Solicitation of Comments on Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Hoopa Valley Tribe, 64548-64549 [2012-25895]

Download as PDF 64548 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices identify what information you want redacted. If you want to submit confidential business information as part of your comment but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase ‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must prominently identify confidential business information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment has so much confidential business information that it cannot be effectively redacted, all or part of that comment may not be posted on https:// www.regulations.gov. Personal identifying information and confidential business information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in the agency’s public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to inspect the agency’s public docket file in person by appointment, please see the paragraph above entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with Statutory Background For more than two centuries, the Federal Government has recognized Indian tribes as domestic sovereigns that have unique government-to-government relationships with the United States. Congress has broad authority to legislate with respect to Indian tribes, however, and has exercised this authority to establish a complex jurisdictional scheme for the prosecution of crimes committed in Indian country. (The term ‘‘Indian country’’ is defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151.) Criminal jurisdiction in Indian country typically depends on several factors, including the nature of the crime; whether the alleged offender, the victim, or both are Indian; and whether a treaty, Federal statute, executive order, or judicial decision has conferred jurisdiction on a particular government. The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) was enacted on July 29, 2010, as Title II of Public Law 111–211. The purpose of the TLOA is to help the Federal Government and tribal governments better address the unique public-safety challenges that confront tribal communities. Section 221(b) of the new law, now codified at 18 U.S.C. 1162(d), permits an Indian tribe with Indian country subject to State criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 280, P.L. 83–280, 67 Stat. 588 (1953) to request that the United States accept concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute violations of the General Crimes Act and the Major Crimes Act within that tribe’s Indian country. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Oct 19, 2012 Jkt 229001 Department of Justice Regulation Implementing 18 U.S.C. 1162(d) On December 6, 2011, 76 FR 76037 the Department published final regulations that established the framework and procedures for a mandatory Public Law 280 tribe to request the assumption of concurrent Federal criminal jurisdiction within the Indian country of the tribe that is subject to Public Law 280. 28 CFR 50.25. Among other provisions, the regulations provide that upon receipt of a tribal request the Office of Tribal Justice shall publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments from the general public. Request by the Table Mountain Rancheria By a request dated May 14, 2012, the Table Mountain Rancheria located in the State of California requested the United States to assume concurrent Federal jurisdiction to prosecute violations of 18 U.S.C. 1152 (the General Crimes, or Indian Country Crimes, Act) and 18 U.S.C. 1153 (the Major Crimes Act) within the Indian country of the tribe. This would allow the United States to assume concurrent criminal jurisdiction over offenses within the Indian country of the tribe without eliminating or affecting the State’s existing criminal jurisdiction. Solicitation of Comments This notice solicits public comments on the above request. Dated: October 15, 2012. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice. [FR Doc. 2012–25892 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–A5–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [Docket No. OTJ 105] Solicitation of Comments on Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Hoopa Valley Tribe Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice solicits public comments on the Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction recently submitted to the Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice by the Hoopa Valley Tribe pursuant to the provisions of 28 CFR 50.25. The initial notice soliciting public comments on this Request was published in the Federal SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Register on April 24, 2012; the comment period associated with the initial notice ended on June 8, 2012. The Office of Tribal Justice is publishing notice again in response to requests for additional time to provide public comments. DATES: Written comments must be postmarked and electronic comments must be submitted on or before December 6, 2012. Comments received by mail will be considered timely if they are postmarked on or before that date. The electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) will accept comments until Midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: submit written comments via regular or express mail to Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2310, Washington, DC 20530. • Fax: submit comments to the attention of Mr. Tracy Toulou, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, (202) 514–9078 (not a toll-free number). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, at (202) 514–8812 (not a toll-free number). To ensure proper handling of comments, please reference ‘‘Docket No. OTJ 105’’ on all electronic and written correspondence. The Department encourages all comments be submitted electronically through https://www.regulations.gov using the electronic comment form provided on that site. An electronic copy of the request for United States assumption of concurrent federal criminal jurisdiction submitted by the Hoopa Valley Tribe is also available at the https://www.regulations.gov Web site for easy reference. Paper comments that duplicate the electronic submission are not necessary as all comments submitted to https://www.regulations.gov will be posted for public review and are part of the official docket record. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Posting of Public Comments. Please note that all comments received are considered part of the public record and made available for public inspection online at https:// www.regulations.gov. Such information includes personal identifying information (such as your name and address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter. You are not required to submit personal identifying information in E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with order to comment on this rule. Nevertheless, if you want to submit personal identifying information (such as your name and address) as part of your comment, but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must locate all the personal identifying information you do not want posted online in the first paragraph of your comment and identify what information you want redacted. If you want to submit confidential business information as part of your comment but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase ‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must prominently identify confidential business information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment has so much confidential business information that it cannot be effectively redacted, all or part of that comment may not be posted on https:// www.regulations.gov. Personal identifying information and confidential business information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in the agency’s public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to inspect the agency’s public docket file in person by appointment, please see the paragraph above entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Statutory Background For more than two centuries, the Federal Government has recognized Indian tribes as domestic sovereigns that have unique government-to-government relationships with the United States. Congress has broad authority to legislate with respect to Indian tribes, however, and has exercised this authority to establish a complex jurisdictional scheme for the prosecution of crimes committed in Indian country. (The term ‘‘Indian country’’ is defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151.) Criminal jurisdiction in Indian country typically depends on several factors, including the nature of the crime; whether the alleged offender, the victim, or both are Indian; and whether a treaty, Federal statute, executive order, or judicial decision has conferred jurisdiction on a particular government. The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) was enacted on July 29, 2010, as Title II of Public Law 111–211. The purpose of the TLOA is to help the Federal Government and tribal governments better address the unique public-safety challenges that confront tribal communities. Section 221(b) of the new law, now codified at 18 U.S.C. 1162(d), VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Oct 19, 2012 Jkt 229001 permits an Indian tribe with Indian country subject to State criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 280, P.L. 83–280, 67 Stat. 588 (1953) to request that the United States accept concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute violations of the General Crimes Act and the Major Crimes Act within that tribe’s Indian country. Department of Justice Regulation Implementing 18 U.S.C. 1162(d) On December 6, 2011, 76 FR 76037 the Department published final regulations that established the framework and procedures for a mandatory Public Law 280 tribe to request the assumption of concurrent Federal criminal jurisdiction within the Indian country of the tribe that is subject to Public Law 280. 28 CFR 50.25. Among other provisions, the regulations provide that upon receipt of a tribal request the Office of Tribal Justice shall publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments from the general public. Request by the Hoopa Valley Tribe By a request dated January 17, 2012, the Hoopa Valley Tribe located in the State of California requested the United States to assume concurrent Federal jurisdiction to prosecute violations of 18 U.S.C. 1152 (the General Crimes, or Indian Country Crimes, Act) and 18 U.S.C. 1153 (the Major Crimes Act) within the Indian country of the tribe. This would allow the United States to assume concurrent criminal jurisdiction over offenses within the Indian country of the tribe without eliminating or affecting the State’s existing criminal jurisdiction. Solicitation of Comments This notice solicits public comments on the above request. Dated: October 15, 2012. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice. [FR Doc. 2012–25895 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–A5–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA–2012–0019] National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64549 Announcement of meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) and a NACOSH Work Group. ACTION: NACOSH will meet November 15, 2012, in Washington, DC. In conjunction with the committee meeting, the NACOSH Effectiveness Measures Work Group will meet on November 14, 2012. DATES: NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 15, 2012. NACOSH Work Group meeting: The NACOSH Effectiveness Measures Work Group will meet from 1–4 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Submission of comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations and requests for special accommodation: You must submit (postmark, send, transmit, deliver) comments, requests to speak at the NACOSH meeting, speaker presentations, and requests for special accommodations for the NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings by November 2, 2012. ADDRESSES: NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings: NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings will meet in Room S–4215 A/B/C U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Submission of comments, requests to speak and speaker presentations: You may submit comments, requests to speak at the NACOSH meeting and speaker presentations, which you must identify by the docket number in this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA–2012–0019), by one of the following methods: Electronically: You may submit materials, including attachments, electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online instructions for making submissions. Facsimile: If your submission, including attachments, does not exceed 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. Mail, express delivery, messenger or courier service: You may submit your materials to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA–2012–0019, Room N– 2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 (TTY (887) 889–5627). Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, courier service) are accepted during the Department of Labor’s and OSHA Docket Office’s normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t., weekdays. Requests for special accommodation: Please submit requests for special SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Docket No. OTJ 105]


Solicitation of Comments on Request for United States Assumption 
of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Hoopa Valley Tribe

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice solicits public comments on the Request for United 
States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction recently 
submitted to the Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice by the 
Hoopa Valley Tribe pursuant to the provisions of 28 CFR 50.25. The 
initial notice soliciting public comments on this Request was published 
in the Federal Register on April 24, 2012; the comment period 
associated with the initial notice ended on June 8, 2012. The Office of 
Tribal Justice is publishing notice again in response to requests for 
additional time to provide public comments.

DATES: Written comments must be postmarked and electronic comments must 
be submitted on or before December 6, 2012. Comments received by mail 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked on or before that 
date. The electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) will 
accept comments until Midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: submit written comments via 
regular or express mail to Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal 
Justice, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2310, 
Washington, DC 20530.
     Fax: submit comments to the attention of Mr. Tracy Toulou, 
Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, (202) 514-9078 (not a 
toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, 
Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, at (202) 
514-8812 (not a toll-free number). To ensure proper handling of 
comments, please reference ``Docket No. OTJ 105'' on all electronic and 
written correspondence. The Department encourages all comments be 
submitted electronically through https://www.regulations.gov using the 
electronic comment form provided on that site. An electronic copy of 
the request for United States assumption of concurrent federal criminal 
jurisdiction submitted by the Hoopa Valley Tribe is also available at 
the https://www.regulations.gov Web site for easy reference. Paper 
comments that duplicate the electronic submission are not necessary as 
all comments submitted to https://www.regulations.gov will be posted for 
public review and are part of the official docket record.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Posting of Public Comments. Please note that 
all comments received are considered part of the public record and made 
available for public inspection online at https://www.regulations.gov. 
Such information includes personal identifying information (such as 
your name and address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter.
    You are not required to submit personal identifying information in

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order to comment on this rule. Nevertheless, if you want to submit 
personal identifying information (such as your name and address) as 
part of your comment, but do not want it to be posted online, you must 
include the phrase ``PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION'' in the first 
paragraph of your comment. You also must locate all the personal 
identifying information you do not want posted online in the first 
paragraph of your comment and identify what information you want 
redacted.
    If you want to submit confidential business information as part of 
your comment but do not want it to be posted online, you must include 
the phrase ``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph 
of your comment. You also must prominently identify confidential 
business information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment 
has so much confidential business information that it cannot be 
effectively redacted, all or part of that comment may not be posted on 
https://www.regulations.gov.
    Personal identifying information and confidential business 
information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in 
the agency's public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to 
inspect the agency's public docket file in person by appointment, 
please see the paragraph above entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

Statutory Background

    For more than two centuries, the Federal Government has recognized 
Indian tribes as domestic sovereigns that have unique government-to-
government relationships with the United States. Congress has broad 
authority to legislate with respect to Indian tribes, however, and has 
exercised this authority to establish a complex jurisdictional scheme 
for the prosecution of crimes committed in Indian country. (The term 
``Indian country'' is defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151.) Criminal jurisdiction 
in Indian country typically depends on several factors, including the 
nature of the crime; whether the alleged offender, the victim, or both 
are Indian; and whether a treaty, Federal statute, executive order, or 
judicial decision has conferred jurisdiction on a particular 
government.
    The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) was enacted on July 29, 2010, 
as Title II of Public Law 111-211. The purpose of the TLOA is to help 
the Federal Government and tribal governments better address the unique 
public-safety challenges that confront tribal communities. Section 
221(b) of the new law, now codified at 18 U.S.C. 1162(d), permits an 
Indian tribe with Indian country subject to State criminal jurisdiction 
under Public Law 280, P.L. 83-280, 67 Stat. 588 (1953) to request that 
the United States accept concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute 
violations of the General Crimes Act and the Major Crimes Act within 
that tribe's Indian country.

Department of Justice Regulation Implementing 18 U.S.C. 1162(d)

    On December 6, 2011, 76 FR 76037 the Department published final 
regulations that established the framework and procedures for a 
mandatory Public Law 280 tribe to request the assumption of concurrent 
Federal criminal jurisdiction within the Indian country of the tribe 
that is subject to Public Law 280. 28 CFR 50.25. Among other 
provisions, the regulations provide that upon receipt of a tribal 
request the Office of Tribal Justice shall publish a notice in the 
Federal Register seeking comments from the general public.

Request by the Hoopa Valley Tribe

    By a request dated January 17, 2012, the Hoopa Valley Tribe located 
in the State of California requested the United States to assume 
concurrent Federal jurisdiction to prosecute violations of 18 U.S.C. 
1152 (the General Crimes, or Indian Country Crimes, Act) and 18 U.S.C. 
1153 (the Major Crimes Act) within the Indian country of the tribe. 
This would allow the United States to assume concurrent criminal 
jurisdiction over offenses within the Indian country of the tribe 
without eliminating or affecting the State's existing criminal 
jurisdiction.

Solicitation of Comments

    This notice solicits public comments on the above request.

    Dated: October 15, 2012.
Tracy Toulou,
Director, Office of Tribal Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-25895 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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