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transaction falls upon. The resulting fiscal year 

2009 total, 38, is then used to project the fiscal year 

2010 volume of such transactions. To do this, we 

first calculated the proportion this net figure 

represents in relation to the total fiscal year 2009 

non-index transactions: 38 ÷ 716 = 5.3%. 

This percentage is then applied to the projected 

number of fiscal year 2010 non-index transactions 

in order to estimate the proportion of them that will 

require more precise valuation. Assuming that half 

the projected number of fiscal year 2010 non-index 

filings will constitute the number of associated 

transactions, that would result in approximately 

421 non-index transactions (841 ÷ 2). To this we 

then carry over and apply the above 5.3% 

apportionment to arrive at an estimate of 22 nonindex transactions in fiscal year 2010 that will 

require more precise measurement. 

6Only the acquiring person is subject to a filing 

fee; thus, this specific focus. 

7The FTC’s previous estimate of $425 per hour 

has been increased by the Social Security COLA 

percentage for fiscal years 2007 - fiscal year 2009 

(fiscal year 2007(2.3%), fiscal year 2008 (5.8%)), 

fiscal year 2009 (0%)). 

hours burden before adjustments is 

33,719 hours [(841 non-index filings x 

39 hours) + (20 index filings x 2 hours) 

+ (22 acquiring person non-index filings 

requiring more precise valuation6 x 40 

hours)]. 

As in the past, however, staff further 

estimates that half of those submitting 

non-index filings will incorporate Item 

4(a) and Item 4(b) documents by 

reference to an Internet link, and that 

doing so will reduce individual burden 

by one hour. Accordingly, the 

cumulative reduction to the above total 

would be 421 hours (841 non-index 

filings x 1⁄2 =421, multiplied by 1 hour), 

resulting in net estimated burden for 

fiscal year 2010 of 33,298 hours. 

This estimate is conservative. In 

estimating PRA burden, staff considered 

‘‘the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency.’’ 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1). This 

includes ‘‘developing, acquiring, 

installing, and utilizing technology and 

systems for the purpose of disclosing 

and providing information.’’ 5 CFR 

1320.3(b)(1)(iv). Although not expressly 

stated in the OMB definitions regulation 

implementing the PRA, the definition of 

burden arguably includes upgrading and 

maintaining computer and other 

systems used to comply with a rule’s 

requirements. Conversely, to the extent 

that these systems are customarily used 

in the ordinary course of business 

independent of the Rule, their 

associated upkeep would fall outside 

the realm of PRA ‘‘burden.’’ See 5 CFR 

1320.3(b)(2). 

Industry has been subject to the basic 

provisions of the HSR Rules since 1978. 

Thus, businesses have had several years 

(and some have had decades) to 

integrate compliance systems into their 

business procedures. Accordingly, most 

companies now maintain records and 

provide updated order information of 

the kind required by the HSR Rules in 

their ordinary course of business. 

Nevertheless, staff conservatively 

assumes that the time devoted to 

compliance with the Rule by existing 

and new companies remains unchanged 

from its preceding estimate. 

Estimated labor costs: $15,317,080 

Using the burden hours estimated 

above and applying an estimated 

average of $460/hour for executive and 

attorney wages,7 staff estimates that the 

total labor cost associated with the HSR 

Rules and the Notification and Report 

Form is approximately $15,317,080 

(33,298 hours x $460/hour). 

Estimated annual non-labor cost 

burden: $0 or minimal 

The applicable requirements impose 

minimal start-up costs, as businesses 

subject to the HSR Rules generally have 

or obtain necessary equipment for other 

business purposes. Staff believes that 

the above requirements necessitate 

ongoing, regular training so that covered 

entities stay current and have a clear 

understanding of federal mandates, but 

that this would be a small portion of 

and subsumed within the ordinary 

training that employees receive apart 

from that associated with the 

information collected under the HSR 

Rules and the corresponding 

Notification and Report Form. 

David C. Shonka 

Principal Deputy General Counsel 

[FR Doc. 2010–3957 Filed 2–25–10; 12:36 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Justice Statistics 

[OMB Number 1121–0269] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Reinstatement, With 

Change, of a Previously Approved 

Collection for Which Approval Has 

Expired; Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review: 2009 Census of 

Publicly Funded Forensic Crime 

Laboratories. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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 is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

‘‘sixty days’’ until April 27, 2010. This 

process is conducted in accordance with 

5 CFR 1320.10. 

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 Christine Eith, Bureau of 

Justice Statistics, 810 7th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202– 

305–4559). 

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 

—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: 

Reinstatement, with change, of a 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 2009 

Census of Publicly Funded Forensic 

Crime Laboratories. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: The form number is CFCL– 

09, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of 

Justice Programs, U. S. Department of 

Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Respondents will represent 

Federal, State, and local governments. 

This information collection is a census 

of public crime laboratories that perform 

forensic analyses on criminal evidence. 


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The information will provide statistics 

on laboratories’ capacity to analyze 

forensic crime evidence, the number, 

types, and sources of evidence received 

per year, and the number, types, and 

cost of analyses completed. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 400 

respondents will complete each form 

within approximately 3 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 1,200 

total annual burden hours associated 

with this collection. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 23, 2010. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4048 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Certification of the Attorney General; 

Williamson County, TX 

In accordance with Section 8 of the 

Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973f, I 

hereby certify that in my judgment the 

appointment of Federal observers is 

necessary to enforce the guarantees of 

the Fourteenth and Fifteenth 

Amendments of the Constitution of the 

United States in Williamson County, 

Texas. This county is included within 

the scope of the determinations of the 

Attorney General and the Director of the 

Census made under Section 4(b) of the 

Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973b(b), 

and published in the Federal Register 

on September 23, 1975 (40 FR 43,746). 

Dated: February 23, 2010. 

Eric H. Holder Jr., 

Attorney General of the United States. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3998 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Air Act 

Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 

hereby given that on February 16, 2010, 

a proposed Consent Decree in United 

States v. Belson Steel Center Scrap, Inc., 

Civil Action No. 10 C 581, was lodged 

with the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of Illinois. 

In a civil action filed simultaneously 

with the Consent Decree, the United 

States seeks a civil penalty against 

Belson Steel Center Scrap, Inc. 

(‘‘Belson’’), pursuant to section 113(b) of 

the Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

7413(b), for alleged environmental 

violations of 40 CFR 82.156. These 

violations are alleged to have occurred 

at Belson’s facility located at 1685 N. 

Route 50, Bourbonnais, Illinois. 

Under the proposed settlement, 

Belson will be required to (1) Acquire 

chloral floral carbon (‘‘CFC’’) removal 

equipment, (2) have properly trained 

operators evacuate CFCs from scrap 

appliances containing refrigerant, (3) 

maintain a log documenting CFC 

removal activities, (4) collect 

verification statements conforming to 

regulations in cases where Belson 

accepts appliances that already had 

CFCs removed, (5) provide periodic 

reports to EPA regarding its 

implementation of its oblgations under 

the decree, and (6) pay a civil penalty 

of $54,000. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either mailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Belson Steel Center Scrap, Inc., 

D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–09506. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney, Attn. Kurt N. Lindland, 

Assistant United States Attorney, 219 S. 

Dearborn Street, 5th Flr., Chicago, 

Illinois, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 

West Jackson Blvd., 14th Flr., Chicago, 

Illinois. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Consent Decree may also be obtained by 

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or 

by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax number (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $6.25 payable to the 

U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the stated 

address. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources, Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3905 Filed 2–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

[OMB Number 1110–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: New Collection, Comments 

Requested 

ACTION: 30-day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: New 

collection; Cargo Theft Incident Report. 

The Department of Justice, Federal 

Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice 

Information Services Division will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the emergency review procedures 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. This 

proposed information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on November 25, 2009, Volume 

74, Number 226, Pages 61708, allowing 

for a 60 day comment period. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comment until March 29, 2010. This 

process is conducted in accordance with 

5 CFR 1320.10. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the items contained in this 

notice, especially the estimated public 

burden and associated response time, 

should be directed to Gregory E. 

Scarbro, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Criminal Justice 

Information Services Division (CJIS), 

Module E–3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, 

Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; 

facsimile (304) 625–3566. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Comments 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) 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; 


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