Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact Concerning a Proposal To Award a Contract for New Low Security Beds to One Private Contractor To House Approximately 2,000 Federal, Low-Security, Adult Male, Non-US Citizen, Criminal Aliens at a Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated Correctional Facility Under the CAR 15, Requirement A Initiative, 57978-57979 [2014-22616]
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5,000 total annual burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Room
3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 23, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Overview of This Information
Collection
[OMB Number 1121–0197]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Bureau of
Justice Assistance Application Form:
State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program (SCAAP)
Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
Justice Assistance, will be submitting
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
November 25, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
C. Casto at 1–202–353–7193, Bureau of
Justice Assistance, Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice,
810 7th Street NW., Washington, DC
20531 or by email at Chris.Casto@
usdoj.gov.
SUMMARY:
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
Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
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—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:
Extension of currently approved
collection.
2 The Title of the Form/Collection:
State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program
3 The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
None. Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Office of Justice Programs, United States
Department of Justice.
4 Affected public who will be asked or
required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Eligible state, local, or
tribal agency that has authority over
correctional facilities and incurred costs
related to detaining certain categories of
undocumented criminal aliens and the
costs associated with the housing said
aliens covered by the SCAAP law.
Abstract: In response to the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 Section 130002(b) as
amended in 1996, the Office of Justice
Programs’ (OJP) Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) administers the State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program
(SCAAP) with the U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE), a
component of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). SCAAP
provides federal payments to states and
localities that incurred correctional
officer salary costs for incarcerating
undocumented criminal aliens with at
least one felony or two misdemeanor
convictions for violations of state or
local law, and who are incarcerated for
at least 4 consecutive days during the
designated reporting period.
SCAAP is governed by Section 242 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8
U.S.C. 1231(i), as amended, and Title II,
Subtitle C, Section 20301, Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994, Public Law 103–322.
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5 An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: It is estimated that no more
than 887 respondents will apply each
year. Each application takes
approximately 90 minutes to complete.
6 An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: An estimate of the total
public burden (in hours) associated with
the collection is 1,330.50 hours. Total
Annual Reporting Burden: 887 × 1.5
hours per application = 1,330.50
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: July 31, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Notice of Availability of the Finding of
No Significant Impact Concerning a
Proposal To Award a Contract for New
Low Security Beds to One Private
Contractor To House Approximately
2,000 Federal, Low-Security, Adult
Male, Non-US Citizen, Criminal Aliens
at a Contractor-Owned, ContractorOperated Correctional Facility Under
the CAR 15, Requirement A Initiative
Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S.
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Finding of No Significant
Impact.
AGENCY:
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 15, Requirement A
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
proposal to award one contract to house
up to 2,000 federal, low-security, adult
males, non-US citizen, criminal aliens
within one existing contractor owned,
contractor operated facility.
SUMMARY:
Backround Information
Pursuant to Section 102, 42 U.S.C.
4332, of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended
and the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations for Implementing
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NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and
the BOP Procedures for Implementing
NEPA (28 CFR 61, Appendix A), the
BOP prepared an EA to analyze the
impacts of awarding one contract to
house up to 2,000 low-security, adult
male, non-US citizen, criminal aliens
within one existing contractor-owned
and contractor-operated correctional
facility.
It is anticipated that the number of
inmates will continue to rise for several
reasons. Federal court sentencing
guidelines are resulting in longer terms
of confinement for serious crimes.
Moreover, there is an increase in
immigration and offenders, along with a
greater effort to combat organized crime
and trafficking. As a result, existing BOP
facilities are at capacity. In response, the
BOP has focused on ways to reduce
prison overcrowding by requesting
additional contract beds for low
security, adult male criminal aliens,
expansion of current facilities, and
building and operating new medium
and high security facilities. The purpose
of the project is to acquire additional
bed space to address the need to reduce
overcrowding in existing BOP facilities
as a result of increases in convictions
and sentence terms.
The BOP requires flexibility in
managing existing low-security bed
space as well as the anticipated future
needs for low-security bed space. Use of
an existing contractor-owned and
operated correctional facility provides
the BOP the flexibility needed to meet
population capacity needs in a timely
manner, conform to federal law, and
maintain fiscal responsibility while
successfully meeting the mission of the
BOP.
The process to identify contracting
opportunities for securing additional
inmate bed space in support of the
increasing needs of the BOP involved
the BOP advertising for interested
vendors to respond to the request for
proposal (RFP) with options for meeting
the requirements.
Based on the responses to the
solicitation, the BOP had two potential
alternatives. The solicitation RFP–PCC–
0022 (CAR 15 Requirement A) identified
the evaluation criteria under which each
offeror’s proposal would be considered
and evaluated. The non-price based
evaluation criteria that consists of the
following in descending order of
importance:
• Past Performance
• Technical Proposal
• Environment
• Small Disadvantaged Business
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A geographical restriction associated
with the RFP required the facility to be
located in one of the following states:
Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey, or New York.
there would be no significant impacts
associated with the implementation of
the proposed action.
Project Information
The FONSI is available upon request.
To request a copy of the FONSI, please
contact: Thomas A. Webber, Chief, or
Isaac Gaston, Site Selection Specialist,
Capacity Planning and Construction
Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320
First Street NW., Washington, DC 20534
Tel: 202–514–6470/Fax: 202–616–6024/
Email: txwebber@bop.gov or igaston@
bop.gov.
The proposed action is to award one
contract to house up to 2,000 federal
low-security, adult male, non-US
citizen, criminal aliens at an existing
contractor-owned and contractoroperated correctional facility. Under the
Proposed Action, the selected contractor
would be required to operate the facility
in a manner consistent with the mission
and requirements of the BOP. All
inmate services would be developed in
a manner that complies with the BOP’s
contract requirements, as well as
applicable federal, state, and local laws
and regulations. In addition, the facility
would be within proximity, and have
access to, ambulatory, fire and police
protection services.
The federal inmates assigned to this
facility would consist primarily of
inmates with sentences of 90 months or
less remaining to be served. Inmates are
anticipated to be federal, low-security,
adult male, non-US citizen, criminal
aliens; however, the BOP may designate
any inmate within its custody to serve
their sentence in this facility.
Two existing privately owned and
operated correctional facilities in
Pennsylvania and Ohio were the only
offers received in response to the BOP’s
solicitation for CAR 15 Requirement A.
Each of the following existing facilities
has been evaluated in this EA. In
addition, the No Action Alternative is
evaluated, to determine baseline
conditions and comply with the
provisions of NEPA.
• Moshannon Valley Correctional
Facility. Located in Phillipsburg,
Pennsylvania.
• Northeast Ohio Correctional Center.
Located in Youngstown, Ohio.
No other facilities are under
consideration by the BOP. Although the
two alternatives have been evaluated
within the EA, an environmentally
preferred alternative has not been
identified due to the pending
contracting action.
Based on the analysis presented in the
EA, there would be no significant
impacts on environmental and cultural
resources, socioeconomics,
environmental justice, community
facilities and services, transportation
and traffic, infrastructure and utilities,
noise, and air quality as a result of the
implementation of the proposed action
under either Alternative 1 or Alternative
2. Therefore, the BOP has determined
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Availability of Finding of no Significant
Impact
Dated: September 17, 2014.
Thomas A. Webber,
Chief, Capacity Planning and Construction
Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Powered
Industrial Trucks Standard
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Powered
Industrial Trucks Standard,’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval for
continued use, without change, in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq. Public comments on the
ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before October 27, 2014.
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 free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov Web site at https://www.
reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_
nbr=201407-1218-005 (this link will
only become active on the day following
publication of this notice) or by
contacting Michel Smyth by telephone
at 202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064,
(these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
by mail or courier to the Office of
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact
Concerning a Proposal To Award a Contract for New Low Security Beds to
One Private Contractor To House Approximately 2,000 Federal, Low-
Security, Adult Male, Non-US Citizen, Criminal Aliens at a Contractor-
Owned, Contractor-Operated Correctional Facility Under the CAR 15,
Requirement A Initiative
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: Finding of No Significant Impact.
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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 15,
Requirement A Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposal to award
one contract to house up to 2,000 federal, low-security, adult males,
non-US citizen, criminal aliens within one existing contractor owned,
contractor operated facility.
Backround Information
Pursuant to Section 102, 42 U.S.C. 4332, of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended and the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing
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NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and the BOP Procedures for Implementing
NEPA (28 CFR 61, Appendix A), the BOP prepared an EA to analyze the
impacts of awarding one contract to house up to 2,000 low-security,
adult male, non-US citizen, criminal aliens within one existing
contractor-owned and contractor-operated correctional facility.
It is anticipated that the number of inmates will continue to rise
for several reasons. Federal court sentencing guidelines are resulting
in longer terms of confinement for serious crimes. Moreover, there is
an increase in immigration and offenders, along with a greater effort
to combat organized crime and trafficking. As a result, existing BOP
facilities are at capacity. In response, the BOP has focused on ways to
reduce prison overcrowding by requesting additional contract beds for
low security, adult male criminal aliens, expansion of current
facilities, and building and operating new medium and high security
facilities. The purpose of the project is to acquire additional bed
space to address the need to reduce overcrowding in existing BOP
facilities as a result of increases in convictions and sentence terms.
The BOP requires flexibility in managing existing low-security bed
space as well as the anticipated future needs for low-security bed
space. Use of an existing contractor-owned and operated correctional
facility provides the BOP the flexibility needed to meet population
capacity needs in a timely manner, conform to federal law, and maintain
fiscal responsibility while successfully meeting the mission of the
BOP.
The process to identify contracting opportunities for securing
additional inmate bed space in support of the increasing needs of the
BOP involved the BOP advertising for interested vendors to respond to
the request for proposal (RFP) with options for meeting the
requirements.
Based on the responses to the solicitation, the BOP had two
potential alternatives. The solicitation RFP-PCC-0022 (CAR 15
Requirement A) identified the evaluation criteria under which each
offeror's proposal would be considered and evaluated. The non-price
based evaluation criteria that consists of the following in descending
order of importance:
Past Performance
Technical Proposal
Environment
Small Disadvantaged Business Participation
A geographical restriction associated with the RFP required the
facility to be located in one of the following states: Ohio, Michigan,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, or New York.
Project Information
The proposed action is to award one contract to house up to 2,000
federal low-security, adult male, non-US citizen, criminal aliens at an
existing contractor-owned and contractor-operated correctional
facility. Under the Proposed Action, the selected contractor would be
required to operate the facility in a manner consistent with the
mission and requirements of the BOP. All inmate services would be
developed in a manner that complies with the BOP's contract
requirements, as well as applicable federal, state, and local laws and
regulations. In addition, the facility would be within proximity, and
have access to, ambulatory, fire and police protection services.
The federal inmates assigned to this facility would consist
primarily of inmates with sentences of 90 months or less remaining to
be served. Inmates are anticipated to be federal, low-security, adult
male, non-US citizen, criminal aliens; however, the BOP may designate
any inmate within its custody to serve their sentence in this facility.
Two existing privately owned and operated correctional facilities
in Pennsylvania and Ohio were the only offers received in response to
the BOP's solicitation for CAR 15 Requirement A. Each of the following
existing facilities has been evaluated in this EA. In addition, the No
Action Alternative is evaluated, to determine baseline conditions and
comply with the provisions of NEPA.
Moshannon Valley Correctional Facility. Located in
Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania.
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. Located in Youngstown,
Ohio.
No other facilities are under consideration by the BOP. Although
the two alternatives have been evaluated within the EA, an
environmentally preferred alternative has not been identified due to
the pending contracting action.
Based on the analysis presented in the EA, there would be no
significant impacts on environmental and cultural resources,
socioeconomics, environmental justice, community facilities and
services, transportation and traffic, infrastructure and utilities,
noise, and air quality as a result of the implementation of the
proposed action under either Alternative 1 or Alternative 2. Therefore,
the BOP has determined there would be no significant impacts associated
with the implementation of the proposed action.
Availability of Finding of no Significant Impact
The FONSI is available upon request. To request a copy of the
FONSI, please contact: Thomas A. Webber, Chief, or Isaac Gaston, Site
Selection Specialist, Capacity Planning and Construction Branch,
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street NW., Washington, DC 20534
Tel: 202-514-6470/Fax: 202-616-6024/Email: txwebber@bop.gov or
igaston@bop.gov.
Dated: September 17, 2014.
Thomas A. Webber,
Chief, Capacity Planning and Construction Branch, Federal Bureau of
Prisons.
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