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(1) 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; 

(2) 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; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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: SemiAnnual Progress Report for the Court 

Training and Improvements Program. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number: 1122–0026. 

U.S. Department of Justice, Office on 

Violence Against Women. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: The affected public includes 

the approximately 23 grantees of the 

Court Training and Improvements 

Program. The grant program creates a 

unique opportunity for Federal, State, 

Territorial, and Tribal courts or courtbased programs to significantly improve 

court responses to sexual assault, 

domestic violence, dating violence, and 

stalking cases utilizing proven 

specialized court processes to ensure 

victim safety and offender 

accountability. The program challenges 

courts and court-based programs to 

work with their communities to develop 

specialized practices and educational 

resources that will result in significantly 

improved responses to sexual assault, 

domestic violence, dating violence and 

stalking cases, ensure offender 

accountability, and promote informed 

judicial decision making. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond/reply: It is estimated that it will 

take the approximately 23 respondents 

(grantees from the Court Training and 

Improvements Program) approximately 

one hour to complete a semi-annual 

progress report. The semi-annual 

progress report is divided into sections 

that pertain to the different types of 

activities in which grantees may engage. 

A Court Training and Improvements 

Program grantee will only be required to 

complete the sections of the form that 

pertain to its own specific activities. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total annual hour burden 

to complete the data collection forms is 

46 hours, that is 23 grantees completing 

a form twice a year with an estimated 

completion time for the form being one 

hour. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02588 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Public Meeting for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Proposed United States Penitentiary 

and Federal Prison Camp in Letcher 

County, Kentucky 

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons 

(Bureau) is announcing a public meeting 

for the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Proposed United 

States Penitentiary (USP) and Federal 

Prison Camp (FPC) in Letcher County, 

Kentucky. A 45-day public comment 

period on the Draft EIS was initiated 

with the publication of the Notice of 

Availability (NOA) of the Draft EIS in 

the Federal Register on February 13, 

2015. The 45-day public comment 

period is from February 13, 2015 

through March 30, 2015. 

This notice announces the date, time, 

and location of the public meeting for 

the Draft EIS and provides 

supplementary information about the 

environmental planning effort. 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: A public meeting 

will be held on March 12, 2015 between 

5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Letcher 

County Central High School located at 

435 Cougar Drive, Whitesburg, 

Kentucky. Bureau representatives will 

be available at poster stations during the 

public meeting to clarify information 

related to the Draft EIS. 

Federal, state, and local agencies and 

officials, and interested groups and 

individuals are encouraged to provide 

comments in person at the public 

meeting or in writing anytime during 

the public comment period. At the 

public meeting, attendees will be able to 

submit comments in writing and orally 

to a stenographer who will transcribe 

comments. All comments received 

during the public comment period will 

be given equal consideration. Comments 

may also be submitted to Mr. Thomas A. 

Webber, Chief, Capacity Planning and 

Construction Branch, Federal Bureau of 

Prisons, 320 First Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20534 (Telephone: 

(202) 514–6470, Fax: (202) 616–6024, or 

Email: txwebber@bop.gov). All 

statements, both written and oral, 

submitted during the public comment 

period will become part of the public 

record on the Draft EIS and will be 

responded to in the Final EIS. All 

written comments must be postmarked 

by March 30, 2015 to ensure they 

become part of the official record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed action being evaluated in this 

Draft EIS is the acquisition of property 

and the construction and operation of a 

federal correctional facility in Letcher 

County, Kentucky. The Bureau proposes 

to acquire approximately 800 acres to 

construct a USP (approximately 61,654 

square meters) and FPC (approximately 

6,063 square meters) in Letcher County. 

Inmates housed in the USP would be 

high-security male inmates and those 

housed in the FPC would be minimumsecurity male inmates. The proposed 

facilities would house approximately 

1,216 total inmates (approximately 

1,088 within the USP and 128 within 

the FPC). In addition to the USP and 

FPC, several ancillary facilities 

necessary for the operation of the USP 

and FPC would be constructed. A nonlethal/lethal fence would also be 

installed along the perimeter of the USP. 

The non-lethal/lethal fence would be 

placed between two parallel, chain link 

and razor wire fences. 

The official scoping period for this 

project began when the Bureau 

published a Notice of Intent in the 

Federal Register to prepare an EIS on 

July, 26, 2013. The Bureau held a 30-day 

public scoping period between July 26 

and August 26, 2013. A public scoping 

meeting was held on August 13, 2013 to 

inform the public about the proposed 

project and to explain the National 


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Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the associated environmental impact 

analysis. 

Three alternatives were analyzed in 

this Draft EIS, the No Action Alternative 

and two build alternatives: Alternative 

1—Payne Gap and Alternative 2— 

Roxana. 

No Action Alternative 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

Bureau would not acquire property or 

construct and operate a new USP or 

FPC. Existing USPs would remain 

overcrowded and prevent the Bureau 

from meeting its mission. The No 

Action Alternative does not meet the 

project purpose and need and is 

therefore, not considered a viable 

alternative. However, the No Action 

Alternative is analyzed in the Draft EIS 

because it serves as a baseline for 

comparing the proposed action. The 

purpose for this comparison is to allow 

the federal agency to assess the effects 

of taking no action versus implementing 

the proposed action. In some cases the 

no action alternative would result in 

impacts to certain resources if the 

proposed action is not implemented. 

Therefore, the assessment of the no 

action alternative is an important 

component of all NEPA documents. 

Alternative 1—Payne Gap 

Under Alternative 1, the Bureau 

would acquire approximately 753 acres 

of land known as the Payne Gap site. 

The site is located in eastern Letcher 

County, approximately 7 miles 

northeast of Whitesburg, along the 

Kentucky and Virginia border. The 

Bureau would then construct and 

operate a USP and FPC on this site. 

Alternative 1 would require extensive 

earthwork to prepare the site for 

development. Approximately 

10,912,130 cubic yards (yd3) of 

excavation and 13,823,012 yd3 of fill 

would be required prior to beginning 

construction activities. The Bureau 

would require a minimum of 300 acres 

for construction of the USP and FPC at 

this site. 

Alternative 2—Roxana 

Under Alternative 2, the Bureau 

would acquire approximately 700 acres 

of land known as the Roxana site. The 

site is located 7.5 miles west of 

Whitesburg, Kentucky. The Bureau 

would construct and operate a USP and 

FPC on this site. 

Alternative 2 would also require 

extensive earthwork to prepare the site 

for development. Approximately 

3,831,749 yd3 of material would need to 

be excavated from the site and 

approximately 4,293,001 yd3 of fill 

would be required to prepare the site for 

construction activities. The Bureau 

would require a minimum of 300 acres 

for construction of the USP and FPC at 

this site. 

Alternative 1 and Alternative 2 would 

both have significant impacts to 

geology, topography, and soils, as well 

as infrastructure and utilities, and traffic 

and transportation. Implementation of 

the proposed action under either 

alternative would also have the 

potential to impact threatened and 

endangered species, including the gray 

bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat 

(Myotis sodalist). Studies are ongoing to 

determine detailed impacts to winter 

and summer habitat. Coordination with 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is 

ongoing. 

Dated: February 5, 2015. 

Thomas A. Webber, 

Chief, Capacity Planning and Construction 

Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02663 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Community Oriented Policing Services 

Public Meetings With Members of the 

Research Community, Subject-Matter 

Experts and the Public To Discuss 

Topics Relating to Policing; Correction 

AGENCY: Community Oriented Policing 

Services, Justice. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Justice published a document in the 

Federal Register of January 29, 2015, 

concerning a public meeting notice to 

discuss topics relating to policing. The 

document contains an updated address 

for the meeting location. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald L. Davis, 202–514–4229 or 

PolicingTaskForce@usdoj.gov. 

Correction 

In 80 FR 4947, published on January 

29, 2015, correct the ADDRESSES caption 

to read: 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the 

Executive Conference Center, Lecture 

Hall, Phoenix Convention Center, 100 

N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004 

(Second Level, Room 207). In order to 

be considered by the Task Force in 

advance of the meeting, comments 

relating to the topic areas of Community 

Policing & Crime Reduction and 

Training & Education should be emailed 

in Adobe Acrobat format to Comment@

taskforceonpolicing.us by Friday, 

February 6, 2015. Written comments 

should be no more than five pages in 

length and no smaller than 12 point 

font. Citations should be put in an 

‘‘endnote’’ format and do not count 

towards the page limit. 

Recommendations should be clearly 

identified in the text of the testimony. 

The public may also submit comments 

via U.S. Mail to: President’s Task Force 

on Policing in the 21st Century, Office 

of Community Oriented Policing 

Services, U.S. Department of Justice, 

145 N Street NE., 11th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Melanca Clark, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02738 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–AT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Public Teleconference With the 

President’s Task Force on 21st 

Century Policing Discussing Best 

Practices and Recommendations 

AGENCY: Community Oriented Policing 

Services, Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: On December 18, 2014, 

President Barack Obama signed an 

Executive Order titled ‘‘Establishment of 

the President’s Task Force on 21st 

Century Policing’’ establishing the 

President’s Task Force on 21st Century 

Policing (‘‘Task Force’’). The Task Force 

seeks to identify best practices and 

make recommendations to the President 

on how policing practices can promote 

effective crime reduction while building 

public trust and examine, among other 

issues, how to foster strong, 

collaborative relationships between 

local law enforcement and the 

communities they protect. This 

publication announces tentative public 

teleconferences. 

The tentative meeting agenda is as 

follows: 

Call to Order 

Discussion of best practices and 

recommendations 

Conclusion 

DATES: The tentative teleconferences 

are: 

1. Wednesday, February 25, 2015 

from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. 

2. Thursday, February 26, 2015 from 

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. 

3. Friday, February 27, 2015 from 8:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. 

For disability access please call 

1–800–888–8888 (TTY users call via 

Relay). 


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