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ESTIMATE OF BURDEN FOR EACH FORM—Continued 

Survey instrument 

Burden estimate per survey 

(in minutes) 

Number of 

surveys 

(times/yr.) 

Number of respondents per 

survey 

Total estimated number 

of respondents 

Total annual 

hour burden 

Totals ............................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 6,141 2,044 

In addition, there are an estimated 

1,575 number of contacts who will not 

respond. These non-respondents 

account for 13 total burden hours per 

year. 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

information collection on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of our functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; 

(b) The accuracy of our burden 

estimate for the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

submission for OMB approval. As a 

result of your comments, we will make 

any necessary adjustments to the burden 

in our submission to OMB. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. Reclamation will 

display a valid OMB control number on 

the forms. 

IV. Public Disclosure of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Karl Stock, 

Acting Director, Policy and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30294 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR83550000, 145R5065C6, 

RX.59389832.1009676] 

Change in Discount Rate for Water 

Resources Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change. 

SUMMARY: The Water Resources 

Planning Act of 1965 and the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1974 

require an annual determination of a 

discount rate for Federal water 

resources planning. The discount rate 

for Federal water resources planning for 

fiscal year 2015 is 3.375 percent. 

Discounting is to be used to convert 

future monetary values to present 

values. 

DATES: This discount rate is to be used 

for the period October 1, 2014, through 

and including September 30, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max 

Millstein, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Reclamation Law Administration 

Division, Denver, Colorado 80225; 

telephone: 303–445–2853. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the interest rate to be 

used by Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of plans for 

water and related land resources is 

3.375 percent for fiscal year 2015. 

This rate has been computed in 

accordance with Section 80(a), Pub. L. 

93–251 (88 Stat. 34), and 18 CFR 704.39, 

which: (1) Specify that the rate will be 

based upon the average yield during the 

preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing 

marketable securities of the United 

States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 

years or more remaining to maturity 

(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the 

rate will not be raised or lowered more 

than one-quarter of 1 percent for any 

year. The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury calculated the specified 

average to be 3.3378 percent. This rate, 

rounded to the nearest one-eighth 

percent, is 3.375 percent, which is a 

change of less than the allowable onequarter of 1 percent. Therefore, the 

fiscal year 2015 rate is 3.375 percent. 

The rate of 3.375 percent will be used 

by all Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of water and 

related land resources plans for the 

purpose of discounting future benefits 

and computing costs or otherwise 

converting benefits and costs to a 

common-time basis. 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Policy and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30426 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under CERCLA 

On December 15, 2014, the 

Department of Justice lodged a proposed 

Consent Decree with the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Michigan, in the lawsuit entitled United 

States v. Riverview Trenton Railroad 

Company, Civ. Action No. 2:14–cv– 

14707–PDB–MJH. 

Riverview Trenton Railroad Company 

(‘‘RTRR’’) owns property that was 

formerly part of the McLouth Steel 

facility located near Detroit, Michigan 

(‘‘RTRR Site’’). The proposed settlement 

resolves the United States’ claims 

against RTRR under Section 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for recovery of 

response costs incurred at the RTRR 

Site. Under the proposed Consent 

Decree, RTRR will pay $675,000.00 to 

resolve the Government’s claims. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Consent Decree. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and should refer to 

United States v. Riverview Trenton 

Railroad Company, Civ. Action No. 

2:14–cv–14707–PDB–MJH, D.J. Ref. No. 

90–11–3–10709. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 


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To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By e-mail ...... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department Web site: http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_

Decrees.html. We will provide a paper 

copy of the Consent Decree upon 

written request and payment of 

reproduction costs. Please mail your 

request and payment to: Consent Decree 

Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $5.75 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Randall M. Stone, 

Acting Assistant Section Chief, 

Environmental Enforcement Section, 

Environment and Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30331 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for the Evaluation of Grants 

Serving Young Offenders; New 

Collection 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The 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 (PRA) 

[44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)(A)]. PRA helps to 

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 the collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

information collection activities 

associated with the random assignment 

evaluation of ETA-funded grants serving 

young offenders, specifically, the Face 

Forward Grants (FFG) Rounds I and II; 

and the High-Poverty, High-Crime 

Communities Grants (HPHCG). These 

grants are aimed at serving young adult 

offenders, juvenile offenders, and 

students in high-risk high schools; and 

provide specific supports and 

interventions, such as enrollment in 

school or job training programs as well 

as access to housing, the availability of 

adult mentors, mental health services, 

and supporting social services through 

referrals. The objective of the evaluation 

is to determine whether these grants 

improve youth educational and 

employment outcomes, and reduce 

recidivism. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

February 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Gloribel Nieves-Cartagena, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 

Room N–5641, Employment and 

Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone number: 202–693–2771 (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– 

2766. Email: nieves-cartagena.gloribel@

dol.gov. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request with 

applicable supporting documentation 

including a description of likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

responses, and estimated total burden 

can be obtained free of charge by 

contacting the office listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

For those leaving incarceration, 

overcoming the barriers to successful 

reentry may mean the difference 

between living a healthy and fulfilling 

life in a community and facing 

instability and potential homelessness. 

Understanding the ways Federal 

programs and systems interact with the 

formerly incarcerated is critical to 

helping individuals overcome these 

barriers. Additionally, it is important 

that employers and job seekers 

understand the facts around the role of 

a criminal record in making hiring 

decisions. 

The Department assists young exoffenders in finding employment and 

making a smooth transition to 

community life through employmentcentered programs that include 

mentoring, job training, and other 

transitional services implemented by 

local faith-based and community 

organizations in collaboration with the 

American Job Centers. 

In Program Years 2012 and 2013, the 

Department awarded $120 million in 

funds to implement projects aimed at 

serving young adult offenders, juvenile 

offenders, and students in high-risk high 

schools. The FFG and the HPHCG 

programs are holistic program models 

offering a full complement of services 

including educational programs, 

vocational and employment programs, 

and mentoring. In addition, the 

programs target the same youth 

outcomes-educational attainment, 

improved labor market outcomes, and 

reduced recidivism. 

Understanding the effectiveness of 

these Department of Labor-funded youth 

offender programs requires a rigorous 

evaluation that can address potential 

biases resulting from fundamental 

differences between program 

participants and nonparticipants. ETA 

has contracted with Mathematica Policy 

Research and its subcontractor, Social 

Policy Research Associates, to conduct 

(1) a random assignment evaluation to 

measure the impact of the youth 

offender programs, and (2) a process 

study to understand program 

implementation and help interpret 

impact study results. 

The proposed evaluation will include 

two data collection efforts: (1) A request 

for youth consent to participate in the 

random assignment study in the Contact 

Information Form; and (2) baseline and 

contact information collected for the 

random assignment evaluation, in the 

Baseline Information Form. 

Understanding the effectiveness of 

youth offender programs requires data 

collection from multiple sources. This 

evaluation effort intends to collect a rich 

set of baseline, service, and outcome 

data on treatment and control group 

members. The Baseline Information 

Form will enable the evaluators to 

describe the characteristics of study 

participants at the time they are 

randomly assigned to the treatment or 

control group, ensure that random 

assignment was conducted properly, 

create subgroups for the analysis, 

provide contact information to locate 

individuals for follow-up surveys, and 

improve the precision of the impact 

estimates. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 


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