24516 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 24, 2012 / Notices 

Section 301, 309, and 402 of the Clean 

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1319, and 

1342; and Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 69–3– 

108(b)(6), 114 and 115; and Sections 101 

through 138 of the Tennessee Water 

Quality Control Act (‘‘TWQCA’’). 

Under this settlement between the 

United States and the State and the City, 

the City will be required to develop and 

implement a number of sewer 

management, operation and 

maintenance programs, including: A 

sewer overflow response plan, a fats, 

oils, and grease management program, a 

lift station and force main operations 

and maintenance program, and an 

infrastructure rehabilitation program. 

The City will identify priority 

rehabilitation projects within the first 

year after entry of the proposed Consent 

Decree. The City will assess a minimum 

of 10% of its system and rehabilitate 

approximately 6% of its system in the 

first year of the Consent Decree, 

including major interceptors at risk of 

failures similar to the one that occurred 

on the Wolf River in 2008. The Consent 

Decree also provides for the payment of 

a civil penalty of $1.29 million. The 

penalty will be split evenly between the 

United States and the State. The City 

will pay $645,000 to the United States. 

Tennessee’s payment will be in the form 

of state projects including an effluent 

study at the M.C. Stiles Wastewater 

Treatment Plant discharge point and a 

sewer GPS mapping project. 

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 of the 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 

to United States of America and State 

of Tennessee v. City of Memphis, Civil 

Action No. 2:10–CV–02083–SHM–dkv, 

D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–09720. 

The proposed Decree may be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site, http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

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 emailing a request to ‘‘Consent 

Decree Copy’’ 

(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–5271. 

If requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library by mail, please enclose 

a check in the amount of $19.50 (25 

cents per page reproduction cost) for the 

Consent Decree alone or $81.50 for the 

Consent Decree and appendices payable 

to the U.S. Treasury or, if requesting by 

email or fax, forward a check in either 

of those amounts to the Consent Decree 

Library at the address given above. 

Henry Friedman, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9770 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[Docket No. OTJ 101] 

Solicitation of Comments on Request 

for United States Assumption of 

Concurrent Federal Criminal 

Jurisdiction; Los Coyotes Band of 

Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians 

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits public 

comments on the Request for United 

States Assumption of Concurrent 

Federal Criminal Jurisdiction recently 

submitted to the Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice by the Los 

Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno 

Indians pursuant to the provisions of 28 

CFR 50.25. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

postmarked and electronic comments 

must be submitted on or before June 8, 

2012. Comments received by mail will 

be considered timely if they are 

postmarked on or before that date. The 

electronic Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) will accept comments 

until Midnight Eastern Time at the end 

of that day. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

submit written comments via regular or 

express mail to Mr. Tracy Toulou, 

Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Room 2310, Washington, 

DC 20530. 

• Fax: submit comments to the 

attention of Mr. Tracy Toulou, Office of 

Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, 

(202) 514–9078 (not a toll-free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, 

Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice, at (202) 514–8812 

(not a toll-free number). To ensure 

proper handling of comments, please 

reference ‘‘Docket No. OTJ 101’’ on all 

electronic and written correspondence. 

The Department encourages all 

comments be submitted electronically 

through http://www.regulations.gov 

using the electronic comment form 

provided on that site. An electronic 

copy of the request for United States 

assumption of concurrent federal 

criminal jurisdiction submitted by the 

Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and 

Cupeno Indians is also available at the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site for 

easy reference. Paper comments that 

duplicate the electronic submission are 

not necessary as all comments 

submitted to http://www.regulations.gov 

will be posted for public review and are 

part of the official docket record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Posting of Public Comments. Please 

note that all comments received are 

considered part of the public record and 

made available for public inspection 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Such information includes personal 

identifying information (such as your 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter. 

You are not required to submit 

personal identifying information in 

order to comment on this rule. 

Nevertheless, if you want to submit 

personal identifying information (such 

as your name and address) as part of 

your comment, but do not want it to be 

posted online, you must include the 

phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You also must locate 

all the personal identifying information 

you do not want posted online in the 

first paragraph of your comment and 

identify what information you want 

redacted. 

If you want to submit confidential 

business information as part of your 

comment but do not want it to be posted 

online, you must include the phrase 

‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You also must 

prominently identify confidential 

business information to be redacted 

within the comment. If a comment has 

so much confidential business 

information that it cannot be effectively 

redacted, all or part of that comment 

may not be posted on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Personal identifying information and 

confidential business information 

identified and located as set forth above 

will be placed in the agency’s public 

docket file, but not posted online. If you 

wish to inspect the agency’s public 

docket file in person by appointment, 

please see the paragraph above entitled 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 24, 2012 / Notices 24517 

Statutory Background 

For more than two centuries, the 

Federal Government has recognized 

Indian tribes as domestic sovereigns that 

have unique government-to-government 

relationships with the United States. 

Congress has broad authority to legislate 

with respect to Indian tribes, however, 

and has exercised this authority to 

establish a complex jurisdictional 

scheme for the prosecution of crimes 

committed in Indian country. (The term 

‘‘Indian country’’ is defined in 18 U.S.C. 

1151.) Criminal jurisdiction in Indian 

country typically depends on several 

factors, including the nature of the 

crime; whether the alleged offender, the 

victim, or both are Indian; and whether 

a treaty, Federal statute, executive order, 

or judicial decision has conferred 

jurisdiction on a particular government. 

The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) 

was enacted on July 29, 2010, as Title 

II of Public Law 111–211. The purpose 

of the TLOA is to help the Federal 

Government and tribal governments 

better address the unique public-safety 

challenges that confront tribal 

communities. Section 221(b) of the new 

law, now codified at 18 U.S.C. 1162(d), 

permits an Indian tribe with Indian 

country subject to State criminal 

jurisdiction under Public Law 280, P.L. 

83–280, 67 Stat. 588 (1953) to request 

that the United States accept concurrent 

jurisdiction to prosecute violations of 

the General Crimes Act and the Major 

Crimes Act within that tribe’s Indian 

country. 

Department of Justice Regulation 

Implementing 18 U.S.C. 1162(d) 

On December 6, 2011, 76 FR 76037 

the Department published final 

regulations that established the 

framework and procedures for a 

mandatory Public Law 280 tribe to 

request the assumption of concurrent 

Federal criminal jurisdiction within the 

Indian country of the tribe that is 

subject to Public Law 280. 28 CFR 

50.25. Among other provisions, the 

regulations provide that upon receipt of 

a tribal request the Office of Tribal 

Justice shall publish a notice in the 

Federal Register seeking comments 

from the general public. 

Request by the Los Coyotes Band of 

Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians 

By a request dated January 8, 2012, 

the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and 

Cupeno Indians located in the State of 

California requested the United States to 

assume concurrent Federal jurisdiction 

to prosecute violations of 18 U.S.C. 1152 

(the General Crimes, or Indian Country 

Crimes, Act) and 18 U.S.C. 1153 (the 

Major Crimes Act) within the Indian 

country of the tribe. This would allow 

the United States to assume concurrent 

criminal jurisdiction over offenses 

within the Indian country of the tribe 

without eliminating or affecting the 

State’s existing criminal jurisdiction. 

Solicitation of Comments 

This notice solicits public comments 

on the above request. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Tracy Toulou, 

Director, Office of Tribal Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9730 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[Docket No. OTJ 100] 

Solicitation of Comments on Request 

for United States Assumption of 

Concurrent Federal Criminal 

Jurisdiction; Hoopa Valley Tribe 

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits public 

comments on the Request for United 

States Assumption of Concurrent 

Federal Criminal Jurisdiction recently 

submitted to the Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice by the Hoopa 

Valley Tribe pursuant to the provisions 

of 28 CFR 50.25. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

postmarked and electronic comments 

must be submitted on or before . 

Comments received by mail will be 

considered timely if they are 

postmarked on or before that date. The 

electronic Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) will accept comments 

until Midnight Eastern Time at the end 

of that day. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

submit written comments via regular or 

express mail to Mr. Tracy Toulou, 

Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Room 2310, Washington, 

DC 20530. 

• Fax: submit comments to the 

attention of Mr. Tracy Toulou, Office of 

Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, 

(202) 514–9078 (not a toll-free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, 

Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice, at (202) 514–8812 

(not a toll-free number). To ensure 

proper handling of comments, please 

reference ‘‘Docket No. OTJ 100’’ on all 

electronic and written correspondence. 

The Department encourages all 

comments be submitted electronically 

through http://www.regulations.gov 

using the electronic comment form 

provided on that site. An electronic 

copy of the request for United States 

assumption of concurrent federal 

criminal jurisdiction submitted by the 

Hoopa Valley Tribe is also available at 

the http://www.regulations.gov Web site 

for easy reference. Paper comments that 

duplicate the electronic submission are 

not necessary as all comments 

submitted to http://www.regulations.gov 

will be posted for public review and are 

part of the official docket record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Posting of Public Comments. Please 

note that all comments received are 

considered part of the public record and 

made available for public inspection 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Such information includes personal 

identifying information (such as your 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter. 

You are not required to submit 

personal identifying information in 

order to comment on this rule. 

Nevertheless, if you want to submit 

personal identifying information (such 

as your name and address) as part of 

your comment, but do not want it to be 

posted online, you must include the 

phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You also must locate 

all the personal identifying information 

you do not want posted online in the 

first paragraph of your comment and 

identify what information you want 

redacted. 

If you want to submit confidential 

business information as part of your 

comment but do not want it to be posted 

online, you must include the phrase 

‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You also must 

prominently identify confidential 

business information to be redacted 

within the comment. If a comment has 

so much confidential business 

information that it cannot be effectively 

redacted, all or part of that comment 

may not be posted on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Personal identifying information and 

confidential business information 

identified and located as set forth above 

will be placed in the agency’s public 

docket file, but not posted online. If you 

wish to inspect the agency’s public 

docket file in person by appointment, 

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