56552 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 27, 2006 / Notices 

Management and Security Staff, Justice 

Management Division, United States 

Department of Justice, Suite 1600, 601 D 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: September 20, 2006. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 06–8209 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1105–0071] 

National Drug Intelligence Center; 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Reinstatement 

With Change of a Previously Approved 

Collection; Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Reinstatement 

with change of a previously approved 

collection National Drug Threat Survey. 

The United States Department of 

Justice (DOJ), National Drug Intelligence 

Center (NDIC), has submitted 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 November 27, 2006. 

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 Kevin M. Walker, Chief 

Counsel, National Drug Intelligence 

Center, Fifth Floor, 319 Washington 

Street, Johnstown, PA 15901. 

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 agencies 

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: 

Extension Reinstatement with Change of 

a Previously Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

National Drug Threat Survey. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number: NDIC Form # 

A–34g. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Federal, State, and 

local, law enforcement agencies. This 

survey is a critical component of the 

National Drug Threat Assessment and 

other reports and assessments produced 

by the National Drug Intelligence 

Center. It provides direct access to 

detailed drug threat data from state and 

local law enforcement agencies. 

(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 

approximately 3,500 respondents will 

complete a survey response within 

approximately 20 minutes. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 1,167 

total annual burden hours associated 

with this collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

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: September 20, 2006. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Justice. 

[FR Doc. 06–8210 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

September 15, 2006, a proposed consent 

decree in United States v. C&D 

Technologies, Inc., Civ. No. 1:03–cv–413 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Southern District 

of Indiana. 

In this action the United States sought 

civil penalties and injunctive relief for 

alleged violations of the Clean Water 

Act and its pertinent regulations at C&D 

Technologies, Inc.’s lead acid battery 

manufacturing facility in Attica, 

Indiana. Specifically, the United States’

complaint alleged: (1) Violations of the 

Pretreatment Standards for Existing 

Sources and new sources of pollution 

(‘‘PSES’’), 40 CFR 403, and the PSES for 

Battery Manufacturing, 40 CFR 403.5(d) 

and CWA Section 307(d), 33 U.S.C. 

1317(d); (2) violations of C&D’s National 

Pollution Discharge Elimination System 

permit (‘‘NPDES Permit’’) and CWA 

Sections 301 and 402, 33 U.S.C. 1311 

and 1342; (3) that C&D through the 

presence of lead in its effluent 

prevented the Attica, Indiana, Publicly 

Owned Treatment Works (‘‘POTW’’) 

from using the POTW’s chosen sludge 

use or disposal practice, in violation of 

40 CFR 403.5 and 403.2, and CWA 

Section 307(d) 33 USC 1317(d); (4) that 

C&D failing to submit compliance 

reports in violation of 40 CFR 403.12 

and DWA Section 307, 33 U.S.C. 1317; 

(5) that C&D failed to comply with the 

PSES for Battery Manufacturing by 

failing to monitor its effluent for copper 

content, in violation of 40 CFR 461.34, 

40 CFR 403.12(g), and CWA Section 

307, 33 U.S.C. 1317 and (6) that C&D 

failed to comply with certain provisions 

of a 1997 Administrative Order, in 

violation of CWA Sections 308 and 309, 

33 U.S.C. 1318 and 1319. 

Under the proposed Consent Decree, 

C&D would pay a civil penalty of 

$1,600,000 and undertake various 

injunctive relief measures in addition to 

previous injunctive relief expenditures. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the proposed Consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. C&D Technologies, Inc., D.J. 

Ref. 90–5–1–1–06996. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Office of the United 


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