[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61855-61856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23575]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Directorate of Science and Technology

[Docket No. DHS-2004-0008]


Notice of Meeting of Homeland Security Science and Technology 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory

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Committee (HSSTAC) will meet in a partially closed session on November 
15-16, 2004.

DATES: The HSSTAC will meet in closed session on November 15, 2004, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on November 16, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 
10 a.m. The Committee will meet in open session on November 16, 2004, 
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting location for the open session is Booz Allen 
Hamilton, Virginia Square Plaza, 3811 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 
22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Leckey, Homeland Security 
Science and Technology Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland 
Security, Directorate of Science and Technology, Washington, DC 20528; 
telephone (202) 254-5041; e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2fae1e1e6f3f1f2d6dac19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d39b808087929093b7bba0fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 
U.S.C. app. 2). The HSSTAC will meet for purposes of receiving 
briefings from its subcommittees on recent activities and findings in 
support of the annual report to Congress, deliberating subcommittee 
findings and providing recommendations to the Under Secretary, and 
determining future subcommittee and committee activities. In accordance 
with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2), the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology has determined that this HSSTAC meeting will concern 
unclassified but sensitive matters to homeland security within the 
meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and that, accordingly, the meeting 
will be partially closed to the public.
    Public Attendance: Due to meeting space restrictions, the maximum 
number of public attendees will be 20. Members of the public will be 
registered to attend the public session on a first-come, first-served 
basis per the procedures that follow. Any member of the public who 
wishes to attend the public session must provide his or her name, 
affiliation, social security number, and date of birth no later than 5 
p.m. e.s.t., Monday, November 8, 2004. Please provide the required 
information to Brenda Leckey via e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ed6cdcdcadfdddefaf6edb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="70382323243133301418035e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>, or via phone 
at (202) 254-5721. Persons with disabilities who require special 
assistance should indicate so in their admittance request. Photo 
identification will be required for entry into the public session, and 
everyone in attendance must be present and seated by 10 a.m. on 
November 16, 2004.
    Public Comments: You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2004-
0008, by one of the following methods:
    <bullet> EPA Federal Partner EDOCKET Web site: http://www.epa.gov/feddocket. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the Web site. 
The Department of Homeland Security has joined the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) online public docket and comment system on its 
Partner Electronic Docket System (Partner EDOCKET). The Department of 
Homeland Security and its agencies (excluding the United States Coast 
Guard and Transportation Security Administration) will use the EPA 
Federal Partner EDOCKET system. The USCG and TSA [legacy Department of 
Transportation (DOT) agencies] will continue to use the DOT Docket 
Management System until full migration to the electronic rulemaking 
Federal docket management system in 2005.
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="573f242423363417333f2479303821">[email protected]</a>. Include DHS-2004-0008 in the 
subject line of the message.
    <bullet> Fax: (202) 254-6177.
    <bullet> Mail: Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket, including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket.

    Dated: October 14, 2004.
Charles E. McQueary,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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