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Court for the Western District of 

Pennsylvania. 

In a complaint, filed simultaneously 

with the Decree, the United States 

alleges that the Slippery Rock 

University and the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania violated the Clean Air 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., and 25 Pa. 

Code §§ 123.11, 123.41 and 123.444, 

regulations included in the 

Pennsylvania State Implementation 

Plan, by causing excess particulate 

emissions from boilers on the university 

campus. 

Pursuant to the Decree, Slippery Rock 

University and the Commonwealth will 

install pollution control technology to 

reduce particulate emissions, will 

comply with the regulatory emissions 

limits for particulate matter, will store 

its coal in a coal storage building to 

protect coal from degradation, and will 

perform periodic testing to ensure that 

the facility is complying with the 

emissions limits. Slippery Rock and the 

Commonwealth will also pay a $50,000 

civil penalty to the United States 

pursuant to the Decree. 

The Department of Justice will 

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication, 

comments relating to the Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either e-mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania, D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1– 

07931. 

During the public comment period, 

the Decree may also be examined on the 

following Department of Justice Web 

site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Decree may also be obtained by mail 

from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 

Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $7.75 (25 cents per 

page reproduction cost) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the stated 

address. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request (ICR) for the Workforce 

Investment Act Random Assignment 

Impact Evaluation of the Adult and 

Dislocated Worker Program; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL or Department), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, conducts a 

preclearance 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 (PRA) [44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 

ensure that required 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 Department notes that a Federal 

agency cannot conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it is 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the PRA, and 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number, and the public is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. Also, notwithstanding 

any other provisions of law, no person 

shall 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. 

A copy of the proposed ICR can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the addressee section of this 

notice or by accessing: http:// 

www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/ 

OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

January 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Eileen 

Pederson, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances 

Perkins Bldg., Room N–5641, 

Washington, DC, 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3647 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Her e-mail address is 

Pederson.eileen@dol.gov and fax 

number is (202) 693–2766 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In 1998, Congress significantly 

reformed the public workforce 

investment system by replacing the Job 

Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with 

the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). 

Key WIA reforms included 

consolidating the fragmented system of 

employment and training programs 

under JTPA and providing universal 

access to basic (core) services. To 

determine whether the adult and 

dislocated worker services funded by 

Title I of the WIA are effective, ETA is 

undertaking the WIA Random 

Assignment Impact Evaluation of the 

Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs. 

ETA has contracted with Mathematica 

Policy Research and its subcontractors 

—Social Policy Research Associates, 

MDRC, and the Corporation for a Skilled 

Workforce—to conduct this evaluation. 

The evaluation will address the 

following research questions: 

• Does access to WIA intensive and 

training services—both individually and 

combined—lead adults and dislocated 

workers to achieve better educational, 

employment, earnings, and selfsufficiency outcomes than they would 

achieve in the absence of access to those 

services? 

• Does the effectiveness of WIA vary 

by population subgroup? Is there 

variation by sex, age, race/ethnicity, 

unemployment insurance (UI) receipt, 

education level, previous employment 

history, adult and dislocated worker 

status, and veteran and disability status? 

• How does the implementation of 

WIA vary by Local Workforce 

Investment Area (LWIA)? Does the 

effectiveness of WIA vary by how it is 

implemented? To what extent do 

implementation differences explain 

variations in WIA’s effectiveness? 

• Do the benefits from WIA services 

exceed program costs? Do the benefits of 

intensive services exceed their costs? Do 

the benefits of training exceed its costs? 

Do the benefits exceed the costs for 

adults? Do they for dislocated workers? 


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To obtain rigorous, nationally 

representative estimates of WIA’s 

effectiveness, the evaluation will take 

place in 30 randomly selected LWIAs. 

WIA applicants who are eligible for 

intensive services will be randomly 

assigned to one of three groups. The 

three research groups to which they will 

be assigned are: (1) The full-WIA 

group—adults and dislocated workers in 

this group can receive any WIA services 

for which they are eligible, (2) the coreand-intensive group—adults and 

dislocated workers in this group can 

receive any WIA services for which they 

are eligible other than training, and (3) 

the core-only group—adults and 

dislocated workers in this group can 

receive only WIA core services but no 

intensive or training services. 

Applicants who do not consent to 

participate in the study will be allowed 

to receive core services only. The 

sample intake period will be about 18 

months at each site. A total of about 

68,000 WIA adult and dislocated worker 

applicants will be randomly assigned to 

the evaluation. Data for the study will 

be collected from the following five 

major sources: 

• 1. Study Enrollment Forms. Three 

forms will be used at intake to enroll 

participants into the study, a consent 

form, a baseline information form (BIF), 

and a contact information form (CIF). 

WIA adult and dislocated worker 

applicants will be asked to sign a 

consent form to confirm that they have 

been informed about the study and 

agree to participate. During the study 

enrollment process and after agreeing to 

participate in the study, information on 

each participant’s basic demographic 

and socio-economic characteristics will 

be collected on a short BIF. In addition, 

contact information will be collected on 

the CIF. 

• 2. Two Follow-Up Surveys. Followup telephone surveys will be conducted 

with 6,000 study participants. These 

will be conducted at about 15 and 30 

months after random assignment. The 

first survey will collect baseline data 

that will not have changed since 

random assignment, such as place of 

birth. Both surveys will collect data on 

study participants’ receipt of services 

and outcomes on attainment of 

education credentials, labor market 

outcomes, and family self-sufficiency. 

• 3. WIA Service and Cost Data. To 

ensure that random assignment is being 

implemented correctly, as well as to 

collect data on the receipt of WIA 

services, data extracts from the State 

and/or local management information 

systems will be requested. If data on all 

services are not regularly collected in a 

site’s specific management information 

system, then Mathematica will negotiate 

with that site to determine the best way 

to obtain basic service data, whether it 

is from another system, from 

modifications to their system, or from 

staff recording service provision in a 

study-specific system. Data on LWIA 

expenditures during the study period 

will be collected through quarterly 

reports that the LWIAs routinely submit 

to ETA. In addition, data on the costs of 

each service (for example, staff time and 

cost, cost of materials, overhead) will be 

collected through cost collection forms 

and interviews with program staff 

during the second site visit. 

• 4. Administrative Data from Other 

Agencies and Programs. Both baseline 

(such as past earnings) and outcome 

data on quarterly earnings and UI 

benefits will be collected from records 

of state UI agencies. Data on service and 

benefit receipt may also be collected 

from the Employment Service, Social 

Security Administration, Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families Program, 

and/or the Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program. 

• 5. Site Visits. Data on the context 

for the program and its implementation 

will be collected during two rounds of 

site visits to each of the 30 sites. The 

site visits will involve interviews with 

key staff, group interviews with study 

participants, observations of program 

activities, and case file reviews. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Department is soliciting 

comments concerning the above data 

collection for the WIA Random 

Assignment Impact Evaluation. 

Comments are requested to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed ICR 

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 ICR, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the ICR; and 

• Minimize the burden of the ICR on 

those who are to respond, including 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. 

III. Current Actions 

At this time, ETA is requesting 

clearance for the three study enrollment 

forms (the consent form, the BIF, and 

the CIF) and the protocols for the site 

visits. A future request will be 

submitted for the follow-up surveys and 

the cost collection forms. 

Type of review: New ICR. 

OMB Number: 

Affected Public: WIA Customers and 

Staff at 30 One-Stop Career Centers 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: Workforce 

Investment Act Section 172. 

For the study enrollment forms: 

Frequency: One-time collection. 

Total Responses: 68,000. 

Average Time per Response: 13 

minutes for study participants and 13 

minutes per staff person per participant. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 29,467 

(= 14,733 for participants and 14,733 for 

staff) 

Total Burden Cost: $379,383 (= 

$106,817 for participants and $272,567 

for staff) 

Note: Due to rounding, total burden 

amounts and cost amounts may differ from 

the sum of the component amounts. 

For the site visits: 

Frequency: Once for participants; 

twice for staff. 

Total Responses: 240 responses for 

participants and 2,160 responses for 

staff (= twice per staff for 1,080 staff). 

Average Time per Response: 60 

minutes for participants and 60 minutes 

per staff for each response. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,400 

(= 240 for participants and 2,160 for 

staff). 

Total Burden Cost: $41,700 (= $1,740 

for participants and $39,960 for staff). 

Note: Due to rounding, the numbers for the 

totals may differ from the sum of the 

component numbers. 

Respondents Total 

respondents 

Frequency of 

collection 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Burden (hours) Burden cost 

Intake forms: 

Study Participants ........................................................... 68,000 Once ........... 13 minutes ..... 14,733 106,817 


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Respondents Total 

respondents 

Frequency of 

collection 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Burden (hours) Burden cost 

Staff ................................................................................. 270 Once ........... 13 minutes per 

customer, 

with an average of 252 

customers 

per respondent.

14,733 272,567 

Total for intake ......................................................... 68,270 ..................... ........................ 29,467 379,383 

Site Visits: 

Study Participants ........................................................... 240 Once ........... 60 minutes ..... 240 1,740 

Staff ................................................................................. 1,080 Twice ........... 60 minutes ..... 2,160 39,960 

Total for site visits ................................................... 1,320 ..................... ........................ 2,400 $41,700 

Total for Intake and Site Visits ......................... 69,590 ..................... ........................ 31,867 $421,083 

Note: Due to rounding, the numbers for the totals may differ from the sum of the component numbers. 

The total burden cost for the 

enrollment forms represents 13 minutes, 

on average, for participant respondents 

to complete the study enrollment forms 

multiplied by the number of 

respondents (68,000) and by an 

estimated average hourly wage of $7.25 

per hour, which is the current Federal 

minimum wage. Thus, the total 

participant burden for the completion of 

the enrollment forms is $106,817 (= 

68,000 × 13/60 × 7.25). The projected 

burden for enrollment forms represents 

13 minutes, on average, for each staff 

person to process documents for each 

study participant, including reviewing 

the participant’s information, 

completing the counselor-only section, 

and data-entering the necessary 

information. (Each of an estimated 270 

staff members will complete the forms 

for an average of 252 participants.) The 

total staff burden cost is $272,567, 

which is 13 minutes per participant 

multiplied by the number of 

respondents (68,000) and an average 

hourly wage of $18.50 per hour for staff 

(The hourly wage of $18.50 per hour for 

staff is the average wage in the range of 

wages found in ‘‘Managing Customers’ 

Training Choices: Findings from the 

Individual Training Account 

Experiment,’’ a report prepared for the 

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 

and Training Administration (December 

2006), McConnell, Sheena, Elizabeth 

Stuart, Kenneth Fortson and others.). 

The total burden cost for the enrollment 

forms is $379,383, which is the sum of 

the burden costs for participants and 

staff. 

The burden cost for site visits is 2,400 

hours. The site visits will involve 

interviews with an average of four study 

participants during each of two visits to 

each of 30 sites. Hence, about 240 (= 4 

× 2 × 30) participants will be involved 

in the interviews. Each interview will 

last about one hour. Hence, assuming a 

wage of $7.25 per hour, the total burden 

on participants for the site visits is 

estimated to be 240 hours with a total 

cost of $1,740 (= 7.25 × 240). About 36 

staff persons will be interviewed at each 

of 30 sites. Hence, in total about 1,080 

staff (= 36 × 30) will be interviewed. 

These staff will be interviewed for about 

one hour during each visit, for each of 

two visits. Hence, the total burden on 

staff for the site visits is estimated to 

2,160 hours (= 1,080 × 2), representing 

a burden cost of $39,960 assuming an 

hourly wage for staff of $18.50 per hour. 

The total burden cost for the site visits 

is $41,700, which is the sum of the 

burden costs for participants and staff. 

The total burden is estimated to be 

31,867 hours ($421,083 in burden cost), 

which is the sum of the burdens (and 

burden costs) for the enrollment forms 

and site visits. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval; they will also become a matter 

of public record. 

Signed: at Washington, DC, this 29th day 

of October, 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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 collection 

of the ‘‘Quarterly Census of Employment 

and Wages Green Goods and Services 

Survey.’’ 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 January 10, 2011. 

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 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

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: 


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