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TOTAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Activity
Collection of the NFLIS–MEC Program.
Survey of the NFLIS–MEC Program.
Collection of the NFLIS-Tox Program.
Survey of the NFLIS-Tox Program
2100
Unduplicated Totals ...............
0.17 (10 minutes) ...
350
1260
0.75 (45 minutes) ..
945
400
0.17 (10 minutes) ...
67
400
monthly and quarterly (unknown
breakdown).
once in 2021 ................................
280
0.75 (45 minutes) ...
210
2,640
2.2015 ..........................................
5,812
0.32003 ..................
4,840
2100
400
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Stipulation of Settlement and
Judgment Under the System Unit
Resource Protection Act
On October 17, 2024, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Stipulation
of Settlement and Judgment
(‘‘Stipulation’’) with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
Washington in the lawsuit entitled
United States v. Avista Corporation,
Civil Action No. 2:24–cv–00358–JAG.
The United States filed this lawsuit
under the System Unit Resource
Protection Act and Washington State
and federal trespass law. The complaint
alleges that defendant Avista
Corporation’s unauthorized activities to
stabilize, move, and replace an
unpermitted power pole within the Lake
Roosevelt National Recreation Area (the
‘‘Park’’) in northeastern Washington
caused significant injuries to cultural
and natural resources at the Park. The
complaint seeks recovery of damages
and response costs.
Under the Stipulation, Defendant will
pay $900,000 to the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, for
response costs and damages, with
interest.
On October 22, 2024, the Department
of Justice published a notice in the
Federal Register opening a public
comment period on the Stipulation for
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Total annual
burden (hours)
2100
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
18:03 Nov 25, 2024
Time per response
monthly and quarterly (unknown
breakdown).
once in 2020 ................................
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.
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Total annual
responses
Frequency
a period of thirty (30) days, through
November 21, 2024. Due to a technical
error in posting the Stipulation on the
Department of Justice’s website, the
Stipulation was inadvertently removed
from the website on October 23, 2024.
The Stipulation was reposted to the
Department of Justice’s website on
November 18, 2024. By this notice, the
Department of Justice is extending the
public comment period by an additional
thirty (30) days, through December 21,
2024. Comments should be addressed to
the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to United
States v. Avista Corporation, D.J. Ref.
No. 90–5–1–1–12423. All comments
must be submitted no later December
21, 2024. 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 Stipulation may be examined and
downloaded at this Justice Department
website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/
consent-decrees. If you require
assistance accessing the Stipulation, you
may request assistance by email or by
mail to the addresses provided above for
submitting comments.
Kathryn C. Macdonald,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0095]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested;
Reinstatement, With Change, of a
Previously Approved Collection for
Which Approval Has Expired: Census
of Public Defender Offices
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Bureau of Justice Statistics, 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 30 days until
December 26, 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: Ryan Kling, Statistician,
Judicial Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 999 North Capitol Street NE,
Washington, DC 20002 (email:
Ryan.Kling@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202–
704–0076).
SUMMARY:
The
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 5, 2024, allowing
a 60-day comment period. BJS received
2 comments during the 60-day period,
and they are being addressed in the full
package to OMB.
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:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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—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: OMB 1121–0339. 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:
New Collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection:
Census of Public Defender Offices
(CPDO).
3. Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form number(s): The
instrument is CPDO–1. The applicable
component within the Department of
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics
(Judicial Statistics Unit), in the Office of
Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Affected Public: Respondents
will be leaders of local publicly funded
public defender offices.
5. Abstract: The Census of Public
Defender Offices (CPDO, OMB Number
1121–0339) is the only national data
collection identifying and surveying all
public defender offices in the U.S. and
Territories since the first iteration of
CPDO in 2007. For purposes of this
project, public defender offices are
eligible for inclusion if they are publicly
funded, have a physical address, at least
one W–2 earning attorney, and provide
direct public defense representation for
adults and/or juveniles who are accused
of a crime or delinquency or accused in
a trial court of violating conditions of a
sentence.
After locating all public defender
offices in the U.S. within the defined
scope, the 2024 CPDO will gather
important metrics on public defender
office operations from office leaders.
Developed in consultation with public
defense leaders, the survey includes
sections addressing general office
operations including expenditures and
funding streams, staffing, caseloads,
eligibility standards, and office
resources.
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Number of
public defender
offices
Time per
survey
Total time
(in minutes)
Out of scope public defender offices .............
In scope public defender offices ....................
120
1,880
5
62
600
116,560
Total ........................................................
2,000
....................
........................
11. Total Estimated Annual Other
Costs Burden: No costs other than the
cost of the hour burden exist for this
data collection.
If additional information is required,
contact: Darwin Arceo, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Justice Management Division,
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:03 Nov 25, 2024
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United States Department of Justice,
Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street
NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC 20530.
PO 00000
The 2024 instrument is a combination
of questions from the 2007 iteration and
new or updated questions reflecting
emerging issues in the field of public
defense. Retaining historical questions
will allow for trend analysis while the
newer questions will provide
informative data useful for practitioners,
researchers and policymakers. Some
examples of information provided by
the CPDO include:
• Caseloads and case types
• Staff sizes and roles
• Staff attrition
• Staff salary ranges
• Demographics of chief public
defender and staff attorneys
• Initial public defender appointment
and contact practices
• Case management system capacity
BJS will use the information gathered
in CPDO in published reports and
statistics. The reports will be made
available to the U.S. Congress, Executive
Office of the President, practitioners,
researchers, students, the media, others
interested in criminal justice statistics,
and the general public via the BJS
website.
6. Obligation To Respond: The
obligation to respond is voluntary.
7. Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: BJS will send the survey
to approximately 2,000 public defender
offices (in 50 states, the District of
Columbia and five U.S. Territories).
8. Estimated Time per Respondent:
The expected burden placed on each
respondent is just over 1 hour.
9. Frequency: Periodic—the prior
similar census was 17 years prior.
10. Total Estimated Annual Time
Burden: The total respondent burden is
about 1,890 hours. BJS estimates
approximately 6% (120) of offices
receiving the survey will screen out of
the survey due to ineligibility. The
burden for out-of-scope entities will be
less than 5 minutes.
Total burden hours
10 hours (600 mins/60 mins).
1,943 hours (116,560 mins/60 mins).
1,953 hours.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0095]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Public
Defender Offices
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Statistics,
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 30 days until
December 26, 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: Ryan Kling,
Statistician, Judicial Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
999 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 (email:
[email protected]; telephone: 202-704-0076).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on September 5, 2024,
allowing a 60-day comment period. BJS received 2 comments during the
60-day period, and they are being addressed in the full package to OMB.
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:
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--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: OMB 1121-0339. 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: New Collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Census of Public Defender Offices
(CPDO).
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): The
instrument is CPDO-1. The applicable component within the Department of
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (Judicial Statistics Unit),
in the Office of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: Respondents will be leaders
of local publicly funded public defender offices.
5. Abstract: The Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO, OMB
Number 1121-0339) is the only national data collection identifying and
surveying all public defender offices in the U.S. and Territories since
the first iteration of CPDO in 2007. For purposes of this project,
public defender offices are eligible for inclusion if they are publicly
funded, have a physical address, at least one W-2 earning attorney, and
provide direct public defense representation for adults and/or
juveniles who are accused of a crime or delinquency or accused in a
trial court of violating conditions of a sentence.
After locating all public defender offices in the U.S. within the
defined scope, the 2024 CPDO will gather important metrics on public
defender office operations from office leaders. Developed in
consultation with public defense leaders, the survey includes sections
addressing general office operations including expenditures and funding
streams, staffing, caseloads, eligibility standards, and office
resources.
The 2024 instrument is a combination of questions from the 2007
iteration and new or updated questions reflecting emerging issues in
the field of public defense. Retaining historical questions will allow
for trend analysis while the newer questions will provide informative
data useful for practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Some
examples of information provided by the CPDO include:
Caseloads and case types
Staff sizes and roles
Staff attrition
Staff salary ranges
Demographics of chief public defender and staff attorneys
Initial public defender appointment and contact practices
Case management system capacity
BJS will use the information gathered in CPDO in published reports
and statistics. The reports will be made available to the U.S.
Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners,
researchers, students, the media, others interested in criminal justice
statistics, and the general public via the BJS website.
6. Obligation To Respond: The obligation to respond is voluntary.
7. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: BJS will send the survey
to approximately 2,000 public defender offices (in 50 states, the
District of Columbia and five U.S. Territories).
8. Estimated Time per Respondent: The expected burden placed on
each respondent is just over 1 hour.
9. Frequency: Periodic--the prior similar census was 17 years
prior.
10. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: The total respondent burden
is about 1,890 hours. BJS estimates approximately 6% (120) of offices
receiving the survey will screen out of the survey due to
ineligibility. The burden for out-of-scope entities will be less than 5
minutes.
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Number of public Time per Total time (in
defender offices survey minutes) Total burden hours
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Out of scope public defender offices.. 120 5 600 10 hours (600 mins/60
mins).
In scope public defender offices...... 1,880 62 116,560 1,943 hours (116,560
mins/60 mins).
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Total............................. 2,000 ........... .............. 1,953 hours.
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11. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: No costs other than
the cost of the hour burden exist for this data collection.
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.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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