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2The Commission has found the response 

submitted by domestic interested party D.D. Bean 

to be individually adequate. Comments from other 

interested parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR 

207.62(d)(2)). 

will be issued pursuant to section 

207.62(d)(4) of the Commission’s rules. 

Written submissions. As provided in 

section 207.62(d) of the Commission’s 

rules, interested parties that are parties 

to the reviews and that have provided 

individually adequate responses to the 

notice of institution,2 and any party 

other than an interested party to the 

reviews may file written comments with 

the Secretary on what determination the 

Commission should reach in the 

reviews. Comments are due on or before 

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 and may not 

contain new factual information. Any 

person that is neither a party to the fiveyear reviews nor an interested party 

may submit a brief written statement 

(which shall not contain any new 

factual information) pertinent to the 

reviews by Tuesday, March 10, 2015. 

However, should the Department of 

Commerce extend the time limit for its 

completion of the final results of its 

reviews, the deadline for comments 

(which may not contain new factual 

information) on Commerce’s final 

results is three business days after the 

issuance of Commerce’s results. If 

comments contain business proprietary 

information (BPI), they must conform to 

the requirements of sections 201.6, 

207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s 

rules. Please be aware that the 

Commission’s rules with respect to 

filing have changed. The most recent 

amendments took effect on July 25, 

2014. See 79 FR 35920 (June 25, 2014), 

and the revised Commission Handbook 

on E-filing, available from the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

edis.usitc.gov. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the rules, each document 

filed by a party to the reviews must be 

served on all other parties to the reviews 

(as identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These reviews are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.62 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Issued: February 18, 2015. 

By order of the Commission. 

William R. Bishop, 

Supervisory Hearings and Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03560 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Parole Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, 

February 24, 2015. 

PLACE: U.S. Parole Commission, 90 K 

Street NE., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Determination on five original 

jurisdiction cases. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jacqueline Graham, Staff Assistant to 

the Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission, 

90 K Street NE., 3rd Floor, Washington, 

DC 20530, (202) 346–7001. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

J. Patricia W. Smoot, 

Acting Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03723 Filed 2–19–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Planning 

Guidance and Instructions for 

Strategic State Plan and Plan 

Modifications Submission for 

Workforce Investment Act Title I and 

Wagner-Peyser Act 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Employment 

and Training Administration (ETA) 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Planning Guidance 

and Instructions for Strategic State Plan 

and Plan Modifications Submission for 

Workforce Investment Act Title I and 

Wagner-Peyser Act,’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for continued use, 

without change, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public 

comments on the ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge from the 

RegInfo.gov Web site at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201411-1205-003 

(this link will only become active on the 

day following publication of this notice) 

or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail or courier to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–ETA, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202– 

395–5806 (this is not a toll-free 

number); or by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters 

are encouraged, but not required, to 

send a courtesy copy of any comments 

by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064, 

(these are not toll-free numbers) or by 

email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Planning Guidance and Instructions for 

Strategic State Plan and Plan 

Modifications Submission for Workforce 

Investment Act (WIA), Pub. L. 105–220, 

Title I and Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 

49 et seq., information collection. The 

WIA provides the framework for a 

network of State workforce investment 

systems designed to meet the needs of 

the nation’s businesses, job seekers, 

youth, and those who want to further 

their careers. Title I requires a State to 

develop five-year strategic plans for this 

system, which must also contain the 

detail plans required under the WagnerPeyser Act. Regulations 20 CFR 661.230 

establishes requirements for WIA title I 

and Wagner-Peyser Act plan 

modification. WIA section 112, 29 

U.S.C. 2822, and Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 

U.S.C. 49g, authorize this information 

collection. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 


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collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1205–0398. 

OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

be for more than three (3) years without 

renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

February 28, 2015. The DOL currently 

seeks to extend PRA authorization for 

this information collection, without any 

change to existing requirements. The 

DOL notes that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

For additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 10, 2014 (79 FR 53786). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1205–0398. The OMB 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; 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. 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Title of Collection: Planning Guidance 

and Instructions for Strategic State Plan 

and Plan Modifications Submission for 

Workforce Investment Act Title I and 

Wagner-Peyser Act. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0398. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 10. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 10. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

400 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

Dated: February 12, 2015. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03561 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 2015 

Allowable Charges for Agricultural 

Workers’ Meals and Travel 

Subsistence Reimbursement, 

Including Lodging 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) of the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

issuing this Notice to announce (1) the 

allowable charges for 2015 that 

employers seeking H–2A workers may 

charge their workers when the employer 

provides three meals a day, and (2) the 

maximum travel subsistence meal 

reimbursement that a worker with 

receipts may claim in 2015. The Notice 

also includes a reminder regarding 

employers’ obligations with respect to 

overnight lodging costs as part of 

required subsistence. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective on February 23, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William W. Thompson, Acting 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification (OFLC), U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room C–4312, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: 202–693–3010 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The United States (U.S.) Citizenship 

and Immigration Services of the 

Department of Homeland Security will 

not approve an employer’s petition for 

the admission of H–2A nonimmigrant 

temporary agricultural workers in the 

U.S. unless the petitioner has received 

from the Department an H–2A labor 

certification. The H–2A labor 

certification provides that: (1) there are 

not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, 

willing, and qualified, and who will be 

available at the time and place needed 

to perform the labor or services involved 

in the petition; and (2) the employment 

of the foreign worker(s) in such labor or 

services will not adversely affect the 

wages and working conditions of 

workers in the U.S. similarly employed. 

8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c)(1), 

and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5). 

Allowable Meal Charge 

Among the minimum benefits and 

working conditions that the Department 

requires employers to offer their U.S. 

and H–2A workers are three meals a day 

or free and convenient cooking and 

kitchen facilities. 20 CFR 655.122(g). 

Where the employer provides the meals, 

the job offer must state the charge, if 

any, to the worker for such meals. Id. 

The Department provides, at 20 CFR 

655.173(a), the methodology for 

determining the maximum amounts that 

H–2A agricultural employers may 

charge their U.S. and foreign workers for 

providing them with three meals per 

day during employment. This 

methodology provides for annual 

adjustments of the previous year’s 

maximum allowable charge based upon 

updated Consumer Price Index (CPI) 

data. The maximum charge allowed by 

20 CFR 655.173(a) is adjusted by the 

same percentage as the 12-month 

percent change in the CPI for all Urban 

Consumers for Food (CPI–U for Food).1

The OFLC Certifying Officer may also 

permit an employer to charge workers a 

higher amount for providing them with 

three meals a day, if the higher amount 

is justified and sufficiently documented 

by the employer, as set forth in 20 CFR 

655.173(b). 

The Department has determined that 

the percentage change between 

December of 2013 and December of 

2014 for the CPI–U for Food was 2.4 

percent. Accordingly, the maximum an 

employer is allowed to charge under 20 

CFR 655.122(g) shall be no more than 

$11.86 per day, unless the OFLC 

Certifying Officer approves a higher 

charge for a specific employer as 

authorized under 20 CFR 655.173(b). 

Reimbursement for Daily Travel 

Subsistence 

The regulations at 20 CFR 655.122(h) 

establish that the minimum daily travel 

subsistence expense for meals, to which 

a worker is entitled to reimbursement, 

must be at least as much as the 

employer would charge for providing 

the worker with three meals a day 

during employment (if applicable), but 

in no event less than the amount 


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