Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Vessel and Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions; Reopening Comment Period, 45409-45410 [05-15542]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 150 / Friday, August 5, 2005 / Notices a public workshop to explore the policy, legal, and technology issues surrounding the government’s use of personally identifiable commercial data for homeland security. The program will include a broad range of experts and perspectives, including representatives from academia, business leaders, privacy advocates, legal experts, technologists, and policy leaders. In addition to the panel discussions, time will be allotted during the workshop for questions and comments from the audience that may be directed to each panel. Reason for the Workshop The government’s use of technology to access and analyze vast amounts of personally identifiable data collected by companies and data aggregators raises important privacy concerns. The DHS Privacy Office is holding this workshop to inform the Privacy Office, DHS, and the public about the policy, legal, and technology issues surrounding the government’s access and use of such information for counterterrorism and how to protect privacy given the government’s need for better data analysis. Commercially available personal information ranges from directory information, such as individual names, addresses, and telephone numbers, to records of retail purchases, including travel, insurance, and financial data, to public record information obtained from Federal, state, and local offices, including court documents, professional licenses, and property records. A number of reports have been issued urging that the government adopt standards for using such information for intelligence analysis, including the Department of Defense, Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC) Report and the two reports of the Markle Foundation’s Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.1 This workshop is intended to provide a forum for considering such standards as well as for examining whether and how information technology and commercial data can help improve national security. Finally, the workshop will look at technologies to aid in data analysis and 1 Technology and Privacy Advisory Commission, Safeguarding Privacy in the Fight Against Terrorism (2004) available at https://www.sainc.com/tapac/ finalreport.htm; Markle Foundation, Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, Creating a Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security (2003); Markle Foundation, Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, Protecting American’s Freedom in the Information Age (2002). The Markle reports are available at https:// www.markle.org. VerDate jul<14>2003 15:34 Aug 04, 2005 Jkt 205001 information management that are more privacy protective. The Workshop The program will begin with a discussion of how government agencies are using personally identifiable commercial data in homeland security. Among the questions that we may examine are: What types of personally identifiable commercial data are being used; what are the benefits of using such data; what commercial data is needed to help identify terrorists; can commercial data be used to reduce the incidence of false positives, and if so, what data is needed to do so; and how accurate is commercial data for such purposes. The second topic will address the privacy and legal issues raised by government use of commercial data. This panel will explore the adequacy of current laws, particularly the Privacy Act of 1974, to protect against government abuses when using commercial data. The panel will also examine the privacy implications of government’s use of commercial data and whether there should be any limitations or protections. The panel may also discuss whether there are international laws and standards that can provide models for protecting privacy in this context. The third panel will focus on current and developing technologies to aid the government in analyzing data for homeland security. This panel will examine the technologies government agencies are using to access and process data and whether such uses raise privacy concerns. The panel may also discuss how to evaluate the quality of such technologies, the accuracy of the underlying data, and whether further research is needed before agencies invest in such technologies. The fourth panel will examine how technology can help protect individual privacy while enabling government agencies to analyze data. This panel will review privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) that enable data analysis without disclosing the identity of individuals by using de-identified or anonymized data. In addition, the technologists will discuss how matching, linking, and knowledge discovery can be done in a more privacy-sensitive manner. The final panel will build on the discussion of the previous panels to develop a recommended roadmap for DHS on building privacy protections into information programs that use commercial data. This closing panel will discuss options concerning privacy protective rules and standards DHS can adopt without waiting for changes in law. The panel may also consider how PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45409 technology can be used as a governance tool to ensure that the agency’s privacy polices are implemented. Registration Information The workshop is open to the public and there is no fee for attendance. For general security purposes, all attendees will be required to show a valid form of photo identification, such as a driver’s license, to enter the building. The Privacy Office will accept registration for this workshop. Registration is not necessary to attend, but is encouraged so that we may better plan this event. To register, please send an e-mail to the e-mail box for the workshop, privacyworkshop@dhs.gov, indicating your intent to attend. The Privacy Office will not retain your email or e-mail address. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the DHS Privacy Policy on the DHS Web site at https://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/ privacy.jsp. The Privacy Office will post additional information about the workshop, including a detailed agenda, on the DHS Privacy Office Web site at https://www.dhs.gov/privacy prior to the event. A transcript of the workshop will be posted shortly after the workshop. Dated: July 25, 2005. Nuala O’Connor Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 05–15488 Filed 8–4–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–10–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [USCG–2000–7833] Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Vessel and Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions; Reopening Comment Period Coast Guard, DHS. Notice of availability and request for comments; reopening the comment period. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: In response to public request, the Coast Guard is reopening the public comment period on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility Response Plans for Oil; 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31487). The DPEIS E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1 45410 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 150 / Friday, August 5, 2005 / Notices addresses the increase of the oil removal capacity (caps) requirements for tank vessels and marine transportationrelated (MTR) facilities and added requirements for new response technologies. Reopening of the comment period gives the public more time to submit comments and recommendations on the issues raised in the DPEIS. DATES: Comments must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before September 6, 2005. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number USCG–2000–7833 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the following methods: (1) Web Site: https://dms.dot.gov. (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. (3) Fax: (202) 493–2251. (4) Delivery: Room PL–401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366– 9329. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, call Bradley McKitrick, Coast Guard, telephone (202) 267–0995, or e-mail bmckitrick@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366–0271. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request for Comments All comments received will be posted, without change, to https://dms.dot.gov and will include any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act’’ paragraph below. Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (USCG–2000–7833) and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your comments by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments by only one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached VerDate jul<14>2003 15:34 Aug 04, 2005 Jkt 205001 the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments received during the comment period. Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, go to https:// dms.dot.gov at any time, click on ‘‘Simple Search,’’ enter the last five digits of the docket number for this rulemaking, and click on ‘‘Search.’’ You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in room PL–401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the Department of Transportation’s Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov. Background and Purpose We are requesting your comments on environmental concerns you may have related to the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility Response Plans for Oil; 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology Revisions published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31487). We will publish comments received during the DPEIS review period in the final PEIS. We will publish a notice of availability of the final PEIS in the Federal Register. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted, as they will be incorporated into the public record as part of this reopened comment period, and will be fully considered. Dated: August 2, 2005. R. Petow, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard. [FR Doc. 05–15542 Filed 8–4–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–15–P PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [Docket No. DHS–2005–0008; USCIS No. 2340–05] RIN 1615–ZA17 Important Announcement for Class Members of American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh (ABC) Regarding Change of Address Notifications, Discontinuance of Form I–855, ABC Change of Address Form, and Permanent Closure of the ABC Project Post Office Box U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice informs class members of American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal. 1991) (ABC) of a change in procedures for notifying the Office of Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of any address changes. It informs ABC class members that the ABC Project Post Office Box in Washington, D.C will be closed and that USCIS will no longer accept change of address forms sent to that address. USCIS intends to standardize the reporting of all alien changes of address and has developed a central repository for tracking and updating an alien’s change of address. DATES: This notice is effective October 4, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Wyrough, Program Manager, ABC–NACARA, Asylum Division, Office of Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20536, Telephone Number (202) 272–1634. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Class members must notify USCIS of any change of address by submitting Form AR–11, Alien’s Change of Address Card, to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) address listed on the Form within 10 days after an address change. If the ABC asylum application is pending with a USCIS Asylum Office, the class member should also notify that office of the change in address by submitting a copy of the completed Form AR–11, or a signed and dated letter containing the change of address. E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45409-45410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15542]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2000-7833]


Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Vessel and 
Facility Response Plans for Oil: 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements 
and Alternative Technology Revisions; Reopening Comment Period

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments; reopening the 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public request, the Coast Guard is reopening 
the public comment period on the Draft Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility 
Response Plans for Oil; 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and 
Alternative Technology Revisions published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 
31487). The DPEIS

[[Page 45410]]

addresses the increase of the oil removal capacity (caps) requirements 
for tank vessels and marine transportation-related (MTR) facilities and 
added requirements for new response technologies. Reopening of the 
comment period gives the public more time to submit comments and 
recommendations on the issues raised in the DPEIS.

DATES: Comments must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before 
September 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket 
number USCG-2000-7833 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one 
of the following methods:
    (1) Web Site: https://dms.dot.gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    (4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is (202) 366-9329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call Bradley McKitrick, Coast Guard, telephone (202) 267-0995, or e-
mail bmckitrick@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    All comments received will be posted, without change, to https://
dms.dot.gov and will include any personal information you have 
provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation 
(DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy 
Act'' paragraph below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include your 
name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (USCG-
2000-7833) and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your 
comments by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the Docket 
Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit 
your comments by only one means. If you submit them by mail or 
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them 
by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please 
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will 
consider all comments received during the comment period.
    Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time, click on ``Simple Search,'' enter the last 
five digits of the docket number for this rulemaking, and click on 
``Search.'' You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in room 
PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the 
Department of Transportation's Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 
https://dms.dot.gov.

Background and Purpose

    We are requesting your comments on environmental concerns you may 
have related to the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
(DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel and Facility Response Plans for 
Oil; 2003 Removal Equipment Requirements and Alternative Technology 
Revisions published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR 31487). We will publish 
comments received during the DPEIS review period in the final PEIS. We 
will publish a notice of availability of the final PEIS in the Federal 
Register. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted, as 
they will be incorporated into the public record as part of this 
reopened comment period, and will be fully considered.

    Dated: August 2, 2005.
R. Petow,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, 
Security, and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
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