Department of Homeland Security August 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

DHS is revising its regulations governing service of bond notifications. Current regulations authorize ICE to serve documents in- person, or by certified, registered, or first-class (regular) mail. This IFR authorizes ICE to electronically serve bond-related notifications to obligors for immigration bonds. The ICE transition to electronic notifications for bond-related documents is part of an electronic bonds system ICE developed to simplify the posting of bonds.

The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications to fill two member vacancies on the National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (Committee). This Committee advises the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Coast Guard on matters relating to maritime collisions, allisions, and groundings; Inland Rules of the Road; International Rules of the Road; navigation regulations and equipment, routing measures, marine information, and aids to navigation systems.

This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Federal Regulations. The currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

The Coast Guard proposes to revise existing regulations by updating the duration of an existing event in the Seventh Coast Guard District Captain of the Port (COTP) St. Petersburg Zone. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on these navigable waters in Clearwater, FL, during the Clearwater Offshore Nationals/Race World Offshore event. The Coast Guard invites your comments on this proposed rulemaking.

The Coast Guard is correcting a final rule published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2022. The final rule updated type approval requirements for certain types of survival craft equipment. The final rule had a typographical error in one of the sections. This document corrects that error.

The Coast Guard will enforce Seattle's Seafair Fleet Week Moving Vessels security zones from August 1 through August 7, 2023 to ensure the security of the vessels from sabotage or other subversive acts during Seafair Fleet Week Parade of Ships. Our regulation for marine events within the Thirteenth Coast Guard District identifies the regulated area for this event in Seattle, WA. During the enforcement period, no person or vessel may enter or remain in the security zones without the permission of the Captain of the Port (COTP), Puget Sound or his designated representative. The COTP has granted general permission for vessels to enter the outer 400 yards of the security zones as long as those vessels within the outer 400 yards of the security zones operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain course unless required to maintain speed by the navigation rules.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) invites the public to comment upon this proposed new collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding all aspects of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (e.g., the time, effort, and resources used by the respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the actual information collection instruments.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the territory of Guam (FEMA-3594-EM), dated May 22, 2023, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA- 3593-EM), dated May 22, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Hoopa Valley Tribe (FEMA-4707-DR), dated April 25, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-4706-DR), dated April 24, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-4705-DR), dated April 21, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Indiana (FEMA-4704-DR), dated April 15, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4702-DR), dated April 10, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of California (FEMA-4699-DR), dated April 3, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of California (FEMA-4699-DR), dated April 3, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of California (FEMA-4683-DR), dated January 14, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-4671-DR), dated September 21, 2022, and related determinations.

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for navigable waters within a half mile radius of the Donald Legg Memorial Bridge. The safety zone is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by adding a center section of the bridge. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Sector Ohio Valley (COTP) or a designated representative.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the Chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announces the publication and availability of the updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, a consolidated register of the four lists required to be developed and maintained pursuant to section 2(d)(2)(B) of the UFLPA, on the DHS UFLPA website. The updated UFLPA Entity List is also published as an appendix to this notice. This update adds one entity to the section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) list of the UFLPA, which identifies entities working with the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This update also adds one entity and one subsidiary to the section 2(d)(2)(B)(v) list of the UFLPA, which identifies facilities and entities, including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, that source material from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or from persons working with the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps for purposes of the ``poverty alleviation'' program or the ``pairing-assistance'' program or any other government labor scheme that uses forced labor. Details related to the process for revising the UFLPA Entity List are included in this Federal Register notice.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of South Dakota (FEMA-4718-DR), dated July 6, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA-4716-DR), dated June 2, 2023, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA- 4716-DR), dated June 2, 2023, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the territory of Guam (FEMA-4715-DR), dated May 25, 2023, and related determinations.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the territory of Guam (FEMA-4715-DR), dated May 25, 2023, and related determinations.