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standards would be inconsistent with 

applicable law or otherwise impractical. 

Voluntary consensus standards are 

technical standards (e.g., specifications 

of materials, performance, design, or 

operation; test methods; sampling 

procedures; and related management 

systems practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

in accordance with Department of 

Homeland Security Management 

Directive 023–01 and Commandant 

Instruction M16475.lD, which guide the 

Coast Guard in complying with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f) 

and have made a preliminary 

determination that this action is one of 

a category of actions which the Coast 

Guard concluded do not normally have 

individual or cumulative significant 

effects on the human environment. 

Since the proposed action involves 

establishment of security zones, the 

applicable categorical exclusion is 

found in Figure 2–1, paragraph 34(g) of 

the Commandant Instruction. An 

environmental analysis checklist 

supporting this preliminary 

determination is available in the docket 

where indicated under ADDRESSES. We 

seek any comments or information that 

may lead to the discovery of a 

significant environmental impact from 

this proposed rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department 

of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

2. Add § 165.123 to read as follows: 

§ 165.123 Cruise Ships, Sector 

Southeastern New England Captain of the 

Port (COTP) Zone. 

(a) Location. The following areas are 

security zones: All navigable waters 

within the Southeastern New England 

Captain of the Port (COTP) Zone, 

extending from the surface to the sea 

floor: 

(1) Within a 200-yard radius of any 

cruise ship that is underway and is 

under escort of U.S. Coast Guard law 

enforcement personnel or designated 

representative, or 

(2) Within a 100-yard radius of any 

cruise ship that is anchored, at any 

berth or moored. 

(b) Definitions. For the purposes of 

this section— 

‘‘Cruise ship’’ means a passenger 

vessel as defined in 46 U.S.C. 2101(22), 

that is authorized to carry more than 

400 passengers and is 200 or more feet 

in length. A cruise ship under this 

section will also include ferries as 

defined in 46 CFR 2.10–25 that are 

authorized to carry more than 400 

passengers and are 200 feet or more in 

length. 

‘‘Designated representative’’ means 

any Coast Guard commissioned, 

warrant, or petty officer who has been 

designated by the COTP to act on the 

COTP’s behalf. The designated 

representative may be on a Coast Guard 

vessel, or onboard federal, state, or a 

local agency vessel that is authorized to 

act in support of the Coast Guard. 

‘‘Southeastern New England COTP 

Zone’’ is as defined in 33 CFR 3.05–20. 

(c) Enforcement. The security zones 

described in this section will be 

activated and enforced upon entry of 

any cruise ship into the navigable 

waters of the United States (see 33 CFR 

2.36(a) to include the 12 NM territorial 

sea) in the Southeastern New England 

COTP zone. This zone will remain 

activated at all times while a cruise ship 

is within the navigable waters of the 

United States in the Sector Southeastern 

New England COTP Zone. In addition, 

the Coast Guard may broadcast the area 

designated as a security zone for the 

duration of the enforcement period via 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners. 

(d) Regulations. (1) In accordance 

with the general regulations in 33 CFR 

part 165, subpart D, no person or vessel 

may enter or move within the security 

zones created by this section unless 

granted permission to do so by the 

COTP Southeastern New England or the 

designated representative. 

(2) All persons and vessels granted 

permission to enter a security zone must 

comply with the instructions of the 

COTP or the designated representative. 

Emergency response vessels are 

authorized to move within the zone, but 

must abide by the restrictions imposed 

by the COTP or the designated 

representative. 

(3) No person may swim upon or 

below the surface of the water within 

the boundaries of these security zones 

unless previously authorized by the 

COTP or his designated representative. 

(4) Upon being hailed by a U.S. Coast 

Guard vessel or the designated 

representative, by siren, radio, flashing 

light or other means, the operator of the 

vessel shall proceed as directed. 

(5) Vessel operators desiring to enter 

or operate within the security zone shall 

contact the COTP or the designated 

representative via VHF channel 16 or 

508–457–3211 (Sector Southeastern 

New England command center) to 

obtain permission to do so. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

V.B. Gifford, Jr., 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Southeastern New England. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

45 CFR Parts 1355, 1356 and 1357 

Federal Monitoring of Child and Family 

Service Programs; Request for Public 

Comment and Consultation Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Administration 

for Children and Families (ACF), 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families (ACYF), Children’s Bureau 

(CB) 

ACTION: Request for public comment and 

consultation meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Children’s Bureau is 

interested in improving the process by 

which we review title IV–B and IV–E 

plan requirements. CB currently reviews 

a State’s compliance through Child and 

Family Service Reviews (CFSRs). 

Following two rounds of CFSRs in every 

State and the passage of several 

amendments to Federal child welfare 

laws since the CFSRs began, we believe 

it is time to reassess how CB reviews 

title IV–B and IV–E programs through 

the CFSR and identify enhancements 

and system improvements we could 

make. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

May 20, 2011. Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional details on consultation 

meetings. 

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit written comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: CBComments@acf.hhs.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Comments on CFSR 

Federal Register Notice’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Mail or Courier Delivery: Jan 

Rothstein, Division of Policy, Children’s 

Bureau, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families, Administration for 

Children and Families, 1250 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., 8th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20024 

Instructions: If you choose to use an 

express, overnight, or other special 

delivery method, ensure that delivery 

may be made at the address listed under 

the ADDRESSES section. We urge 

interested parties to submit comments 

electronically to ensure that they are 

received in a timely manner. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This will include 

any personal information provided. 

Comments provided during a meeting, 

or in writing, in response to this Federal 

Register notice will receive equal 

consideration by ACF. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Rothstein, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Ave., SW., 8th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 401–5073. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Child and Family Service Review 

Background: Section 1123A of the 

Social Security Act (the Act) requires 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services to issue 

regulations for the review of programs 

under titles IV–B and IV–E to determine 

whether such programs are in 

substantial conformity with title IV–B 

and IV–E plan requirements, 

implementing regulations and relevant 

title IV–B and IV–E plans. ACF issued 

regulations implementing such reviews, 

known as the CFSRs, in the Federal 

Register on January 25, 2000 (65 FR 

4020). The review process, as regulated, 

grew out of extensive consultation with 

interested groups, individuals and 

experts in the field of child welfare and 

related areas. The consultation affirmed 

that the broad goals of child welfare 

systems are to: Assure safety for all 

children; to assure permanent, nurturing 

homes for all children; and to enhance 

the well-being of children and their 

families. The reviews reinforce those 

goals. 

The existing CFSRs enable CB to: (1) 

Ensure conformity with Federal child 

welfare requirements; (2) determine 

what is actually happening to children 

and families as they are engaged in 

child welfare services; and (3) assist 

States to enhance their capacity to help 

children and families achieve positive 

outcomes. CB conducts the reviews in 

partnership with State child welfare 

agency staff and other stakeholders 

involved in the provision of child 

welfare services. We have structured the 

reviews to help States identify strengths 

as well as areas needing improvement 

within their agencies and programs. 

Each CFSR is a two-stage process 

consisting of a Statewide Assessment 

and an onsite review of child and family 

service outcomes and program systems. 

For the Statewide Assessment, CB 

prepares and transmits data profiles that 

contain aggregate data on the State’s 

foster care and in-home service 

populations. The data profiles allow 

each State to compare certain safety and 

permanency data indicators with 

national standards determined by CB. 

The on-site review includes case record 

reviews, interviews with children and 

families engaged in services and 

interviews with other stakeholders. 

States determined not to have achieved 

substantial conformity in all the areas 

assessed are required to develop and 

implement Program Improvement Plans 

(PIPs) within two years addressing the 

areas of nonconformity. CB supports the 

States with technical assistance and 

monitors implementation of their plans. 

States that are unable to complete their 

PIPs successfully have some of their 

Federal child welfare funds withheld 

until they are found to be in substantial 

conformity or have successfully 

completed a PIP as prescribed in the 

Federal regulations. 

We believe that the CFSR has been a 

factor contributing to increased State 

and local attention to child welfare 

practice improvement and a renewed 

focus on child and family outcomes and 

the systems supporting positive 

outcomes. Stakeholders have also noted 

that there are areas where the CFSRs 

could contribute to even more positive 

changes. To that end, we are interested 

in learning from stakeholders in 

response to the questions below how 

they would envision a Federal review 

process that meets the statutory 

requirements in section 1123A of the 

Act and holds child welfare agencies 

accountable for achieving positive 

outcomes for children and families and 

continuously improving the quality of 

their systems for doing so. 

In addition to the foregoing, we would 

like to clarify that, although several of 

the questions below address Tribal 

involvement in Federal reviews of title 

IV–B and IV–E plan requirements, until 

regulations are in effect otherwise, 

Indian Tribes operating title IV–E 

programs of their own are not subject to 

CFSRs. However, Indian Tribes have 

participated in CFSRs in the past and 

Indian children are part of the CFSRs. 

Therefore, we are interested at this time 

in gaining their insight into how the 

process could be improved. 

Questions 

Please identify the question to which 

you are responding. If you have 

additional comments, please identify 

them by citing to the appropriate section 

of the regulations or review process, if 

appropriate: 

1. How could ACF best promote and 

measure continuous quality 

improvement in child welfare outcomes 

and the effective functioning of systems 

that promote positive outcomes for 

children and families? 

2. To what extent should data or 

measures from national child welfare 

databases (e.g., the Adoption and Foster 

Care Analysis and Reporting System, 

the National Child Abuse and Neglect 

Data System) be used in a Federal 

monitoring process and what measures 

are important for State/Tribal/local 

accountability? 

3. What role should the child welfare 

case management information system or 

systems that States/Tribes/local 

agencies use for case management or 

quality assurance purposes play in a 

Federal monitoring process? 

4. What roles should State/Tribal/ 

local child welfare agencies play in 

establishing targets for improvement 

and monitoring performance towards 

those targets? What role should other 

stakeholders, such as courts, clients and 

other child-serving agencies play? 

5. In what ways should targets and 

performance goals be informed by and 

integrated with other Federal child 

welfare oversight efforts? 

6. What specific strategies, supports, 

incentives, or penalties are needed to 

ensure continued quality improvement 

and achievement of positive outcomes 

for children and families that are in 

substantial conformity with Federal 

child welfare laws? 

7. In light of the ability of Tribes to 

directly operate title IV–E programs 

through recent changes in the statute, in 

what ways, if any, should a Federal 

review process focus on services 

delivered to Indian children? 

8. Are there examples of other review 

protocols, either in child welfare or 

related fields, in which Tribal/State/ 

local governments participate that might 

inform CB’s approach to reviewing child 

welfare systems? 

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We welcome any other comments you 

have about Federal review of child 

welfare programs, including the current 

CFSR process. 

Additional Consultation 

Opportunities: In addition to this 

opportunity to comment, CB plans to 

hold four in-person consultations in 

ACF Regions III, VI, VIII and IX and two 

meetings in our offices in Washington, 

DC. 

CB invites State representatives, 

Tribal leaders and/or their 

representatives, judges, families and 

youth served by the child welfare 

system and other interested 

stakeholders to attend these in-person 

meetings or call in via the conference 

call number to provide their input on 

the questions raised above. Registration 

for the meetings and calls must be 

completed in advance per the details 

below. You may also provide written 

comments as noted in the ADDRESSES

section, regardless of participation in an 

in-person session or conference call. 

Finally, please note that Federal 

representatives attending the 

consultation sessions will not be able to 

respond directly during the session to 

the concerns or questions raised by 

participants. The consultation sessions 

and contact information are listed 

below: 

CB meeting/conference call–1: April 26, 

2011, 12–2 EDT. 

CB meeting/conference call–2: May 3, 

2011, 1–3 EDT. 

Register for the meeting/call of your 

choice by sending an e-mail to: 

cw@jbsinternational.com to register. 

Region III—April 20, 2011, 10:00–12:00 

EDT 

150 S. Independence Mall West, Suite 

864, Philadelphia, PA 19106–3499, 

Please send an e-mail to: 

cw@jbsinternational.com to register. 

Region VI—April 18, 2011, 10:00–12:00 

CDT 

1301 Young Street, Room 1119, Dallas, 

TX 75202, Please send an e-mail to: 

cw@jbsinternational.com to register. 

Region VIII—April 27, 2011, 10:00– 

12:00 MDT 

999 18th Street, South Terrace, Suite 

499, Denver, CO 80202, Please send 

an e-mail to: cw@jbsinternational.com 

to register. 

Region IX—April 20, 2011, 10:30–12:30 

PDT 

90 7th Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, 

CA 94103, Please send an e-mail to: 

cw@jbsinternational.com to register. 

The Children’s Bureau is also hosting 

Tribal Roundtables for Tribal leaders 

and/or their representatives. The dates 

of these sessions are listed below: 

August 2–3 in Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma; 

August 16–17 in Seattle, Washington; 

September 13–14 in Minneapolis, 

Minnesota. 

A portion of the agenda for these 

roundtables will be set aside to discuss 

Federal monitoring of child and family 

services programs under titles IV–B and 

IV–E. The Children’s Bureau will send 

information directly to Tribal leaders 

regarding attendance at these 

roundtables. 

Dated: March 31, 2011. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 1, 17, 22, 24, 25, 27, 80, 

87, and 90 

[WT Docket Nos. 08–61 and 03–187; DA 

11–558] 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

Invites Comment on Draft 

Environmental Notice Requirements 

and Interim Procedures Affecting the 

Antenna Structure Registration 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Bureau 

invites comment, pursuant to the rules 

of the Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ), on draft rules and 

interim procedures designed to ensure 

that the environmental effects of 

proposed communications towers, 

including their effects on migratory 

birds, are fully considered prior to 

construction. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: All filings should refer to 

WT Docket Nos. 08–61 and 03–187. 

Comments may be filed using: (1) The 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal 

Government’s eRulemaking Portal, or (3) 

by filing paper copies. See Electronic 

Filing of Documents in Rulemaking 

Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet 

by accessing the ECFS: http:// 

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/or the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

four copies of each filing. If more than 

one docket or rulemaking number 

appears in the caption of this 

proceeding, filers must submit two 

additional copies for each additional 

docket or rulemaking number. Filings 

can be sent by hand or messenger 

delivery, by commercial overnight 

courier, or by first-class or overnight 

U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings 

must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 

445 12th St., SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. The filing 

hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand 

deliveries must be held together 

with rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes must be disposed of 

before entering the building. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express 

Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent 

to 9300 East Hampton Drive, 

Capitol Heights, MD 20743. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (tty). 

Parties should send a copy of each 

filing to the Spectrum and Competition 

Policy Division, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, or 

by e-mail to mania.baghdadi@fcc.gov. 

Parties shall also serve one copy with 

the Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals 

II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, (202) 488–5300, 

or via e-mail to fcc@bcpiweb.com. 

Filings and comments will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying during regular business hours 

at the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

They may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 

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