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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

and Explosives 

[OMB Number 1140–0056] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested: Special Agent 

Medical Preplacement 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 

and Explosives (ATF), will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

‘‘sixty days’’ until December 2, 2013. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

If you have comments especially on 

the estimated public burden or 

associated response time, suggestions, 

or need a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions or additional information, 

please contact Danielle Murray, Human 

Resources Operations Division, 99 New 

York Ave. NE., Washington, DC 20226. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

—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; 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. 

Summary of Information Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Special Agent Medical Preplacement. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number: ATF F 

2300.10. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. Other: None. 

Need for Collection 

The form is used by a special agent 

who is applying for a position that has 

specific medical standards. The 

information collected is used to 

determine medical suitability to qualify 

for a position that has specific medical 

standards and physical requirements. 

The information will also be used to 

make a recommendation on either 

hiring or not hiring an applicant. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 240 

respondents will complete a 45 minute 

form. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 180 

annual total burden hours associated 

with this collection. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

Department of Justice, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 3W– 

1407B, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: September 25, 2013. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary of Labor 

Notice of Updates to the Department of 

Labor’s List of Goods Produced by 

Child Labor or Forced Labor Required 

by the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Updates. 

SUMMARY: This notice removes 3 items 

from the ‘‘List of Goods Produced by 

Child Labor or Forced Labor’’ (List), 

produced in accordance with the 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005. 

These updates amend the fourth edition 

of the List, published on September 26, 

2012. With these updates, the List 

includes 134 goods from 73 countries, 

and total of 342 line items. The primary 

purposes of the List are to raise public 

awareness about the incidence of child 

labor and forced labor in the production 

of goods in the countries listed and to 

promote efforts to eliminate such 

practices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Director, Office of Child Labor, Forced 

Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau 

of International Labor Affairs, U.S. 

Department of Labor at (202) 693–4843 

(this is not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Updates to the List of Goods 

The Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs (ILAB) hereby announces the 

removal of tobacco from Kazakhstan, 

charcoal from Namibia, and diamonds 

from Zimbabwe from the List, produced 

in accordance with the TVPRA of 2005. 

These updates amend the fourth edition 

of the List, published on September 26, 

2012. With these updates, the List 

includes 134 goods from 73 countries, 

and total of 342 line items. 

Section 105(b) of the TVPRA of 2005 

mandated that ILAB develop and 

publish a list of goods from countries 

that ILAB ‘‘has reason to believe are 

produced with child labor or forced 

labor in violation of international 

standards.’’ (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2).) 

ILAB’s Office of Child Labor, Forced 

Labor, and Human Trafficking carries 

out this mandate. ILAB published the 

initial List on September 10, 2009, and 

has since published annual updates. 

Until this year, the annual updates have 

taken the form of a full report which 

includes a discussion of the List’s 

context, scope, methodology, and 

limitations. In 2013, ILAB has chosen to 

publish a limited number of updates via 

this notice. This is in accordance with 

amendments made to the TVPRA by the 

Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2013, which 

mandated that ILAB publish the List 

every two years beginning no later than 

December 1, 2014. (Public Law 113–4.) 

ILAB will publish a full, updated 

TVPRA report in 2014. 

The primary purposes of the List are 

to raise public awareness about the 

incidence of child labor and forced 

labor in the production of goods in the 


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countries listed and to promote efforts 

to eliminate such practices. Further 

information about the List, including 

the updated List, past years’ TVPRA 

reports, Frequently Asked Questions, 

and a bibliography of sources, are 

available on the ILAB Web site at: 

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/

tvpra.htm. 

II. Methodology for Removal of Goods 

From the List 

Foreign governments, industry 

groups, individual companies and other 

stakeholders frequently inquire about 

the process for removing a good from 

the List. According to ILAB’s 

‘‘Procedural Guidelines for the 

Development and Maintenance of the 

List of Goods From Countries Produced 

by Child Labor or Forced Labor’’ 

(Procedural Guidelines), published in 

the Federal Register on December 27, 

2007, ILAB must have reason to believe 

that a problem of child or forced labor 

is ‘‘significantly reduc[ed] if not 

eliminate[ed]’’ from the production of 

the particular good in the country in 

question for it to be removed. (72 FR 

73374, 73377.) The guidelines indicate 

that a forced or child labor problem at 

‘‘a single company or facility’’ or in ‘‘an 

isolated incident’’ ‘‘will not weigh in 

favor of a finding that a good is 

produced in violation of international 

standards.’’ (Id.) Similarly, when ILAB 

has reason to believe that a child or 

forced labor problem with respect to a 

listed good has been eliminated or 

reduced to a single company or facility 

or to an isolated incident, the threshold 

for removal would be met. 

The Procedural Guidelines also 

provide a process by which the public 

may submit comments relating to any 

good on the List. ILAB has received over 

100 such comments, or submissions, 

available on the Internet at: http://

www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/

tvprasubmissions.htm. Many 

submissions have contended that a good 

should be removed from the List but 

have not provided sufficient evidence 

that the problem of child or forced labor 

has been significantly reduced or 

eliminated. 

In the 2012–2013 research period, 

ILAB staff reviewed four items currently 

on the List to determine whether there 

was a reason to believe that there had 

been a significant reduction or 

elimination of a problem of child labor 

and/or forced labor. These items were: 

tobacco from Kazakhstan, diamonds 

from Zimbabwe, charcoal from Namibia, 

and salt from Cambodia. ILAB reached 

a determination on three of these items, 

as discussed below, and continues to 

conduct research on the fourth item, salt 

from Cambodia. 

ILAB’s research included desk 

research, in-person and telephone 

interviews with key informants, and 

when possible, travel to the relevant 

countries to conduct in-person 

interviews and site visits. In some cases, 

research was carried out in coordination 

with U.S. Government colleagues from 

other agencies, grantees and/or 

contractors. These three cases are 

discussed more fully below. 

Due to limited resources, ILAB was 

not able to research in depth all the 

goods currently on the List that 

presented a possible case for removal 

from the List, but we continue to 

research potential removals on an 

ongoing basis. In identifying the 

particular cases on which to focus ILAB 

research, we prioritize those for which 

a credible argument for removal has 

been brought to our attention by foreign 

governments, industry groups or U.S. 

Government colleagues from other 

agencies, or other stakeholders. 

III. Discussion of Goods and Countries 

Removed 

A. Research on Child Labor and Forced 

Labor in Tobacco Production in 

Kazakhstan 

In 2009, ILAB placed tobacco from 

Kazakhstan on the TVPRA List based on 

sources dating from 2003–2008. These 

sources indicated that children—both 

Kazakh children and children of 

migrant families—worked in a variety of 

tobacco-related activities, including 

performing strenuous, labor-intensive 

tasks. The sources also indicated that 

adult migrant laborers faced passport 

confiscation, coercive recruitment, 

induced indebtedness, and other forced 

labor-related practices. That same year, 

Philip Morris Kazakhstan (PMK), the 

sole buyer of tobacco in Kazakhstan, 

began to roll out its Agricultural Labor 

Practices program, developed in 

consultation with the non-governmental 

organization (NGO) Verite ́ and the 

International Labor Organization. The 

program includes comprehensive 

monitoring of labor practices on all 

tobacco farms in Kazakhstan, including 

child labor and forced labor. Along with 

this monitoring, PMK and its local NGO 

partners have carried out efforts to 

educate agricultural workers and 

families about their rights, available 

grievance mechanisms, and alternatives 

to child labor; and the Government of 

Kazakhstan has carried out enforcement 

actions in areas where child labor is 

suspected. At the same time as these 

efforts have taken place, the size of the 

tobacco sector has declined steeply. In 

2011, ILAB began to receive reports that 

child and forced labor were no longer 

present in the country’s relatively few 

remaining tobacco farms. 

Following up on these reports, ILAB 

carried out research in 2012 and 2013 to 

understand current labor conditions in 

the sector, analyze efforts on the part of 

various stakeholders to combat child 

labor and forced labor, and determine 

whether child labor and/or forced labor 

remain significant problems in the 

sector. ILAB carried out a qualitative 

assessment that included a desk review, 

field research to Kazakhstan for key 

informant interviews, and follow-up 

interviews with other key informants. In 

all, 6 documents were analyzed and 17 

interviews were conducted. 

Informants confirmed that the size of 

the industry had decreased from over 

300 farms in 2010 to 74 farms in 2013. 

With the reduction in the number of 

farms and land used for tobacco 

production, the use of migrant labor has 

also declined. During the 2012 peak 

season, only 140 migrants worked on 

tobacco farms in Kazakhstan. 

Informants—including government 

officials and NGO representatives– 

confirmed that the PMK monitoring 

system is comprehensive and credible, 

and that NGO efforts have been highly 

effective in educating agricultural 

workers about their rights, available 

grievance mechanisms, and educational 

opportunities as alternatives to child 

labor. Since its inception in 2009, the 

comprehensive monitoring system has 

not identified any cases of forced labor, 

and informants confirmed that previous 

forced labor-related practices have been 

abolished. A minority of ILAB’s 

informants stated that child labor may 

still occur in rare cases, but fewer than 

200 children (native Kazakh and 

migrant) currently live on tobacco 

farms, and the comprehensive 

monitoring system in place in the sector 

identified only one child working in 

2012. 

ILAB has concluded that child labor 

in Kazakhstan’s tobacco sector has been 

significantly reduced. In addition, there 

has been no evidence of forced labor in 

Kazakhstan’s tobacco sector in recent 

years, and ILAB’s research suggests the 

practice has been virtually eliminated. If 

a case of child labor or forced labor were 

found in the sector, there are 

mechanisms in place to address the 

situation in an appropriate manner. As 

a result, ILAB is removing tobacco from 

Kazakhstan from the List. 

B. Research on Child Labor in Charcoal 

Production in Namibia 

In response to a U.S. Embassy request 

to research whether or not child labor in 


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the production of charcoal existed in 

more than an isolated incident, in early 

2013 ILAB staff conducted follow-up 

qualitative research to determine the 

current situation of child labor in the 

Namibian charcoal industry. The 

research included a desk review of 

documentation and in-country field 

research, which included key informant 

interviews and site visits. 

The key informant interviews in 

Namibia consisted of interviews with a 

total of 30 informants, interviewed 

individually and in groups, including 

government officials at the national and 

regional levels, charcoal producers, 

former chairmen of the Namibian 

Charcoal Producers’ Association, 

workers and employers’ associations, 

international organizations, and NGOs. 

In total, 14 organizations were 

interviewed. Site visits were conducted 

to two charcoal producing farms in 

Otjozondjupa Region, one in 

Grootfontein and the other in 

Otjiwarango. The interviews and site 

visits conducted by ILAB staff in 

Namibia validated that there is ‘‘no 

significant incidence of child labor or 

forced labor’’ in the production of 

charcoal, and, after considering the 

factors in the Procedural Guidelines, 

ILAB determined that it no longer has 

‘‘reason to believe’’ that the use of child 

labor in charcoal production in Namibia 

is more than isolated. Thus, ILAB is 

removing Namibian charcoal from the 

List. 

C. Research on Child Labor in Diamond 

Production in Zimbabwe 

In 2006, diamonds were discovered in 

the Marange region of southeastern 

Zimbabwe, precipitating a rush to the 

area by artisanal miners. Based on 

sources documenting worst forms of 

child labor in artisanal mining from 

2006–2008—including working long 

hours, carrying heavy loads, and 

deprivation of food and water—ILAB 

added diamonds from Zimbabwe to the 

List. 

However, beginning in October 2008, 

the Government of Zimbabwe cracked 

down on artisanal mining, and in 2010 

began awarding concessions to private 

companies to mine diamonds. 

According to reports from 2011 onward, 

the little artisanal mining that remained 

was carried out mostly by informal 

mining syndicates involving the 

government’s security forces and private 

security guards, and did not involve 

children. 

Following up on these reports, ILAB 

carried out research in 2012 and 2013 to 

understand the current labor conditions 

in Zimbabwe’s diamond sector, analyze 

the factors that may have affected 

changes in the sector, and determine 

whether child labor had been 

significantly reduced or eliminated. 

ILAB carried out a qualitative 

assessment that included a desk review, 

field research to Zimbabwe for key 

informant interviews, and follow-up 

interviews with other key informants. In 

all, 17 documents were analyzed and 24 

interviews were conducted. 

Interviewees included government 

officials, workers’ associations, 

international organizations, NGOs, and 

members of the Kimberley Process, a 

joint government, industry and civil 

society initiative to stem worldwide 

flows of rough diamonds used by rebel 

movements to finance wars against 

legitimate governments. Informants 

reported that artisanal mining was 

virtually non-existent in Marange. In the 

concessioned areas, Kimberley Process 

monitors who had visited the mines had 

seen no child labor, and other 

informants felt that child labor was 

extremely unlikely, in part due to the 

more formal hiring processes in place in 

the privately-run mines. 

ILAB concluded that the change in 

the diamond industry from informal 

artisanal mining to tightly-controlled 

concessioned mines has caused a 

significant reduction in child labor. 

Accordingly, ILAB is now removing 

diamonds from Zimbabwe from the List. 

This determination was based solely on 

ILAB’s criteria for removal from the List, 

which do not include consideration of 

other human rights abuses in 

Zimbabwe’s diamond sector that have 

been reported by other U.S. Government 

agencies, such as murder, torture, and 

other cruel, inhuman, or degrading 

treatment or punishment. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

September, 2013. 

Carol Pier, 

Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–28–P 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY 

COORDINATION OFFICE 

Request for Information: NNI 

Nanotechnology for Sensors and 

Sensors for Nanotechnology Signature 

Initiative 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Request 

for Information (RFI) is to enhance the 

value of the National Nanotechnology 

Initiative (NNI) and of the 

Nanotechnology Signature Initiative 

(NSI) entitled Nanotechnology for 

Sensors and Sensors for 

Nanotechnology in particular, by 

reaching out to the nanotechnology 

stakeholder community for input 

regarding specific needs for the 

accelerated development and 

commercialization of nanosensors. This 

RFI is intended to inform planning for 

a public workshop organized under the 

auspices of the sensors NSI. 

DATES: Responses to this RFI will be 

accepted through 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Time on November 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Responses to this RFI may 

be submitted electronically in the body 

of or as an attachment to an email sent 

to NNISensorsRFI@nnco.nano.gov. 

Questions and responses may also be 

sent by mail (please allow additional 

time for processing) to the address: 

National Nanotechnology Coordination 

Office, ATTN: NNI Sensors RFI, 4201 

Wilson Blvd., Stafford II, Suite 405, 

Arlington, VA 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

questions about the content of this RFI 

should be sent to NNISensorsRFI@

nnco.nano.gov. Additional information 

regarding this RFI can be found at 

nano.gov or by calling (703) 292–8626. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Nanotechnology Coordination 

Office is interested in responses that 

address one or more of the following 

Questions below that are broadly 

categorized under Standards, Testing, 

Manufacturing, Commercialization, and 

Regulation. When submitting your 

response, please indicate the question(s) 

you are answering. Please be specific 

and concise. 

Background Information 

The National Nanotechnology 

Initiative (NNI) is a U.S. Government 

research and development (R&D) 

initiative of 20 Federal departments, 

independent agencies, and independent 

commissions (hereafter referred to as 

‘agencies’) working together toward the 

common challenging vision of a future 

in which the ability to understand and 

control matter at the nanoscale leads to 

a revolution in technology and industry 

that benefits society. The combined, 

coordinated efforts of these agencies 

have accelerated discovery, 

development, and deployment of 

nanotechnology towards agency 

missions and the broader national 

interest. Established in 2001, the NNI 

involves nanotechnology-related 

activities by the 20 member agencies. 


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