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coal mine work. This employment 

information along with medical 

information is used to establish whether 

the miner is totally disabled due to 

black lung disease caused by coal mine 

employment. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a currently valid OMB control 

number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 

1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval 

for this information collection under 

OMB Control Number 1240–0035. The 

current OMB approval is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2011; however, 

it should be noted that information 

collections submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional information, see the related 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on October 18, 2010 (75 FR 63864). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1240– 

0035. The OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP). 

Title of Collection: Comparability of 

Current Work to Coal Mine 

Employment. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0035. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1650. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1650. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 825. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$776. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–CH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Funding Opportunity and 

Solicitation for Grant Applications 

(SGA) for Serving Juvenile Offenders 

in High-Poverty, High-Crime 

Communities 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant 

Applications (SGA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/ 

DFA PY 10–09. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, the 

Department of Labor’s Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) 

announces the availability of 

approximately $17 million in grant 

funds authorized by the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998 to serve juvenile 

offenders, ages 16 to 24, in high-poverty, 

high-crime communities. The purpose 

of these grants is to improve the longterm labor market prospects of these 

youth. The Department expects to award 

two grants of $8.5 million each to 

organizations with the capacity to 

implement multi-site, multi-state 

projects. Grantees will be required to 

competitively select local sub-grantees 

to operate the program in a minimum of 

five high-poverty, high-crime 

communities in at least two states. 

The complete SGA and any 

subsequent SGA amendments, in 

connection with the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998 is described in 

further detail on ETA’s Web site at 

http://www.doleta.gov/grants or on 

http://www.grants.gov. The Web sites 

provide application information, 

eligibility requirements, review and 

selection procedures and other program 

requirements governing this solicitation. 

DATES: The closing date for receipt of 

applications is April 12, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Kelly, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Room N4716, Washington, DC 

20210; Telephone: 202–693–3934. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

February, 2011. 

Donna Kelly, 

Grant Officer, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4514 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Funding Opportunity and 

Solicitation for Grant Applications 

(SGA) for the Career Pathways 

Innovation Fund Grants Program 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant 

Applications (SGA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/ 

DFA PY 10–06. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, the 

Department of Labor’s Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) 

announces the availability of up to 

approximately $122 million in grant 

funds authorized by Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 

105–220 to develop and implement 

career pathway programs in partnership 

with employers and other relevant 

organizations in the community. The 

overarching goals for projects funded 

under this SGA are to: (1) Increase the 

number of individuals who earn 

credentials that enable them to compete 

for employment in in-demand and 

emerging industries and occupations; 

(2) lead to employment for program 

participants; (3) articulate and ease 

academic and employment transitions, 

through the implementation of 

articulation agreements and other 

activities, for students of different skill 

levels and at varying academic levels, 

including students with low English or 

basic skills proficiency; (4) establish 

multiple entry and exit points for 

students along the post-secondary 

education continuum; and, (5) create 

systemic change that will last beyond 

the grant period by establishing 

partnerships, agreements, processes, 

and programs that better connect the 

education, training, workforce, and 


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supportive services necessary to achieve 

the preceding four goals, including 

strengthening the role of the public 

workforce system in career pathway 

programs. ETA proposes to fund 

approximately 40 to 50 grants ranging 

from $1 million to $5 million. Based on 

statutory requirements, at least $65 

million of the total designated funds 

will be reserved for projects that focus 

on the health care sector. In addition, 

DOL intends to reserve funding of 

approximately $6.25 million of the total 

appropriation to award additional 

funding to support grantee efforts to 

conduct a third-party evaluation of the 

grant activities with this SGA. 

The complete SGA and any 

subsequent SGA amendments, in 

connection with the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 

105–220 is described in further detail on 

ETA’s Web site at http://www.doleta.gov 

or on http://www.grants.gov. The Web 

sites provide application information, 

eligibility requirements, review and 

selection procedures and other program 

requirements governing this solicitation. 

DATES: The closing date for receipt of 

applications is March 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Forman, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room N4716, 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: 202– 

693–3416. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

February, 2011. 

Donna Kelly, 

Grant Officer, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4407 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 2011 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates, Allowable 

Charges for Agricultural Workers’ 

Meals, and Maximum Travel 

Subsistence Reimbursement 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) of the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

issuing this Notice to announce: (1) The 

2011 Adverse Effect Wage Rates 

(AEWRs) for employers seeking to 

employ temporary or seasonal 

nonimmigrant foreign workers to 

perform agricultural labor or services 

(H–2A workers); (2) the allowable 

maximum amount for 2011 that 

employers may charge their H–2A 

workers for providing them with three 

meals a day; and (3) the maximum 

travel subsistence reimbursement which 

a worker with receipts may claim in 

2011. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William L. Carlson, Ph.D., 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Room C–4312, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: 202–693–3010 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States (U.S.) Citizenship and 

Immigration Services of the Department 

of Homeland Security may not approve 

an employer’s petition for the admission 

of H–2A nonimmigrant temporary 

agricultural workers in the U.S. unless 

the petitioner has received from the 

Department of Labor (Department) an 

H–2A labor certification. Approved 

labor certifications attest that: (1) There 

are not sufficient U.S. workers who are 

able, willing, and qualified and who 

will be available at the time and place 

needed to perform the labor or services 

involved in the petition; and (2) the 

employment of the foreign worker in 

such labor or services will not adversely 

affect the wages and working conditions 

of workers in the U.S. similarly 

employed. 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 

1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), 1184(c)(1), and 

1188(a); and 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5) and (6). 

The Department’s regulations for the 

H–2A program require employers to 

offer and pay their U.S. and H–2A 

workers no less than the appropriate 

hourly AEWR in effect at the time the 

work is performed. 20 CFR 655.122(l). 

A. Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2011 

Employers of H–2A workers must pay 

the highest of (i) the AEWR, in effect, at 

the time the work is performed; (ii) the 

applicable prevailing wage; or (iii) the 

statutory minimum wage, as specified in 

the regulations. 20 CFR 655.120(a). 

Except as otherwise provided in 20 CFR 

part 655, Subpart B, the region-wide 

AEWR for all agricultural employment 

(except those occupations which are 

exempted under the special procedure 

provisions of 20 CFR 655.102) for which 

temporary H–2A certification is being 

sought is equal to the annual weighted 

average hourly wage rate for field and 

livestock workers (combined) for the 

region as published annually by the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) based on its quarterly wage 

survey. Pursuant to 20 CFR 655.120(c), 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Foreign Labor Certification must 

publish USDA field and livestock 

worker (combined) wage data as AEWRs 

in a Federal Register Notice. 

Accordingly, the 2011 AEWRs for 

agricultural work performed by U.S. and 

H–2A workers on or after the effective 

date of this Notice are set forth in the 

table below: 

TABLE—2011 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES

State 2011 

AEWRs 

Alabama .................................... $9.12 

Arizona ...................................... 9.60 

Arkansas ................................... 8.97 

California ................................... 10.31 

Colorado ................................... 10.48 

Connecticut ............................... 10.25 

Delaware ................................... 10.60 

Florida ....................................... 9.50 

Georgia ..................................... 9.12 

Hawaii ....................................... 12.01 

Idaho ......................................... 9.90 

Illinois ........................................ 10.84 

Indiana ...................................... 10.84 

Iowa .......................................... 11.03 

Kansas ...................................... 11.52 

Kentucky ................................... 9.48 

Louisiana .................................. 8.97 

Maine ........................................ 10.25 

Maryland ................................... 10.60 

Massachusetts .......................... 10.25 

Michigan ................................... 10.62 

Minnesota ................................. 10.62 

Mississippi ................................ 8.97 

Missouri .................................... 11.03 

Montana .................................... 9.90 

Nebraska .................................. 11.52 

Nevada ..................................... 10.48 

New Hampshire ........................ 10.25 

New Jersey ............................... 10.60 

New Mexico .............................. 9.60 

New York .................................. 10.25 

North Carolina .......................... 9.30 

North Dakota ............................ 11.52 

Ohio .......................................... 10.84 

Oklahoma ................................. 9.65 

Oregon ...................................... 10.60 

Pennsylvania ............................ 10.60 

Rhode Island ............................ 10.25 

South Carolina .......................... 9.12 

South Dakota ............................ 11.52 

Tennessee ................................ 9.48 

Texas ........................................ 9.65 

Utah .......................................... 10.48 

Vermont .................................... 10.25 

Virginia ...................................... 9.30 

Washington ............................... 10.60 

West Virginia ............................ 9.48 

Wisconsin ................................. 10.62 

Wyoming ................................... 9.90 

B. Allowable Meal Charges 

Among the minimum benefits and 

working conditions which the 

Department requires employers to offer 

their U.S. and H–2A workers are three 


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