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reauthorized and amended by the
National Invasive Species Act of 1996,
authorizes the Coast Guard to develop
regulations to prevent the introduction
of nonindigenous species (NIS) via
ballast water discharges. The Coast
Guard recently promulgated regulations
in the Federal Register on June 14,
2004, entitled, ‘‘Penalties for Nonsubmission of Ballast Water
Management Reports’’ (68 FR 32864)
and on July 28, 2004, entitled
‘‘Mandatory Ballast Water Management
for U.S. Waters’’ (69 FR 44952). In doing
so, the Great Lakes Ballast Water
Management Program that became
effective on May 10, 1993 (58 FR
18330), has remained unchanged, with
the exception that all vessels equipped
with ballast water tanks that enter the
Great Lakes must now submit their
ballast water reporting forms as of
August 13, 2004 (68 FR 32864).
Description of Issue
Only vessels carrying pumpable
ballast water that enter the Great Lakes
after operating outside the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone are required
to comply with the Great Lakes ballast
water management requirements found
in 33 CFR part 151, subpart C. As a large
number of vessels that call on the Great
Lakes arrive with No Ballast on Board
(NOBOB), they are not required to
comply with these requirements.
However, NOBOBs have the potential to
carry NIS in their empty tanks via
residual ballast water and/or
accumulated sediments. Once NOBOBs
enter the Great Lakes and take up ballast
water, this water may mix with the
residual water and sediments and if
discharged into the Great Lakes, may
provide a mechanism for NIS to enter
the Great Lakes. Therefore, the Coast
Guard is seeking the public’s assistance
in developing management strategies to
address the invasion risks posed by
NOBOBs.
The Coast Guard will use information
gathered from this notice to develop a
comprehensive program to reduce the
threat of introducing NIS into the Great
Lakes via NOBOBs. The identification of
strategies to address invasion risks from
residual ballast water and sediments
must take into account vessel safety and
stability, the full range of vessel types
entering the Great Lakes, costs
associated with implementing strategy
options, and the need to evaluate the
effectiveness of these strategies in
actually preventing the introduction of
NIS into the Great Lakes. The
development of management strategies
to prevent NIS introduction from
NOBOBs presents a complex challenge
and requires close collaboration
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between government agencies, the
scientific community, the shipping
industry, and a wide range of
stakeholders.
Dated: January 3, 2005.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security
& Environmental Protection.
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Dated: January 5, 2005.
Jonathan D. Sarubbi,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Philadelphia.
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Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of public meeting;
request for comments; new meeting
location.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The location of the public
meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January
11, 2005, announced in a notice we
published in the Federal Register on
December 3, 2004 (69 FR 70271), has
been changed. The new meeting
location is: The Sheraton Suites
Philadelphia Airport, 4101 B Island
Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
approximately 1.5 miles from the
original site. Information concerning
this change along with directions will
be provided at the original meeting
location, and the meeting will begin at
3:30 p.m. and conclude at 7:30 p.m., to
allow attendees who have not received
this notice time to travel to the new
location.
The public meeting will be held
January 11, 2005, from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m.
DATES:
The public meeting will be
held at the Sheraton Suites Philadelphia
Airport, 4101 B Island Ave,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
ADDRESSES:
If
you have questions on this notice,
contact Lieutenant Commander Timothy
Meyers at Coast Guard Marine Safety
Office/Group Philadelphia, PA, by one
of the methods listed below:
(1) Phone at (215) 271–4860.
(2) E-mail at
TMEYERS@msogruphila.uscg.mil.
(3) Fax to (215) 271–4903.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection;
Comment Request
30-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Request to
Enforce Affidavit of Financial Support
and Intent to Petition for Custody for
Public Law 97–359 Amerasian, Form I–
363.
ACTION:
Notice, Request for Comments; Letter
of Recommendation, LNG Crown
Landing LLC, Logan Township,
Gloucester County, NJ—New Meeting
Location
AGENCY:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
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The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 29, 2004 at 69 FR
58177, allowed for a 60-day public
comment period. The USCIS did not
receive any comments on this
information collection during that
period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until February 7,
2005. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the collection of information
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
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,
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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 currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Request to Enforce Affidavit of
Financial Support and Intent to Petition
for Custody for Public Law 97–359
Amerasian.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–363.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration and
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
Households. This form is used by the
USCIS to determine whether an
Affidavit of Financial Support and
Intent to Petition for Legal Custody
require enforcement.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 50 responses at 30 minutes (0.5
hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 25 annual burden hours.
If you have comments, suggestions, or
need a copy of the information
collection instrument, please contact
Richard A. Sloan, Director, Regulatory
Management Division, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529; (202) 272–8377.
Dated: January 3, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarragon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2337–04]
RIN 1615–ZA15
Extension of the Designation of
Temporary Protected Status for El
Salvador; Automatic Extension of
Employment Authorization
Documentation for El Salvador TPS
Beneficiaries
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Temporary Protected
Status designation for El Salvador will
expire on March 9, 2005. This notice
extends the designation of El Salvador
for 18 months, until September 9, 2006,
and sets forth procedures necessary for
nationals of El Salvador (or aliens
having no nationality who last
habitually resided in El Salvador) with
TPS to re-register and to apply for an
extension of their employment
authorization documents (EADs) for the
additional 18-month period. Reregistration is limited to persons who
registered under the initial designation
announced on March 9, 2001 or who
filed their first application for TPS
under the late initial registration
provisions at 8 CFR 244.2(f)(2) and also
timely re-registered under each
subsequent extension of the designation.
Eligible aliens also must have
maintained continuous physical
presence in the United States since
March 9, 2001, and continuous
residence in the United States since
February 13, 2001. Certain nationals of
El Salvador (or aliens having no
nationality who last habitually resided
in El Salvador) who have not previously
applied for temporary protected status
may be eligible to apply under the late
initial registration provisions.
Given the large number of
Salvadorans affected by this notice, the
Department of Homeland Security
recognizes that many re-registrants may
not receive their new employment
authorization documents until after
their current documents expire on
March 9, 2005. Accordingly, this notice
automatically extends the validity of
employment authorization documents
issued under the temporary protected
status designation of El Salvador for 6
months, until September 9, 2005, and
explains how temporary protected
status beneficiaries and their employers
may determine which employment
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authorization documents are
automatically extended.
EFFECTIVE DATES: The extension of
temporary protected status for El
Salvador is effective March 9, 2005, and
will remain in effect until September 9,
2006. The 60-day re-registration period
begins January 7, 2005, and will remain
in effect until March 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colleen Cook, Residence and Status
Services, Office of Programs and
Regulations Development, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Department of Homeland Security, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20529, telephone (202)
514–4754.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abbreviations and Terms Used in This
Document.
Act—Immigration and Nationality Act
DHS—Department of Homeland
Security
DOS—Department of State
EAD—employment authorization
document
INS—Immigration and Naturalization
Service
RIC—Resource Information Center
TPS—temporary protected status
USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services
What Authority Does the Secretary of
DHS Have To Extend the Designation of
TPS for El Salvador?
On March 1, 2003, the functions of
the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) transferred from the
Department of Justice (DOJ) to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) pursuant to the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107–
296. The responsibilities for
administering temporary protected
status (TPS) held by the former INS
were transferred to U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS).
Under section 244 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (Act), 8 U.S.C.
1254a, the Secretary of DHS, after
consultation with appropriate agencies
of the Government, is authorized to
designate a foreign state (or part thereof)
for TPS. 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1). The
Secretary of DHS may then grant TPS to
eligible nationals of that foreign state (or
aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in that state). 8 U.S.C.
1254a(a)(1).
At least 60 days before the expiration
of the TPS designation or any extension
thereof, section 244(b)(3)(A) of the Act
requires the Secretary of DHS to review,
after consultation with appropriate
agencies of the Government, the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a
Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Request
to Enforce Affidavit of Financial Support and Intent to Petition for
Custody for Public Law 97-359 Amerasian, Form I-363.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register on September 29, 2004 at 69 FR 58177, allowed for a
60-day public comment period. The USCIS did not receive any comments on
this information collection during that period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until
February 7, 2005. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.10.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the collection of information should address one or
more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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 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,
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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 currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Request to Enforce Affidavit of
Financial Support and Intent to Petition for Custody for Public Law 97-
359 Amerasian.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-363.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration and Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or Households. This form
is used by the USCIS to determine whether an Affidavit of Financial
Support and Intent to Petition for Legal Custody require enforcement.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 50 responses at
30 minutes (0.5 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 25 annual burden hours.
If you have comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument, please contact Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20529; (202) 272-8377.
Dated: January 3, 2005.
Stephen R. Tarragon,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
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