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—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, 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/or 

—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: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

National Standards to Prevent, Detect, 

and Respond to Prison Rape (28 CFR 

part 115). 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

There is no form number associated 

with this information collection. The 

applicable component within the 

Department of Justice is the Bureau of 

Justice Assistance, in the Office of 

Justice Programs. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: On June 20, 2012, the 

Department of Justice published a Final 

Rule to adopt national standards to 

prevent, detect, and respond to sexual 

abuse in confinement settings pursuant 

to the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 

2003 (PREA) 42 U.S.C. 15601 et seq. 

These national standards, which went 

into effect on August 20, 2012, require 

covered facilities to retain certain 

specified information relating to sexual 

abuse prevention planning, responsive 

planning, education and training, 

investigations and to collect and retain 

certain specified information relating to 

allegations of sexual abuse within the 

facility. Covered facilities include: 

Federal, state, and local jails, prisons, 

lockups, community correction 

facilities, and juvenile facilities, 

whether administered by such 

government or by a private organization 

on behalf of such government. As the 

agency responsible for PREA 

implementation on behalf of the U.S. 

Department of Justice, the Bureau of 

Justice Assistance within the Office of 

Justice Programs is submitting this 

request to extend a currently approved 

collection. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements established by 

the PREA standards are based on 

incidents of sexual abuse. An estimated 

13,119 covered facilities nationwide are 

required to comply with the PREA 

standards. If all covered facilities were 

to fully comply with all of the PREA 

standards, the new burden hours 

associated with the staff time that would 

be required to collect and maintain the 

information and records required by the 

standards would be approximately 1.16 

million in the first year of full 

compliance, or about 89 hours per 

facility. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated public burden 

hours associated with this collection is 

1.16 million in the first year of full 

compliance, or about 89 hours per 

facility. 

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, 3E.405A, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27927 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1121–0259] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Extension 

Without Change, of a Previously 

Approved Collection: Public Safety 

Officer Medal of Valor (Public Law 107– 

12) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 

Bureau of Justice Assistance, will be 

submitting 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. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

February 25, 2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments on the 

estimated burden to facilities covered by 

the standards to comply with the 

regulation’s reporting requirements, 

suggestions, or need additional 

information, please contact Gregory Joy, 

Program Analyst, Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, 810 Seventh Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20531. 

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 Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, 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/or 

—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: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor 

(Public Law 107–12). 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

The application process is managed 

through the internet, using the Office of 

Justice Programs’ (OJP) MOV online 

application system at: https://

www.bja.gov/programs/medalofvalor/ 

index.html 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: The information that is being 


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collected is solicited from federal, state, 

local and tribal public safety agencies, 

who wish to nominate their personnel 

to receive the Public Safety Officer 

Medal of Valor (MOV). This information 

is provided on a voluntary basis, 

includes agency and nominee 

information along with details about the 

events for which the nominees are to be 

consider when determining who will be 

recommended to receive the MOV. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Over the last four application 

submission periods, (2011–2012 thru 

2014–2015), there were a total of 514 

applications received. Taking this 

number into account, the average 

number of applications that are 

anticipated to be received on an annual 

basis is 128.5. This number does not 

factor in the ongoing outreach efforts 

(e.g. marketing and social medial 

outreach) that are intended to increase 

the number of annual submissions. In 

addition, it is projected that the 

application submission process takes 

approximately 25 minutes. This would 

include, reviewing the fields of required 

and optional information, arranging the 

information and populating the online 

application form. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: Base upon the average 

number of submissions over the last 4 

years, and the estimated time required 

to complete each submission, the 

estimated annual public burden would 

be 53.54 hours. 

a. 128.5 × 25 minutes = 3,212.5 

minutes/60 = 53.54 hours. 

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, 3E.405A, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27916 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 2019 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates for NonRange Occupations 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) of the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

issuing this notice to announce the 2019 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) for 

the employment of temporary or 

seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers 

(H–2A workers) to perform agricultural 

labor or services other than the herding 

or production of livestock on the range. 

AEWRs are the minimum wage rates 

the Department has determined must be 

offered and paid by employers to H–2A 

workers and workers in corresponding 

employment for a particular occupation 

and area so that the wages and working 

conditions of similarly employed 

workers in the United States (U.S.) will 

not be adversely affected. In this notice, 

the Department announces the annual 

update of the AEWRs. 

DATES: These rates are applicable 

January 9, 2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor, 

Box #12–200, 200 Constitution Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: 

(202) 693–2772 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Individuals with hearing or 

speech impairments may access the 

telephone number above via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/ 

TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a 

condition precedent to receiving an H– 

2A visa, employers must first obtain a 

labor certification from the Department 

of Labor. The labor certification 

provides 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(s) 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), 1184(c)(1), 

and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5); 20 CFR 

655.100. 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2019 

The Department’s H–2A regulations at 

20 CFR 655.122(l) provide that 

employers must pay their H–2A workers 

and workers in corresponding 

employment at least the highest of: (i) 

The AEWR; (ii) the prevailing hourly 

wage rate; (iii) the prevailing piece rate; 

(iv) the agreed-upon collective 

bargaining wage rate; or (v) the Federal 

or State minimum wage rate in effect at 

the time the work is performed. 

The AEWR for all agricultural 

employment (except for the herding or 

production of livestock on the range, 

which is covered by 20 CFR 655.200– 

655.235) 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) in the State or region as 

published annually by the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 20 

CFR 655.120(c) requires that the 

Administrator of the Office of Foreign 

Labor Certification publish the USDA 

field and livestock worker (combined) 

wage data as AEWRs in a Federal 

Register Notice. Accordingly, the 2019 

AEWRs to be paid for agricultural work 

performed by H–2A and U.S. workers 

on or after the effective date of this 

notice are set forth in the table below: 

TABLE—2019 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES

State 2019 AEWRs 

Alabama ................................ $11.13 

Arizona .................................. 12.00 

Arkansas ............................... 11.33 

California ............................... 13.92 

Colorado ............................... 13.13 

Connecticut ........................... 13.25 

Delaware ............................... 13.15 

Florida ................................... 11.24 

Georgia ................................. 11.13 

Hawaii ................................... 14.73 

Idaho ..................................... 13.48 

Illinois .................................... 13.26 

Indiana .................................. 13.26 

Iowa ...................................... 13.34 

Kansas .................................. 14.38 

Kentucky ............................... 11.63 

Louisiana .............................. 11.33 

Maine .................................... 13.25 

Maryland ............................... 13.15 

Massachusetts ...................... 13.25 

Michigan ............................... 13.54 

Minnesota ............................. 13.54 

Mississippi ............................ 11.33 

Missouri ................................ 13.34 

Montana ................................ 13.48 

Nebraska .............................. 14.38 

Nevada ................................. 13.13 

New Hampshire .................... 13.25 

New Jersey ........................... 13.15 

New Mexico .......................... 12.00 

New York .............................. 13.25 

North Carolina ...................... 12.25 

North Dakota ........................ 14.38 


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