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North Carolina location of Dell Products 

LP, Winston-Salem (WS–1) Division. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–72,575 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

‘‘All workers of Dell Products LP, WinstonSalem (WS–1) Division, including on-site 

leased workers of Adecco, Spherion, Patriot 

Staffing, Manpower, TEKsystems, APN, 

ICONMA, and Staffing Solutions, South East, 

and Omni Resources and Recovery, WinstonSalem, North Carolina, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after October 13, 2008 through March 1, 

2012, and all workers in the group threatened 

with total or partial separation from 

employment on date of certification through 

two years from the date of certification, are 

eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 

under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act 

of 1974, as amended.’’ 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of 

August 2010. 

Del Min Amy Chen, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23501 Filed 9–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–72,291] 

EDS, an HP Company, A Subsidiary of 

Hewlett-Packard Company Including 

On-Site Leased Workers from 

Compuware Comporation, Detroit, 

Michigan; Amended Certification 

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’), 

19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor 

issued a Certification of Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance on December 17, 2009, 

applicable to workers of EDS, an HP 

Company, a subsidiary of HewlettPackard Company, Detroit, Michigan. 

The notice was published in the Federal 

Register on February 16, 2010 (75 FR 

7033). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers are engaged in activities related 

to information technology (IT) 

outsourcing services. 

New information shows that workers 

leased from Compuware Corporation 

were employed on-site at the Detroit, 

Michigan location of EDS, an HP 

Company, a subsidiary of HewlettPackard Company. The Department has 

determined that these workers were 

sufficiently under the control of the 

subject firm to be considered leased 

workers. 

Based on these findings, the 

Department is amending this 

certification to include workers leased 

from Compuware Corporation working 

on-site at the Detroit, Michigan location 

of EDS, an HP Company, a subsidiary of 

Hewlett-Packard Company. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–72,291 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of EDS, an HP Company, a 

subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, 

including on-site leased workers from 

Compuware Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, 

who became totally or partially separated 

from employment on or after September 11, 

2008, through December 17, 2011, and all 

workers in the group threatened with total or 

partial separation from employment on the 

date of certification through two years from 

the date of certification, are eligible to apply 

for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of 

Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 9th day of 

September 2010. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23500 Filed 9–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–72,096] 

Amphenol Antenna Solutions, a 

Subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation, 

Formerly Known as Jaybeam Wireless, 

Including On-Site Leased Workers 

From Manpower, Accurate Staffing and 

Administaff, Inc. Hickory, NC; 

Amended Certification Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’), 

19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor 

issued a Certification of Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance on July 9, 2010, applicable to 

workers of Amphenol Antenna 

Solutions, a subsidiary of Amphenol 

Corporation, formerly known as 

Jaybeam Wireless, including on-site 

leased workers from Manpower and 

Accurate Staffing, Hickory, North 

Carolina. The notice was published in 

the Federal Register on July 26, 2010 

(75 FR 43559). 

At the request of a company official, 

the Department reviewed the 

certification for workers of the subject 

firm. The workers are engaged in the 

production of base station antennas and 

mounting kits. 

The company reports that workers 

leased from Administaff, Inc. were 

employed on-site at the Hickory, North 

Carolina location of Amphenol Antenna 

Solutions, a subsidiary of Amphenol 

Corporation, formerly known as 

Jaybeam Wireless. The Department has 

determined that these workers were 

sufficiently under the control of the 

subject firm to be considered leased 

workers. 

Based on these findings, the 

Department is amending this 

certification to include workers leased 

from Administaff, Inc. working on-site 

at the Hickory, North Carolina location 

of Amphenol Antenna Solutions, a 

subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation, 

formerly known as Jaybeam Wireless. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–72,096 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

‘‘All workers of Amphenol Antenna 

Solutions, a subsidiary of Amphenol 

Corporation, formerly known as Jaybeam 

Wireless, including on-site leased workers 

from Manpower, Accurate Staffing and 

Administaff, Inc., Hickory, North Carolina, 

who became totally or partially separated 

from employment on or after August 14, 

2008, through July 9, 2012, and all workers 

in the group threatened with total or partial 

separation from employment on the date of 

certification through two years from the date 

of certification, are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of 

Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended.’’ 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

September 2010. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23498 Filed 9–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Summary of Comments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

ACTION: Notice of comments received 

and final definition of green jobs. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS) is responsible for developing and 

implementing the collection of new data 

on green jobs. The resulting information 

will be useful for evaluating policy 

initiatives and the labor market impact 

of economic activity related to 

protecting the environment and 

conserving natural resources. BLS 

activities also will be useful to State 


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labor market information offices in their 

efforts to meet the need for information 

for State policymakers, businesses, and 

job seekers. 

In a Federal Register Notice on March 

16, 2010 (75 FR 12571), BLS solicited 

comments on the definition BLS will 

use in measuring green jobs, the list of 

industries where green goods or services 

are classified, or any other aspect of the 

information provided in the notice. The 

current notice summarizes the 

comments received and the BLS 

response to the comments, and provides 

the final BLS definition of green jobs for 

use in data collection. 

Appendices. This notice includes four 

appendices in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. Appendix I 

summarizes the comments received on 

the proposed definition of green jobs 

and the BLS response. Appendix II 

presents the final definition of green 

jobs BLS will use for data collection 

beginning in FY 2011. Appendix III 

summarizes comments on identifying 

industries where green goods and 

services are classified and the approach 

BLS intends to use for data collection 

beginning in FY 2011. Appendix IV 

summarizes comments received on the 

BLS plan to measure green jobs and the 

BLS response. 

ADDRESSES: For further information, 

contact Richard Clayton, Office of 

Industry Employment Statistics, Bureau 

of Labor Statistics, Room 4840, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212 or by e-mail to: 

green@bls.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Clayton, Office of Industry 

Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, telephone number 202–691– 

5185 (this is not a toll-free number), or 

by e-mail to: green@bls.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Comments on the Green 

Jobs Definition and BLS Response 

In response to the March 16, 2010, 

Federal Register Notice, BLS received 

156 comments. The largest number of 

comments was from business or 

industry associations (44 comments), 

followed by State workforce agencies 

(22), private employers (20), labor 

unions (16), individuals (15), other State 

or local government (14), academic or 

research organizations (9), Federal 

agencies (8), and nonprofit 

organizations (8). BLS reviewed and 

considered all comments and made 

certain changes in the green jobs 

definition and industry list, as described 

below. 

In the March 16, 2010, Federal 

Register Notice, BLS requested 

comments and recommendations from 

the public on the definition, industry 

list, or any other aspect of the 

information provided in the notice. BLS 

was interested in comments on: 

1. Whether the definition of green jobs 

is clear and understandable. 

2. The comprehensiveness of the 

definition, including the composition of 

the set of economic activities in which 

green jobs are involved and the types of 

green goods and services. 

3. Whether the distribution of green 

goods should be included as green 

services. 

4. Whether the preparation and sale of 

organic food by restaurants and food 

service industries should be included as 

green services. 

The following summary addresses the 

comments received on each of these 

questions, followed by comments on 

other topics related to the definition of 

green jobs. Comments related to data 

collection plans are summarized in 

Appendix IV. 

Whether the definition of green jobs is 

clear and understandable. Three 

comments asked for clarification of the 

broad definition of green jobs. One 

comment noted that, by using both the 

output and process approaches, BLS is 

trying to encompass the broadest 

definition of green jobs, although one 

would want to know the degree of 

overlap between the two approaches. 

BLS agrees this overlap is of interest; the 

data BLS will collect will provide an 

indication but not a direct measure of 

the overlap. 

One comment questioned whether 

certain workers would be included, 

such as a sustainability manager in a 

business that is not producing a green 

good or service. BLS responds that jobs 

with the titles listed in the comment 

would be captured by either of the two 

measurement approaches, depending on 

where these jobs occur. 

One comment noted that the 

definition should clearly include 

development, production, installation, 

and maintenance activities that 

contribute to protecting the 

environment and conserving natural 

resources. BLS has modified the 

descriptions of the relevant categories to 

specifically mention research and 

development, installation, and 

maintenance. 

The comprehensiveness of the 

definition. Ten comments addressed the 

broad definition of green jobs. Three 

comments agreed with the broad 

definition, with one of these comments 

noting that this is a new area for data 

collection and the dimensions are 

somewhat unknown until data 

collection occurs. Three comments 

encouraged BLS to narrow the 

definition, with one of these comments 

citing policy needs for credible and 

concrete data, and one of these 

comments expressing the fear that the 

definition of green becomes so broad as 

to make it not useful. 

Two comments recommended 

wording changes to reference ‘‘growing 

the economic engine’’ or ‘‘promoting 

sustainability.’’ BLS has not adopted 

these changes, as they suggest policy 

positions or advocacy roles 

inappropriate for a statistical agency. 

Whether the distribution of green 

goods should be included as green 

services. Thirty-one comments 

addressed whether distribution of green 

goods should be included in the BLS 

definition of green goods and services. 

The proposed BLS definition includes 

services that specialize in the 

distribution of green goods, including 

certain detailed industries in the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) sectors of 

Transportation and Warehousing, 

Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Real 

Estate and Rental and Leasing. 

Including these industries would result 

in the identification of green jobs in, for 

example, trucking, grocery stores, and 

motor vehicle dealers. 

Thirteen comments recommended 

excluding distribution activities. Most 

of these comments based their 

recommendation on lack of skill 

differences for workers involved in 

distributing green goods versus those 

distributing other goods. In response, 

BLS notes that its green jobs definition 

is not based on skill differences, but 

instead on the environmental impact of 

the good or service produced or the 

production process used. Several 

comments expressed concerns about the 

feasibility and cost of data collection in 

the distribution sectors. 

Ten comments recommended 

including distribution only on the basis 

of whether the distribution process is 

green (e.g., use of energy-efficiency 

vehicles). BLS responds that 

distribution activities conducted using 

environmentally friendly production 

processes will be addressed in the 

process approach to data collection. 

Eight comments recommended 

including distribution. One commenter 

noted that their State green jobs survey 

had identified jobs in the transportation 

industry and related occupations. BLS 

notes that it is unclear in this State 

survey whether these jobs were reported 

because of the nature of the good being 

transported or the nature of the 

production process. 

Five comments recommended 

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scope of what is included. These 

comments would narrow the scope 

variously, such as limited to ‘‘the extent 

a distributor deals predominantly or 

exclusively in green goods;’’ only if ‘‘the 

primary function is green related;’’ only 

if ‘‘the overall net impact of those jobs 

is positive or neutral at best;’’ and if ‘‘the 

distribution services are a subdivision of 

a company that is selling energy 

efficient or organic produce, then the 

distribution costs for that percentage of 

the business should be included.’’ 

Three comments recommended BLS 

investigate local and regional food 

networks or include locally produced 

foods as green. BLS responds that food 

producers who distribute locally and 

businesses that purchase locally 

produced food have adopted an 

environmentally friendly process that 

will be covered in the process survey. 

BLS has determined to exclude 

distribution of green goods from its 

definition of green goods and services. 

Transporting or selling a green good has 

no apparent benefit to the environment 

compared to transporting or selling any 

other good. 

Whether the preparation and sale of 

organic food by restaurants and food 

service industries should be included as 

green services. Twenty-two comments 

responded to this question. The 

proposed BLS definition includes 

services classified in Accommodation 

and Food Services industries such as 

restaurants, caterers, and cafeterias. 

Ten comments recommended 

excluding this activity from the 

definition of green goods and services. 

Generally, these comments noted that 

the environmental benefit of organic 

food is in the production stage, not in 

the preparation and sale. Several 

comments expressed concerns that 

including this activity would lead to 

overcounting the number of green jobs. 

One comment that recommended 

excluding this activity noted an 

inconsistency in the proposed definition 

in the treatment of organic food 

products versus goods containing 

recycled inputs. BLS agrees with this 

comment and has addressed this 

inconsistency in its final definition. 

Eight comments recommended 

including this activity. One comment 

said the reason was to encourage the 

growth of organic farming; BLS 

responds that it does not have an 

advocacy position on organic farming. 

One comment noted that the purchase 

and end use is as important as 

production of organic products because 

without the buyers and markets, no 

organic farming could exist. One 

comment noted environmental impacts 

in this category, i.e., using fresh versus 

packaged food, reduces packaging waste 

and using composting practices diverts 

waste from the landfill. BLS notes that 

these practices are not inherent to 

organic foods. 

Three comments recommended 

including this activity only on the basis 

of whether the process is green; another 

comment said that if the activity is 

counted as a green service, then it 

should not be counted in the process 

approach. 

BLS has determined to exclude 

preparation and sale of organic food 

from its definition of green goods and 

services. Preparing or selling organic 

food has no apparent benefit to the 

environment compared to preparing or 

selling other food. 

Need for a standardized definition of 

green jobs. Thirteen comments noted 

the need for a standardized national 

definition of green jobs, and some 

comments indicated an expectation that 

the BLS definition would be adopted for 

other than statistical purposes. BLS 

responds that it is developing the 

definition of green jobs only for use in 

collecting and analyzing data. Other 

uses of the definition have played no 

role in its development. 

Job quality and worker characteristics. 

Eleven comments expressed concerns 

about the statement in the Federal 

Register Notice that the definition does 

not consider job aspects unrelated to the 

work itself, such as wages, union 

membership, benefits, or career ladders. 

Some of these comments urged BLS to 

use criteria such as worker health and 

safety, wages and benefits, and career 

pathways. BLS responds that using such 

criteria would require BLS to determine, 

for example, what level of worker safety 

is high enough for the job to be included 

as a green job. Making such 

determinations would be inappropriate 

for a statistical agency, which must 

refrain from policy advocacy to 

maintain its credibility among data 

users. However, data users may make 

use of information on worker safety, 

wages, and other topics to select jobs 

from the BLS data that meet their own 

criteria regarding these topics. 

Two comments cited the need for 

demographic characteristics of workers 

in green jobs. BLS does not plan to 

collect demographic data in its surveys. 

However, users may be able to 

supplement the BLS green jobs data 

with demographic data from other 

sources. 

Categories of green economic activity: 

General comments. Three comments 

addressed the categories of green 

economic activity in general. One 

comment recommended including 

‘‘operation and maintenance’’ in each 

instance where development and 

implementation are listed. BLS agrees 

that green goods maintenance services 

should be included and has changed the 

descriptions for the relevant categories. 

One comment noted that the 

categories are highly integrated and not 

necessarily independent. BLS agrees 

with this comment. The categories do 

overlap and are not intended to be 

mutually exclusive. The purpose of the 

categories is to establish the scope of 

green jobs. BLS may decide to tabulate 

data from the green goods and services 

survey according to these categories, 

recognizing that such a tabulation 

would sum to greater than the total 

number of green jobs identified, and 

requires clear explanation to data users. 

Alternatively, BLS could assign each 

industry where green goods or services 

are produced to only one category, so 

the categories sum to the total number 

of green jobs identified. 

One comment supported the use of 

‘‘reduction’’ throughout the definition, 

but noted that this does not address the 

goal of environmental sustainability and 

climate stability. The comment stated 

that ‘‘while the seven economic 

activities are comprehensive * * * they 

do not capture the underpinnings of 

business and industry that create these 

economic activities and their associated 

environmental outcomes. It would help 

to articulate the management policies 

and operational systems that lead to 

these outcomes.’’ BLS responds that it is 

unclear how the commenter would 

change the definition or data collection. 

BLS has determined to consolidate 

the seven categories into five categories 

for green goods and services and four 

categories for environmentally friendly 

production processes. Additionally, BLS 

has determined to modify the term 

‘‘categories of green economic activity’’ 

to ‘‘categories of green goods and 

services’’ and ‘‘categories of green 

technologies and practices used within 

establishments.’’ See Appendix II of this 

notice. 

Category 1, Renewable energy. Five 

comments addressed category 1. One 

comment recommended that BLS merge 

this category with categories 2 (energy 

efficiency) and 3 (greenhouse gas 

reduction), creating a single ‘‘clean 

energy’’ category, with the proposed 

category addressing only energy 

systems. BLS has determined to merge 

certain categories, as described in 

Appendix II of this notice. These 

decisions do not affect category 1, 

however. 

One comment recommended that BLS 

modify the description to show the 

sources of renewable energy consistent 

with the statutory definition. BLS has 


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modified the description to reflect the 

sources listed in Section 203(b) of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, with the 

exception of the qualification of 

hydropower. The statutory definition 

includes as renewable only ‘‘new 

hydroelectric generation capacity 

achieved from increased efficiency or 

additions of new capacity at an existing 

hydroelectric project.’’ BLS finds this 

qualification too complex to be used in 

employment surveys and therefore 

includes all hydroelectric generation as 

a green good. In response to this 

comment, BLS has changed the 

description to add landfill gas and 

municipal solid waste as renewable 

sources, and remove hydrogen fuel 

cells. 

One comment recommended that the 

description include installation and 

maintenance. BLS agrees that these 

activities are included and has modified 

the description accordingly. One 

comment asked whether trading of 

certificates and offsets is included. BLS 

responds that these activities are 

included. They could be placed in 

categories for renewable energy, 

pollution reduction and cleanup, or 

greenhouse gas reduction, depending on 

what is being traded. 

One comment recommended that BLS 

expand the description to include 

‘‘construction workers who build and 

install technologies that harness or 

collect renewable energy.’’ BLS responds 

that these workers are included in the 

proposed definition, and should be 

identified in the data collection. 

Category 2, Energy efficiency. Four 

comments addressed category 2. Two 

comments recommended that BLS 

clarify where energy storage and 

distribution are categorized, including 

the electric power grid and battery 

technologies, and whether BLS intends 

to distinguish between the storage and 

distribution of energy from renewable 

sources versus energy from other 

sources. 

BLS has determined to categorize 

improving the efficiency of the electric 

power grid, including Smart Grid 

technologies, in category 2. BLS has also 

determined that electric power 

distribution services are not included as 

a green service, similar to its decision 

on distribution of other green goods and 

services as discussed above. 

One comment recommended that BLS 

break out transportation efficiency and 

other sources of efficiency. BLS 

responds that it does not see a need for 

this breakout. 

One comment asked that BLS clarify 

whether the category means to include 

‘‘energy efficiency products’’ not 

‘‘energy-efficient production of any 

product.’’ BLS responds that both 

‘‘energy efficiency products’’ and 

‘‘energy-efficient production of any 

product’’ are included, with the latter 

identified as an environmentally 

friendly production process. The 

revised presentation of the categories 

makes this clearer. 

Category 3, Greenhouse gas reduction. 

Five comments addressed category 3. 

One comment stated agreement with the 

inclusion of research and development 

activities in this category. One comment 

recommended moving nuclear energy to 

category 1, renewable energy. BLS 

responds that nuclear power is not 

renewable energy, as the fuel source is 

not renewable. 

Two comments supported including 

nuclear energy in this category, while 

one comment opposed including 

nuclear energy as a source of green jobs. 

One comment supporting inclusion of 

nuclear energy recommended keeping it 

as a separate category for data 

tabulation, as many stakeholders will 

likely reject nuclear energy as a source 

of green jobs. BLS responds that it 

intends to tabulate data from the green 

jobs surveys by NAICS industry, which 

should result in presentation of data 

specifically for NAICS 221113 Nuclear 

electric power generation as well as 

other NAICS categories, providing 

transparency and allowing users to 

exclude sectors for their own purposes. 

BLS continues to include nuclear energy 

in the final definition on the basis of 

lower greenhouse gas emissions relative 

to other major sources of electric power. 

One comment recommended 

eliminating ‘‘reduction of GHG 

emissions in electricity from fossil 

fuels’’ from this category, noting that 

‘‘every fossil fueled power plant * * * 

is or will soon be trying to make 

incremental improvements to its 

emissions intensity, but that activity 

will not ‘green’ the fossil fuel industry 

and nor will it qualify the associated 

power plants as ‘green energy.’ ’’ 

Another comment supported including 

this activity, noting that ‘‘energy 

production includes jobs that design 

and apply cleaner technologies to coal 

such as gasification, pyrolysis, and 

carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). 

CCS is still under development but our 

definition includes efforts that seek to 

reduce adverse impacts of coal in the 

near future while the country works to 

develop clean, renewable energy 

sources.’’ BLS responds that activities in 

the fossil fuel industry to make 

incremental improvements to its 

emissions intensity represent 

establishments adopting 

environmentally friendly production 

processes and should be measured in 

the BLS green process survey. BLS also 

notes that the proposed definition 

includes research and development of 

CCS as a green activity, and the planned 

surveys should identify this activity, 

depending on where it is being 

performed. 

Category 4, Pollution reduction and 

cleanup. Five comments addressed 

category 4. These comments generally 

supported the category and 

recommended including the words 

‘‘prevention’’ and/or ‘‘elimination’’ in the 

description. BLS agrees with this 

recommendation and has revised the 

description accordingly. 

One comment recommended merging 

category 4 and category 5 (recycling and 

waste reduction), noting that there is 

some overlap in the categories. BLS has 

determined to merge certain categories, 

as described in Appendix II of this 

notice. This decision combines 

categories 3, 4 and 5 into one category. 

Category 5, Recycling and waste 

reduction. Forty-four comments 

addressed category 5. These comments 

generally recommended adding certain 

activities to the description, specifically 

reuse (29 comments), remanufacturing 

(23), composting (22), reduction or 

elimination (7), deconstruction (4), 

repair (2), and demanufacturing (1). BLS 

has revised the description to include 

reuse, remanufacturing, composting, 

and avoiding creation of waste 

materials. ‘‘Reuse’’ includes reuse of 

building materials. 

One comment recommended creation 

of new NAICS codes related to 

composting. BLS responds that revising 

the NAICS is outside the scope of the 

BLS green jobs initiative. 

One comment recommended that 

recycled goods be included only on 

evidence that they typically had 

previously entered the waste stream; 

another comment recommended the 

category recognize producer 

responsibility for recycling product at 

end of life. BLS responds that, while 

these suggestions may have merit, they 

are more complex than BLS data 

collection processes could reasonably 

identify. 

One comment recommended 

rewording the description to include 

greater detail about the nature of 

recycling. BLS responds that it does not 

believe this additional detail is needed. 

One comment recommended 

rewording to include stormwater 

management. BLS agrees with this 

recommendation and has included 

stormwater management in the natural 

resources conservation category. 

Two comments opposed including 

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activities as green activities. BLS 

responds that it has added municipal 

solid waste and landfill gas as sources 

of renewable energy, consistent with the 

statutory definition of renewable energy 

sources. 

Category 6, Agriculture and natural 

resources conservation. Eighteen 

comments addressed category 6. 

Fourteen of the comments concerned 

the inclusion of additional NAICS 

industries on the industry list in the 

area of forestry and wood products, 

specifically 113110 Timber Tract 

Operations, and manufacturing 

industries related to wood and paper 

products. BLS has added timber tract 

operations to the list of industries 

producing green goods and services, 

based on timber tracts producing timber 

meeting sustainable forestry standards. 

BLS continues to include on the 

industry list industries producing 

certain wood products meeting 

standards, such as LEED-eligible 

construction materials. One comment 

criticized the use of the LEED standard 

to identify green wood products and 

recommended alternative standards. 

BLS is examining the recommended 

standards. 

One comment recommended this 

category include activities that take 

place in urban areas. BLS agrees that 

activities in urban areas are included; 

the key is environmental impact of the 

activity, not where it occurs. 

Two comments asked for clarification 

of the term ‘‘natural resources 

conservation.’’ One comment 

recommended that the category include 

land management and water 

conservation. BLS agrees that these 

activities are included; they are 

specifically mentioned in the 

description for this category. 

Category 7, Education, compliance, 

public awareness, and training. Eight 

comments addressed category 7. Two 

comments supported including this 

category. One comment called for 

deleting the category, stating that ‘‘all 

industries perform these as a public 

service and academia trains in them as 

its mission. Compliance is a regulatory 

and process review activity, not an 

economic one—no good or service is 

produced.’’ BLS responds that education 

and compliance are services industries 

recognized in the NAICS. 

One comment recommended adding 

‘‘internally within the organization’’ in 

addition to the point of raising public 

awareness. One comment noted that this 

category does not denote any green 

function, but agrees that the jobs meant 

to be included in the category are green. 

This comment proposed counting jobs 

in this category under each of the 

preceding categories, depending on the 

type of training provided. BLS has 

determined to retain a separate category 

for education and compliance goods and 

services, as some of these outputs span 

across two or more of the preceding 

categories. BLS has determined to drop 

this category from the categories of 

environmentally friendly production 

processes, and to include training of an 

establishment’s staff or contractors in 

application of environmentally friendly 

technologies and practices in the 

remaining four categories. 

One comment recommended the 

category be more open to allow 

respondents to include themselves, e.g., 

add ‘other’ or ‘similar services.’ BLS 

responds that, if these categories are 

presented on data collection forms for 

either the green goods and services 

survey or the process survey, an ‘‘other’’ 

response may be provided. 

One comment stated that it was 

unclear what types of jobs would count. 

BLS responds that the approach is 

under development and will be 

specified on the data collection 

instruments. 

One comment recommended that 

health and safety education and 

compliance related to green jobs may 

deserve special notice within this 

category. BLS does not see how health 

and safety education and compliance 

related to environmental problems has a 

beneficial impact on the environment. 

Comments recommending additional 

categories. Seven comments 

recommended adding new categories. 

Two comments recommended adding a 

category ‘‘Environmental health’’ to 

cover work to protect public health and 

worker health from the adverse effects 

of environmental problems. For the 

reason given in the paragraph above, 

BLS rejected this suggestion. 

Two comments recommended adding 

a category ‘‘Sustainable design, 

construction, and operations.’’ BLS 

responds that these activities are related 

to energy efficient building design, 

construction, and operation, and are 

covered in the category 2, Energy 

efficiency. 

One comment recommended adding a 

category ‘‘Emission inventory 

management and trading and 

compliance.’’ With the clarification that 

emission offset trading is included as a 

green activity (see discussion of 

category 1, above), BLS has addressed 

this comment. 

One comment recommended adding a 

category for the transportation sector, 

mentioning equipment manufacturing, 

public transit operation and 

maintenance, public transit 

infrastructure, and all road construction 

involved in repair ‘‘as long as those 

construction projects are linked to 

greenhouse gas emissions reductions 

and/or oil savings goals.’’ BLS responds 

that the definition of green goods and 

services includes the equipment 

manufacture and public transit topics. 

Some road construction activities are 

also included; it does not seem feasible 

to use the suggested criterion in BLS 

data collection. 

One comment recommended adding a 

category ‘‘Water efficiency’’ similar to 

‘‘Energy efficiency,’’ noting that the 

proposed categories mainly focus on 

energy, and that water is not included 

except for the mention of water 

conservation in category 6. The 

comment recommended including 

activities such as water conservation, 

drinking water protection, and 

stormwater management. BLS responds 

that the recommendation appears to be 

an elaboration of ‘‘water conservation’’ 

which is already included in the natural 

resources conservation category, and 

wastewater management, which is 

included in the pollution reduction 

category. Stormwater management has 

been added to the description for the 

natural resources conservation category. 

Types of green goods and services, 

general comments. Ten comments 

generally addressed the definition of 

green goods and services, with a focus 

on the extent to which the supply chain 

or production chain is included in the 

BLS definition. 

Most comments recommended 

including all of the ‘‘supply chain’’ or all 

stages from inputs to final sale. One 

comment, however, noted that ‘‘going 

too far down the chain reduces the 

‘greenness’ of the good because it could 

be shipped, stored, or sold with many 

other nongreen goods.’’ 

Two comments pointed out 

inconsistencies in the treatment of 

organic food products versus recycled 

inputs. The proposed BLS definition 

includes organic food products from 

specialized inputs through specialized 

distribution and sale, while recycled 

products are included only up to the 

stage where the recycled inputs are 

introduced. 

BLS notes that including the entire 

production chain is difficult for 

products other than organic foods, 

which carry a specific certification 

label, and would greatly expand the list 

of industries in which green goods are 

classified. These comments also relate 

to the question about whether to include 

distribution of green goods as a green 

service, discussed above. 

BLS has determined to drop the use 

of the four types of green goods and 

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comments indicated that these types 

were not clear or helpful to data users. 

Direct green goods and services. One 

comment addressed treatment of 

Recyclable Material Merchant 

Wholesalers in the NAICS. BLS 

responds that revising the NAICS is 

outside the scope of the BLS green jobs 

initiative. However, this NAICS 

industry is included in the industry list 

as producing a green service. 

Indirect green goods and services. 

Two comments addressed indirect green 

goods and services. One comment said 

the qualifier ‘‘favorable * * * relative to 

other goods’’ is vague. BLS responds that 

it intends, where possible, to use 

existing Federal or industry standards to 

make this qualifier more specific. BLS 

also notes that, without the ‘‘relative’’ 

qualifier, it would have little or no basis 

to make a distinction between green and 

nongreen goods or services that are not 

‘‘direct’’ and would exclude a large 

number of products and services that 

are generally considered green. 

One comment said the distinction 

between direct green products and 

indirect green products seems unclear: 

For example, why is weatherizing a 

building directly green, but producing 

renewable energy is indirectly green? 

BLS responds to this example by noting 

that weatherization is conducted 

specifically for an environmental 

purpose, the definition of a direct good 

or service. Producing renewable energy 

is conducted to produce electricity, but 

has an environmental benefit, and thus 

fits the definition of an indirect green 

good or service. 

Specialized inputs. One comment 

recommended that specialized inputs be 

rolled into indirect green goods and 

services, noting that examples such as 

USDA approved fertilizers, wind 

turbine blades, and mass transit rail cars 

fit the definition of indirect, i.e., they 

are ‘‘produced for another purpose, but 

when produced, consumed, or scrapped 

have a favorable impact on protecting 

the environment or conserving natural 

resources.’’ 

Standards. Twenty-six comments 

addressed the BLS plan to use existing 

Federal or industry standards to identify 

indirect green goods and services. Most 

of these comments suggested specific 

standards for BLS to consider or 

commented on the standards listed in 

the Federal Register Notice as 

examples. BLS finds these comments 

very helpful. 

II. Definition of Green Jobs BLS Will 

Use for Data Collection 

In response to comments received on 

the proposed definition, as well as 

additional considerations, BLS has 

revised the definition of green jobs. The 

final definition will be used in data 

collection beginning in FY 2011, and is 

presented below, following a discussion 

of the nature of the changes. 

Categories of green jobs. BLS has 

changed the term ‘‘categories of green 

economic activity’’ to ‘‘categories of 

green goods and services’’ and 

‘‘categories of green technologies and 

practices used within establishments.’’ 

BLS has revised the name of category 

1 to ‘‘Energy from renewable sources.’’ 

BLS has revised the description of 

category 2, ‘‘Energy efficiency,’’ to 

include improving the efficiency of 

energy storage and distribution, 

including Smart Grid technologies. 

BLS has combined categories 3 

(greenhouse gas reduction), 4 (pollution 

reduction and cleanup), and 5 (recycling 

and waste reduction) into one category, 

now labeled ‘‘category 3, Pollution 

reduction and removal, greenhouse gas 

reduction, and recycling and reuse.’’ 

Combining these categories reduces to 

some extent the overlap among 

categories. The description for this 

category has been edited to include 

mention of eliminating emissions of 

pollutants and to include reuse, 

remanufacturing, composting, and 

avoiding creation of waste materials. 

BLS has revised the title of category 

4 (formerly category 6) to ‘‘Natural 

resources conservation.’’ 

BLS has edited the descriptions of 

categories 1 through 4 (formerly 1 

through 6) to include the terms research 

and development, installation, and 

maintenance. 

BLS has revised the title of category 

5 (formerly category 7) to 

‘‘Environmental compliance, education 

and training, and public awareness.’’ 

This category now appears only in 

relation to green goods and services. 

Types of green goods and services. 

BLS has dropped the use of the four 

types of green goods and services 

(direct, indirect, specialized inputs, and 

distribution). BLS has excluded 

distribution of green goods from its 

definition of green services. 

Final BLS definition of green jobs. 

BLS has developed this definition of 

green jobs for use in data collection in 

two planned surveys. 

Green jobs are either: 

A. Jobs in businesses that produce 

goods or provide services that benefit 

the environment or conserve natural 

resources. 

B. Jobs in which workers’ duties 

involve making their establishment’s 

production processes more 

environmentally friendly or use fewer 

natural resources. 

The BLS approach to identifying each 

type of green job for measurement 

purposes is described in more detail 

below. The planned BLS surveys may 

identify and count some jobs in both 

surveys. 

A. Jobs in businesses that produce 

goods and provide services that benefit 

the environment or conserve natural 

resources. These goods and services are 

sold to customers, and include research 

and development, installation, and 

maintenance services. This definition 

will be used in the BLS survey of 

establishments in industries that 

produce green goods and services. 

Green goods and services fall into one 

or more of five groups: 

1. Energy from renewable sources. 

Electricity, heat, or fuel generated from 

renewable sources. These energy 

sources include wind, biomass, 

geothermal, solar, ocean, hydropower, 

landfill gas, and municipal solid waste. 

2. Energy efficiency. Products and 

services that improve energy efficiency. 

Included in this group are energyefficient equipment, appliances, 

buildings, and vehicles, as well as 

products and services that improve the 

energy efficiency of buildings and the 

efficiency of energy storage and 

distribution, such as Smart Grid 

technologies. 

3. Pollution reduction and removal, 

greenhouse gas reduction, and recycling 

and reuse. These are products and 

services that: 

• Reduce or eliminate the creation or 

release of pollutants or toxic 

compounds, or remove pollutants or 

hazardous waste from the environment. 

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 

through methods other than renewable 

energy generation and energy efficiency, 

such as electricity generated from 

nuclear sources. 

• Reduce or eliminate the creation of 

waste materials; collect, reuse, 

remanufacture, recycle, or compost 

waste materials or wastewater. 

4. Natural resources conservation. 

Products and services that conserve 

natural resources. Included in this 

group are products and services related 

to organic agriculture and sustainable 

forestry; land management; soil, water, 

or wildlife conservation; and 

stormwater management. 

5. Environmental compliance, 

education and training, and public 

awareness. These are products and 

services that: 

• Enforce environmental regulations. 

• Provide education and training 

related to green technologies and 

practices. 

• Increase public awareness of 

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B. Jobs in which workers’ duties 

involve making their establishment’s 

production processes more 

environmentally friendly or use fewer 

natural resources. These workers 

research, develop, maintain, or use 

technologies and practices to lessen the 

environmental impact of their 

establishment, or train the 

establishment’s workers or contractors 

in these technologies and practices. This 

definition will be used in the BLS 

survey of establishments across all 

industries to identify jobs related to 

green technologies and practices used 

within the establishment. These 

technologies and practices fall into one 

or more of four groups: 

1. Energy from renewable sources. 

Generating electricity, heat, or fuel from 

renewable sources primarily for use 

within the establishment. These energy 

sources include wind, biomass, 

geothermal, solar, ocean, hydropower, 

landfill gas, and municipal solid waste. 

2. Energy efficiency. Using 

technologies and practices to improve 

energy efficiency within the 

establishment. Included in this group is 

cogeneration (combined heat and 

power). 

3. Pollution reduction and removal, 

greenhouse gas reduction, and recycling 

and reuse. Using technologies and 

practices within the establishment to: 

• Reduce or eliminate the creation or 

release of pollutants or toxic 

compounds, or remove pollutants or 

hazardous waste from the environment. 

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 

through methods other than renewable 

energy generation and energy efficiency. 

• Reduce or eliminate the creation of 

waste materials; collect, reuse, 

remanufacture, recycle, or compost 

waste materials or wastewater. 

4. Natural resources conservation. 

Using technologies and practices within 

the establishment to conserve natural 

resources. Included in this group are 

technologies and practices related to 

organic agriculture and sustainable 

forestry; land management; soil, water, 

or wildlife conservation; and 

stormwater management. 

III. Summary of Comments on 

Identifying Industries Where Green 

Goods and Services Are Classified and 

the Approach BLS Will Use for Data 

Collection 

Forty-seven comments recommended 

adding a total of 371 detailed NAICS 

industries to the list of industries where 

green goods and services are classified. 

Six comments recommended dropping 

18 detailed NAICS industries from the 

list. Numerous comments addressed 

certain details on the industry list. 

BLS notes that many of the comments 

were based on whether establishments 

in the industry may use 

environmentally friendly production 

processes, rather than whether the 

product or service meets the BLS 

definition of a green product or service. 

The purpose of the industry list is only 

to identify industries where green goods 

and services are classified. 

A large number of the industries were 

recommended for addition to the list 

based on the use of recycled inputs, 

such as numerous fabricated metal 

products industries that may use 

recycled metals. BLS notes that recycled 

products are included only up to the 

stage where the environmental impact 

occurs, and do not include products 

fabricated from materials containing 

recycled content. Therefore BLS has not 

added these industries to the list. 

Some comments requested changing 

the type of green good or service from 

indirect to direct, apparently based on a 

belief that direct green goods or services 

are preferred over other types of green 

goods or services. BLS notes that the 

direct and indirect types were used as 

criteria for determining what goods or 

services to include as green, and 

indicate no hierarchy or preference. 

These types are not included in the final 

definition. 

BLS has revised the industry list to be 

consistent with the final definition of 

green jobs and in light of its review of 

comments recommending inclusion or 

exclusion of specific industries. The 

revised list is posted at http:// 

www.bls.gov/green, along with a 

separate list showing the industries 

added or dropped from the list 

published with the March 16, 2010, 

Federal Register Notice. The following 

table presents the industry sector 

distribution of business establishments 

that potentially produce green goods 

and services. The establishment counts 

represent the number of establishments 

eligible for sample selection for the 

green goods and services survey. The 

approximately 2.2 million eligible 

establishments compare to a total of 9.0 

million establishments on the BLS 

business list in 2009. The number of 

establishments that potentially produce 

green goods and services could change 

over time as industries currently 

offering green goods and services grow 

or decline, or as new or different 

industries begin to produce green goods 

and services. 

NUMBER AND PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDUSTRIES WHERE GREEN GOODS AND SERVICES ARE

CLASSIFIED, BY INDUSTRY SECTOR, 2009 

Industry sector Number of 

establishments 

Percent 

distribution 

Construction ..................................................................................................................................................... 820,700 38.1 

Professional and business services ................................................................................................................ 779,100 36.2 

Other services (Repair and maintenance services, Professional organizations) ........................................... 183,300 8.5 

Natural resources and mining ......................................................................................................................... 88,700 4.1 

Information ....................................................................................................................................................... 77,000 3.6 

Manufacturing .................................................................................................................................................. 77,700 3.6 

Trade, transportation, and utilities ................................................................................................................... 49,300 2.3 

Public administration ........................................................................................................................................ 42,100 2.0 

Education and health services ........................................................................................................................ 26,400 1.2 

All other sectors ............................................................................................................................................... 10,400 0.5 

Total .......................................................................................................................................................... 2,154,700 100.0 

In general, the BLS approach is to 

designate as green those goods and 

services that directly benefit the 

environment or preserve natural 

resources. The BLS approach does not 

(automatically) designate as green the 

goods and services produced by 

industries that supply inputs to or 

distribute the outputs from green 

producing industries. Instead, BLS first 

evaluates those supplier and distributor 

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they directly benefit the environment or 

preserve natural resources. Green goods 

and services may be sold to 

intermediate demand or to final 

demand. 

IV. Summary of Comments on Plans To 

Measure Green Jobs and BLS Response 

BLS received comments on its 

approach to measuring green jobs and 

specific measurement plans. These 

comments are summarized in this 

Appendix, and the BLS response is 

indicated. 

General measurement approach. One 

comment expressed unqualified support 

for the output and process approaches. 

Two comments disagreed with the 

BLS approach. One of these comments 

recommended using the O*NET 

categories and focusing on occupations 

in the output approach. BLS responds 

that the O*NET program in the 

Employment and Training 

Administration is developing 

information on green jobs and an effort 

by BLS to collect similar data would be 

duplicative. Further, data users will be 

able to use O*NET information in 

conjunction with the BLS green jobs 

data, since both sources use the 

Standard Occupational Classification. 

One comment disagreeing with the 

BLS approach recommended that ‘‘BLS 

make it clear that this is a ‘green firm 

survey’ and not a ‘green jobs survey’ ’’ 

and that ‘‘the BLS is more concerned 

with measuring jobs created by the 

demand for green products and not 

necessarily green jobs per se.’’ BLS 

responds that it is referring to the survey 

to be used in the output approach as the 

‘‘green goods and services survey.’’ 

Three comments pointed out that the 

BLS approach will miss green goods and 

services produced by firms classified in 

NAICS industries excluded from the 

list. Establishments are classified into 

NAICS industries based on the goods or 

services that account for the majority of 

their revenue. Establishments not 

classified into an industry on the BLS 

list will not be included in the green 

goods and services survey; if a minority 

of their revenue is from a green good or 

service, these goods or services and the 

jobs related to them will not be 

identified. BLS is aware of this 

limitation and notes that how large this 

limitation may be is unknown. 

Use of share of revenue to apportion 

share of jobs. In the green goods and 

services survey, for establishments that 

produce both green and nongreen goods 

or services, BLS proposed to capture the 

share of establishment revenue received 

from the sale of green goods and 

services. (An alternative to revenue will 

be used for nonmarket sectors.) BLS 

plans to use the revenue share as a 

proxy for the share of the 

establishment’s employment associated 

with the production of green goods and 

services. 

Fifteen comments agreed with use of 

revenue, and seven comments 

disagreed. Both types of comments cited 

collectability and respondent burden as 

reasons for their agreement or 

disagreement. Some comments 

disagreeing with the approach 

questioned whether the result would 

overestimate the number of green jobs, 

and said the results would be difficult 

to interpret. BLS responds that its field 

research to date indicates that 

respondents are generally able to 

provide share of revenue information 

and this information is more readily 

available than share of employment. 

BLS also notes that this result is similar 

to the experience of Statistics Canada in 

its environmental surveys. 

Eleven comments pointed out 

limitations of the revenue share 

approach, suggested other measures 

(employment, hours, task proportions, 

degree of shift to green practices or 

sustainability), recommended 

attempting to collect employment as 

well as revenue, and/or recommended 

field testing. BLS responds that it is 

conducting field testing of both share of 

revenue and share of employment, and 

that the collection of hours, task 

proportions, or degree of shift to green 

practices or sustainability would be 

more difficult to collect than shares of 

revenue or employment. 

One comment recommended that, 

regarding electric power distribution 

jobs associated with ‘‘clean energy,’’ BLS 

count jobs associated with transmission 

and distribution as proportional to the 

quantity of clean energy flowing on the 

grid. Consistent with its decision to 

exclude distribution of green goods from 

the definition of green services, BLS has 

determined that the operation of the 

electric power grid is not included as a 

green good or service. However, goods 

and services or processes that improve 

the efficiency of energy storage and 

distribution, such as Smart Grid 

technologies, are included in category 2, 

energy efficiency. Construction of the 

power transmission facilities to connect 

new renewable energy sources to the 

grid is included in category 1, energy 

from renewable sources. 

Coverage and sampling frame, green 

goods and services survey. Three 

comments addressed the coverage and 

sampling frame for the green goods and 

services survey. One comment 

expressed concern about exclusion of 

the self-employed. BLS responds that 

this limitation is imposed by nature of 

the BLS business list that will be used 

as the sampling frame. 

One comment recommended that, for 

the construction industry, BLS should 

rely on a sampling frame of projects, not 

establishments. BLS responds that such 

a frame is not available and would 

result in data based on a different 

concept than for other industries. 

One comment suggested that BLS 

work with the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) if BLS has a 

need to expand coverage of farms 

beyond the BLS business list, where 

coverage of agriculture production is 

limited. BLS has determined that the 

scope of its green jobs data collection 

will be wage and salary employment 

within the scope of the Quarterly 

Census of Employment and Wages 

(QCEW) program, except private 

households. All NAICS industries in 

this scope will be surveyed in the 

process survey; only those NAICS 

industries identified as producing green 

goods or services will be surveyed in the 

goods and services survey. While QCEW 

coverage of NAICS Sector 11 

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and 

Hunting is not as complete as in most 

other industries, BLS believes it is 

comprehensive enough for purposes of 

green jobs data collection. 

Measuring occupational employment 

and wages. Six comments addressed the 

collection of occupational data from 

establishments in the green goods and 

services survey. Certain of these 

comments indicate that the Federal 

Register Notice did not provide 

sufficient description of the plans 

concerning occupational data collection. 

BLS responds that it intends to collect 

an Occupational Employment Statistics 

(OES) schedule from establishments 

sampled for the green goods and 

services survey. These responses will 

allow estimation of occupational 

staffing patterns, employment, and 

wages for those establishments reporting 

green goods or services and for those not 

reporting such goods or services. BLS 

has not yet developed the specific 

estimation methods to account for 

establishments that report producing 

both green and nongreen goods or 

services. 

One comment recommended that 

survey respondents be asked directly to 

identify the job titles of positions that 

meet the BLS definition of ‘‘green.’’ BLS 

responds that, in the process survey, 

respondents may be asked to provide 

job titles, which would be coded using 

the SOC. For the occupations of jobs 

related to production of green goods and 

services, however, the existing OES 

survey procedures will be used, which 

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One comment stated that determining 

green job occupations based on OES 

assumes that green jobs are distributed 

throughout the workforce in the same 

proportion by occupation as all jobs. 

The commenter stated that results of 

their State survey indicated that green 

jobs seem to be widely disbursed, but 

are more concentrated in construction 

and extraction, production, and farming 

and fishing occupations. BLS responds 

that occupational employment will be 

estimated using OES data for specific 

establishments, according to whether or 

not they produce green goods or 

services. This is different from using 

OES estimates for overall employment. 

Two comments concerned the BLS 

plan to count jobs in all occupations in 

the establishment in the green goods 

and services survey, with one comment 

agreeing and one comment saying there 

is ‘‘no need to count support jobs, such 

as accountants or administrative staff, 

because their job duties are not affected 

directly by the green product or service 

and thus they do not require additional 

training.’’ BLS notes that its green jobs 

definition is not based on skill 

differences, but instead on the 

environmental impact of the good or 

service produced or the production 

process used. However, data users can 

select the occupations they wish to 

consider for training offerings from 

those BLS identifies as occurring in 

establishments producing green goods 

and services. The O*NET green 

occupations taxonomy should be useful 

in this type of analysis. 

Data by public ownership. One 

comment encouraged BLS to generate 

data that identify the level of public 

sector green employment in the NAICSdefined industries and the 

characteristics of the public sector green 

jobs. BLS responds that it intends to 

provide data from the green goods and 

services survey by public versus private 

ownership. 

Process approach to measuring green 

jobs. BLS plans to develop a special 

employer survey to test the feasibility of 

collecting data on jobs associated with 

use of environmentally friendly 

production processes. Environmentally 

friendly production processes and 

practices are those that reduce the 

environmental or natural resources 

impact resulting from production of any 

good or service. These production 

processes include (1) production of 

green goods and services for use within 

the establishment, and (2) use of 

technologies and practices that have a 

positive environmental or natural 

resources conservation impact. 

Sixteen comments addressed the 

process approach. Five comments 

supported using this approach and one 

comment recommended against. Three 

of these comments emphasized that all 

industries should be included in the 

process survey. BLS responds that, as 

stated in the March 16, 2010, notice, the 

scope of the process survey will be all 

industries. 

Six comments indicated the need for 

more clarity in the process approach. 

BLS responds that the approach is 

under development and will be 

described in a future notice. 

Two comments recommended using 

product life-cycle criteria for identifying 

green goods, with one of these 

comments suggesting that ‘‘a ‘green 

good’ and a good produced with ‘green 

processes’ will become increasingly 

indistinguishable in the marketplace 

among the leading experts and 

stakeholders in the sustainable products 

field.’’ BLS responds that applying lifecycle criteria or identifying 

‘‘sustainable’’ products is not feasible in 

its data collection. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

August 2010. 

Kimberley Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23485 Filed 9–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Determinations Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor 

herein presents summaries of 

determinations regarding eligibility to 

apply for trade adjustment assistance for 

workers by (TA–W) number issued 

during the period of August 30, 2010 

through September 3, 2010. 

In order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for workers of 

a primary firm and a certification issued 

regarding eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance, each of the group 

eligibility requirements of Section 

222(a) of the Act must be met. 

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the 

following must be satisfied: 

(1) A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

(2) The sales or production, or both, 

of such firm have decreased absolutely; 

and 

(3) One of the following must be 

satisfied: 

(A) Imports of articles or services like 

or directly competitive with articles 

produced or services supplied by such 

firm have increased; 

(B) Imports of articles like or directly 

competitive with articles into which one 

or more component parts produced by 

such firm are directly incorporated, 

have increased; 

(C) Imports of articles directly 

incorporating one or more component 

parts produced outside the United 

States that are like or directly 

competitive with imports of articles 

incorporating one or more component 

parts produced by such firm have 

increased; 

(D) Imports of articles like or directly 

competitive with articles which are 

produced directly using services 

supplied by such firm, have increased; 

and 

(4) The increase in imports 

contributed importantly to such 

workers’ separation or threat of 

separation and to the decline in the 

sales or production of such firm; or 

II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the 

following must be satisfied: 

(1) A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

(2) One of the following must be 

satisfied: 

(A) there has been a shift by the 

workers’ firm to a foreign country in the 

production of articles or supply of 

services like or directly competitive 

with those produced/supplied by the 

workers’ firm; 

(B) there has been an acquisition from 

a foreign country by the workers’ firm 

of articles/services that are like or 

directly competitive with those 

produced/supplied by the workers’ firm; 

and 

(3) The shift/acquisition contributed 

importantly to the workers’ separation 

or threat of separation. 

In order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for adversely 

affected workers in public agencies and 

a certification issued regarding 

eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance, each of the group 

eligibility requirements of Section 

222(b) of the Act must be met. 

(1) A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in the public agency have 

become totally or partially separated, or 

are threatened to become totally or 

partially separated; 


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