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certification, these statutory 

responsibilities include, determining 

that there are not able, willing, qualified 

and available U.S. workers for a position 

and location for which certification is 

being requested, and that the 

employment of the foreign worker(s) 

will not have an adverse impact on 

similarly employed U.S. workers. 

Employers seeking to hire foreign 

workers in the D–1, E–3, H–1B, H–1B1, 

H–2A, H–2B, or the permanent/‘‘green 

card’’ visa programs must first apply to 

the Secretary of Labor to obtain a labor 

certification or for the approval of a 

labor condition application, or a labor 

attestation. The Secretary has delegated 

the responsibilities for the 

administration of these programs to the 

Employment and Training 

Administration’s (ETA) Office of 

Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). 

Before obtaining a certification from 

the Department, most employers must 

first obtain a Prevailing Wage 

Determination (PWD) for the 

appropriate occupation and area of 

intended employment from OFLC. Since 

January 1, 2010, the receipt and 

processing of PWD requests for use in 

the E–3, H–1B, H–1B1, H–2B, and the 

permanent/‘‘green card’’ programs has 

been centralized in OFLC’s National 

Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC) in 

Washington, DC. 

The purpose of this Notice is to 

inform the public that the NPWC is 

relocating within Washington, DC and 

provide a new mailing address. 

II. NPWC Address 

Old Address: U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, National Prevailing Wage 

Center, 1341 G Street, Suite 201, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005–3105; 

Telephone: (202) 693–8200; Facsimile 

(202) 693–8260. 

New Address: U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, National Prevailing Wage 

Center, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.; 

Room N–5311, Washington, DC 20210; 

Telephone: (202) 693–8200; Facsimile 

(202) 693–8260. 

The NPWC is fully operational at the 

new address on January 11, 2016. 

Affected stakeholders should direct any 

mailed correspondence addressed to the 

NPWC at the new address on and after 

January 11, 2015. Currently, the vast 

majority of PWD requests and related 

correspondence are submitted 

electronically to the NPWC. However, to 

ensure a smooth transition to the new 

address, the NPWC will rely on the 

standard United States Postal Service 

for mail forwarding from the old to the 

new address after the effective date of 

this Notice. 

III. NPWC Email Help Desk 

The change in the physical address 

for the NPWC will not affect the NPWC 

Email Help Desk. Members of the public 

who require technical assistance with 

PWD requests and/or related matters 

may continue to direct their inquiries to 

the National Prevailing Wage Center 

Help Desk at FLC.PWD@dol.gov. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01848 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for the Trade Activity 

Participant Report (TAPR), Extension 

Without Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a 

preclearance consultation program to 

provide the 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 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 

helps ensure that 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. 

Currently, ETA is soliciting comments 

concerning the collection of data about 

the Trade Activity Participant Report 

(OMB No. 1205–0392), which provides 

information on participant activities and 

performance outcomes for those served 

under the Trade Adjustment Assistance 

Program, as authorized under the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

April 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Susan Worden, Office of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance Room N–5428, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone 

number: 202–693–3517 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Individuals with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access the telephone number above via 

TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–877– 

889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693– 

3585 Email: worden.susan@dol.gov. A 

copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department uses information 

from the Trade Activity Participant 

Report Form completed by the states to 

establish state funding needs and 

evaluate the effectiveness of state 

administration of the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance Program under the Trade 

Act. The Department is requesting a 

three year extension of the currently 

approved collection in order to continue 

to meet reporting requirements in 

sections 239 and 249B of the Trade Act, 

as amended. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 

• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: extension without 

changes. 

Title: Trade Activity Participant 

Report. 

OMB Number: 1205–0392. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Form(s): Trade Activity Participant 

Report. 

Total Annual Respondents: 50. 


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Annual Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Annual Responses: 200. 

Average Time per Response: 47.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,500. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

ICR; they will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01849 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Assessing the Goals in the Strategic 

Plan 2012–2016; Request for 

Comments; Correction 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: On January 22, 2016, the 

Legal Services Corporation (LSC) 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (81 FR 3836) titled ‘‘Assessing 

the Goals in the Strategic Plan 2012– 

2016; Request for Comments.’’ The 

contact information listed in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

the previous notice has an incorrect link 

to LSC’s Strategic Plan. This document 

corrects the notice by correcting the link 

to LSC’s Strategic Plan with the correct 

web link. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

January 22, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Fertig Cohen, Chief of Staff, 

Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20007; 

(202) 295–1576; cohenr@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

correct link to LSC’s Strategic Plan is 

available at http://www.lsc.gov/aboutlsc/who-we-are/strategic-plan. 

Dated: January 28, 2016. 

Katherine Ward, 

Executive Assistant to the Vice President for 

Legal Affairs and General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01845 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness 

Analysis of Federal Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of 

OMB Circular A–94. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget revised Circular A–94 in 

1992. The revised Circular specified 

certain discount rates to be updated 

annually when the interest rate and 

inflation assumptions used to prepare 

the Budget of the United States 

Government were changed. These 

discount rates are found in Appendix C 

of the revised Circular. The updated 

discount rates are shown below. The 

discount rates in Appendix C are to be 

used for cost-effectiveness analysis, 

including lease-purchase analysis, as 

specified in the revised Circular. They 

do not apply to regulatory analysis. 

DATES: The revised discount rates will 

be in effect through December 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gideon Lukens, Office of Economic 

Policy, Office of Management and 

Budget, (202) 395–3316. 

Devin O’Connor, 

Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office 

of Management and Budget. 

OMB Circular No. A–94 

APPENDIX C 

(Revised November 2015) 

DISCOUNT RATES FOR COSTEFFECTIVENESS, LEASE PURCHASE, 

AND RELATED ANALYSES 

Effective Dates. This appendix is 

updated annually. This version of the 

appendix is valid for calendar year 

2016. A copy of the updated appendix 

can be obtained in electronic form 

through the OMB home page at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_

a094/a94_appx-c/. The text of the 

Circular is found at http://

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_

a094/, and a table of past years’ rates is 

located at http://www.whitehouse.gov/

sites/default/files/omb/assets/a94/

dischist.pdf. Updates of the appendix 

are also available upon request from 

OMB’s Office of Economic Policy (202– 

395–3316). 

Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of 

nominal or market interest rates for 

calendar year 2016 based on the 

economic assumptions for the 2017 

Budget is presented below. These 

nominal rates are to be used for 

discounting nominal flows, which are 

often encountered in lease-purchase 

analysis. 

NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES

[in percent] 

3-year 5-year 7-year 10-year 20-year 30-year 

2.0 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 

Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real 

interest rates from which the inflation 

premium has been removed and based 

on the economic assumptions from the 

2017 Budget is presented below. These 

real rates are to be used for discounting 

constant-dollar flows, as is often 

required in cost-effectiveness analysis. 

REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES

[in percent] 

3-year 5-year 7-year 10-year 20-year 30-year 

0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 

Analyses of programs with terms 

different from those presented above 

may use a linear interpolation. For 

example, a four-year project can be 

evaluated with a rate equal to the 

average of the three-year and five-year 

rates. Programs with durations longer 


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