Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 21 / Wednesday, February 3, 2021 / Notices 8037 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: January 28, 2021. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02192 Filed 2–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

On January 20, 2021, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed consent 

decree with the United States District 

Court for the District of Utah in the 

lawsuit entitled United States of 

America v. Magnesium Corporation of 

America, et al., Civil Action No. 

2:01CV0040B. 

If approved by the court, the consent 

decree would resolve the claims of the 

United States against US Magnesium 

LLC (‘‘USM’’), the Renco Group, Inc. 

(‘‘Group’’), the Ira Leon Rennert 

Revocable Trusts (‘‘Trusts’’), and Mr. Ira 

Leon Rennert (‘‘Rennert’’), collectively 

Defendants, for injunctive relief and 

civil penalties for alleged violations of 

the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (‘‘RCRA’’) at USM’s 

magnesium production facility in 

Rowley, Utah. The consent decree 

would require USM to: (1) Make 

extensive process modifications at the 

facility, including construction of a 

filtration plant to treat all wastewaters, 

that will reduce the environmental 

impacts from its production operations 

and ensure greater protection for its 

workers; (2) establish appropriate 

financial assurance for closure or 

corrective action of certain waste 

management areas in the operating areas 

of the facility; (3) pay a civil penalty of 

$250,000; and (4) perform the CERCLA 

Response Action, which includes 

construction of a barrier wall around 

1700 acres of the operating portions of 

the facility to prevent leaks or breaches 

of hazardous materials to the Great Salt 

Lake, and the payment of EPA costs 

incurred in connection with the 

CERCLA Response Action. The United 

States and the Settling Defendants also 

would implement the 2019 bankruptcy 

settlement that resolved claims between 

the United States and USM’s 

predecessors. 

In return for the Settling Defendants’ 

compliance with these requirements, 

the consent decree would resolve past 

RCRA violations at the Rowley facility 

that the United States’ complaint 

alleges. Provided that the Settling 

Defendants remain in compliance with 

the consent decree’s requirements, 

including payment of EPA CERCLA 

Response Action costs, the United 

States would covenant not to sue the 

Settling Defendants under CERCLA for 

the CERCLA Response Action and 

EPA’s CERCLA Response Action costs. 

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 of America v. 

Magnesium Corporation of America, et 

al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–7–1–06980. 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 ....... pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov. 

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

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, 

D.C. 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the consent decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department website: http://

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 $101.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 

without the Appendices and signature 

pages, the cost is $20.00. 

Jeffrey Sands, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

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 new 

information collection of the ‘‘QCEW 

Business Supplement.’’ A copy of the 

proposed information collection request 

(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 

individual listed below in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before April 5, 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, at 

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

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

intends to implement a new collection 

for a QCEW Business Supplement 

(QBS). Through the QBS, the BLS will 

be able to capture information on the US 

economy in a more efficient and timely 

manner than is currently possible. The 

QBS is intended to be a versatile 

collection instrument that will allow 

BLS to quickly collect and publish 

information so that stakeholders and 

data users can understand the impact of 

specific events on the US economy as 

they occur, improving the relevancy of 

the data. 

The QBS is designed to incorporate 

new questionnaires as the need arises 

based on topics of relevance. BLS 

initially published a notice requesting 

comments on this collection in 85 FR 


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3426, on January 21, 2020, but the 

collection was postponed so the BLS 

could collect the Business Response 

Survey (BRS). The initial collection 

under the QBS will be a follow-up to the 

BRS, conducted in 2020, which 

captured information about changes to 

businesses operations, employment and 

workforce flexibilities, and benefits that 

occurred as a result of the onset of the 

Coronavirus pandemic. The BRS was a 

one-time collection which provided 

critical information on the U.S. business 

response to the Coronavirus pandemic 

to help provide policy makers and data 

users with additional information to 

help inform decisions. This follow-up 

survey to the BRS, under the QBS 

collection, will collect information on 

how establishments are coping with the 

transition from the height of the 

pandemic into a period of economic 

recovery. 

II. Method of Collection 

The BLS will use the Annual Refiling 

Survey (ARS) as a platform for 

conducting the QBS. Each year, the BLS 

Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages (QCEW) Program conducts the 

ARS by reaching out to approximately 

1.2 million establishments requesting 

verification of their main business 

activity, and their mailing and physical 

location addresses. The fully web-based 

ARS allows for an accelerated timeframe 

for collection and provides a low-cost 

platform for conducting the quick, short 

surveys of the QBS. The QBSs 

accompanying the ARS will have little 

data collection overhead, leveraging the 

respondent contact process undertaken 

as part of the production ARS. QBS 

Respondents already logged into the 

ARS secure website will be directed to 

a QBS and asked to answer a limited 

number of additional survey questions 

after completing the ARS. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the QCEW 

Business Supplement (QBS). 

The QBS, based on the ARS data 

collection platform, will allow BLS to 

leverage the multitude of information 

already known about the sample units 

to allow for targeted sampling. It also 

will permit BLS to target only the units 

meeting the specific set of 

characteristics desired allowing BLS to 

delve into specific areas of economic 

interest without burdening 

establishments which do not meet the 

specific targeted features. 

The QBS is designed to encourage a 

fast response and minimize respondent 

burden on the public by limiting the 

number of questions on each survey and 

by asking questions that respondents 

should be able to answer without 

research or referring to records. In this 

manner, BLS can provide information 

that is needed quickly and is not 

collected elsewhere. 

The QBS is designed to incorporate 

new questionnaires as the need for data 

arises, as frequently as twice a year. The 

BLS plans to conduct multiple small 

surveys under the QBS clearance. The 

initial survey will focus on how 

establishments are coping with the 

current status of the Coronavirus 

pandemic and the transition period that 

they are currently experiencing. 

Questions will cover a range of 

establishment topics including changes 

in telework, paid sick leave, demand for 

products and services, changes in 

products or services ordered, rehiring 

activities, recruitment activities, 

mandated closures, and government 

assistance. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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. 

• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Title of Collection: QCEW Business 

Supplement. 

OMB Number: 1220–NEW. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit institutions, not-for-profit 

institutions, and farms. 

Total Respondents: 150,000. 

Frequency: One time. 

Total Responses: 150,000. 

Average Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,000 

hours. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, January 28, 

2021. 

Mark Staniorski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2020–0002] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NACOSH); Notice of Membership 

Appointments 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of NACOSH membership 

appointments. 

SUMMARY: On January 14, 2020, the 

Secretary of Labor appointed four 

members to serve on NACOSH. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For press inquiries: Mr. Francis 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone (202) 693–1999, TTY 

(877–889–5627); email 

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

For general information: Ms. Amy 

Agro Wangdahl, Director, OSHA Office 

of Maritime and Agriculture, Directorate 

of Standards and Guidance, U.S. 

Department of Labor; telephone (202) 

693–2066, TTY (877–889–5627); email 

wangdahl.amy@dol.gov. 

For copies of this Federal Register 

Notice: Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice are available at http://

www.regulations.gov. This notice, as 

well as news releases and other relevant 

information, are also available at 

OSHA’s web page at www.osha.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651, 

656) established NACOSH to advise, 

consult with and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Labor and the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) on matters 

relating to the administration of the 

OSH Act. NACOSH is a continuing 

advisory committee of indefinite 

duration. 

NACOSH operates in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 


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