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additional exclusions. Under 

Alternative D, the decisionmaker could 

exclude from leasing any available, 

unleased blocks in Alternative A subject 

to any one or a combination of the 

following stipulations: Topographic 

Features Stipulation; Live Bottom 

Stipulation; and Blocks South of 

Baldwin County, Alabama, Stipulation 

(not applicable to Alternative C). This 

alternative considered blocks subject to 

these stipulations because these areas 

have been emphasized in scoping, can 

be geographically defined, and adequate 

information exists regarding their 

ecological importance and sensitivity to 

OCS oil- and gas-related activities. 

A total of 207 blocks within the CPA 

and 160 blocks in the WPA are affected 

by the Topographic Features 

Stipulation. There are currently no 

identified topographic features 

protected under this stipulation in the 

EPA. The Live Bottom Stipulation 

covers the pinnacle trend area of the 

CPA, affecting a total of 74 blocks. 

Under Alternative D, the number of 

blocks that would become unavailable 

for lease represents only a small 

percentage of the total number of blocks 

to be offered under Alternative A, B, or 

C (less than 4%, even if blocks subject 

to all three stipulations were excluded). 

Therefore, Alternative D could reduce 

offshore infrastructure and activities in 

these sensitive areas because Alternative 

D would most likely simply shift the 

location of offshore infrastructure and 

activities farther from these sensitive 

zones; it would not lead to a reduction 

in overall impacts. Moreover, the 

incremental negative impacts of the 

other alternatives compared with 

Alternative D would be largely 

mitigated by the application of the lease 

stipulations in Alternative A, as 

discussed below. 

Alternative E—No Action: This 

alternative is not holding proposed 

regionwide Lease Sale 257 and is 

identified as the environmentally 

preferred alternative. Alternative E was 

not selected because, if it were, the 

needed domestic energy sources and the 

subsequent positive economic impacts 

from exploration and production, 

including employment, would not be 

realized. Not holding a single lease sale 

would also not significantly change the 

overall activity levels in the GOM (i.e., 

on blocks leased in previous lease sales) 

and the associated environmental 

impacts in the near term; however, it 

would avoid the incremental 

contribution of the proposed regionwide 

lease sale to the cumulative effects of 

ongoing activity. Avoidance of this 

incremental contribution, however, is 

outweighed by the potential negative 

economic and socioeconomic impacts of 

choosing Alternative E. 

Lease Stipulations—Eleven lease 

stipulations have been adopted for 

Lease Sale 257, including a new 

stipulation, related to the processing of 

certain post-lease permits, and 

described below. The 2018 GOM 

Supplemental EIS describes 10 of these 

11 lease stipulations, which are 

included in the Final Notice of Sale 

Package. 

In the Record of Decision for the 

2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

and Gas Leasing: Proposed Final 

Program, the Secretary of the Interior 

required the protection of biologically 

sensitive underwater features in all Gulf 

of Mexico oil and gas lease sales as 

programmatic mitigation; therefore, 

BOEM is adopting the Topographic 

Features Stipulation and Live Bottom 

Stipulation and applying them to 

designated lease blocks in proposed 

Lease Sale 257. Due to a proposed 

expansion of the Flower Garden Banks 

National Marine Sanctuary, this 

additional language notifies lessees that, 

should their lease block in the future be 

included in a national marine sanctuary, 

their operations may be subject to 

additional requirements and regulations 

from the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration and that a 

permit from that agency may be 

required in certain instances. 

The additional nine lease stipulations 

considered for proposed regionwide 

Lease Sale 257 are the Military Areas 

Stipulation; the Evacuation Stipulation; 

the Coordination Stipulation; the Blocks 

South of Baldwin County, Alabama, 

Stipulation; the Protected Species 

Stipulation; the United Nations 

Convention on the Law of the Sea 

Royalty Payment Stipulation; the Below 

Seabed Operations Stipulation; the 

Stipulation on the Agreement between 

the United States of America and the 

United Mexican States Concerning 

Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 

in the Gulf of Mexico; and the 

Timeframe for Decisions on an 

Application for Permit to Drill and an 

Application for Permit to Modify 

Stipulation. The Protected Species 

Stipulation has been recently updated 

due to the completion of the 

Endangered Species Act consultation 

with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service and the issuance of a Biological 

Opinion in March 2020, addressing OCS 

oil- and gas-related activities in the Gulf 

of Mexico, including this lease sale. The 

Timeframe for Decisions on an 

Application for Permit to Drill and an 

Application for Permit to Modify 

Stipulation was first adopted in Lease 

Sale 256. This stipulation is 

administrative in nature and addresses 

the processing and timing of decisions 

for Applications for Permit to Drill and 

Applications for Permit to Modify by 

the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE). It does not alter 

any underlying requirements for those 

applications and therefore would not be 

expected to change any environmental 

effects reasonably foreseeable as a result 

of this lease sale and any related postlease activities. As noted, BOEM is 

adopting these nine stipulations as lease 

terms where applicable and they are 

enforceable as part of the lease. 

Further, Appendix B of the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2017–2022; Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales 

249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 

259, and 261—Final Multisale 

Environmental Impact Statement 

provides a list and description of 

standard post-lease conditions of 

approval that BOEM or BSEE may 

require as a result of their plan and 

permit review processes for the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS region. 

After careful consideration, BOEM 

selected the preferred alternative 

(Alternative A) from the 2018 GOM 

Supplemental EIS, with certain 

additional blocks excluded due to their 

status, for proposed Lease Sale 257. 

BOEM is also adopting 11 lease 

stipulations and all practicable means of 

mitigation at the lease sale stage. The 

preferred alternative meets the purpose 

of and need for the proposed action, as 

identified in the 2018 GOM 

Supplemental EIS, and provides for 

orderly resource development with 

protection of human, marine, and 

coastal environments while also 

ensuring that the public receives a fair 

market value for these resources and 

that free-market competition is 

maintained. 

Authority: This Notice of Availability of a 

Record of Decision is published pursuant to 

the regulations (40 CFR part 1505) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

Michael A. Celata, 

Regional Director, New Orleans Office, 

Department of the Interior Regions 1, 2, 4, 

and 6, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

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of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 


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Decree with the District Court of the 

Southern District of New York in a 

lawsuit entitled United States v. Toyota 

Motor Corporation, et al., Civil Action 

No. 21–323. 

In this action the United States seeks, 

as provided under the Clean Air Act 

(‘‘CAA’’), civil penalties and injunctive 

relief from defendants in connection 

with violation of emission-defect 

reporting regulations promulgated at 40 

CFR part 85, subpart T. The proposed 

Consent Decree resolves the United 

States’ claims, requires defendants to 

pay $180 million, and imposes 

injunctive relief. 

The publication of this notice opens 

the public comment on the proposed 

Consent Decree. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and should refer to 

United States v. Toyota Motor 

Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 21– 

323, D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–11477. All 

comments must be submitted no later 

than 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. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department website: http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_

Decrees.html. We will provide a paper 

copy of the Consent Decree upon 

written request and payment of 

reproduction costs. Please email 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 $9.25 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Henry S. Friedman, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1100–NEW] 

Agency Infromation Collection 

Activtices: Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; New 

Collection: Law Enforcement Agency 

Certifications for Department of 

Justice Funding 

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented 

Policing Services, Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), Office of Community Oriented 

Policing Services (COPS Office) will be 

submitting the following emergency 

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 

February 22, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time 

please contact Shelley S. Hyland, 

Supervisory Program Specialist, Office 

of Community Oriented Policing 

Services, 145 N Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20503 (email: shelley.hyland2@

usdoj.gov; telephone: 202–598–1826). If 

you are simply providing public 

comments, please forward them directly 

to Lashon M. Hilliard, COPS PRA 

Program Manager, 145 N Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20503 (email: 

lashon.hilliard@usdoj.gov; 202–305– 

5245). 

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 Office of Community 

Oriented Policing Services, 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. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Emergency request. 

(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Law Enforcement Agency Certifications 

for Department of Justice Funding 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

There will be no form number. The 

applicable component within the 

Department of Justice is the Office of 

Community Oriented Policing Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Respondents will be staff from 

designated independent credentialing 

bodies. On June 16, 2020, President 

Donald J. Trump issued E.O. 13929 on 

Safe Policing for Safe Communities, 

which requires local, state, and 

university/college law enforcement 

agencies seeking Department of Justice 

discretionary funding to meet two use of 

force requirements: (1) The applying 

agency maintains use of force policies 

that adhere to all applicable federal, 

state, and local laws; and (2) the 

applying agency maintains use of force 

policies that prohibit the use of choke 

holds, except in situations where the 

use of deadly force is allowed by law. 

Per guidance issued by the Attorney 

General on E.O. 13929, independent 

credentialing bodies are to submit a list 

of certified agencies to the Office of 

Community Oriented Policing Services 

by January 31st in the funding year. 

Respondents are asked to supply the 

following information for each certified 

agency: Originating Record Identifier 

(ORI), Employee Identification Number 

(EIN), Data Universal Number System 

(DUNS), name of law enforcement 

agency, city, state and zip code of where 

law enforcement agency is located, title 

of the law enforcement agency’s chief 

executive (e.g., sheriff, chief of police, 

commissioner), chief executive’s name, 

and date law enforcement agency 

received certification for E.O. 13929. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The COPS Office estimates that 

52 independent credentialing bodies 

will respond (49 state agencies and 3 

national organizations). The COPS 

Office estimates compiling the lists of 

certified agencies will require 


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