Notice of Meeting of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, 61465-61466 [05-21308]

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[FR Doc. 05–21134 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of the Secretary [Docket No. DHS–2005–0041] Notice of Meeting of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee Office of Studies and Analysis, Science and Technology Directorate, DHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee (HSSTAC) will meet at 3811 N. Fairfax Drive, 6th Floor Conference Room, Arlington, Virginia 22209, in closed session on November 8, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in open session. DATE: The meeting date is November 8, 2005. ADDRESSES: If you wish to submit comments, you must do so by November 4, 2005. Comments must be identified by DHS–2005–0041 and may be submitted by one of the following methods: • Federal Partner EDOCKET Web Site: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the Web site. • E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include docket number in the subject line of the message. • Fax: (202) 254–6177. • Mail: Ms. Brenda Leckey, Office of Studies and Analysis, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to https:// www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Leckey, Office of Studies and Analysis, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, HSSTAC@dhs.gov, 202–254–5041. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 61465 L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.). The HSSTAC will meet for purposes of: (1) Reviewing Homeland Security Institute (HSI) work on riskbased strategic planning; (2) receiving subcommittee reports; (3) providing the Under Secretary with preliminary HSSTAC recommendations; (4) addressing future subcommittee activities; and (5) discussing the Annual Report to Congress and the Under Secretary. Specifically, the HSSTAC will review the results of its subcommittees’ activities undertaken since the last quarterly meeting in August 2005, and discuss any proposed subcommittee recommendations to be included in the annual report to Congress. The Committee will receive a briefing from the HSI on the status of the framework under development to link DHS and S&T investments to national homeland security strategies. And lastly, the Committee will discuss areas of interest for future subcommittee activities, and dispense subcommittee assignments for the annual report to Congress due in January. Public Attendance: Due to meeting space restrictions, the maximum number of public attendees will be 25. Members of the public will be registered to attend the public session on a firstcome, first-served basis per the procedures that follow. Any member of the public who wishes to attend the public session must provide his or her name, affiliation, social security number, and date of birth no later than 5 p.m. e.s.t., Friday, November 4, 2005. Please provide the required information to Craig Wilson via e-mail at HSSTAC@dhs.gov, or via phone at (202) 254–5723. Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should indicate so in their admittance request. Photo identification will be required for entry into the public session, and everyone in attendance must be present and seated by 4 p.m. on November 8, 2005. In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) and pursuant to the authority delegated to him by the Secretary in DHS Management Directive 2300, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology has determined that this HSSTAC meeting will address matters the disclosure of which would be likely to frustrate significantly proposed agency actions. Accordingly, consistent with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), the meeting will be partially closed to the public. E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 61466 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 204 / Monday, October 24, 2005 / Notices Dated: October 19, 2005. Charles E. McQueary, Under Secretary for Science and Technology Science and Technology Directorate. [FR Doc. 05–21308 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–10–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): Creation of Non-Portal Accounts for Importers; Automatic ACE Participation for C–TPAT Members Customs and Border Protection; Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: General notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the creation of Non-portal Accounts for importers wishing to participate in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) test, but not seeking the benefits that inure to parties that establish Portal Accounts. This notice also announces that all importers who are certified partners in the voluntary Customs– Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C–TPAT) Program, and are not holders of ACE Portal Accounts, are automatically established as ACE Nonportal Accounts and are eligible to participate in the Periodic Monthly Statement test. This Notice further announces that importers who are not certified partners in C–TPAT may still become Non-portal Accounts by accurately completing a Customs and Border Protection Form (CBP Form) 5106 and then submitting that document to a customs broker who is participating in ACE via a Portal Account. The broker will then submit that information to CBP. Finally, the document states that any current C– TPAT certified partners who are owners of Portal Accounts and are not participating in Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) may immediately participate in PMS directly with CBP, or through a customs broker with an ACE Portal Account, by providing to CBP those importer of record numbers that are part of the Portal Account and that have been previously designated to C– TPAT. DATES: The provisions of this Notice are effective immediately. ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be submitted to Mr. Michael Maricich via e-mail at Michael.Maricich@dhs.gov. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:19 Oct 21, 2005 Jkt 208001 For questions regarding this Notice: Mr. Michael Maricich via e-mail at Michael.Maricich@dhs.gov, or by telephone at (703) 921–7520. Information is also available at the CBP Web site, cbp.gov, regarding the procedures to follow in order to establish the accounts described in this notice, such as the submission of forms, information, etc. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Background On May 1, 2002, CBP published a General Notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 21800) announcing a plan to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test of the first phase of the Automated Commercial Environment. In this notice, CBP stated that it planned to select approximately forty importer accounts from the list of qualified applicants for the initial deployment of this test. The test would allow importers and authorized parties to access their customs data via a web based Account Portal. In order to be eligible for participation, an importer was required to become a member of the Customs– Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C–TPAT) Program and had to have the ability to connect to the internet. Each participant had to designate one person as the account owner for the company’s portal account information, with that account owner being responsible for safeguarding the company’s portal account information, controlling all disclosures of that information to authorized persons, authorizing user access to the Account Portal and ensuring that access to the company’s portal account information by authorized persons is strictly controlled. Each importer wishing to participate was required to fill out an application and, while not expressly stated in the Notice, each applicant was also required to agree to a set of terms and conditions. On June 18, 2002, CBP extended the application period for those desiring to be one of the initial importer participants by publishing a second General Notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 41572). That notice emphasized that applications to be an initial participant had to be submitted to CBP prior to August 1, 2002. Applications would be accepted after that date, but parties who so applied would be placed on a waiting list and considered for participation pending expansion of the technology. On February 4, 2004, CBP published a General Notice in the Federal Register (69 FR 5362) announcing the next step toward the full electronic processing of PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 commercial importations in ACE, with a focus on identifying authorized importers and brokers to participate in the test to implement the Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) Process. Under the test as described in this Notice, participating importers and their designated brokers are allowed to deposit estimated duties and fees no later than the 15th calendar day of the month following the month in which the goods are either entered or released, whichever comes first. (See section 383 of the Trade Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107– 210, dated August 6, 2002, which amended section 505(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1505(a)). Brokers are permitted to establish broker accounts in the secure data portal in order to submit Periodic Monthly Statements on behalf of their clients eligible to participate. The February 4, 2004, General Notice further stated that participants in this test would benefit by having access to operational data through the ACE Secure Data Portal (‘‘Portal’’), enjoying the capability of being able to interact electronically with CBP, and making payments of duties and fees on a periodic monthly basis. Pursuant to this Notice, an importer wishing to designate a broker to make Periodic Monthly Statement payment on his behalf can do so only after first establishing himself as an importer ACE Portal account by meeting the basic criteria set forth in the Federal Register notices of May 1, 2002 (67 FR 21800) plus two new additional requirements, i.e., having the ability to make periodic payment via ACH Credit or ACH Debit and having the ability to file entry/entry summary via ABI (Automated Broker Interface). Also, designated brokers wishing to participate in this test and make Periodic Monthly Statement payment on behalf of participating importers also had to establish individual broker ACE Portal Accounts, also meeting those same requirements. In addition, in order for customs brokers to apply, they had to provide names of the initial forty-one importers participating in the test who had designated or would designate them as the authorized broker. On September 8, 2004, CBP published a General Notice in the Federal Register (69 FR 54302), reminding the public that importers and their designated brokers may still apply to establish ACE Portal accounts so as to participate in the Periodic Monthly Statement Process. The Notice again invited customs brokers to participate in the ACE Portal test generally. On February 1, 2005, CBP published a General Notice in the Federal Register (70 FR 5199) modifying the eligibility E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1

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[FR Doc No: 05-21308]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DHS-2005-0041]


Notice of Meeting of Homeland Security Science and Technology 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Studies and Analysis, Science and Technology 
Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee (HSSTAC) will meet at 3811 N. Fairfax Drive, 6th Floor 
Conference Room, Arlington, Virginia 22209, in closed session on 
November 8, 2005, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
in open session.

DATE: The meeting date is November 8, 2005.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to submit comments, you must do so by November 
4, 2005. Comments must be identified by DHS-2005-0041 and may be 
submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal Partner EDOCKET Web Site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the 
Web site.
     E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include docket number in the 
subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 254-6177.
     Mail: Ms. Brenda Leckey, Office of Studies and Analysis, 
Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC 20528.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Leckey, Office of Studies and 
Analysis, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland 
Security, Washington, DC 20528, HSSTAC@dhs.gov, 202-254-5041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 
U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.). The HSSTAC will meet for purposes of: (1) 
Reviewing Homeland Security Institute (HSI) work on risk-based 
strategic planning; (2) receiving subcommittee reports; (3) providing 
the Under Secretary with preliminary HSSTAC recommendations; (4) 
addressing future subcommittee activities; and (5) discussing the 
Annual Report to Congress and the Under Secretary. Specifically, the 
HSSTAC will review the results of its subcommittees' activities 
undertaken since the last quarterly meeting in August 2005, and discuss 
any proposed subcommittee recommendations to be included in the annual 
report to Congress. The Committee will receive a briefing from the HSI 
on the status of the framework under development to link DHS and S&T 
investments to national homeland security strategies. And lastly, the 
Committee will discuss areas of interest for future subcommittee 
activities, and dispense subcommittee assignments for the annual report 
to Congress due in January.
    Public Attendance: Due to meeting space restrictions, the maximum 
number of public attendees will be 25. Members of the public will be 
registered to attend the public session on a first-come, first-served 
basis per the procedures that follow. Any member of the public who 
wishes to attend the public session must provide his or her name, 
affiliation, social security number, and date of birth no later than 5 
p.m. e.s.t., Friday, November 4, 2005. Please provide the required 
information to Craig Wilson via e-mail at HSSTAC@dhs.gov, or via phone 
at (202) 254-5723. Persons with disabilities who require special 
assistance should indicate so in their admittance request. Photo 
identification will be required for entry into the public session, and 
everyone in attendance must be present and seated by 4 p.m. on November 
8, 2005.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) and pursuant 
to the authority delegated to him by the Secretary in DHS Management 
Directive 2300, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology has 
determined that this HSSTAC meeting will address matters the disclosure 
of which would be likely to frustrate significantly proposed agency 
actions. Accordingly, consistent with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(9)(B), the meeting will be partially closed to the public.


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    Dated: October 19, 2005.
Charles E. McQueary,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology Science and Technology 
Directorate.
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