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—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

—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, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Abstract: These records show daily 

activities in the importation, 

manufacture, receipt, storage, and 

disposition of all explosive materials 

covered under 18 U.S.C. chapter 40. The 

records are used to show where and to 

whom explosives materials are 

distributed. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Records and Supporting Data: 

Importation, Receipt, Storage, and 

Disposition by Explosives Importers, 

Manufacturers, Dealers, and Users 

Licensed. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

Form number: None. 

Component: Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 

Private Sector-for or not for profit 

institutions, Federal Government. The 

obligation to respond is mandatory per 

18 U.S.C. 842(f), (g), (j), (k), 843(f) and 

847, and are established in the manner 

set forth in 27 CFR 555.121–129. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: An estimated 9,096 

respondents will prepare records for 

this information collection once 

annually, and it will take each 

respondent approximately 12.6 hours to 

prepare the required records. 

6. An estimate of the total annual 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated annual public 

burden associated with this collection is 

573,048 hours, which is equal to 

573,048 (total respondents) * 1 (# of 

response per respondent) * 12.6 (# of 

hours per response). 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: $0. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

(annually) 

Total annual 

responses 

Time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

OMB 1140–0030 ...................................................................... 9,096 1 45,480 12.6 573,048 

Unduplicated Totals ................................................................. ........................ .................... ........................ ........................ ........................

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: February 1, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02394 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Partial 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Water 

Act 

On January 30, 2024, the Department 

of Justice lodged a proposed Partial 

Consent Decree with the United States 

District Court for the District of Guam in 

the lawsuit entitled United States v. 

Guam Waterworks Authority and the 

Government of Guam, Civil Action No. 

04–00004. 

The United States filed a lawsuit 

under the Clean Water Act, alleging that 

Guam Waterworks Authority (‘‘GWA’’) 

violated the Act and the terms and 

conditions of applicable permits by 

discharging excess pollutants from and 

failing to maintain its wastewater 

system. The complaint seeks injunctive 

relief and civil penalties. The partial 

settlement requires GWA to implement 

an estimated $400 million in wastewater 

collection system improvements and to 

conduct a feasibility study for 

improvements to the Haga ̊tn ̃ a 

wastewater treatment plant. The partial 

Consent Decree does not resolve the 

United States’ claims for civil penalties 

or further injunctive relief related to 

GWA’s wastewater collection system or 

treatment technology upgrades to the 

Haga ̊tn ̃ a wastewater treatment plant. 

The Government of Guam is also a party 

to the lawsuit and the settlement. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

partial Consent Decree. Comments 

should be addressed to the Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and should 

refer to United States v. Guam 

Waterworks Authority and the 

Government of Guam, D.J. Ref. No. 90– 

5–1–1–11696. 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 partial Consent Decree 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 

partial 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 $19.75 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 


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without the exhibits and signature 

pages, the cost is $17.50. 

Lori Jonas, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02338 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance 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. This 

program helps to ensure that the 

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 can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘Report on Current Employment 

Statistics.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the individual 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before April 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room G225, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, 

DC 20212. Written comments also may 

be transmitted by email to BLS_PRA_

Public@bls.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Current Employment Statistics 

(CES) program provides current 

monthly statistics on employment, 

hours, and earnings, by industry and 

geography. CES estimates are among the 

most visible and widely-used Principal 

Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs). 

CES data are also among the timeliest of 

the PFEIs, with their release each month 

by the BLS in the Employment 

Situation, typically on the first Friday of 

each month. The statistics are 

fundamental inputs in economic 

decision processes at all levels of 

government, private enterprise, and 

organized labor. 

The CES monthly estimates of 

employment, hours, and earnings are 

based on a sample of U.S. 

nonagricultural establishments. 

Information is derived from 

approximately 349,000 reports (from a 

sample of 122,000 employers with State 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts 

comprised of 666,000 individual 

worksites). Each month, firms report 

their employment, payroll, and hours on 

forms identified as the BLS–790. The 

sample is collected under a probabilitybased design. Puerto Rico and the Virgin 

Islands collect an additional 8,800 

reports. 

A list of all form types currently used 

appears in the table below. Respondents 

receive variations of the basic collection 

forms, depending on their industry. 

The CES program is a voluntary 

program under Federal statute. 

Reporting to the State agencies is 

voluntary in all but four States 

(California, New Mexico, Oregon, and 

South Carolina), Puerto Rico, and the 

Virgin Islands. To our knowledge, the 

States that do have mandatory reporting 

rarely exercise their authority. The 

collection form’s confidentiality 

statement cites the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act and mentions the State 

mandatory reporting authority. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the Report 

on Current Employment Statistics. 

Automated data collection methods 

are now used for most of the CES 

sample. Approximately 124,000 reports 

are received through Electronic Data 

Interchange (EDI). Web data collection 

accounts for 26,000 reports. Computer 

Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) 

is used to collect 66,000. 

The balance of the sample is collected 

through other methods including 

submission of transcripts, emails, fax, 

and other special arrangements. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• 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, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Title of Collection: Report on Current 

Employment Statistics. 

OMB Number: 1220–0011. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: State or local 

governments; businesses or other for 

profit; non-profit institutions. 

Industry 

Number of 

annual 

reports 

Frequency 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average 

annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Natural Resources & Mining ................................................ 718 12 8,616 0.167 1,439 

Construction ......................................................................... 7,742 12 92,904 0.167 15,515 

Manufacturing ...................................................................... 6,223 12 74,676 0.167 12,471 

Services ............................................................................... 80,425 12 965,100 0.167 161,172 

Public Administration ........................................................... 29,241 12 350,892 0.100 35,089 

Education ............................................................................. 13,786 12 165,432 0.100 16,543 


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