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meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 28 

U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty of 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

http://www.dhs.gov or 1–866–431–0486. 

In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you, 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you, 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created, 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records, 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained directly from 

individuals who create a SEVIS II 

account (F/M/J nonimmigrants; parents, 

proxies and guardians; and school and 

sponsor officials, owners, chief 

executives, and legal counsel. Status 

information about F/M/J nonimmigrants 

is also obtained from schools and 

sponsors. Records are also obtained 

from other Federal agency information 

systems, including the DHS Arrival and 

Departure Information System (ADIS); 

the DHS Automated Biometric 

Identification System (IDENT); U.S. 

Treasury Department’s I–901 Web 

portal; DOS’s Consular Consolidated 

Database (CCD); and USCIS’s ComputerLinked Application Information 

Management System 3 Mainframe 

(CLAIMS 3). 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Certain portions or all of these records 

may be exempt from disclosure 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from 

subsections (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G) 

and (H), and (f) of the Privacy Act 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). These 

exemptions apply only to the extent that 

records in the system are subject to 

exemption pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2). 

Dated: December 29, 2009. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–31268 Filed 1–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; Statewide Communication 

Interoperability Plan Implementation 

Report 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; New Information Collection 

Request: 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate/Cybersecurity and 

Communications/Office of Emergency 

Communications, has submitted the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until March 8, 2010. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to NPPD/CS&C/OEC, Attn.: Jonathan 

Clinton, Jonathan.Clinton@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Emergency Communications (OEC), 

formed under Title XVIII of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 

U.S.C. 101 et seq., is responsible for 

ensuring that activities funded by the 

Interoperable Emergency 

Communications Grant Program (IECGP) 

(6 U.S.C. 579) comply with the 

Statewide Communication 

Interoperability Plan (SCIP) for that 

State required by section 7303(f) of the 

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 

Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(f)). 

Further, under the Implementing 

Recommendations of the 9/11 

Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 

579(m)), a State that receives a grant 

under the IECGP must annually submit 

to the Director of OEC a report on the 

progress of the State in implementing its 

SCIP and on achieving interoperability 

at the city, county, regional, State, and 

interstate levels. OEC is then required to 

make these reports publicly available (6 

U.S.C. 579(m)). The SCIP 

Implementation Report Form is 

designed to meet these statutory 

requirements. SCIP Implementation 

Reports will be submitted electronically. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate. 

Title: Statewide Communication 

Interoperability Plan Implementation 

Report. 

Form: Not Applicable. 

OMB Number: 1670–NEW. 

Frequency: Yearly. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 56. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 6 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 336 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $8,205.12. 

Signed: December 22, 2009. 

Thomas Chase Garwood, III, 

Chief Information Officer, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–31266 Filed 1–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9910–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–1100] 

Certificate of Alternative Compliance 

for the High Speed Ferry SUSITNA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

that a Certificate of Alternative 

Compliance was issued for the high 

speed ferry SUSITNA as required by 33 

U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18. 

DATES: The Certificate of Alternative 

Compliance was issued on December 

18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this notice is 

available for inspection or copying at 

the Docket Management Facility (M–30), 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 


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