Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death, 76859-76860 [2023-24544]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 7, 2023 / Notices of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati, Civil Action No. C–1–02–107. The Modification (a) moves two projects back in priority order; (b) changes the descriptions and design criteria for a few projects; (c) adds a process to the Wet Weather Improvement Plan (‘‘WWIP’’) to address previously unidentified CSO or SSO outfalls; (d) adds an additional short ‘‘phase’’ of work to the WWIP’s scheduling process; and (e) makes a few clarifying changes to other aspects of the WWIP. The parties’ approval is conditioned on the Court’s entry of this Modification. The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on the proposed Modification, which is available for public review as described below. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati, D.J. Ref. No. 90– 5–1–6–341A. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES By mail ......... During the public comment period, the Modification 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 Modification 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 $10.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost payable to the United States Treasury. Patricia A. McKenna, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2023–24545 Filed 11–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:30 Nov 06, 2023 Jkt 262001 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1121–0030] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice. ACTION: 60-Day notice. AGENCY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until January 8, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Tracy L. Snell, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:Tracy.L.Snell@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202–598–1660). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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; —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., SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76859 permitting electronic submission of responses. Abstract: Capital punishment information is collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) annually as part of the National Prisoner Statistics data series (NPS–8). These establishment surveys provide BJS with the capacity to report annually on changes in the size and composition of persons under State or Federal sentence of death and changes to the laws regulating the imposition and implementation of death sentences in the United States. The NPS–8 covers all persons held in a State or Federal correctional facility under sentence of death at any time during the calendar year. The coverage includes capital prisoners transferred from death row to non-correctional institutions, such as mental hospitals, and prisoners who may have escaped custody. Excluded are capital prisoners who for any reason remain in local correctional institutions outside the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities from whom data are collected for this series. NPS–8 also excludes persons who were convicted and sentenced to death under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Information such as statutory, demographic, and criminal history data collected through NPS–8 is not attainable from any other single data source. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death. (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: The Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death (NPS– 8) contains four forms: NPS–8 (Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death; NPS– 8A (Update Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death); NPS–8B (Status of Death Penalty Statutes—No Statute in Force); and NPS–8C (Status of Death Penalty Statutes—Statute in Force). The applicable component: Bureau of Justice Statistics, OJP. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as the obligation to respond: staff from State departments of correction, offices of State attorneys general, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The obligation to respond is voluntary. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time E:\FR\FM\07NON1.SGM 07NON1 76860 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 7, 2023 / Notices estimated for an average respondent to respond: The NPS–8 will collect data from an estimated 85 respondents from State departments of correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, State Attorneys General, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. For each data collection cycle, we estimate an average burden of 30 minutes for the NPA–8, 30 minutes for the NPS–8A, 15 minutes for the NPS– 8B, and 15 minutes to complete the NPS–8C. We estimate that data quality follow-up is needed for 50% of NPS–8 forms (10) and 5% of NPS–8A forms (124) and will run an average of 15 minutes for each response. We estimate a 10-minute follow-up for 10% (5) of NPS–8B and NPS–8C respondents. (6) An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are approximately 1,292 total annual burden hours for this collection. (7) An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the collection: $41,596. TOTAL BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Form Total annual responses Freq Time for follow-up (mins) Follow-up responses 33 33 1 1 19 2,469 30 30 10 124 15 15 720 75,930 NPS–8B/8C .......... 52 1 52 15 5 10 830 Totals ............ 85 .................... 2,540 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ Dated: October 31, 2023. Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2023–24544 Filed 11–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–CW–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043] TUV SUD America, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In this notice, OSHA announces the application of TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) for expansion of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency’s preliminary finding to grant the application. DATES: Submit comments, information, and documents in response to this notice, or requests for an extension of time to make a submission, on or before November 22, 2023. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted as follows: Electronically: You may submit comments, including attachments, SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:30 Nov 06, 2023 Jkt 262001 electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Instructions: All submissions must include the agency’s name and the docket number for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA–2007–0043). All comments, including any personal information you provide, are placed in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting information they do not want made available to the public, or submitting materials that contain personal information (either about themselves or others), such as Social Security numbers and birthdates. Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the docket, go to https:// www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket (including this Federal Register notice) are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index; however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download through the website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions. Extension of comment period: Submit requests for an extension of the comment period on or before November 22, 2023 to the Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Total annual burden (hrs.) Total time (mins) NPS–8 .................. NPS–8A ............... If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Time per survey (mins) 12 (720 min/60 min). 1,266 (75,930 min/60 min). 14 (830 min/60 min). 1,292 Avenue NW, Room N–3653, Washington, DC 20210, or by fax to (202) 693–1644. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is available from the following sources: Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Communications, U.S. Department of Labor by phone: (202) 693–1999 or email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor by phone: (202) 693–1911 or email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Notice of the Application for Expansion OSHA is providing notice that TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) is applying for expansion of the current recognition as a NRTL. TUVAM requests the addition of three test standards to their NRTL scope of recognition. OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety testing and certification of the specific products covered within its scope of recognition. Each NRTL’s scope of recognition includes (1) the type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by its applicable test standard; and (2) the recognized site(s) that has/have the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product- E:\FR\FM\07NON1.SGM 07NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76859-76860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24544]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0030]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; 
Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice 
(DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
January 8, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments 
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, 
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection 
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact 
Tracy L. Snell, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh 
St NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:[email protected]; telephone: 
202-598-1660).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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;
--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.

    Abstract: Capital punishment information is collected by the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics (BJS) annually as part of the National Prisoner 
Statistics data series (NPS-8). These establishment surveys provide BJS 
with the capacity to report annually on changes in the size and 
composition of persons under State or Federal sentence of death and 
changes to the laws regulating the imposition and implementation of 
death sentences in the United States. The NPS-8 covers all persons held 
in a State or Federal correctional facility under sentence of death at 
any time during the calendar year. The coverage includes capital 
prisoners transferred from death row to non-correctional institutions, 
such as mental hospitals, and prisoners who may have escaped custody. 
Excluded are capital prisoners who for any reason remain in local 
correctional institutions outside the jurisdiction of State or Federal 
correctional authorities from whom data are collected for this series. 
NPS-8 also excludes persons who were convicted and sentenced to death 
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Information such as 
statutory, demographic, and criminal history data collected through 
NPS-8 is not attainable from any other single data source.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Capital Punishment Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The Capital Punishment Report 
of Inmates Under Sentence of Death (NPS-8) contains four forms: NPS-8 
(Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death; NPS-8A (Update Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death); NPS-8B (Status of Death Penalty 
Statutes--No Statute in Force); and NPS-8C (Status of Death Penalty 
Statutes--Statute in Force). The applicable component: Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, OJP.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: staff from State departments of 
correction, offices of State attorneys general, the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The 
obligation to respond is voluntary.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time

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estimated for an average respondent to respond: The NPS-8 will collect 
data from an estimated 85 respondents from State departments of 
correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, State Attorneys General, and 
the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. For each data 
collection cycle, we estimate an average burden of 30 minutes for the 
NPA-8, 30 minutes for the NPS-8A, 15 minutes for the NPS-8B, and 15 
minutes to complete the NPS-8C. We estimate that data quality follow-up 
is needed for 50% of NPS-8 forms (10) and 5% of NPS-8A forms (124) and 
will run an average of 15 minutes for each response. We estimate a 10-
minute follow-up for 10% (5) of NPS-8B and NPS-8C respondents.
    (6) An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are approximately 1,292 total annual burden 
hours for this collection.
    (7) An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection: $41,596.

                                                                                       Total Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                            Time for
                   Form                        Number of        Freq      Total annual      Time per        Follow-up       follow-up      Total time          Total  annual  burden (hrs.)
                                              respondents                   responses     survey (mins)     responses        (mins)          (mins)
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NPS-8.....................................              33            1              19              30              10              15             720  12 (720 min/60 min).
NPS-8A....................................              33            1           2,469              30             124              15          75,930  1,266 (75,930 min/60 min).
NPS-8B/8C.................................              52            1              52              15               5              10             830  14 (830 min/60 min).
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    Totals................................              85  ...........           2,540  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  1,292
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    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.

    Dated: October 31, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-24544 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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