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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Business Representatives, American Job 

Centers and associated partners, and 

WOTC-certified individuals. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection request. 

OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agency Personnel, Businesses 

(primarily for profit, but may include a 

small number of non-profits), and 

Individuals with WOTC certifications. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Type of instrument 

(form/activity) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

burden 

hours 

Internet Survey of State Workforce Agency WOTC Administrators .... 50 1 50 60 50 

Internet Survey of WOTC-participating Businesses ............................ 1,000 1 1,000 15 250 

Internet survey of Business Representatives Acting on behalf of a 

WOTC-participating businesses ....................................................... 50 1 50 15 13 

Internet Survey of American Job Center/Partner Organizations that 

pre-certify individuals in WOTC Target Groups ............................... 500 1 500 10 84 

Internet Survey of Individuals certified in a WOTC Target Group ...... 1,000 1 1,000 15 250 

Total .............................................................................................. 2,600 ...................... 2,600 ...................... 647 

Upeksha Savi Swick, 

Director of Research, Employment and 

Training Programs, U.S. Department of Labor. 

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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Comment Period and 

Public Meetings on Updates to the 

Submission Guidelines Related to 

Equity 

AGENCY: National Capital Planning 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of 90-Day public 

comment period and public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning 

Commission (NCPC) has released for 

public review draft updates to the 

Submission Guidelines related to 

equity. Federal and non-Federal agency 

applicants whose development 

proposals and plans are subject to 

statutory mandated Commission plan 

and project review must submit their 

proposals to the Commission following 

a process laid out in the Submission 

Guidelines. The proposed updates to the 

Submission Guidelines support the 

forthcoming updates to the Introduction 

Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan for 

the National Capital: Federal Elements. 

A Notice of a 90-day Public Comment 

Period and Public meetings relating to 

the revised update to the Introduction to 

the Comprehensive Plan for the 

National Capital: Federal Elements to 

address equity is published elsewhere 

in this issue of the Federal Register. The 

draft updates to the Submission 

Guidelines are available online for 

review at https://www.ncpc.gov/ 

initiatives/intro. NCPC will host two 

public information sessions for the 

public to learn more about the draft 

updates to the Submission Guidelines. 

DATES: The public comment period 

closes March 12, 2024. A virtual public 

meeting will be on January 25, 2024, 

from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Registration information for the meeting 

can be found at https://www.ncpc.gov/ 

initiatives/intro. 

An in-person public meeting will be 

on February 20, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 

7:30 p.m. at NCPC, the address of which 

is the same for submission of written 

comments below. 

ADDRESSES: Written public comments 

on the draft may be submitted by either 

method: 

1. U.S. mail, courier, or hand deliver: 

Submission Guidelines Public 

Comment, National Capital Planning 

Commission, 401 9th Street NW, Suite 

500N, Washington, DC 20004. 

2. Electronically: https://

www.ncpc.gov/initiatives/intro. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Shipman at (202) 482–7251 or 

info@ncpc.gov. 

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 8721(e)(2). 

Dated: December 7, 2023. 

Anne R. Schuyler, 

General Counsel. 

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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Comment Period and 

Public Meetings for Updates to the 

Introduction Chapter of the 

Comprehensive Plan for the National: 

Federal Elements 

AGENCY: National Capital Planning 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of 90-day public 

comment period and public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning 

Commission (NCPC) has released a draft 

of a revised Introduction Chapter of the 

Comprehensive Plan for the National 

Capital: Federal Elements for public 

review. The chapter establishes the 

planning framework for the 

Comprehensive Plan’s Federal Elements 

to guide agency actions, including 

review of projects and long-range plans 

that affect federal buildings, 

installations, campuses, and master 

plans in the National Capital Region. 

The revisions include references to 

equity considerations. A Notice of a 90- 

day Public Comment Period and Public 

Meetings for updates to the Submission 

Guidelines related to equity is 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. NCPC will host two 

public information sessions for the 

public to learn more about the draft 

revisions. The draft Introduction 

Chapter is available online for review at 

https://www.ncpc.gov/initiatives/Intro. 

DATES: The public comment period 

closes March 12, 2024. A virtual public 

meeting will be held on Thursday, 

January 25, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. Registration information for the 

meeting can be found at https:// 

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