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request to the BLM Prineville District 

Office 10 days prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

John Day/Snake RAC may be obtained 

from Virginia Gibbons, BLM Public 

Affairs Specialist, Prineville District 

Office, 3050 NE., Third Street, 

Prineville, Oregon 97754, (541) 416–

6647 or e-mail Virginia 

Gibbons@or.blm.gov. 

Dated: August 8, 2007. 

Stephen R. Robertson, 

Acting District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–15898 Filed 8–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OMB Number 1121–NEW] 

Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comments 

Requested 

ACTION: 30-day notice of new 

information collection: 2007 Survey of 

Law Enforcement Gang Units. 

The Department of Justice, Office of 

Justice Programs, 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. The proposed 

information collection is published to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. The proposed 

information collection was previously 

published in the Federal Register 

Volume 72, Number 102, pages 29550–

29551 on May 29, 2007, allowing for a 

60-day public comment period. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 

an additional 30 days for public 

comment until September 13, 2007. 

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 the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention Department of Justice Desk 

Officer, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally, comments may be 

submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 

395–5806. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the pubic 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 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

New Collection, Survey of Law 

Enforcement Gang Units, 2007. 

(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: 

2007 Survey of Law Enforcement Gang 

Units. 

(3) The Agency Form Number, if any, 

and the Applicable Component of the 

Department Sponsoring the Collection: 

The form number is LEGU–07, Bureau 

of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice 

Programs, United States Department of 

Justice. 

(4) Affected Public Who Will be 

Asked or Required to Respond, as well 

as a Brief Abstract: All law enforcement 

gang units in police agencies with 100 

or more officers. This nationwide 

information collection will identify all 

large law enforcement agencies (those 

with 100 or more officers) in which 

there is a specialized unit staffed with 

full-time personnel that focuses 

primarily on gang activity. Information 

will be gathered about the operations, 

workload, policies, and procedures of 

these gang units. The information 

collected will provide a comprehensive 

look at the way in which large law 

enforcement agencies are organized to 

respond to gang problems and the types 

of gang prevention tactics that are 

employed. Summary measures of gang 

activity in the agencies’ jurisdictions 

will supply some standardized metrics 

with which to compare jurisdictions. 

(5) An Estimate of the Total Number 

of Respondents and the Amount of Time 

Estimated for an Average Respondent to 

Respond: An estimated 450 law 

enforcement gang units will complete a 

1-hour questionnaire (LEGU–07). 

(6) An Estimate of the Total Public 

Burden (in hours) Associated with the 

collection: The estimated public burden 

associated with this collection is 450 

hours. (450 data collection forms 

completed by a commanding officer 

from each unit * one hour per form = 

450 burden hours) 

If additional information is required 

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: August 8, 2007. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. E7–15929 Filed 8–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Parole Commission 

Public Announcement; Pursuant to the 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

(Public Law 94–409) [5 U.S.C. Section 

552b] 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department 

of Justice, United States Parole 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, July 

26, 2007. 

PLACE: 5550 Friendship Blvd., Fourth 

Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS CONSIDERED: At the July 26, 

2007 meeting the Commission 

considered the following item that was 

placed on the agenda the day before the 

meeting, in addition to the items 

previously noticed: 

Consideration of the Commission’s 

funding request for FY 2009. The 

Commission voted to approve the 

Chairman’s proposed funding request by 

a vote of 3–1. 

AGENCY CONTACT: Thomas W. 

Hutchison, Chief of Staff, United States 

Parole Commission, (301) 492–5990. 

Dated: August 9, 2007. 

Rockne Chickinell, 

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–3978 Filed 8–10–07; 10:16 am] 

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