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the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Heather Achbach, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug 

Enforcement Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01111 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Task Force on Research on 

Violence Against American Indian and 

Alaska Native Women Meeting 

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against 

Women, United States Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Office on Violence 

Against Women (OVW), U.S. 

Department of Justice has scheduled a 

meeting of the Task Force on Research 

on Violence Against American Indian 

and Alaska Native Women (hereinafter 

‘‘the Task Force’’). 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

February 10, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 

p.m. (eastern standard time). 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20001. The meeting will also be 

available online via a video 

conferencing platform. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit 

the OVW website at https://

www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-taskforce or contact Sherriann C. Moore, 

Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs Division, 

Office on Violence Against Women, 

United States Department of Justice, at 

(202) 616–0039 or ovw.tribalaffairs@

usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is required under section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. Title IX of the Violence 

Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 

2005), as amended, required the 

Attorney General to establish a task 

force to assist the National Institute of 

Justice (NIJ) in developing and 

implementing a program of research on 

violence against American Indian and 

Alaska Native women, to include 

studies on domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, 

murder, and sex trafficking experienced 

by American Indian and Alaska Native 

women living in Indian country and 

Alaska. NIJ’s program of research has 

supported studies on these crimes 

against American Indian and Alaska 

Native women and responses to these 

serious crimes. The Attorney General, 

acting through the Director of the Office 

on Violence Against Women, 

established the Task Force on March 31, 

2008, and the charter has been renewed 

every two years since then. 

More information on the Task Force 

may be found at https://

www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-taskforce and about the NIJ program of 

research at: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/ 

tribal-crime-and-justice. 

This meeting will include an 

introduction of new Task Force 

members, an update on NIJ’s recent 

framing papers, and a facilitated Task 

Force discussion and recommendations 

addressing violence against American 

Indian and Alaska Native Women. In 

addition, the Task Force is also 

welcoming public oral comment at this 

meeting and has reserved 30 minutes for 

this. The meeting will take place on 

February 10, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 

p.m. Time will be reserved for public 

comment from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

See the section below for information on 

reserving time for public comment. 

Access: The meeting will be held at 

999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20001 and will also be available online 

via a video conferencing platform. 

Members of the public who wish to 

participate must register in advance of 

the meeting online, no later than 

February 5, 2025. Details about 

registration can be found on the OVW 

website: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/ 

section-904-task-force. Should issues 

arise with online or email registration, 

the public should contact Sherriann C. 

Moore, Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs 

Division, Office on Violence Against 

Women, at (202) 616–0039 or 

ovw.tribalaffairs@usdoj.gov. 

Written Comments: Interested parties 

are invited to submit written comments 

by February 5, 2025, to Sherriann C. 

Moore, Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs 

Division, Office on Violence Against 

Women, at (202) 616–0039 or 

ovw.tribalaffairs@usdoj.gov. 

Public Comment: Persons interested 

in participating during the public 

comment period of the meeting are 

requested to reserve time on the agenda 

by contacting Sherriann C. Moore, 

Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs Division, 

Office on Violence Against Women, at 

(202) 616–0039 or ovw.tribalaffairs@

usdoj.gov. Requests must include the 

participant’s name, the organization 

represented, if appropriate, and a brief 

description of the subject of the 

comments. Each participant will be 

permitted approximately 3 to 5 minutes 

to present comments, depending on the 

number of individuals reserving time on 

the agenda. Participants are also 

encouraged to submit written copies of 

their comments at the meeting. 

Comments that are submitted to 

Sherriann C. Moore, Deputy Director, 

Tribal Affairs Division, Office on 

Violence Against Women, at (202) 616– 

0039 or ovw.tribalaffairs@usdoj.gov on 

or before February 5, 2025, will be 

circulated to Task Force members prior 

to the meeting. 

Given the expected number of 

individuals interested in presenting 

comments at the meeting, reservations 

should be made as soon as possible. 

Rosemarie Hidalgo, 

Director, Office on Violence Against Women. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

On January 10, 2025, the U.S. 

Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 

Complaint and lodged a proposed 

Consent Decree with the United States 

District Court for the Southern District 

of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United 

States of America v. General DynamicsOrdnance and Tactical Systems et al., 

Civil Acton No. 3:25-cv-00046. 

The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves claims brought by the United 

States under section 107 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for releases and 

threatened releases of hazardous 

substances at the Additional and 

Uncharacterized Sites Operable Unit 

(‘‘AUS OU’’), which is part of the Crab 

Orchard National Wildlife Refuge 

Superfund Site located near Marion, 

Illinois. The proposed settlement would 

resolve claims against General 

Dynamics-Ordnance and Tactical 

Systems, Inc. (‘‘GD–OTS’’), Crane 

Company, The Ensign-Bickford 

Company, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Olin 

Corporation, United States Surgical 

Corporation, Mallinckrodt US LLC, The 

Sherwin Williams Company, and Mason 

Hanger Corporation (collectively, 

‘‘Defendants’’) for response costs 

incurred by the Department of the 

Interior (‘‘DOI’’) and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’). The proposed settlement 

would also resolve potential 

counterclaims by GD–OTS against DOI, 

the Department of the Army, the Bureau 

of Prisons, and the General Services 

Administration (collectively ‘‘Settling 

Federal Agencies’’), for the Settling 

Federal Agencies’ share of response 

costs GD–OTS has incurred and will 


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incur to implement an Administrative 

Order on Consent to perform a Remedial 

Investigation and Feasibility Study for 

the AUS OU, and for the Settling 

Federal Agencies’ share of DOI’s and 

EPA’s past response costs. Under the 

proposed settlement, the Settling 

Federal Agencies will reimburse GD– 

OTS $24.3 million for past response 

costs and agree to reimburse 48% of 

GD–OTS’ future response costs on a 

‘‘pay-as-you-go’’ basis. The Defendants 

will reimburse DOI for $3.1 million and 

EPA for $54,000 in past response costs. 

The Settling Federal Agencies will also 

reimburse DOI for $2.9 million and EPA 

for $50,000. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Consent Decree. Comments 

should be addressed to Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and should 

refer to United States of America v. 

General Dynamics-Ordnance and 

Tactical Systems et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90– 

11–3–643/17. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted by email 

or mail: 

To submit comments Send them to 

By e-mail ............ pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov 

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

U.S. DOJ–ENRD 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, D.C. 20044– 

7611 

Any comments submitted in writing 

may be filed in whole or in part on the 

public court docket without notice to 

the commenter. During the public 

comment period, the proposed 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. 

Laura Thoms, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01087 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–CW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Exemption Application No. D–12102] 

Proposed Exemption for the Royal 

Bank of Canada and Its Current and 

Future Affiliates (Collectively, RBC or 

the Applicant) Located in Toronto, 

Ontario, Canada 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice of the pendency before the 

Department of Labor (the Department) of 

a proposed individual exemption from 

certain of the prohibited transaction 

restrictions of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or 

the Act) and the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 (the Code). This proposed 

exemption would permit certain 

qualified professional asset managers 

with specified relationships to Royal 

Bank of Canada Trust Company 

(Bahamas) Limited, and certain current 

and future affiliates of the Royal Bank 

of Canada (collectively, the RBC 

QPAMs), to continue to rely on the class 

exemptive relief granted in Prohibited 

Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84–14 

(PTE 84–14, or the QPAM Exemption), 

notwithstanding the March 5, 2024 

judgment of conviction against Royal 

Bank of Canada Trust Company 

(Bahamas) Limited (RBCTC Bahamas) 

for aiding and abetting tax fraud, 

entered in France in the Paris Court of 

Appeal. 

DATES: 

Exemption date: This proposed 

exemption would be in effect beginning 

on March 5, 2025, and ending on March 

4, 2030 (the Exemption Period). 

Comments due: Written comments 

and requests for a public hearing on the 

proposed exemption should be 

submitted to the Department by March 

3, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

requests for a hearing should be 

submitted to the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration (EBSA), Office 

of Exemption Determinations, 

Attention: Application No. D–12102 via 

email to e-OED@dol.gov or online 

through https://www.regulations.gov. 

Any such comments or requests should 

be sent by the end of the scheduled 

comment period. The application for 

exemption and the comments received 

will be available for public inspection in 

the Public Disclosure Room of the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–1515, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210 

(202) 693–8673). See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below for additional 

information regarding comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Blessed Chuksorji-Keefe of the 

Department at (202) 693–8567. (This is 

not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: Persons are encouraged to 

submit all comments electronically and 

not to submit paper copies. Comments 

should state the nature of the person’s 

interest in the proposed exemption and 

how the person would be adversely 

affected by the exemption, if granted. 

Any person who may be adversely 

affected by an exemption can request a 

hearing on the exemption. A request for 

a hearing must state: (1) the name, 

address, telephone number, and email 

address of the person making the 

request; (2) the nature of the person’s 

interest in the exemption, and the 

manner in which the person would be 

adversely affected by the exemption; 

and (3) a statement of the issues to be 

addressed and a general description of 

the evidence to be presented at the 

hearing. The Department will grant a 

request for a hearing made in 

accordance with the requirements above 

where a hearing is necessary to fully 

explore material factual issues 

identified by the person requesting the 

hearing. A notice of such hearing shall 

be published by the Department in the 

Federal Register. The Department may 

decline to hold a hearing if: 

(1) the request for the hearing does 

not meet the requirements above; (2) the 

only issues identified for exploration at 

the hearing are matters of law; or (3) the 

factual issues identified can be fully 

explored through the submission of 

evidence in written (including 

electronic) form. 

Warning: All comments received will 

be included in the public record 

without change and may be made 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be confidential or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. If you submit a 

comment, EBSA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment, but DO NOT submit 

information that you consider to be 

confidential, or otherwise protected 

(such as a Social Security number or an 

unlisted phone number) or confidential 

business information that you do not 


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