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(Newsletters and Updates) and checking 

the box for ‘‘Webinars/Live Events,’’ and 

should also check both boxes under 

‘‘Reemployment Works’’ in the 

preceding category (labeled ‘‘Join 

Communities’’)]; 

• Develop telephone scripts for a 

Toll-Free Help Line directing job 

seekers to the GDOL job bank; 

• Ensure that Departmental offices— 

including the Office of Unemployment 

Insurance, the Office of Apprenticeship, 

the Office of Job Corps, the Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service, and 

the YouthBuild program—are informed 

of the construction employment 

opportunities; and 

• Brief pertinent inter-governmental 

and labor organizations (including the 

National Governors Association, 

National Conference of State 

Legislatures, and building trades 

unions), so that they can assist in 

spreading information about the U.S. 

worker outreach effort. 

III. Public Burden Statement 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved the Department’s 

request to extend the information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1205– 

0484) for three years, expiring 

September 30, 2015. 

Persons are not required to respond to 

this collection of information unless it 

displays a valid OMB control number 

(1205–0484). The public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated at three hours per job order, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

Further information on this ICR can be 

accessed using control number 1205– 

0484 at the RegInfo.gov Web site at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

To do this, use the following 

instructions. 

1. Go to the first ‘‘Select Agency’’ box 

and click on the drop-down arrow, and 

then select ‘‘Department of Labor.’’ 

Then click on the ‘‘Submit’’ button to 

the right of the box. 

2. Each entry lists the OMB Control 

Number at the top of the entry. Scroll 

down the screen until 1205–0484 

appears (the entries are in numerical 

order). 

3. Once you reach 1205–0484, click 

on the number immediately below that, 

the ICR Reference Number (not the 

Control Number itself). 

4. To see the Information Collection 

notices themselves, click on ‘‘View 

Information Collection (IC) List’’ near 

the top of the page on the left. To see 

the Report to Congress, the MOU, the 

ICR Supporting Statement and other 

relevant documents, click on ‘‘View 

Supporting Statement and Other 

Documents’’ near the top of the page on 

the right. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 26th day of 

December, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00114 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Investigations Regarding Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance 

Petitions have been filed with the 

Secretary of Labor under Section 221 (a) 

of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and 

are identified in the Appendix to this 

notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, 

the Director of the Office of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, Employment 

and Training Administration, has 

instituted investigations pursuant to 

Section 221 (a) of the Act. 

The purpose of each of the 

investigations is to determine whether 

the workers are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Title II, 

Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations 

will further relate, as appropriate, to the 

determination of the date on which total 

or partial separations began or 

threatened to begin and the subdivision 

of the firm involved. 

The petitioners or any other persons 

showing a substantial interest in the 

subject matter of the investigations may 

request a public hearing, provided such 

request is filed in writing with the 

Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than January 18, 2013. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments regarding the 

subject matter of the investigations to 

the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than January 18, 2013. 

The petitions filed in this case are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–5428, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

November 2012. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

APPENDIX 

[18 TAA petitions instituted between 11/12/12 and 11/16/12] 

TA–W Subject Firm 

(Petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of 

petition 

82144 ............ Electrolux (State/One-Stop) ............................ El Paso, TX ..................................................... 11/13/12 11/09/12 

82145 ............ Hutchinson Technology Inc. (State/One-Stop) Plymouth, MN & Eau Claire, WI ..................... 11/13/12 11/09/12 

82146 ............ Precision Dynamics Corporation (State/OneStop).San Fernando, CA .......................................... 11/13/12 11/09/12 

82147 ............ Pioneer Press (State/One-Stop) ..................... Saint Paul, MN ................................................ 11/13/12 11/09/12 

82148 ............ Texas Instruments Incorporated (Company) .. Stafford, TX ..................................................... 11/13/12 11/09/12 

82149 ............ Texon USA (Company) ................................... Russell, MA ..................................................... 11/13/12 10/04/12 

82150 ............ Badger Meter, Inc. (Company) ....................... Milwaukee, WI ................................................. 11/13/12 11/12/12 

82151 ............ GenOn Energy Services, LLC (Workers) ....... Canonsburg, PA .............................................. 11/13/12 11/12/12 

82152 ............ Systemax Manufacturing (State/One-Stop) .... Fletcher, OH .................................................... 11/14/12 11/13/12 

82153 ............ SOLAE, LLC (Workers) .................................. Louisville, KY .................................................. 11/14/12 11/08/12 

82154 ............ The Gemesis Diamond Company (Workers) .. Lakewood Ranch/Bradenton, FL .................... 11/14/12 11/13/12 

82155 ............ Juniata Fabrics (Workers) ............................... Juniata, PA ...................................................... 11/14/12 10/26/12 

82156 ............ Johnstown Specialty Castings (Union) ........... Johnstown, PA ................................................ 11/14/12 11/06/12 

82157 ............ Henkel Harris Company, Inc. (Company) ....... Winchester, VA ............................................... 11/15/12 11/14/12 

82158 ............ Mohawk Industries, Inc. (State/One-Stop) ...... Waynesboro, VA ............................................. 11/15/12 11/14/12 

82159 ............ Home Dynamix (State/One-Stop) ................... Moonachie, NJ ................................................ 11/16/12 11/15/12 


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APPENDIX—Continued 

[18 TAA petitions instituted between 11/12/12 and 11/16/12] 

TA–W Subject Firm 

(Petitioners) Location Date of institution 

Date of 

petition 

82160 ............ Redman Card Clothing Company (State/OneStop).Andover, MA ................................................... 11/16/12 11/15/12 

82161 ............ Remington Medical Inc. (Workers) ................. Alpharetta, GA ................................................ 11/16/12 11/15/12 

[FR Doc. 2013–00098 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 2013 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) of the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

issuing this notice to announce the 2013 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for 

the employment of temporary or 

seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers 

(H–2A workers) to perform agricultural 

labor or services. 

AEWRs are the minimum wage rates 

the Department has determined must be 

offered and paid by employers to H–2A 

workers and workers in corresponding 

employment for a particular agricultural 

job and area so that the wages of 

similarly employed U.S. workers will 

not be adversely affected. 20 CFR 

655.100(b). In this notice, the 

Department announces the AEWRs for 

2013. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective January 8, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William L. Carlson, Ph.D., 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, 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 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 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). 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2013 

The Department’s H–2A regulations at 

20 CFR 655.120(l) provide that 

employers must pay their H–2A workers 

and workers in corresponding 

employment at least the highest of: (i) 

The AEWR; (ii) the prevailing hourly 

wage rate; (iii) the prevailing piece rate; 

(iv) the agreed-upon collective 

bargaining wage rate, if applicable; or 

(v) the Federal or State minimum wage 

rate, in effect at the time the work is 

performed. 

Except as otherwise provided in 20 

CFR part 655, subpart B, the regionwide AEWR for all agricultural 

employment (except those occupations 

deemed inappropriate under the special 

procedure provisions of 20 CFR 

655.102) for which temporary H–2A 

certification is being sought is equal to 

the annual weighted average hourly 

wage rate for field and livestock workers 

(combined) in the State or region as 

published annually by the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 20 

CFR 655.120(c) requires that the 

Administrator of the Office of Foreign 

Labor Certification publish the USDA 

field and livestock worker (combined) 

wage data as AEWRs in a Federal 

Register notice. Accordingly, the 2013 

AEWRs to be paid for agricultural work 

performed by U.S. and H–2A workers 

on or after the effective date of this 

notice are set forth in the table below: 

TABLE—2013 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES

State 2013 

AEWRs 

Alabama .................................... $9.78 

Arizona ...................................... 9.73 

Arkansas ................................... 9.50 

TABLE—2013 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES—Continued 

State 2013 

AEWRs 

California ................................... 10.74 

Colorado ................................... 10.08 

Connecticut ............................... 10.91 

Delaware ................................... 10.87 

Florida ....................................... 9.97 

Georgia ..................................... 9.78 

Hawaii ....................................... 12.72 

Idaho ......................................... 9.99 

Illinois ........................................ 11.74 

Indiana ...................................... 11.74 

Iowa .......................................... 11.41 

Kansas ...................................... 12.33 

Kentucky ................................... 9.80 

Louisiana .................................. 9.50 

Maine ........................................ 10.91 

Maryland ................................... 10.87 

Massachusetts .......................... 10.91 

Michigan ................................... 11.30 

Minnesota ................................. 11.30 

Mississippi ................................ 9.50 

Missouri .................................... 11.41 

Montana .................................... 9.99 

Nebraska .................................. 12.33 

Nevada ..................................... 10.08 

New Hampshire ........................ 10.91 

New Jersey ............................... 10.87 

New Mexico .............................. 9.73 

New York .................................. 10.91 

North Carolina .......................... 9.68 

North Dakota ............................ 12.33 

Ohio .......................................... 11.74 

Oklahoma ................................. 10.18 

Oregon ...................................... 12.00 

Pennsylvania ............................ 10.87 

Rhode Island ............................ 10.91 

South Carolina .......................... 9.78 

South Dakota ............................ 12.33 

Tennessee ................................ 9.80 

Texas ........................................ 10.18 

Utah .......................................... 10.08 

Vermont .................................... 10.91 

Virginia ...................................... 9.68 

Washington ............................... 12.00 

West Virginia ............................ 9.80 

Wisconsin ................................. 11.30 

Wyoming ................................... 9.99 

Pursuant to the H–2A regulations at 

20 CFR 655.173, the Department will 

publish a separate Federal Register 

notice in early 2013 to announce (1) the 

allowable charges for 2013 that 

employers seeking H–2A workers may 

charge their workers for providing them 

three meals a day; and (2) the maximum 

travel subsistence reimbursement that a 

worker with receipts may claim in 2013. 


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