69600 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 30, 2004 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) announces the third 

public meeting of the Water Security 

Working Group (WSWG) of the National 

Drinking Water Advisory Council 

(NDWAC), which was established under 

the Safe Drinking Water Act. The 

purpose of this meeting is to provide an 

opportunity for the WSWG members to 

continue deliberations on the features of 

active and effective security programs 

for drinking water and wastewater 

utilities (water sector), to continue 

deliberations on incentives to encourage 

broad adoption of active and effective 

security programs throughout the water 

sector, and to begin deliberations on 

mechanisms to measure the extent of 

implementation of water security 

programs. Final WSWG findings and 

recommendations will be provided to 

the NDWAC for their consideration. The 

WSWG anticipates providing findings 

and recommendations to the NDWAC in 

Spring 2005. Two additional meetings 

of the WSWG are planned and will be 

announced in the near future.

DATES: The WSWG meeting is December 

15–17, 2004. On December 15, 2004, the 

meeting is scheduled from 12:30 p.m. to 

6 p.m., eastern time (e.t.). On December 

16, 2004, the meeting is scheduled from 

8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., e.t. On December 17, 

2004, the meeting is schedule from 8 

a.m. to 12 p.m., e.t.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Radisson Barcelo ́ Hotel, 

Washington, 2121 P Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. The telephone 

number for this hotel is (202) 293–3100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested participants from the public 

should contact Marc Santora, 

Designated Federal Officer, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water, Water Security Division (Mail 

Code 4601–M), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20460. 

Please contact Marc Santora at 

santora.marc@epa.gov or call 202–564–

1597 to receive additional details.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The WSWG mission is to: (1) Identify, 

compile, and characterize best security 

practices and policies for drinking water 

and wastewater utilities and provide an 

approach for considering and adopting 

these practices and policies at a utility 

level; (2) consider mechanisms to 

provide recognition and incentives that 

facilitate a broad and receptive response 

among the water sector to implement 

these best security practices and 

policies and make recommendations as 

appropriate; (3) consider mechanisms to 

measure the extent of implementation of 

these best security practices and 

policies, identify the impediments to 

their implementation, and make 

recommendations as appropriate. The 

Group is comprised of sixteen members 

from water and wastewater utilities, 

public health, academia, state 

regulators, and environmental and 

community interests. It is supported by 

technical experts from the 

Environmental Protection Agency, the 

Department of Homeland Security, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, and the Department of 

Defense. 

Closed and Open Parts of the Meeting 

The WSWG is a working group of the 

NDWAC; it is not a Federal advisory 

committee and therefore not subject to 

the same public disclosure laws that 

govern Federal advisory committees. 

The Group can enter into closed session 

as necessary to provide an opportunity 

to discuss security-sensitive information 

relating to specific water sector 

vulnerabilities and security tactics. 

Currently, the WSWG does not 

anticipate closing any parts of the 

December meeting to the public. 

However, the Group reserves the right to 

enter into closed session, if necessary, 

late in the afternoon of December 15, 

2004, immediately before lunch on 

December 16, 2004, and late in the day 

on December 17, 2004. If closed sessions 

are needed, opportunities for public 

comment will be provided before the 

closed sessions begin. 

If the there is a closed meeting 

session, only WSWG members, Federal 

resource personnel, facilitation support 

contractors and outside experts 

identified by the facilitation support 

contractors will attend the closed 

meeting. A general summary of the 

topics discussed during closed meetings 

and the individuals present will be 

included with the summary of the open 

portions of the WSWG meeting. 

Public Comment 

An opportunity for public comment 

will be provided during the open part of 

the WSWG meeting. Oral statements 

will be limited to five minutes, and it is 

preferred that only one person present 

the statement on behalf of a group or 

organization. Written comments may be 

provided at the meeting or may be sent, 

by mail, to Marc Santora, Designated 

Federal Officer for the WSWG, at the email address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Special Accommodations 

Any person needing special 

accommodations at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access, should 

contact Marc Santora, Designated 

Federal Officer, at the number or e-mail 

address listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. Requests for special 

accommodations should be made at 

least five business days in advance of 

the WSWG meeting.

Dated: November 23, 2004. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water.

[FR Doc. 04–26402 Filed 11–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2004–0402; FRL–7690–3]

Notice of Availability of the Preliminary 

Risk Assessment (PRA) for 

Pentachlorophenol (PCP)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of documents that were 

developed as part of EPA’s six-phase 

public participation reregistration 

process for pentachlorophenol. This 

notice starts the 60–day public comment 

period for the Preliminary Risk 

Assessment (PRA) for 

pentachlorophenol (PCP only). EPA will 

review all comments received and 

address them accordingly. The Agency 

will then announce and conduct a 

public technical briefing on the revised 

risk assessment to provide an 

opportunity for the public to learn more 

about the data, information, and 

methods used to develop the revised 

risk assessment. The revised assessment 

will then be made available to the 

public, and the public will be invited to 

submit risk management ideas and/or 

proposals. By allowing access and 

opportunity for comments on the PRA, 

the Agency is seeking to strengthen 

stakeholder involvement and help 

ensure its decisions under the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) are 

transparent, and based on the best 

available information.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

control number OPP–2004–0402, must 

be received on or before January 31, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by mail, electronically, or in 

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person. Please follow the detailed 

instructions for each method as 

provided in Unit I of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By 

mail: Heather A. Garvie, Office of 

Pesticide Programs (7510C), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Office location 

for commercial courier delivery, 

telephone number and e-mail address: 

Rm. 308, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell 

Street, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 308–

0034; e-mail: garvie.heather@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

announcement consists of two parts. 

The first part contains general 

information. The second part provides 

information on what actions the Agency 

intends to take.

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public 

in general. You may be potentially 

affected by this action if you 

manufacture, sell, distribute, or use PCP 

products. The Congressional Review 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does 

not apply because this action is not a 

rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 

Since other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2004–

0402. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This 

docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

thisFederal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number. Copies of the PRA for PCP can 

also be obtained via http://

www.epa.gov/pesticides/

REREGISTRATION.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number in the subject line on 

the first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit I.D. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute.

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment.

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets 

at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

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follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ and then key in 

docket ID number OPP–2004–0402. The 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, e-mail address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment.

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to opp-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention: Docket ID Number OPP–

2004–0402. In contrast to EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the docket without going 

through EPA’s electronic public docket, 

EPA’s e-mail system automatically 

captures your e-mail address. E-mail 

addresses that are automatically 

captured by EPA’s e-mail system are 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the official public docket, and 

made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket.

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit I.C.2. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption.

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2004–0402.

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Public Information 

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), 

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 

119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPP–2004–0402. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation as 

identified in Unit I.B.1.

D. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency?

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA’s electronic public docket 

or by e-mail. You may claim 

information that you submit to EPA as 

CBI by marking any part or all of that 

information as CBI (if you submit CBI 

on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

CBI). Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of 

the comment that includes any 

information claimed as CBI, a copy of 

the comment that does not contain the 

information claimed as CBI must be 

submitted for inclusion in the public 

docket and EPA’s electronic public 

docket. If you submit the copy that does 

not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and EPA’s 

electronic public docket without prior 

notice. If you have any questions about 

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, 

please consult the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

my Comments for EPA?

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible.

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used.

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and /or data you used that 

support your views.

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide.

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the notice or collection activity.

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

notice.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket control 

number assigned to this action in the 

subject line of your response. You also 

may provide the name, date, and 

Federal Register citation.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

The production of PCP for wood 

preserving began on an experimental 

basis in the 1930s. In 1947 nearly 3,200 

metric tons of PCP were reported to 

have been used in the United States by 

the commercial wood preserving 

industry. PCP was one of the most 

widely used biocides in the United 

States prior to regulatory actions to 

cancel and restrict certain non-wood 

preservative uses of PCP in 1987. Prior 

to the 1987 Federal Register Notice 

which canceled and restricted certain 

non-wood uses of PCP, PCP was 

registered for use as a herbicide, 

defoliant, mossicide, and as a 

disinfectant.

Indoor applications of PCP are 

prohibited in accordance with the 

restrictions indicated in the U.S. EPA 

Position Document 4 for Wood 

Preservative Pesticides: Creosote, 

Pentachlorophenol and Inorganic 

Arsenicals (1984, amended 1986). The 

use of PCP to treat wood intended for 

use in interiors is prohibited, except for 

a few low exposure uses (i.e., those 

support structures which are in contact 

with the soil in barns, stables, and 

similar sites and which are subject to 

decay or insect infestation). PCP is a 

restricted use pesticide for sale and use 

by certified applicators only. There are 

currently 10 active products containing 

PCP listed in the EPA Office of Pesticide 

Programs Information Network (OPPIN) 

database for chemical code 63001.

EPA is making available preliminary 

risk assessments that have been 

developed as part of EPA’s process for 

making reregistration eligibility 

decisions on PCP (the HCB and dioxin 

Preliminary Risk Assessment (PRA) 

chapters will be released at a later date). 

The Agency is providing the 

opportunity, through this notice, for 

interested parties to provide written 

comments and input to the Agency on 

the preliminary risk assessments for the 

chemical specified in this notice. Such 

comments and input could address, for 

example, the availability of additional 

data to further refine the risk 

assessments, or could address the 

Agency’s risk assessment methodologies 

and assumptions as applied to this 

specific chemical. Comments should be 

limited to issues raised within the 

preliminary risk assessments and 

associated documents. EPA will provide 

other opportunities for public comment 

on other science issues associated with 

PCP. Failure to comment on any issues 

as part of this opportunity will in no 

way prejudice or limit a commenter’s 

opportunity to participate fully in later 

notice and comment processes. All 

comments should be submitted by 60 

days from the date of the publication of 

this Federal Register notice.

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 30, 2004 / Notices 69603

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, 

pentachlorophenol, wood preservatives, 

pesticides and pests.

Dated: November 24, 2004.

Frank Sanders,

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 04–26404 Filed 11–29–04; 8:45 

a.m.]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority 

November 18, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before January 31, 2005. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) comments to 

Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554 or via the Internet to JudithB.Herman@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control No.: 3060–0513. 

Title: ARMIS Joint Cost Report. 

Report No.: FCC Report 43–03. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 83. 

Estimated Time Per response: 50 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 4,150 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: Not Applicable. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment.: Not 

Applicable. 

Needs and Uses: The Joint Cost 

Report is needed to administer our joint 

cost rules (Part 64) and to analyze data 

in order to prevent cross-subsidization 

of non-regulated operations by the 

regulated operations of Tier 1 carriers. 

The information contained in the 

ARMIS Report 43–03 provides the 

necessary detail to enable the 

Commission to fulfill its regulatory 

responsibilities. Automated reporting of 

these data greatly enhances the 

Commission’s ability to process and 

analyze the extensive amounts of data 

that it needs to administer its rules. 

ARMIS facilitates the timely and 

efficient analysis of revenue 

requirements, rates of return and price 

caps, and provides an improved basis 

for auditing and other oversight 

functions. It also enhances the 

Commission’s ability to quantify the 

effects of policy proposals.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–26335 Filed 11–29–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System.

TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Monday, 

December 6, 2004.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal 

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C 

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments, 

promotions, assignments, 

reassignments, and salary actions) 

involving individual Federal Reserve 

System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a 

previously announced meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle A. Smith, Director, Office of 

Board Members; 202–452–2955.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may 

call 202–452–3206 beginning at 

approximately 5 p.m. two business days 

before the meeting for a recorded 

announcement of bank and bank 

holding company applications 

scheduled for the meeting; or you may 

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic 

announcement that not only lists 

applications, but also indicates 

procedural and other information about 

the meeting.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 26, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26452 Filed 11–26–04; 10:55 

am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Information Collections Related 

to Reunificiation Procedures for 

Unaccompanied Alien Children. 

OMB No: New Collection. 

Description: Following the passage of 

the 2002 Homeland Security Act (Pub. 

L. 107–296), the Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is charged 

with the care and placement of 

unaccompanied alien children in 

Federal custody, and implementing a 

policy for the release of these children, 

when appropriate, upon the request of 

suitable sponsors while awaiting 

immigration proceedings. In order for 

ORR to make determinations regarding 

the release of these children, the 

potential sponsors must meet certain 

conditions pursuant to section 462 of 

the Homeland Security Act and the 

Flores v. Reno settlement agreement, 

No. CV85–4544–RJK (C.D. Cal. 1997). 

ORR considers the suitability of a 

sponsor based on the sponsor’s ability