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wishing to be considered for the NLCP 

may apply directly to the NLCP 

contractor just as U.S. laboratories do. 

Upon finding a Canadian laboratory to 

be qualified, HHS will recommend that 

DOT certify the laboratory (Federal 

Register, July 16, 1996) as meeting the 

minimum standards of the Mandatory 

Guidelines published in the Federal 

Register on April 30, 2010 (75 FR 

22809). After receiving DOT 

certification, the laboratory will be 

included in the monthly list of HHScertified laboratories and participate in 

the NLCP certification maintenance 

program. 

Janine Denis Cook, 

Chemist, Division of Workplace Programs, 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 

SAMHSA. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26276 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2013–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for Review; 

Information Collection Extension 

Request for the DHS S&T First 

Responders Community of Practice 

Program 

AGENCY: Science and Technology 

Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-day Notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) invites the general 

public to comment on the data 

collection form for the DHS Science & 

Technology (S&T) First Responders 

Community of Practice (FRCoP): User 

Registration Page (DHS Form 10059 (9/ 

09)). The FRCoP web based tool collects 

profile information from first responders 

and select authorized non-first 

responder users to facilitate networking 

and formation of online communities. 

All users are required to authenticate 

prior to entering the site. In addition, 

the tool provides members the 

capability to create wikis, discussion 

threads, blogs, documents, etc., allowing 

them to enter and upload content in 

accordance with the site’s Rules of 

Behavior. Members are able to 

participate in threaded discussions and 

comment on other member’s content. 

The DHS S&T FRCoP program is 

responsible for providing a collaborative 

environment for the first responder 

community to share information, best 

practices, and lessons learned. Section 

313 of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–296) established this 

requirement. This notice and request for 

comments is required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until December 4, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments, identified 

by docket number DHS–2013–0028, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: Kathy.Higgins@hq.dhs.gov. 

Please include docket number DHS– 

2013–0028 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 254–6171. (Not a toll-free 

number). 

• Mail: Science and Technology 

Directorate, ATTN: Chief Information 

Officer—Rick Stevens, 1120 Vermont 

Ave, Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC 

20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DHS 

FRCoP Contact Kathy Higgins (202) 

254–2293 (Not a toll free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS S&T 

currently has approval to collect 

information utilizing the User 

Registration Form until September 30, 

2012 with OMB approval number 1640– 

0016. The User Registration Form will 

be available on the First Responders 

Community of Practice Web site found 

at [https://

communities.firstresponder.gov/]. The 

user will complete the form online and 

submit it through the Web site. 

The Department is committed to 

improving its information collection 

and urges all interested parties to 

suggest how these materials can further 

reduce burden while seeking necessary 

information under the Paper Reduction 

Act. 

DHS is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Suggest ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(4) Suggest ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Renewal of Information Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: First 

Responders Community of Practice: 

User Registration Form. 

(3) Agency Form Number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: DHS Science 

& Technology Directorate, R-Tech 

(RTD), DHS Form 10059 (09/09). 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Individuals; the data will be 

gathered from individual first 

responders who wish to participate in 

the First Responders Community of 

Practice. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 

a. Estimate of the total number of 

respondents: 2000. 

b. An estimate of the time for an 

average respondent to respond: 0.5 

burden hours. 

c. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 1000 burden hours. 

Dated: September 27, 2013. 

Rick Stevens, 

Chief Information Officer for Science and 

Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9F–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Exercise of Authority Under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i). 

Following consultations with the 

Secretary of State and the Attorney 

General, I hereby conclude, as a matter 

of discretion in accordance with the 

authority granted to me by section 

212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended, as well as 

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interests deemed relevant in these 

consultations, that paragraphs (i)(VIII), 

(iv)(IV), (iv)(V), and (iv)(VI) of section 

212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(3)(B), shall not apply with 

respect to an, for solicitation of funds or 

other things of value for; solicitation of 

any individual for membership; the 

provision of material support to; who 

received military-type training from or 

on behalf of the Democratic Movement 

for the Liberation of Eritrean Kunama 

(DMLEK), provided that the alien 

satisfies the relevant agency authority 

that the alien: 

(a) is seeking a benefit or protection 

under the INA and has been determined 

to be otherwise eligible for the benefit 

or protection; 

(b) has undergone and passed all 

relevant background and security 

checks; 

(c) has fully disclosed, to the best of 

his or her knowledge, in all relevant 

applications and interviews with U.S. 

government representatives and agents, 

the nature and circumstances of each 

instance of military-type training, 

solicitation, and material support, and 

any other activity or association falling 

within the scope of section 212(a)(3)(B) 

of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B); 

(d) has not participated in, or 

knowingly provided material support to, 

terrorist activities that targeted 

noncombatant persons or U.S. interests; 

(e) poses no danger to the safety and 

security of the United States; and 

(f) warrants an exemption from the 

relevant inadmissibility provision(s) in 

the totality of the circumstances. 

Implementation of this determination 

will be made by U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), in 

consultation with U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE), or by U.S. 

consular officers, as applicable, who 

shall ascertain, to their satisfaction, and 

in their discretion, that the particular 

applicant meets each of the criteria set 

forth above. 

This exercise of authority may be 

revoked as a matter of discretion and 

without notice at any time, with respect 

to any and all persons subject to it. Any 

determination made under this exercise 

of authority as set out above can inform 

but shall not control a decision 

regarding any subsequent benefit or 

protection application, unless such 

exercise of authority has been revoked. 

This exercise of authority shall not be 

construed to prejudice, in any way, the 

ability of the U.S. government to 

commence subsequent criminal or civil 

proceedings in accordance with U.S. 

law involving any beneficiary of this 

exercise of authority (or any other 

person). This exercise of authority 

creates no substantive or procedural 

right or benefit that is legally 

enforceable by any party against the 

United States or its agencies or officers 

or any other person. 

In accordance with section 

212(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(3)(B)(ii), a report on the aliens 

to whom this exercise of authority is 

applied, on the basis of case-by-case 

decisions by the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security or by the U.S. 

Department of State, shall be provided 

to the specified congressional 

committees not later than 90 days after 

the end of the fiscal year. 

This determination is based on an 

assessment related to the national 

security and foreign policy interests of 

the United States as they apply to the 

particular persons described herein and 

shall not have any application with 

respect to other persons or to other 

provisions of U.S. law. 

Dated: October 17, 2013. 

Rand Beers, 

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26263 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9M–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Exercise of Authority Under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i). 

Following consultations with the 

Secretary of State and the Attorney 

General, I hereby conclude, as a matter 

of discretion in accordance with the 

authority granted to me by section 

212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended, as well as 

the foreign policy and national security 

interests deemed relevant in these 

consultations, that paragraphs (i)(VIII), 

(iv)(IV), (iv)(V), and (iv)(VI) of section 

212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(3)(B), shall not apply with 

respect to an alien who: 

(a) On or after January 1, 1980, 

solicited funds or other things of value 

for; solicited any individual for 

membership in; provided material 

support to; or received military-type 

training from or on behalf of the Eritrean 

Liberation Front (ELF); or 

(b) prior to January 1, 1980, engaged 

in the conduct described above with 

respect to the ELF and was previously 

granted asylum or admitted as a refugee 

under the INA on or before the date of 

this Exercise of Authority, or is the 

beneficiary of an I–730 Refugee/Asylee 

Relative Petition filed at any time by 

such an asylee or admitted refugee, 

provided that the alien satisfies the 

relevant agency authority that the alien: 

(a) Is seeking a benefit or protection 

under the INA and has been determined 

to be otherwise eligible for the benefit 

or protection; 

(b) has undergone and passed all 

relevant background and security 

checks; 

(c) has fully disclosed, to the best of 

his or her knowledge, in all relevant 

applications and interviews with U.S. 

government representatives and agents, 

the nature and circumstances of each 

instance of solicitation, material 

support, and military-type training, and 

any other activity or association falling 

within the scope of section 212(a)(3)(B) 

of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B); 

(d) has not participated in, or 

knowingly provided material support to, 

terrorist activities that targeted 

noncombatant persons or U.S. interests; 

(e) poses no danger to the safety and 

security of the United States; and 

(f) warrants an exemption from the 

relevant inadmissibility provision(s) in 

the totality of the circumstances. 

Implementation of this determination 

will be made by U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), in 

consultation with U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE), or by U.S. 

consular officers, as applicable, who 

shall ascertain, to their satisfaction, and 

in their discretion, that the particular 

applicant meets each of the criteria set 

forth above. 

This exercise of authority may be 

revoked as a matter of discretion and 

without notice at any time, with respect 

to any and all persons subject to it. Any 

determination made under this exercise 

of authority as set out above can inform 

but shall not control a decision 

regarding any subsequent benefit or 

protection application, unless such 

exercise of authority has been revoked. 

This exercise of authority shall not be 

construed to prejudice, in any way, the 

ability of the U.S. government to 

commence subsequent criminal or civil 

proceedings in accordance with U.S. 

law involving any beneficiary of this 

exercise of authority (or any other 

person). This exercise of authority 

creates no substantive or procedural 

right or benefit that is legally 

enforceable by any party against the 

United States or its agencies or officers 

or any other person. 

In accordance with section 

212(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 


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