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date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree 

Modification. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either emailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Lang D.J. Ref. 90–11–3–709. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree Modification, may 

also be examined on the following 

Department of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Second Consent Decree Modification 

may also be obtained by mail from the 

Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, 

DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or emailing 

a request to ‘‘Consent Decree Copy’’ 

(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–5271. If requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library 

by mail, please enclose a check in the 

amount of $4.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury or, if requesting by email or 

fax, forward a check in that amount to 

the Consent Decree Library at the 

address given above. 

Maureen M. Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—IMS Global Learning 

Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 6, 2012, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

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

Global Learning Consortium, Inc. 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, Dell Services, Plano, TX; 

Keller ISD, Keller, TX; Maryland State 

Department of Education, Baltimore, 

MD; Measured Progress, Dover, NH; 

Minnesota Department of Education, 

Division of Research and Assessment, 

Roseville, MN; Orange County School 

District, Orlando, FL; Rhode Island 

Department of Elementary and 

Secondary Education Office of 

Instruction, Assessment, and 

Curriculum, Providence, RI; State of 

New Hampshire, Office of Curriculum 

and Assessment, Concord, NH; and 

Utah State Office of Education, Salt 

Lake City, UT, have been added as 

parties to this venture. Also, Wimba, 

New York, NY, and Giunti Labs, 

Atlanta, GA, 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 IMS Global 

Learning Consortium, Inc. intends to file 

additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On April 7, 2000, IMS Global 

Learning Consortium, Inc. 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 September 13, 2000 (65 FR 

55283). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 28, 2011. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on December 21, 2011 (76 FR 

79217). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OJP (OJP) Docket No. 1582] 

Hearing of the Attorney General’s 

National Task Force on Children 

Exposed to Violence 

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs 

(OJP), Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of hearing. 

SUMMARY: This is an announcement of 

the third hearing of the Attorney 

General’s National Task Force on 

Children Exposed to Violence (the ‘‘task 

force’’). The task force is chartered to 

provide OJP, a component of the 

Department of Justice, with valuable 

advice in the areas of children exposed 

to violence for the purpose of 

addressing the epidemic levels of 

exposure to violence faced by our 

nation’s children. Based on the 

testimony at four public hearings; 

comprehensive research; and extensive 

input from experts, advocates, and 

impacted families and communities 

nationwide, the task force will issue a 

final report to the Attorney General 

presenting its findings and 

comprehensive policy recommendations 

in the fall of 2012. 

DATES: The hearing will take place on 

Monday, March 19, 2012, from 5 p.m. to 

7 p.m.; Tuesday, March 20, 2012, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and on 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, from 

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will take place 

in the multi-purpose room at the 

University of Miami Newman Alumni 

Center, 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral 

Gables, Florida, 33146. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will 

Bronson, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Child Protection Division, Office of 

Juvenile Justice & Delinquency 

Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, 

810 7th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20531. Phone: (202) 305–2427 [note: 

this is not a toll-free number]; email: 

willie.bronson@usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

hearing is being convened to brief the 

task force members about the issue of 

children’s exposure to violence. The 

final agenda is subject to adjustment, 

but it is anticipated that on March 19, 

there will be two hours of public 

testimony. On March 20, there will be 

a morning and afternoon session, with 

a break for lunch. The morning session 

will likely include welcoming remarks, 

introductions, and panel presentations 

from invited guests on the impact of 

children’s exposure to violence. The 

afternoon session will likely include a 

working meeting of the task force. On 

the morning of March 21, there will be 

a facilitated roundtable discussion with 

task force members and invited guests, 

followed by a break for lunch. The 

afternoon session will likely be devoted 

to a working meeting of task force 

members. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend this meeting must provide photo 

identification upon entering the hearing 

facility. Access to the meeting will not 

be allowed without identification. 

Public testimony must be provided in 

person and will be limited to five (5) 

minutes per witness. Those wishing to 

provide public testimony during the 

hearing should register with Will 

Bronson at defendingchildhoodtaskforce


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@nccdcrc.org at least seven (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. Registrations 

will be accepted on a space-available 

basis. Testimony will not be allowed 

without prior registration. Please bring 

photo identification and allow extra 

time prior to the meeting for your 

arrival. 

Anyone requiring special 

accommodations should notify Mr. 

Bronson at least seven (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. 

Written Comments: The Department 

strongly encourages interested parties 

and organizations to submit written 

comments and testimony for review by 

the task force by April 24, 2012, to Will 

Bronson, Designated Federal Official for 

the task force, at defendingchildhood

taskforce@nccdcrc.org. The task force 

expects that any public statements 

presented by individuals/organizations 

during the public comment portion of 

the hearing will not repeat previously 

submitted statements. 

Catherine Pierce, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Justice 

Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention, Child Protection 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 2012 

Allowable Charges for Agricultural 

Workers’ Meals and Travel 

Subsistence Reimbursement, 

Including Lodging 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice and clarification of 

policy. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) of the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

issuing this Notice to announce the 

allowable charges for 2012 that 

employers seeking H–2A workers may 

charge their workers when the employer 

provides three meals a day, and the 

maximum meal reimbursement which a 

worker with receipts may claim. The 

Department is also providing 

clarification on the issue of overnight 

lodging costs as part of required 

subsistence, where necessary. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective March 2, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William L. Carlson, Ph.D., 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification (OFLC), U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room C–4312, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: 202–693–3010 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States (U.S.) Citizenship and 

Immigration Services of the Department 

of Homeland Security will not approve 

an employer’s petition for the admission 

of H–2A nonimmigrant temporary 

agricultural workers in the U.S. unless 

the petitioner has received from the 

Department an H–2A labor certification. 

The H–2A labor certification provides 

that: (1) There are not sufficient U.S. 

workers who are able, willing, and 

qualified, and who will be available at 

the time and place needed to perform 

the labor or services involved in the 

petition; and (2) the employment of the 

foreign worker(s) in such labor or 

services will not adversely affect the 

wages and working conditions of 

workers in the U.S. similarly employed. 

8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c)(1), 

and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5) and (6). 

Allowable Meal Charge 

Among the minimum benefits and 

working conditions which the 

Department requires employers to offer 

their U.S. and H–2A workers are three 

meals a day or free and convenient 

cooking and kitchen facilities. 20 CFR 

655.122(g). Where the employer 

provides the meals, the job offer must 

state the charge, if any, to the worker for 

such meals. 

The Department provides, at 20 CFR 

655.173(a), the methodology for 

determining the maximum amounts that 

H–2A agricultural employers may 

charge their U.S. and foreign workers for 

providing them with three meals per 

day. This methodology provides for 

annual adjustments of the previous 

year’s maximum allowable charge based 

upon updated Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) data. The maximum charge 

allowed by 20 CFR 655.122(g) is 

adjusted by the same percentage as the 

12 month percent change in the CPI for 

all Urban Consumers for Food (CPI–U 

for Food). The OFLC Certifying Officer 

may also permit an employer to charge 

workers a higher amount for providing 

them with three meals a day, if the 

higher amount is justified and 

sufficiently documented by the 

employer, as set forth in 20 CFR 

655.173(b). 

The Department has determined the 

percentage change between December of 

2010 and December of 2011 for the CPI– 

U for Food was 3.7 percent. 

Accordingly, the maximum allowable 

charge under 20 CFR 655.122(g) shall be 

no more than $11.13 per day, unless the 

OFLC Certifying Officer approves a 

higher charge as authorized under 20 

CFR 655.173(b). 

Reimbursement for Daily Travel 

Subsistence 

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 655.122(g). 

The maximum meals component of 

the daily travel subsistence expense is 

based upon the standard minimum 

Continental United States (CONUS) per 

diem rate as stated by the General 

Services Administration (GSA) at 41 

CFR part 301, appendix A. The CONUS 

meal component remains $46.00 per 

day. Workers who qualify for travel 

reimbursement are entitled to 

reimbursement for meals up to the 

CONUS meal rate when they provide 

receipts. In determining the appropriate 

amount of reimbursement for meals for 

less than a full day, the employer may 

provide for meal expense 

reimbursement, with receipts, to 75 

percent of the maximum reimbursement 

for meals of $34.50, as provided for in 

the GSA per diem schedule. If a worker 

has no receipts, the employer is not 

obligated to reimburse above the 

minimum stated at 20 CFR 655.122(g) as 

specified above. 

The Department also wishes to restate 

its policy on lodging during travel to 

and from the worksite. An employer is 

responsible for providing, paying in 

advance, or reimbursing a worker for the 

reasonable costs of transportation and 

daily subsistence between the 

employer’s worksite and the place from 

which the worker comes to work for the 

employer, if the worker completes 50 

percent of the work contract period, and 

upon the worker completing the 

contract, return costs. In those instances 

where a worker must travel to obtain a 

visa so that the worker may enter the 

U.S. to come to work for the employer, 

the employer must pay for the 

transportation and daily subsistence 

costs of that part of the travel as well. 

The Department has traditionally 

interpreted the regulation to require the 

employer to assume responsibility for 

the reasonable costs associated with the 

worker’s travel, including 

transportation, food, and, in those 

instances where it is necessary, lodging. 

If not provided by the employer, the 

amount an employer must pay for 


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