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filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Robert Bosch LLC, 

Farmington Hills, MI, has withdrawn as 

a party to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and ACES intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On March 20, 2015, ACES filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on April 30, 2015 (80 FR 75469). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 2, 2015. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on December 2, 2015 (80 FR 24279). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Cooperative Research 

Group on High-Efficiency Dilute 

Gasoline Engine III 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

January 27, 2016, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Southwest Research Institute— 

Cooperative Research Group on HighEfficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine III 

(‘‘HEDGE III’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Lubrizol Corporation, 

Wickliffe, OH, has withdrawn as a party 

to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and HEDGE III 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On March 19, 2015, HEDGE III filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to Section 

6(b) of the Act on April 22, 2015 (80 FR 

22551). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Cooperative Research 

Group on CHEDE–VII 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 10, 2016, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Southwest Research Institute— 

Cooperative Research Group on 

CHEDE–VII (‘‘CHEDE–VII’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

changes in its membership. The 

notifications were filed for the purpose 

of extending the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. Specifically, 

Deere and Company, Cedar Falls, IA; 

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., 

Wuhan, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA; and Robert Bosch, LLC, 

Farmington Hills, MI, have been added 

as parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and CHEDE–VII 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On January 6, 2016, CHEDE–VII filed 

its original notification pursuant to 

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to Section 

6(b) of the Act on February 2, 2016, (81 

FR 5484). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission 

[F.C.S.C. Meeting and Hearing Notice No. 

3–16] 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

The Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission, pursuant to its regulations 

(45 CFR part 503.25) and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in 

regard to the scheduling of open 

meetings as follows: 

Tuesday, March 15, 2016: 10:00 

a.m.—Oral hearing on Objection to 

Commission’s Proposed Decision in 

Claim No. LIB–III–020. 

11:30 a.m.—Issuance of Proposed 

Decisions in claims against Libya. 

Status: Open 

All meetings are held at the Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E 

Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests 

for information, or advance notices of 

intention to observe an open meeting, 

may be directed to: Patricia M. Hall, 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 

600 E Street NW., Suite 6002, 

Washington, DC 20579. Telephone: 

(202) 616–6975. 

Brian M. Simkin, 

Chief Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Updated Methodology for Selecting a 

Job Corps Center for Closure and 

Center Selected for Closure: 

Comments Request 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration of the U.S. 

Department of Labor (the Department or 

DOL) issues this notice announcing an 

update to its existing criteria for 

selecting Job Corps centers for closure 

based on a center’s chronic low 

performance, and also announcing two 

new criteria for selecting a Job Corps 

center for closure: (1) When a joint 

decision is made by the Secretary of 

Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture 

to close a Civilian Conservation Center 

(CCC); or (2) when the Department 

determines that a high-quality education 

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provided at the center. Additionally, the 

Office of Job Corps issues this notice to 

propose the closure of one center based 

on the low-performance methodology 

that the Department first published in 

2014 and updates with more recent data 

in this Notice: The Ouachita Job Corps 

Center in Royal, Arkansas. This notice 

seeks public comment on the proposal 

to close the Ouachita Center. 

DATES: To be ensured consideration, 

comments must be submitted in writing 

on or before April 8, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket ID number ETA– 

2016–0002, by only one of the following 

methods: 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web 

site instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail and hand delivery/courier: 

Submit comments to Lenita JacobsSimmons, National Director, Office of 

Job Corps (OJC), U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room N–4459, 

Washington, DC 20210. Due to securityrelated concerns, there may be a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

submissions by United States Mail. You 

must take this into consideration when 

preparing to meet the deadline for 

submitting comments. The Department 

will post all comments received on 

http://www.regulations.gov without 

making any changes to the comments or 

redacting any information, including 

any personal information provided. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

the Federal e-rulemaking portal and all 

comments posted there are available 

and accessible to the public. The 

Department recommends that 

commenters not include personal 

information such as Social Security 

Numbers, personal addresses, telephone 

numbers, and email addresses in their 

comments that they do not wish to be 

made public, as such submitted 

information will be available to the 

public via the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Comments submitted through http://

www.regulations.gov will not include 

the email address of the commenter 

unless the commenter chooses to 

include that information as part of his 

or her comment. It is the responsibility 

of the commenter to safeguard personal 

information. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

should include the Docket Number for 

the notice: Docket ID number ETA– 

2016–0002. Please submit your 

comments by only one method. Again, 

please note that due to security 

concerns, postal mail delivery in 

Washington, DC may be delayed. 

Therefore, the Department encourages 

the public to submit comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: All comments on the selected 

Job Corps Center for closure will be 

available on the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site. The 

Department also will make all of the 

comments it receives available for 

public inspection by appointment 

during normal business hours at the 

above address. If you need assistance to 

review the comments, the Department 

will provide appropriate aids such as 

readers or print magnifiers. The 

Department will make copies of this 

methodology and the Job Corps center 

selected for closure available, upon 

request, in large print and electronic file 

on computer disk. To schedule an 

appointment to review the comments 

and/or obtain the notice in an 

alternative format, contact the Office of 

Job Corps at (202) 693–3000 (this is not 

a toll-free number). You may also 

contact this office at the address listed 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenita Jacobs-Simmons, National 

Director, Office of Job Corps, ETA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room N–4463, 

Washington, DC 20210; Telephone (202) 

693–3000 (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: 

I. Background 

Established in 1964, Job Corps is a 

national program administered by the 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) in the Department 

of Labor. It is the nation’s largest 

federally-funded, primarily residential 

training program for at-risk youth, ages 

16–24. With 126 centers in 50 states, 

Puerto Rico, and the District of 

Columbia, Job Corps provides 

economically-disadvantaged youth with 

the academic, career technical, and 

employability skills to enter the 

workforce, enroll in post-secondary 

education, or enlist in the military. 

Large and small businesses, nonprofit 

organizations, and Native American 

tribes manage and operate 99 of the Job 

Corps centers through contractual 

agreements with the Department of 

Labor awarded pursuant to federal 

procurement rules, while 27 centers are 

operated through an interagency 

agreement with the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). Job Corps receives 

annual funding to operate contractoroperated centers and USDA centers, 

administer the program, and build, 

maintain, expand, or upgrade a limited 

number of new and existing facilities. 

The Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act (WIOA), which became 

effective on July 1, 2015, directs DOL to 

‘‘establish written criteria that the 

Secretary shall use to determine when a 

Job Corps center supported under this 

part is to be closed and how to carry out 

such closure[.]’’ 29 U.S.C. 3211(c)(1). In 

August 2014, the Department published 

a methodology to apply when proposing 

a center for closure based on its chronic 

low performance. In December 2014, the 

Department provided a report to 

Congress indicating that it would use 

the August 2014 criteria in deciding 

future closures and would update its 

closure criteria in the future. That report 

also indicated that the Secretaries of 

Labor and Agriculture might agree to 

close a CCC operated by the U.S. Forest 

Service. This Notice describes the 

Department’s updated closure criteria; 

in addition, this Notice proposes one 

center for closure. 

II. Closure Criteria 

The Department is constantly making 

efforts to ensure that Job Corps’ limited 

resources are used to deliver the best 

possible results for students. As part of 

these ongoing efforts, the Department 

may determine that closing a center will 

allow Job Corps to provide the highestquality program to its students more 

effectively. 

The three criteria described below are 

the criteria that the Department will use 

to determine when a Job Corps center 

should be closed: 

• Closure based on chronic low 

performance, as announced in an 

August 2014 Federal Register notice (79 

FR 51198), with one change described 

below to use the most recent five years 

available. 

• Closure based on a joint decision of 

the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, 

described in a December 2014 report to 

Congress and further explained in this 

notice. 

• Closure based on an evaluation of 

the effort required to provide a highquality education and training program 

at the center. 

Closure may be based on any one of 

the three criteria, and a single criterion 

may be applied independently of the 

others. Thus, while a center may qualify 

for closure under more than one 

criterion, DOL may choose to rely on 

only one criterion when deciding to 

propose a center for closure. The 


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relevant additional considerations 

described below will be considered and 

applied depending on which criterion 

the Department utilizes. 

Job Corps, as with any education and 

training program, must respond to the 

changing needs of the students it 

educates and the career fields for which 

it provides training. As a result, the 

Department will continue to review and 

refine these criteria or add more closure 

criteria as necessary to best carry out Job 

Corps’ mission. 

A. Long-Term Center Performance 

DOL is not altering the performancebased criteria it announced in its August 

27, 2014 closure methodology, except 

for changing the five-year period of data 

reviewed from Program Years (PYs) 

2008–2012 to the most recent five years 

available. As explained below, DOL 

applied the performance-based criteria 

in deciding to propose closing the 

Ouachita Center. 

As was more fully discussed in the 

August 27, 2014 Notice, chronically 

low-performing centers do not benefit 

the population of young people Job 

Corps aims to empower, and are a poor 

use of Job Corps’ limited program 

dollars. DOL will continue to consider 

for closure those Job Corps centers 

marked with consistent and entrenched 

poor performance in order to better 

serve the nation’s youth in acquiring 

career skills through quality job 

training. 

Accordingly, DOL will continue to 

use the following performance-based 

criteria against which all centers are 

measured in evaluating whether a center 

should be closed: 

1. Five-year Outcome-Measurement 

System (OMS) performance level; 

2. Five-year On-Board Strength (OBS); 

and 

3. Five-year Facility Condition Index 

(FCI). 

A short description of these three 

factors is included below: 

1. Five-Year Outcome-Measurement 

System (OMS) Performance Levels 

OMS is a collection of 15 metrics that 

provide a comprehensive assessment of 

center performance, which allows for 

comparison of performance among 

centers and supplies enough data for 

decision makers to identify trends over 

time. These published performance 

metrics have driven center performance 

and programmatic decisions for more 

than a decade. Accordingly, the primary 

performance-based factor in selecting a 

center for closure is a center’s OMS 

data. 

In applying this factor, the 

Department will evaluate each center’s 

overall OMS ratings for the five most 

recent full program years to derive a 

weighted five-year average performance 

rating. This updated methodology uses 

OMS performance data for the five most 

recent completed program years, with 

recent years receiving a greater weight 

than earlier years. Further, the original 

OMS ratings for each of the five program 

years, which exceeded 100% for some 

centers, were normalized at one 

hundred percent (100%) to be 

consistent with OBS and FCI. 

‘‘Normalized’’ means the data has been 

placed on a 100-point scale. The 

calculation formula for the methodology 

also contains normalized data for OMS. 

The year-by-year weighted structure is 

as follows (these years will be 

automatically updated going forward): 

PY 2014 30% 

PY 2013 25% 

PY 2012 20% 

PY 2011 15% 

PY 2010 10% 

Total: 100% 

The calculation formula for five-year 

performance for the methodology is as 

follows: 

Center’s five-year weighted average 

rating × 90% = Overall Performance 

Rating 

2. On-Board Strength (OBS) 

On-Board Strength is an efficiency 

rating that demonstrates the extent to 

which a center operates at full capacity. 

The measure is reported as a percentage, 

calculated by the center’s actual 

capacity for student slots divided by the 

planned capacity to fill those slots 

(daily number of students that a center 

is authorized to serve). The national 

goal for OBS is 100% in order to operate 

the program at full capacity, maximize 

program resources, and fulfill the 

mission of serving the underserved 

student population. 

This factor evaluates each center’s 

end of Program Year OBS rating for five 

full program years to derive a five-year 

average rating. As explained above in 

the context of OMS data, the updated 

closure methodology uses OBS data 

from the most recent five-year period. 

As noted in the August 27, 2014, 

Federal Register Notice there were 

anomalies to the OBS data for PY 2011 

and PY 2012 caused by temporary 

enrollment suspensions. The May 31, 

2012, PY-Cumulative OBS (PY–COBS) 

report will be used as the basis for 

assessing center-level OBS performance 

for PY 2011. The January 31, (PY– 

COBS) report will be used as the basis 

for assessing center-level OBS 

performance for PY 2012. 

The updated methodology weights 

each of the last five program years’ OBS 

data, with more recent years receiving 

more weight to incorporate performance 

improvement. Finally, the OBS ratings 

for each of the five program years were 

normalized at one hundred percent 

(100%), so as to be consistent with the 

OMS and FCI data. 

The year-by-year weighted structure is 

as follows (these years will be 

automatically updated going forward): 

PY 2014 30% 

PY 2013 25% 

PY 2012 20% 

PY 2011 15% 

PY 2010 10% 

Total: 100% 

The calculation formula for five-year 

OBS for the methodology is as follows: 

Center’s five-year weighted average 

cumulative OBS × 5%= Overall 

OBS Rating 

3. Facility Condition and Physical Plant 

Facility quality is critical for a 

residential educational program that 

houses its students on-site 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week, for much of the 

year. Poor facilities make it harder for 

students to learn and ultimately gain the 

job skills necessary to join and 

contribute to the American workforce. 

Each Job Corps center is a fully 

operational complex with academic and 

career technical training facilities, 

dining and recreation buildings, 

administrative offices, and residence 

halls (with the exception of solely nonresidential facilities), including the 

surrounding owned or leased property 

on which the center is located. 

To properly manage the program’s 

facility and condition needs, Job Corps 

uses the FCI and gives each center an 

annual rating. This rating, which is 

expressed as a percentage, accounts for 

the value of a center’s construction, 

rehabilitation, and repair backlog, as 

compared to the replacement value of 

the center’s facilities. Facility 

conditions affect the outcomes of the Job 

Corps program because good outcomes 

begin with facilities that contribute to a 

safe learning environment. 

For this factor, the Department 

evaluated each center’s FCI, which takes 

into account all construction projects 

completed over the same five-year 

period as the other two factors. 

As with the performance and OBS 

criteria, the updated methodology 

applies weights to each of the five latest 

program year’s FCI data, with more 

recent years receiving more weight to 

incorporate any recent improvement. 

The year-by-year weighted structure is 

as follows (these years will be 

automatically updated going forward): 

PY 2014 30% 


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PY 2013 25% 

PY 2012 20% 

PY 2011 15% 

PY 2010 10% 

Total: 100% 

The calculation formula for FCI for the 

methodology is as follows: 

Center’s five-year weighted average FCI 

rating × 5% = Overall FCI Rating 

Applying the three performance-based 

factors above yields an overall rating for 

each center, allowing DOL to rank all 

centers based on historical performance, 

with the lowest performing center 

receiving the lowest rating. The 

calculation formula for the overall rating 

is as follows: 

Overall OMS Performance 

Rating (90%) 

+ Overall OBS Rating (5%) + Overall FCI Rating (5%) = Overall Rating for Primary 

Selection Factors. 

B. Agreement Between the Secretaries of 

Labor and Agriculture To Close Civilian 

Conservation Job Corps Centers (CCCs) 

Independent of the other two criteria, 

the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture 

may jointly agree to close a CCC. These 

facilities are predominantly located in 

rural, sometimes remote locations and 

operated by the USDA through the U.S. 

Forest Service. As with other Job Corps 

Centers, these facilities provide skills 

training for disadvantaged young people 

to aid their entry into the American 

workforce, but with additional focus on 

conserving the United States’ natural 

resources and providing assistance 

during natural disasters. 

This joint decision to close a center 

will take into account past efforts to 

improve the center’s deficiencies, the 

prospect for improving those 

deficiencies, the impact on the mission 

and workforce of both departments, and 

the purpose and goals of the Job Corps 

program. The rationale behind the 

Agriculture and Labor Secretaries’ 

decision to close a CCC will be detailed 

in a notice proposing the action. The 

Secretaries’ decision to propose a CCC 

for closure under this criterion also will 

take into account the relevant additional 

considerations, detailed below. This 

basis is independent of other 

performance improvement and 

restructuring and reform efforts initiated 

by either Department or mandated by 

WIOA to address performance 

challenges at the CCCs. Finally, this 

criterion does not limit the 

Department’s authority to propose 

closing a CCC based on the other closure 

criteria, regardless of whether the 

Secretaries jointly agree to close the 

center. 

This new criterion was not used as 

the basis to propose the closure of 

Ouachita. While the Ouachita Center is 

a CCC, the Department made this 

decision based upon chronic low 

performance, the criteria first described 

in the August 2014 Federal Register 

notice. 

C. Evaluation of Continuing Center 

Operations 

The Department has determined that 

it may be necessary to close a center for 

reasons other than chronic low 

performance or agreement with the 

Secretary of Agriculture. Job Corps 

constantly evaluates the needs of each 

center it operates. Some centers, for a 

variety of reasons, face more difficult 

challenges than others in providing a 

safe, secure environment where 

participants can receive high-quality 

education and training. Some challenges 

develop over time, while others arise 

more rapidly. Challenges may involve 

the condition of the facility; its 

proximity to relevant job markets; the 

ability of the center to attract students; 

the impact of one-time events; or, a host 

of other factors. Addressing these 

challenges may require sustained efforts 

that involve significant programmatic, 

staff, capital, organizational, and/or 

other investments and resources. Even 

with such a commitment, it may be 

difficult to anticipate or achieve positive 

outcomes for students. In such a 

situation, Job Corps will carefully 

assess: (1) The ongoing needs of the 

center against those of the program 

overall; (2) the effort required to provide 

and maintain a high-quality, safe and 

productive living and learning 

environments; and (3) whether that 

effort is likely to ultimately produce an 

outcome that contributes to the 

program’s overall strength and integrity. 

After reviewing all relevant information 

the Department may decide to propose 

a center for closure. 

This new criterion was not utilized in 

making the decision to propose to close 

the Ouachita Job Corps Center. 

D. Additional Considerations 

After applying any of the three criteria 

described above, the Department will 

consider the following factors, as 

appropriate, when deciding whether it 

should propose a center for closure: 

1. Job Corps Services for Residents in 

Each State, Puerto Rico, and the District 

of Columbia 

The Department is committed to 

providing services in a broad geographic 

area. When deciding to propose a center 

for closure, DOL will ensure that it 

maintains at least one Job Corps center 

in each state, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, and the District of 

Columbia, and will take into 

consideration whether a center’s closure 

would have a disproportionate impact 

on the training opportunities for 

students in any one state. Additionally, 

Job Corps is committed to ensuring that 

a state’s population, especially of young 

people who are eligible and could 

benefit from participating in the 

program, are adequately exposed to its 

opportunities and services. Accordingly, 

in applying the criteria, DOL will ensure 

that it does not too rapidly reduce Job 

Corps’ presence in any one state. 

2. Sufficiency of Data Available To 

Evaluate Center Performance 

The Department will not consider for 

closure under the performance-based 

criteria any center for which it does not 

have sufficient data to evaluate that 

center’s performance. The centers in 

Ottumwa, Milwaukee, Pinellas County, 

Denison, Long Beach, Gulfport, Wind 

River, and Manchester are not included 

for consideration for closure. For each of 

these centers, there is not enough OMS 

data to evaluate the center’s 

performance over the full five-year 

performance period. The reasons for the 

lack of five years’ continuous data for 

these centers include: Four new centers 

were opened during the five-year 

performance period (Ottumwa, 

Milwaukee, Wind River, and 

Manchester); three centers were 

excluded from OMS evaluation because 

of their selection as Center for 

Excellence (CFE) pilot sites (Pinellas 

County, Denison, and Long Beach); and 

one center operated at reduced capacity 

because of damage received during 

Hurricane Katrina (Gulfport). 

3. Indication of Significant Recent 

Performance Improvement 

When applying the performancebased criteria, the Department will 

consider evidence of recent performance 

improvement. Therefore, a center will 

be removed from closure consideration 

if it is performing in the top half of 

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4. Job Corps’ Commitment to Diversity 

Job Corps currently serves a diverse 

student population and remains 

committed to serving disadvantaged 

youth from all backgrounds. In making 

final closure decisions under any of the 

three criteria, we will consider whether 

a center’s closure would result in a 

significant reduction in student 

diversity within the overall Job Corps 

system. 

III. Job Corps Centers Selected for 

Closure 

Based on the performance-based 

criteria, and after applying the 

additional considerations described 

above, the Department proposes to close 

the Ouachita Job Corps Center in Royal, 

Arkansas. As noted above, the two new 

criteria did not factor into this decision. 

In applying the performance-based 

criteria, the Department first calculated 

the five-year OMS performance level, 

the five-year OBS, and the five-year FCI 

and then calculated the Overall Rating 

for Primary Selection Factors, as 

described above, using data from PY 

2010–2014. The Ouachita Job Corps 

Center in received the lowest Overall 

Rating for Primary Selection Factors 

and, therefore, the lowest ranking. 

After ranking the centers based on the 

primary criteria, the Department then 

applied the additional considerations. 

The Department determined that these 

considerations did not preclude closure 

of the Ouachita Job Corps Center. The 

Department is requesting public 

comments on the selection of the 

Ouachita Job Corps Center for closure. 

The Department will implement the 

closure process pursuant to the center 

closure requirements outlined in the 

WIOA at section 159(j) and as stipulated 

in the DOL/USDA Interagency 

Agreement. 

IV. The Process for Closing Job Corps 

Centers, as Outlined in the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

(WIOA) 

The Department’s process for closing 

Job Corps centers will follow the 

requirements of section 159(j) of the 

WIOA, which include the following: 

• The proposed decision to close a 

particular center is announced in 

advance to the general public through 

publication in the Federal Register or 

other appropriate means; 

• A reasonable comment period, not 

to exceed 30 days, is established for 

interested individuals to submit written 

comments to the Secretary; and 

• The Member of Congress who 

represents the district in which such 

center is located is notified within a 

reasonable period of time in advance of 

any final decision to close the center. 

This Notice serves as the public 

announcement of the decision to close 

the Ouachita Job Corps Center. The 

Department is providing a 30-day period 

for interested individuals to submit 

written comments on the proposed 

decision to close these centers. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Geosciences; 

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: Advisory Committee for 

Geosciences (1755). 

DATE AND TIME: 

April 13, 2016, 8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

April 14, 2016, 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 

PLACE: National Science Foundation, 

Stafford I, Room 1235, 4201 Wilson 

Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

TYPE OF MEETING: Open. 

CONTACT PERSON: Melissa Lane, 

National Science Foundation, Suite 705, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 

22230. Phone 703–292–8500. 

MINUTES: May be obtained from the 

contact person listed above. 

PURPOSE OF MEETING: To provide 

advice, recommendations, and oversight 

on support for geoscience research and 

education including atmospheric, geospace, earth, ocean and polar sciences. 

Agenda 

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 

Directorate and NSF activities and plans 

Division Subcommittee Meetings 

Meeting with President-designate of the 

National Academy of Sciences 

Meeting with the NSF Director and CIO 

Thursday, April 14, 2016 

Division Subcommittee Meetings 

Meeting with Head of the NSF Office of 

International Science and Engineering 

Action Items/Planning for Fall Meeting 

Dated: March 3, 2016. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–05157 Filed 3–8–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Graduate Research Fellowship 

Program Pilot Data Collection for 

Monitoring Longitudinal Career 

Outcomes of Fellowship Recipients; 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request establishment and clearance 

of this collection. In accordance with 

the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), we are providing 

opportunity for public comment on this 

action. After obtaining and considering 

public comment, NSF will prepare the 

submission requesting that OMB 

approve clearance of this collection for 

no longer than three years. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Submit comments before May 9, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Suite 1265, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230 or send email to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the 

submission may be obtained by calling 

(703) 292–7556. 

Instructions: Please submit one copy 

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All submissions received must include 

the agency name and collection name 

identified above for this information 

collection. Commenters are strongly 

encouraged to transmit their comments 

electronically via email. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided become a matter of public 

record. They will be summarized and/ 

or included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the 

submission may be obtained by calling 

(703) 292–7556. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

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