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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raphael Henry, Program Manager, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20229, telephone (202)
344–1438 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Justice created the
National Security Entry-Exit
Registration System (NSEERS) in 2002
pursuant to sections 262(a) and 263(a) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA), 8 U.S.C. 1302(a) and 1303(a), to
provide the Federal government with
records of the arrival and departure of
nonimmigrant aliens from specific
countries designated by the Attorney
General.1 The NSEERS regulations
require nonimmigrant aliens who are
nationals or citizens of countries
designated by the Secretary of
Homeland Security, upon consultation
with the Secretary of State, to comply
with special registration requirements,
including providing fingerprints, a
photograph, and any additional
information required by DHS to DHS
officials at the time the nonimmigrant
applies for admission at a U.S. port of
entry. 8 CFR 264.1(f)(3). Countries are
designated for NSEERS by notice
published in the Federal Register. 8
CFR 264.1(f)(2). Nonimmigrants subject
to NSEERS requirements also may be
required to appear at a U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement office in
person to verify information by
providing additional information or to
provide documentation confirming
compliance with the conditions of their
status and admission. Id. Finally, such
nonimmigrants are required to depart
through specified ports to record their
departures from the United States. 8
CFR 264.1(f)(8)(i).
Pursuant to prior designations,
nonimmigrant nationals or citizens of
the following countries currently must
comply with NSEERS requirements:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman,
Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab
Emirates, and Yemen. See, e.g., 67 FR
67766 (Nov. 6, 2002); 67 FR 70526 (Nov.
22, 2002); 67 FR 77642 (Dec. 18, 2002);
68 FR 2363 (Jan. 16, 2003).
Since its establishment in 2003, DHS
has developed substantial infrastructure
1 See 67 FR 40581 (June 13, 2002) (proposed rule);
67 FR 52584 (Aug. 12, 2002) (final rule). The
functions of the former Immigration and
Naturalization Service, including NSEERS, were
transferred to DHS in 2003. See Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (HSA), Public Law 107–296, tit. XV,
sec. 1517, 116 Stat. 2135, 2311, 6 U.S.C. 557
(transfer of regulatory authority).
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and adopted more universally
applicable means to verify the entry and
exit of aliens into and out of the United
States. Improved intelligence exchange
between the United States and other
countries has further informed DHS’s
understanding of the threat posed to the
United States by international terrorism.
Based on global and individualized
intelligence, DHS has refined its
approach to identifying aliens posing a
threat to the nation and applied these
techniques to foreign national nonimmigrants generally. As threats to the
United States evolve, DHS seeks to
identify specific individuals and actions
that pose specific threats, rather than
focusing on more general designations
of groups of individuals, such as
country of origin.
DHS has implemented and improved
the data systems that support
individualized determinations of
admissibility. DHS established the
United States Visitor and Immigrant
Status Indicator Technology Program
(‘‘US–VISIT’’), in January 2004, to record
the arrival and departure of aliens;
verify aliens’ identities; and
authenticate and biometrically compare
travel documents issued to non-U.S.
citizens by DHS and the Department of
State. Under U.S.–VISIT requirements,
most aliens seeking admission to the
United States must provide finger scans
and a digital photograph upon entry to
the United States at U.S. ports of entry.
8 CFR 235.1(f)(1).
DHS also currently requires the
collection and electronic transmission
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) of manifest information for
passengers and crew members entering
and departing the United States by air
or sea. Commercial air carriers departing
foreign destinations for the United
States or departing the United States for
a foreign destination are required to
transmit passenger manifests
electronically to CBP’s Advance
Passenger Information System (APIS)
within strict time limits as prescribed by
regulation. 19 CFR 122.49a, 122.49b,
122.75a, 122.75b. Vessels departing
from foreign ports for the United States
or departing from the United States for
a foreign port must provide passenger
and crew manifest data within strict
time limits as prescribed by regulation.
19 CFR 4.7b; 4.64(b). DHS recently
implemented APIS requirements for
private aircraft arriving in or departing
from the United States. 19 CFR 122.22,
122.26, 122.31.
In light of the development of and
improvements to the Department’s
information collection systems and
international information sharing
agreements, the Secretary has
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determined that subjecting nationals
from designated countries to a special
registration process that manually
recaptures data already collected
through automated systems is
redundant and does not provide any
increase in security.
After careful consideration, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, by this
notice, is removing all currently
designated countries from the listing of
countries whose nationals and citizens
are required to comply with NSEERS
registration requirements: Afghanistan,
Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt,
Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco,
North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,
Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and
Yemen. Effective upon publication of
this Notice, nonimmigrant nationals and
citizens of these countries are no longer
required to comply with the
requirements of 8 CFR 264.1(f),
including the requirement that they exit
through designated ports of entry.
Accordingly, nationals and citizens
from these countries are no longer
subject to the NSEERS registration
requirement. Accordingly, DHS will no
longer register aliens under NSEERS
effective on April 28, 2011. This notice
does not relieve any alien of any other
requirement under the law.
Janet Napolitano,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1968–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001]
California; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of California
(FEMA–1968–DR), dated April 18, 2011,
and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: April 18, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUMMARY:
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Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated April
18, 2011, 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:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the State of California
resulting from tsunami waves on March 11,
2011, 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 State
of California.
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 Public
Assistance in the designated areas and
Hazard Mitigation throughout the State.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal
assistance is supplemental, any Federal
funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will
be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible
costs.
Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration for the approved
assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.
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The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Sandy Coachman,
of FEMA is appointed to act as the
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
major disaster.
The following areas of the State of
California have been designated as
adversely affected by this major disaster:
Del Norte and Santa Cruz Counties for
Public Assistance.
All counties within the State of California
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
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(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1969–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001]
North Carolina; Amendment No. 1 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of North Carolina (FEMA–1969–
DR), dated April 19, 2011, and related
determinations.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: April 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of North Carolina is hereby
amended to include the following areas
among those areas determined to have
been adversely affected by the event
declared a major disaster by the
President in his declaration of April 19,
2011.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Craven, Currituck, Greene, Hertford, Hoke,
Pitt, Robeson, and Sampson Counties for
Individual 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
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: File Number OMB 22;
Extension of an Existing Information
Collection: Comment Request
60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: OMB 22,
National Interest Waivers; Supplemental
Evidence to I–140 and I–485; OMB
Control No. 1615–0063.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
submitting the following information
collection request for review and
clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for
sixty days until June 27, 2011.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this
notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated
response time, should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory
Products Division, Office of the
Executive Secretariat, Clearance Officer,
20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2020.
Comments may also be submitted to
DHS via facsimile to 202–272–0997 or
via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When
submitting comments by e-mail, please
make sure to add OMB control No.
1615–0063 in the subject box.
Note: The address listed in this notice
should only be used to submit comments
concerning OMB 22, National Interest
Waivers; Supplemental Evidence to I–140
and I–485. Please do not submit requests for
individual case status inquiries to this
address. If you are seeking information about
the status of your individual case, please
check ‘‘My Case Status’’ online at https://
egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or call the
USCIS National Customer Service Center at
1–800–375–5283 (TTY 1–800–767–1833).
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1968-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2011-0001]
California; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of California (FEMA-1968-DR), dated April 18,
2011, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: April 18, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated April 18, 2011, 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:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of California resulting from tsunami waves on March 11, 2011, 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 State of California.
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 Public Assistance in the
designated areas and Hazard Mitigation throughout the State.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Sandy Coachman, of FEMA is appointed
to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major disaster.
The following areas of the State of California have been designated
as adversely affected by this major disaster:
Del Norte and Santa Cruz Counties for Public Assistance.
All counties within the State of California 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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