75764 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 242 / Monday, December 18, 2006 / Notices 

Dated: December 8, 2006. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. E6–21486 Filed 12–15–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Communications System 

[Docket No. NCS–2006–0009] 

National Security Telecommunications 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Communications 

System, DHS. 

ACTION: Amended Notice of Partially 

Closed Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee (NSTAC) will meet in a 

partially closed session. 

DATES: Tuesday, December 19, 2006, 

from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 

H St., NW., Washington, DC. To register 

for this meeting and for access to 

meeting materials, contact Mr. William 

Fuller at (703) 235–5521, or by e-mail at 

William.C.Fuller@dhs.gov by 5 p.m. on 

Monday, December 18, 2006. If you 

desire to submit comments, they must 

be submitted by December 18, 2006. 

Comments must be identified by Docket 

Number NCS–2006–0009 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Office of the Manager, 

National Communications System (N5), 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20529. 

• Fax: 866–466–5370 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and NCS–2006–

0009, the docket number for this action. 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the NSTAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kiesha Gebreyes, Chief, Industry 

Operations Branch at (703) 235–5525, email: Kiesha.Gebreyes@dhs.gov or write 

the Deputy Manager, National 

Communications System, Department of 

Homeland Security, CS&T/NCS/N5. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NSTAC advises the President on issues 

and problems related to implementing 

national security and emergency 

preparedness telecommunications 

policy. Notice of this meeting is given 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.). 

This meeting was the subject of a 

prior notice published on December 4, 

2006 (71 FR 70413). In that notice, the 

meeting was scheduled for December 

19, at the location provided above, from 

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. However, due to 

exceptional circumstances, the meeting 

must be rescheduled for earlier in the 

day. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), this 

amended notice is being published less 

than 15 days prior to the meeting date 

due to exceptional circumstances. The 

Department adjusted the meeting 

schedule set forth in the December 4, 

2006 notice in order to accommodate 

the schedule of the President of the 

United States. The Department 

determined that it would impracticable 

to change the date of the substantive 

activity scheduled for this meeting. In 

order to allow the greatest possible 

public participation, the Department has 

extended the usual deadlines to submit 

comments. As noted above, this date is 

December 18, 2006. 

Between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., the 

committee will discuss the Global 

Infrastructure Resiliency (GIR) Report. 

This portion of the meeting will be 

closed to the public. 

Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the 

NSTAC will receive comments from 

government stakeholders, discuss the 

work of the NSTAC’s Emergency 

Communications and Interoperability 

Task Force (ECITF), and discuss the 

work of the Telecommunications and 

Electric Power Interdependency Task 

Force (TEPITF). This portion of the 

meeting will be open to the public. The 

meeting may be adjourned earlier if all 

business is concluded. 

Basis for Closure: The GIR discussion 

will likely involve sensitive 

infrastructure information concerning 

system threats and explicit physical/ 

cyber vulnerabilities related to current 

communications capabilities. Public 

disclosure of such information would 

heighten awareness of potential 

vulnerabilities and increase the 

likelihood of exploitation by terrorists 

or other motivated adversaries. Pursuant 

to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), the 

Department has determined that this 

discussion will concern matters which, 

if disclosed, would be likely to frustrate 

significantly the implementation of a 

proposed agency action. Accordingly, 

this portion of the meeting will be 

closed to the public pursuant to the 

authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B). 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or to 

request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Kiesha Gebreyes as 

soon as possible. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

George W. Foresman, 

Under Secretary for Preparedness. 

[FR Doc. 06–9769 Filed 12–14–06; 2:23 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–240–06–1770–PC–211A] 

Call for Nominations for the Sonoran 

Desert National Monument Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is publishing this 

notice under Section 9(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 

BLM is giving notice that the Secretary 

of the Interior is extending the call for 

nominations for positions to the 

Sonoran Desert National Monument 

Advisory Council (SDNMAC). This 

notice request the public to submit 

nominations for membership on the 

SDNMAC. Any individual or 

organization may nominate one or more 

persons to serve on the SDNMAC. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

for SDNMAC membership. 

DATES: Submit nomination packets to 

the address listed below no later than 21 

days after date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonoran Desert National Monument 

(SDNM) Advisory Council, c/o Karen 

Kelleher, Monument Manager, BLM, 

Phoenix District, 21605 North 7th 

Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, Phone 

623–580–5500, FAX 623–580–5580, email: AZ_SDNMAC@blm.gov. 

Nomination packets are available for 

download at the BLM Internet site: 

http://www.blm.gov/az/sonoran/ 


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