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State of New Jersey, including New 

Jersey Department of Environmental 

Protection (‘‘NJDEP’’), the 

Commissioner of the New Jersey 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, and the Administrator of the 

New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund 

(collectively, the ‘‘State Plaintiffs’’); and 

the following parties: NL Industries, 

Inc., Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, 

Atlantic Battery Co., Inc., Atlantic 

Richfield Co., Bixon Liquidation Corp., 

C&D Technologies, Inc., Clarios, LLC, 

Crown Battery Manufacturing Co., East 

Penn Manufacturing Co., EnerSys 

Delaware, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours 

and Co., (n/k/a EIDP, Inc.), FMC Corp., 

Gould Electronics Inc., Honeywell 

International, Inc., Joe Krentzman & 

Son, Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Rae 

Storage Battery Co., Tiffen Acquisition 

Corp., Tiffen Co., LLC, Rio Tinto 

Minerals Inc., Rio Tinto Metals Limited, 

Rio Tinto plc, Wimco Metals, Inc., and 

Yuasa Battery, Inc., (collectively 

referred to as ‘‘Defendants’’ herein), 

regarding the Raritan Bay Slag 

Superfund Site in Old Bridge Township 

and Borough of Sayreville, New Jersey 

(‘‘Site’’). The Consent Decree will also 

resolve all claims regarding the Site, 

including but not limited to 

contribution claims, between and 

amongst the United States on behalf of 

the General Services Administration 

and the Department of Defense, 

including but not limited to the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, the State and 

Defendants, including those in the 

action NL Industries, Inc. v. Old Bridge 

Township, et al., 13–cv–03493 MAS (D. 

New Jersey). 

Under the Proposed Consent Decree 

$151.1 million will be paid to the 

United States and State Plaintiffs by 

Defendants, as well as settling federal 

and state agencies. From the $151.1 

million, EPA will receive $132.3 million 

as reimbursement for past costs and to 

pay for the remaining cleanup work at 

the Site, and $18.7 million will go 

towards restoration of natural resource 

damages and assessment costs by 

Federal Trustees, NOAA and DOI, and 

State Trustee, NJDEP. In exchange, 

Defendants and settling federal and state 

agencies will receive contribution 

protection and covenants not to sue 

under Sections 106, 107(a) and 113 of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

9606, 9607(a) and 9613 (‘‘CERCLA’’), 

the Spill Compensation and Control Act 

(the ‘‘Spill Act’’), N.J.S.A. 58:10–23.11 

through –23.24, the Water Pollution 

Control Act (the ‘‘WPCA’’), N.J.S.A. 

58:10A–1 through –20, and the Solid 

Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E– 

1 through –227, for the Site. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Consent Decree. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and should refer to 

United States, et al. v. NL Industries, 

Inc., et. al., Civil Action No. 3:24–cv– 

8946, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–10954 and 

NL Industries, Inc. et al., v. Old Bridge 

Township, et al., Civil Action No. 13– 

cv–3493 MAS (D. New Jersey), D.J. Ref. 

No. 90–11–6–19872. All comments must 

be submitted no later than sixty (60) 

days after the publication date of this 

notice. Comments may be submitted 

either by email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

NJDEP, in accordance with N.J.S.A 

58:10–23.11e2 of the Spill Act will also 

publish notice of the proposed Consent 

Decree in the New Jersey Register and 

on NJDEP’s website for a period of 60 

days. Comments that are submitted to 

the Department will be shared with the 

State for consideration and will not 

need to be resubmitted. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree may be examined 

and downloaded at this Justice 

Department website: https://

www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

If you require assistance accessing the 

proposed Consent Decree, you may 

request assistance by email or by mail 

to the addresses provided above for 

submitting comments. 

Eric D. Albert, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1121–0095] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; 

Reinstatement, With Change, of a 

Previously Approved Collection: 

Census of Public Defender Offices 

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), 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. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

November 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional 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 

Ryan Kling, Statistician, Judicial 

Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20531 (email: 

Ryan.Kling@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202– 

704–0076). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 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; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; 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: 

Reinstatement, with change, of a 

previously approved collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Census of Public Defender Offices 

(CPDO). 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 


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Department sponsoring the collection: 

Form number(s): The instrument is 

CPDO–1. The applicable component 

within the Department of Justice is the 

Bureau of Justice Statistics (Judicial 

Statistics Unit), in the Office of Justice 

Programs. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Respondents will be leaders of 

public defender offices. The Census of 

Public Defender Offices (CPDO, OMB 

Number 1121–0095) is the only national 

data collection identifying and 

surveying all public defender offices in 

the U.S. and Territories since the first 

iteration of CPDO in 2007 (originally 

titled Survey of Public Defender Offices 

2007). In 2013, the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics conducted the National 

Survey of Indigent Defense Systems 

(OMB Number 1121–0095), expanding 

its scope to include not only public 

defender offices but also assigned 

counsel and contract attorneys. For 

purposes of this project, public defender 

offices are eligible for inclusion if they 

are publicly funded, have a physical 

address, at least one W–2 earning 

attorney, and provide direct public 

defense representation for adults and/or 

juveniles who are accused of a crime or 

delinquency or accused in a trial court 

of violating conditions of a sentence. 

After locating all public defender 

offices in the U.S. within the defined 

scope, the 2023 CPDO will gather 

important metrics on public defender 

office operations from office leaders. 

Developed in consultation with public 

defense leaders, the survey includes 

sections addressing general office 

operations including expenditures and 

funding streams, staffing, caseloads, 

eligibility standards, and office 

resources. 

The 2023 instrument is a combination 

of questions from the 2007 iteration and 

new or updated questions reflecting 

emerging issues in the field of public 

defense. Retaining historical questions 

will allow for trend analysis while the 

newer questions will provide 

informative data useful for practitioners, 

researchers and policymakers. Some 

examples of information provided by 

the CPDO include: 

• Caseloads and case types 

• Staff sizes and roles 

• Staff attrition 

• Staff salary ranges 

• Demographics of chief public 

defender and staff attorneys 

• Initial public defender appointment 

and contact practices 

• Case management system capacity 

BJS will use the information gathered 

in CPDO in published reports and 

statistics. The reports will be made 

available to the U.S. Congress, Executive 

Office of the President, practitioners, 

researchers, students, the media, others 

interested in criminal justice statistics, 

and the general public via the BJS 

website. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: BJS will send the survey to 

approximately 2,000 public defender 

offices (in 50 states, the District of 

Columbia and five U.S. Territories). The 

obligation to respond is voluntary. The 

expected burden placed on each 

respondent is about 1 hour. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total respondent burden 

is about 1,890 hours. BJS estimates 

approximately 6% (120) of offices 

receiving the survey will screen out of 

the survey due to ineligibility. The 

burden for out-of-scope entities will be 

less than 5 minutes. 

Number of 

public 

defender 

offices 

Time per 

survey 

Total time 

(in minutes) Total burden hours 

Out of scope public defender offices .............. 120 5 600 10 hours (600 mins/60 mins). 

In scope public defender offices ..................... 1,880 60 112,800 1,880 hours (112,800 mins/60 mins). 

Total ......................................................... 2,000 ........................ ........................ 1,890 hours. 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: No costs other than the cost 

of the hour burden exist for this data 

collection. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 3E.206, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, Policy 

and Planning Staff, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Department of 

Justice. 

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 

BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Each Wednesday of 

every month through Fiscal Year 2025, 

at 2:00 p.m. Changes in date and time 

will be posted at www.nlrb.gov. 

PLACE: Meetings will be held via 

videoconferencing technology. If Board 

meetings resume in person, the Board 

will meet in the Board Agenda Room, 

No. 5065, 1015 Half St., SE, Washington 

DC. Any in-person meetings will be 

noted at www.nlrb.gov. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Pursuant to 

§ 102.139(a) of the Board’s Rules and 

Regulations, the Board or a panel 

thereof will consider ‘‘the issuance of a 

subpoena, the Board’s participation in a 

civil action or proceeding or an 

arbitration, or the initiation, conduct, or 

disposition . . . of particular 

representation or unfair labor practice 

proceedings under section 8, 9, or 10 of 

the [National Labor Relations] Act, or 

any court proceedings collateral or 

ancillary thereto.’’ See also 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(10). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roxanne L. Rothschild, Executive 

Secretary, 1015 Half Street SE, 

Washington, DC 20570. Telephone: 

(202) 273–1940. 

Dated: September 6, 2024. 

Roxanne L. Rothschild, 

Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations 

Board. 

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