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which special procedures for wages 

have been established pursuant to 8 

U.S.C. 1188 and 20 CFR 655.102) for 

which temporary H–2A certifications 

are being sought will be the annual 

average of combined crop and livestock 

workers’ wages applicable for each State 

as reported by the USDA FLS reports. 

The Department’s regulations at 20 

CFR 655.120(c) require the Office of 

Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) to 

publish at least once in each calendar 

year the AEWR for each State as a 

Notice in the Federal Register. 

Accordingly, the 2010 AEWRs for 

agricultural work performed by U.S. and 

H–2A workers hired pursuant to an 

H–2A application subject to the 2010 

Rule on and/or after the effective date of 

this Notice are set forth in the table 

below: 

TABLE—2010 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES

State 2010 AEWR 

Alabama .................................... $9.11 

Arizona ...................................... 9.71 

Arkansas ................................... 9.10 

California ................................... 10.25 

Colorado ................................... 10.06 

Connecticut ............................... 10.16 

Delaware ................................... 9.94 

Florida ....................................... 9.20 

Georgia ..................................... 9.11 

Hawaii ....................................... 11.45 

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

Illinois ........................................ 10.51 

Indiana ...................................... 10.51 

Iowa .......................................... 10.86 

Kansas ...................................... 10.66 

Kentucky ................................... 9.71 

Louisiana .................................. 9.10 

Maine ........................................ 10.16 

Maryland ................................... 9.94 

Massachusetts .......................... 10.16 

Michigan ................................... 10.57 

Minnesota ................................. 10.57 

Mississippi ................................ 9.10 

Missouri .................................... 10.86 

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

Nebraska .................................. 10.66 

Nevada ..................................... 10.06 

New Hampshire ........................ 10.16 

New Jersey ............................... 9.94 

New Mexico .............................. 9.71 

New York .................................. 10.16 

North Carolina .......................... 9.59 

North Dakota ............................ 10.66 

Ohio .......................................... 10.51 

Oklahoma ................................. 9.78 

Oregon ...................................... 10.85 

Pennsylvania ............................ 9.94 

Rhode Island ............................ 10.16 

South Carolina .......................... 9.11 

South Dakota ............................ 10.66 

Tennessee ................................ 9.71 

Texas ........................................ 9.78 

Utah .......................................... 10.06 

Vermont .................................... 10.16 

Virginia ...................................... 9.59 

Washington ............................... 10.85 

TABLE—2010 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES—Continued 

State 2010 AEWR 

West Virginia ............................ 9.71 

Wisconsin ................................. 10.57 

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

C. Allowable Meal Charges 

The Department’s regulations at 20 

CFR 655.122(g) require the employer to 

provide each worker with three meals a 

day (for which it is permitted to charge 

the workers) or free and convenient 

cooking and kitchen facilities. When the 

employer provides meals to its workers, 

it must state in the job offer the meal 

charge, if any, the employer will impose 

on the workers for the meals provided. 

The amount of the meal charges, if any, 

is governed by 20 CFR 655.173. 

The 2010 Final Rule at 20 CFR 

655.173 sets the maximum allowable 

amount that an H–2A agricultural 

employer may charge its U.S. and 

foreign workers for providing three 

meals per day. This section of the 2010 

Final Rule also provides for annual 

adjustments of the previous year’s 

allowable charges based upon the 

12-month percentage change for the 

Consumer Price Index for Urban 

Consumers for Food (CPI–U for Food) 

between December of the year just 

concluded and December of the year 

prior to that. 

Under 20 CFR 655.173(a) an H–2A 

employer may charge workers no more 

than the maximum amount set forth in 

that paragraph, unless the employer 

petitions the Certifying Officer and 

receives a favorable decision under 20 

CFR 655.173(b) to charge a higher 

amount. The Department’s H–2A 

regulations require the OFLC 

Administrator to publish a Notice in the 

Federal Register each calendar year, 

announcing annual adjustments in 

allowable meal charges applicable to 

H–2A employers who provide three 

meals per day to their U.S. and 

nonimmigrant foreign workers. The 

2009 rates were published in the 

Federal Register at 74 FR 26016, May 

29, 2009. 

The Department has determined the 

percentage change between December of 

2008 and December of 2009 for the 

CPI–U for Food was 1.8 percent. 

Accordingly, the maximum allowable 

charge under 20 CFR 655.173 was 

adjusted using this percentage change, 

and the new permissible charge for 2010 

will be no more than $10.64 per day. 

D. Maximum Travel Subsistence 

Expense 

The regulations at 20 CFR 655.122(h) 

establish that the minimum daily travel 

subsistence expense, for which a worker 

is entitled to reimbursement, is 

equivalent to the employer’s daily 

charge for three meals or, if the 

employer makes no charge, the amount 

permitted under 20 CFR 655.173. The 

regulation is silent about the maximum 

amount to which a qualifying worker is 

entitled. 

The Department based the maximum 

meals component on the standard 

Continental United States (CONUS) per 

diem rate established by the General 

Services Administration (GSA) and 

published at 41 CFR part 301, Appendix 

A. The CONUS meal component is now 

$46.00 per day. 

Workers who qualify for travel 

reimbursement are entitled to 

reimbursement up to the CONUS meal 

rate for related subsistence when they 

provide receipts. In determining the 

appropriate amount of subsistence 

reimbursement, the employer may use 

the GSA system under which a traveler 

qualifies for meal expense 

reimbursement at 75 percent of the 

subsistence for the first partial day of 

travel and 75 percent of the subsistence 

for the last partial day. 

If a worker has no receipts, the 

employer is not obligated to reimburse 

above the minimum stated at 20 CFR 

655.173(a) as specified above. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

February 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

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Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency 

Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

February 18, 2010. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

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22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

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Accounts for Low-Income Credit 

Unions. 

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TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, 

February 18, 2010. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

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STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

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Activities. Closed pursuant to 

Exemptions (8), (9)(A)(ii) and 9(B). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Mary Rupp, 

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 

Committee #13883; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics 

Advisory Committee (#13883). 

Date and Time: March 4, 2010, 12 p.m.–2 

p.m. EST. 

Place: Teleconference. National Science 

Foundation, Room 320, Stafford I Building, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Craig B. Foltz, Acting 

Division Director, Division of Astronomical 

Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 

VA 22230. Telephone: 703–292–4908. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations to the National Science 

Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration (NASA) and the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 

within the field of astronomy and 

astrophysics that are of mutual interest and 

concern to the agencies. 

Agenda: To discuss the Committee’s draft 

annual report due 15 March 2009. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Submission of Information Collection 

for OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Administrative Appeals 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) extend approval, under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, of a 

collection of information under Part 

4003 of its regulations relating to 

Administrative Appeals (OMB control 

number 1212–0061, expires February 

28, 2010). This notice informs the 

public of PBGC’s request and solicits 

public comment on the collection of 

information. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by March 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

via electronic mail at 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or by fax 

to 202–395–6974. A copy of PBGC’s 

request may be obtained without charge 

by writing to the Disclosure Division of 

the Office of the General Counsel of 

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that office or calling 202–326–4040 

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ask to be connected to 202–326–4040.) 

The request is also available at http:// 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald F. McCabe, Attorney, Legislative 

and Regulatory Department, Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005– 

4026, 202–326–4024. (TTY and TDD 

users may call the Federal relay service 

toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to 

be connected to 202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC’s 

regulation on Rules for Administrative 

Review of Agency Decisions (29 CFR 

part 4003) prescribes rules governing 

the issuance of initial determinations by 

PBGC and the procedures for requesting 

and obtaining administrative review of 

initial determinations. Certain types of 

initial determinations are subject to 

administrative appeals, which are 

covered in subpart D of the regulation. 

Subpart D prescribes rules on who may 

file appeals, when and where to file 

appeals, contents of appeals, and other 

matters relating to appeals. 

Most appeals filed with PBGC are 

filed by individuals (participants, 

beneficiaries, and alternate payees) in 

connection with benefit entitlement or 

amounts. A small number of appeals are 

filed by employers in connection with 

other matters, such as plan coverage 

under ERISA section 4021 or employer 

liability under ERISA sections 

4062(b)(1), 4063, or 4064. Appeals may 

be filed by hand, mail, commercial 

delivery service, fax or e-mail. For 

appeals of benefit determinations, PBGC 

has optional forms for filing appeals and 

requests for extensions of time to 

appeal. 

OMB has approved the administrative 

appeals collection of information under 

control number 1212–0061 through 

February 28, 2010. PBGC is requesting 

that OMB extend its approval of this 

collection of information for three years. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

PBGC estimates that an average of 900 

appellants per year will respond to this 

collection of information. PBGC further 

estimates that the average annual 

burden of this collection of information 

is 0.71 hours and $52 per appellant, 

with an average total annual burden of 

643 hours and $46,680. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

February 2010. 

Catherine B. Klion, 

Manager, Regulatory and Policy Division, 

Legislative and Regulatory Department, 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 

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National Council on Federal LaborManagement Relations Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Council on 

Federal Labor-Management Relations 

will hold its initial meeting on February 

26, 2010, at the time and location shown 

below. The Council is an advisory body 

composed of representatives of Federal 

employee organizations, Federal 

management organizations and senior 

government officials. The Council was 

established by Executive Order 13522, 

entitled, ‘‘Creating Labor-Management 

Forums to Improve Delivery of 

Government Services,’’ which was 

signed by the President on November 9, 

2009. Along with its other 

responsibilities, the Council will assist 

in the implementation of Labor 

Management Forums throughout the 

government and will make 

recommendations to the President on 

innovative ways to improve delivery of 

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