Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 83 / Tuesday, May 1, 2007 / Notices 23897 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[Docket No. USCBP–2007–0054] 

Notice of Meeting of the Departmental 

Advisory Committee on Commercial 

Operations of Customs and Border 

Protection and Related Homeland 

Security Functions (COAC) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Departmental Advisory 

Committee on Commercial Operations 

of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

and Related Homeland Security 

Functions (popularly known as 

‘‘COAC’’) will meet on May 15, 2007 in 

Washington, DC. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: COAC will meet Tuesday, May 

15th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please note 

that the meeting may close early if the 

committee has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ronald Reagan Building in the 

Rotunda Ballroom, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

Written material and comments should 

reach the contact person listed below by 

May 4. Requests to have a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the committee prior to the meeting 

should reach the contact person at the 

address below by May 8, 2007. 

Comments must be identified by 

USCBP–2007–0054 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

<bullet≤ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

<bullet≤ E-mail: 

traderelations@dhs.gov. Include the 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

<bullet≤ Fax: 202–344–2064. 

<bullet≤ Mail: Ms. Wanda Tate, Office 

of International Affairs and Trade 

Relations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security, Room 8.5C, Washington, DC 

20229. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the COAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Wanda Tate, Office of International 

Affairs and Trade Relations, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, 

Department of Homeland Security, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room 8.5C, 

Washington, DC 20229; 

traderelations@dhs.gov; telephone 202– 

344–1440; facsimile 202–344–2064. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C., app.), DHS hereby announces 

the meeting of the Departmental 

Advisory Committee on Commercial 

Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection and Related Homeland 

Security Functions (COAC). COAC is 

tasked with providing advice to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, the 

Secretary of the Treasury, and the 

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) on matters 

pertaining to the commercial operations 

of CBP and related functions within 

DHS or the Department of the Treasury. 

The second meeting of the tenth term 

of COAC will be held at the date, time 

and location specified above. A 

tentative agenda for the meeting is set 

forth below. 

Tentative Agenda 

1. Advance Trade Data. 

2. Customs-Trade Partnership Against 

Terrorism (C–TPAT). 

3. International Container Security. 

4. Supply Chain Security Strategy. 

5. National Response Plan. 

6. Post Incident Trade Resumption. 

7. Office of International Trade. 

8. World Customs Organization—High 

Level Strategic Group. 

Procedural 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. 

Participation in COAC deliberations is 

limited to committee members, 

Department of Homeland Security 

officials, and persons invited to attend 

the meeting for special presentations. 

All visitors to the Ronald Reagan 

Building will have to go through a 

security checkpoint to be admitted to 

the building. Since seating is limited, all 

persons attending this meeting should 

provide notice, preferably by close of 

business Friday, May 11, 2007, to Ms. 

Wanda Tate, Office of Trade Relations, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20229, telephone 202– 

344–1440; facsimile 202–344–2064. 

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 Ms. Wanda Tate as 

soon as possible. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

Michael C. Mullen, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Affairs and Trade Relations, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. E7–8246 Filed 4–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF 

Veterans and Families; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on OIF/ 

OEF Veterans and Families will meet on 

May 14–16, 2007, at The Hilton 

Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, 

Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting 

sessions will begin at 9 a.m. each day 

and will adjourn at 4;30 p.m. on May 

14, 3:30 p.m. on May 15, and 1 p.m. on 

May 16. The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the full spectrum of health care, 

benefits delivery and related family 

support issues that confront 

servicemembers during their transition 

from active duty to veteran status and 

during their post-service years. The 

Committee will focus on the concerns of 

all men and women with active military 

service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/ 

or Operation Enduring Freedom, but 

will pay particular attention to severely 

disabled veterans and their families. 

The agenda for the May 14–16 

meeting will include briefings by senior 

officials of the Veterans Health 

Administration, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, and National Cemetery 

Administration on VA programs and 

policies that particularly affect OIF/OEF 

veterans. Other presentations will focus 

on the ongoing activities of VA’s Office 

of Seamless Transition, and 

deliberations of the Joint (VA–DoD) 

Executive Council. The May 16 session 

will be devoted to Committee 

discussion of its general workplan, 

possible site visits to VA facilities, and 

future meeting dates. 

The meeting will include time 

reserved for public comments. 


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Individuals wishing to make oral 

statements must pre-register not later 

than May 9, 2007 by contacting Tiffany 

Glover via e-mail tiffany.glover@va.gov, 

and by submitting a 1–2 page summary 

of their statements for inclusion in the 

official record of the meeting. Oral 

statements by the public will be limited 

to five minutes each and will be 

received at 3 p.m.–3:30 p.m. on May 15, 

and at 11 a.m.–12 p.m. on May 16. The 

public may also submit written 

statements for the Committee’s review 

to the Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF 

Veterans and Families (008), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should contact 

Ronald Thomas, Esq., Designated 

Federal Officer, at (202) 273–5182. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–2107 Filed 4–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission has scheduled a meeting 

for May 9–11, 2007, at the Doubletree 

Hotel Washington, 1515 Rhode Island 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On May 

9–10, the sessions will begin at 8:30 

a.m. and end at 5 p.m. each day. On 

May 11, the session will begin at 8:30 

a.m. and end at 3 p.m. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

carry out a study of the benefits under 

the laws of the United States that are 

provided to compensate and assist 

veterans and their survivors for 

disabilities and deaths attributable to 

military service. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

feature updates on the progress of the 

studies being conducted by the Center 

for Naval Analyses (CNA) and the 

Institute of Medicine (IOM). There will 

be additional discussions with CNA on 

topics of ongoing research and analyses, 

and the IOM Post Traumatic Stress 

Disorder Compensation Committee will 

provide an overview of its final report. 

The Commission will receive 

presentations on several draft Issue 

Papers in various stages of development 

and discuss the composition of sections 

of the Commission’s final report. 

Interest persons may attend and 

present oral statements to the 

Commission on May 9. Oral 

presentations will be limited to five 

minutes or less, depending on the 

number of participants. Interested 

parties may also provide written 

comments for review by the 

Commission prior to the meeting or at 

any time, by e-mail to 

veterans@vetscommission.com or by 

mail to Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive 

Director, Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20004. 

Dated: April 24, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary: 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–2108 Filed 4–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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