Notice of Postponement of H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot, 42909-42910 [E9-20424]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1855–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018]
Kentucky; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the Commonwealth of
Kentucky (FEMA–1855–DR), dated
August 14, 2009, and related
determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: August 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
August 14, 2009, the President issued a
major disaster declaration under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows:
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SUMMARY:
I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky resulting from severe storms,
straight-line winds, and flooding on August
4, 2009, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant a major disaster
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford
Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a major
disaster exists in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.
In order to provide Federal assistance, you
are hereby authorized to allocate from funds
available for these purposes such amounts as
you find necessary for Federal disaster
assistance and administrative expenses.
You are authorized to provide Individual
Assistance in the designated areas, Hazard
Mitigation throughout the State, and any
other forms of assistance under the Stafford
Act that you deem appropriate. Consistent
with the requirement that Federal assistance
is supplemental, any Federal funds provided
under the Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation
and Other Needs Assistance will be limited
to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. If
Public Assistance is later requested and
warranted, Federal funds provided under
that program will also be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration to the extent
allowable under the Stafford Act.
The time period prescribed for the
implementation of section 310(a),
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Priority to Certain Applications for
Public Facility and Public Housing
Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for
a period not to exceed six months after
the date of this declaration.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Michael J. Lapinski,
of FEMA is appointed to act as the
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
major disaster.
The following area of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky has been
designated as adversely affected by this
major disaster:
Jefferson County for Individual Assistance.
All counties within the Commonwealth of
Kentucky are eligible to apply for assistance
under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households in Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1852–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018]
Maine; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Maine (FEMA–1852–DR), dated
July 30, 2009, and related
determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: August 18, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
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Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Maine is hereby amended to
include the following area among those
areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the event declared a major
disaster by the President in his
declaration of July 30, 2009.
Piscataquis County for Public
Assistance.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[CBP Dec. 09–34]
Notice of Postponement of H–2A and
H–2B Temporary Worker Visa Exit
Program Pilot
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice; postponement of
commencement date.
SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) announces the
postponement of the commencement
date of the H–2A and H–2B Temporary
Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot,
originally set for August 1, 2009. The
pilot program will require temporary
workers within H–2A and H–2B
nonimmigrant classifications that enter
the United States at either the port of
San Luis, Arizona or the port of
Douglas, Arizona, to depart from one of
those ports and to submit certain
biographical and biometric information
at one of the kiosks established for this
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purpose. A delay of the commencement
date is necessary to ensure that the
kiosks are fully operational.
DATES: The pilot program will
commence December 8, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Erin M. Martin via e-mail at
ERIN.Martin@dhs.gov.
On
December 18, 2008, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) published a
Notice in the Federal Register (73 FR
77049), announcing that CBP is
establishing a new land-border exit
system for H–2A temporary workers,
starting on a pilot basis, at certain
designated ports of entry.1 This notice
was published concurrently and is in
accordance with a Final Rule published
by the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) in the Federal Register
(73 FR 76891). The Final Rule
implements the pilot program by adding
8 CFR 215.9, which provides that an
alien admitted on an H–2A visa at a port
of entry participating in the Temporary
Worker Visa Exit Program must also
depart at the end of his or her
authorized period of stay through a port
of entry participating in the program
and present designated biographic and/
or biometric information upon
departure. As required by 8 CFR 215.9,
CBP published a Notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 77049) designating H–
2A workers that enter the United States
at either the port of San Luis, Arizona
or the port of Douglas, Arizona, as
participants in the Temporary Worker
Visa Exit Program, who must depart
from one of those ports and submit
certain biographical and biometric
information at one of the kiosks
established for this purpose.
On December 19, 2008, CBP
published a Notice of Expansion of
Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program
Pilot To Include H–2B Temporary
Workers in the Federal Register (73 FR
77817), in line with the Final Rule
published concurrently by DHS in the
Federal Register (73 FR 78104).2 The
Final Rule expands the pilot program by
amending 8 CFR 215.9, to provide that
aliens admitted on an H–2B visa at a
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 The H–2A nonimmigrant classification applies
to aliens seeking to perform agricultural labor or
services of a temporary or seasonal nature in the
United States. Immigration and Nationality Act (Act
or INA) sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); see 8 CFR 214.1(a)(2)
(designation for H–2A classification).
2 The H–2B nonimmigrant classification applies
to foreign workers coming to the U.S. temporarily
to perform temporary, non-agricultural labor or
services. Immigration and Nationality Act (Act or
INA) sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b); see 8 CFR 214.1(a)(2)
(designation for H–2B classification).
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port of entry participating in the
Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program
must also depart at the end of his or her
authorized period of stay through a port
of entry participating in the program
and present designated biographic and/
or biometric information upon
departure. As required by 8 CFR 215.9,
as amended, CBP published a Notice in
the Federal Register (73 FR 77817) to
include H–2B workers in the Temporary
Worker Visa Exit Program at the ports of
San Luis, Arizona and Douglas, Arizona.
Pursuant to the Notices in the Federal
Register (73 FR 77049 and 73 FR 77817)
published by CBP containing all the
required elements referenced in 8 CFR
215.9, as amended, any alien that is
admitted on an H–2A or H–2B visa into
the United States at a designated port on
or after August 1, 2009, is subject to the
pilot program. However, in order to
ensure that the facilities necessary to
implement the pilot program are fully
operational and meet the needs of the
agency and the public, this notice
postpones the start date of the pilot
program. Accordingly, this notice
postpones the start of the pilot program
from August 1, 2009 to December 8,
2009.
Dated: August 20, 2009.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5291–N–05]
Privacy Act; Notification of a New
Privacy Act System of Records,
Institution Master File (IMF)
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notification of a New Privacy
Act System of Records.
SUMMARY: The Department of Housing
and Urban Development HUD proposes
to amend one of its system of records
subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed
new system of record is the IMF/F51.
The IMF System maintains a file of
institutions (Title I lenders and Title II
mortgagees) which have been approved
by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) to
participate in the Departments Federal
Housing Administration (FHA)
Mortgage Insurance Programs. The
principal objective of the IMF is to
consolidate information on the approval
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status of mortgagees and lenders
participating in FHA’s insurance
programs.
DATES: Effective Date: This action shall
be effective without further notice on
September 24, 2009 unless comments
are received that would result in a
contrary determination.
Comments Due Date: September 24,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications should refer to the
above docket number and title. A copy
of each communication submitted will
be available for public inspection and
copying between 8 a.m. and 5:00 pm
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental
Privacy Act Officer, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC
20410, Telephone Number (202) 402–
8047. (This is not a toll-free number.) A
telecommunication device for hearing
and speech-impaired individuals (TTY)
is available at (800) 877–8339 (Federal
Information Relay Service).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.
552a), as amended, notice is given that
HUD proposes to establish a new system
of records, identified as the Institution
Master File (IMF).
Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11)
provide that the public be afforded a 30day period in which to comment on the
new system of records.
The new system report was submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and the House
Committee on Government Reform
pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix 1
to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal
Responsibilities for Maintaining
Records About Individuals,’’ July 25,
1994, (59 FR 37914).
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a 88 Stat. 1896; 42
U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: August 14, 2009.
Jerry E. Williams,
Chief Information Officer.
HUD/HS/60
SYSTEM NAME:
Institution Master File (IMF).
SYSTEM LOCATION:
The system is physically housed in a
government-owned building (i.e., the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[CBP Dec. 09-34]
Notice of Postponement of H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa
Exit Program Pilot
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice; postponement of commencement date.
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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announces the
postponement of the commencement date of the H-2A and H-2B Temporary
Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot, originally set for August 1, 2009. The
pilot program will require temporary workers within H-2A and H-2B
nonimmigrant classifications that enter the United States at either the
port of San Luis, Arizona or the port of Douglas, Arizona, to depart
from one of those ports and to submit certain biographical and
biometric information at one of the kiosks established for this
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purpose. A delay of the commencement date is necessary to ensure that
the kiosks are fully operational.
DATES: The pilot program will commence December 8, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Erin M. Martin via e-mail at
ERIN.Martin@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 18, 2008, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) published a Notice in the Federal Register (73
FR 77049), announcing that CBP is establishing a new land-border exit
system for H-2A temporary workers, starting on a pilot basis, at
certain designated ports of entry.\1\ This notice was published
concurrently and is in accordance with a Final Rule published by the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Federal Register (73 FR
76891). The Final Rule implements the pilot program by adding 8 CFR
215.9, which provides that an alien admitted on an H-2A visa at a port
of entry participating in the Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program must
also depart at the end of his or her authorized period of stay through
a port of entry participating in the program and present designated
biographic and/or biometric information upon departure. As required by
8 CFR 215.9, CBP published a Notice in the Federal Register (73 FR
77049) designating H-2A workers that enter the United States at either
the port of San Luis, Arizona or the port of Douglas, Arizona, as
participants in the Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program, who must depart
from one of those ports and submit certain biographical and biometric
information at one of the kiosks established for this purpose.
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\1\ The H-2A nonimmigrant classification applies to aliens
seeking to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or
seasonal nature in the United States. Immigration and Nationality
Act (Act or INA) sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); see 8 CFR 214.1(a)(2) (designation for H-2A
classification).
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On December 19, 2008, CBP published a Notice of Expansion of
Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot To Include H-2B Temporary
Workers in the Federal Register (73 FR 77817), in line with the Final
Rule published concurrently by DHS in the Federal Register (73 FR
78104).\2\ The Final Rule expands the pilot program by amending 8 CFR
215.9, to provide that aliens admitted on an H-2B visa at a port of
entry participating in the Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program must also
depart at the end of his or her authorized period of stay through a
port of entry participating in the program and present designated
biographic and/or biometric information upon departure. As required by
8 CFR 215.9, as amended, CBP published a Notice in the Federal Register
(73 FR 77817) to include H-2B workers in the Temporary Worker Visa Exit
Program at the ports of San Luis, Arizona and Douglas, Arizona.
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\2\ The H-2B nonimmigrant classification applies to foreign
workers coming to the U.S. temporarily to perform temporary, non-
agricultural labor or services. Immigration and Nationality Act (Act
or INA) sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b);
see 8 CFR 214.1(a)(2) (designation for H-2B classification).
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Pursuant to the Notices in the Federal Register (73 FR 77049 and 73
FR 77817) published by CBP containing all the required elements
referenced in 8 CFR 215.9, as amended, any alien that is admitted on an
H-2A or H-2B visa into the United States at a designated port on or
after August 1, 2009, is subject to the pilot program. However, in
order to ensure that the facilities necessary to implement the pilot
program are fully operational and meet the needs of the agency and the
public, this notice postpones the start date of the pilot program.
Accordingly, this notice postpones the start of the pilot program from
August 1, 2009 to December 8, 2009.
Dated: August 20, 2009.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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