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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for Proposed Contract Award
to House Federal, Low-Security
Criminal Aliens Within a ContractorOwned and Operated Correctional
Facility
U.S. Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Prisons.
ACTION: Notice of a Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Department of
Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
announces the availability of the Record
of Decision (ROD) concerning the
proposed award of a contract to house
approximately 1,750 (+/¥ 30 percent)
Federal, low-security, adult male, nonU.S. citizen, criminal aliens, with 90
months or less remaining to serve on
their sentences, within a contractorowned and operated correctional
facility.
SUMMARY:
Background Information
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 and the Council of Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–
1508), the BOP has prepared Draft and
Final Environmental Impact Statements
(EISs) for the proposed award of a
contract to house Federal, non-U.S.
citizen, criminal aliens within a
contractor-owned and operated
correctional facility.
Project Information
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
faces continued growth in its inmate
population resulting from on-going
Federal law enforcement programs.
Over the period encompassing Fiscal
Year (FY) 2010 through FY 2015, the
BOP anticipates the total Federal inmate
population to increase from
approximately 210,227 to 239,344. Of
the approximately 29,000 inmates to be
added to the Federal prison system
during this time, the BOP is projecting
approximately 8,000 to be low-security
inmates. In housing these and other
inmates, the BOP relies upon
community-correction, detention and
correctional facilities that are either
federally-owned and operated (i.e., BOP
facilities); federally-owned and nonfederally operated; or non-federally
owned and operated (i.e., contractor
facilities).
Presently, the BOP is responsible for
housing approximately 27,000 lowsecurity criminal aliens and due to
limitations on bedspace within BOPoperated Federal Correctional
Institutions (FCI), approximately 25,000
such inmates are housed in contractorowned and operated facilities. The
projected number of sentenced criminal
aliens and continued limitations on
capacity within the BOP’s low-security
FCIs will ensure further reliance upon
contractor-owned and operated
correctional facilities to house a large
portion of this inmate population. The
BOP contracts with such operators to
house and service a portion of the
criminal alien population. Periodically,
such contracts expire, and as long as
needs persist, they are re-competed in
accordance with BOP procedures and
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Federal Acquisition Regulations. One
such contract, scheduled to expire in
2012, involves approximately 1,750
low-security criminal aliens currently
housed at the McRae Correctional
Center located in McRae, Georgia.
In order to ensure that the criminal
alien population currently incarcerated
at the McRae Correctional Center
continues to be properly housed and
supervised in a contractor-owned and
operated facility, the BOP undertook a
nationwide procurement. Under the
Criminal Alien Requirement 12
procurement (RFP–PCC–0017), the BOP
solicited proposals to house
approximately 1,750 (+/¥ 30 percent)
Federal, low-security, adult male, nonU.S. citizen, criminal aliens, with 90
months or less remaining to serve on
their sentences, within a contractorowned and operated correctional
facility. The BOP’s procurement
solicitation stated that the requirement
would be fulfilled through a single
award.
The BOP requires flexibility in
managing the shortage of beds at the
low-security level as well as the
anticipated future increases at this
security level. Such management
flexibility, involving the use of
privately-owned and operated facilities,
would help to meet population capacity
needs in a timely fashion, conform to
Federal law, and maintain fiscal
responsibility while successfully
meeting the mission of the BOP. That
mission is to protect society by
confining offenders in the controlled
environments of prison and communitybased facilities that are safe, humane,
cost-efficient, and appropriately secure,
and that provide work and other selfimprovement opportunities to assist
offenders in becoming law-abiding
citizens.
The BOP issued a Draft EIS in June
2011 with publication of the Notice of
Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register on June 24, 2011. The NOA
provided a start date for the 45-day
public comment period beginning on
June 24, 2011, and ending on August 8,
2011. During the public comment
period, public hearings concerning the
proposed action and the Draft EIS were
held on July 7, 2011 in Scott County,
Mississippi; July 13, 2011 in McRae,
Georgia; and August 4, 2011 in Hinton,
Oklahoma.
The Final EIS addressed comments
received on the Draft EIS and
publication of the NOA in the Federal
Register concerning the Final EIS
occurred on September 9, 2011. The
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public comments concerning the Final
EIS ended on October 11, 2011, during
which time comment letters and similar
forms of communication were received
by the BOP. Comments received by the
BOP concerning the Final EIS were
similar to those comments received by
the BOP concerning the Draft EIS and
all such comments were considered in
the decision presented in the ROD.
BOP provided written notices of the
availability of the Draft EIS and Final
EIS in the Federal Register, three
newspapers with local and regional
circulations, and through three local
public libraries. The BOP also
distributed approximately 170 copies
(each) of the Draft EIS and Final EIS to
Federal agencies, state and local
governments, elected officials,
interested organizations and
individuals.
The BOP evaluated alternatives as
part of the EIS including the No Action
Alternative; implementation of the
proposed action in Hinton, Oklahoma
involving use of the Great Plains
Correctional Facility; in McRae, Georgia
involving use of the existing or an
expanded McRae Correctional Center;
and implementation of the proposed
action in Scott County, Mississippi
involving development of a new
contractor-owned and operated
correctional facility to house the Federal
inmate population. Each of the
alternatives in Hinton, Oklahoma;
McRae, Georgia; and Scott County,
Mississippi were examined in detail in
the Draft and Final EISs with contract
award to the McRae Correctional Center
in McRae, Georgia considered to be the
Preferred Alternative.
Availability of Record of Decision
The Record of Decision and other
information regarding this undertaking
are available upon request. To request a
copy of the Record of Decision, please
contact: Richard A. Cohn, Chief, or Issac
J. Gaston, Site Selection Specialist,
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/E-mail: racohn@bop.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard A. Cohn, Federal Bureau of
Prisons.
Dated: October 19, 2011.
Richard A. Cohn,
Chief, Capacity Planning and Site Selection
Branch.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Payment
of Compensation Without Award
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs
(OWCP) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Payment
of Compensation Without Award,’’
Form LS–206, as revised to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval for use in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
DATES: Submit comments on or before
November 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, on the day
following publication of this notice or
by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at (202) 693–4129 (this is not
a toll-free number) or sending an email
to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the Department of Labor,
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (OWCP), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
(202) 395–6929/Fax: (202) 395–6881
(these are not toll-free numbers), email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michel Smyth by telephone at (202)
693–4129 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Insurance
carriers and self-insurers use Form LS–
206 to report the initial payment of
compensation benefits to injured
claimants as required by the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
to the OWCP. The OWCP is revising this
information collection to make the form
fillable and printable from the Internet
for non-electronic submission to the
agency and to make cosmetic changes to
the form. The changes are not expected
to alter the public burden.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
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cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
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 if the
collection of information does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The
DOL obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under OMB
Control Number 1240–0043. The current
OMB approval is scheduled to expire on
October 31, 2011; however, it should be
noted that existing information
collection requirements submitted to the
OMB receive a month-to-month
extension while they undergo review.
For additional information, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on July 7, 2011 (76 FR 39904).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within 30 days of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
reference OMB Control Number 1240–
0043. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• 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.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP).
Title of Collection: Payment of
Compensation Without Award.
OMB Control Number: 1240–0043.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 600.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for Proposed
Contract Award to House Federal, Low-Security Criminal Aliens
Within a Contractor-Owned and Operated Correctional Facility
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
ACTION: Notice of a Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons
(BOP) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD)
concerning the proposed award of a contract to house approximately
1,750 (+/- 30 percent) Federal, low-security, adult male, non-U.S.
citizen, criminal aliens, with 90 months or less remaining to serve on
their sentences, within a contractor-owned and operated correctional
facility.
Background Information
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 and the Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (40
CFR parts 1500-1508), the BOP has prepared Draft and Final
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for the proposed award of a
contract to house Federal, non-U.S. citizen, criminal aliens within a
contractor-owned and operated correctional facility.
Project Information
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) faces continued growth in its
inmate population resulting from on-going Federal law enforcement
programs. Over the period encompassing Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 through FY
2015, the BOP anticipates the total Federal inmate population to
increase from approximately 210,227 to 239,344. Of the approximately
29,000 inmates to be added to the Federal prison system during this
time, the BOP is projecting approximately 8,000 to be low-security
inmates. In housing these and other inmates, the BOP relies upon
community-correction, detention and correctional facilities that are
either federally-owned and operated (i.e., BOP facilities); federally-
owned and non-federally operated; or non-federally owned and operated
(i.e., contractor facilities).
Presently, the BOP is responsible for housing approximately 27,000
low-security criminal aliens and due to limitations on bedspace within
BOP-operated Federal Correctional Institutions (FCI), approximately
25,000 such inmates are housed in contractor-owned and operated
facilities. The projected number of sentenced criminal aliens and
continued limitations on capacity within the BOP's low-security FCIs
will ensure further reliance upon contractor-owned and operated
correctional facilities to house a large portion of this inmate
population. The BOP contracts with such operators to house and service
a portion of the criminal alien population. Periodically, such
contracts expire, and as long as needs persist, they are re-competed in
accordance with BOP procedures and Federal Acquisition Regulations. One
such contract, scheduled to expire in 2012, involves approximately
1,750 low-security criminal aliens currently housed at the McRae
Correctional Center located in McRae, Georgia.
In order to ensure that the criminal alien population currently
incarcerated at the McRae Correctional Center continues to be properly
housed and supervised in a contractor-owned and operated facility, the
BOP undertook a nationwide procurement. Under the Criminal Alien
Requirement 12 procurement (RFP-PCC-0017), the BOP solicited proposals
to house approximately 1,750 (+/- 30 percent) Federal, low-security,
adult male, non-U.S. citizen, criminal aliens, with 90 months or less
remaining to serve on their sentences, within a contractor-owned and
operated correctional facility. The BOP's procurement solicitation
stated that the requirement would be fulfilled through a single award.
The BOP requires flexibility in managing the shortage of beds at
the low-security level as well as the anticipated future increases at
this security level. Such management flexibility, involving the use of
privately-owned and operated facilities, would help to meet population
capacity needs in a timely fashion, conform to Federal law, and
maintain fiscal responsibility while successfully meeting the mission
of the BOP. That mission is to protect society by confining offenders
in the controlled environments of prison 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.
The BOP issued a Draft EIS in June 2011 with publication of the
Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal Register on June 24, 2011.
The NOA provided a start date for the 45-day public comment period
beginning on June 24, 2011, and ending on August 8, 2011. During the
public comment period, public hearings concerning the proposed action
and the Draft EIS were held on July 7, 2011 in Scott County,
Mississippi; July 13, 2011 in McRae, Georgia; and August 4, 2011 in
Hinton, Oklahoma.
The Final EIS addressed comments received on the Draft EIS and
publication of the NOA in the Federal Register concerning the Final EIS
occurred on September 9, 2011. The
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30-day review period for receipt of public comments concerning the
Final EIS ended on October 11, 2011, during which time comment letters
and similar forms of communication were received by the BOP. Comments
received by the BOP concerning the Final EIS were similar to those
comments received by the BOP concerning the Draft EIS and all such
comments were considered in the decision presented in the ROD.
BOP provided written notices of the availability of the Draft EIS
and Final EIS in the Federal Register, three newspapers with local and
regional circulations, and through three local public libraries. The
BOP also distributed approximately 170 copies (each) of the Draft EIS
and Final EIS to Federal agencies, state and local governments, elected
officials, interested organizations and individuals.
The BOP evaluated alternatives as part of the EIS including the No
Action Alternative; implementation of the proposed action in Hinton,
Oklahoma involving use of the Great Plains Correctional Facility; in
McRae, Georgia involving use of the existing or an expanded McRae
Correctional Center; and implementation of the proposed action in Scott
County, Mississippi involving development of a new contractor-owned and
operated correctional facility to house the Federal inmate population.
Each of the alternatives in Hinton, Oklahoma; McRae, Georgia; and Scott
County, Mississippi were examined in detail in the Draft and Final EISs
with contract award to the McRae Correctional Center in McRae, Georgia
considered to be the Preferred Alternative.
Availability of Record of Decision
The Record of Decision and other information regarding this
undertaking are available upon request. To request a copy of the Record
of Decision, please contact: Richard A. Cohn, Chief, or Issac J.
Gaston, Site Selection Specialist, 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/E-mail: racohn@bop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Cohn, Federal Bureau of
Prisons.
Dated: October 19, 2011.
Richard A. Cohn,
Chief, Capacity Planning and Site Selection Branch.
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