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be forwarded through HQDA, Office of 

the Provost Marshal General (DAPM–

MPD–LE) to the Director, USACRC. 

Replies will be routed back through 

HQDA Office of the Provost Marshal 

General (DAPM–MPD–LE) where they 

will be coordinated, as appropriate, 

prior to release. Requests for USACIDC, 

ACOM, ASCC, DRU, or subordinate 

command specific crime data reports 

can be made directly to the specific 

command. Replies need not be 

coordinated with HQDA. 

(b) Requests for Army aggregate crime 

reports are limited to data collected and 

accessible through the Automated 

Criminal Investigation and Intelligence 

System (ACI2) and COPS. 

(c) Routine collection of ACOM, 

ASCC or DRU crime data, for use in 

Army-wide database, will be limited to 

that data collected by the above systems. 

ACOM, ASCC and DRU may determine 

internal data collection requirements. 

(d) All Provost Marshal/Director of 

Emergency Services crime data will be 

recorded and forwarded by installations 

through ACOM, ASCC or DRU using the 

COPS system. 

(e) In support of the Secretary Of the 

Army and the Office of the Chief of Staff 

of the Army, the Chief, Operations 

Division, Office of the Provost Marshal 

General, will determine the 

requirements for routine publication of 

Army aggregate crime statistics. 

(f) Normally, raw data will not be 

released without analysis on routine or 

non-routine requests. Comparison of 

ACOM, ASCC or DRU crime data is 

generally not reported and should be 

avoided. General categories of CONUS 

or OCONUS are appropriate. 

Subpart E—Victim and Witness 

Assistance Procedures 

§ 635.34 General. 

(a) This subpart implements 

procedures to provide assistance to 

victims and witnesses of crimes that 

take place on Army installations and 

activities. The procedures in this 

subpart apply to—

(1) Every victim and witness. 

(2) Violations of the UCMJ, including 

crimes assimilated under the 

Assimilative Crimes Act reported to or 

investigated by military police. 

(3) Foreign nationals employed or 

visiting on an Army installation 

OCONUS. 

(b) Provost Marshal/Director of 

Emergency Services personnel should 

refer to AR 27–10, Chapter 18, for 

additional policy guidance on the Army 

Victim/Witness Program. 

§ 635.35 Procedures. 

(a) As required by Federal law, Army 

personnel involved in the detection, 

investigation, and prosecution of crimes 

must ensure that victims and witnesses 

rights are protected. Victims rights 

include—

(1) The right to be treated with 

fairness, dignity, and a respect for 

privacy. 

(2) The right to be reasonably 

protected from the accused offender. 

(3) The right to be notified of court 

proceedings. 

(4) The right to be present at all public 

court proceedings related to the offense, 

unless the court determines that 

testimony by the victim would be 

materially affected if the victim heard 

other testimony at trial, or for other 

good cause. 

(5) The right to confer with the 

attorney for the Government in the case. 

(6) The right to restitution, if 

appropriate. 

(7) The right to information regarding 

conviction, sentencing, imprisonment, 

and release of the offender from 

custody. 

(b) In keeping with the requirements 

listed in paragraph (a) of this section, 

Provost Marshals/Directors of 

Emergency Services must ensure that—

(1) All law enforcement personnel are 

provided copies of DD Form 2701 

(Initial Information for Victims and 

Witnesses of Crime). 

(2) A victim witness coordinator is 

appointed in writing. 

(3) Statistics are collected and 

reported into COPS. 

(4) Coordination with the installation 

staff judge advocate victim witness 

coordinator occurs to ensure that 

individuals are properly referred for 

information on restitution, 

administrative, and judicial 

proceedings. 

(5) Coordination with installation 

Family Advocacy Program’s Victim 

Advocate occurs to support victims of 

spouse abuse. Victim Advocacy services 

include crisis intervention, assistance in 

securing medical treatment for injuries, 

information on legal rights and 

proceedings, and referral to military and 

civilian shelters and other resources 

available to victims. 

§ 635.36 Notification. 

(a) In addition to providing crime 

victims and witnesses a DD Form 2701, 

law enforcement personnel must ensure 

that individuals are notified about—

(1) Available military and civilian 

emergency medical care. 

(2) Social services, when necessary. 

(3) Procedures to contact the staff 

judge advocate victim/witness liaison 

office for additional assistance. 

(b) Investigating law enforcement 

personnel, such as military police 

investigators—

(1) Must ensure that victims and 

witnesses have been offered a DD Form 

2701. If not, investigating personnel will 

give the individual a copy. 

(2) In coordination with the Provost 

Marshal/Director of Emergency Services 

victim witness coordinator, provide 

status on investigation of the crime to 

the extent that releasing such 

information does not jeopardize the 

investigation. 

(3) Will, if requested, inform all 

victims and witnesses of the 

apprehension of a suspected offender. 

§ 635.37 Statistical reporting 

requirements. 

(a) DOD policies on victim witness 

assistance require reporting of statistics 

on the number of individuals who are 

notified of their rights. The DA Form 

3975 provides for the collection of 

statistical information. 

(b) The COPS system supports 

automated reporting of statistics. HQDA, 

Office of the Provost Marshal General 

(DAPM–MPD–LE) as the program 

manager may require periodic reports to 

meet unique requests for information. 

(c) It is possible that a victim or 

witness may initially decline a DD Form 

2701. As the case progresses, the 

individual may request information. If a 

case is still open in the Provost Marshal 

Office/Directorate of Emergency 

Services, the Provost Marshal/Director 

of Emergency Services victim witness 

coordinator shall provide the DA Form 

2701 to the individual and update the 

records. Once the case is referred to the 

staff judge advocate or law enforcement 

activity ceases, COPS will not be 

updated without prior coordination 

with the installation Staff Judge 

Advocate office. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 35 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2006–0765; FRL7–8288–1] 

Reopening of Public Comment Period 

for the NPDES Permit Fee Incentive for 

Clean Water Act Section 106 Grants; 

Allotment Formula 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed Rulemaking; 

Reopening of the public comment 

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SUMMARY: On Thursday, January 4, 

2007, the Environmental Protection 

Agency published a proposed rule 

entitled ‘‘NPDES Permit Fee Incentive 

for Clean Water Act Section 106 Grants; 

Allotment Formula.’’ Written comments 

on the proposed rulemaking were 

required to be submitted to EPA on or 

before March 5, 2007, (a 60-day public 

comment period). EPA has received 

several requests for additional time to 

submit comments on the proposed rule. 

Therefore, the public comment period is 

being reopened for an additional 60-day 

comment period. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 14, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OW–2006–0765 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov 

Attention Docket ID No. OW–2006–

0765. 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC, Attention Docket ID No. OW–2006–

0765. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2006–

0765. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is (202) 

566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lena Ferris, Office of Water, Office of 

Wastewater Management, 4201M, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8831; fax number: 

(202) 501–2399; e-mail address: 

ferris.lena@epa.gov . 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

James A. Hanlon, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Parts 531 and 533 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2007–27350] 

Corporate Average Fuel Economy—

Request for Product Plan Information 

for Model Year 2007–2017 Passenger 

Cars and 2010–2017 Light Trucks 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for comments; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

dates and addresses captions in a 

request for comments published in the 

Federal Register of February 27, 2007 

(72 FR 8664), regarding the acquisition 

of new and updated manufacturers’

future product plans to aid in 

implementing the President’s plan for 

reforming and increasing corporate 

average fuel economy (CAFE) standards 

for passenger cars and further increasing 

the already reformed light truck 

standards. The DATES caption did not 

include the correct date for submission 

of light truck product plans, and the 

addresses caption did not include a 

complete docket number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Katz, (202) 366–4936. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of February 

27, 2007, in FR Doc. 07–878, make the 

following corrections. On page 8664, in 

the third column, correct the DATES

caption to read: 

DATES: Passenger car comments must be 

received on or before May 29, 2007. 

Light truck comments must be received 

on or before June 27, 2007. 

On page 8664, in the third column, 

correct the first three lines of the 

ADDRESSES caption to read: 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

2007–27350] by any of the following 

methods: 

Issued: March 9, 2007. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

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