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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—National Spectrum 

Consortium 

Notice is hereby given that, on May 

14, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), National Spectrum 

Consortium (‘‘NSC’’) 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, Peraton Inc., Herndon, VA; 

Colorado Engineering Inc., Colorado, 

CO; and General Dynamics SATCOM 

Technologies, Inc., State College, PA, 

have been added as parties to this 

venture. 

Also, The Ohio State University, 

Columbus, OH; University of Dayton, 

Dayton, OH; University of Michigan, 

Ann Arbor, MI; Cloud Front Group, Inc., 

Reston, VA; EMC Corporation, McLean, 

VA; NEBENS, LLC, Deer Park, IL; Digital 

Global Systems, Beltsville, MD; and 

Charles River Analytics Inc., Cambridge, 

MA, have withdrawn as parties to this 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 NSC intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On May 24, 2014, NSC 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 November 4, 2014 (79 FR 65424). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on January 16, 2018. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 6, 2018 (83 FR 9544). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

[OMB Number 1110–NEW] 

Office of Private Sector; Agency 

Information Collection Activities; 

Proposed eCollection eComments 

Requested; New Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Office of Private Sector, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60 Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, 

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office 

of Private Sector, is submitting the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: The Department of Justice 

encourages public comment and will 

accept input until August 20, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Michael Whitaker, Supervisory Special 

Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

Office of Private Sector, 935 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20535, MJWhitaker@fbi.gov, 202–324– 

3000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

➢ Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Office of Private Sector, 

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; 

➢ Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

➢ 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 submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New Collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Annual Private Sector Survey. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

Un-Numbered. The applicable 

component within the Department of 

Justice is the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Office of Private Sector. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Survey will affect businesses 

or other for-profit, and not-for-profit 

institutions. The survey is intended to 

measure the effectiveness of the FBI’s 

Office of Private Sector’s engagement 

efforts with the Private Sector. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Approximately 600 

respondents. Average response time: 15 

minutes per respondent. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 150 hours (15 min × 600 

respondents). 

If additional information is required 

contact: Melody Braswell, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

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

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: June 14, 2018. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent 

Decree 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Jack Noble, Case No. 

4:16–cv–06178–SBA, was lodged with 

the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California on June 

11, 2018. 

This proposed Consent Decree 

concerns a complaint filed by the 

United States against Defendant Jack 

Noble, pursuant to Clean Water Act 

Section 301(a), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), and 

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U.S.C. 1528, to obtain injunctive relief 

from and impose civil penalties against 

the Defendant for violating these 

statutes by discharging pollutants 

without a permit into waters of the 

United States and taking protected 

species. The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves these allegations by requiring 

the Defendant to remove the offending 

material, restore the impacted areas, 

enhance fish habitat, and pay a civil 

penalty. 

The Department of Justice will accept 

written comments relating to this 

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) 

days from the date of publication of this 

Notice. Please address comments to 

John Thomas H. Do, United States 

Department of Justice, Environment & 

Natural Resources Division, Post Office 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611 

and refer to United States v. Jack Noble, 

DJ # 90–5–1–1–20923. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United 

States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, 450 Golden Gate 

Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. In 

addition, the proposed Consent Decree 

may be examined electronically at 

http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_

Decrees.html. 

Cherie L. Rogers, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Defense Section, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division. 

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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 extension of 

the International Price Program U.S. 

Import and Export Price Indexes. A 

copy of the proposed information 

collection request 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 August 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, 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: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

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

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The U.S. Import and Export Price 

Indexes, produced by the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics’ International Price 

Program (IPP), measure price change 

over time for all categories of imported 

and exported products, as well as 

selected services. The IPP has produced 

the U.S. Import Price Indexes 

continuously since 1973 and the U.S. 

Export Price Indexes continuously since 

1971. The Office of Management and 

Budget has listed the Import and Export 

Price Indexes as a Principal Federal 

Economic Indicator since 1982. The 

indexes are widely used in both the 

public and private sectors. The primary 

public sector use is the deflation of the 

U.S. monthly Trade Statistics and the 

quarterly estimates of U.S. Gross 

Domestic Product; the indexes also are 

used in formulating U.S. trade policy 

and in trade negotiations with other 

countries. In the private sector, uses of 

the Import Price Indexes include market 

analysis, inflation forecasting, contract 

escalation, and replacement cost 

accounting. 

The IPP indexes are closely followed 

statistics, and are viewed as a key 

indicator of the economic environment. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce uses 

the monthly statistics to produce 

monthly and quarterly estimates of 

inflation-adjusted trade flows. Without 

continuation of data collection, it would 

be extremely difficult to construct 

accurate estimates of the U.S. Gross 

Domestic Product. In fact, DOL–BLS’ 

attempt to curtail publication of the 

export price indexes beginning in FY15 

was met with resistance from the 

Commerce Department who explained 

that a viable substitute is not available. 

The Beyond the Numbers article 

‘‘Analyzing alternatives to export price 

indexes’’ (http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/ 

volume-3/analyzing-alternatives-toexport-price-indexes.htm) explores 

alternatives to using IPP’s export price 

indexes to deflate the U.S. Gross 

Domestic Product and explains why 

there are currently no comparable 

replacements. 

Additionally, Federal policymakers in 

the Department of Treasury, the Council 

of Economic Advisers, and the Federal 

Reserve Board utilize these statistics on 

a regular basis to improve these 

agencies’ formulation and evaluation of 

monetary and fiscal policy and 

evaluation of the general business 

environment. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the U.S. 

Import and Export Price Indexes. The 

IPP continues to modernize data 

collection and processing to permit 

more timely release of its indexes, and 

to reduce reporter burden. The IPP has 

expanded the use of its web application, 

introduced in 2003 to allow respondents 

to update their data online and more 

rapidly than using a paper-based form. 

As of March 2018, 91 percent of IPP 

respondents were providing prices via 

the web application or had agreed to 

start using this repricing method. Field 

Economists currently offer web 

repricing to all new respondents and at 

initiation, it is the preferred method of 

collection offered to companies. 

The Program continues its multi-year 

effort to develop a more effective 

sampling and collection strategy for 

companies that are considered major 

importers or exporters. Research has 

shown that, while hundreds of 

thousands of companies import and 

export goods into and from the United 

States each year, the volume of trade (in 

terms of dollar value) is heavily 

concentrated on a very small percentage 

of these companies. IPP’s sampling 

methodology results in the large 

companies being sampled on a frequent 

basis. As a result of the continual 

fielding of these companies, Field 

Economists combine collection efforts 

for multiple IPP samples, as they deem 

appropriate. The collection of multiple 

IPP samples at once results in fewer 

visits and consequently, reduced 

burden. 

Also, IPP has started revising its Data 

Collection Procedures, with the goal of 

improving collection methods for 


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