[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81966-81967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33371]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1105-0091]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested; Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal 
Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian Country

ACTION: 60-Day notice of information collection under review.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice, 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. The proposed information 
collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty 
days'' until February 27, 2012. This process is conducted in accordance 
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments, especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, suggestions, or need additional information, 
please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 2310, 
Washington, DC 20530. Written comments and suggestions from the public 
and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
are encouraged. 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Request to the Attorney General 
for Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No form. Component: 
Office of Tribal Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Tribal governments. Other: None.
    Abstract: The Department of Justice is publishing a proposed rule 
to establish the procedures for an Indian tribe whose Indian country is 
subject to State criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 280 (18 U.S.C. 
1162(a)) to request that the United States accept concurrent criminal 
jurisdiction within the tribe's Indian country, and for the Attorney 
General to decide whether to consent to such a request. The purpose of 
the collection is to provide information from the requesting tribe 
sufficient for the Attorney General to make a decision whether to 
consent to the request.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Fewer than 350 
respondents; 80 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 28,000 annual total burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    Fewer than 350 Indian tribes are eligible for the assumption of 
concurrent criminal jurisdiction by the United States. The Department 
of Justice does not know how many eligible tribes will, in fact, make 
such a request. The information collection will require Indian tribes 
seeking assumption of concurrent criminal jurisdiction by the United 
States to provide certain information relating to public safety within 
the Indian country of the tribe.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Two Constitution

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Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E-508, Washington, DC 20530.

Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2011-33371 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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