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with the former Acting Assistant 

Administrator of the Diversion Control 

Division, and I find that Respondent’s 

Corrective Action Plan provides no 

basis for me to discontinue or defer this 

proceeding. 21 U.S.C. 824(c)(3). 

Order 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by 21 U.S.C. 824(a), as well as 28 CFR 

0.100(b), I order that DEA Certificate of 

Registration No. BK7295834 issued to 

Ljudmil Kljusev, M.D., be, and it hereby 

is, revoked. This Order is effective 

August 1, 2018. 

Dated: June 20, 2018. 

Robert W. Patterson, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14161 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

On June 22, 2018, the Department of 

Justice lodged a proposed consent 

decree with the United States District 

Court for the Middle District of North 

Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United 

States v. North Carolina Department of 

Transportation, Civil Action No. 1:18– 

cv–00541. 

The United States, on behalf of the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), filed this lawsuit under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA). The complaint seeks 

performance of response action for 

Operable Unit 1 of the Aberdeen 

Contaminated Groundwater Superfund 

Site (‘‘Site’’), in Moore County, North 

Carolina. The contaminated area 

associated with Town of Aberdeen 

supply wells #5 and #9 is known as 

‘‘Operable Unit 1,’’ one of two operable 

units at the Site. 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve the claim alleged in the 

complaint. It requires defendant NCDOT 

to implement the remedy selected by 

EPA for Operable Unit 1. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

consent decree. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and should refer to 

United States v. North Carolina 

Department of Transportation, D.J. Ref. 

No. 90–11–3–1058/2. All comments 

must be submitted no later than thirty 

(30) days after the publication date of 

this notice. Comments may be 

submitted either by email or by mail: 

To submit comments: 

Send them to: 

By 

email.

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov. 

By mail Assistant Attorney General, U.S. 

DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, D.C. 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the consent decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department website: https://

www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

We will provide a paper copy of the 

consent decree upon written request 

and payment of reproduction costs. 

Please mail your request and payment 

to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— 

ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $58.75 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 

without the exhibits and signature 

pages, the cost is $16. 

Henry S. Friedman, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14086 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

U.S. Marshals Service 

[OMB Number 1105—NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Proposed 

Collection; Comments Requested: 

Form USM–164, Applicant Reference 

Check Questionnaire 

AGENCY: U.S. Marshals Service, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), 

will submit 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. 

The proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 5, 2017, allowing for a 

60-day comment period. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for an additional 30 

days until August 1, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments, 

particularly with respect to the 

estimated public burden or associated 

response time, have suggestions, need a 

copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions, 

or desire any other additional 

information, please contact Nicole 

Timmons either by mail at CG–3, 10th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20530–0001, by 

email at Nicole.Timmons@usdoj.gov, or 

by telephone at 202–236–2646. Written 

comments and/or suggestions can also 

be directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: 

Department of Justice Desk Officer, 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent to OIRA_

submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

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 agency, 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: 

Form USM–164, Applicant Reference 

Check Questionnaire. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

Form number: USM–164. 

Component: U.S. Marshals Service, 

U.S. Department of Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 


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Primary: Individuals (supervisors, 

peers, subordinates). 

Abstract: This form will primarily be 

used to collect applicant reference 

information. Reference checking is an 

objective evaluation of an applicant’s 

past job performance based on 

information collected from key 

individuals (e.g., supervisors, peers, 

subordinates) who have known and 

worked with the applicant. Reference 

checking is a necessary supplement to 

the evaluation of resumes and other 

descriptions of training and experience, 

and allows the selecting official to hire 

applicants with a strong history of 

performance. The questions on this form 

have been developed following the 

OPM, MSPB, and DOJ ‘‘Best Practice’’ 

guidelines for reference checking. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: An estimated 1,500 

respondents will respond to the form, 

and it will take approximately 15–20 

minutes to record their responses on the 

form. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated annual public 

burden associated with this collection is 

500 hours, which is equal to 1,500 (total 

# of annual responses) * 20 minutes. 

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 25, 2018. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13905 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Assignment and Processing of Labor 

Certification Applications for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Non-Agricultural Employment in the 

United States 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

Office of Foreign Labor Certification 

(OFLC) is making this announcement to 

inform employers and other interested 

stakeholders how H–2B Applications for 

Temporary Employment Certification, 

Form ETA–9142B, filed by employers 

on or after July 3, 2018, will be assigned 

to staff. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William W. Thompson, II, 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, Employment & Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room 12–200, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone number: 202–513–7350 (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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

OFLC continues to experience 

significant increases in the number of 

H–2B applications requesting temporary 

labor certification, and those 

submissions are generally received on 

the earliest day employers, seeking to 

obtain visas for their workers under the 

semi-annual allotments, are permitted 

by regulation to file (i.e., 75 to 90 days 

before the start date of work). For 

example, in the past several second-half 

semi-annual filing cycles, the 

overwhelming majority of H–2B 

applications were received on January 1, 

which is the earliest date on which an 

H–2B application may be filed for a 

period of need beginning on April 1. 

Because of the intense competition for 

H–2B visas in recent years, the semiannual visa allocation, and the 

regulatory timeframes for filing a 

request for temporary labor certification, 

stakeholders have also raised questions 

regarding the earliest time of day on 

which an application can be submitted 

to OFLC. In order to process the 

significant surge of applications that 

OFLC expects to receive in a short 

period of time during the semi-annual 

visa allotment periods in a more 

equitable manner and to clarify the time 

at which an application is received, 

OFLC will be implementing the 

following procedures. 

II. Process Announcement 

For H–2B applications filed on or 

after July 3, 2018, OFLC will 

sequentially assign H–2B applications to 

analysts based on the calendar date and 

time on which the applications are 

received (i.e., receipt date and time). 

Receipt time will be measured to the 

millisecond, e.g., 12:00:00.000 a.m. 

OFLC’s technology servers are located 

in the Eastern Time Zone; therefore, the 

time an application is received and 

assigned to analysts is based on Eastern 

Time (ET). Applications submitted from 

other time zones may be filed as early 

as 12:00:00.000 a.m. ET, as discussed 

below. 

Once assigned, the analysts will 

initiate review of each H–2B application 

in the order of receipt date and time, 

and in accordance with 20 CFR 655.30. 

Based on the analyst’s review, the 

Certifying Officer (CO) will authorize 

issuance of either a Notice of 

Acceptance (NOA) under 20 CFR 655.33 

or a Notice of Deficiency (NOD) under 

20 CFR 655.31. Following issuance of 

NOAs and/or NODs, the applications 

will be processed as each successive 

stage in the process is completed. 

Employers receiving NOAs may proceed 

to meet the additional regulatory 

requirements, including recruitment of 

U.S. workers and submission of 

recruitment reports. Employers 

receiving NODs must correct any 

deficiencies and then receive a NOA 

before proceeding to meet the additional 

regulatory requirements. As a result, for 

each application, analysts’ review of 

NOD responses and recruitment reports, 

and issuance of final decisions 

(certifications and denials) will follow 

in the order in which each sequential 

step required by the regulations is 

concluded, irrespective of the receipt 

time of the application. 

As required, OFLC will grant 

temporary labor certification only after 

the employer’s H–2B application has 

met all the requirements for approving 

labor certification under 20 CFR 655.50 

and the subpart. In accordance with 

regulatory requirements, OFLC will 

send all certified H–2B applications to 

the applicant by means normally 

assuring next day delivery. OFLC will 

issue rejections, withdrawals, and 

denials of labor certification 

applications as each determination is 

made by the CO. 

III. Instructive Examples Related to 

Time Zones 

Applicants wishing to file their H–2B 

applications at the earliest possible time 

may begin filing at 12:00:00.000 a.m. ET 

on the appropriate calendar day. As 

noted above, application receipt time is 

based upon ET. Receipt time is not 

based on the time zone covering the 

geographic location in which the 

applicant is filing, nor is it based on the 

time zone covering the geographic 

location in which the job is located. For 

example, applicants seeking to file an 

H–2B application from a location 

outside the Eastern Time Zone at the 

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