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equipment. This Policy Advisory 

Council (PAC) Decision 01–11, 

‘‘Voluntary Use of TWIC Readers’’ 

provides guidance on how vessel and 

facility owners and operators can use 

TWIC readers to meet existing 

regulatory requirements for effective (1) 

identity verification, (2) card validity, 

and (3) card authentication. 

Discussion 

TWIC regulations state that all 

persons requiring unescorted access to 

secure areas of MTSA-covered vessels, 

facilities and outer continental shelf 

facilities must possess a TWIC before 

such access is granted. 33 CFR 101.514. 

At each entry, the TWIC must be 

checked for (1) identity verification, (2) 

card validity, and (3) card 

authentication. 33 CFR 104.265(c)(1), 

105.255(c)(1), or 106.260(c)(1). The 

current requirement for identity 

verification is to visually compare the 

photograph on the TWIC to the person 

at the access point. The Coast Guard, 

however, may determine an alternative 

method of identity verification if the 

method meets or exceeds the 

effectiveness of a visual inspection. 33 

CFR 101.130. 

With this PAC Decision 01–11, the 

Coast Guard determines that a biometric 

match using a TWIC reader from the 

TSA list of readers that have passed the 

Initial Capability Evaluation Test to 

confirm that the biometric template 

stored on the TWIC matches the 

fingerprint of the individual presenting 

the TWIC meets or exceeds the 

effectiveness of a visual identity 

verification check. An owner or operator 

of a vessel or facility may also use a 

TWIC reader to check for card validity 

by either (1) comparing the card’s 

internal Federal Agency Smart Card 

Number to the TSA Cancelled Card List, 

or (2) using a Certificate Revocation List. 

An owner or operator may also perform 

card authentication by using a TWIC 

reader to perform the CHALLENGE/ 

RESPONSE protocol using the Card 

Authentication Certificate and the card 

authentication private key on the TWIC. 

PAC Decision 01–11 also contains 

additional guidance. It states that TWIC 

readers used under this determination 

should be used in accordance with 

manufacturer instructions, and operated 

by trained personnel. Additionally, it 

points out that TWIC readers allowed 

pursuant to this interim guidance may 

no longer be valid after promulgation of 

a TWIC reader final rule requiring the 

use of readers. Finally, it reminds vessel 

and facility owners/operators using PAC 

Decision 01–11 that they must submit a 

Vessel Security Plan or Facility Security 

Plan amendment in accordance with 

applicable regulations. 

Comments on PAC Decision 01–11 

may be submitted to the Coast Guard via 

the docket as described above under 

ADDRESSES. PAC Decision 01–11 is 

considered a ‘‘significant guidance 

document’’ under the terms of the Office 

of Management and Budget’s ‘‘Final 

Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance 

Practices,’’ which was published in the 

Federal Register on January 25, 2007 

(72 FR 3432). 

Authority: This notice is issued under 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 33 CFR 

101.130. 

Dated: March 7, 2011. 

Kevin S. Cook, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5893 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2009–0003] 

Collection of Overpayments 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On September 5, 2008, the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) published a notice in the 

Federal Register that announced 

FEMA’s intention to implement a 

revised recoupment process, where 

warranted, on an individual basis 

pursuant to the procedures established 

by regulation for the administrative 

collection of debts. Now FEMA is 

providing notice of its revised 

recoupment process and the availability 

of the ‘‘FEMA Debt Resolution Process: 

In Summary,’’ a document which 

includes a section describing ‘‘Your 

Rights and Options’’ and provides 

general information to the public on 

FEMA’s revised recoupment 

procedures. The revised procedures 

provide the opportunity for individuals 

to request an oral hearing. 

DATES: FEMA’s revised recoupment 

procedures are effective March 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: ‘‘FEMA Debt Resolution 

Process: In Summary’’ can be viewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket ID FEMA–2009–0003. A hard 

copy may be inspected at FEMA, Office 

of Chief Counsel, Room 835, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Hernandez, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security, Texas National 

Processing Services Center, P.O. Box 

90215, Denton, TX 76202, telephone 

(940) 891–8722 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Individuals who are deaf, hard 

of hearing or those with speech 

disabilities may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 5, 2008, FEMA published a 

notice in the Federal Register (73 FR 

51831) announcing FEMA’s intention to 

implement a revised recoupment 

process, where warranted, on an 

individual basis pursuant to the 

procedures established by regulation for 

the administrative collection of debts. 

FEMA has developed revised 

recoupment procedures pursuant to 

Department of Homeland Security 

recoupment regulations at 6 CFR part 11 

(adopting general procedures for 

administrative collection of debts set 

forth at 31 CFR parts 900–904). FEMA 

will examine the files of individual 

disaster applicants for evidence of 

overpayment. If FEMA determines that 

recoupment is warranted after review, 

the revised recoupment procedures will 

apply. A brief summary of these 

procedures follows. 

Under the revised procedures, when 

FEMA identifies a potential 

overpayment, FEMA will send the 

applicant written notification that a debt 

is owed, specifying the amount of the 

debt and the reason for the debt. This 

‘‘Notice of Debt’’ letter will describe the 

applicant’s available options, including 

payment of the debt in full within 30 

days to avoid any potential interest and/ 

or penalties, a payment plan, a 

compromise of the debt, or an appeal of 

the debt determination within 60 days. 

FEMA will advise the applicant that, if 

the applicant believes that his or her 

appeal cannot be decided based on the 

documentary evidence, for example, 

when the validity of the debt turns on 

a question of credibility or veracity, the 

applicant may request an oral hearing. 

The applicant will be advised that any 

request for an oral hearing must be 

accompanied by an explanation as to 

why the issue in dispute requires oral 

testimony and cannot be resolved solely 

by reviewing documentary evidence. 

Oral hearings will generally be 

conducted via telephone conference or 

may, in certain exceptional 

circumstances, be held in-person at a 

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If there is no request for an oral 

hearing, or if the appeals officer decides 

the appeal can be resolved fairly based 

on the documentary evidence alone, 

FEMA will review the debt based on the 

written administrative record alone (that 

is, through a ‘‘paper hearing’’). 

Following review by either an oral or 

a paper hearing, FEMA will decide the 

applicant’s appeal within 90 days after 

FEMA receives the applicant’s appeal 

letter and will send a final decision in 

writing to be included in the 

individual’s official record. If the 

individual requests an oral hearing and 

the request is granted, the time limit 

may be extended to complete that 

process. 

If FEMA determines that the 

individual owes no debt to FEMA, the 

recoupment will be terminated and 

FEMA will reimburse any payments 

made on the debt. If FEMA determines 

that the individual owes a debt to 

FEMA, the individual will be notified of 

payment options. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 6 CFR 

part 11. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6036 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Central 

and Western Gulf of Mexico, Oil and 

Gas Lease Sales for Years 2012–2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Call for information and 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: This Call for Information and 

Nominations (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Call’’) is the initial step in a single 

multisale process covering all lease 

sales in the Central and Western Gulf of 

Mexico (GOM) Planning Areas to be 

included in the OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017. Ten 

lease sales are specifically covered by 

this Call: five in the Central GOM 

Planning Area and five in the Western 

GOM Planning Area. Concurrent with 

this Call, BOEMRE is preparing a 

multisale Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) covering the same ten 

sales in the Central and Western GOM 

Planning Areas. For each of the ten 

individual lease sales associated with 

this Call, BOEMRE will comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act (OCSLA), and the Coastal 

Zone Management Act (CZMA). 

DATES: Nominations and comments 

must be received at the address 

specified below no later than 30 days 

following publication of this document 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Carrol Williams, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, 

telephone (504) 736–2803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

1, 2008, BOEMRE initiated the 5-year oil 

and gas leasing program preparation 

process with publication of a Request 

for Information (RFI) on a program to 

cover the 2010–2015 time period, two 

years earlier than the usual cycle. On 

January 16, 2009, BOEMRE announced 

the release of the Draft Proposed 

Program (DPP) and Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an EIS for 2010–2015. On 

February 10, 2009, Secretary Salazar 

extended the comment period on the 

DPP to September 21, 2009, and later 

conducted four regional meetings to 

provide additional opportunities for 

input by all stakeholders. 

On December 1, 2010, the Secretary 

announced the OCS Oil and Gas 

Strategy as part of President Obama’s 

comprehensive energy plan for the 

country. This strategy will guide the 

next steps in preparation of the new 

2012–2017 program. As part of this 

strategy, on January 4, 2011, BOEMRE 

published a Notice of Scoping Meetings 

on the EIS modifying the OCS areas to 

be scoped for inclusion in the 5-year EIS 

(76 FR 376). The planning areas are the 

Western and Central GOM, as well as 

the area of the Eastern GOM not 

included in the Congressionallymandated drilling moratorium; and the 

Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Cook 

Inlet, which are located off Alaska. 

This multisale Call covers only the 

lease sales in the Central and Western 

GOM Planning Areas that will be 

included in the OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program for 2012–2017. On 

February 9, 2011, BOEMRE published a 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS on the 

2012–2017 oil and gas leasing proposals 

in the Western and Central Planning 

Areas of the GOM (76 FR 7228). 

This Call is the sixth issuance of a 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region multisale 

Call. In 1996, BOEMRE implemented 

two multisale Call processes for lease 

sales in the Central and Western GOM 

Planning Areas, respectively, in 

association with the 1997–2002 OCS Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program. In the 2002– 

2007 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 

BOEMRE implemented one multisale 

Call process for Central and Western 

GOM Planning Areas lease sales and 

one multisale Call process for Eastern 

GOM Planning Area lease sales. 

BOEMRE issued one multisale Call 

process for Central and Western GOM 

Planning Area lease sales in the 2007– 

2012 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program. 

Call for Information and Nominations 

1. Authority 

This Call is published pursuant to 

OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and 

implementing regulations (30 CFR part 

256). 

2. Purpose of Call 

The purpose of the Call is to gather 

information for the following proposed 

OCS Lease Sales in the Central and 

Western GOM Planning Areas. Lease 

Sale numbers for the last two years of 

this 5-year Program have not been 

determined and are listed as to be 

determined (TBD): 

Lease sale, OCS planning area Sale year 

Sale 229, Western GOM .............. 2012 

Sale 231, Central GOM ................ 2013 

Sale 233, Western GOM .............. 2013 

Sale 235, Central GOM ................ 2014 

Sale 238, Western GOM .............. 2014 

Sale 241, Central GOM ................ 2015 

Sale TBD, Western GOM ............. 2015 

Sale TBD, Central GOM .............. 2016 

Sale TBD, Western GOM ............. 2016 

Sale TBD, Central GOM .............. 2017 

BOEMRE seeks information and 

nominations on oil and gas leasing, 

exploration, development and 

production within the Central and 

Western GOM Planning Areas from all 

interested parties. This early planning 

and consultation step ensures that all 

interests and concerns are 

communicated to the Department of the 

Interior for its future decisions in the 

leasing process pursuant to section 18 of 

OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1344) and 

implementing regulations (30 CFR part 

256). 

BOEMRE requests responses 

regarding proposed sales in both the 

Central and Western GOM Planning 

Areas. Areawide lease sale proposals in 

the Central and Western GOM Planning 

Areas are very similar. Accordingly, this 

multisale process addresses decisions 

for all ten lease sales in both the Central 

and Western GOM Planning Areas. 

Pursuant to section 18 of OCSLA (43 

U.S.C. 1344) the Secretary of the Interior 

is developing the 5-year Program for 

2012–2017; therefore, this Call should 


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