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information collection instrument with 

instructions or additional information, 

please contact Rebekah Dorr, 

Department of Justice Office of 

Community Oriented Policing Services, 

1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

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 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: 

Emergency revision of a previously 

approved collection, with change; 

comments requested. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: COPS 

Application Attachment to SF–424. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

None. U.S. Department of Justice Office 

of Community Oriented Policing 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Law enforcement 

agencies and other public and private 

entities that apply for COPS Office 

grants or cooperative agreements will be 

asked to complete the COPS 

Application Attachment to SF–424. The 

COPS Application Attachment to SF– 

424 is the result of a COPS Office 

business process reengineering effort 

aimed at standardization as required 

under the grant streamlining 

requirements of Public Law 106–107, 

the Federal Financial Assistance 

Management Improvement Act of 1999, 

as well as the President’s Management 

Agenda E-grants Initiative. This form 

streamlined application forms across all 

COPS Office programs and reduced the 

burden on applicants due to the 

applicant’s ability to use the same form 

for multiple programs, thus reducing the 

need for applicant’s to learn how to 

complete multiple differing forms. 

(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 

16,200 respondents annually will 

complete the form within 10 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 

162,000 total annual burden hours 

associated with this collection. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. E9–4159 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–AT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission 

[OMB Number 1105–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-Day Emergency Notice of 

Information Collection Under Review: 

Collection of Information on Claims for 

Compensation for Physical and 

Emotional Injury, Death, and 

Commercial Claims Against the 

Government of Libya and Referred to 

the Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission by the Department of State 

Legal Adviser. 

The Department of Justice, Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission 

(Commission), will be submitting the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with emergency review 

procedures of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. OMB approval has been 

requested by March 20, 2009. The 

proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. If granted, 

the emergency approval is only valid for 

180 days. Comments should be directed 

to OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: 

Department of Justice Desk Officer, 

Washington, DC 20503. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 60 

days until April 28, 2009. 

During the first 60 days of this same 

review period, a regular review of this 

information collection is also being 

undertaken. All comments and 

suggestions, or questions regarding 

additional information, including 

obtaining a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions, should be directed to 

Judith Lock, Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission, Department of Justice, 600 

E Street, NW., Suite 6002, Washington 

DC 20579, or by facsimile (202) 616– 

6993. 

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 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: 

New Collection. 

(2) The title of the form/collection: 

Claims of U.S. Nationals Against Libya. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

department sponsoring the collection: 

Form Number: FCSC 1–09. Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission, 

Department of Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals and 

Corporate Entities. Other: None. 

Information will be used as a basis for 

determining eligibility of U.S. nationals 


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with physical and emotional injury, 

death, and commercial claims for 

awards payable by the Department of 

Treasury out of funds provided 

pursuant to the U.S.-Libya Claims 

Settlement Agreement for certain 

terrorism-related claims against Libya, 

its agencies and instrumentalities, and 

officials and employees thereof, and 

referred to the Commission by the 

Department of State Legal Adviser. 

(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 200 

respondents will complete the 

application in approximately two hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated total annual 

public burden associated with this 

application is 400 hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Justice. 

[FR Doc. E9–4156 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–BA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Prisons 

Availability of the Finding of No 

Significant Impact for the Criminal 

Alien Requirement VIII 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice, 

Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

ACTION: Notice; finding of no significant 

impact. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) 

announces the availability of the 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) concerning the Criminal Alien 

Requirement VIII (CAR VIII). The BOP 

is seeking flexibility in managing its 

current shortage of beds by contracting 

for those services with non-federal 

facilities to house federal inmates. This 

approach provides the BOP with 

flexibility to meet population capacity 

needs in a timely fashion, conform with 

federal law, and maintain fiscal 

responsibility, while successfully 

attaining the mission of the BOP. The 

BOP proposed to contract with a public 

and private corporation to house up to 

3000 federal, low-security, adult male 

inmates, that are primarily non-U.S. 

citizen, criminal aliens in existing 

Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated 

facilities. The award would be granted 

to a responsible offeror whose offer is 

found to be most advantageous to the 

Government. One existing facility has 

been offered in response to the BOP’s 

solicitation for services. The one 

response provided a total of 2,567 beds. 

Environmental impacts of the facility 

were evaluated in a Environmental 

Assessment (EA). The EA evaluated the 

full effects of the available 2,567 inmate 

beds. Environmental impacts of this 

facility have been evaluated in an EA 

provided by the Offeror. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard A. Cohn, Chief, Capacity 

Planning and Site Selection Branch, 

Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534. Tel: 

202–514–6470. Fax: 202–616–6024. Email: rcohn@bop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 and the Council of 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508), the EA prepared 

to contract with a public and private 

corporation to house approximately 

2,500 Federal, low-security, adult male 

inmates, non-U.S. citizen, that are 

primarily criminal aliens in existing 

Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated 

facility. One existing facility, has been 

offered in response to the BOP’s 

solicitation for services. The one 

response provided a total of 2,567 beds. 

The EA was published on January 14, 

2009, for a 30-day comment period and 

prepared pursuant to NEPA. 

Project Information 

The BOP is responsible for carrying 

out judgements of the Federal courts 

whenever a period of confinement is 

ordered. 

Subsequently, the mission of the BOP 

is to protect society by confining 

offenders in the controlled 

environments of prisons and 

community-based facilities that are safe, 

humane, cost-efficient, and 

appropriately secure, and that provide 

work and other self improvement 

opportunities to assist offenders in 

becoming law abiding citizens. 

Approximately 163,200 inmates are 

currently housed within the 114 federal 

correctional institutions that have levels 

of security ranging from minimum to 

maximum; a number exceeding the 

combined rated capacities of all federal 

correctional facilities. Measures being 

taken to manage the growth of the 

federal inmate population include 

construction of new institutions, 

acquisition and adaptation of facilities 

originally intended for other purposes, 

expansion and improvement of existing 

correctional facilities, and expanded use 

of contract beds. Adding capacity 

through these various means allows the 

BOP to work toward the long-term goal 

of reduced system-wide overcrowding. 

Alternatives Considered 

The No Action alternative is defined 

as a decision not to proceed with the 

proposed action to award a contract to 

house the described population. Instead, 

the BOP would continue the current and 

long-standing arrangement whereby 

low-security, adult male, criminal alien 

inmate populations are housed in 

facilities owned and operated by the 

BOP as well as with State, local, and 

private residential reentry centers and 

in alternative confinement. Adoption of 

the No Action alternative would avoid 

the potential impacts associated with 

use of a Contractor-Owned/ContractorOperated correctional facility to house 

low security, Federal inmates. 

Under the No Action alternative, the 

beneficial impacts on local and regional 

economies resulting from operational 

budget expenditures at potentially 

vacant or underutilized correctional 

facility would not occur. Under the No 

Action alternative, no job growth would 

be experienced in Adams County, 

Mississippi. The No Action alternative 

does not meet the purpose and need of 

the BOP’s Action alternative and would 

not address the demand for additional 

capacity to house the increasing federal 

inmate population. One location was 

evaluated in the EA. This facility could 

be awarded a number of inmates up to 

its capacity; potential impacts at this 

facility were evaluated based upon its 

maximum possible capacity. The facility 

and respective inmate populations 

evaluated were: 

■ Corrections Corporation of 

America, located in Adams County, 

Mississippi, evaluated for its maximum 

capacity under this action to provide 

2,567 beds. 

The impacts of the Action alternative 

on the environment were considered in 

an EA published on January 14, 2009 

and prepared pursuant to NEPA. The 

EA evaluated the full effects of the 

potentially available 2,567 inmate beds. 

Review of the EA has led to a FONSI, 

as that phrase is defined pursuant to 

NEPA. The Action alternative would 

result in negligible impacts to public 

services of host communities. There 

would be no significant adverse impacts 


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