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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

[Docket No. DEA–392] 

Manufacturer of Controlled 

Substances Registration: Siegfried 

(USA), LLC 

ACTION: Notice of registration. 

SUMMARY: Siegfried (USA), LLC applied 

to be registered as a manufacturer of 

certain basic classes of narcotic or nonnarcotic controlled substances. The DEA 

grants Siegfried (USA), LLC registration 

as a manufacturer of those controlled 

substances. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By notice 

dated December 23, 2013, and 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 8, 2014, 79 FR 1391, Siegfried 

(USA), LLC, 33 Industrial Park Road, 

Pennsville, New Jersey 08070, applied 

to be registered as a manufacturer of 

certain basic classes of narcotic or nonnarcotic controlled substances. 

The Drug Enforcement 

Administration (DEA) has considered 

the factors in 21 U.S.C. 823(a) and 

determined that the registration of 

Siegfried (USA), LLC to manufacture the 

basic classes of controlled substances is 

consistent with the public interest and 

with United States obligations under 

international treaties, conventions, or 

protocols in effect on May 1, 1971. The 

DEA investigated the company’s 

maintenance of effective controls 

against diversion by inspecting and 

testing the company’s physical security 

systems, verified the company’s 

compliance with state and local laws, 

and reviewed the company’s 

background and history. 

Therefore, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 

823(a), and in accordance with 21 CFR 

1301.33, the above-named company is 

granted registration as a bulk 

manufacturer of the basic classes of 

narcotic or non-narcotic controlled 

substances listed: 

Controlled substance Schedule 

Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid 

(2010).

I 

Dihydromorphine (9145) ............... I 

Hydromorphinol (9301) ................. I 

Methylphenidate (1724) ................ II 

Amobarbital (2125) ....................... II 

Pentobarbital (2270) ..................... II 

Secobarbital (2315) ...................... II 

Codeine (9050) ............................. II 

Oxycodone (9143) ........................ II 

Hydromorphone (9150) ................ II 

Hydrocodone (9193) ..................... II 

Meperidine (9230) ........................ II 

Methadone (9250) ........................ II 

Methadone intermediate (9254) ... II 

Controlled substance Schedule 

Dextropropoxyphene, bulk (9273) II 

Morphine (9300) ........................... II 

Oripavine (9330) ........................... II 

Thebaine (9333) ........................... II 

Opium tincture (9630) .................. II 

Oxymorphone (9652) ................... II 

The company plans on manufacturing 

the listed controlled substances in bulk 

for distribution to its customers. 

No comments or objections have been 

received. 

Dated: May 28, 2014. 

Joseph T. Rannazzisi, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Labor 

Secretary of Labor Extends the 

Transition Period of the 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands—Only Transitional 

Worker Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Labor, Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of the 

transition period. 

SUMMARY: The Consolidated Natural 

Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA) extended 

U.S. immigration laws to the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI), and authorized the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) to create the CNMI-Only 

Transitional Worker (CW–1) program to 

ensure adequate employment in the 

CNMI until the program is phased out 

on December 31, 2014. The CNRA also 

requires the Secretary of Labor, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, 

and the Governor of the CNMI, to 

determine by July 4, 2014, whether an 

extension of up to five years of the CW– 

1 program is necessary to ensure an 

adequate number of workers will be 

available for legitimate businesses in the 

CNMI. Based on the factors set out in 

the CNRA, the Secretary of Labor has 

made the determination to extend the 

CW–1 program for five years. 

DATES: This Notice is effective June 3, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact James 

Moore, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S– 

2312, Washington, DC 20210; 

Telephone (202) 693–5959. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

702(a) of the Consolidated Natural 

Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), Public 

Law 110–229, 122 Stat. 754 (May 8, 

2008), extends the immigration laws of 

the United States to the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). 

48 U.S.C. 1806(a)(1). To minimize the 

potential adverse economic effects of 

phasing out the CNMI-Only Transitional 

Worker (CW–1 for principal workers 

and CW–2 for spouses and minor 

children) program, the CNRA provides 

for a five-year transition period ending 

on December 31, 2014. 48 U.S.C. 

1806(a)(2). However, the CNRA 

authorizes the Secretary of Labor to 

extend the transitional worker program 

for up to five years based on the labor 

needs of the CNMI to ensure that an 

adequate number of workers are 

available for legitimate businesses. 48 

U.S.C. 1806(d)(5). Nonimmigrant worker 

visa programs under the Immigration 

and Nationality Act are not adequate 

substitutes for the CW–1 program 

because the jobs that CNMI businesses 

fill with CW–1 workers are not 

temporary or seasonal in nature and 

thus cannot be filled by H–2B temporary 

non-agricultural workers; are not in a 

specialty occupation suitable for H–1B 

temporary workers; and do not 

otherwise fit under one of the other 

nonimmigrant programs (such as the H– 

2A program for temporary agricultural 

workers, the O program for individuals 

of extraordinary ability, the P program 

for artists and athletes, or the R program 

for religious workers, etc.). 

The CNRA requires the Secretary of 

Labor, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, the 

Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 

the Interior, and the Governor of the 

CNMI, to ascertain the current and 

anticipated labor needs of the CNMI 

before making a determination. 48 

U.S.C. 1806(d)(5)(A). The Secretary of 

Labor’s decision to extend the CNMIOnly Transition Worker program must 

be made 180 days prior to the expiration 

of the transition period, id., which is by 

July 4, 2014. 

The CNRA stipulates that in making 

the determination of whether foreign 

workers are necessary to ensure an 

adequate number of workers in the 

CNMI, the Secretary of Labor may 

consider several factors. 48 U.S.C. 

1806(d)(5)(C). The Secretary may 

consider: (1) government, industry, or 

independent workforce studies 

reporting on the need, or lack thereof, 


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1These studies include U.S. Department of the 

Interior, ‘‘Economic Impact of Federal Laws on the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ 

2008; U.S. Department of the Interior, ‘‘Report on 

the Alien Worker Population in the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ 2010; U.S. 

Government Accountability Office, 

‘‘Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: 

Managing Potential Economic Impact of Applying 

U.S. Immigration Law Requires Coordinated 

Federal Decisions and Additional Data,’’ GAO–08– 

791, Aug. 2008; and U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, ‘‘Regulatory Assessment for the Final 

Rule, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands Transitional Worker Classification,’’ 2011. 

2 In this document, the term ‘‘U.S. workers’’ 

includes lawful permanent residents and the term 

‘‘foreign workers’’ does not. 

for alien workers in the 

Commonwealth’s businesses; (2) the 

unemployment rate of U.S. citizen 

workers residing in the Commonwealth; 

(3) the unemployment rate of aliens in 

the Commonwealth who have been 

lawfully admitted for permanent 

residence; (4) the number of 

unemployed alien workers in the 

Commonwealth; (5) any good faith 

efforts to locate, educate, train, or 

otherwise prepare U.S. citizen residents, 

lawful permanent residents, and 

unemployed alien workers already 

within the Commonwealth, to assume 

those jobs; (6) any available evidence 

tending to show that U.S. citizen 

residents, lawful permanent residents, 

and unemployed alien workers already 

in the Commonwealth are not willing to 

accept jobs of the type offered; (7) the 

extent to which admittance of alien 

workers will affect the compensation, 

benefits, and living standards of existing 

workers within those industries and 

other industries authorized to employ 

alien workers; and (8) the prior use, if 

any, of alien workers to fill those jobs, 

and whether the industry requires alien 

workers to fill those jobs. Id. 

Regarding the first factor, the 

Department of Labor (the Department) 

reviewed and considered workforce 

studies that examined the economic 

impact of alien workers on the CNMI 

economy and labor market.1 A review of 

the workforce studies found that the 

majority of the CNMI’s current labor 

supply is provided by foreign workers. 

The studies unanimously concluded 

that restrictions on the foreign labor 

supply will exacerbate the CNMI’s 

current economic problems and restrain 

economic growth. 

The Department conducted a labor 

force analysis to determine the 

unemployment rates of the populations 

identified in factors two through four. 

According to the 2010 Island Areas 

Census, which contains the most recent 

labor market data, the CNMI population 

was 53,883, with 24,168 U.S. citizens 

and 29,715 non-citizens. The total 

number of U.S. citizens age 16 and over 

was 13,016. The Department’s 

calculation, using the 2010 Island Areas 

Census, found that 24 percent of U.S. 

workers 2 residing in the CNMI were 

unemployed. Regarding factors three 

and four, due to the lack of data, the 

Department was not able to measure the 

unemployment rate of workers who 

have been lawfully admitted for 

permanent residence or the number of 

unemployed foreign workers in the 

CNMI. Based on the CNMI Department 

of Finance tax data for 2002–2012 and 

the 2010 Island Areas Census, the 

Department concluded that there are an 

insufficient number of U.S. workers in 

the CNMI to fill all of the jobs held by 

foreign workers. The total number of 

unemployed U.S. workers in the CNMI 

in 2010 amounted to only about 20 

percent of the 14,958 foreign workers. 

Even if all the U.S. workers in the labor 

force were employed, more than 11,000 

jobs would still need to be filled by 

foreign workers. 

In regard to the fifth factor, we 

consulted with CNMI government 

officials and other stakeholders, to 

obtain information related to training, 

education, and other assistance 

provided to U.S. citizens and lawful 

permanent residents. The Government 

of the CNMI shared with the 

Department the good-faith efforts it has 

made and its continuing efforts to 

locate, educate, and train U.S. citizens 

and lawful permanent residents to 

assume jobs in the CNMI. They reported 

that they continue to provide education 

and training to unemployed or 

underemployed U.S. workers to help 

them become sufficiently qualified to 

replace foreign workers. They 

developed high school career technical 

education (CTE) curriculum that is 

responsive to the needs of employers in 

the CNMI. 

Concerning the sixth factor, officials 

from the CNMI government reported 

that some U.S. citizens and lawful 

permanent residents are not willing to 

accept certain jobs, including low-wage 

jobs or jobs with few or no benefits. Our 

analysis of the CNMI Department of 

Finance tax data for 2002–2012 found 

that foreign workers generally earn 

significantly less than U.S. workers. In 

2011, the average annual wage for U.S. 

workers was $15,737 compared to 

$10,280 for foreign workers. On average, 

foreign workers are paid $5,457 (or 35 

percent) less than U.S. workers. 

In regard to the seventh factor, the 

Department was unable to assess the 

extent to which the admission of foreign 

workers affects the compensation, 

benefits, and living standards of existing 

workers in industries authorized to 

employ foreign workers due to 

limitations in current data. To address 

the seventh factor, the Department 

conducted an analysis similar to the 

approach used by GAO in its 2008 

report to measure the potential 

economic impact of applying U.S. 

immigration law in the CNMI. 

To address the eighth factor, we 

consulted with CNMI government 

officials and other stakeholders to 

determine if there is a need for foreign 

workers to fill specific industry jobs. 

CNMI government officials reported that 

legitimate businesses in the CNMI have 

difficulty finding qualified applicants 

for skilled jobs who are U.S. citizens 

and lawful permanent residents. 

Finally, the Department engaged in 

the interagency and intergovernmental 

consultation process, as contemplated 

by the statute. 48 U.S.C. 1806(d)(5)(A). 

As part of this process, the Department 

conducted a series of meetings with 

DHS, the Department of Defense, the 

Department of the Interior, and CNMI 

elected officials, including the 

Governor, during which the participants 

examined the statutory criteria to assess 

whether the Department should extend 

the transition period. None of the 

participants in those consultations 

registered objections to the grant of an 

extension for up to five years to ensure 

that an adequate number of workers are 

available for legitimate businesses in the 

CNMI. 

After reviewing existing studies, 

consulting with DHS, the Department of 

Defense, the Department of the Interior, 

and CNMI elected officials, including 

the Governor, and conducting a 

quantitative analysis of relevant data, 

the Secretary of Labor has concluded 

that there is an insufficient number of 

U.S. workers to meet CNMI businesses’ 

current needs, and has further 

determined that a five year extension of 

the CW–1 program is warranted. A fiveyear extension will allow CNMI 

businesses to continue to hire CW–1 

workers to meet their current and future 

needs for foreign workers. 

Because the CNRA allows the 

Secretary of Labor to provide for an 

additional extension period of up to five 

years, the Department will continue to 

monitor and assess the current and 

anticipated labor needs of the CNMI to 

ensure that there are an adequate 

number of workers for CNMI’s 

legitimate businesses. 48 U.S.C. 

1806(d)(5)(C). In particular, we will 

continue to assess any good faith efforts 

to locate, educate, train, or otherwise 

prepare U.S. citizens, lawful permanent 

residents and unemployed foreign 

workers already in the CNMI to assume 


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jobs in legitimate businesses. 48 U.S.C. 

1806(d)(5)(C)(v). In order for us to 

properly assess the CNMI’s workforce in 

the future, we request that the CNMI 

government provide updates to the 

Department on a yearly basis about its 

good faith efforts to locate, educate, 

train, or otherwise prepare U.S. citizens, 

lawful permanent residents, and 

unemployed alien workers already in 

the CNMI. 

Section 701 of the CNRA states it is 

the intent of the Congress to minimize 

potential adverse economic and fiscal 

effects of phasing-out CNMI’s 

nonresident contract worker program 

and to maximize the CNMI’s potential 

for future economic and business 

growth by, among other things, assuring 

that foreign workers are protected from 

the potential for abuse and exploitation. 

Pub. L. 110–229, Sec. 701(a)(1)(E), 48 

U.S.C. 1806 note. The Department 

emphasizes the importance of 

Congress’s intent in this regard, and 

further notes that this notice should not 

be construed to alter or amend the 

continuing obligations of CNMI 

employers to adhere to and comply with 

applicable civil rights, labor and 

workplace safety laws. Employers in 

CNMI remain subject to the array of 

federal laws that, among others, ensure 

and protect the rights of workers to a 

workplace based on fair treatment, and 

free of unlawful discrimination and 

hazards to safety and health. Those and 

other workplace rights will continue to 

be applied forcefully by the Department 

and other federal agencies with 

jurisdiction to administer and enforce 

federal worker protection laws. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 27 of May, 

2014. 

Thomas E. Perez, 

Secretary of Labor. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of Funds and 

Solicitation for Grant Applications for 

Disability Employment Initiative Grants 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant 

Applications (SGA). 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA 

PY 13–11 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA), in 

coordination with the Department’s 

Office of Disability Employment Policy, 

announces the availability of 

approximately $15 million in grant 

funds authorized by Section171 of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for 

the Round V Disability Employment 

Initiative. We expect to fund 

approximately eight grants, ranging 

from $1.5 million to $2.5 million each. 

Applicants may apply for up to $2.5 

million. 

The complete SGA and any 

subsequent SGA amendments in 

connection with this solicitation are 

described in further detail on ETA’s 

Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/

grants/ or on http://www.grants.gov. The 

Web sites provide application 

information, eligibility requirements, 

review and selection procedures, and 

other program requirements governing 

this solicitation. 

DATES: The closing date for receipt of 

applications under this announcement 

is July 8, 2014. Applications must be 

received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cam 

Nguyen, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–4716, Washington, DC 20210; 

Email: Nguyen.Cam@dol.gov. 

Signed: May 28, 2014 in Washington, DC. 

Eric D. Luetkenhaus, 

Grant Officer, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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 (ICR) can 

be obtained 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 August 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

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 271,400 reports (from a 

sample of 144,000 employers with State 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts 

comprised of 554,000 individual 

worksites), as of January 2014. Each 

month, firms report their employment, 

payroll, and hours on forms identified 

as the BLS–790. The sample is collected 

under a probability-based design. Puerto 

Rico and the Virgin Islands collect an 

additional 7,400 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 (Oregon, 

Washington, North Carolina, and South 

Carolina), Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 


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