Department of Homeland Security June 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Coast Guard is implementing safety zones for annual fireworks displays in the Captain of the Port Detroit Zone during July 2006. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life and property on navigable waters during these events. These safety zones will restrict vessel traffic from a portion of the Captain of the Port Detroit Zone.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone encompassing the navigable waters of the St. Lawrence River during the Hydroplane Races on July 1, 2006 and July 2, 2006. This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with high speed boat races. This safety zone is intended to restrict vessel traffic from a portion of the St. Lawrence River in Ogdensburg, NY.

The Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) by Notice published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2006 (``First CIPAC Notice''). That Notice identified the purpose of the committee as well as its membership. This Notice identifies the institutions currently serving as CIPAC members. This Notice also identifies the government entities that comprise the Government Coordinating Council for each sector.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: Protest. This is a proposed extension of an information collection that was previously approved. CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended without a change to the burden hours. This document is published to obtain comments form the public and affected agencies. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register (71 FR 19197) on April 13, 2006, allowing for a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

This document announces a modification to the Customs and Border Protection Automated Commercial System (ACS) Reconciliation prototype test that adds to the issues subject to the Reconciliation process those arising under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. Other than this modification, the test remains the same as set forth in previously published Federal Register notices.

The Coast Guard is changing the regulations governing the operation of all Broward County drawbridges across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Broward County, Florida. This rule will require these drawbridges to open twice an hour. This schedule will meet the reasonable needs of navigation while accommodating increased vehicular traffic flow throughout the county.

The Coast Guard proposes to change the drawbridge operation regulations of four Cape May County Bridge Commission (CMCBC) bridges: the Townsend Inlet Bridge, at mile 0.3 in Avalon; the County of Cape May Bridge, at mile 0.7, across Great Channel between Stone Harbor and Nummy Island; the Ocean Drive Bridge, at mile 1.0, across Grassy Sound Channel in North Wildwood; and the Two-Mile Bridge, at NJICW mile 112.2, across Middle Thorofare in Wildwood Crest, in NJ. This proposal will allow the bridges to remain in the closed position at particular dates and times to accommodate the Ocean Drive Marathon. Vessels that can pass under the bridges without a bridge opening may do so at all times.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on a new information collection requirement abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet in open session.

This notice announces a teleconference of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC). The purpose of this teleconference is for TSAC to present its comments to the Coast Guard on the joint Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) and Coast Guard's Transportation Worker's Identification Credential (TWIC) proposed rule and on the Coast Guard's Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) proposed rule.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone encompassing the navigable waters of Oneida Lake in Brewerton, NY on July 3, 2006. This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with firework displays. This safety zone restricts vessel traffic from a portion of Oneida Lake in Brewerton, NY.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone encompassing the navigable waters of St. Lawrence River near Heart Island on July 4, 2006. This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. This safety zone is intended to restrict vessel traffic from a portion of St. Lawrence River, Heart Island, New York.

On March 31, 2006, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register (71 FR 19150). That document contains a detailed history of the Coast Guard's previous regulatory efforts regarding the SR 175 Bridge. The Coast Guard is reopening the period for public comment concerning the drawbridge operation regulations that govern the SR 175 Bridge, mile 3.5, across Chincoteague Channel at Chincoteague, Virginia, because an Accomack County official communicated to the Coast Guard those residents of Chincoteague have additional comments concerning the operating regulations of the drawbridge.

The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone for the Mentor Power Boat Race located in the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone. This safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during this event. This action is intended to restrict vessel traffic within the immediate vicinity of the event in a portion of Lake Erie.

The Coast Guard proposes that the procedures found in Sec. 117.393 for operation of the Pekin Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 151.2, across the Illinois Waterway at Pekin, Illinois, be revised to reflect the actual procedures that have always been followed. The present regulation in Sec. 117.393 was intended to be temporary, for test purposes only, and was inadvertently permanently included. The revision would eliminate the ``Specific Requirements'' for remote operation and the bridge would continue to operate, as required by the Coast Guard, under the ``General Requirements''.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. Title: Individual and Family Grant (IFG) and the Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs Assistance (IHP-ONA). OMB Number: 1660-0018. Abstract: This collection of information is essential to the effective monitoring and management of the IFG/IHP-ONA Program by FEMA Regional Office staff who have oversight responsibility of ensuring that the State perform and adhere to FEMA regulations and policy guidance. The collection involves completion of the following FEMA Forms (FF): FF 76-27; FF 76-28; FF 76-29; 76-32; FF 76-34; and FF 76- 38. Affected Public: Federal, State, Local or Tribal Governments. Number of Respondents: 40. Estimated Time per Respondent: 7.33 hours for completion of all forms with allocated response time for individual forms as follows: FF 76-27, 15 minutes; FF 76-28, 5 minutes; FF 76-29, 30 minutes; 76-32, 30 minutes; FF 76-34, 4 hours; and FF 76-38, 2 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 301 Hours. Frequency of Response: Once for all forms except FF 76-28 which is completed occasionally. Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Nathan Lessor, Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments must be submitted on or before July 26, 2006.

The Coast Guard announces that the majority of the agency contact phone numbers for its regulatory projects and Federal advisory committees have changed. This notice provides the current agency contact phone numbers for our on-going regulatory projects listed in the spring 2006 Unified Agenda and for our advisory committees.

The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the regulations governing the operation of the Pinellas Bayway Structure ``E'' (SR 679) Bridge, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway mile 113, St. Petersburg Beach, Pinellas County, Florida. This rule is needed to provide vehicular traffic relief during heavy vehicular traffic periods flowing into a nearby county park, as well as meeting the reasonable needs of mariners. This bridge will open on the hour and half hour, Friday, 2 p.m. until 6 p.m., Saturday, Sunday and Federal holidays from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. until October 29, 2006.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone encompassing the navigable waters of Lake Ontario in Rochester, NY. This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with firework displays. This safety zone restricts vessel traffic from a portion of Lake Ontario in Rochester, NY.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone encompassing the navigable waters of the Seneca River in Baldwinsville, NY on July 8, 2006. This safety zone is necessary to control vessel traffic within the immediate location of the Seneca River Days site to ensure the safety of life and property during the event. This safety zone restricts vessel traffic from a portion of the Seneca River in Baldwinsville, NY.

This rule makes non-substantive changes in Coast Guard regulations that describe the agency's organization for marine safety functions, and how decisions can be appealed within the agency. The changes are necessitated by a recent organizational change that placed Activities Europe under the operational and administrative control of the Coast Guard's Atlantic Area Command. This rule will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.

The Coast Guard proposes to change the regulations governing the operation of the S.E. Third Avenue, S. Andrews Avenue and Marshal (Seventh Avenue) Bridges across the New River at miles 1.4, 2.3, and 2.7 respectively, and the regulation governing the operation of the Davie Boulevard (S.W. Twelfth Street) Bridge across the New River, South Fork, mile 0.9, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida.

The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone extending from a radius of 1000 feet around the barge located in Skull Creek, Hilton Head, South Carolina in (32[deg]13.95[min] N 080[deg]45.1[min] W). This regulation is necessary to protect life and property on the navigable waters of Skull Creek due to possible danger associated with fireworks. No vessel or person may enter the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port Charleston.

This final rule adopts, with specified changes, an interim rule published by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service on October 20, 1997. This final rule clarifies several issues raised under the interim rule regarding who needs an affidavit of support, how sponsors qualify, what information and documentation they must present, and when the income of other persons may be used to support an intending immigrant's application for permanent residence. These changes are intended to make the affidavit of support process clearer and less intimidating and time-consuming for sponsors, while continuing to ensure that sponsors will have sufficient means available to support new immigrants when necessary. The final rule also makes clear that, when an alien applies for adjustment of status in removal proceedings, the immigration judge's jurisdiction to adjudicate the adjustment application includes authority to adjudicate the sufficiency of the affidavit of support.