Federal Register/Vol. 84, No. 42/Monday, March 4, 2019/Notices
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 42 / Monday, March 4, 2019 / Notices 7399 Application Permit No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take action Mammals: Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus), Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Gray wolf (Canis lupus), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus); Reptiles: Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Northern red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris); Plants: American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana), Canby’s dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi), Furbish lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae), Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum), Jesup’s milk-vetch (Astragalus robbinsii var. jesupi), Michaux’s sumac (Rhus michauxii), Northeastern bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), Peter’s Mountain mal- low (Iliamna corei), Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var. montana), Rock gnome lichen (Gymnoderma lineare), Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), Sandplain gerardia (Agalinis acuta), Schweinitz’s sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii), Shale barren rock cress (Arabis serotina), Small-anthered bittercress (Cardamine micranthera), Smooth coneflower (Echinacea laevigata). TE01086D .. Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), Birdwing VA, TN ................ Collect adults as Capture, collect, trans- Renew. Center, Virginia Depart- pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus), Cracking pearlymussel broodstock and ark port, propagate, re- ment of Game and Inland (Hemistena lata), Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula populations; propa- lease, reintroduce. Fisheries, Marion, VA. intermedia), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma gate; release juve- brevidens), Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), niles and adults. Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), Finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), Fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentum), Green blossom (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), Littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), Pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), Purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema planum), Rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), Sheepsnose Mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), Shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), Snuffbox mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), Spectaclecase mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta), Tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri) Public Availability of Comments Authority be assigned to staff for review. The Section 10(c) of the Endangered Department believes these procedural Written comments we receive become changes will provide for fairer and more part of the administrative record Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). orderly assignment and review of associated with this action. Before applications. The Department is seeking including your address, phone number, Martin Miller, public comments on these procedural email address, or other personal Chief, Division of Endangered Species, changes. Ecological Services, Northeast Region. identifying information in your DATES: To be ensured for consideration, comment, you should be aware that [FR Doc. 2019–03779 Filed 3–1–19; 8:45 am] comments must be submitted in writing your entire comment—including your BILLING CODE 4333–15–P on or before April 3, 2019. OFLC will personal identifying information—may review all of the comments received and be made publicly available at any time. will make any changes it determines are While you can request in your comment DEPARTMENT OF LABOR appropriate prior to July 3, 2019. The that we withhold your personal new procedural changes are applicable identifying information from public Employment and Training on July 3, 2019. review, we cannot guarantee that we Administration ADDRESSES: You may submit comments will be able to do so. Moreover, all Selection Procedures for Reviewing by one of the following methods: Mail and hand delivery/courier: submissions from organizations or Applications Filed by Employers Submit comments to Thomas M. Dowd, businesses, and from individuals Seeking Temporary Employment of Deputy Assistant Secretary, identifying themselves as H–2B Foreign Workers in the United Employment and Training representatives or officials of States organizations or businesses, will be Administration, Box PPII 12–200, 200 made available for public disclosure in AGENCY: Employment and Training Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, their entirety. Administration (ETA), Labor. DC 20210. Due to security-related ACTION: Notice. concerns, there may be a significant Next Steps delay in the receipt of submissions by SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s United States Mail. You must consider If we decide to issue permits to any (Department’s or DOL’s) Office of this when preparing to meet the of the applicants listed in this notice, Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is deadline for submitting comments. we will publish a notice in the Federal making this announcement to inform Email: Submit comments to Register. employers and other interested [email protected]. stakeholders of how H–2B Applications FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: for Temporary Employment Thomas M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant Certification, Form ETA–9142B, filed by Secretary, Employment and Training employers on or after July 3, 2019, will Administration, Department of Labor, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 Mar 01, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04MRN1.SGM 04MRN1 7400 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 42 / Monday, March 4, 2019 / Notices Box #12–200, 200 Constitution Ave. govern the standards and procedures with the National Processing Center NW, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: applicable to OFLC’s issuance of TLCs (NPC) designated by the OFLC (202) 693–2772 (this is not a toll-free under the H–2B program. See 20 CFR Administrator. See 20 CFR 655.15. number). Individuals with hearing or 655 subpart A. The regulations at 20 Except for employers that qualify for speech impairments may access the CFR 655 subpart A require employers emergency procedures at § 655.17, telephone number above via TTY by seeking H–2B temporary labor employers that fail to register under the calling the toll-free Federal Information certification to, among other things, file procedures in § 655.11 and/or that fail Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/ an Application for Temporary to submit a Prevailing Wage TDD). Employment Certification and all Determination (PWD) obtained under supporting documentation, hereinafter § 655.10 will not be eligible to file and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: referred to as the ‘‘H–2B application,’’ their H–2B applications will be returned Statutory Background required by this subpart to secure a TLC without review. The Immigration and Nationality Act from the Department. The Department’s regulations require (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101, et seq., establishes The INA sets the annual number of the employer, at the time of filing, to the H–2B nonimmigrant classification aliens who may be issued H–2B visas or include a signed and dated appendix otherwise provided H–2B nonimmigrant attesting to compliance with all for a nonagricultural temporary worker status to perform temporary regulatory assurances and obligations; a ‘‘having a residence in a foreign country nonagricultural work at 66,000, to be valid PWD; a copy of the job order which he has no intention of distributed semi-annually, not to exceed submitted concurrently to the State abandoning who is coming temporarily 33,000 in the first half of the Federal Workforce Agency serving the area of to the United States to perform . Government’s fiscal year beginning on intended employment; a copy of all temporary [non-agricultural] service or October 1 of each year and the contracts and agreements with foreign labor if unemployed persons capable of remainder during the second half of the labor recruiters executed in connection performing such service or labor cannot Federal Government’s fiscal year with the job opportunities; and all other be found in this country.’’ 8 U.S.C. beginning on April 1 of the subsequent applicable documentation supporting 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b). The Secretary of calendar year. See 8 U.S.C. the H–2B application. See 20 CFR the Department of Homeland Security 1184(g)(1)(B), (g)(10). If insufficient 655.15(a). A completed H–2B (DHS), in administering the H–2B petitions are approved to use all 66,000 application must be filed no more than program, may grant an employer’s H–2B slots in a given fiscal year, the 90 calendar days and no fewer than 75 petition for an otherwise eligible H–2B unused slots are not carried over for calendar days before the employer’s nonimmigrant worker ‘‘after petition approvals in the next fiscal date of need (start date for the work). consultation with appropriate agencies year. See 20 CFR 655.15(b). of the Government.’’ 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(1). Generally, workers in the United The Department’s regulations provide The Secretary of DHS also may delegate States in H–2B status who extend their that H–2B applications and job orders to ‘‘any employee of the United States, stay, change employers, or change the filed with the NPC are reviewed by the with the consent of the head of the terms and conditions of employment Certifying Officer (CO) for compliance applicable Department or other will not be subject to the cap. Similarly, with all applicable program independent establishment, . any of an H–2B worker who has previously