Department of Homeland Security January 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Customs Modernization Act Recordkeeping Requirements. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Bonded Warehouse Proprietor's Submission. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Application for Extension of Bond for Temporary Importation. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-3297-EM), dated December 13, 2008, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA-1816-DR), dated January 14, 2009, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-1815-DR), dated January 9, 2009, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-1812-DR), dated January 2, 2009, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-1813-DR), dated January 5, 2009, and related determinations.

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) will hold a public meeting of its Project 25 (P25) Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) Governing Board (GB). The P25 CAP GB is composed of public sector officials who represent the collective interests of organizations that procure P25 equipment. The purpose of the meeting is to review and approve the proposed Compliance Assessment Bulletin(s). The P25 CAP GB will receive public comments during the session, as time permits. DHS OIC will post details of the meeting, including the agenda, ten business days in advance of the meeting at https:// www.safecomprogram.gov.

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, submits this extension for the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman is soliciting comments concerning an extension to an existing information collection, DHS CIS Ombudsman Case Problem Submission, DHS Form 7001. DHS previously published this information collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on November 10, 2008 at 73 FR 66654, for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received by DHS. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30-days for public comments.

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.

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.

The Coast Guard announces the availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the Future of the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) Program. We request your comments on the Draft PEIS.

The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee will meet in New Orleans, LA to discuss various issues relating to navigational safety on the Lower Mississippi River and related waterways. This meeting will be open to the public.

Section 702 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA) extends the immigration laws of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and provides for a visa waiver program for travel to Guam and the CNMI. This rule implements section 702 of the CNRA by amending U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to replace the current Guam Visa Waiver Program with a new Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program. Accordingly, this interim final rule sets forth the requirements for nonimmigrant visitors who seek admission for business or pleasure and solely for entry into and stay on Guam or the CNMI without a visa for a period of authorized stay of no longer than forty-five days. In addition, this rule establishes six ports of entry in the CNMI in order to administer and enforce the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program and to allow for immigration inspections in the CNMI, including arrival and departure controls, under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it will remove one system of records notice from its inventory of record systems because Citizenship and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement no longer requires the system. The obsolete system is Justice/INS-001 the Immigration and Naturalization Service Index System.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing effort to review and update legacy system of record notices, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to consolidate into a new Department of Homeland Security system of records notice titled, DHS/All024 Facility and Perimeter Access Control and Visitor Management System of Records: Treasury/ CS.081 Dock Passes, October 18, 2001, Justice/INS-014 Security Access Control System, January 22, 2001, and to partially consolidate DHS/OS- 001 Office of Security File System, September 12, 2006, and FEMA/SEC-1 Security Support System, September 7, 1990. Categories of individuals, categories of records, and the routine uses of this legacy system have been reviewed and updated to better reflect the Department's facility and perimeter access control and visitor management record system. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concurrent with this system of records elsewhere in the Federal Register. The activities performed by the Department's Facility and Perimeter Access Control and Visitor Management systems often overlap with other security-related activities. Accordingly, data within each of the categories of individuals, categories of records, and routine uses may have similarities with other security-related systems of records, but each system is distinct based on its purpose. Further, this system of records is separate from DHS-OS-2006-047 Personal Identify Verification Management System which supports the administration of the HSPD-12 program that directs the use of a common identification credential for both logical and physical access to federally controlled facilities and information systems while enhancing security, increasing efficiency, identifying and reducing fraud, and protecting personally identifiable information. Records within this system apply only to perimeters and facilities where access is controlled by the Department of Homeland Security. This system of records does not apply to (1) facilities where the Department's components or offices have a presence but where the General Services Administration has an established contract for security services or (2) facilities where Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Federal Protective Service provides oversight on the contract. Exclusion is made to perimeters and facilities secured by the United States Secret Service pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056 and 3056A and are not included under this system of records. This consolidated system will be included in the DHS inventory of record systems.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is giving concurrent notice of a revised and updated system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the Department of Homeland Security023 Personnel Security Management system of records and this proposed rulemaking. In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to exempt portions of the system of records from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement requirements.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to partially consolidate DHS-OS-001 Office of Security File System, (September 12, 2006), into a new Department- wide record system titled, Law Enforcement Authority in Support of the Protection of Property Owned or Occupied by the Department of Homeland Security System of Records. Categories of individuals, categories of records, and the routine uses of this legacy system have been reviewed and updated to better reflect the Department's law enforcement records associated with the protection of property owned or occupied by the Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concurrent with this system of records elsewhere in the Federal Register. The activities performed by the Department in the protection of property owned or occupied by Department of Homeland Security often overlaps with other security-related activities. Accordingly, data within the categories of individuals, categories of records, and routine uses may have similarities with other security-related systems of records, but each system is distinct based on its purpose. Exclusion is made to perimeters and facilities secured by the United States Secret Service pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056 and 3056A and are not included under this system of records. This consolidated system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems.

With this amendment, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) corrects an inadvertent error in the amendatory language from the Establishment of a Genealogy Program Final Rule published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2008.

With this amendment, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) corrects two inadvertent errors that were made in the Employment Eligibility Verification interim rule published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2008, at 73 FR 76505.

This document informs the public that, after their Captain of the Port (COTP) has implemented access control procedures using the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), the COTP no longer needs to enforce the previously published notice requiring name- based vetting of certain port workers.