Department of Homeland Security January 24, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Homeland Security intends to modify the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program to conduct the second phase of a live test of the technology required to read biometrically enabled travel documents that comply with international standards. As a result, US-VISIT is revising its Privacy Impact Assessment to discuss the impact of Phase II of the live test on privacy. This revised Privacy Impact Assessment is available on the Web site of the Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security, https://www.dhs.gov/privacy, and on the US-VISIT Web site, https:// www.dhs.gov/usvisit. It is also available by written request to US- VISIT.

The Coast Guard announces that Congress authorized (through H.R. 4508), the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend temporarily the duration or the validity of Certificates of Inspection and Certificates of Compliance that are issued under chapter 33 or 37, respectively, of title 46, U.S. Code. These certificates may be extended for up to three (3) months for any vessel inspected by the Coast Guard in Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana.

The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Berkley Bridge, at mile 0.4, across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia. To facilitate electrical repairs, this deviation allows the drawbridge to remain closed-to-navigation from 7 a.m. on February 7, 2006, to 7 a.m. on February 8, 2006 and from 7 a.m. on February 14, 2006, to 7 a.m. on February 15, 2006.