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alternative. OJP is accepting comments 

on this Draft PEA as detailed below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 19, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may view an electronic 

version of the Draft PEA at https://

www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/ 

files/media/document/ojppea.pdf, or 

contact OJP (contact information below) 

to request a hardcopy. Comments must 

be in writing and may be submitted via 

email (preferred) or mail to the 

addresses below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Gallas, Office of Justice Programs, 

810 7th St. NW, Washington, DC 20531; 

(202) 307–0790; emily.gallas@usdoj.gov, 

(Please reference ‘‘Draft PEA, Docket 

1800’’ in the subject line.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), 

a component of OJP, prepared a PEA 

that was issued in 2010 to evaluate the 

impacts of NIJ grant programs. This 

existing 2010 NIJ PEA has since been 

adopted by the Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, another component of OJP. 

Council on Environmental Quality 

guidance recommends that agencies reexamine existing NEPA analyses for 

long-term programs every five years. 

Consistent with this recommendation, 

OJP has reviewed its existing PEA and 

has determined that a new analysis is 

warranted based on the factors found in 

40 CFR 1502.19. OJP has prepared an 

updated PEA that is intended to replace 

the 2010 NIJ PEA and will cover all of 

OJP’s funding programs. OJP publishes 

this notice pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq. 

II. Proposed Action Description 

The Proposed Action considered 

under this Draft PEA is for OJP to 

continue to provide funding to 

applicants to support its mission. OJP 

evaluates and funds approximately 

7,000 projects per year nationwide. All 

activities considered under the Draft 

PEA support criminal justice activities 

and are funded under one of OJP’s grant 

programs or other funding vehicles such 

as interagency agreements. The Draft 

PEA provides analysis of the following 

activities: 

• Construction: Interior or exterior 

construction activities that involve 

minor renovation, new construction, or 

expansion of buildings and/or building 

systems. 

• Training: Indoor classroom, 

laboratory, and computer training 

activities in support of education or 

attendance at conferences, workshops, 

and seminars at existing facilities. 

Firearms training activities at existing, 

established outdoor and indoor firing 

ranges. Activities may include funding 

individuals to attend a training or 

funding a training event/activity 

directly. 

• Routine Lab Work: Indoor 

laboratory work using known or 

accepted methodology and industry 

standard equipment to achieve known 

outcomes. 

• Body Decomposition Research: 

Research on body decomposition at 

forensic anthropological centers. 

• Standards Development Testing 

and Compliance Testing for Protective 

Equipment: Indoor and outdoor 

laboratory testing activities completed 

in support of developing a standard or 

for testing a product for inclusion on the 

National Institute of Justice Compliant 

Products List. 

The purpose of the Proposed Action 

is to allow OJP to better meet the needs 

of state, local, and tribal criminal justice 

professionals and local communities. 

OJP supports forensic science programs 

dedicated to research, development, 

testing, and evaluation in conjunction 

with capacity building and technical 

assistance. OJP provides funding for 

these activities to combat crime and 

promote justice across the country. 

Emily Gallas, 

Assistant General Counsel, OJP Office of the 

General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0048] 

NSF International: Grant of Expansion 

of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for NSF 

International as a Nationally Recognized 

Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

September 19, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, phone: (202) 693–2300 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

NSF International (NSF), as a NRTL. 

NSF’s expansion covers the addition of 

one test site to the NRTL scope of 

recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified in 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within the scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by the applicable test standard and (2) 

the recognized site(s) that has/have the 

technical capability to perform the 

product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards 

within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is 

not a delegation or grant of government 

authority; however, recognition enables 

employers to use products approved by 

the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require product testing and certification. 

The agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition, as well 

as for an expansion or renewal of 

recognition, following requirements in 

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides the 

preliminary finding. In the second 

notice, the agency provides the final 

decision on the application. These 

notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition or modifications of that 

scope. OSHA maintains an 

informational web page for each NRTL, 

including NSF, which details that 

NRTL’s scope of recognition. These 

pages are available from the OSHA 

website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/ 

otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

NSF submitted an application, dated 

July 21, 2020 (OSHA–2006–0048–0016), 

to expand recognition as a NRTL to 

include one additional test site located 

at: 251 Airport Industrial Drive, 


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1These income groups correspond to the 

definitions of low income countries and lower 

middle countries using the historical International 

Development Association (IDA) threshold 

published by the World Bank. MCC has used these 

categories to evaluate country performance since FY 

2004. Our amended statute no longer uses those 

definitions for funding purposes, but we continue 

to use them for evaluation purposes. 

Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198 (NSF 

Ypsilanti). OSHA staff performed an onsite review of NSF’s testing facilities at 

NSF Ypsilanti on May 3–4, 2023, in 

which assessors found some 

nonconformances with the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7. NSF has addressed 

these issues sufficiently, and OSHA staff 

preliminarily determined that OSHA 

should grant the application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing NSF’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

August 16, 2023 (88 FR 55737). The 

agency requested comments by August 

31, 2023, but it received no comments 

in response to the notice. OSHA now is 

proceeding with this notice to grant 

expansion of NSF’s scope of 

recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the NSF 

expansion application, go to 

www.regulations/gov or contact the 

Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY 

(877) 889–5627. Docket No. OSHA– 

2006–0048 contains all materials in the 

record containing NSF’s recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined NSF’s 

expansion application, conducted a 

detailed on-site assessment, and 

examined other pertinent information. 

Based on review of this evidence, OSHA 

finds that NSF meets the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of 

recognition, subject to the specified 

limitations and conditions. OSHA, 

therefore, is proceeding with this final 

notice to grant NSF’s scope of 

recognition. OSHA limits the expansion 

of NSF’s recognition to include the site 

at Ypsilanti, Michigan as listed above. 

OSHA’s recognition of the site limits 

NSF to performing product testing and 

certifications only to the test standards 

for which the site has the proper 

capability and programs, and for test 

standards in NSF’s scope of recognition. 

This limitation is consistent with the 

recognition that OSHA grants to other 

NRTLs that operate multiple sites. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, NSF 

also must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition: 

1. NSF must inform OSHA as soon as 

possible, in writing, of any change of 

ownership, facilities, or key personnel, 

and of any major change in its 

operations as a NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. NSF must meet all the terms of its 

recognition and comply with all OSHA 

policies pertaining to this recognition; 

and 

3. NSF must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

NSF’s scope of recognition, in all areas 

for which it has recognition. 

OSHA hereby expands the NRTL 

scope of recognition for NSF to include 

one additional test site. 

III. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, 

authorized the preparation of this 

notice. Accordingly, the agency is 

issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 

657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 

8–2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept. 18, 2020), 

and 29 CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 23–05] 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

Selection Criteria and Methodology 

Report for Fiscal Year 2024 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003, as amended, requires the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation to 

publish a report that identifies the 

criteria and methodology that MCC 

intends to use to determine which 

candidate countries may be eligible to 

be considered for assistance under the 

Millennium Challenge Act for fiscal 

year 2024. The report is set forth in full 

below. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7707(b)(2)) 

Dated: September 13, 2023. 

Gina Porto Spiro, 

Acting Vice President, General Counsel, and 

Corporate Secretary. 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

Selection Criteria and Methodology 

Report for Fiscal Year 2024 

This document explains how the 

Board of Directors (the Board) of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) will identify, evaluate, and select 

eligible countries for fiscal year (FY) 

2024. Specifically, this document 

discusses the following: 

(I) Which countries MCC will evaluate 

(II) How the Board evaluates these countries 

A. Overall evaluation 

B. For selection of an eligible country for 

a first compact 

C. For selection of an eligible country for 

a subsequent compact 

D. For selection of an eligible country for 

a concurrent compact 

E. For threshold program assistance 

F. A note on potential transition to upper 

middle income country status after 

initial selection 

This report is provided in accordance 

with section 608(b) of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003, as amended (the 

Act), as more fully described in 

Appendix A. 

(I) Which countries are evaluated? 

MCC evaluates the policy 

performance of all candidate countries 

and statutorily-prohibited countries by 

dividing them into two income 

categories for the purposes of creating 

‘‘scorecards.’’ These categories are used 

to account for the income bias that 

occurs when countries with more per 

capita resources perform better than 

countries with fewer. In FY 2024, those 

scorecard evaluation income categories 1

are: 

• Countries whose gross national 

income (GNI) per capita is $2,145 or 

less; and 

• Countries whose GNI per capita is 

between $2,146 and $4,465. 

Appendix B lists all candidate 

countries and statutorily-prohibited 

countries for scorecard evaluation 

purposes. 

(II) How does the Board evaluate these 

countries? 

A. Overall Evaluation 

The Board looks at three statutorilymandated factors when it evaluates any 

candidate country for compact 

eligibility: (1) policy performance; (2) 

the opportunity to reduce poverty and 

generate economic growth; and (3) the 

availability of MCC funds. 

(1) Policy Performance 

Appendix C describes all 20 

indicators, their definitions, what is 

required to ‘‘pass,’’ their source, and 

their relationship to the statutory 

criteria. Because of the importance of 

evaluating a country’s policy 

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