.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Individuals or households.
Other (if applicable): None.
Abstract: The Request for Interim
Security Clearance—ATF Form 8620.70
will be used to determine if a candidate
for Federal or contractor employment at
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives can be granted
an interim security clearance prior to
the completion and adjudication of their
full background investigation.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: An estimated 2,000
respondents will use the form annually,
and it will take each respondent
approximately 5 minutes to complete
their responses.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated annual public
burden associated with this collection is
167 hours, which is equal to 2,000 (# of
respondents) * .0833333 (5 minutes).
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, Mail Stop
3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: June 11, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On June 9, 2021, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts
in the lawsuit entitled United States of
America v. City of Quincy,
Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 1:19–
cv–10483–RGS.
The United States filed a Complaint
against the City of Quincy,
Massachusetts (‘‘City’’) on March 14,
2019, alleging violations of the Clean
Water Act. The Complaint alleged that
sewage in the City’s sanitary sewer
system had leaked from the sanitary
system and entered the separate storm
sewer system, ultimately discharging
with storm water into Quincy Bay and
other receiving waters. The Complaint
also alleged that the City’s sanitary
sewer system had overflowed on
numerous occasions, resulting in
discharges of sewage. The Consent
Decree calls for the City to implement
a comprehensive and integrated
program to investigate, repair, and
rehabilitate its stormwater and sanitary
sewer systems, with all investigations
and remedial work completed by
December 31, 2034. The City will also
pay a $115,000 penalty.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States v. City of Quincy, D.J. Ref.
No. 90–5–1–1–11446. 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:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Consent Decree upon written request
and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment
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to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611. Please enclose a check or
money order for $17.25 for a copy of the
Consent Decree without the appendices
or for $58.25 for a copy of the Consent
Decree with appendices (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the
United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) Program Year
(PY) 2021; Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 167,
National Farmworker Jobs Program
(NFJP) Grantee Allotments
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice announces
Program Year (PY) 2021 allotments to
States for the National Farmworker Jobs
Program (NFJP), which is authorized
under the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 167.
These allotments are based on the funds
appropriated in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (from this
point forward will be referred to as the
‘‘the Act’’).
DATES: The PY 2021 NFJP allotments
become effective for the grant period
that begins July 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Questions on this notice can
be submitted to the Employment and
Training Administration, Office of
Workforce Investment, Attention at:
NFJP@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Iban˜ez, Unit Chief, at (202) 693–
3645. Individuals with hearing or
speech impairments may access the
telephone numbers above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY–
TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published according to Section
182(d) of the WIOA, Prompt Allotment
of Funds. ETA developed the formula to
distribute funds geographically by state
service area, based on each state service
area’s relative share of persons eligible
for the program. The formula’s original
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methodology is described in the Federal
Register notice 64 FR 27390, May 19,
1999. That information is accessible at
https://www.federalregister.gov/. In PY
2018, ETA incorporated two
modifications to the allotment formula
to provide more accurate estimates of
each state service area’s relative share of
persons eligible for the program. The
formula also used updated data from
each of the four data files serving as the
basis of the formula since 1999. The
revised formula methodology is
described in the Federal Register notice
83 FR 32151, July 11, 2018.
Two modifications were incorporated
into the formula for PY 2021. These
modifications improve the formula’s
accuracy in terms of estimating the true
NFJP-eligible population in state service
areas, and one of the modifications is
necessitated by a recent statutory
change to the NFJP eligibility criteria,
which Congress enacted in the FY 2021
appropriation. Section II includes
further explanation of these
modifications.
This notice represents the final of a
two-stage process. ETA published a
notice requesting public comments on
May 10, 2021, regarding the formula
methodology and modifications.
Additionally, ETA hosted a webinar on
May 5, 2021, to share the preliminary
allotments, explained the data sources,
and encourage response to the notice
published shortly thereafter. ETA did
not receive any comments through the
public comment process. In this final
stage, ETA is publishing the final
formula and final allotment levels.
I. Background
The Department is announcing the
final PY 2021 allotments for the
National Farmworker Jobs Program
(NFJP). This notice provides
information on the amount of funds
available during PY 2021 to state service
areas awarded grants through Funding
Opportunity Announcements FOA–
ETA–20–08 and FOA–ETA–20–08–A for
the NFJP Career Services and Training
grants and Housing grants. Funds to
implement NFJP are appropriated in the
Act. In appropriating these funds,
Congress provided $87,083,000 for
formula grants (of which $86,946,000
was allotted after $137,000 was set aside
for program integrity), $6,256,000 for
migrant and seasonal farmworker
housing (of which not less than 70
percent shall be for permanent housing),
and another $557,000 for discretionary
purposes. Included below is the table
listing the PY 2021 allotments for the
NFJP Career Services and Training
grants. Individual grants are awarded for
Housing as a result of the grants
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competition and are further distributed
according to language in the
appropriations law requiring that of the
total amount available, not less than 70
percent shall be allocated to permanent
housing activities, leaving not more
than 30 percent to temporary housing
activities.
II. Description of Data Files and Review
of PY 2021 Modifications to the
Allotment Formula
As with all state planning estimates
since 1999, the PY 2021 estimates are
based on four data sources: (1) Statelevel, 2017 hired farm labor expenditure
data from the United States Department
of Agriculture’s (USDA) Census of
Agriculture (COA); (2) regional-level,
2017 average hourly earnings data from
the USDA’s Farm Labor Survey; (3)
regional-level, 2010–2018 demographic
data from the ETA’s National
Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS);
and, (4) 2015–2019 (5-year file) data
from the United States Census Bureau’s
American Community Survey (ACS). A
detailed description of how each data
source is used within the formula is in
the Federal Register notice 64 FR
27390, May 19, 1999). In addition to
populating the formula with updated
data, ETA incorporated two
modifications that will improve the
formula’s accuracy in terms of
estimating the true NFJP-eligible
population in state service areas. One of
the modifications is necessitated by the
change to the NFJP eligibility criteria
applicable to the PY 2021 appropriation.
(1) First, the Act expands program
eligibility for grants funded by the PY
2021 appropriation to include
farmworkers who are in families with
total family incomes at or below 150
percent of the poverty line. Therefore,
the PY 2021 allocations used special
tabulations of data from the ACS and
the NAWS to estimate the share of
farmworkers with total family incomes
at or below 150 percent of the poverty
line. ETA will subsequently revise the
PY 2022 guidance regarding the
definition of ‘‘low-income individual,’’
as needed if the same provision is not
included in subsequent appropriations.
(2) Second, and to more closely align
the formula with the definition of
eligible migrant and seasonal
farmworker under WIOA Section 167(i)
and 20 CFR 685.110 and clarified in the
Training and Employment Guidance
Letter 18–16, ETA modified how the
formula accounts for crop workers who
are primarily employed in agriculture.
This formula considers a crop worker to
be primarily employed in agriculture if
at least 50 percent of their total
individual income is from farm work or
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On June 9, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Massachusetts in the lawsuit entitled United States of America v.
City of Quincy, Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-10483-RGS.
The United States filed a Complaint against the City of Quincy,
Massachusetts (``City'') on March 14, 2019, alleging violations of the
Clean Water Act. The Complaint alleged that sewage in the City's
sanitary sewer system had leaked from the sanitary system and entered
the separate storm sewer system, ultimately discharging with storm
water into Quincy Bay and other receiving waters. The Complaint also
alleged that the City's sanitary sewer system had overflowed on
numerous occasions, resulting in discharges of sewage. The Consent
Decree calls for the City to implement a comprehensive and integrated
program to investigate, repair, and rehabilitate its stormwater and
sanitary sewer systems, with all investigations and remedial work
completed by December 31, 2034. The City will also pay a $115,000
penalty.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States v. City of Quincy, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-
1-11446. 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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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. 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 Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment
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to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington,
DC 20044-7611. Please enclose a check or money order for $17.25 for a
copy of the Consent Decree without the appendices or for $58.25 for a
copy of the Consent Decree with appendices (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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