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§ 10.115 as promptly as possible, using 

a question-and-answer format. The 

agency believes that, at the present time, 

it is reasonable to maintain all responses 

to questions concerning food allergens 

and FALCPA in a single document that 

is periodically updated as the agency 

receives and responds to additional 

questions. The following four indicators 

will be employed to help users of the 

guidance identify revisions: (1) The 

guidance will be identified as a revision 

of a previously issued document, (2) the 

revision date of the guidance will 

appear on its cover, (3) the edition 

number of the guidance will be 

included in its title, and (4) questions 

and answers that have been added to the 

original guidance will be identified as 

such in the body of the guidance. 

This guidance represents the agency’s 

current thinking on issues related to 

FALCPA and food allergens generally 

that are presented in the guidance. The 

guidance does not create or confer any 

rights for or on any person and does not 

operate to bind FDA or the public. An 

alternative approach may be used if 

such approach satisfies the 

requirements of the applicable statutes 

and regulations. 

III. Comments 

Interested persons may submit to the 

Division of Dockets Management (see 

ADDRESSES) written or electronic 

comments regarding this guidance at 

any time. Submit a single copy of 

electronic comments or two paper 

copies of any mailed comments, except 

that individuals may submit one paper 

copy. Comments are to be identified 

with the docket number found in 

brackets in the heading of this 

document. Received comments and the 

guidance may be seen in the Division of 

Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

IV. Electronic Access 

Persons with access to the Internet 

may obtain the guidance document at 

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/guidance.html 

or http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ 

default.htm. 

Dated: October 26, 2006. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. E6–18443 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[DHS–2006–0060] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: To provide expanded notice 

and transparency to the public, the 

Department of Homeland Security, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection gives 

notice regarding the Automated 

Targeting System, which is the 

enforcement screening module 

associated with the Treasury 

Enforcement Communications System 

and was previously covered by the 

Treasury Enforcement Communications 

System ‘‘System of Records Notice.’’

This system of records is subject to the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a). 

The Treasury Enforcement 

Communications System is established 

as an overarching law enforcement 

information collection, targeting, and 

sharing environment. This environment 

is comprised of several modules 

designed to collect, maintain, and 

screen data, conduct targeting, and 

share information. Among these 

modules, the Automated Targeting 

System performs screening of both 

inbound and outbound cargo, travelers, 

and conveyances. As part of this 

screening function, the Automated 

Targeting System compares information 

obtained from the public with a set 

series of queries designed to permit 

targeting of conveyances, goods, cargo, 

or persons to facilitate DHS’s border 

enforcement mission. 

The risk assessment and links to 

information upon which the assessment 

is based, which are stored in the 

Automated Targeting System, are 

created from existing information in a 

number of sources, including, but not 

limited to: the trade community through 

the Automated Commercial System or 

its successor; the Automated 

Commercial Environment system; the 

traveling public through information 

submitted by their carrier to the 

Advance Passenger Information System; 

persons crossing the United States land 

border by automobile or on foot; the 

Treasury Enforcement Communications 

System, or its successor; or law 

enforcement information maintained in 

other parts of the Treasury Enforcement 

Communications System that pertain to 

persons, goods, or conveyances. 

As part of the information it accesses 

for screening, Passenger Name Record 

(PNR) information, which is currently 

collected pursuant to an existing CBP 

regulation (19 CFR 122.49d) from both 

inbound and outbound travelers 

through the carrier upon which travel 

occurs, is stored in the Automated 

Targeting System. PNR is comprised of 

data which carriers collect as a matter 

of their usual business practice in 

negotiating and arranging the travel 

transaction. 

As noted above, this system of records 

notice does not identify or create any 

new collection of information, rather 

DHS is providing additional notice and 

transparency of the functionality of 

these systems. 

DATES: The new system of records will 

be effective December 4, 2006, unless 

comments are received that result in a 

contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number, by one of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

via docket number DH6–2006–0060. 

• Fax: 202–572–8727. 

• Mail: Comments by mail are to be 

addressed to the Border Security 

Regulations Branch, Office of 

Regulations and Rulings, Bureau of 

Customs and Border Protection, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (Mint 

Annex), Washington, DC 20229. 

Comments by mail may also be 

submitted to Hugo Teufel III, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, 601 S. 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22202–4220. 

• 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. Submitted 

comments may also be inspected during 

regular business days between the hours 

of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the 

Regulations Branch, Office of 

Regulations and Rulings, Bureau of 

Customs and Border Protection, 799 9th 

Street, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC. 

Arrangements to inspect submitted 

comments should be made in advance 

by calling Mr. Joseph Clark at (202) 572–

8768. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: 

Laurence E. Castelli (202–572–8790), 

Chief, Privacy Act Policy and 

Procedures Branch, Bureau of Customs 

and Border Protection, Office of 

Regulations & Rulings, Mint Annex, 

1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20229. For privacy 

issues please contact: Hugo Teufel III 

(571–227–3813), Chief Privacy Officer, 

Privacy Office, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bureau of 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), has traditionally relied on 

computerized cargo screening processes 

to aid the CBP inspection workforce in 

the cargo release process. Separately, 

CBP has used the advance submission of 

traveler information to aid in screening 

travelers to facilitate its border 

enforcement mission. The Automated 

Targeting System (ATS) associates 

information obtained from CBP’s cargo, 

travelers, and border enforcement 

systems with a level of risk posed by 

each item and person as determined 

through the rule based query of the 

cargo or personal information accessed 

by ATS. 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information principles in a statutory 

framework governing the means by 

which the United States Government 

collects, maintains, uses, and 

disseminates personally identifiable 

information. 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 from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

the 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 United States citizens and 

legal permanent residents. ATS involves 

the collection and creation of 

information that is maintained in a 

system of records. 

Previously, this information was 

covered by the Treasury Enforcement 

Communications System (TECS) system 

of records notice, as ATS is a functional 

module associated with the 

environment of TECS. ATS is employed 

as an analytical tool to enhance CBP 

screening and targeting capabilities by 

permitting query-based comparisons of 

different data modules associated with 

the TECS system, as well as 

comparisons with data sets from sources 

outside of TECS. As part of DHS’s 

updating of its system of records notices 

and in an effort to provide more detailed 

information to the traveling public and 

trade community, CBP has determined 

that ATS should be noticed as a separate 

system of records, giving greater 

visibility into its targeting and screening 

efforts. 

The Privacy Act requires each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains, and the routine 

uses that are contained in each system 

in order to make agency recordkeeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals regarding the uses to which 

personally identifiable information is 

put, and to assist the individual to more 

easily find such files within the agency. 

DHS is hereby publishing a 

description of the system of records 

referred to as the Automated Targeting 

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

552a(r), a report concerning this record 

system has been sent to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to the 

Congress. 

DHS/CBP–006 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Automated Targeting System (ATS)—

DHS/CBP. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

This computer database is located at 

the Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) National Data Center in 

Washington, DC. Computer terminals 

are located at customhouses, border 

ports of entry, airport inspection 

facilities under the jurisdiction of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) and other locations at which DHS 

authorized personnel may be posted to 

facilitate DHS’s mission. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

A. Persons seeking to enter or exit the 

United States; 

B. Persons who engage in any form of 

trade or other commercial transaction 

related to the importation or exportation 

of merchandise; 

C. Persons who are employed in any 

capacity related to the transit of 

merchandise intended to cross the 

United States border; and 

D. Persons who serve as operators, 

crew, or passengers on any vessel, 

vehicle, aircraft, or train who enters or 

exits the United States. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

ATS builds a risk assessment for 

cargo, conveyances, and travelers based 

on criteria and rules developed by CBP. 

ATS maintains the resulting assessment 

together with a record of which rules 

were used to develop the assessment. 

With the exception of PNR information, 

discussed below, ATS maintains a 

pointer or reference to the underlying 

records from other systems that resulted 

in a particular assessment. This 

assessment and related rules history 

associated with developing a risk 

assessment for an individual are 

maintained for up to forty years to 

support ongoing targeting requirements. 

ATS—P (Automated Targeting 

System—Passenger), a component of 

ATS, maintains the PNR information 

obtained from commercial carriers for 

purposes of assessing the risk of 

international travelers. PNR may 

include such items as: 

• PNR record locator code, 

• Date of reservation, 

• Date(s) of intended travel, 

• Name, 

• Other names on PNR, 

• Number of travelers on PNR, 

• Seat information, 

• Address, 

• All forms of payment information, 

• Billing address, 

• Contact telephone numbers, 

• All travel itinerary for specific PNR, 

• Frequent flyer information, 

• Travel agency, 

• Travel agent, 

• Code share PNR information, 

• Travel status of passenger, 

• Split/Divided PNR information, 

• Identifiers for free tickets, 

• One-way tickets, 

• E-mail address, 

• Ticketing field information, 

• Automated Ticketing Fare Quote 

(ATFQ) fields, 

• General remarks, 

• Ticket number, 

• Seat number, 

• Date of ticket issuance, 

• Any collected APIS information, 

• No show history, 

• Number of bags, 

• Bag tag numbers, 

• Go show information, 

• Number of bags on each segment, 

• Other Supplementary information 

(OSI), 

• Special Services information (SSI), 

• Special Services Request (SSR), 

• Voluntary/involuntary upgrades, 

• Received from information, and 

• All historical changes to the PNR 

Not all carriers maintain the same sets 

of information for PNR. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

19 U.S.C. 482, 1461, 1496, and 1581–

1582, 8 U.S.C. 1357, Title VII of Public 

Law 104–208, and 49 U.S.C. 44909. 

PURPOSE(S): 

(a) To perform targeting of 

individuals, including passengers and 

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crew, focusing CBP resources by 

identifying persons who may pose a risk 

to border security, may be a terrorist or 

suspected terrorist, or may otherwise be 

engaged in activity in violation of U.S. 

law; 

(b) To perform targeting of 

conveyances and cargo to focus CBP’s 

resources for inspection and 

examination and enhance CBP’s ability 

to identify potential violations of U.S. 

law, possible terrorist threats, and other 

threats to border security; and 

(c) To assist in the enforcement of the 

laws enforced or administered by DHS, 

including those related to 

counterterrorism. 

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. 

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) as 

follows: 

A. To appropriate Federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations responsible for 

investigating or prosecuting the 

violations of, or for enforcing or 

implementing, a statute, rule, 

regulation, order, or license, where CBP 

believes the information would assist 

enforcement of civil or criminal laws; 

B. To appropriate Federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

maintaining civil, criminal, or other 

relevant enforcement information or 

other pertinent information, which has 

requested information relevant or 

necessary to the requesting agency’s 

hiring or retention of an individual, or 

issuance of a security clearance, license, 

contract, grant, or other benefit and 

disclosure is appropriate to the proper 

performance of the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure; 

C. To a court, magistrate, or 

administrative tribunal in the course of 

presenting evidence, including 

disclosures to opposing counsel or 

witnesses in the course of civil 

discovery, litigation, or settlement 

negotiations, or in response to a 

subpoena, or in connection with 

criminal law proceedings; 

D. To third parties during the course 

of a law enforcement investigation to 

the extent necessary to obtain 

information pertinent to the 

investigation, provided disclosure is 

appropriate to the proper performance 

of the official duties of the officer 

making the disclosure; 

E. To an agency, organization, or 

individual for the purposes of 

performing audit or oversight operations 

as authorized by law; 

F. To a Congressional office, for 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; 

G. To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, students, and others 

performing or working on a contract, 

service, grant, cooperative agreement, or 

other assignment for the Federal 

government, when necessary to 

accomplish an agency function related 

to this system of records, in compliance 

with the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended; 

H. To an organization or individual in 

either the public or private sector, either 

foreign or domestic, where there is a 

reason to believe that the recipient is or 

could become the target of a particular 

terrorist activity or conspiracy, to the 

extent the information is relevant to the 

protection of life or property and 

disclosure is appropriate to the proper 

performance of the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure; 

I. To the United States Department of 

Justice (including United States 

Attorney offices) or other Federal 

agency conducting litigation or in 

proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative or administrative body, 

when it is necessary to the litigation and 

one of the following is a party to the 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation: (a) DHS, or (b) any employee 

of DHS in his/her official capacity, or (c) 

any employee of DHS in his/her 

individual capacity where DOJ or DHS 

has agreed to represent said employee, 

or (d) the United States or any agency 

thereof; 

J. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration or other Federal 

government agencies pursuant to 

records management inspections being 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906; 

K. To appropriate Federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies, 

if necessary to obtain information 

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 and disclosure is appropriate to 

the proper performance of the official 

duties of the individual making the 

disclosure; 

L. To appropriate Federal, State, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations, for purposes of assisting 

such agencies or organizations in 

preventing exposure to or transmission 

of a communicable or quarantinable 

disease or for combatting other 

significant public health threats; 

M. To Federal and foreign government 

intelligence or counterterrorism 

agencies or components where CBP 

becomes aware of an indication of a 

threat or potential threat to national or 

international security, or where such 

use is to assist in anti-terrorism efforts 

and disclosure is appropriate to the 

proper performance of the official duties 

of the person making the disclosure; 

N. To appropriate Federal, State, 

local, tribal, or foreign governmental 

agencies or multilateral governmental 

organizations where CBP is aware of a 

need to utilize relevant data for 

purposes of testing new technology and 

systems designed to enhance border 

security or identify other violations of 

law; 

O. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) it is suspected or 

confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in the 

system of records has been 

compromised; (2) CBP 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 CBP or another agency or 

entity) that rely upon the compromised 

information; and (3) the disclosure is 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons when reasonably necessary to 

assist in connection with the CBP’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

The data is stored electronically at the 

National Data Center for current data 

and offsite at an alternative data storage 

facility for historical logs and system 

backups. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

The data is retrievable by name or 

personal identifier from an electronic 

database. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

All records are protected from 

unauthorized access through 

appropriate administrative, physical, 

and technical safeguards. These 

safeguards include all of the following: 

restricting access to those with a ‘‘need 

to know’’; using locks, alarm devices, 

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and passwords; compartmentalizing 

databases; auditing software; and 

encrypting data communications. 

ATS also monitors source systems for 

changes to the source data. The system 

manager, in addition, has the capability 

to maintain system back-ups for the 

purpose of supporting continuity of 

operations and the discrete need to 

isolate and copy specific data access 

transactions for the purpose of 

conducting security incident 

investigations. ATS information is 

secured in full compliance with the 

requirements of the DHS IT Security 

Program Handbook. This handbook 

establishes a comprehensive 

information security program. 

Access to the risk assessment results 

and related rules is restricted to a 

limited number of authorized 

government personnel who have gone 

through extensive training on the 

appropriate use of this information and 

CBP policies, including for security and 

privacy. These individuals are trained to 

review the risk assessments and 

background information to identify 

individuals who may likely pose a risk. 

To ensure that ATS is being accessed 

and used appropriately, audit logs are 

created and reviewed routinely by CBP’s 

Office of Internal Affairs. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

The information initially collected in 

ATS is used for entry screening 

purposes. Records in this system will be 

retained and disposed of in accordance 

with a records schedule to be approved 

by the National Archives and Records 

Administration. ATS both collects 

information directly, and derives other 

information from various systems. To 

the extent information is collected from 

other systems, data is retained in 

accordance with the record retention 

requirements of those systems. 

The retention period for data 

specifically maintained in ATS will not 

exceed forty years at which time it will 

be deleted from ATS. Up to forty years 

of data retention may be required to 

cover the potentially active lifespan of 

individuals associated with terrorism or 

other criminal activities. The touchstone 

for data retention, however, is its 

relevance and utility. Accordingly, CBP 

will regularly review the data 

maintained in ATS to ensure its 

continued relevance and usefulness. If 

no longer relevant and useful, CBP will 

delete the information. All risk 

assessments need to be maintained 

because the risk assessment for 

individuals who are deemed low risk 

will be relevant if their risk profile 

changes in the future, for example, if 

terrorist associations are identified. 

Additionally, certain data collected 

directly by ATS may be subject to 

shorter retention limitations pursuant to 

separate arrangements. The adoption of 

shorter retention periods may not be 

publicly disclosed if DHS concludes 

that disclosure would affect operational 

security, for example by giving terrorism 

suspects the certainty that their past 

travel patterns would no longer be 

known to U.S. authorities. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Executive Director, National Targeting 

and Security, Office of Field Operations, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Ronald Reagan Building and Director, 

Targeting and Analysis, Systems 

Program Office, Office of Information 

Technology, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Generally, this system of records may 

not be accessed for purposes of 

determining if the system is a record 

pertaining to a particular individual. 

(See 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (f)(1)). 

General inquiries regarding ATS may 

be directed to the Customer Satisfaction 

Unit, Office of Field Operations, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, Room 

5.5–C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20229 (phone: (202) 

344–1850 and fax: (202) 344–2791). 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Generally, this system of records may 

not be accessed under the Privacy Act 

for the purpose of inspection. The 

majority of this system is exempted 

from this requirement pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) and (k)(2). 

General inquiries regarding ATS may 

be directed to the Customer Satisfaction 

Unit, Office of Field Operations, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, Room 

5.5–C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20229. 

Requests should conform to the 

requirements of 6 CFR Part 5, Subpart 

B, which provides the rules for 

requesting access to Privacy Act records 

maintained by DHS. The envelope and 

letter should be clearly marked ‘‘Privacy 

Act Access Request.’’ The request 

should include a general description of 

the records sought and must include the 

requester’s full name, current address, 

and date and place of birth. The request 

must be signed and either notarized or 

submitted under penalty of perjury. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Since this system of records may not 

be accessed, generally, for purposes of 

determining if the system contains a 

record pertaining to a particular 

individual and those records, if any, 

cannot be inspected, the system may not 

be accessed under the Privacy Act for 

the purpose of contesting the content of 

the record. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The system contains information 

derived from other law enforcement 

systems operated by DHS and other 

government agencies, which collected 

the underlying data from individuals 

and public entities directly. 

In addition, the system contains 

information collected from carriers that 

operate vessels, vehicles, aircraft, and/or 

trains that enter or exit the United 

States. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Pursuant to 31 CFR 1.36 pertaining to 

the Treasury Enforcement 

Communications System, the 

Automated Targeting System, which 

was previously covered by the Treasury 

Enforcement Communications System 

(TECS) system of records notice and 

associated with the below exemptions, 

records and information in this system 

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

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

(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of the 

Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(j)(2) and (k)(2). DHS intends to 

review these exemptions and, if 

warranted, issue a new set of 

exemptions specific to ATS within 

ninety (90) days of the publication of 

this notice. 

Dated: October 27, 2006. 

Hugo Teufel III, 

Chief Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9026 Filed 10–30–06; 3:31 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2005–22732] 

Domestic Vessel Passenger Weights—

Voluntary Interim Measures 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

supplemental guidance for owners and 

operators of small passenger vessels to 

avoid operation in environmental 

conditions that are inappropriate for 

their vessels. The Coast Guard is 

requesting public comments on this 

notice. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Docket Management 

Facility not later than January 31, 2007. 

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