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1The OIG Semiannual Report can be accessed 

through the OIG Web site at http://oig.hhs.gov/

publications/semiannual.html.

(56 FR 35952, July 29, 1991). Health 

care providers and others may 

voluntarily seek to comply with these 

provisions so that they have the 

assurance that their business practices 

will not be subject to any enforcement 

action under the anti-kickback statute or 

related administrative authorities. 

To date, OIG has developed and 

codified in 42 CFR 1001.952 a total of 

22 final safe harbors that describe 

practices that are sheltered from 

liability. 

B. OIG Special Fraud Alerts 

The OIG has also periodically issued 

Special Fraud Alerts to give continuing 

guidance to health care providers with 

respect to practices OIG finds 

potentially fraudulent or abusive. The 

Special Fraud Alerts encourage industry 

compliance by giving providers 

guidance that can be applied to their 

own practices. The OIG Special Fraud 

Alerts are intended for extensive 

distribution directly to the health care 

provider community, as well as to those 

charged with administering the Federal 

health care programs. 

In developing these Special Fraud 

Alerts, OIG has relied on a number of 

sources and has consulted directly with 

experts in the subject field, including 

those within OIG, other agencies of the 

Department, other Federal and State 

agencies, and those in the health care 

industry. To date, OIG has issued 12 

individual Special Fraud Alerts. 

C. Section 205 of Public Law 104–191 

Section 205 of Public Law 104–191 

requires the Department to develop and 

publish an annual notice in the Federal 

Register formally soliciting proposals 

for modifying existing safe harbors to 

the anti-kickback statute and for 

developing new safe harbors and 

Special Fraud Alerts. 

In developing safe harbors for a 

criminal statute, OIG is required to 

engage in a thorough review of the range 

of factual circumstances that may fall 

within the proposed safe harbor subject 

area so as to uncover potential 

opportunities for fraud and abuse. Only 

then can OIG determine, in consultation 

with the Department of Justice, whether 

it can effectively develop regulatory 

limitations and controls that will permit 

beneficial and innocuous arrangements 

within a subject area while, at the same 

time, protecting the Federal health care 

programs and their beneficiaries from 

abusive practices.

II. Solicitation of Additional New 

Recommendations and Proposals 

In accordance with the requirements 

of section 205 of Public Law 104–191, 

OIG last published a Federal Register

solicitation notice for developing new 

safe harbors and Special Fraud Alerts on 

December 12, 2003 (68 FR 69366). As 

required under section 205, a status 

report of the public comments received 

in response to that notice is set forth in 

Appendix G to the OIG’s Semiannual 

Report covering the period April 1, 2004 

through September, 30, 2004.1 The OIG 

is not seeking additional public 

comment on the proposals listed in 

Appendix G at this time. Rather, this 

notice seeks additional 

recommendations regarding the 

development of proposed or modified 

safe harbor regulations and new Special 

Fraud Alerts beyond those summarized 

in Appendix G to the OIG Semiannual 

Report referenced above.

Criteria for Modifying and Establishing 

Safe Harbor Provisions 

In accordance with section 205 of 

HIPAA, we will consider a number of 

factors in reviewing proposals for new 

or modified safe harbor provisions, such 

as the extent to which the proposals 

would affect an increase or decrease 

in—

• Access to health care services; 

• The quality of services; 

• Patient freedom of choice among 

health care providers; 

• Competition among health care 

providers; 

• The cost to Federal health care 

programs; 

• The potential overutilization of the 

health care services; and 

• The ability of health care facilities 

to provide services in medically 

underserved areas or to medically 

underserved populations. 

In addition, we will also take into 

consideration other factors, including, 

for example, the existence (or 

nonexistence) of any potential financial 

benefit to health care professionals or 

providers that may take into account 

their decisions whether to (1) order a 

health care item or service, or (2) 

arrange for a referral of health care items 

or services to a particular practitioner or 

provider. 

Criteria for Developing Special Fraud 

Alerts 

In determining whether to issue 

additional Special Fraud Alerts, we will 

also consider whether, and to what 

extent, the practices that would be 

identified in a new Special Fraud Alert 

may result in any of the consequences 

set forth above, as well as the volume 

and frequency of the conduct that 

would be identified in the Special Fraud 

Alert. 

A detailed explanation of 

justifications for, or empirical data 

supporting, a suggestion for a safe 

harbor or Special Fraud Alert would be 

helpful and should, if possible, be 

included in any response to this 

solicitation.

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

Daniel R. Levinson, 

Acting Inspector General.

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BILLING CODE 4150–04–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

49 CFR Part 1507

[Docket No. TSA–2004–19845] 

RIN 1652–AA34

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of 

Exemptions

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: TSA proposes to exempt 

Transportation Security Intelligence 

Service (TSIS) Operations Files (DHS/

TSA 011) from several provisions of the 

Privacy Act; to add 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) 

as an authority to exempt the Personnel 

Background Investigation File System 

(DHS/TSA 004) from the provisions 

previously claimed for that system; and 

to add 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) as an authority 

to exempt the Transportation Security 

Enforcement Record System (DHS/TSA 

001) and the Internal Investigation 

Record System (DHS/TSA 005) from the 

provisions previously claimed for those 

two systems, to now include subsection 

(e)(3). Public comment is invited.

DATES: Submit comments by January 10, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: You must identify the TSA 

docket number when you submit 

comments to this rulemaking, using any 

one of the following methods: 

Comments Filed Electronically: You 

may submit comments through the 

docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.

Please be aware that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

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You may review the applicable Privacy 

Act Statement published in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477), or you may visit http://

dms.dot.gov.

You also may submit comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov.

Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or 

In Person: Address or deliver your 

written, signed comments to the Docket 

Management System, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001; Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Reviewing Comments in the Docket:

You may review the public docket 

containing comments in person in the 

Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The Dockets Office is 

located on the plaza level of the NASSIF 

Building at the Department of 

Transportation address above. Also, you 

may review public dockets on the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

format and other information about 

comment submissions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

S. Dean, Privacy Officer, Office of 

Transportation Security Policy, TSA–9, 

601 S. 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

22202–4220; telephone (571) 227–3947; 

facsimile (571) 227–2555.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited 

TSA invites interested persons to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting written comments, data, or 

views. We also invite comments relating 

to the economic, environmental, energy, 

or federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the proposals in this 

document. See ADDRESSES above for 

information on where to submit 

comments. 

With each comment, please include 

your name and address, identify the 

docket number TSA–2004–19845 at the 

beginning of your comments, and give 

the reason for each comment. The most 

helpful comments reference a specific 

portion of the proposal, explain the 

reason for any recommended change, 

and include supporting data. You may 

submit comments and material 

electronically, in person, or by mail as 

provided under ADDRESSES, but please 

submit your comments and material by 

only one means. If you submit 

comments by mail or delivery, submit 

them in two copies, in an unbound 

format, no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. 

If you want the TSA to acknowledge 

receipt of your comments on this 

rulemaking, include with your 

comments a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard on which the docket number 

appears. We will stamp the date on the 

postcard and mail it to you. 

Except for comments containing 

confidential information and SSI, we 

will file in the public docket all 

comments we receive, as well as a 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with TSA personnel 

concerning this rulemaking. The docket 

is available for public inspection before 

and after the comment closing date. 

We will consider all comments we 

receive on or before the closing date for 

comments. We will consider comments 

filed late to the extent practicable. We 

may change this rulemaking in light of 

the comments we receive. 

Availability of Rulemaking Document 

You can get an electronic copy using 

the Internet by—

(1) Searching the Department of 

Transportation’s electronic Docket 

Management System (DMS) Web page 

(http://dms.dot.gov/search); 

(2) Accessing the Government 

Printing Office’s Web page at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/

aces140.html; or 

(3) Visiting the TSA’s Law and Policy 

Web page at http://www.tsa.dot.gov/

public/index.jsp.

In addition, copies are available by 

writing or calling the individual in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Make sure to identify the docket 

number of this rulemaking. 

Summary of Proposed Rule 

In conjunction with the establishment 

of a new system of records, 

Transportation Security Intelligence 

Service (TSIS) Operations Files (DHS/

TSA 011), TSA proposes to exempt 

portions of the system from several 

provisions of the Privacy Act; the 

exemptions are claimed in accordance 

with the reasons explained below. The 

purpose of this system is to maintain 

records on intelligence, 

counterintelligence, transportation 

security, and information systems 

security matters as they relate to TSA’s 

mission of protecting the nation’s 

transportation systems. TSA also 

proposes to add 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) as 

an authority to exempt the Personnel 

Background Investigation File System 

(DHS/TSA 004) from the provisions 

previously claimed for this system that 

allows TSA to maintain investigative 

and background records used to make 

suitability and eligibility determinations 

for employment. See 68 FR 49410, Aug. 

18, 2003. The system is exempt from 

provisions of the Privacy Act in 

accordance with the reasons explained 

below. Finally, TSA proposes to add 5 

U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) as an authority to 

exempt the Transportation Security 

Enforcement Record System (DHS/TSA 

001) and the Internal Investigation 

Record System (DHS/TSA 005) from the 

provisions previously claimed for those 

two systems and to now include 

subsection (e)(3) of the Privacy Act. See 

68 FR 49410, Aug. 18, 2003. The 

systems are exempt from provisions of 

the Privacy Act in accordance with the 

reasons explained below. DHS/TSA 001 

serves as an enforcement docket system 

while DHS/TSA 005 is maintained to 

facilitate the management of 

investigations into allegations or 

appearances of misconduct by current 

and former TSA employees or 

contractors and is being modified to 

cover investigations of security-related 

incidents and reviews of TSA programs 

and operations. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires that TSA 

consider the impact of paperwork and 

other information collection burdens 

imposed on the public. We have 

determined that there are no current or 

new information collection 

requirements associated with this 

proposed rule. 

Analysis of Regulatory Impacts 

This proposal is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ within the meaning 

of Executive Order 12886. Because the 

economic impact should be minimal, 

further regulatory evaluation is not 

necessary. Moreover, I certify that this 

proposal would not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities, because the 

reporting requirements themselves are 

not changed and because it applies only 

to information on individuals.

Unfunded Mandates 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), (Pub. L. 

104–4, 109 Stat. 48), requires Federal 

agencies to assess the effects of certain 

regulatory actions on State, local, and 

tribal governments, and the private 

sector. UMRA requires a written 

statement of economic and regulatory 

alternatives for proposed and final rules 

that contain Federal mandates. A 

‘‘Federal mandate’’ is a new or 

additional enforceable duty, imposed on 

any State, local, or tribal government, or 

the private sector. If any Federal 

mandate causes those entities to spend, 

in aggregate, $100 million or more in 

any one year the UMRA analysis is 

required. This proposal would not 

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impose Federal mandates on any State, 

local, or tribal government or the private 

sector. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

TSA has analyzed this proposed rule 

under the principles and criteria of 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism. We 

determined that this action would not 

have a substantial direct effect on the 

States, on the relationship between the 

national Government and the States, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government, and therefore 

would not have federalism implications. 

Environmental Analysis 

TSA has reviewed this action for 

purposes of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347) and has determined that 

this action will not have a significant 

effect on the human environment. 

Energy Impact 

The energy impact of this document 

has been assessed in accordance with 

the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

(EPCA) Public Law 94–163, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 6362). We have determined 

that this rulemaking is not a major 

regulatory action under the provisions 

of the EPCA.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1507

Privacy.

The Proposed Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Transportation Security Administration 

proposes to amend part 1507 of chapter 

XII, title 49 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, as follows:

PART 1507—PRIVACY ACT—

EXEMPTIONS 

1. The authority citation continues to 

read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114(1)(1), 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k).

2. Amend § 1507.3 by revising 

paragraphs (a), (c), and (d), and by 

adding a new paragraph (j) to read as 

follows:

§ 1507.3 Exemptions. 

(a) Transportation Security 

Enforcement Record System (DHS/TSA 

001). The Transportation Security 

Enforcement Record System (TSERS) 

(DHS/TSA 001) enables TSA to 

maintain a system of records related to 

the screening of passengers and 

property and they may be used to 

identify, review, analyze, investigate, 

and prosecute violations or potential 

violations of criminal statutes and 

transportation security laws. Pursuant to 

exemptions (j)(2), (k)(1), and (k)(2) of the 

Privacy Act, DHS/TSA 001 is exempt 

from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), 

(e)(3), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f). 

Exemptions from the particular 

subsections are justified for the 

following reasons: 

(1) From subsection (c)(3) 

(Accounting for Disclosures) because 

release of the accounting of disclosures 

could alert the subject of an 

investigation of an actual or potential 

criminal, civil, or regulatory violation to 

the existence of the investigation and 

reveal investigative interest on the part 

of TSA as well as the recipient agency. 

Disclosure of the accounting would 

therefore present a serious impediment 

to transportation security law 

enforcement efforts and efforts to 

preserve national security. Disclosure of 

the accounting would also permit the 

individual who is the subject of a record 

to impede the investigation and avoid 

detection or apprehension, which 

undermines the entire system. 

(2) From subsection (d) (Access to 

Records) because access to the records 

contained in this system of records 

could inform the subject of an 

investigation of an actual or potential 

criminal, civil, or regulatory violation to 

the existence of the investigation and 

reveal investigative interest on the part 

of TSA as well as the recipient agency. 

Access to the records would permit the 

individual who is the subject of a record 

to impede the investigation and avoid 

detection or apprehension. Amendment 

of the records would interfere with 

ongoing investigations and law 

enforcement activities and impose an 

impossible administrative burden by 

requiring investigations to be 

continuously reinvestigated. The 

information contained in the system 

may also include properly classified 

information, the release of which would 

pose a threat to national defense and/or 

foreign policy. In addition, permitting 

access and amendment to such 

information also could disclose 

security-sensitive information that 

could be detrimental to transportation 

security. 

(3) From subsection (e)(1) (Relevancy 

and Necessity of Information) because 

in the course of investigations into 

potential violations of transportation 

security laws, the accuracy of 

information obtained or introduced, 

occasionally may be unclear or the 

information may not be strictly relevant 

or necessary to a specific investigation. 

In the interests of effective enforcement 

of transportation security laws, it is 

appropriate to retain all information that 

may aid in establishing patterns of 

unlawful activity. 

(4) From subsections (e)(4)(G), (H), 

and (I) (Agency Requirements), and (f) 

(Agency Rules), because this system is 

exempt from the access provisions of 

subsection (d). 

(5) From subsection (e)(3) (Privacy 

Act Statement) because disclosing the 

authority, purpose, routine uses, and 

potential consequences of not providing 

information could reveal the 

investigative interests of TSA, as well as 

the nature and scope of an investigation, 

the disclosure of which could enable 

individuals to circumvent agency 

regulations or statutes.

* * * * *

(c) Personnel Background 

Investigation File System (DHS/TSA 

004). The Personnel Background 

Investigation File System (PBIFS) (DHS/

TSA 004) enables TSA to maintain 

investigative and background material 

used to make suitability and eligibility 

determinations regarding current and 

former TSA employees, applicants for 

TSA employment, and TSA contract 

employees. Pursuant to exemptions 

(k)(1) and (k)(5) of the Privacy Act, the 

Personnel Background Investigation File 

System is exempt from 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3) (Accounting for Disclosures) 

and (d) (Access to Records). Exemptions 

from the particular subsections are 

justified because this system contains 

investigatory material compiled solely 

for determining suitability, eligibility, 

and qualifications for Federal civilian 

employment. To the extent that the 

disclosure of material would reveal any 

classified material or the identity of a 

source who furnished information to the 

Government under an express promise 

that the identity of the source would be 

held in confidence, or, prior to 

September 27, 1975, under an implied 

promise that the identity of the source 

would be held in confidence, the 

applicability of exemption (k)(5) will be 

required to honor promises of 

confidentiality should the data subject 

request access to or amendment of the 

record, or access to the accounting of 

disclosures of the record, while (k)(1) 

will be required to protect any classified 

information that may be in this system. 

(d) Internal Investigation Record 

System (DHS/TSA 005). The Internal 

Investigation Record System (IIRS) 

(DHS/TSA 005) contains records of 

internal investigations for all modes of 

transportation for which TSA has 

security-related duties. This system 

covers information regarding 

investigations of allegations or 

appearances of misconduct of current or 

former TSA employees or contractors 

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and provides support for any adverse 

action that may occur as a result of the 

findings of the investigation. It is being 

modified to cover investigations of 

security-related incidents and reviews 

of TSA programs and operations. 

Pursuant to exemptions (j)(2), (k)(1), and 

(k)(2) of the Privacy Act, DHS/TSA 005 

is exempt from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and 

(f). Exemptions from the particular 

subsections are justified for the 

following reasons: 

(1) From subsection (c)(3) 

(Accounting for Disclosures) because 

release of the accounting of disclosures 

could reveal investigative interest on the 

part of the recipient agency that 

obtained the record pursuant to a 

routine use. Disclosure of the 

accounting could therefore present a 

serious impediment to law enforcement 

efforts on the part of the recipient 

agency, as the individual who is the 

subject of a record would learn of thirdagency investigative interests and 

thereby avoid detection or 

apprehension.

(2) From subsection (d) (Access to 

Records) because access to the records 

contained in this system could reveal 

investigative techniques and procedures 

of the investigators, as well as the nature 

and scope of the investigation, the 

disclosure of which could enable 

individuals to circumvent agency 

regulations or statutes. The information 

contained in the system might include 

properly classified information, the 

release of which would pose a threat to 

national defense and/or foreign policy. 

In addition, permitting access and 

amendment to such information could 

reveal sensitive security information 

protected pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 114(s), 

the disclosure of which could be 

detrimental to the security of 

transportation. 

(3) From subsection (e)(1) (Relevancy 

and Necessity of Information) because 

third agency records obtained or made 

available to TSA during the course of an 

investigation may occasionally contain 

information that is not strictly relevant 

or necessary to a specific investigation. 

In the interests of administering an 

effective and comprehensive 

investigation program, it is appropriate 

and necessary for TSA to retain all such 

information that may aid in that 

process. 

(4) From subsections (e)(4)(G), (H) and 

(I) (Agency Requirements), and (f) 

(Agency Rules), because this system is 

exempt from the access provisions of 

subsection (d). 

(5) From subsection (e)(3) (Privacy 

Act Statement) because disclosing the 

authority, purpose, routine uses, and 

potential consequences of not providing 

information could reveal the targets or 

interests of the investigating office, as 

well as the nature and scope of an 

investigation, the disclosure of which 

could enable individuals to circumvent 

agency regulations or statutes.

* * * * *

(j) Transportation Security 

Intelligence Service (TSIS) Operations 

Files. Transportation Security 

Intelligence Service Operations Files 

(TSIS) (DHS/TSA 011) enables TSA to 

maintain a system of records related to 

intelligence gathering activities used to 

identify, review, analyze, investigate, 

and prevent violations or potential 

violations of transportation security 

laws. This system also contains records 

relating to determinations about 

individuals’ qualifications, eligibility, or 

suitability for access to classified 

information. Pursuant to exemptions 

(j)(2), (k)(1), (k)(2), and (k)(5) of the 

Privacy Act, DHS/TSA 011 is exempt 

from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), 

(e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f). Exemptions 

from the particular subsections are 

justified for the following reasons: 

(1) From subsection (c)(3) 

(Accounting for Disclosures) because 

release of the accounting of disclosures 

could alert the subject of intelligence 

gathering operations on the part of the 

Transportation Security Administration 

as well as the recipient agency. 

Disclosure of the accounting would 

therefore present a serious impediment 

to transportation security law 

enforcement efforts and efforts to 

preserve national security. Disclosure of 

the accounting would also permit the 

individual who is the subject of a record 

to impede operations and avoid 

detection or apprehension, which 

undermines the entire system. 

Disclosure of the accounting may also 

reveal the existence of information that 

is classified or security-sensitive, the 

release of which would be detrimental 

to the security of transportation. 

(2) From subsection (d) (Access to 

Records) because access to the records 

contained in this system of records 

could inform the subject of intelligence 

gathering operations and reveal 

investigative interest on the part of the 

Transportation Security Administration. 

Access to the records would permit the 

individual who is the subject of a record 

to impede operations and possibly avoid 

detection or apprehension. Amendment 

of the records would interfere with 

ongoing intelligence and law 

enforcement activities and impose an 

impossible administrative burden by 

requiring investigations to be 

continuously reinvestigated. The 

information contained in the system 

may also include properly classified 

information, the release of which would 

pose a threat to national defense and/or 

foreign policy. In addition, permitting 

access and amendment to such 

information also could disclose 

security-sensitive information that 

could be detrimental to transportation 

security if released. This system may 

also include information necessary to 

make a determination as to an 

individual’s qualifications, eligibility, or 

suitability for access to classified 

information, the release of which would 

reveal the identity of a source who 

received an express or implied 

assurance that their identity would not 

be revealed to the subject of the record. 

(3) From subsection (e)(1) (Relevancy 

and Necessity of Information) because 

in the course of gathering and analyzing 

information about potential threats to 

transportation security, the accuracy of 

information obtained or introduced 

occasionally may be unclear or the 

information may not be strictly relevant 

or necessary to a specific operation. In 

the interests of transportation security, 

it is appropriate to retain all information 

that may aid in identifying threats to 

transportation security and establishing 

other patterns of unlawful activity. 

(4) From subsections (e)(4)(G), (H) and 

(I) (Agency Requirements), and (f) 

(Agency Rules), because this system is 

exempt from the access and amendment 

provisions of subsection (d).

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on December 

3, 2004. 

Lisa S. Dean, 

Privacy Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 20

Service Regulations Committee 

Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

(hereinafter Service) will conduct an 

open meeting on January 27, 2005, to 

identify and discuss preliminary issues 

concerning the 2005–06 migratory bird 

hunting regulations.

DATES: The meeting will be held January 

27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Service Regulations 

Committee will meet at the Arlington