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submitted under penalty of perjury.
While no specific form is required,
requesters may obtain a form (Form
DOJ–361) for use in certification of
identity, which can be located at the
above link. In the initial request, the
requester may also include any other
identifying data that the requester may
wish to furnish to assist the FBI in
making a reasonable search. The request
should include a return address for use
by the FBI in responding; requesters are
also encouraged to include a telephone
number to facilitate FBI contacts related
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determination of whether a record may
be accessed will be made after a request
is received.
Alternative procedures are available
to a person who has been denied the
transfer of, or permit for, a firearm
because of information in the NICS. The
procedures provide for an appeal of a
denial and a method to seek correction
of erroneous data searched by or
maintained in the system. The
alternative procedures can be found at
28 CFR part 25 Subpart A.
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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The Attorney General has exempted
this system of records from the
notification, access, amendment, and
contest procedures of the Privacy Act.
These exemptions apply only to the
extent that the information in this
system is subject to exemption pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) or (k). Where
compliance would not appear to
interfere with or adversely affect the
purposes of the system, or the overall
law enforcement/intelligence process,
the applicable exemption (in whole or
in part) may be waived by the DOJ in
its sole discretion.
Individuals desiring to contest or
amend information maintained in the
system should direct their requests
according to the ‘‘RECORD ACCESS
PROCEDURES’’ paragraph above. All
requests to contest or amend records
must be in writing and the envelope and
letter should be clearly marked ‘‘Privacy
Act Amendment Request.’’ All requests
must state clearly and concisely what
record is being contested, the reason for
contesting it, and the proposed
amendment to the record. Some
information may be exempt from the
amendment provisions as described in
the ‘‘EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED
FOR THE SYSTEM’’ paragraph, below.
An individual who is the subject of a
record in this system of records may
contest or amend those records that are
not exempt. A determination of whether
a record is exempt from the amendment
provisions will be made after a request
is received.
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More information regarding the
Department’s procedures for amending
or contesting records in accordance with
the Privacy Act can be found at 28 CFR
16.46, ‘‘Requests for Amendment or
Correction of Records.’’
In addition, as described above under
the ‘‘RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES’’
section, an alternative procedure is
available to a person who has been
denied the transfer of, or permit for, a
firearm because of information in the
NICS, by which the individual may seek
the correction of erroneous data in the
system. The procedures are further
described at 28 CFR part 25 Subpart A.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
This system of records has been
exempted from the notification
procedures of subsections (d) and
(e)(4)(G), to the extent permitted by
subsections (j)(2), (k)(2), and (k)(3) of the
Privacy Act. Requests for notification
should be addressed to the Systems
Manager. Requirements for a request are
the same as set forth in the ‘‘RECORD
ACCESS PROCEDURES’’ paragraph,
above.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
The Attorney General has exempted
this system from subsections (c)(3) and
(4); (d); (e)(1), (2), and (3); (e)(4)(G) and
(H); (e)(5) and (8); and (g) of the Privacy
Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). In
addition, the Attorney General has
exempted this system from subsections
(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), and (e)(4)(G) and (H) of
the Privacy Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(k)(2) and (k)(3). Rules have been
promulgated in accordance with the
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b), (c), and
(e) and have been published in the
Federal Register. See 28 CFR 16.96(p)
and (q).
in the lawsuit entitled United States and
State of Texas v. City of Houston, Texas,
Civil Action No. 4:18–cv–03368.
The United States and the State of
Texas filed a joint Complaint against the
City, pursuant to Section 309(b) and (d)
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1319(b) and (d) and provisions of the
Texas Water Code. The Complaint
seeks, inter alia, injunctive relief to
address and eliminate (a) illegal
discharges, namely sanitary sewer
overflows, occurring from the City’s
wastewater collection and transmission
system and (b) discharges of pollutants
from wastewater treatment plants that
exceed effluent limits established in
state-issued permits. Under the
proposed Consent Decree, the City will
implement comprehensive injunctive
relief measures to eliminate both SSOs
and effluent violations, as well as
measures to prevent such violations.
The City will pay a civil penalty of $4.4
million, which amount will be shared
equally by the United States and the
State.
The publication of this notice extends
the public comment period on the
Consent Decree through November 8,
2019. Comments should be addressed to
the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to United
States and State of Texas v. City of
Houston, Texas, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–
08687/1. All comments must be
submitted no later than November 8,
2019. Comments may be submitted
either by email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
By e-mail ......
HISTORY:
National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS), JUSTICE/FBI–
018, 63 FR 65223 (Nov. 25, 1998), as
amended by 65 FR 78190 (Dec. 14,
2000), 66 FR 6676 (Jan. 22, 2001), 66 FR
8425 (Jan. 31, 2001), 66 FR 12959 (Mar.
1, 2001), and 82 FR 24147 (May 25,
2017).
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On August 27, 2019, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Texas
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Send them to:
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington,
D.C. 20044–7611.
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
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 $39.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury. For a paper copy
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without the exhibits and signature
pages, the cost is $20.50.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[CPCLO Order No. 009–2019]
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, United States Department
of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
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Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent
Decree
In accordance with Departmental
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Thomas J. Byrd, Jr.,
Civil Action No. 19–cv–18601, was
lodged with the United States District
Court for the District of New Jersey on
Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
This proposed Consent Decree
concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Thomas J. Byrd,
Jr., pursuant to Section 301 of the Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, and Section
10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, 33
U.S.C. 403, to obtain injunctive relief
from and impose civil penalties against
the Defendant for conducting
earthmoving activities that resulted in
the unauthorized discharge of dredged
or fill material into waters of the United
States. The proposed Consent Decree
resolves these allegations against the
Defendant by requiring the Defendant to
conduct specific restoration activities,
under the supervision of the United
States Army Corps of Engineers.
The Department of Justice will accept
written comments relating to this
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)
days from the date of publication of this
Notice. Please address comments to
Allan Urgent, Senior Litigation Counsel,
United States Attorney’s Office, District
of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Suite
700, Newark, NJ 07102 and refer to
United States v. Thomas J. Byrd, Jr., 19–
cv–18601 (DJ #90–5–1–1–20812).
The proposed Consent Decree may be
examined at the Clerk’s Office at the
United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey, 50 Walnut Street,
Newark, NJ 07102. For other locational
information, please visit https://
www.njd.uscourts.gov/. In addition, the
proposed Consent Decree may be
examined electronically at https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Defense Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of
1974 and Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–108,
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a
component within the United States
Department of Justice (DOJ or
Department), proposes to modify an
existing system of records notice titled
The Next Generation Identification
(NGI) System, JUSTICE/FBI–009. The
FBI proposes to add iris images as
another biometric in NGI, include
fingerprints voluntarily submitted to
NGI by individuals appealing firearms
denials or seeking a review of their NGI
identity records, include the testing
environments of NGI, and clarify the
biographic records in NGI.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4) and (11), the public has 30
days in which to comment on the
routine uses, described below. Please
submit any comments by November 8,
2019.
ADDRESSES: The public, OMB, and
Congress are invited to submit any
comments by mail to the United States
Department of Justice, Office of Privacy
and Civil Liberties, ATTN: Privacy
Analyst, 145 N St. NE, Suite 8W–300,
Washington, DC 20530; by facsimile at
202–307–0693; or by email at
privacy.compliance@usdoj.gov. To
ensure proper handling, please
reference the above CPCLO Order No.
on your correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roxane M. Panarella, Privacy Attorney,
Criminal Justice Information Services
(CJIS) Division, 1000 Custer Hollow
Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306; telephone
(202) 324–3000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGI
SORN is being republished due to
several changes since its last publication
in May of 2016. The following updates
are being made: (1) The inclusion of iris
images as a biometric; (2) the inclusion
of individuals who voluntarily provide
fingerprints and associated information
in order to appeal firearm denials; (3)
the inclusion of individuals who
voluntarily provide fingerprints and
associated information in order to
obtain their own identity history
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records; (4) the inclusion of data in the
testing environments of NGI; and (5) the
clarification that some identity records
contain only biographic information.
Iris images: As described in the
previously published NGI SORN, one of
the significant changes from the FBI’s
predecessor system, the Integrated
Automated Fingerprint Identification
System (IAFIS), was the implementation
of NGI’s additional biometric services.
While IAFIS had been primarily a
fingerprint system, NGI now offers the
retention and searching of additional
biometrics, such as facial images and
palm prints. NGI continues to rely on
ten-print fingerprints for positive
identification but its identity records
may contain multi-modal biometrics to
augment those fingerprints and
associated biographic information. For
the past few years, the FBI has
conducted a pilot to determine if iris
images would be an appropriate and
useful addition to the NGI operational
environment. The FBI has coordinated
with criminal justice and scientific
partners to determine the efficacy of
using iris images for biometric
identification purposes. Based on the
pilot findings, the FBI has determined
that iris matching is highly accurate;
therefore, the addition of iris images in
the NGI operational environment would
be of great value. The FBI plans to
permit authorized users of NGI to enroll
and search iris images in the near
future. Although the May 2016 NGI
SORN used the terms ‘‘biometrics’’ and
‘‘biometric images’’ which would
include iris images, in the interest of
clarity, the FBI has decided to
specifically add ‘‘iris images’’ to all
appropriate categories of individuals
and categories of records in this SORN.
Firearms denials: In accordance with
the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention
Act of 1993, the FBI uses the National
Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) to conduct background
checks on potential buyers of firearms.
If the FBI denies the transfer of the
firearm based on federal or state
prohibiting criteria, the individual has a
right, per federal statute, to request the
reason for the denial and to appeal that
denial. An individual may voluntarily
provide fingerprints to the FBI in
support of the appeal. The FBI has been
conducting NICS background checks for
decades; however, with the passage of
the Fix NICS Act in 2018, it sought ways
to expedite the appeal process. If an
individual submits fingerprints, the FBI
now conducts electronic searches of the
fingerprints and associated biographic
information in NGI to locate relevant
criminal history. The fingerprints and
other personally identifiable
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On August 27, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of
Texas v. City of Houston, Texas, Civil Action No. 4:18-cv-03368.
The United States and the State of Texas filed a joint Complaint
against the City, pursuant to Section 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and (d) and provisions of the Texas Water Code.
The Complaint seeks, inter alia, injunctive relief to address and
eliminate (a) illegal discharges, namely sanitary sewer overflows,
occurring from the City's wastewater collection and transmission system
and (b) discharges of pollutants from wastewater treatment plants that
exceed effluent limits established in state-issued permits. Under the
proposed Consent Decree, the City will implement comprehensive
injunctive relief measures to eliminate both SSOs and effluent
violations, as well as measures to prevent such violations. The City
will pay a civil penalty of $4.4 million, which amount will be shared
equally by the United States and the State.
The publication of this notice extends the public comment period on
the Consent Decree through November 8, 2019. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States and State of
Texas v. City of Houston, Texas, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08687/1. All
comments must be submitted no later than November 8, 2019. Comments may
be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By e-mail........................... [email protected]
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the 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 $39.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy
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without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $20.50.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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