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advise the SAMHSA Administrator and 

the Associate Administrator for 

Women’s Services on appropriate 

activities to be undertaken by SAMHSA 

and its Centers with respect to women’s 

substance abuse and mental health 

services. 

Pursuant to Presidential Executive 

Order No. 13175, November 6, 2000, 

and the Presidential Memorandum of 

September 23, 2004, SAMHSA 

established the Tribal Technical 

Advisory Committee (TTAC) for 

working with Federally-recognized 

Tribes to enhance the government-togovernment relationship, honor Federal 

trust responsibilities and obligations to 

Tribes and American Indian and Alaska 

Natives. The SAMHSA TTAC serves as 

an advisory body to SAMHSA. 

The April 11 combined meeting will 

include a report from the SAMHSA 

Administrator, an update on SAMHSA’s 

Budget, and discussions related to the 

Newtown initiatives, evidence based 

practices, disparities and faith based 

iniatitives. The meeting will also 

include updates on international 

activities, disaster response and health 

reform. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

will be held at the SAMHSA building, 

1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 

20857 in the 1st floor Conference 

Rooms. Attendance by the public will 

be limited to space available. Interested 

persons may present data, information, 

or views, orally or in writing, on issues 

pending before the committee. Written 

submissions should be forwarded to the 

contact person on or before one week 

prior to the meeting. Oral presentations 

from the public will be scheduled at the 

conclusion of the meeting. Individuals 

interested in making oral presentations 

are encouraged to notify the contact on 

or before one week prior to the meeting. 

Five minutes will be allotted for each 

presentation. 

The meeting may be accessed via 

teleconference. To attend on site, obtain 

the call-in number and access code, 

submit written or brief oral comments, 

or request special accommodations for 

persons with disabilities, please register 

on-line at http://nac.samhsa.gov/ 

Registration/meetingsRegistration.aspx, 

or communicate with SAMHSA’s 

Committee Management Officer, Ms. 

Geretta Wood (see contact information 

below). 

Substantive meeting information and 

a roster of Committee members may be 

obtained either by accessing the 

SAMHSA Committees’ Web site at 

https://nac.samhsa.gov/ 

WomenServices/index.aspx, or by 

contacting Ms. Wood. The transcript for 

the meeting will be available on the 

SAMHSA Committees’ Web site within 

three weeks after the meeting. 

Committee Names: Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration 

National Advisory Council, Center for Mental 

Health Services National Advisory Council, 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 

National Advisory Council, Center for 

Substance Abuse Treatment National 

Advisory Council, SAMHSA’s Advisory 

Committee for Women’s Services, SAMHSA 

Tribal Technical Advisory Committee. 

Date/Time/Type: Thursday, April 11, 2013 

from 9 a.m. to 5:30 EDT: Open. 

Place: SAMHSA, 1 Choke Cherry Road, 

SAMHSA 1st floor Conference Rooms, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857. 

Contact: Geretta Wood, Committee 

Management Officer and Designated Federal 

Official of the SAMHSA National Advisory 

Council and SAMHSA’s Advisory Committee 

for Women’s Services, 1 Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (240) 

276–2326, Fax: (240) 276–2252 and Email: 

geretta.wood@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Cathy J. Friedman, 

Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Advisory Committee for Women’s 

Services; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given of a meeting of 

the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) 

Advisory Committee for Women’s 

Services (ACWS) on April 10, 2013. 

The meeting is open to the public. It 

will include a report from the Associate 

Administrator for Women’s Services 

and Chair of the ACWS, an update from 

the SAMHSA Women’s Coordinating 

Committee and an update from the 

Office of Behavioral Health Equity on 

Trauma. The meeting will also include 

discussions of Girls in Transition and 

Disparities in the Criminal Justice 

System. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

will be held at the SAMHSA building, 

1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 

20857 in Conference Room 8–1070. 

Attendance by the public will be limited 

to space available. Interested persons 

may present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committee. Written 

submissions should be forwarded to the 

contact person on or before one week 

prior to the meeting. Oral presentations 

from the public will be scheduled at the 

conclusion of the meeting. Individuals 

interested in making oral presentations 

are encouraged to notify the contact on 

or before one week prior to the meeting. 

Five minutes will be allotted for each 

presentation. 

The meeting may be accessed via 

teleconference. To attend on site, obtain 

the call-in number and access code, 

submit written or brief oral comments, 

or request special accommodations for 

persons with disabilities, please register 

on-line at http://nac.samhsa.gov/ 

Registration/meetingsRegistration.aspx, 

or communicate with SAMHSA’s 

Committee Management Officer, Ms. 

Geretta Wood (see contact information 

below). 

Substantive meeting information and 

a roster of Committee members may be 

obtained either by accessing the 

SAMHSA Committees’ Web site at 

https://nac.samhsa.gov/ 

WomenServices/index.aspx, or by 

contacting Ms. Wood. The transcript for 

the meeting will be available on the 

SAMHSA Committees’ Web site within 

three weeks after the meeting. 

Committee Name: SAMHSA’s Advisory 

Committee for Women’s Services. 

Date/Time/Type: Wednesday, April 10, 

2013 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 EDT: OPEN. 

Place: SAMHSA, 1 Choke Cherry Road, 

SAMHSA Conference Room 8–1070, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857. 

Contact: Geretta Wood, Committee 

Management Officer and Designated Federal 

Official, SAMHSA National Advisory 

Council and SAMHSA’s Advisory Committee 

for Women’s Services, 1 Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (240) 

276–2326, Fax: (240) 276–2252 and Email: 

geretta.wood@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Cathy J. Friedman, 

Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05755 Filed 3–12–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0073] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection—DHS/CBP–018— 

Customs—Trade Partnership Against 

Terrorism (C–TPAT) System, System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to 

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establish a new system of records titled, 

‘‘Department of Homeland Security, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

DHS/CBP–018 Customs—Trade 

Partnership Against Terrorism System 

of Records.’’ This system of records 

allows the Department of Homeland 

Security/U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, DHS/CBP–018, CustomsTrade Partnership Against Terrorism to 

collect and maintain records about 

members of the trade community related 

to Customs and Border Protection’s 

Customs-Trade Partnership Against 

Terrorism program. Businesses accepted 

into the program, called partners, agree 

to analyze, measure, monitor, report, 

and enhance their supply chains in 

exchange for greater security and 

facilitated processing offered by 

Customs and Border Protection. The 

Customs-Trade Partnership Against 

Terrorism program allows Customs and 

Border Protection to focus its resources 

on higher risk businesses and thereby 

assists the agency in achieving its 

mission to secure the border and 

facilitate the movement of legitimate 

international trade. This new system of 

records collects and manages 

information, including personally 

identifiable information, about 

prospective, ineligible, current, or 

former trade partners in Customs-Trade 

Partnership Against Terrorism, and 

other entities and individuals in their 

supply chains. This system also collects 

and maintains information, including 

personally identifiable information, 

regarding members of a foreign 

government secure supply chain 

program that have been recognized by 

Customs and Border Protection, through 

a mutual recognition arrangement or 

comparable arrangement, as being 

compatible with the program. The 

Customs-Trade Partnership Against 

Terrorism program provides a Security 

Link Portal, which allows partners and 

applicants to access and manage their 

information. Customs and Border 

Protection is publishing this new system 

of records notice in order to notify the 

public about the system, permit trade 

partners access to the information they 

provide, and offer a description of how 

and where information is collected and 

maintained. Additionally, the 

Department of Homeland Security is 

issuing a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking elsewhere in the Federal 

Register, to exempt this system of 

records from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act. This newly established 

system will be included in the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: The new system of records will 

be effective April 12, 2013, unless 

comments are received that result in a 

contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0073 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–343–4010. 

• Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting 

Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: 

Laurence E. Castelli (202–325–0280), 

CBP Privacy Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, 90 K Street NE. 

Washington, DC 20229. For privacy 

issues please contact: Jonathan R. 

Cantor (202–343–1717), Acting Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), US Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) proposes to 

establish a new DHS system of records 

titled, ‘‘DHS/CBP–018–C–TPAT System 

of Records.’’ 

CBP is publishing this new system of 

records notice to notify the public about 

the system and offer a description of 

how CBP collects and maintains 

information pertaining to prospective, 

ineligible, current, or former trade 

partners in C–TPAT; other entities and 

individuals in their supply chains; and 

members of foreign governments’ secure 

supply chain programs that have been 

recognized by CBP, through a mutual 

recognition arrangement or comparable 

arrangement, as being compatible with 

C–TPAT. 

CBP will use the information 

collected and maintained through the 

C–TPAT program to carry out its trade 

facilitation, law enforcement, and 

national security missions. In direct 

response to 9/11, CBP challenged the 

trade community to partner with the 

government to design a new approach to 

supply chain security—one that protects 

the United States from acts of terrorism 

by improving security while facilitating 

the flow of compliant cargo and 

conveyances. The result was the 

Customs-Trade Partnership Against 

Terrorism (C–TPAT)—an innovative, 

voluntary government/private sector 

partnership program. C–TPAT is a 

voluntary program in which certain 

types of businesses agree to cooperate 

with CBP in the analysis, measurement, 

monitoring, reporting, and enhancement 

of their supply chains. 

Businesses accepted in to C–TPAT are 

called partners and agree to take actions 

to protect their supply chain, identify 

security gaps, and implement specific 

security measures and best practices in 

return for facilitated processing of their 

shipments by CBP. The program focuses 

on improving security from the point of 

origin (including manufacturer, 

supplier, or vendor) through a point of 

distribution to the destination. The 

current security guidelines for C–TPAT 

program members address a broad range 

of topics including personnel, physical 

and procedural security; access controls; 

education, training and awareness; 

manifest procedures; conveyance 

security; threat awareness; and 

documentation processing. These 

guidelines offer a customized solution 

for the members, while providing a clear 

minimum standard that approved 

companies must meet. 

Businesses eligible to fully participate 

in C–TPAT include U.S. importers; 

U.S./Canada highway carriers; U.S./ 

Mexico highway carriers; rail and sea 

carriers; licensed U.S. Customs brokers; 

U.S. marine port authority/terminal 

operators; U.S. freight consolidators; 

ocean transportation intermediaries and 

non-operating common carriers; 

Mexican and Canadian manufacturers; 

and Mexican long-haul carriers. As part 

of its development, CBP plans to 

include exporters from the United States 

in C–TPAT. 

There are three tiers of C–TPAT 

partnership, with each tier having its 

own set of requirements and 

corresponding facilitated processing. In 

general, businesses are considered 

applicants until CBP has vetted the 

information in the application and 

accepted the business into the program. 

Once accepted, the business is 

designated as a Tier One certified 

partner, and a site visit is arranged. The 

site visit is used to validate the partner’s 

supply chain security and leads to 

importers becoming Tier Two validated 

partners. As C–TPAT has incorporated 

other eligible business types, it has led 

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to those businesses becoming certified, 

validated non-importers. If an importer 

with Tier Two validated partner status 

exemplifies best practices in its supply 

chain security, it may attain Tier Three 

validated partner status. As a business 

progresses up the tiers, it receives more 

facilitated processing at ports of entry. 

Information is collected directly from 

C–TPAT partners or applicant 

businesses seeking membership in C– 

TPAT and indirectly from trade partners 

or through Mutual Recognition 

Arrangements (MRA) or memoranda of 

understanding relating to harmonization 

efforts between CBP and the foreign 

secured supply chain program. In the 

course of enrolling, certifying, and 

validating C–TPAT trade partners and 

their supply chains, the C–TPAT system 

will receive personally identifiable 

information (PII) and confidential 

business information from trade entities 

and their representatives. 

To participate in the C–TPAT 

program, a company is required to 

submit a confidential, on-line 

application using the C–TPAT Security 

Link Portal, https://ctpat.cbp.dhs.gov. 

The C–TPAT Security Link Portal is the 

public-facing portion of the C–TPAT 

system used by applicants to submit the 

information in their company and 

supply chain security profiles. Initially, 

the applicant business provides basic 

business-identifying information in the 

company profile using the online 

application form. This businessidentifying information is used to verify 

the identity and actual existence of the 

applicant business and may include 

basic identifying elements and/or PII 

used in the importation of cargo, such 

as U.S. Social Security Numbers (SSN) 

for sole proprietors, Internal Revenue 

Service Business Identification 

Numbers, and Customs assigned 

identification numbers (such as 

Manufacturer Identification numbers 

and Broker/Filer codes, etc.). Point of 

contact information is collected for the 

business, as well as owner information. 

Additionally, the applicant business 

must complete a Supply Chain Security 

Profile (SCSP). The information 

provided in the SCSP is a narrative 

description of the procedures the 

applicant business uses to adhere to 

each C–TPAT Security Criteria or 

Guideline articulated for their particular 

business type (importer, customs broker, 

freight forwarder, air, sea, and land 

carriers, contract logistics providers, 

etc.) together with any supporting 

documentation. Data elements entered 

by the applicant business are accessible 

for update or revision through the C– 

TPAT Security Link Portal. An 

applicant’s SCSP must provide supply 

chain security procedures for each 

business in the applicant’s supply 

chain, even if those businesses are not, 

or do not desire to become partners of 

C–TPAT separately. This information is 

focused on the security procedures of 

those businesses (e.g., whether the 

business conducts background 

investigations on employees), rather 

than the individuals related to those 

businesses (e.g., a list of employee 

names). 

A CBP Supply Chain Security 

Specialist (SCSS) vets the SCSP 

information provided by the applicant 

by querying that information through 

various information sources and 

systems, and queries of publicly 

available data (e.g., through Google). 

The SCSS will then evaluate the SCSP 

information against the results provided 

by such system vetting, derogatory or 

otherwise, and indicate whether the 

applicant is fit for the program in the 

Security Link Portal. Derogatory vetting 

results are incorporated into an issue 

paper for a C–TPAT supervisor’s 

approval, and the issue paper is stored 

separately from the Security Link Portal 

on an internal C–TPAT SharePoint, 

which is only accessible by appropriate 

CBP employees and supervisors. 

Vetting results containing PII are not 

stored in the C–TPAT Security Link 

Portal. When a query reveals derogatory 

information about a business applicant 

or partner, the SCSS makes a notation 

on the internal portion of the C–TPAT 

Security Link Portal indicating the 

existence of derogatory information and 

a citation to the appropriate records. For 

instance, if a query of an applicant in 

TECS results in derogatory information, 

the TECS ID is used as an identifier for 

the record in the C–TPAT Security Link 

Portal, rather than the contents of the 

TECS record. However, specific details 

regarding the incident or violation 

giving rise to the unfavorable analysis 

will be maintained within the C–TPAT 

SharePoint site and the relevant source 

system. The SCSS is responsible for 

vetting all C–TPAT applicants, and 

conducts this vetting of business entities 

every 6–12 months to ensure continued 

compliance. 

Consistent with DHS’s information 

sharing mission, information stored in 

DHS/CBP–018 Customs—Trade 

Partnership Against Terrorism (C– 

TPAT) System may be shared with other 

DHS components that have a need to 

know the information to carry out their 

national security, law enforcement, 

immigration, intelligence, or other 

homeland security functions. In 

addition, information may be shared 

with appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international government agencies 

consistent with the routine uses set 

forth in this system of records notice. 

Additionally, DHS is issuing a Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt this 

system of records from certain 

provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere 

in the Federal Register. This newly 

established system will be included in 

DHS’s inventory of record systems. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing the 

means by which Federal Government 

agencies collect, maintain, use, and 

disseminate individuals’ records. The 

Privacy Act applies to information that 

is maintained in a ‘‘system of records.’’ 

A ‘‘system of records’’ is a group of any 

records under the control of an agency 

for which information is retrieved by 

the name of an individual or by some 

identifying number, symbol, or other 

identifying particular assigned to the 

individual. In the Privacy Act, an 

individual is defined to encompass U.S. 

citizens and lawful permanent 

residents. As a matter of policy, DHS 

extends administrative Privacy Act 

protections to all individuals where 

systems of records maintain information 

on U.S. citizens, lawful permanent 

residents, and visitors. 

Below is the description of the DHS/ 

CBP–018 Customs—Trade Partnership 

Against Terrorism (C–TPAT) System of 

Records. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552a(r), DHS has provided a report of 

this system of records to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to 

Congress. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS: 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS)/U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP)–018. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

DHS/CBP–018 Customs—Trade 

Partnership Against Terrorism (C– 

TPAT) 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified, for official use only, law 

enforcement sensitive. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at CBP 

Headquarters, Washington, DC and field 

offices in C–TPAT’s Security Link Portal 

and a CBP collaborative intranet. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals, including Points of 

Contact (POC), owners, and others 

associated with prospective, ineligible, 

current, or former C–TPAT business 

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entities; individuals associated with the 

supply chain of such C–TPAT business 

entities; and individuals associated with 

business entities in foreign governments 

secure supply chain programs that have 

been recognized by CBP, through 

harmonization, a mutual recognition 

arrangement, or comparable 

arrangement, as being compatible with 

C–TPAT. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

At the Application level, information 

is collected from the applicant about 

itself and those members of its 

international supply chain. Pre-set 

fields of business-identifying 

information within the company profile 

portion of the online application 

include: 

• Business Entity Type; 

• Application Exception Token; 

• Legal Business Name; 

• Other Name(s) by which the 

Business is known (i.e., ‘‘Doing 

Business As’’), if applicable; 

• Business Telephone; 

• Business Fax; 

• Business Web site address; 

• Business history; 

• Physical Address(es); 

• Mailing Address(es); 

• Owner Type: (e.g., Corporation\ 

Partnership\Sole Proprietor, etc.); 

• Years in Business; 

• Number of Employees; 

• Business Points of Contacts; 

• First Name; 

• Last Name; 

• Title; 

• Email Address (also used to log in 

to the Security Link Portal); 

• Password; 

• Telephone Number; 

• Contact Type; 

• U.S. Social Security Numbers (as 

volunteered by sole proprietors as their 

tax identification number); 

• Internal Revenue Service Business 

Identification Numbers; 

• Customs assigned identification 

numbers (Importers of Record (IOR) 

number; Manufacturer Identification 

Numbers (MID) and Broker/Filer codes, 

etc.); 

• Issue Papers, including information 

regarding whether the applicant is 

eligible for C–TPAT membership or 

source record numbers for such 

information; 

• Narrative description of supply 

chain security procedures for applicant 

and other entities in applicant’s supply 

chain; 

• Validation supporting 

documentation (e.g., bills of lading; 

audits—internal & external; proof of 

background checks; contractual 

obligations; via a letter from a senior 

business partner officer attesting to 

compliance; statements demonstrating 

compliance with C–TPAT security 

criteria or an equivalent World Customs 

Organization accredited security 

program administered by a foreign 

customs authority; importer security 

questionnaire); and 

• Account Status. 

Information received from and 

confirmed to countries with which CBP 

has a Mutual Recognition Arrangement 

(MRA) includes: 

• Legal Business Name; 

• Other Name(s) by which the 

Business is known (i.e., ‘‘Doing 

Business As’’), if applicable; 

• Company Type; 

• Date Partner Certified; 

• Account Status; 

• Vetting Status; 

• Date Validation Completed; 

• SCSS Name; 

• Office Assigned Name; 

• Mutual Recognition Country; 

• Business identifying numbers, e.g.: 

Æ Standard Carrier Alpha Code 

(SCAC); 

Æ IOR; 

Æ MID; 

By Applicant request, information 

received from, and forwarded to, foreign 

secure supply chain programs pursuant 

to a harmonization program may 

include, but is not limited to: 

• Legal Name; 

• Doing Business As; 

• Telephone Number; 

• Fax Number; 

• Web site; 

• Owner Type; 

• Business Start Date; 

• Number of Employees; 

• Brief Company History; 

• Primary Address, Type; 

• Primary Address, Name; 

• Primary Address, Country; 

• Primary Address, Street Address; 

• Primary Address, City; 

• Primary Address, State/Province; 

• Primary Address, Zip/Postal Code; 

• Mailing Address: 

Æ Type; 

Æ Name; 

Æ Country; 

Æ Street Address; 

Æ City; 

Æ State/Province; and 

Æ Zip/Postal Code. 

• Primary Contact: 

Æ Email Address; 

Æ Type; 

Æ Salutation; 

Æ First Name; 

Æ Last Name; 

Æ Title; and 

Æ Telephone Number. 

• Partner Notifications; 

• Number of Entries; 

• U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT) Issued Number; 

• U.S. National Motor Freight Traffic 

Association Issued; 

• SCAC; 

• Dun & Bradstreet Number; 

• Services Offered; 

• Driver Sources; 

• Entries related to harmonization 

country; 

• The entire Security Profile (Upon 

Request): 

Æ Account Number; 

Æ Risking Status; 

Æ MSR Status; 

Æ Validation Type; 

Æ Validation Closed Date; 

Æ Validation Status; 

Æ Validation Type Verification 

(Government Contact); 

Æ Verification Type Start Date; 

Æ Verification Type: (phone, visit, 

mutual recognition); 

Æ Verification Visit address; 

Æ Business Type; and 

Æ Harmonization Host Program. 

• Account Status; 

• Vetting Status; 

• Minimum Security Requirements/ 

Security Profile Status; 

• Validation Status; and 

• Harmonization Status. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

This system and program are 

authorized by 6 U.S.C. 901 note 

(Security and Accountability for Every 

Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act), 

including 6 U.S.C. 961–973. Pilot 

programs enhancing secure supply 

chain practices related to C–TPAT are 

also authorized by Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive/HSPD–8, 

‘‘National Preparedness’’ Section 22 

(December 17, 2003). 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to verify 

the identity of C–TPAT partners, 

determine enrollment level, and provide 

identifiable ‘‘low risk’’ entities with 

fewer random checks and facilitated 

processing. The information will be 

cross-referenced with data maintained 

in CBP’s other cargo and enforcement 

databases and will be shared with other 

law enforcement systems, agencies or 

foreign entities, as appropriate, when 

related to ongoing investigations or 

operations. Information will be used to 

analyze, measure, monitor, report, and 

enhance business supply chains to 

permit facilitated processing of C–TPAT 

partner shipments by CBP. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

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552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside DHS as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3). Any 

disclosure of information must be made 

consistent with the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure. The 

routine uses are as follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

including the United States Attorneys 

Offices, or other federal agency 

conducting litigation or in proceedings 

before any court, adjudicative or 

administrative body, when it is relevant 

or necessary to the litigation and one of 

the following is a party to the litigation 

or has an interest in such litigation: 

1. DHS or any component thereof; 

2. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

official capacity; 

3. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

individual capacity when DOJ or DHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

4. The United States or any agency 

thereof. 

B. To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from that congressional office 

made at the request of the individual to 

whom the record pertains. 

C. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

General Services Administration 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

D. To an agency or organization for 

the purpose of performing audit or 

oversight operations as authorized by 

law, but only such information as is 

necessary and relevant to such audit or 

oversight function. 

E. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

1. DHS suspects or has confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; 

2. DHS has determined that as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed 

compromise there is a risk of harm to 

economic or property interests, identity 

theft or fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by 

DHS or another agency or entity) or 

harm to the individuals that rely upon 

the compromised information; and 

3. The disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with DHS’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

F. To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for DHS, 

when necessary to accomplish an 

agency function related to this system of 

records. Individuals provided 

information under this routine use are 

subject to the same Privacy Act 

requirements and limitations on 

disclosure as are applicable to DHS 

officers and employees. 

G. To an appropriate federal, state, 

tribal, local, international, or foreign law 

enforcement agency or other appropriate 

authority charged with investigating or 

prosecuting a violation or enforcing or 

implementing a law, rule, regulation, or 

order, when a record, either on its face 

or in conjunction with other 

information, indicates a violation or 

potential violation of law, which 

includes criminal, civil, or regulatory 

violations. 

H. To appropriate foreign 

governmental agencies or multilateral 

governmental organizations pursuant to 

an arrangement between CBP and a 

foreign government or multilateral 

governmental organization regarding 

supply chain security. 

I. To an appropriate federal, state, 

local, territorial, tribal, or foreign 

governmental agencies or multilateral 

governmental organizations or other 

appropriate authority or entity when 

necessary to vet a C–TPAT applicant or 

validate a C–TPAT partner. 

J. To appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations when DHS reasonably 

believes there to be a threat or potential 

threat to national or international 

security for which the information may 

be relevant in countering the threat or 

potential threat. 

K. To a federal, state, tribal, or local 

agency, or other appropriate entity or 

individual, or foreign governments, in 

order to provide relevant information 

related to intelligence, 

counterintelligence, or antiterrorism 

activities authorized by U.S. law, 

Executive Order, or other applicable 

national security directive. 

L. To an organization or individual in 

either the public or private sector, either 

foreign or domestic, when there is a 

reason to believe that the recipient is or 

could become the target of a particular 

terrorist activity or conspiracy, or when 

the information is relevant and 

necessary to the protection of life or 

property. 

M. To third parties during the course 

of a law enforcement investigation to 

the extent necessary to obtain 

information pertinent to the 

investigation. 

N. To an appropriate federal, state, 

local, tribal, foreign, or international 

agency, if the information is relevant to 

a requesting agency’s decision 

concerning the hiring or retention of an 

individual, or issuance of a security 

clearance, license, contract, grant, or 

other benefit, or if the information is 

relevant to a DHS decision concerning 

the hiring or retention of an employee, 

the issuance of a security clearance, the 

reporting of an investigation of an 

employee, the letting of a contract, or 

the issuance of a license, grant or other 

benefit. 

O. To a federal, state, local, tribal, or 

foreign governmental agency or 

multilateral governmental organization 

for the purpose of consulting with that 

agency or entity: (1) To assist in making 

a determination regarding redress for an 

individual in connection with the 

operations of a DHS component or 

program; (2) for the purpose of verifying 

the identity of an individual seeking 

redress in connection with the 

operations of a DHS component or 

program; or (3) for the purpose of 

verifying the accuracy of information 

submitted by an individual who has 

requested such redress on behalf of 

another individual. 

P. To appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations for the purpose of 

protecting the vital health interests of a 

data subject or other persons (e.g., to 

assist such agencies or organizations in 

preventing exposure to or transmission 

of a communicable or quarantinable 

disease or to combat other significant 

public health threats; appropriate notice 

will be provided of any identified health 

threat or risk). 

Q. To the news media and the public, 

with the approval of the Chief Privacy 

Officer in consultation with counsel, 

when there exists a legitimate public 

interest in the disclosure of the 

information or when disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of DHS or is necessary to 

demonstrate the accountability of DHS’s 

officers, employees, or individuals 

covered by the system, except to the 

extent it is determined that release of 

the specific information in the context 

of a particular case would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically or on paper in secure 

facilities in a locked drawer behind a 

locked door. The records are stored on 

magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and 

CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by any of 

the information listed in the categories 

of records above. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed to minimize 

the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to the computer system containing the 

records in this system is limited to those 

individuals who have a need to know 

the information for the performance of 

their official duties and who have 

appropriate clearances or permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

CBP is proposing the following 

retention schedule to the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA): Information stored in C–TPAT 

will be retained for the period during 

which the application is pending 

decision by CBP and for the period of 

active membership of the business 

entity, plus five years. Where 

information regarding the possible 

ineligibility of an applicant for C–TPAT 

membership is found, it will be retained 

in the C–TPAT system for an additional 

25 years to assist with future vetting, or 

consistent with the applicable retention 

period for the System of Records from 

which such information was derived, 

whichever is longer. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

C–TPAT Director, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229; 

(202) 344–2619. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

The C–TPAT Security Link Portal 

provides access to the information an 

applicant or partner submitted. The C– 

TPAT partner interface allows 

participants to access and change the 

information they have provided at any 

time by accessing their business 

identifying information and C–TPAT 

profile through secure login procedures. 

C–TPAT Partners access the C–TPAT 

Security Link Portal via https:// 

ctpat.cbp.dhs.gov. 

Through the Security Link Portal, C– 

TPAT partners have a direct messaging 

option where they may communicate 

with their assigned SCSS if they believe 

CBP has acted upon inaccurate or 

erroneously provided information. If 

this method is unsuccessful and C– 

TPAT facilitated processing is denied or 

removed, within 30 days of notification 

the entity may make written inquiry 

regarding such denial or removal. The 

applicant should provide as much 

identifying information as possible 

regarding the business, in order to 

identify the record at issue. C–TPAT 

participants may provide CBP with 

additional information to ensure that 

the information maintained by CBP is 

accurate and complete. The submitter 

will receive a written response to each 

inquiry. If C–TPAT partnership is 

suspended or removed, the business 

may appeal this decision to CBP HQ, to 

the attention of the Executive Director, 

C–TPAT Program Division: Executive 

Director, Cargo and Conveyance 

Security, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Room 2.2A, Washington, DC 

20229. 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted portions of this system 

from the notification, access, and 

amendment procedures of the Privacy 

Act because it is a law enforcement 

system. However, DHS/CBP will 

consider individual requests to 

determine whether or not information 

may be released. Thus, individuals 

seeking notification of and access to any 

record contained in this system of 

records, or seeking to contest its 

content, may submit a request in writing 

to the Headquarters or component’s 

FOIA Officer, whose contact 

information can be found at http:// 

www.dhs.gov/foia under ‘‘contacts.’’ If 

an individual believes more than one 

component maintains Privacy Act 

records concerning him or her the 

individual may submit the request to 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Drive SW., Building 410, STOP– 

0655, Washington, DC 20528. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

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 Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

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; and 

• 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 from the 

business; from CBP systems including, 

but not limited to, TECS, the Automated 

Targeting System (ATS), the Automated 

Commercial System (ACS); and from 

public sources. Information is also 

collected by the SCSS from the C–TPAT 

applicant and other businesses during 

the course of validating the business’s 

supply chain and from foreign 

governments and multilateral 

governmental organizations with which 

CBP has entered into MRAs or other 

arrangements. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

No exemption shall be asserted with 

respect to information requested from 

and provided by the C–TPAT applicant 

including, but not limited to, company 

profile, supply chain information, and 

other information provided during the 

application and validation process. CBP 

will not assert any exemptions for an 

individual’s application data and final 

membership determination in response 

to a request from that individual. 

However, the Privacy Act requires DHS 

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to maintain an accounting of the 

disclosures made pursuant to all 

routines uses. Disclosing the fact that a 

law enforcement agency has sought 

particular records may affect ongoing 

law enforcement activities. As such, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), DHS will 

claim exemption from sections (c)(3), 

(e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, as is necessary and 

appropriate to protect this information. 

Further, DHS will claim exemption from 

section (c)(3) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2) as is necessary and 

appropriate to protect this information. 

Pursuant to exemption 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2) of the Privacy Act, all other 

C–TPAT data, including information 

regarding the possible ineligibility of an 

applicant for C–TPAT membership 

discovered during the vetting process 

and any resulting issue papers, are 

exempt from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4); 

(d); (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), (e)(5) and (e)(8); (f); 

and (g). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), 

information regarding the possible 

ineligibility of an applicant for C–TPAT 

membership discovered during the 

vetting process and any resulting issue 

papers are exempt from 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3); (d); (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H),(e)(4)(I); and (f). In addition, to 

the extent a record contains information 

from other exempt systems of records, 

CBP will rely on the exemptions 

claimed for those systems. 

Dated: February 21, 2013. 

Jonathan R. Cantor, 

Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2007–0008] 

National Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; 

Request for Applicants for Appointment 

to the National Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

requesting individuals who are 

interested in serving on the National 

Advisory Council (NAC) to apply for 

appointment as identified in this notice. 

As provided for in the Post-Katrina 

Emergency Management Reform Act of 

2006 (PKEMRA), the NAC shall advise 

the Administrator of FEMA on all 

aspects of emergency management. The 

NAC shall incorporate State, local and 

Tribal government and private sector 

input in the development and revision 

of the national preparedness goal, the 

national preparedness system, the 

National Incident Management System, 

the National Response Framework, and 

other related plans and strategies. The 

NAC consists of up to 35 members, all 

of whom are experts and leaders in their 

respective fields. FEMA seeks to 

appoint individuals to nine positions on 

the Council that are open due to 

vacancy or term expiration on June 15, 

2013. 

DATES: Applications and nominations 

will be accepted until Friday, March 22, 

2013, 5:00 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for 

membership should be submitted by: 

• Email: FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. 

• Fax: (540) 504–2331. 

• Mail: Office of the National 

Advisory Council, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (Room 722F), 500 

C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472– 

3100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexandra Woodruff, Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer, The Office 

of the National Advisory Council, 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(Room 722F), 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472–3100; telephone 

(202) 646–3746; fax (540) 504–2331; and 

email FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. For 

more information on the NAC, please 

visit http://www.fema.gov/about/ 

national-advisory-council. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC 

is an advisory committee established in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). 

As required by PKEMRA, the Secretary 

of Homeland Security established the 

NAC to ensure effective and ongoing 

coordination of Federal preparedness, 

protection, response, recovery, and 

mitigation for natural disasters, acts of 

terrorism, and other man-made 

disasters. FEMA is requesting 

individuals who are interested in 

serving on the NAC to apply for 

appointment. The terms for seven 

positions on the Council will expire 

June 15, 2013 in the following 

discipline areas: Emergency 

Management Field (one representative 

appointment), State Non-Elected 

Officials (one representative 

appointment), Standards Setting and 

Accrediting (one representative 

appointment), Public Health (one 

Special Government Employee (SGE) 

appointment), Functional Accessibility 

(one representative appointment), 

Emergency Medical Providers (one SGE 

appointment), and Tribal Non-Elected 

Officials (one representative 

appointment). FEMA seeks to appoint 

individuals to these positions for threeyear terms. There are two vacancies 

with terms ending June 15, 2014 in the 

disciplines of Tribal Elected Officials 

(one representative appointment) and 

Emergency Response (one 

representative appointment). FEMA 

seeks to appoint individuals to serve the 

remainder of these terms. The position 

for Tribal Elected Officials (one 

representative appointment) is currently 

vacant with a term ending June 15, 

2014. FEMA seeks to appoint an 

individual to serve the remainder of this 

term. The Administrator may appoint 

additional candidates to serve as FEMA 

Administrator Selection (either 

representative or SGE) for three-year 

terms. Additionally, there is an Ex 

Officio position for a representative 

from the U.S. Department of Defense. 

Individuals interested in serving on 

the NAC are invited to apply for 

appointment by submitting a Resume or 

Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the Office of 

the NAC as listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. Letters of 

recommendation may also be provided, 

but are not required. There is no 

application form. However, 

applications/nominations must include 

the following information: The 

applicant’s full name, home and 

business phone numbers, preferred 

email address, home and business 

mailing addresses, current position title 

& organization, and the discipline area 

of interest (i.e., Emergency 

Management). Current Council members 

whose terms are ending should notify 

the Office of the NAC of their interest 

in reappointment in lieu of submitting 

a new application, and if desired, 

provide updated application materials 

for consideration. 

Appointees may be designated as a 

SGE as defined in section 202(a) of title 

18, United States Code, or as a 

Representative appointment. Candidates 

selected for appointment as SGEs are 

required to complete a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Form (Office of 

Government Ethics (OGE) Form 450). 

This form can be obtained by visiting 

the Web Site of the Office of 

Government Ethics (http:// 

www.oge.gov), or by contacting the 

Office of the NAC. Please do not submit 

this form with your application. Contact 

information is provided in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice. 

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