82 FR 17881 - Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 70 (April 13, 2017)

Page Range		17881-17881
FR Document		2017-07499

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 70 (Thursday, April 13, 2017)

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Georgia 
Coastal Land Co., et al., No. 2:16-cv-00060-LGW-RSB, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 
on April 7, 2017.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the 
United States against Georgia Coastal Land Company, Provident Land 
Holdings Company, Provident Construction Company, and William L. 
Nutting, pursuant to Sections 301, 309, and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 
33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 1319(g)(9), and 1344(s), to obtain injunctive relief 
from and impose civil penalties against the Defendants for violating 
the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into 
waters of the United States. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these 
allegations by requiring the Defendants to restore impacted areas and 
perform mitigation, and to pay civil and administrative penalties.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Samara Spence, 
Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Post 
Office Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044 and refer to United States v. 
Georgia Coastal Land Co., et al., DJ #90-5-1-1-20782.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 
Brunswick Division, 801 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA 31520. In 
addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at 
http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
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Dated: April 10, 2017. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Allowable Meal Charge
Kira Antell, Among the minimum benefits and
Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy. Employment and Training
working conditions that the Department
[FR Doc. 2017–07512 Filed 4–12–17; 8:45 am] Administration
requires employers to offer their U.S.
BILLING CODE 4410–18–P
Labor Certification Process for the and H–2A workers who are not engaged
Temporary Employment of H–2A and in range occupations are three meals a
H–2B Foreign Workers in the United day or free and convenient cooking and
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE kitchen facilities so workers may
States: 2017 Allowable Charges for
Agricultural Workers’ Meals and for prepare their own meals.1 See 20 CFR
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent
Travel Subsistence Reimbursement, 655.122(g). Where the employer
Decree
Including Lodging provides the meals, the job offer must
In accordance with Departmental state the charge, if any, to the worker for
AGENCY: Employment and Training such meals. Id.
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby Administration, Department of Labor.
given that a proposed Consent Decree in The Department establishes the
ACTION: Notice. methodology for determining the
United States v. Georgia Coastal Land
Co., et al., No. 2:16–cv–00060–LGW– maximum amounts that H–2A
SUMMARY: The Employment and
RSB, was lodged with the United States Training Administration of the agricultural employers may charge their
District Court for the Southern District Department of Labor is issuing this U.S. and foreign workers for providing
of Georgia on April 7, 2017. Notice to announce: (1) The allowable them with three meals per day during
charges for 2017 that employers seeking employment. See 20 CFR 655.173(a).
This proposed Consent Decree This methodology allows for annual
concerns a complaint filed by the H–2A workers in occupations other than
range herding may charge their workers adjustments of the previous year’s
United States against Georgia Coastal maximum allowable charge based upon
Land Company, Provident Land when the employer provides three
meals a day, and (2) the maximum updated U.S. Consumer Price Index for
Holdings Company, Provident All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) data for
Construction Company, and William L. travel subsistence meal reimbursement
that a worker with receipts may claim Food, not seasonally adjusted. Id. The
Nutting, pursuant to Sections 301, 309, maximum charge allowed by 20 CFR
and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 in 2017 under the H–2A and H–2B
programs. The Notice also includes a 655.122(g) is adjusted by the same
U.S.C. 1311(a), 1319(g)(9), and 1344(s), percentage as the 12-month percent
to obtain injunctive relief from and reminder regarding employers’
obligations with respect to overnight change in the CPI for all Urban
impose civil penalties against the Consumers for Food (CPI–U for
Defendants for violating the Clean Water lodging costs as part of required
subsistence. Food).2 Id. The OFLC Certifying Officer
Act by discharging pollutants without a may also permit an employer to charge
permit into waters of the United States. DATES: Effective on April 13, 2017.
workers a higher amount for providing
The proposed Consent Decree resolves FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: them with three meals a day, if the
these allegations by requiring the William W. Thompson, II, higher amount is justified and
Defendants to restore impacted areas Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor sufficiently documented by the
and perform mitigation, and to pay civil Certification (OFLC), U.S. Department of employer, as set forth in 20 CFR
and administrative penalties. Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 655.173(b).
The Department of Justice will accept Room PPII–12–200, Washington, DC The percentage change in the CPI–U
written comments relating to this 20210. Telephone: 202–513–7350 (this for Food between December 2015 and
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) is not a toll-free number). Individuals December 2016 was –0.2 percent.3
days from the date of publication of this with hearing or speech impairments Accordingly, the maximum allowable
Notice. Please address comments to may access the telephone number above charge under 20 CFR 655.122(g) shall be
Samara Spence, Trial Attorney for the via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal no more than $12.07 per day, unless the
United States Department of Justice, Information Relay Service at 1–800– OFLC Certifying Officer approves a
Environment and Natural Resources 877–8339. higher charge as authorized under 20
Division, Environmental Defense SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFR 655.173(b).
Section, Post Office Box 7611, United States (U.S.) Citizenship and
Washington, DC 20044 and refer to Immigration Services of the Department Reimbursement for Daily Travel
United States v. Georgia Coastal Land of Homeland Security will not approve Subsistence
Co., et al., DJ #90–5–1–1–20782. an employer’s petition for the admission The H–2A regulations (20 CFR
The proposed Consent Decree may be of H–2A or H–2B nonimmigrant 655.122(h)(1)) and the H–2B regulations
examined at the Clerk’s Office, United temporary workers in the U.S. unless (20 CFR 655.20(j)(1)(i)) establish that the
States District Court for the Southern the petitioner has received from the minimum daily travel subsistence
District of Georgia, Brunswick Division, DOL an H–2A or H–2B labor expense for meals, for which a worker
801 Gloucester Street, Brunswick, GA certification. Both the H–2A and H–2B is entitled to reimbursement, must be at
31520. In addition, the proposed labor certifications provide that: (1)
Consent Decree may be examined There are not sufficient U.S. workers 1 H–2A employers must provide workers engaged

who are qualified and who will be in herding or the production of livestock on the
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electronically at http://www.justice.gov/ range meals or food to prepare meals without
enrd/consent-decrees. available to perform the labor or charge or deposit charge. See 20 CFR 655.210(e).
services involved in the petition; and (2) 2 The 12-month percent change in the CPI–U for
Cherie L. Rogers, the employment of the foreign worker(s) Food for 2006 through 2016 is available through
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental in such labor or services will not BLS’ Web site at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/.
3 In 2016, the maximum allowable charge under
Defense Section, Environment and Natural adversely affect the wages and working
Resources Division. 20 CFR 655.122(g) was $12.09 per day. 81 FR 9885,
conditions of workers in the U.S. 9886 (Feb. 26, 2016). As a result, the maximum
[FR Doc. 2017–07499 Filed 4–12–17; 8:45 am] similarly employed. See 20 CFR allowable meal charge for 2017 has decreased only
BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 655.1(a)(H–2B); 20 CFR 655.100 (H–2A). $.02.

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		82 FR 17881