Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Notices 86383 

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, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed 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 

proposed consent decree upon email 

request to pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

Henry S. Friedman, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27251 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Proposed Settlement 

Agreement Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

On December 4, 2023, a proposed 

Settlement Agreement between the 

United States, on behalf of (a) the 

United States Department of the Interior 

(‘‘DOI’’) and (b) the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’), and Mallinckrodt plc, and the 

Mallinckrodt General Unsecured Claims 

Trust (the ‘‘GUC Trust’’ and, with the 

Reorganized Debtors, collectively, 

‘‘Mallinckrodt’’), was filed with the 

United States Bankruptcy Court for the 

District of Delaware in the Chapter 11 

case captioned, In re: Mallinckrodt PLC, 

Case No.: 20–12522. 

On October 12, 2020, each of 

Mallinckrodt plc and its debtor affiliates 

filed voluntary petitions in the 

Bankruptcy Court. The United States, on 

behalf of DOI and EPA, filed a proof of 

claim asserting a claim against 

Mallinckrodt for past costs and future 

liability as a potential liable party at the 

Sangamo Electric Dump/Crab Orchard 

National Wildlife Refuge Site pursuant 

to the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act. The 

proposed Settlement Agreement grants 

the United States an allowed unsecured 

claim against Mallinckrodt US Holdings 

LLC on behalf of DOI in the amount of 

$56,880,784, and for EPA in the amount 

of $499,216. Mallinckrodt’s Fourth 

Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization, 

which the Bankruptcy Court confirmed, 

and which went effective on Jun 16, 

2022, dictate the terms of payment for 

the United States’ allowed claim. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Settlement Agreement. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to, In re: 

Mallinckrodt PLC, Case No.: 20–12522, 

D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–2–09556/2. 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, DC 

20044–7611. 

Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a 

commenter may request an opportunity 

for a public meeting in the affected area. 

During the public comment period, 

the Settlement Agreement may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department website: http://

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

We will provide a paper copy of the 

Settlement Agreement 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 $3.75 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia M. McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27361 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

On December 5, 2023, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 

Decree with the United States District 

Court for the Central District of Illinois 

in the lawsuit entitled United States et 

al. v. TCI Pacific Communications LLC, 

Case No. 23–4218. 

The proposed Consent Decree settles 

claims brought by the United States 

under Sections 106 and 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 

9607 against TCI Pacific 

Communications LLC (‘‘Defendant’’) 

seeking reimbursement of response 

costs and performance of remedial 

measures with respect to Operable Unit 

4 (‘‘OU4’’) of the DePue/New Jersey 

Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund 

Site in DePue, Illinois. The Consent 

Decree would also resolve claims 

brought by the State of Illinois under 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607 and the Illinois 

Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 

5/22.2 and 5/42 (d) and (e), for 

performance of a remedial action and 

recovery of the State’s unreimbursed 

costs incurred at or in connection with 

OU4 at the Site. The Consent Decree 

requires Defendants to pay the United 

States a total of $368,831.16 in EPA’s 

response costs and perform the remedial 

‘‘Work’’ defined in the Scope of Work, 

attached to the Consent Decree as 

Appendix B. The Work consists of 

excavation of contaminated soil and 

Site-related material from residences, 

parks, and alleys, backfilling with clean 

soil, revegetation, and stockpiling and 

management of the excavated fill in the 

Former Plant Site Area of OU3. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Consent Decree. Comments 

should be addressed to the Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and should 

refer to United States et al. v. TCI 

Pacific Communications LLC, DJ No. 

90–11–3–11937/1. All comments must 

be submitted no later than thirty (30) 

days after the publication date of this 

notice. Commenters may request an 

opportunity for a public meeting in the 

affected area in accordance with section 

7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d). 

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, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department website: https://

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


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86384 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Notices 

We will provide a paper copy of the 

proposed 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. 

For a copy of the Consent Decree, 

please enclose a check or money order 

for $61 (244 pages at 25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27269 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request, Work 

Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), New 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation 

Office, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a preclearance 

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 

(PRA95). 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 

is properly assessed. Currently, the 

Department of Labor is soliciting 

comments concerning the collection of 

data about the Work Opportunity Tax 

Credit. A copy of the proposed 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

can be obtained by contacting the office 

listed below in the addressee section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either one of the following methods: 

Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@

dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Megan Lizik, 

Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit 

one copy of your comments by only one 

method. All submissions received must 

include the agency name and OMB 

Control Number identified above for 

this information collection. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Lizik by email at 

ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by 

phone at 202–693–5911. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Chief Evaluation 

Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of 

Labor (DOL) intends to design and 

conduct an evaluation to assess the 

Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) 

program. WOTC is a provision of the 

Internal Revenue Code (title 26 of the 

U.S. Code) that provides employers a 

tax credit as an incentive to hire people 

with barriers to employment in 10 

Target Groups (including veterans, 

recipients of certain public benefits, 

people with disabilities and others). 

DOL is responsible for certification of 

WOTC participant eligibility, and the 

Internal Revenue Service in the 

Department of Treasury issues the tax 

credits to employers. The goal of this 

project is to build knowledge about the 

effectiveness and implementation of the 

program. CEO, in collaboration with the 

Office for Workforce Investment (OWI) 

in the Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) and with the 

Office of Disability Employment Policy 

(ODEP), seeks to better understand the 

Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), 

how it is administered amongst state 

workforce agencies, how it serves job 

seekers and employers, the effectiveness 

and efficiency of its current design, 

potential improvements in structure and 

operations, and potential future research 

in this area. This initial request pertains 

to an implementation evaluation of 

WOTC. An outcome and impact 

evaluation are anticipated in the future. 

This Federal Register Notice provides 

the opportunity to comment on 

1. Internet Survey of State Workforce 

Agency (SWA) Administrators. Surveys 

will be issued in the winter of 2024– 

2025. These surveys will address the 

implementation processes used by 

SWAs to administer the WOTC 

program, including recruitment of 

individuals and businesses, issuance of 

conditional certifications, processing 

WOTC certification requests, 

interactions with other involved 

organizations, and use of automated 

systems. SWAs will also be asked to 

provide contact information for 

Businesses that requested WOTC 

certifications, Business Representatives 

used by employers seeking WOTC 

certifications, American Job Centers and 

other community organizations 

authorized to pre-certify WOTC Target 

Group members, and individuals 

certified in WOTC Target Groups. 

2. Internet Survey of Businesses and 

Business Representatives. Surveys will 

be issued in the winter of 2024–2025 to 

address the processes used by 

Businesses or their Representatives to 

recruit, certify and hire WOTC 

candidates. 

3. Internet Survey of American Job 

Centers (AJCs) and Partner 

Organizations that can pre-certify the 

eligibility for a WOTC Target Group. 

This survey will address the activities 

that AJCs and other partner 

organizations (identified by SWAs) 

engage in to pre-certify individuals in 

10 WOTC Target groups. 

4. Internet Survey of WOTC-Certified 

Candidates. This survey will address 

the implementation processes 

experienced by the WOTC Target Group 

members in obtaining a WOTC 

certification, and their subsequent 

employment. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments: 

Currently, the Department of Labor is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

above data collection for the Work 

Opportunity Tax Credit program. DOL is 

particularly interested in comments that 

do the following: 

Æ evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

Æ evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden estimate of the 

proposed information collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions; 

Æ enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

Æ 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— 

for example, permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

III. Current Actions: At this time, the 

Department of Labor is requesting 

clearance for internet surveys of State 

Workforce Agencies, Businesses and 


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