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States, the State of Illinois, and 

Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management v. Swinerton Builders, 

Civil Action No. 3:24–cv–00274. 

In their complaint, the United States 

and the States of Illinois and Alabama 

allege that Swinerton Builders 

(Swinerton) violated the Clean Water 

Act during construction of solar energy 

facilities in Alabama, Idaho, and 

Illinois. The United States and the 

States allege that Swinerton discharged 

sediment in stormwater from the 

Alabama and Idaho sites to nearby 

waters without authorization from a 

discharge permit, and violated the 

conditions and limitations in 

Swinerton’s discharge permits at the 

Alabama and Illinois sites. The 

proposed Consent Decree requires 

Swinerton to implement significant 

mitigation actions to offset the 

environmental harms of its discharges 

in Alabama and Idaho. The Consent 

Decree also requires Swinerton to pay a 

civil penalty of $2,300,000 to the 

plaintiffs, with $1,614,600 to the United 

States, $144,900 to the State of Illinois, 

and $540,500 to Alabama. 

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, the State of Illinois, and 

Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management v. Swinerton Builders, D.J. 

Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–12642. 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. 

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 $11.50 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 

exclusive of exhibits and signature 

pages, the cost is $7.25. 

Kathryn C. Macdonald, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

[Agency Docket Number DOL–2023–xxxx] 

Amendment to Procedural Guidelines 

for the Development and Maintenance 

of the List of Goods Produced by CL 

or Forced Labor 

AGENCY: The Bureau of International 

Labor Affairs, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to 

procedural guidelines for the 

development and maintenance of a list 

of goods produced by child labor or 

forced labor in violation of international 

standards. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Labor’s Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs (‘‘ILAB’’) amends its procedural 

guidelines (‘‘Guidelines’’) for the 

development and maintenance of a list 

of goods from countries that ILAB has 

reason to believe are produced by child 

labor or forced labor in violation of 

international standards (‘‘List’’). The 

Guidelines establish the process for the 

public submission of information and 

the evaluation and reporting process to 

be used by the U.S. Department of 

Labor’s (‘‘DOL or Department’’) Office of 

Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human 

Trafficking (‘‘Office’’) in ILAB in 

maintaining and updating the List. DOL 

is required to develop and make 

available to the public the List pursuant 

to the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005. 

DATES: Submitters of information are 

requested to provide their submission to 

DOL’s Office of Child Labor, Forced 

Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at 

the email or physical address below by 

January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

To Submit Information: Information 

should be submitted directly to OCFT, 

Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 

U.S. Department of Labor. Comments, 

identified as Docket No. DOL–2023– 

xxxx, may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: The 

portal includes instructions for 

submitting comments. Parties 

submitting responses electronically are 

encouraged not to submit paper copies. 

Facsimile (fax): OCFT at 202–693– 

4830. 

Mail, Express Delivery, Hand Delivery, 

and Messenger Service (1 copy): Nadia 

Al-Dayel at U.S. Department of Labor, 

ILAB/Office of Child Labor, Forced 

Labor, and Human Trafficking, 200 

Constitution Ave. NW, Room S–5317, 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Email: Email submissions should be 

addressed to Nadia Al-Dayel. Email: (aldayel.nadia.a@dol.gov) 

508 Compliance: Pursuant to section 

508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

U.S.C. 794d), as amended. Section 508 

became enforceable on June 21, 2001, 

and the Revised 508 standards issued by 

the United States Access Board (36 CFR 

part 1194), January 2018 require that 

Information and Communication 

Technology (ICT) procured, developed, 

maintained, and used by Federal 

departments and agencies is accessible 

to and usable by Federal employees and 

members of the public including people 

with disabilities. All documents 

received in electronic format must be 

accessible using assistive technologies 

such as a screen reader, e.g., Job Aid 

with Speech (JAWS), NonVisual 

Desktop Access (NVDA), ZoomText, to 

name a few. The product should also be 

navigable using other means such as a 

keyboard or voice commands. 

Accessible document formats are either 

Microsoft Word or equivalent and 

Portable Document Format with OCR. 

The Department of Labor requests that 

your submissions through the portal 

comply with our DOL Policies as well 

as the 508 Standards as referenced 

above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadia Al-Dayel. Phone: (202) 693–4896. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through 

this notice, DOL incorporates an 

amendment to the Department’s 

mandate for the development and 

maintenance of the List set forth in the 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims 

Prevention and Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2018, Sec. 

133(a), Public Law 115–425, 132 Stat. 

5472. This 2018 Act directs that the List 

include, ‘‘to the extent practicable, 

goods that are produced with inputs 

that are produced with forced labor or 

child labor.’’ 

Section 105(b)(1) of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

of 2005 (‘‘TVPRA of 2005’’), 22 U.S.C. 

7112(b)(1), directed the Secretary of 

Labor, acting through the Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs, to ‘‘carry out 

additional activities to monitor and 

combat forced labor and child labor in 

foreign countries as described in 

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the TVPRA, 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C), 

directed the Department to ‘‘[d]evelop 

and make available to the public a list 

of goods from countries that the Bureau 

of International Labor Affairs has reason 

to believe are produced by forced labor 

or child labor in violation of 

international standards.’’ 

The Office carries out the 

Department’s responsibilities in the 

TVPRA of 2005, as amended. Pursuant 

to this mandate, DOL published in the 

Federal Register a set of procedural 

guidelines that ILAB follows in the 

development and maintenance of the 

List. 72 FR 73374 (Dec. 27, 2007). The 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims 

Prevention and Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2018 expanded 

the scope of the Department’s mandate 

for the development and maintenance of 

the List. Pursuant to this law, the List 

must also include goods that are 

produced with inputs that are produced 

with forced labor or child labor. 

Accordingly, the Department initially 

amended the Guidelines with one 

technical change to incorporate this new 

mandate, 85 FR 29487 (May 15, 2020), 

and is further amending the Guidelines 

to incorporate additional technical 

changes under this mandate. 

Additionally, the Department makes 

changes to align the Guidelines with 

existing procedures. 

Though the Guidelines were initially 

adopted after offering the public an 

opportunity to submit comments, the 

Department is not seeking comment on 

this amendment. The Department notes 

that the amendment restates changes in 

the enabling legislation, the Frederick 

Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention 

and Protection Reauthorization Act of 

2018, and the Guidelines themselves 

simply clarify the process by which the 

Department develops and maintains the 

List as required under the TVPRA. 

The Office will evaluate all 

information received according to the 

processes outlined in these amended 

Guidelines. Goods that meet the criteria 

outlined in these amended Guidelines 

will be placed on the List, published in 

the Federal Register and on the DOL 

website. 

Sections Revised 

This notice makes the following 

revisions to the Guidelines. First, in 

order to reflect the List’s mandate, as 

revised by the Frederick Douglass 

Trafficking Victims Prevention and 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018, 

revisions to Section A of the Guidelines 

are necessary. The Department therefore 

integrates language about supply chains 

into the description of each of the 

factors considered in the development 

and maintenance of the List in Section 

A, and defines the term ‘‘supply chain’’ 

in Section C. Second, the Department 

adds one sentence to further explain its 

procedures for adding goods produced 

with inputs produced with child labor 

or forced labor to the List: ‘‘If child labor 

or forced labor was used in the 

production or extraction of a good, and 

that good is likely to be found in the 

supply chain of a downstream good, 

then the downstream good and the 

country in which it was produced may 

be placed on the List.’’ Third, the 

Department updates and removes one 

sentence from Section A to better align 

with existing procedures for the 

maintenance of the List in section B. 

The Department therefore replaces the 

word ‘‘inform’’ with ‘‘notify’’ in Section 

A and removes the following sentence 

from Section A: ‘‘The Office will review 

these responses and make a 

determination as to their relevance.’’ 

Fourth, the Department replaces the 

phrase ‘‘taken into consideration’’ with 

‘‘considered’’ in Section A. Fifth, the 

Department adds ‘‘non-public’’ to clarify 

the sentence, ‘‘DOL’s postings on its 

website of non-public source material 

used in identifying goods and countries 

on the List will be redacted to remove 

company or individual names, and 

other confidential material, pursuant to 

applicable laws and regulations’’ in 

Section A. Sixth, the Department 

replaces the word ‘‘removed’’ with 

‘‘considered for removal’’ in Section B. 

Finally, the Department removes 

references to the initial creation of the 

List as no longer relevant and updates 

the definition of ‘‘forced labor’’ by 

removing gender-specific language. 

Final Procedural Guidelines 

A. Sources of Information and Factors 

Considered in the Development and 

Maintenance of the List 

The Office will make use of all 

relevant information, whether gathered 

through research, public submissions of 

information, a public hearing, 

interagency consultations, or other 

means, in developing the List. In the 

interest of maintaining a transparent 

process, the Office will not accept 

classified information in developing the 

List. The Office may request that any 

such information brought to its attention 

be declassified. If submissions contain 

confidential or personal information, 

the Office may redact such information 

in accordance with applicable laws and 

regulations before making the 

submission available to the public. 

In evaluating information, the Office 

will consider and weigh several factors, 

including: 

1. Nature of information. Whether the 

information about child labor, forced 

labor, or supply chains gathered from 

research, public submissions, hearing 

testimony, or other sources is relevant 

and probative, and meets the definitions 

of child labor or forced labor. 

2. Date of information. Whether the 

information about child labor or forced 

labor in the production of the good or 

the good’s supply chain is no more than 

7 years old at the time of receipt. More 

current information will generally be 

given priority, and information older 

than 7 years will generally not be 

considered. 

3. Source of information. Whether the 

information, either from primary or 

secondary sources, is from a source 

whose methodology, prior publications, 

degree of familiarity and experience 

with international labor standards or 

supply chains, and/or reputation for 

accuracy and objectivity, warrants a 

determination that it is relevant and 

probative. 

4. Extent of corroboration. The extent 

to which the information about the use 

of child labor or forced labor in the 

production of a good or a good’s supply 

chain is corroborated by other sources. 

5. Significant incidence of child labor 

or forced labor. Whether the information 

about the use of child labor or forced 

labor in the production of a good or a 

good’s supply chain warrants a 

determination that the incidence of such 

practices is significant in the country or 

good in question. Information that 

relates only to a single company or 

facility; or that indicates an isolated 

incident of child labor or forced labor, 

will ordinarily not weigh in favor of a 

finding that a good is produced in 

violation of international standards. 

Information that demonstrates a 

significant incidence of child labor or 

forced labor in the production of a 

particular good or a good’s supply 

chain, although not necessarily 

representing a pattern or practice in the 

industry as a whole, will ordinarily 

weigh in favor of a finding that a good 

is produced in violation of international 

standards. Likewise, information that 

demonstrates that a good with 

significant incidence of child labor or 

forced labor in its production is an 

input to a downstream good will 

ordinarily weigh in favor of a finding 

that the downstream good is produced 

in violation of international standards. 

In determining which goods and 

countries are to be placed on the List, 

the Office will, as appropriate, take into 

consideration the stages in the chain of 

a good’s production. To the extent 

practicable, the List will include goods 

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produced with forced labor or child 

labor. If child labor or forced labor was 

used in both the production or 

extraction of raw materials/component 

articles and the manufacture or 

processing of a final good, then both the 

raw materials/component articles and 

the final good, and the country/ies in 

which such labor was used, may be 

placed on the List. This is to ensure a 

direct correspondence between the 

goods and countries which appear on 

the List, and the use of child labor or 

forced labor. If child labor or forced 

labor was used in the production or 

extraction of a good, and that good is 

likely to be found in the supply chain 

of a downstream good, then the 

downstream good and the country in 

which it was produced may be placed 

on the List. 

Information on government, industry, 

or third-party actions and initiatives to 

combat child labor or forced labor will 

be considered, although this 

information is not necessarily sufficient 

in and of itself to prevent a good and 

country from being listed. In evaluating 

such information, the Office will 

consider particularly relevant and 

probative any evidence of government, 

industry, and third-party actions and 

initiatives that are effective in 

significantly reducing if not eliminating 

child labor and forced labor. 

Before publication of the List, the 

Office will notify the relevant foreign 

governments of their presence on the 

List and request their responses. The 

List, along with a listing of the sources 

used to identify the goods and countries 

(‘‘entries’’) on it, will be published in 

the Federal Register and on the DOL 

website. The List will represent DOL’s 

conclusions based on all relevant 

information available at the time of 

publication. 

For each entry, the List will indicate 

whether the good is made using child 

labor, forced labor, or both. As the List 

continues to be maintained and 

updated, the List will also indicate the 

date when each entry was included. The 

List will not include any company or 

individual names. DOL’s postings on its 

website of non-public source material 

used in identifying goods and countries 

on the List will be redacted to remove 

company or individual names, and 

other confidential material, pursuant to 

applicable laws and regulations. 

B. Procedures for the Maintenance of 

the List 

1. The Office will periodically review 

and update the List, as appropriate. The 

Office conducts ongoing research and 

monitoring of child labor, forced labor, 

and supply chains, and if relevant 

information is obtained through such 

research, the Office may add an entry to, 

or remove an entry from the List using 

the process described in Section A of 

the Guidelines. The Office may also 

update the List on the basis of public 

information submissions, as detailed 

below. 

2. Any party may at any time file an 

information submission with the Office 

regarding the addition or removal of an 

entry from the List. Submitters should 

take note of the criteria listed in Section 

A of the Guidelines. 

3. The Office will review any 

submission of information to determine 

whether it provides relevant and 

probative information. 

4. The Office may consider a 

submission less reliable if it determines 

that: The submission does not clearly 

indicate the source(s) of the information 

presented; the submission does not 

identify the party filing the submission 

or is not signed and dated; the 

submission does not provide relevant or 

probative information; or, the 

information is not within the scope of 

the TVPRA and/or does not address 

child labor or forced labor as defined 

herein. All submissions received will be 

made available to the public on the DOL 

website, consistent with applicable laws 

or regulations. 

5. In evaluating a submission, the 

Office will conduct further examination 

of available information relating to the 

good and country, as necessary, to assist 

the Office in making a determination 

concerning the addition or removal of 

the good from the List. The Office will 

undertake consultations with relevant 

U.S. government agencies and foreign 

governments, and may hold a public 

hearing for the purpose of receiving 

relevant information from interested 

persons. 

6. In order for an entry to be 

considered for removal from the List, 

any person filing information regarding 

the entry must provide information that 

demonstrates that there is no significant 

incidence of child labor or forced labor 

in the production of the particular good 

in the country in question. In evaluating 

information on government, industry, or 

third-party actions and initiatives to 

combat child labor or forced labor, the 

Office will consider particularly 

relevant and probative any available 

evidence of government, industry, and 

third-party actions that are effective in 

significantly reducing if not eliminating 

child labor and forced labor. 

7. Where the Office has made a 

determination concerning the addition, 

maintenance, or removal of the entry 

from the List, and where otherwise 

appropriate, the Office will publish an 

updated List in the Federal Register and 

on the DOL website. 

C. Key Terms Used in the Guidelines 

‘‘Child Labor’’: ‘‘Child labor’’ under 

international standards means all work 

performed by a person below the age of 

15. It also includes all work performed 

by a person below the age of 18 in the 

following practices: (A) All forms of 

slavery or practices similar to slavery, 

such as the sale or trafficking of 

children, debt bondage and serfdom, or 

forced or compulsory labor, including 

forced or compulsory recruitment of 

children for use in armed conflict; (B) 

the use, procuring, or offering of a child 

for prostitution, for the production of 

pornography or for pornographic 

purposes; (C) the use, procuring, or 

offering of a child for illicit activities, in 

particular for the production and 

trafficking of drugs; and (D) work 

which, by its nature or the 

circumstances in which it is carried out, 

is likely to harm the health, safety, or 

morals of children. The work referred to 

in subparagraph (D) is determined by 

the laws, regulations, or competent 

authority of the country involved, after 

consultation with the organizations of 

employers and workers concerned and 

taking into consideration relevant 

international standards. This definition 

will not apply to work specifically 

authorized by national laws, including 

work done by children in schools for 

general, vocational or technical 

education or in other training 

institutions, where such work is carried 

out in accordance with international 

standards under conditions prescribed 

by the competent authority, and does 

not prejudice children’s attendance in 

school or their capacity to benefit from 

the instruction received. 

‘‘Countries’’: ‘‘Countries’’ means any 

foreign country or territory, including 

any overseas dependent territory or 

possession of a foreign country, or the 

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 

‘‘Forced Labor’’: ‘‘Forced labor’’ under 

international standards means all work 

or service which is exacted from any 

person under the menace of any penalty 

for its nonperformance and for which 

the worker does not offer themselves 

voluntarily, and includes indentured 

labor. ‘‘Forced labor’’ includes work 

provided or obtained by force, fraud, or 

coercion, including: (1) By threats of 

serious harm to, or physical restraint 

against any person; (2) by means of any 

scheme, plan, or pattern intended to 

cause the person to believe that, if the 

person did not perform such labor or 

services, that person or another person 

would suffer serious harm or physical 

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or threatened abuse of law or the legal 

process. For purposes of this definition, 

forced labor does not include work 

specifically authorized by national laws 

where such work is carried out in 

accordance with conditions prescribed 

by the competent authority, including: 

any work or service required by 

compulsory military service laws for 

work of a purely military character; 

work or service which forms part of the 

normal civic obligations of the citizens 

of a fully self-governing country; work 

or service exacted from any person as a 

consequence of a conviction in a court 

of law, provided that the said work or 

service is carried out under the 

supervision and control of a public 

authority and that the said person is not 

hired to or placed at the disposal of 

private individuals, companies or 

associations; work or service required in 

cases of emergency, such as in the event 

of war or of a calamity or threatened 

calamity, fire, flood, famine, earthquake, 

violent epidemic or epizootic diseases, 

invasion by animal, insect or vegetable 

pests, and in general any circumstance 

that would endanger the existence or 

the well-being of the whole or part of 

the population; and minor communal 

services of a kind which, being 

performed by the members of the 

community in the direct interest of the 

said community, can therefore be 

considered as normal civic obligations 

incumbent upon the members of the 

community, provided that the members 

of the community or their direct 

representatives have the right to be 

consulted in regard to the need for such 

services. 

‘‘Goods’’: ‘‘Goods’’ means goods, 

wares, articles, materials, items, 

supplies, and merchandise. 

‘‘Indentured Labor’’: ‘‘Indentured 

labor’’ means all labor undertaken 

pursuant to a contract entered into by an 

employee the enforcement of which can 

be accompanied by process or penalties. 

‘‘International Standards’’: 

‘‘International standards’’ means 

generally accepted international 

standards relating to forced labor and 

child labor, such as international 

conventions and treaties. These 

Guidelines employ definitions of ‘‘child 

labor’’ and ‘‘forced labor’’ derived from 

international standards. 

‘‘Produced’’: ‘‘Produced’’ means 

mined, extracted, harvested, farmed, 

produced, created, and manufactured. 

‘‘Supply Chain’’: ‘‘Supply chain’’ 

means the chain or network comprised 

of all organizations and individuals 

involved in producing, processing, 

trading, transporting and/or distributing 

a product or commodity from its point 

of origin, through any intermediary 

goods, to the final retailer. 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C) & 

(D) and 19 U.S.C. 2464; Executive Order 

13126. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

Thea Lee, 

Deputy Undersecretary for International 

Affairs. 

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Information on Meetings With Outside 

Parties 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget, Executive Office of the 

President. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) is proposing to revise the 

information collection 0348–0065 that it 

uses for members of the public who 

request a meeting with OIRA on rules 

under review. The information collected 

would be subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) and this notice 

announces and requests comment on 

OIRA’s proposal for such a collection. 

DATES: Provide comments within 30 

days of January 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by the 

following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments submitted electronically, 

including attachments to https://

www.regulations.gov, will be posted to 

the docket unchanged. Please submit 

comments only and cite ‘‘Information 

Collection 0348–0065’’ in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. To confirm receipt of your 

comment(s), please check 

regulations.gov, approximately two to 

three business days after submission to 

verify. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Jones, 202–395–5897. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Information on Meetings with 

Outside Parties Pursuant to Executive 

Order 12866. 

Abstract: Executive Order 12866, 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ 

issued by President Clinton on 

September 30, 1993, as amended, 

establishes and governs the process 

under which OIRA reviews agency draft 

proposed and final regulatory actions. 

The Executive Order also establishes a 

disclosure process regarding the OIRA 

Administrator’s (or his/her designee’s) 

meetings with outside parties during 

formal review of a regulatory action 

(E.O. 12866 meetings) if such meetings 

occur. 

Summary of Current Meeting Process. 

OIRA currently discloses the subject, 

date, and participants of the E.O. 12866 

meeting on the Reginfo.gov website, as 

well as any materials provided to OIRA 

at such meetings. 

These meetings occur at the initiative 

and request of outside parties who 

request a meeting to present views on a 

regulatory action under OIRA review. 

OIRA invites representatives from the 

agency or agencies that would issue the 

regulatory action. If such meetings 

occur, OIRA does not take minutes 

during the meeting but would post on 

RegInfo.gov any written materials 

provided by outside parties during these 

meetings, including the initial meeting 

request. 

To help ensure transparency 

associated with meetings pursuant to 

Executive Order 12866, OIRA collects 

and discloses the following information 

from outside parties that request a 

meeting with OIRA to present their 

views on a regulatory action currently 

under review: 

1. The name of the regulatory action 

under review on which the party would 

like to present its views. 

2. Names of all attendees who will be 

present at the meeting from the outside 

party or parties, including each 

attendee’s organization or affiliation. 

3. Electronic copies of all briefing 

materials provided by the requester that 

will be used during the presentation. 

4. An acknowledgment by the 

requesting party that all information 

submitted to OIRA pursuant to this 

collection and meeting request will be 

made publicly available at Reginfo.gov. 

Proposed Revisions. OMB is 

considering revisions to this 

information collection with the goal of 

collecting additional information from 

meeting requesters to facilitate further 

transparency, as well as improve the 

efficiency and effectiveness of the 

meeting request process. Such 

information includes: 

• Narrative descriptions 

accompanying meeting requests. An 

optional narrative description, provided 

by the requester, that states the purpose 

of the meeting and a brief, informal 

summary of the views they anticipate 

presenting. This information, which 

would be disclosed, would help OIRA 


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