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United States Visitor and Immigrant
Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
Program; Notice of Availability of a
Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) and a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) on the USVISIT Plan for Potential Changes to
Immigration and Border Management
Processes
US-VISIT, DHS.
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SUMMARY: A Final Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the United States Visitor
and Immigrant Status Indicator
Technology (US-VISIT) program are
available to the public for electronic
download. The Final PEA examines the
potential environmental impacts of four
strategic approaches to enhance
immigration and border management
processes and addresses the substantive
comments received on the Draft PEA
during the public comment period.
These four approaches are aimed at
improving information available to
determine the identity and immigration
status of individuals traveling to and
from the United States. The Final PEA
resulted in a FONSI that selected the
proposed action, or Hybrid Alternative,
as the approach to enhance the
immigration and border management
enterprise. The Final PEA and FONSI
are made available to the public in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) and the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations for implementing NEPA.
DATES: The Final PEA and FONSI will
be available to the public on April 17,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final PEA and
FONSI may be obtained by download
through the Internet at https://
www.dhs.gov/us-visit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Mahoney, US–VISIT Environmental
Program Manager, at (202) 298–5245,
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.—5 p.m. EDT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: US-VISIT
published a Notice of Availability of a
Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) on the US-VISIT Plan
for Potential Changes to Immigration
and Border Management Processes in
the Federal Register (71 FR 8602,
February 17, 2006). The Notice briefly
discussed four strategic approaches
analyzed in the Draft PEA, informed the
public on how to obtain a copy of the
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Draft PEA, requested comments from
the public on the Draft PEA during the
public commenting period, and
informed the public on the location and
time of public meetings in seven
locations in the United States during the
public comment period. The comment
period ended on March 18, 2006.
Thirty-two (32) comments were received
and considered by US-VISIT.
The proposed action, or Hybrid
Alternative, has been selected as the
approach by which enhancements will
be made to immigration and border
management processes. This approach
was selected after careful review of the
environmental assessment and
consideration of input received from the
public and other federal and state
agencies during the public comment
period. The Hybrid Alternative was
chosen because it provides the most
opportunity for the entities responsible
for immigration and border management
to incorporate and balance the most
useful components of the virtual and
physical border alternatives to achieve
security, facilitation, individual privacy,
and immigration system integrity goals.
A review of the relative impacts showed
that no alternative would result in a
significant impact and that the Hybrid
Alternative ranked second in terms of
environmental preference. As
warranted, tiered environmental
analyses for specific initiatives at the
land border ports of entry resulting from
selection of the Hybrid Alternative will
be conducted and these tiered analyses
will be made available to the public. A
collection or ‘‘toolbox’’ of strategies and
information for monitoring, mitigation,
and environmental stewardship will
also be developed to be used in
implementing the Hybrid Alternative.
Juan Reyes,
Director, Office of Safety and Environmental
Programs, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
(US-VISIT) Program; Notice of Availability of a Final Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) on the US-VISIT Plan for Potential Changes to Immigration and
Border Management Processes
AGENCY: US-VISIT, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: A Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the United States Visitor
and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program are
available to the public for electronic download. The Final PEA examines
the potential environmental impacts of four strategic approaches to
enhance immigration and border management processes and addresses the
substantive comments received on the Draft PEA during the public
comment period. These four approaches are aimed at improving
information available to determine the identity and immigration status
of individuals traveling to and from the United States. The Final PEA
resulted in a FONSI that selected the proposed action, or Hybrid
Alternative, as the approach to enhance the immigration and border
management enterprise. The Final PEA and FONSI are made available to
the public in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations
for implementing NEPA.
DATES: The Final PEA and FONSI will be available to the public on April
17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final PEA and FONSI may be obtained by
download through the Internet at https://www.dhs.gov/us-visit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Mahoney, US-VISIT Environmental
Program Manager, at (202) 298-5245, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.--5 p.m. EDT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: US-VISIT published a Notice of Availability
of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) on the US-VISIT
Plan for Potential Changes to Immigration and Border Management
Processes in the Federal Register (71 FR 8602, February 17, 2006). The
Notice briefly discussed four strategic approaches analyzed in the
Draft PEA, informed the public on how to obtain a copy of the Draft
PEA, requested comments from the public on the Draft PEA during the
public commenting period, and informed the public on the location and
time of public meetings in seven locations in the United States during
the public comment period. The comment period ended on March 18, 2006.
Thirty-two (32) comments were received and considered by US-VISIT.
The proposed action, or Hybrid Alternative, has been selected as
the approach by which enhancements will be made to immigration and
border management processes. This approach was selected after careful
review of the environmental assessment and consideration of input
received from the public and other federal and state agencies during
the public comment period. The Hybrid Alternative was chosen because it
provides the most opportunity for the entities responsible for
immigration and border management to incorporate and balance the most
useful components of the virtual and physical border alternatives to
achieve security, facilitation, individual privacy, and immigration
system integrity goals. A review of the relative impacts showed that no
alternative would result in a significant impact and that the Hybrid
Alternative ranked second in terms of environmental preference. As
warranted, tiered environmental analyses for specific initiatives at
the land border ports of entry resulting from selection of the Hybrid
Alternative will be conducted and these tiered analyses will be made
available to the public. A collection or ``toolbox'' of strategies and
information for monitoring, mitigation, and environmental stewardship
will also be developed to be used in implementing the Hybrid
Alternative.
Juan Reyes,
Director, Office of Safety and Environmental Programs, Department of
Homeland Security.
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