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Controlled substance
Tapentadol ....................

Drug
code

Schedule

9780

II

The company plans to import
Tapentadol in dosage form for clinical
trials. No other activity for this drug
code is authorized for this registration.
Approval of permit applications will
occur only when the registrant’s activity
is consistent with what is authorized
under 21 U.S.C. 952(a)(2). Authorization
will not extend to the import of Food
and Drug Administration-approved or
non-approved finished dosage forms for
commercial sale.
William T. McDermott,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020–27509 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Labor Certification Process for the
Temporary Employment of Aliens in
Agriculture in the United States:
Adverse Effect Wage Rate for Range
Occupations in 2021
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Adverse Effect Wage Rate for 2021

The Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) of the
Department of Labor (Department) is
issuing this notice to announce the 2021
Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for
the employment of temporary or
seasonal nonimmigrant foreign workers
(H–2A workers) to perform herding or
production of livestock on the range.
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 so that the wages and
working conditions of workers in the
United States (U.S.) similarly employed
will not be adversely affected. In this
notice, the Department announces the
annual update of the AEWR for workers
engaged in the herding or production of
livestock on the range, as required by
the methodology established in the
Temporary Agricultural Employment of
H–2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or
Production of Livestock on the Range in
the United States, 80 FR 62958, 63067–
63068 (Oct. 16, 2015); 20 CFR 655.211.
DATES: The rate is effective January 1,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Pasternak, Administrator, Office
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of Foreign Labor Certification,
Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor,
N–5311, 200 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20210, Telephone:
(202) 513–7350 (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).
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 and seasonal
agricultural workers in the U.S. unless
the petitioner has received an H–2A
labor certification from the Department.
The H–2A labor certification provides
that (1) there are not sufficient U.S.
workers who are able, willing, and
qualified and who will be available at
the time and place needed to perform
the labor or services involved in the
petition; and (2) the employment of the
foreign worker(s) in such labor or
services will not adversely affect the
wages and working conditions of
workers in the U.S. similarly employed.
8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c)(1),
and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5); 20 CFR
655.100.
The Department’s H–2A regulations
covering the herding or production of
livestock on the range (H–2A Herder
Rule) at 20 CFR 655.210(g) and
655.211(a)(1) provide that employers
must offer, advertise in recruitment, and
pay each worker employed under 20
CFR 655.200–655.235 a wage that is at
least the highest of (1) the monthly
AEWR, (2) the agreed-upon collective
bargaining wage, or (3) the applicable
minimum wage imposed by federal or
state law or judicial action. Further,
when the monthly AEWR is adjusted
during a work contract and is higher
than both the agreed-upon collective
bargaining wage and the applicable
minimum wage imposed by federal or
state law or judicial action in effect at
the time the work is performed, the
employer must pay that adjusted
monthly AEWR upon publication by the
Department in the Federal Register. 20
CFR 655.211(a)(2).
As provided in 20 CFR 655.211(c)(2)
of the H–2A Herder Rule, the monthly
AEWR for range occupations in all
states for a calendar year is based on the
monthly AEWR for the previous
calendar year, adjusted by the
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and salaries published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for the preceding annual
period. The 12-month change in the ECI
for wages and salaries of private
industry workers between September
2019 and September 2020 was 2.7
percent, resulting in a monthly AEWR
for range occupations in effect for 2021
of $1,727.75.1 The national monthly
AEWR rate for all range occupations in
the H–2A program in 2021 is calculated
by multiplying the monthly AEWR for
calendar year 2020 by the October 2020
ECI adjustment ($1,682.33 × 1.027 =
$1,727.75) or $1,727.75. Accordingly,
any employer certified or seeking
certification for range workers must pay
each worker a wage that is at least the
highest of the monthly AEWR of
$1,727.75, the agreed-upon collective
bargaining wage, or the applicable
minimum wage imposed by federal or
state legislation or judicial action at the
time work is performed on or after the
effective date of this notice.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for the Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020–27468 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Job Corps
Hall of Fame and Successful Graduate
Nomination
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Labor.

AGENCY:

Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

SUMMARY:

1 The regulation at 20 CFR 655.211(c)(2) states
that the monthly AEWR is calculated based on the
ECI for wages and salaries ‘‘for the preceding
October—October period.’’ This regulatory language
was intended to identify the Bureau of Labor
Statistics’ October publication of ECI for wages and
salaries, which presents data for the September—
September period. Accordingly, the most recent 12month change in the ECI for private sector workers
published on October 30, 2020, by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics was used for establishing the
monthly AEWR under the regulations. See https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/eci_
10302020.pdf. The ECI for private sector workers
was used rather than the ECI for all civilian workers
given the characteristics of the H–2A herder
workforce.

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(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before January 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202–
693–8538, or by email at DOL_PRA_
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Job Corps
is the nation’s largest residential,
educational, and career technical
training program for young Americans.
Job Corps was established in 1964 by
the Economic Opportunity Act and is
currently authorized by Title I–C of the
Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act
(WIOA) (29 U.S. Code § 3196). Since its
inception, Job Corps has helped prepare
over 3 million at-risk young people
between the ages of 16 and 24 for
success in our nation’s workforce. The
Job Corps Hall of Fame Candidate and
Successful Graduate Nomination forms
would gather information about
program graduates’ post-enrollment
outcomes and reviewed by the National
Office of Job Corps for selection of one
graduate annually to the Job Corps Hall
of Fame and two recent graduates
recognizing their career success after
leaving the program. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on July 22, 2020 (85 FR
44325).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
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of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–ETA.
Title of Collection: Job Corps Hall of
Fame and Successful Graduate
Nomination.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 400.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 400.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
500 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: December 9, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Equal
Access to Justice Act
Department of Labor—Office of
the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management (DOL–
OASAM).
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
DOL is soliciting public comments
regarding this OASAM-sponsored
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
DATES: Comments pertaining to this
information collection are due on or
before February 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic submission: You may
submit comments and attachments
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electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail submission: 200 Constitution
Ave. NW, Room S–5315, Washington,
DC 2020.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the DOL, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) if the information
will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the DOL’s
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Equal Access to Justice Act
(EAJA) (5 United States Code Section
504(a)(2)) provides payment of fees and
expenses to eligible parties who have
prevailed against a Federal agency in
certain administrative proceedings.
These requirements are codified in the
Department of Labor’s regulations in 29
Code of Federal Regulations Part 16,
Subpart B. In order to obtain an award,
the statute and associated DOL
regulations require parties to file an
application. Other agencies may have
their own EAJA regulations.
The DOL seeks PRA authorization for
this information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an
Information Collection Review cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal. The DOL notes that currently
approved information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–OASAM.
Title of Collection: Equal Access to
Justice Act.
OMB Control Number: 1225–0013.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 10.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 10.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
50 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $25.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

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