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—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: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Request to the Attorney General for 

Assumption of Concurrent Federal 

Criminal Jurisdiction. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: No form. Component: Office 

of Tribal Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Tribal governments. 

Other: None. 

Abstract: The Department of Justice is 

publishing a proposed rule to establish 

the procedures for an Indian tribe whose 

Indian country is subject to State 

criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 

280 (18 U.S.C. 1162(a)) to request that 

the United States accept concurrent 

criminal jurisdiction within the tribe’s 

Indian country, and for the Attorney 

General to decide whether to consent to 

such a request. The purpose of the 

collection is to provide information 

from the requesting tribe sufficient for 

the Attorney General to make a decision 

whether to consent to the request. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Fewer than 350 respondents; 

80 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 

28,000 annual total burden hours 

associated with this collection. 

Fewer than 350 Indian tribes are 

eligible for the assumption of 

concurrent criminal jurisdiction by the 

United States. The Department of Justice 

does not know how many eligible tribes 

will, in fact, make such a request. The 

information collection will require 

Indian tribes seeking assumption of 

concurrent criminal jurisdiction by the 

United States to provide certain 

information relating to public safety 

within the Indian country of the tribe. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E–508, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Third Amendment 

to Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

Under 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that on February 28, 2012, a 

proposed Third Amendment to the 

Consent Decree entered in the case of 

United States, et al. v. ConocoPhillips 

Company, Civil Action No. H–05–0258, 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the Southern District 

of Texas. 

Under the original Consent Decree, 

ConocoPhillips Company (‘‘COPC’’) 

agreed to implement innovative 

pollution control technologies to reduce 

emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur 

dioxide, and particulate matter from 

refinery process units at nine refineries 

owned and operated by COPC. COPC 

also agreed to adopt facility-wide 

enhanced benzene waste monitoring 

and fugitive emission control programs. 

Subsequently, the Court entered First 

and Second Amendments to the 

Consent Decree and a new owner (WRB 

Refining) of two of the refineries—the 

Wood River and Borger Refineries—was 

added as a defendant. COPC remained 

a defendant with respect to those two 

refineries because it continued to 

operate them. 

COPC still is obligated to comply with 

the Consent Decree as amended. 

However, under the Third Amendment, 

COPC will undertake a demonstration 

project and emissions tests at a recently 

installed delayed coking unit at its 

Wood River Refinery in order to enable 

the parties to establish new limits and 

controls for the coke drum steam vents 

and coker quench water tank. COPC also 

will pay civil penalties of $249,000, 

$98,500, and $21,000 to resolve alleged 

Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP 

(‘‘BWON’’) violations at its Borger, 

Trainer, and Wood River Refineries, 

respectively. In addition, for the 

resolution of the BWON claims at its 

Wood River Refinery, COPC will 

perform a Supplemental Environmental 

Project valued at $77,000 to retrofit 

diesel school buses with pollution 

controls. Finally, several minor and 

non-material modifications are included 

in the Third Amendment. 

In the Third Amendment, the United 

States is joined by all Co-Plaintiffs to the 

original Consent Decree: the State of 

Illinois, the State of Louisiana, the State 

of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania, and the Northwest Clean 

Air Agency in the State of Washington. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the Third Amendment. 

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, et al. v. ConocoPhillips 

Company, D. J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1– 

06722/1. 

During the public comment period, 

the Third Amendment may be examined 

on the following Department of Justice 

Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Third Amendment 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 

number (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 $13.75 (25 

cents per page reproduction cost) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 

requesting by email or fax, forward a 

check in that amount to the Consent 

Decree Library at the address given 

above. 

Robert D. Brook, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

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