Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 6132-6133 [2024-01883]
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2023, allowing a 60-day comment
period.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 30 days until March
1, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have 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: Edward L. Abraham, Crime and
Law Enforcement Statistics Unit Chief,
FBI, CJIS Division, Module D–1, 1000
Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West
Virginia 26306, telephone: 304–625–
4830, email: elabraham@fbi.gov.
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 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/or
—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.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 1110–0002. This
information collection request may be
viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Justice, information collections
currently under review by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
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years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOJ notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information
Collection
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1. Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a previously approved
collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection:
Supplementary Homicide Report.
3. Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: The form number is 1–704.
The applicable component within the
DOJ is the CJIS Division, FBI.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Affected Public: State, local
and tribal governments.
Abstract: Under Title 28, United
States Code, Section 534(a) and (c), this
collection requests homicide data from
respondents in order for the FBI’s
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
Program to serve as the national
clearinghouse for the collection and
dissemination of homicide and other
crime-related data and to publish these
statistics. SHR collects details about all
murders and nonnegligent
manslaughters (including justifiable
homicides) and negligent
manslaughters. The details include the
reporting agency; month and year;
situation; age, sex, race, and ethnicity of
the victim(s) and the offender(s);
weapon type used; relationship of the
victim(s) to the offender(s); and
circumstance(s) surrounding the
incident (e.g., argument, robbery, gang
related), if known.
5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 6,652. Annually, those
LEAs submit a total of 79,824 responses
(6,652 LEAs × 12 months = 79,824
responses annually).
7. Estimated Time per Respondent:
Nine (9) minutes.
8. Frequency: Once a month.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time
Burden: 11,974 hours.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other
Costs Burden: $107,000.
If additional information is required,
contact: Darwin Arceo, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Justice Management Division,
United States Department of Justice,
Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street
NE, 4W–218 Washington, DC 20530.
PO 00000
Dated: January 8, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Water Act
On January 24, 2024, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Fourth
Amendment of the Consent Decree with
the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the
lawsuit entitled United States and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. City
of Reading, Civil Action No. 04–05696.
The United States’ Complaint and the
Commonwealth’s Complaint in
intervention alleged, inter alia, that the
City of Reading Wastewater Treatment
Plant (‘‘Reading’’) violated its National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permits, the Clean Water Act, and the
Pennsylvania Clean Streams law by
discharging pollutants into the
Schuylkill River in violation of various
effluent limits, and that Reading failed
to enforce the requirements of its
pretreatment program for industrial
users and failed to properly operate and
maintain its wastewater treatment plant
and systems.
In 2005, the parties entered into a
Consent Decree to resolve the United
States’ and the Commonwealth’s claims.
Among other things, the Consent Decree
established a process to return the City
of Reading to NPDES compliance,
including required capital
improvements to its wastewater
treatment plant. The process of new
construction and significantly updating
and overhauling existing infrastructure
has been underway since the Consent
Decree was originally entered. Many of
the required tasks have been completed
or are substantially complete, but some
remain outstanding.
The parties to the Consent Decree
have agreed to certain modifications set
forth in the Fourth Amendment to the
Decree. The Fourth Amendment extends
the deadlines for completing remaining
capital improvement projects because of
delays that have occurred in the process
of designing, seeking bids for, entering
into contracts for, securing materials for,
and completing construction on the
remaining projects. In particular,
Reading experienced delays due to
social-distancing-related limitations on
staffing and delays in manufacturing
due to shutdowns and supply chain
delays, and expects that the remaining
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projects will have some level of delays
due to these ongoing issues.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Fourth Amendment of the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania v. City of Reading, D.J.
Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–07869/1. 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.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the Fourth Amendment of 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 Fourth Amendment
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 $4.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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[OMB Number 1110–0009]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted Data Collection, LEOKA
Collection Tool 701 for Feloniously
Killed; and LEOKA Collection Tool
701a for Accidentally Killed
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice
SUMMARY:
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(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. The proposed
information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2023, allowing a 60-day
comment period.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 30 days until March
1, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have 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: Mr. Edward Abraham, Unit
Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Services
Division, Module D–1, 1000 Custer
Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia
26306, 304–625–4830, elabraham@
fbi.gov or LEOKA.STATISTICS@fbi.gov.
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 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/or
—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.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
PO 00000
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function and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 1110–0009. This
information collection request may be
viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Justice, information collections
currently under review by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOJ notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a previously approved
collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted Data Collection, LEOKA
Collection Tool 701 for Feloniously
Killed; and LEOKA Collection Tool
701a for Accidentally Killed.
3. Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form number is 1–701 and
1–701a. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the
Criminal Justice Information Services
Division, Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Affected Public: State, local
and tribal. governments.
Abstract: Under Title 28, United
States Code, section 534, Acquisition,
Preservation, and Exchange of
Identification Records; Appointment of
Officials, this collection requests the
number of officers killed from law
enforcement agencies in order for the
FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program
to serve as the national clearinghouse
for the collection and dissemination of
law enforcement officer death data and
to share these statistics in the Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and
Assaulted Data Collection.
5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 118.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent:
One (1) hour.
8. Frequency: Annually.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time
Burden: 118.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other
Costs Burden: $0.
If additional information is required,
contact: Darwin Arceo, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
On January 24, 2024, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Fourth Amendment of the Consent Decree with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled
United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. City of Reading,
Civil Action No. 04-05696.
The United States' Complaint and the Commonwealth's Complaint in
intervention alleged, inter alia, that the City of Reading Wastewater
Treatment Plant (``Reading'') violated its National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System permits, the Clean Water Act, and the Pennsylvania
Clean Streams law by discharging pollutants into the Schuylkill River
in violation of various effluent limits, and that Reading failed to
enforce the requirements of its pretreatment program for industrial
users and failed to properly operate and maintain its wastewater
treatment plant and systems.
In 2005, the parties entered into a Consent Decree to resolve the
United States' and the Commonwealth's claims. Among other things, the
Consent Decree established a process to return the City of Reading to
NPDES compliance, including required capital improvements to its
wastewater treatment plant. The process of new construction and
significantly updating and overhauling existing infrastructure has been
underway since the Consent Decree was originally entered. Many of the
required tasks have been completed or are substantially complete, but
some remain outstanding.
The parties to the Consent Decree have agreed to certain
modifications set forth in the Fourth Amendment to the Decree. The
Fourth Amendment extends the deadlines for completing remaining capital
improvement projects because of delays that have occurred in the
process of designing, seeking bids for, entering into contracts for,
securing materials for, and completing construction on the remaining
projects. In particular, Reading experienced delays due to social-
distancing-related limitations on staffing and delays in manufacturing
due to shutdowns and supply chain delays, and expects that the
remaining
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projects will have some level of delays due to these ongoing issues.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Fourth Amendment of the Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States and Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania v. City of Reading, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-07869/1. 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:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email............................ [email protected].
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the Fourth Amendment of 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 Fourth Amendment 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 $4.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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