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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

The HSAC provides independent advice 

to the Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security to aid in the 

creation and implementation of critical 

and actionable policies and capabilities 

across the spectrum of homeland 

security operations. The HSAC will 

meet to review and approve the 

Southwest Border Task Force’s report of 

findings and recommendations. 

Public Participation: Members of the 

public will be in listen-only mode. The 

public may register to participate in this 

HSAC teleconference via afore 

mentioned procedures. Each individual 

must provide his or her full legal name, 

e-mail address and phone number no 

later than 5 p.m. EDT on October 14, 

2011, to Pat McQuillan via e-mail at 

HSAC@dhs.gov or via phone at (202) 

447–3135. HSAC conference call details 

and the draft Southwest Border Task 

Force report will be provided to 

interested members of the public at the 

time they register. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or to 

request special assistance during the 

teleconference, contact Pat McQuillan 

(202) 447–3135. 

Dated: September 16, 2011. 

Becca Sharp, 

Executive Director, Homeland Security 

Advisory Council, DHS. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9M–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Published Privacy Impact 

Assessments on the Web 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Publication of Privacy 

Impact Assessments (PIA). 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Office of DHS is 

making available twenty-six PIAs on 

various programs and systems in DHS. 

These assessments were approved and 

published on the Privacy Office’s Web 

site between June 1, 2011 and August 

31, 2011. 

DATES: The PIAs will be available on the 

DHS Web site until November 21, 2011, 

after which they may be obtained by 

contacting the DHS Privacy Office 

(contact information below). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528, or email: pia@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Between 

June 1, 2011 and August 31, 2011, the 

Chief Privacy Officer of the DHS 

approved and published twenty-six 

Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on 

the DHS Privacy Office Web site, 

http://www.dhs.gov/privacy, under the 

link for ‘‘Privacy Impact Assessments.’’ 

These PIAs cover twenty-six separate 

DHS programs. Below is a short 

summary of those programs, indicating 

the DHS component responsible for the 

system, and the date on which the PIA 

was approved. Additional information 

can be found on the Web site or by 

contacting the Privacy Office. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–029(a) 

Eligibility Risk and Fraud Assessment 

Testing Environment (EFRA) Update. 

Component: United States Citizenship 

and Immigration Services (USCIS). 

Date of approval: June 1, 2011. 

The Office of Transformation 

Coordination of USCIS is planning to 

update the EFRA Testing Environment. 

This update describes the next phase of 

this tool to develop, test, and refine the 

tool’s risk and fraud business rules and 

to load biographic data from legacy 

systems before deploying to a full 

production environment. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–037 

Standard Lightweight Operational 

Programming Environment—RulesBased Tools Prototype (SLOPE–RBTP). 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: June 2, 2011. 

DHS USCIS Office of Information 

Technology (IT) developed the SLOPE– 

RBTP to streamline the adjudication of 

Form I–90, Application to Replace 

Permanent Resident Card. SLOPE–RBTP 

electronically organizes and automates 

the adjudication of pending Form I–90 

applications. USCIS is conducting this 

PIA because SLOPE–RBTP collects and 

uses personally identifiable information. 

System: DHS/ICE/PIA–028 

Automated Threat Prioritization (ATP) 

Web Service. 

Component: Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

Date of approval: June 6, 2011. 

The Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, in coordination with the Offices 

of Homeland Security Investigations 

and Enforcement and Removal 

Operations within ICE, is developing 

and implementing the Automated 

Threat Prioritization (ATP) Web service, 

which is an IT tool that uses 

configurable and scalable search and 

data sharing capabilities to improve and 

automate existing IT systems. ATP 

electronically receives processes and 

transmits criminal history information 

about individuals who are the subjects 

of a broad range of enforcement actions 

or whose criminal history is required to 

be evaluated by law to determine 

eligibility for a benefit or credential. For 

example, this service is intended to 

enhance and support ICE’s investigative 

and enforcement operations by 

automating criminal history data 

processing and aid in its prioritization 

of enforcement actions. ICE is 

conducting this PIA because the ATP 

service will transmit and process PII. 

This PIA, however, only describes the 

general functionality of the ATP service 

and not its implementation. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–010(e)— 

USCIS Person Centric Query Service 

(PCQS) Supporting Immigration Status 

Verifiers of the USCIS Enterprise 

Service Directorate/Verification 

Division Update. 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: June 8, 2011. 

This is an update to the existing PIA 

for the USCIS PCQS. This update 

describes the privacy impact of 

expanding the status verifier’s personsearch capability by adding the 

American Association of Motor Vehicle 

Administrators Network Service system 

to the existing PCQS query inventory. 

System: DHS/ALL/PIA–033 Google 

Analytics. 

Component: DHS. 

Date of approval: June 9, 2011. 

DHS is planning to utilize Google 

Analytics (http://www.google.com/ 

analytics) for viewing and analyzing 

traffic to DHS’s public-facing Web 

site(s), including components. Google 

Analytics is a free, external, third-party 

hosted, Web site analytics solution that 

generates robust information about the 

interactions of public-facing Web site 

visitors with DHS. Google Analytics 

must collect the full Internet Protocol 

(IP) address, which Google masks prior 

to use and storage, and provides DHS 

with non-identifiable aggregated 

information in the form of custom 

reports. DHS implemented the IP 

address masking feature within Google 

Analytics to avoid the use and storage 

of the full IP address. For example, 

when the last octet is truncated from the 

IP address, 192.168.0.1 becomes 

192.168.0. This masking will affect the 

geographic location metric within 

Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses 

first-party cookies to track visitor 

interactions. DHS shall not collect, 

maintain, or retrieve PII including a 

visitor’s IP address during this analytics 

process operated by Google. Google 

Analytics shall not provide to DHS, 

share with Google or any Google 

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the full or masked IP address or 

information to draw any conclusions in 

the analytics product. DHS has 

expressly chosen to opt-out of sharing 

information with Google or any Google 

product for additional analysis. This 

PIA is being conducted to identify and 

mitigate privacy concerns associated 

with the use of Google Analytics. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–038 

Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act 

(FOIA/PIA) Information Processing 

System. 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: June 14, 2011. 

USCIS uses the FOIA/PA Information 

Processing System (FIPS) to process 

FOIA and PA requests from any person 

requesting access to USCIS records. 

FIPS uses document imaging, workflow, 

and Web-server technologies to enable 

USCIS to efficiently and effectively 

manage the FOIA/PA case life cycle. 

USCIS is conducting this PIA because 

FIPS uses PII and to address major 

changes to the application. 

System: DHS/FEMA/PIA–017 

Federal/Emergency Response Official 

(F/ERO) Repository. 

Component: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA). 

Date of approval: June 20, 2011. 

FEMA Office of National Capital 

Region Coordination owns and operates 

the F/ERO Repository. FEMA uses the 

F/ERO Repository as the authoritative 

data source to identify and verify 

Federal employees/contractors, and 

participating non-Federal employees/ 

contractors likely to respond during 

times of response and recovery for 

natural disasters, terrorism, or other 

emergencies. The F/ERO Repository 

allows for immediate electronic 

verification of an employee/contractor’s 

personal identity and emergency 

management attribute at a given disaster 

zone. The purpose of this PIA is to 

document how FEMA collects, uses, 

maintains, and disseminates PII. 

System: DHS/CISOMB/PIA–001 

Virtual Ombudsman System. 

Component: Citizenship and 

Immigration Services Ombudsman 

(CISOMB). 

Date of approval: June 22, 2011. 

The Virtual Ombudsman system has 

undergone a PIA 3-Year Review 

requiring no changes and continues to 

accurately relate to its originally stated 

mission. The Office of the CISOMB or 

Ombudsman at the DHS, as mandated 

by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

§ 452, is an independent office that 

reports directly to the Deputy Secretary 

of Homeland Security. The CISOMB: (1) 

Assists individuals and employers with 

resolving problems with USCIS; (2) 

identifies areas in which individuals 

and employers have problems in dealing 

with USCIS; and (3) proposes changes to 

mitigate those problems. CISOMB has 

developed the Virtual Ombudsman 

System to ensure the efficient and 

secure processing of information to aid 

the Ombudsman in assisting individuals 

and employers and making systemic 

recommendations to USCIS. CISOMB is 

conducting this PIA because these 

transactions require collection of PII. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–027(a) 

Refugees, Asylum, and Parole System 

and the Asylum Pre-Screening System 

(APSS). 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: June 30, 2011. 

The United States DHS, USCIS is 

updating the PIA for the Refugees, 

Asylum, and Parole System (RAPS) and 

the APSS in order to provide further 

notice of the expansion of routine 

sharing of RAPS with the intelligence 

community in support of the 

Department’s mission to protect the 

United States from potential terrorist 

activities. 

System: DHS/S&T/PIA–023— 

Biometrics Access Control System at the 

Transportation Security Lab. 

Component: Science and Technology 

(S&T). 

Date of approval: July 1, 2011. 

Biometrics Access Control System is a 

building facilities access control system 

used at the DHS S&T Directorate’s 

Transportation Security Lab. The system 

relies on biometrics (fingerprint and iris 

recognition) to enhance the physical 

security of the lab and provides a 

demonstration of advanced 

technologies. The S&T TSL is 

conducting a PIA because PII is 

collected during the testing and 

operational use of this system. 

System: DHS/USCG/PIA–002(c)— 

United States Coast Guard (USCG) 

‘‘Biometrics at Sea’’ (BASS) Update. 

Component: USCG. 

Date of approval: July 12, 2011. 

BASS update allows merchant 

mariners to determine the status of their 

credential application using the 

Homeport Internet Portal. Homeport 

uses the identification information 

provided by the mariner to match 

records from the Merchant Mariner 

Licensing and Documentation system 

and provide mariners the current status 

of their credential application. 

Information provided by the mariner 

will be used solely for matching records 

and will not be retained in Homeport at 

the completion of the online session. 

System: DHS/NPPD/PIA–006(a) 

Protected Critical Infrastructure 

Management System (PCIIMS). 

Component: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD). 

Date of approval: July 13, 2011. 

The Protected Critical Infrastructure 

Information Program, part of the DHS, 

NPPD, Office of Infrastructure 

Protection, Infrastructure Information 

Collection Division, facilitates the 

sharing of PCII between the government 

and the private sector. The PCIIM 

System Final Operating Capability is an 

IT system and the means by which PCII 

submissions from the private sector are 

received and cataloged, and PCII 

Authorized Users are registered and 

managed. The PCII Program conducted 

this PIA to analyze and evaluate the 

privacy impact resulting from the 

consolidation of the PCIIMS Initial 

Operating Capability functionalities into 

PCIIMS FOC, as well as the collection 

of limited PII from the submitting 

individuals and PCII Authorized Users 

for contact purposes. 

System: DHS/ALL/PIA–027(b) 

Watchlist Service (WLS) Update. 

Component: DHS. 

Date of approval: July 19, 2011. 

DHS currently uses the Terrorist 

Screening Database (TSDB), a 

consolidated database maintained by 

the Department of Justice Federal 

Bureau of Investigation Terrorist 

Screening Center (TSC) that contains 

identifying information about those 

known or reasonably suspected of being 

involved in terrorist activity, in order to 

facilitate DHS mission-related functions, 

such as counterterrorism, law 

enforcement, border security, and 

inspection activities. In July 2010, DHS 

launched an improved method of 

transmitting TSDB data from TSC to 

DHS through a new service called DHS 

WLS. At that time, DHS published a PIA 

to describe and analyze privacy risks 

associated with this new service. The 

WLS maintains a synchronized copy of 

the TSDB, which contains PII, and 

disseminates it to authorized DHS 

components. DHS is issuing this PIA 

update to add the U.S. CBP Automated 

Targeting System as an authorized 

recipient of TSDB data via the WLS. 

System: DHS/CBP/PIA–007(a) 

Electronic System for Travel 

Authorization (ESTA) Fee and 

Information Sharing Update. 

Component: Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP). 

Date of approval: July 19, 2011. 

U.S. CBP is publishing this update to 

the PIA for the ESTA Fee and 

Information Sharing Update dated June 

3, 2008. ESTA is a Web-based 

application and screening system used 

to determine whether certain aliens are 

eligible to travel to the U.S. under the 

Visa Waiver Program. This update will 

evaluate the privacy impacts of 

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collecting an application fee, and 

adding the Pay.gov tracking number and 

country of birth information to the 

ESTA system of records. Additionally, 

this update is to provide further notice 

of the expansion of routine sharing of 

ESTA with the intelligence community 

in support of DHS’s mission to protect 

the U.S. from potential terrorist 

activities. 

System: DHS/FEMA/PIA–014(a) 

National Emergency Family Registry 

and Locator System (NEFRLS) Update. 

Component: FEMA. 

Date of approval: July 25, 2011. 

DHS FEMA operates the NEFRLS 

system, a Web-based system that 

collects information from individuals to 

assist in reuniting family that have been 

displaced as a result of a Presidentiallydeclared disaster or emergency. An 

initial PIA was completed and approved 

for the NEFRLS system on August 27, 

2009. This PIA update outlines and 

analyzes substantive enhancements 

made to the NEFRLS system including 

new information collected on law 

enforcement officers for identity 

verification and authentication 

purposes. When FEMA is conducting a 

search on behalf of a displaced 

individual the collection of cell phone 

numbers allows the FEMA Disaster 

Assistance Improvement Program 

system to use its text messaging 

functions to notify the individual when 

an official missing person report has 

been submitted. 

System: DHS/ICE/PIA–029 Alien 

Medical Records System. 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: July 25, 2011. 

U.S. ICE maintains medical records 

on aliens that ICE detains for violations 

of U.S. immigration law. Aliens held in 

ICE custody in a facility staffed by the 

ICE Health Services Corps, a division of 

ICE’s Office of Enforcement and 

Removal Operations, receive physical 

exams and treatment, dental services, 

and pharmacy services, depending on 

the alien’s medical conditions and 

length of stay. To properly record the 

medical assessments and services, ICE 

operates several IT systems that 

maintain electronic medical record 

information: CaseTrakker, MedEZ, 

Dental X-Ray System, the Criminal 

Institution Pharmacy System, the 

Medical Payment Authorization Request 

System (MedPAR), and the Medical 

Classification Database. This PIA 

describes the data maintained in these 

medical record systems, the purposes 

for which this information is collected 

and used, and the safeguards ICE has 

implemented to mitigate the privacy 

and security risks to PII stored in these 

systems. 

System: DHS/NPPD/PIA–019 Secure 

Handling of Ammonium Nitrate 

Program. 

Component: NPPD. 

Date of approval: July 25, 2011. 

DHS, NPPD, published this PIA to 

provide a comprehensive analysis of the 

proposed Ammonium Nitrate Security 

Program. The proposed Ammonium 

Nitrate Security Program seeks to 

prevent the misappropriation or use of 

ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism 

by regulating the sale and transfer of 

ammonium nitrate by ammonium 

nitrate facilities. This PIA provides 

transparency into how the proposed 

Ammonium Nitrate Security Program 

will support the homeland security and 

infrastructure protection missions of 

DHS/NPPD through the collection of PII, 

and describes reasonable mitigation 

solutions proposed to be implemented 

to address privacy and security risks. 

This PIA will be updated with any 

changes to the program concurrently 

with the rule making process. 

System: DHS/USSS/PIA–004 Counter 

Surveillance Unit Reporting (CSUR) 

Database. 

Component: United States Secret 

Service. 

Date of approval: July 27, 2011. 

The United States Secret Service 

(Secret Service or USSS) has created the 

CSUR Database. CSUR assists Secret 

Service employees in managing, 

analyzing, and distributing intelligence 

information regarding threats or 

potential threats to the safety of 

individuals, events, and facilities 

protected by the Secret Service. The 

Secret Service is conducting this PIA 

because CSUR contains PII regarding 

subjects of protective interest to the 

Secret Service. 

System: DHS/ICE/PIA–030 Security 

Management Closed-Circuit Television 

(SM–CCTV) System. 

Component: ICE. 

Date of approval: August 4, 2011. 

The SM–CCTV System is owned and 

operated by U.S. ICE, a component 

agency within the DHS. The SM–CCTV 

System is a video-only recording system 

installed to monitor the interior and 

exterior of ICE facilities. ICE conducted 

this PIA because the system has the 

ability to capture images of people, 

license plates, and any other visual 

information within range of its cameras. 

System: DHS/CBP/PIA–009(a) TECS 

System: CBP Primary and Secondary 

Processing (TECS) National Suspicious 

Activity Report (SAR) Initiative. 

Component: CBP. 

Date of approval: August 5, 2011. 

CBP is publishing this update to the 

PIA for DHS/CBP/PIA–009 the TECS 

System: Primary and Secondary 

Processing (TECS), dated December 22, 

2010. TECS (not an acronym) is the 

updated and modified version of the 

former Treasury Enforcement 

Communications System. TECS is 

owned and managed by the DHS 

component CBP. TECS is the principal 

system used by officers at the border to 

assist with screening and 

determinations regarding admissibility 

of arriving persons. This update will 

evaluate the privacy impacts of 

identifying certain of the operational 

records maintained in TECS as SARs for 

inclusion in the National SAR Initiative, 

which is led by the Department of 

Justice on behalf of the entire Federal 

government. 

System: DHS/TSA/PIA–016 Screening 

of Passengers by Observation 

Techniques (SPOT) Program. 

Component: TSA. 

Date of approval: August 5, 2011. 

The SPOT program is a behavior 

observation and analysis program 

designed to provide Behavior Detection 

Officers with a means of identifying 

persons who pose or may pose potential 

transportation security risks by focusing 

on behaviors indicative of high levels of 

stress, fear, or deception. The SPOT 

program is a derivative of other 

behavioral analysis programs that have 

been successfully employed by law 

enforcement and security personnel 

both in the U.S. and around the world. 

System: DHS/NPPD/PIA–017 National 

Infrastructure Coordinating Center 

Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative 

Privacy Impact Assessment Update 

(NICC SARS). 

Component: NPPD. 

Date of approval: August 12, 2011. 

DHS NPPD Office of Infrastructure 

Protection NICC is publishing this PIA 

to reflect activities under its SAR 

Initiative. The NICC SAR Initiative 

serves as a mechanism by which a 

report involving suspicious behavior 

related to an observed encounter or 

reported activity is received and 

evaluated to determine its potential 

nexus to terrorism. NICC is conducting 

this PIA because SAR occasionally 

contains PII and NICC will be collecting 

and contributing SAR data for reporting 

and evaluation proceedings. 

System: DHS/US–VISIT/PIA–005(a) 

Arrival and Departure Information 

System (ADIS). 

Component: US–VISIT. 

Date of approval: August 12, 2011. 

ADIS has undergone a PIA 3-Year 

Review requiring no changes and 

continues to accurately relate to its 

stated mission. This PIA for ADIS 

describes changes to ADIS 

corresponding to the publication of a 

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now proposed, ADIS will be a DHSwide system to serve certain programs, 

including those of the intelligence 

community, that require information, in 

support of the DHS mission, on 

individuals who seek to enter or who 

have arrived in or departed from the 

U.S. US–VISIT has conducted this PIA 

update based on these proposed 

changes. 

System: DHS/TSA/PIA–0018(b) 

Secure Flight Program Update. 

Component: TSA. 

Date of approval: August 15, 2011. 

The Secure Flight program will match 

identifying information of aviation 

passengers and certain non-travelers 

against the No Fly and Selectee portions 

of the consolidated and integrated 

terrorist watch list and, if warranted by 

security considerations, other watch 

lists maintained by the Federal 

government. The TSA published a Final 

Rule and PIA in October 2008, outlining 

TSA’s expected implementation of the 

Secure Flight program. This update 

reflects changes in the Secure Flight 

operational environment. Unless 

otherwise noted, the information 

provided in previously published PIAs 

remain in effect. Individuals are 

encouraged to read all program PIAs to 

have an understanding of TSA’s privacy 

assessment of the Secure Flight 

program. 

System: DHS/ALL/PIA–040 Electronic 

Patient Care Reporting System (ePCR). 

Component: DHS. 

Date of approval: August 25, 2011. 

The DHS Office of Health Affairs 

(OHA) is implementing a Web-based 

Commercial off the Shelf Internet 

software service called the ePCR. The 

ePCR system will establish a 

standardized approach to document 

care rendered by DHS Emergency 

Medical Services (EMS) medical care 

providers in pre-hospital environments. 

The system will also enhance OHA’s 

capability to evaluate quality of care 

delivery, quality assurance, performance 

improvement, and risk management 

activities. OHA conducted this PIA 

because accurate documentation and 

quality assurance of EMS care provided 

necessarily includes gathering PII from 

patient encounters. 

System: DHS/USCIS/PIA–0015(a) 

Computer Linked Application 

Information Management System 

(CLAIMS 4) Update. 

Component: USCIS. 

Date of approval: August 31, 2011. 

The USCIS is publishing this update 

to the PIA for the CLAIMS 4 dated 

September 5, 2008. CLAIMS 4 is an 

electronic case management system 

used to track and process applications 

for naturalization. The purpose of this 

update is to: (1) Discuss the disposition 

of the Change of Address subsystem; (2) 

discuss the disposition of the Complete 

File Review subsystem; (3) describe the 

new privacy impacts associated with the 

exchange of zip codes between the Site 

Profile System and CLAIMS 4; (4) 

describe the new privacy impacts 

associated with the capturing of certain 

digitized biometric images through the 

Benefits Biometric Support System; and 

(5) provide notice of a pilot program 

under which DHS is expanding the 

sharing of CLAIMS 4 data with the 

National Counterterrorism Center in 

support of DHS’s mission to protect the 

U.S. from potential terrorist activities. 

Dated: September 7, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9L–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2010–0164] 

National Boating Safety Advisory 

Council; Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety 

Advisory Council (NBSAC) will meet on 

October 14, 2011, in Washington, DC. 

NBSAC discusses issues relating to 

recreational boating safety. This meeting 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: NBSAC will meet Friday, 

October 14, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Please note that the meeting may 

conclude early if NBSAC has completed 

its business. 

All written materials, comments, and 

requests to make oral presentations at 

the meeting should reach Mr. Jeff 

Ludwig, Assistant Designated Federal 

Officer (ADFO) for NBSAC by October 

3, 2011. Any written material submitted 

by the public will be distributed to the 

committee and become part of the 

public record. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the US Access Board’s conference room, 

1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Mr. Jeff Ludwig as soon 

as possible. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the 

committee as listed in the ‘‘Agenda’’ 

section below. 

Please send written material, 

comments, and requests to make oral 

presentations to Mr. Jeff Ludwig, ADFO 

for NBSAC, by one of the submission 

methods described below. Written 

comments must be identified by Docket 

Number USCG–2010–0164: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: jeffrey.a.ludwig@uscg.mil. 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 372–1932. 

• Mail: Mr. Jeff Ludwig, COMDT 

(CG–54221), 2100 2nd Street, SW., Stop 

7581, Washington, DC 20593. We 

encourage use of electronic submissions 

because security screening may delay 

the delivery of mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeff Ludwig, ADFO for NBSAC, COMDT 

(CG–54221), 2100 2nd Street, SW., Stop 

7581, Washington, DC 20593; (202) 372– 

1061; jeffrey.a.ludwig@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), (Title 

5 United States Code, Appendix). 

Congress established NBSAC in the 

Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 (Pub. L. 

92–75). NBSAC currently operates 

under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 13110, 

which requires the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, and the 

Commandant of the Coast Guard by 

delegation, to consult with NBSAC in 

prescribing regulations for recreational 

vessels and associated equipment, and 

on other major safety matters. See 46 

U.S.C. 4302(c) and 13110(c). 

Meeting Agenda 

The agenda for NBSAC meeting is as 

follows: 

(1) Opening Remarks—Mr. James P. 

Muldoon, NBSAC Chairman and RADM 

James Watson, USCG Director of 

Prevention Policy; 

(2) Receipt and discussion of the 

following reports: 

(a) Chief, Office of Auxiliary and 

Boating Safety Update on NBSAC 

Resolutions and Recreational Boating 

Safety Program report. 

(b) Assistant Designated Federal 

Officer’s report. 

(c) Towing Safety Advisory 

Committee (TSAC) Liaison’s report. 

(d) Navigation Safety Advisory 

Council (NAVSAC) Liaison’s report. 

(e) National Association of State 

Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) 

report. 

(f) Boating Industry Risk Management 

Council (BIRMC) Liaison’s report. 


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