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color, people with disabilities; lowskilled populations; and veterans, 

including transitioning service 

members); and 

• Leverage and develop public 

policies that increase demand for 

American Apprenticeship and support 

sustainability. 

The complete FOA and any 

subsequent FOA amendments in 

connection with this funding 

opportunity are described in further 

detail on ETA’s Web site at http://

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

www.grants.gov. The Web sites provide 

application information, eligibility 

requirements, review and selection 

procedures, and other program 

requirements governing this funding 

opportunity. 

DATES: The closing date for receipt of 

applications under this announcement 

is April 30, 2015. Applications must be 

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

Eastern Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeannette Flowers, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room N–4716, 

Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 

202–693–3322. Sara Gallagher Williams 

is the Grant Officer for this FOA. 

Signed December 12, 2014 in Washington, 

DC. 

Eric D. Luetkenhaus, 

Grant Officer/Division Chief, Employment 

and Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29682 Filed 12–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Certification Process for the 

Temporary Employment of Aliens in 

Agriculture in the United States: 2015 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration (ETA) of the 

Department of Labor (Department) is 

issuing this notice to announce the 2015 

Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for 

the employment of temporary or 

seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers 

(H–2A workers) to perform agricultural 

labor or services. 

AEWRs are the minimum wage rates 

the Department has determined must be 

offered and paid by employers to H–2A 

workers and workers in corresponding 

employment for a particular occupation 

and area so that the wages of similarly 

employed U.S. workers will not be 

adversely affected. 20 CFR 655.100(b). 

In this notice, the Department 

announces the annual update of the 

AEWRs. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective December 19, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William W. Thompson, Acting 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Room C–4312, 200 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

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

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services of 

the Department of Homeland Security 

will not approve an employer’s petition 

for the admission of H–2A 

nonimmigrant temporary agricultural 

workers in the U.S. unless the petitioner 

has received from the Department an H– 

2A labor certification. The labor 

certification provides that: (1) There are 

not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, 

willing, and qualified and who will be 

available at the time and place needed 

to perform the labor or services involved 

in the petition; and (2) the employment 

of the foreign worker(s) in such labor or 

services will not adversely affect the 

wages and working conditions of 

workers in the U.S. similarly employed. 

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

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

Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2015 

The Department’s H–2A regulations at 

20 CFR 655.120(l) provide that 

employers must pay their H–2A workers 

and workers in corresponding 

employment at least the highest of: (i) 

The AEWR; (ii) the prevailing hourly 

wage rate; (iii) the prevailing piece rate; 

(iv) the agreed-upon collective 

bargaining wage rate, if applicable; or 

(v) the Federal or State minimum wage 

rate, in effect at the time the work is 

performed. 

Except as otherwise provided in 20 

CFR part 655, subpart B, the regionwide AEWR for all agricultural 

employment (except those occupations 

deemed inappropriate under the special 

procedure provisions of 20 CFR 

655.102) for which temporary H–2A 

certification is being sought is equal to 

the annual weighted average hourly 

wage rate for field and livestock workers 

(combined) in the State or region as 

published annually by the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 20 

CFR 655.120(c) requires that the 

Administrator of the Office of Foreign 

Labor Certification publish the USDA 

field and livestock worker (combined) 

wage data as AEWRs in a Federal 

Register notice. Accordingly, the 2015 

AEWRs to be paid for agricultural work 

performed by H–2A and U.S. workers 

on or after the effective date of this 

notice are set forth in the table below: 

TABLE—2015 ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE

RATES

State 2015 AEWRs 

Alabama ................................ $10.00 

Arizona .................................. 10.54 

Arkansas ............................... 10.18 

California ............................... 11.33 

Colorado ............................... 11.37 

Connecticut ........................... 11.26 

Delaware ............................... 11.29 

Florida ................................... 10.19 

Georgia ................................. 10.00 

Hawaii ................................... 12.98 

Idaho ..................................... 11.14 

Illinois .................................... 11.61 

Indiana .................................. 11.61 

Iowa ...................................... 12.62 

Kansas .................................. 13.59 

Kentucky ............................... 10.28 

Louisiana .............................. 10.18 

Maine .................................... 11.26 

Maryland ............................... 11.29 

Massachusetts ...................... 11.26 

Michigan ............................... 11.56 

Minnesota ............................. 11.56 

Mississippi ............................ 10.18 

Missouri ................................ 12.62 

Montana ................................ 11.14 

Nebraska .............................. 13.59 

Nevada ................................. 11.37 

New Hampshire .................... 11.26 

New Jersey ........................... 11.29 

New Mexico .......................... 10.54 

New York .............................. 11.26 

North Carolina ...................... 10.32 

North Dakota ........................ 13.59 

Ohio ...................................... 11.61 

Oklahoma ............................. 10.35 

Oregon .................................. 12.42 

Pennsylvania ........................ 11.29 

Rhode Island ........................ 11.26 

South Carolina ...................... 10.00 

South Dakota ........................ 13.59 

Tennessee ............................ 10.28 

Texas .................................... 10.35 

Utah ...................................... 11.37 

Vermont ................................ 11.26 

Virginia .................................. 10.32 

Washington ........................... 12.42 

West Virginia ........................ 10.28 

Wisconsin ............................. 11.56 

Wyoming ............................... 11.14 

Pursuant to the H–2A regulations at 

20 CFR 655.173, the Department will 

publish a separate Federal Register 

notice in early 2015 to announce (1) the 

allowable charges for 2015 that 

employers seeking H–2A workers may 

charge their workers for providing them 

three meals a day; and (2) the maximum 

travel subsistence reimbursement which 

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1 In its application, SGS initially requested 

expansion for 5 standards. However, documentation 

for the fifth standard, UL 859, was submitted late 

and the review of SGS’s capabilities for that 

standard will be handled separately. 

a worker with receipts may claim in 

2015. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29746 Filed 12–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–82,253] 

Cardinal Health, Financial Shared 

Services West and Customer Care 

Pricing and Contracts, Including OnSite Leased Workers From Aerotek, 

Excel Staffing, Experis Finance 

(Manpower), Ricoh, USA, Dawson 

Creative, Mergis Group and Tailored 

Management Albuquerque, New 

Mexico; 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 21, 2012, 

applicable to workers of Cardinal 

Health, Financial Shared Services West, 

including on-site leased workers from 

Aerotek, eXcel Staffing, and Experis 

Finance (Manpower), Albuquerque, 

New Mexico. The workers are engaged 

in activities related to back office 

financial services. The Department’s 

Notice was published in the Federal 

Register on January 10, 2013 (78 FR 

2289). The certification was amended 

on February 8, 2013 to include on-site 

leased from Ricoh, USA, Dawson 

Creative, Mergis Group, and Tailored 

Management were employed on-site at 

the Albuquerque, New Mexico location 

of the subject firm. The Department’s 

Notice was published in the Federal 

Register on February 22, 2013 (78 FR 

12358). 

The Department reviewed the 

certification applicable to the workers 

and former workers of the subject firm. 

New information shows that worker 

separations in Customer Care Pricing 

and Contracts (C&P), at the 

Albuquerque, New Mexico location are 

attributable to the acquisition of services 

from a foreign country that was the basis 

for the original certification. Based on 

these findings, the Department is 

amending this certification to include 

workers of Customer Care Pricing and 

Contracts (C&P) at the Albuquerque, 

New Mexico location of the subject firm. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–82,253 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers from Cardinal Health, 

Financial Shared Services West and 

Customer Care Pricing and Contracts, 

including Aerotek, eXcel Staffing, Experis 

Finance (Manpower), Ricoh, USA, Dawson 

Creative, Mergis Group, and Tailored 

Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 

who became totally or partially separated 

from employment on or after December 13, 

2011 through December 21, 2014, and all 

workers in the group threatened with total or 

partial separation from employment on the 

date of certification through December 21, 

2014, 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 1st day of 

December 2014. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29683 Filed 12–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040] 

SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of 

Expansion of Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces its final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for SGS North 

America, Inc., as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

December 19, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3647, Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–1999; email: 

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Acting 

Director, Office of Technical Programs 

and Coordination Activities, Directorate 

of Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–2110; email: 

robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s Web 

page includes information about the 

NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

SGS North America, Inc. (SGS), as an 

NRTL. SGS’s expansion covers the 

addition of four test standards to its 

scope of recognition. 

OSHA recognition of an NRTL 

signifies that the organization meets the 

requirements specified by 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within its scope of recognition 

and is not a delegation or grant of 

government authority. As a result of 

recognition, employers may use 

products properly approved by the 

NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require testing and certification of the 

products. 

The Agency processes applications by 

an NRTL for initial recognition, or for 

expansion or renewal of this 

recognition, following requirements in 

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the Agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides its preliminary 

finding and, in the second notice, the 

Agency provides its final decision on 

the application. These notices set forth 

the NRTL’s scope of recognition or 

modifications of that scope. OSHA 

maintains an informational Web page 

for each NRTL that details its scope of 

recognition. These pages are available 

from the Agency’s Web site at http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/

index.html. 

SGS submitted an application, dated 

May 28, 2014 (OSHA–2006–0040–0014, 

Exhibit 14–3—SGS Request for 

Expansion), to expand its recognition to 

include four 1 additional test standards. 

OSHA staff performed a detailed 

analysis of the application packet and 

reviewed other pertinent information. 

OSHA did not perform any on-site 

reviews in relation to this application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing SGS’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

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