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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0220]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed New E-Collection;
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Application Form: Public Safety
Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program
Applications Package
Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
Justice Assistance, has submitted the
following information collection request
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
SUMMARY:
Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
August 21, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Michelle Martin, Senior Management
Analyst, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
810 Seventh Street NW., Washington,
DC 20531 (phone: 202 514–9354).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
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1. Type of Information Collection:
Substantive change to a currently
approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB)
Program Applications Package
(including currently approved
collections: Public Safety Officers’
Death Benefits Applications (1121–0024
and 1121–0025), Public Safety Officers’
Disability Benefits Application (1121–
0166), Public Safety Officers’
Educational Assistance Application
(1121–0220), and a new form titled:
Public Safety Officers’ Appeal Request
Application.)
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
None. The applicable component within
the Department of Justice is the Bureau
of Justice Assistance, in the Office of
Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Public Safety Officers who
were permanently and totally disabled
in the line of duty; eligible survivors of
Public Safety Officers who were killed
in the line of duty; eligible spouses and
children who receive PSOB death
benefits, or whose spouse or parent
received the PSOB disability benefit.
Abstract: BJA’s Public Safety Officers’
Benefits (PSOB) Office will use the
Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program
Applications Package (including: The
Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits
Application, the Public Safety Officers’
Disability Benefits Application, the
Public Safety Officers’ Educational
Assistance Application, the Public
Safety Officers’ Appeal Request
Application) to collect and confirm the
following:
• Public Safety Officer Death Benefits
Application: BJA’s Public Safety
Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Office will use
the Public Safety Officer Death Benefits
Application information to confirm the
eligibility of applicants to receive Public
Safety Officers’ Death Benefits.
Eligibility is dependent on several
factors, including Public Safety Officer
status, an injury sustained in the line of
duty, and the claimant status in the
beneficiary hierarchy according to the
PSOB Act. In addition, information to
help the PSOB Office identify an
individual is collected, such as a Social
Security number for the Public Safety
Officer, telephone numbers, and email
addresses.
Public Safety Officer Disability
Benefits Application: BJA’s Public
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Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Office
will use the PSOB Disability
Application information to confirm the
eligibility of applicants to receive Public
Safety Officers’ Disability Benefits.
Eligibility is dependent on several
factors, including Public Safety Officer
status, injury sustained in the line of
duty, and the total and permanent
nature of the line of duty injury. In
addition, information to help the PSOB
Office identify individuals is collected,
such as Social Security number for the
Public Safety Officer, telephone
numbers, and email addresses.
• Public Safety Officer Educational
Assistance Application: BJA’s Public
Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Office
will use the Public Safety Officer
Educational Assistance Application
information to confirm the eligibility of
applicants to receive Public Safety
Officer Educational Assistance benefits.
Eligibility is dependent on several
factors, including the applicant having
received or being eligible to receive a
portion of the PSOB Death Benefit, or
having a spouse or parent who received
the PSOB Disability Benefit. Also
considered are the applicant’s age and
the schools being attended. In addition,
information to help BJA identify an
individual is collected, such as contact
numbers and email addresses.
• Public Safety Officer Appeal
Request Application: BJA’s Public
Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Office
will use the Public Safety Officer
Appeal Request Application
information to confirm the eligibility of
applicants who wish to appeal a
previous Public Safety Officers’ Death
and Disability Benefit determination.
Changes to the report form have been
made in an effort to streamline the
application process and eliminate
requests for information that are either
irrelevant or already being collected by
other means.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
• Public Safety Officer Death Benefits
Application: An estimate of the total
number of respondents and the amount
of time needed for an average
respondent to respond is as follows: It
is estimated that no more than 350
respondents will apply a year. Each
application takes approximately 360
minutes to complete.
• Public Safety Officer Disability
Benefits Application: An estimate of the
total number of respondents and the
amount of time needed for an average
respondent to respond is as follows: It
is estimated that no more than 100
respondents will apply a year. Each
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application takes approximately 300
minutes to complete.
• Public Safety Officer Educational
Assistance Application: It is estimated
that no more than 200 respondents will
apply a year. Each application takes
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
• Public Safety Officer Appeal
Request Application: It is estimated that
no more than 75 respondents will apply
a year. Each application takes
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection:
• Public Safety Officer Death Benefits
Application: An estimate of the total
public burden (in hours) associated with
the collection: Total Annual Reporting
Burden: 350 × 360 minutes per
application = 126,000 minutes/by 60
minutes per hour = 2,100 hours.
• Public Safety Officer Disability
Benefits Application: An estimate of the
total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: Total Annual
Reporting Burden: 100 × 300 minutes
per application = 30,000 minutes/by 60
minutes per hour = 500 hours.
• Public Safety Officer Educational
Assistance Application: The estimated
public burden associated with this
collection is 100 hours. It is estimated
that respondents will take 30 minutes to
complete an application. The burden
hours for collecting respondent data
sum to 100 hours (200 respondents × 0.5
hours = 100 hours).
• Public Safety Officer Appeal
Request Application: An estimate of the
total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: Total Annual
Reporting Burden: 75 × 30 minutes per
application = 2,250 minutes/by 60
minutes per hour = 37.5 hours.
If additional information is required
contact: Hope D. Janke, Director, Public
Safety Officers’ Benefits Office, Bureau
of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice,
810 7th Street NW., Washington, DC
20531.
Dated: June 15, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On June 15, 2017, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
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Court for the District of New Jersey in
the lawsuit entitled United States v.
NVR, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:17–cv–
04346.
The United States, on behalf of the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency, filed a Complaint against NVR,
Inc., alleging NVR violated the Clean
Water Act. NVR engages in residential
home construction in a number of
states, including New Jersey and New
York. The Complaint alleges that NVR
discharged pollutants in storm water
without permit coverage in violation of
the Clean Water Act and failed to
comply with the conditions of permits
(state general permits) issued under
Clean Water Act at a number of
construction sites in New Jersey and
New York.
The proposed Consent Decree
provides for NVR to perform injunctive
relief consisting of a nationwide
management, inspection, reporting and
training program to improve compliance
with storm water requirements at NVR’s
current and future construction sites.
The Consent Decree also provides for
NVR to pay a civil penalty of $425,000.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States v. NVR, Inc., D.J.
Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–10429. 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:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD,
P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department Web site: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
proposed 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 $21.75 (25 cents per page
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reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Revision of Information
Collection Request Submitted for
Public Comment; Draft Model NonQuantitative Treatment Limitations
Form
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor (the
Department), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA
95), provides the general public and
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. Currently,
the Employee Benefits Security
Administration is soliciting comments
on a revision of the Notices under the
Mental Health Parity and Addiction
Equity Act of 2008 information
collection request (ICR) to add a model
form participants and authorized
representatives can use to request
certain information from their health
plans that is discussed below.
A copy of the information collection
request (ICR) may be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
ICR is also available on the
Department’s Web site at: https://
www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
Addresses section on or before
September 1, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
regarding the information collection
request and burden estimates to the
Office of Policy and Research, Employee
Benefits Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room N–5718,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0220]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed New E-
Collection; Bureau of Justice Assistance Application Form: Public
Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Program Applications Package
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau
of Justice Assistance, has submitted the following information
collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
August 21, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
Michelle Martin, Senior Management Analyst, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202
514-9354).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Substantive change to a
currently approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Public Safety Officers'
Benefits (PSOB) Program Applications Package (including currently
approved collections: Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits
Applications (1121-0024 and 1121-0025), Public Safety Officers'
Disability Benefits Application (1121-0166), Public Safety Officers'
Educational Assistance Application (1121-0220), and a new form titled:
Public Safety Officers' Appeal Request Application.)
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: None. The applicable
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, in the Office of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
Primary: Public Safety Officers who were permanently and totally
disabled in the line of duty; eligible survivors of Public Safety
Officers who were killed in the line of duty; eligible spouses and
children who receive PSOB death benefits, or whose spouse or parent
received the PSOB disability benefit.
Abstract: BJA's Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Office will
use the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program Applications Package
(including: The Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Application, the
Public Safety Officers' Disability Benefits Application, the Public
Safety Officers' Educational Assistance Application, the Public Safety
Officers' Appeal Request Application) to collect and confirm the
following:
Public Safety Officer Death Benefits Application: BJA's
Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Office will use the Public
Safety Officer Death Benefits Application information to confirm the
eligibility of applicants to receive Public Safety Officers' Death
Benefits. Eligibility is dependent on several factors, including Public
Safety Officer status, an injury sustained in the line of duty, and the
claimant status in the beneficiary hierarchy according to the PSOB Act.
In addition, information to help the PSOB Office identify an individual
is collected, such as a Social Security number for the Public Safety
Officer, telephone numbers, and email addresses.
Public Safety Officer Disability Benefits Application: BJA's Public
Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Office will use the PSOB Disability
Application information to confirm the eligibility of applicants to
receive Public Safety Officers' Disability Benefits. Eligibility is
dependent on several factors, including Public Safety Officer status,
injury sustained in the line of duty, and the total and permanent
nature of the line of duty injury. In addition, information to help the
PSOB Office identify individuals is collected, such as Social Security
number for the Public Safety Officer, telephone numbers, and email
addresses.
Public Safety Officer Educational Assistance Application:
BJA's Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Office will use the
Public Safety Officer Educational Assistance Application information to
confirm the eligibility of applicants to receive Public Safety Officer
Educational Assistance benefits. Eligibility is dependent on several
factors, including the applicant having received or being eligible to
receive a portion of the PSOB Death Benefit, or having a spouse or
parent who received the PSOB Disability Benefit. Also considered are
the applicant's age and the schools being attended. In addition,
information to help BJA identify an individual is collected, such as
contact numbers and email addresses.
Public Safety Officer Appeal Request Application: BJA's
Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Office will use the Public
Safety Officer Appeal Request Application information to confirm the
eligibility of applicants who wish to appeal a previous Public Safety
Officers' Death and Disability Benefit determination. Changes to the
report form have been made in an effort to streamline the application
process and eliminate requests for information that are either
irrelevant or already being collected by other means.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
Public Safety Officer Death Benefits Application: An
estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time
needed for an average respondent to respond is as follows: It is
estimated that no more than 350 respondents will apply a year. Each
application takes approximately 360 minutes to complete.
Public Safety Officer Disability Benefits Application: An
estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time
needed for an average respondent to respond is as follows: It is
estimated that no more than 100 respondents will apply a year. Each
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application takes approximately 300 minutes to complete.
Public Safety Officer Educational Assistance Application:
It is estimated that no more than 200 respondents will apply a year.
Each application takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Public Safety Officer Appeal Request Application: It is
estimated that no more than 75 respondents will apply a year. Each
application takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection:
Public Safety Officer Death Benefits Application: An
estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: Total Annual Reporting Burden: 350 x 360 minutes per
application = 126,000 minutes/by 60 minutes per hour = 2,100 hours.
Public Safety Officer Disability Benefits Application: An
estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: Total Annual Reporting Burden: 100 x 300 minutes per
application = 30,000 minutes/by 60 minutes per hour = 500 hours.
Public Safety Officer Educational Assistance Application:
The estimated public burden associated with this collection is 100
hours. It is estimated that respondents will take 30 minutes to
complete an application. The burden hours for collecting respondent
data sum to 100 hours (200 respondents x 0.5 hours = 100 hours).
Public Safety Officer Appeal Request Application: An
estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: Total Annual Reporting Burden: 75 x 30 minutes per
application = 2,250 minutes/by 60 minutes per hour = 37.5 hours.
If additional information is required contact: Hope D. Janke,
Director, Public Safety Officers' Benefits Office, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810
7th Street NW., Washington, DC 20531.
Dated: June 15, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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