7420 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Notices 

Act’s New Source Review requirements, 

New Source Performance Standards, 

National Emissions Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants, ‘‘Title V’’ 

program requirements and operating 

permits, and related Texas and 

Louisiana state implementation plan 

requirements. The alleged violations 

involve flares used at petrochemical 

manufacturing plants owned and 

operated by the defendants, The Dow 

Chemical Company, Union Carbide 

Corp. and Performance Materials, NA, 

Inc., in Hahnville and Plaquemine, 

Louisiana, and Freeport and Orange, 

Texas. The consent decree requires the 

defendants to perform injunctive relief, 

pay a $3,000,000 civil penalty, and 

perform three state-authorized and 

negotiated beneficial environmental 

projects in Louisiana. 

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 and the Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality v. 

The Dow Chemical Company, Union 

Carbide Corp. and Performance 

Materials, NA, Inc., Civil Action No. 

2:21-cv-00114–MLCF–JVM, DOJ 

reference number 90–5–2–1–11114. All 

comments must be submitted no later 

than THIRTY days after the publication 

date of this notice. Comments may be 

submitted either by email or by firstclass mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By first-class 

mail.

Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed 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 

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, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $36.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 

without the exhibits and signature 

pages, the cost is $23.25. 

Kenneth G. Long, 

Acting Assistant Section Chief, 

Environmental Enforcement Section, 

Environment and Natural Resources Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On January 19, 2021, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 

Decree with the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of Illinois 

in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 

Midwest Can Company, Civil Action 

No. 21 C 299. 

The United States filed this lawsuit 

under the Clean Air Act. The complaint 

seeks civil penalties and injunctive 

relief for violations of the Act pertaining 

to Defendant’s applications for 

certificates of conformity that were 

issued to the Defendant authorizing the 

sale and manufacture of portable fuel 

containers (‘‘PFCs’’). Among other 

things, the Consent Decree requires the 

Defendant to conduct additional testing 

of PFCs manufactured by the Defendant 

and to report the results of those tests 

to EPA. The Defendant will also pay a 

civil penalty of $1.7 million to the 

United States. 

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 and Illinois v. Midwest 

Can Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1– 

12397. 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. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

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 

to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— 

ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $8.25 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia A. McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01829 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On January 15, 2021, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 

Decree (‘‘Consent Decree’’) with the 

United States District Court for the 

District of New Jersey in the lawsuit 

entitled United States and the State of 

New Jersey, Department of 

Environmental Protection v. Atlantic 

County Utilities Authority, Civil Action 

No. 3:21–cv–00800. 

In a Complaint, the United States, on 

behalf of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), and the 

State of New Jersey, on behalf of the 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, alleges that the Atlantic 

County Utilities Authority (‘‘ACUA’’) 

violated the Clean Air Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 

42 U.S.C. 7413, by violating: (1) The 

Solid Waste Combustion provisions in 

Section 129 of the Clean Air Act, 42 

U.S.C. 7429, and (2) the Federal Plan 

Requirements for Sewage Sludge 

Incineration Units Constructed on or 

Before October 14, 2010, 40 CFR part 62, 

subpart LLL (‘‘Subpart LLL’’). The 

proposed Consent Decree in this case 

requires that ACUA pay a civil penalty 

of $75,000 to be divided evenly between 

the United States and the State of New 

Jersey, establish operating parameter 

limits based on performance test results, 

conduct root cause analyses and 

corrective actions for operating 

parameter deviations exceeding a 

specified threshold, establish and 

comply with standard operating 

procedures designed to minimize 

bypass events, and pay stipulated 

penalties for violations of Consent 

Decree requirements. In addition, the 

Consent Decree requires a New Jerseysponsored supplemental project, to be 

overseen by the state, involving the 

installation of electric vehicle charging 

stations in Atlantic County. 

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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 and the State of 

New Jersey, Department of 

Environmental Protection v. Atlantic 

County Utilities Authority, D.J. Ref. No. 

90–5–2–1–11392/1. 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. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed 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 

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, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $14.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost), payable to the 

United States Treasury. 

Henry Friedman, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment & Natural Resources 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 

1997.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the individual 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

Addresses section below on or before 

March 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, 

DC 20212. Written comments also may 

be transmitted by email to BLS_PRA_

Public@bls.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997 (NLSY97) is a nationally 

representative sample of persons who 

were born in the years 1980 to 1984. 

These respondents were ages 12–17 

when the first round of annual 

interviews began in 1997; starting with 

round sixteen, the NLSY97 is conducted 

on a biennial basis. Round twenty 

interviews will occur from September 

2021 to June 2022. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) contracts with a vendor 

to conduct the NLSY97. The primary 

objective of the survey is to study the 

transition from schooling to the 

establishment of careers and families. 

The longitudinal focus of this survey 

requires information to be collected 

from the same individuals over many 

years in order to trace their education, 

training, work experience, fertility, 

income, and program participation. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) is to produce and 

disseminate timely, accurate, and 

relevant information about the U.S. 

labor force. The BLS contributes to this 

goal by gathering information about the 

labor force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. 

Research based on the NLSY97 

contributes to the formation of national 

policy in the areas of education, 

training, work experience, fertility, 

income, and program participation. In 

addition to the reports that the BLS 

produces based on data from the 

NLSY97, members of the academic 

community publish articles and reports 

based on NLSY97 data for the DOL and 

other funding agencies. To date, 

approximately 795 articles examining 

NLSY97 data have been published in 

scholarly journals. 

The survey design provides data 

gathered from the same respondents 

over time to form the only dataset that 

contains this type of information for this 

important population group. Without 

the collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal dataset could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. 

II. Current Action 

The BLS seeks approval to conduct 

round 20 of biennial interviews of the 

NLSY97. Respondents of the NLSY97 

will undergo an interview of 

approximately 75 minutes during which 

they will answer questions about 

schooling and labor market experiences, 

family relationships, and community 

background. During the fielding period 

for the main round 20 interviews, no 

more than 2 percent of respondents will 

be asked to participate in a brief 

validation interview a few weeks after 

the initial interview. The purpose of the 

validation interview is to verify that the 

initial interview took place as the 

interviewer reported and to assess the 

data quality of selected questionnaire 

items. 

The BLS plans to record randomly 

selected segments of the main 

interviews during round 20. Recording 

interviews helps the BLS and its 

contractors to ensure that the interviews 

actually took place and interviewers are 

reading the questions exactly as worded 

and entering the responses properly. 

Recording also helps to identify parts of 

the interview that might be causing 

problems or misunderstanding for 

interviewers or respondents. Each 

respondent will be informed that the 

interview may be recorded for quality 

control, testing, and training purposes. 

If the respondent objects to the 

recording of the interview, the 

interviewer will confirm to the 

respondent that the interview will not 

be recorded and then proceed with the 

interview.