9450 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 41 / Monday, March 3, 1997 / Notices

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection

under review; Survey protocol: COPS

MORE (Making Officer Redeployment

Effective) ’95.

The Department of Justice, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services

submitted the following information

collection request to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval in accordance with

the emergency review procedures of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The

proposed information collection is

published to obtain comments from the

public and affected agencies. Emergency

review and approval of this information

collection is requested by March 8,

1997, and is only valid for 180 days.

The Department of Justice is also using

this notice to seek public comments for

60 days until May 2, 1997.

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to

OMB, Office of Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Department of Justice Desk

Officer, Washington, DC, 20530.

Additionally, comments may be

submitted to OMB via facsimile to 202–

395–7285. Comments may also be

submitted to the Department of Justice

(DOJ), Justice Management Division,

Information Management and Security

Staff, Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC, 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to DOJ via

facsimile to 202–514–1590. Written

comments may also be submitted to

Stacy Curtis, Social Science Analyst,

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20530, or via facsimile

at (202) 616–5998.

Written comments and suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

should address one of the following four

points:

(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:

New collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Survey Protocol: COPS MORE (Making

Officer Redeployment Effective) ’95.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form: COPS 18/01. Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services,

U.S. Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: State, local and tribal law

enforcement agencies that received a

COPS MORE ’95 grant and that were

selected to participate in a phone

survey. COPS MORE (Making Officer

Redeployment Effective) ’95 provided

grant monies to selected law

enforcement agencies that submitted

grant applications requesting financial

assistance for the purchase of

equipment, hiring of civilians, and

provision of overtime resulting in the

redeployment of law enforcement

officers to community oriented policing

activities. The 1994 Crime Bill states

that grants for equipment, technology,

and support systems may not be

awarded in FY 1998–2000 unless the

Attorney General has certified that

grants awarded in fiscal years 1995–

1997 have resulted in an increase in the

number of officers deployed in

community policing. The survey in

consideration covers all areas necessary

to determine the effectiveness of COPS

MORE ’95 in meeting the above criteria.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: Survey Protocol: COPS MORE

(making Officer Redeployment

Effective) ’95: Approximately 200

respondents, at 1.25 hours per response

(including record-keeping).

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: Approximately 250 annual

burden hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: February 25, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–5113 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

consent decree embodying a partial

settlement in United States v. AlliedSignal, Inc., Civil Action No. 93–6490

MRP, was lodged on February 18, 1997,

with the United States District Court for

the Central District of California. The

decree resolves the liability of the

settling defendants for reimbursement of

response costs incurred pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et

seq., by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’) at the North Hollywood

Operable Unit (‘‘NHOU’’) of the San

Fernando Valley Basin Superfund Site

(‘‘SFVB’’), in the greater Los Angeles

area. The settling defendants and thirdparty defendants, AlliedSignal, Inc.;

Hawker Pacific, Inc.; Los Angeles ByProducts Company, Inc.; California Car

Hikers Service; Gordon N. and Peggy M.

Wagner; Joseph W. Basinger; ParkerHannifin Corporation; Inchcape, Inc.;

Crown Disposal Company, Inc.; Western

Waste Industries, Inc.; Browning-Ferris

Industries, Inc.; E.I. DuPont De

Nemours, Inc.; HR Textron, Inc.; AVX

Filters Corporation; Price Pfister, Inc.;

Nupla Corporation; Herman and Isabel

Benjamin; and the Benjamin Family

Trust, have agreed to pay a total of

$4,812,500 to the United States to

resolve their liability for past and future

NHOU response costs and past SFVB

Basin-wide costs through April 30,

1992.

The consent decree includes a

covenant not to sue under Sections 106

and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9606,

9607, and under Section 7003 of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. § 6973.

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 for the Environment and