Department of Homeland Security July 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of North Carolina (FEMA-4393-DR), dated September 14, 2018, and related determinations.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.

The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (``DOJ,'' ``DHS,'' or collectively, ``the Departments'') are adopting an interim final rule (``interim rule'' or ``rule'') governing asylum claims in the context of aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States across the southern land border after failing to apply for protection from persecution or torture while in a third country through which they transited en route to the United States. Pursuant to statutory authority, the Departments are amending their respective regulations to provide that, with limited exceptions, an alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States across the southern border after failing to apply for protection in a third country outside the alien's country of citizenship, nationality, or last lawful habitual residence through which the alien transited en route to the United States is ineligible for asylum. This basis for asylum ineligibility applies only prospectively to aliens who enter or arrive in the United States on or after the effective date of this rule. In addition to establishing a new mandatory bar for asylum eligibility for aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States across the southern border after failing to apply for protection from persecution or torture in at least one third country through which they transited en route to the United States, this rule would also require asylum officers and immigration judges to apply this new bar on asylum eligibility when administering the credible-fear screening process applicable to stowaways and aliens who are subject to expedited removal under section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The new bar established by this regulation does not modify withholding or deferral of removal proceedings. Aliens who fail to apply for protection in a third country of transit may continue to apply for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (``INA'') and deferral of removal under regulations issued pursuant to the legislation implementing U.S. obligations under Article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting approval for reinstatement, without change, of the following collection of information: 1625-0048, Vessel Reporting Requirements. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves public and private entities requesting participation in TSA's Reimbursable Screening Services Program (RSSP), currently a pilot program for up to eight locations, to obtain TSA security screening services outside of an existing primary passenger airport terminal screening area where screening services are currently provided or would be eligible to be provided under TSA's annually appropriated passenger screening program.

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone on the Illinois River in Morris, IL. This action is necessary and intended to promote the safety of life and property on navigable waters before, during, and immediately after a shore-based firework display. During the enforcement period listed below, vessels and persons are prohibited from transiting through, mooring, or anchoring within this safety zone without approval from the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan or his or her designated representative.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the waters of the Great Egg Harbor Bay in Ocean City, NJ, from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on July 13, 2019, during the Ocean City Nights in Venice fireworks display. The safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of participant vessels, spectators, and the boating public during the event. This regulation prohibits persons and non-participant vessels from entering, transiting through, anchoring in, or remaining within the safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Delaware Bay or a designated representative.

The Coast Guard announces that the Fifth District, Chief of Prevention Division has issued a certificate of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for the cable ferry, TINA FALLON, Official Number (O.N.) 1206170, Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation Hull Number 89. We are issuing this notice because its publication is required by statute. Due to its construction, purpose and operation, the cable ferry, TINA FALLON cannot fully comply with the light, shape, or sound signal provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design, operation and construction. This notification of issuance of a certificate of alternative compliance promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625-0104, Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Materials; without change. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Review and comments by OIRA ensure we only impose paperwork burdens commensurate with our performance of duties.

The Coast Guard will enforce a temporary traffic rule prohibiting the transit of certain vessels under the Mackinac Bridge in the Straits of Mackinac on August 11, 2019, to provide for safety of life on navigable waterways during a swim event. Our regulation identifies the vessels that must comply with this temporary traffic rule. During the enforcement periods, the operator of any vessel in the regulated navigation area must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander or a Designated Representative of the Captain of the Port.

The Coast Guard is establishing seven temporary safety zones for fireworks displays within the Captain of the Port (COTP) Long Island Sound (LIS) Zone. These temporary safety zones are necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during these seven events. Entry into, transit through, mooring or anchoring within these limited access areas is prohibited unless authorized by the COTP LIS.

DHS CISA ISD will submit 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.

The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary special local regulation for a designated area of the Duluth Harbor entrance to Superior Bay on Lake Superior during the Festival of Sail 2019 event in Duluth, MN. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters around the port of Duluth, MN during a sail festival with tall ships beginning on August 11, 2019 and ending the afternoon of August 13, 2019. This proposed rulemaking would prohibit persons and vessels from being in the designated region unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Duluth or a designated representative. We invite the public to comment on this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, specifically on the extended time of the special local regulation.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-3413-EM), dated May 29, 2019, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-3411-EM), dated May 25, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-3411-EM), dated May 25, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-3414-EM), dated May 30, 2019, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4439-DR), dated June 3, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Alabama (FEMA-4419-DR), dated March 5, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-4420-DR), dated March 21, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-4438-DR), dated June 1, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-4438-DR), dated June 1, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Mississippi (FEMA-4429-DR), dated April 23, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-4438-DR), dated June 1, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4421-DR), dated March 23, 2019, and related determinations.