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information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information,
please contact Rebekah Dorr,
Department of Justice Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services,
1100 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
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 agency, 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;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; 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:
Emergency revision of a previously
approved collection, with change;
comments requested.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: COPS
Application Attachment to SF–424.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
None. U.S. Department of Justice Office
of Community Oriented Policing
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Law enforcement
agencies and other public and private
entities that apply for COPS Office
grants or cooperative agreements will be
asked to complete the COPS
Application Attachment to SF–424. The
COPS Application Attachment to SF–
424 is the result of a COPS Office
business process reengineering effort
aimed at standardization as required
under the grant streamlining
requirements of Public Law 106–107,
the Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999,
as well as the President’s Management
Agenda E-grants Initiative. This form
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streamlined application forms across all
COPS Office programs and reduced the
burden on applicants due to the
applicant’s ability to use the same form
for multiple programs, thus reducing the
need for applicant’s to learn how to
complete multiple differing forms.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: It is estimated that
16,200 respondents annually will
complete the form within 10 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated
162,000 total annual burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Lynn Bryant, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building,
Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 23, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA,
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission
[OMB Number 1105–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Emergency Notice of
Information Collection Under Review:
Collection of Information on Claims for
Compensation for Physical and
Emotional Injury, Death, and
Commercial Claims Against the
Government of Libya and Referred to
the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission by the Department of State
Legal Adviser.
The Department of Justice, Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission
(Commission), will be submitting the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with emergency review
procedures of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. OMB approval has been
requested by March 20, 2009. The
proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. If granted,
the emergency approval is only valid for
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180 days. Comments should be directed
to OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention:
Department of Justice Desk Officer,
Washington, DC 20503. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for 60
days until April 28, 2009.
During the first 60 days of this same
review period, a regular review of this
information collection is also being
undertaken. All comments and
suggestions, or questions regarding
additional information, including
obtaining a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with
instructions, should be directed to
Judith Lock, Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, Department of Justice, 600
E Street, NW., Suite 6002, Washington
DC 20579, or by facsimile (202) 616–
6993.
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 agency, 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;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; 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:
New Collection.
(2) The title of the form/collection:
Claims of U.S. Nationals Against Libya.
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form Number: FCSC 1–09. Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission,
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals and
Corporate Entities. Other: None.
Information will be used as a basis for
determining eligibility of U.S. nationals
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with physical and emotional injury,
death, and commercial claims for
awards payable by the Department of
Treasury out of funds provided
pursuant to the U.S.-Libya Claims
Settlement Agreement for certain
terrorism-related claims against Libya,
its agencies and instrumentalities, and
officials and employees thereof, and
referred to the Commission by the
Department of State Legal Adviser.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: It is estimated that 200
respondents will complete the
application in approximately two hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
public burden associated with this
application is 400 hours.
If additional information is required
contact: Lynn Bryant, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building,
Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 23, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of
Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Availability of the Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Criminal
Alien Requirement VIII
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AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Prisons.
ACTION: Notice; finding of no significant
impact.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
announces the availability of the
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) concerning the Criminal Alien
Requirement VIII (CAR VIII). The BOP
is seeking flexibility in managing its
current shortage of beds by contracting
for those services with non-federal
facilities to house federal inmates. This
approach provides the BOP with
flexibility to meet population capacity
needs in a timely fashion, conform with
federal law, and maintain fiscal
responsibility, while successfully
attaining the mission of the BOP. The
BOP proposed to contract with a public
and private corporation to house up to
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3000 federal, low-security, adult male
inmates, that are primarily non-U.S.
citizen, criminal aliens in existing
Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated
facilities. The award would be granted
to a responsible offeror whose offer is
found to be most advantageous to the
Government. One existing facility has
been offered in response to the BOP’s
solicitation for services. The one
response provided a total of 2,567 beds.
Environmental impacts of the facility
were evaluated in a Environmental
Assessment (EA). The EA evaluated the
full effects of the available 2,567 inmate
beds. Environmental impacts of this
facility have been evaluated in an EA
provided by the Offeror.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard A. Cohn, Chief, Capacity
Planning and Site Selection Branch,
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534. Tel:
202–514–6470. Fax: 202–616–6024. Email: rcohn@bop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969 and the Council of
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR Parts 1500–1508), the EA prepared
to contract with a public and private
corporation to house approximately
2,500 Federal, low-security, adult male
inmates, non-U.S. citizen, that are
primarily criminal aliens in existing
Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated
facility. One existing facility, has been
offered in response to the BOP’s
solicitation for services. The one
response provided a total of 2,567 beds.
The EA was published on January 14,
2009, for a 30-day comment period and
prepared pursuant to NEPA.
Project Information
The BOP is responsible for carrying
out judgements of the Federal courts
whenever a period of confinement is
ordered.
Subsequently, the mission of the BOP
is to protect society by confining
offenders in the controlled
environments of prisons and
community-based facilities that are safe,
humane, cost-efficient, and
appropriately secure, and that provide
work and other self improvement
opportunities to assist offenders in
becoming law abiding citizens.
Approximately 163,200 inmates are
currently housed within the 114 federal
correctional institutions that have levels
of security ranging from minimum to
maximum; a number exceeding the
combined rated capacities of all federal
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correctional facilities. Measures being
taken to manage the growth of the
federal inmate population include
construction of new institutions,
acquisition and adaptation of facilities
originally intended for other purposes,
expansion and improvement of existing
correctional facilities, and expanded use
of contract beds. Adding capacity
through these various means allows the
BOP to work toward the long-term goal
of reduced system-wide overcrowding.
Alternatives Considered
The No Action alternative is defined
as a decision not to proceed with the
proposed action to award a contract to
house the described population. Instead,
the BOP would continue the current and
long-standing arrangement whereby
low-security, adult male, criminal alien
inmate populations are housed in
facilities owned and operated by the
BOP as well as with State, local, and
private residential reentry centers and
in alternative confinement. Adoption of
the No Action alternative would avoid
the potential impacts associated with
use of a Contractor-Owned/ContractorOperated correctional facility to house
low security, Federal inmates.
Under the No Action alternative, the
beneficial impacts on local and regional
economies resulting from operational
budget expenditures at potentially
vacant or underutilized correctional
facility would not occur. Under the No
Action alternative, no job growth would
be experienced in Adams County,
Mississippi. The No Action alternative
does not meet the purpose and need of
the BOP’s Action alternative and would
not address the demand for additional
capacity to house the increasing federal
inmate population. One location was
evaluated in the EA. This facility could
be awarded a number of inmates up to
its capacity; potential impacts at this
facility were evaluated based upon its
maximum possible capacity. The facility
and respective inmate populations
evaluated were:
■ Corrections Corporation of
America, located in Adams County,
Mississippi, evaluated for its maximum
capacity under this action to provide
2,567 beds.
The impacts of the Action alternative
on the environment were considered in
an EA published on January 14, 2009
and prepared pursuant to NEPA. The
EA evaluated the full effects of the
potentially available 2,567 inmate beds.
Review of the EA has led to a FONSI,
as that phrase is defined pursuant to
NEPA. The Action alternative would
result in negligible impacts to public
services of host communities. There
would be no significant adverse impacts
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
[OMB Number 1105-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Emergency Notice of Information Collection Under Review:
Collection of Information on Claims for Compensation for Physical and
Emotional Injury, Death, and Commercial Claims Against the Government
of Libya and Referred to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission by
the Department of State Legal Adviser.
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The Department of Justice, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
(Commission), will be submitting the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance in accordance with emergency review procedures of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OMB approval has been requested by
March 20, 2009. The proposed information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. If granted, the
emergency approval is only valid for 180 days. Comments should be
directed to OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until April
28, 2009.
During the first 60 days of this same review period, a regular
review of this information collection is also being undertaken. All
comments and suggestions, or questions regarding additional
information, including obtaining a copy of the proposed information
collection instrument with instructions, should be directed to Judith
Lock, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Department of Justice, 600
E Street, NW., Suite 6002, Washington DC 20579, or by facsimile (202)
616-6993.
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 agency, 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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; 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: New Collection.
(2) The title of the form/collection: Claims of U.S. Nationals
Against Libya.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: FCSC 1-09.
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals and Corporate Entities.
Other: None. Information will be used as a basis for determining
eligibility of U.S. nationals
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with physical and emotional injury, death, and commercial claims for
awards payable by the Department of Treasury out of funds provided
pursuant to the U.S.-Libya Claims Settlement Agreement for certain
terrorism-related claims against Libya, its agencies and
instrumentalities, and officials and employees thereof, and referred to
the Commission by the Department of State Legal Adviser.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is
estimated that 200 respondents will complete the application in
approximately two hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated total annual public burden
associated with this application is 400 hours.
If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 23, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E9-4156 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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