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Navieras Express, Inc (d/b/a ‘‘TNX’’)

that will serve the trade between ports

and points in the United States on the

one hand, and ports and points in

Central America, Caribbean, Brazil,

Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, on

the other hand. The parties have

requested a shortened review period.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21976 Filed 8–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Docket No. R–0981]

Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of

Amendment of System of Records

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Amendment of system of

records and removal of system of

records.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act, the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board) is

combining the two systems of records

entitled Payroll (BGFRS–7) and Leave

(BGFRS–8), and making amendments to

include new routine uses, as well as

reflect changes due to installation of

new computer software. We invite

public comment on this publication.

DATES: Comment must be received on or

before September 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, which should

refer to Docket No. R–0981, may be

mailed to Mr. William W. Wiles,

Secretary, Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20551. Comments addressed to Mr.

Wiles also may be delivered to the

Board’s mail room between 8:45 a.m.

and 5:15 p.m. and to the security control

room outside of those hours. The mail

room and the security control room are

accessible from the courtyard entrance

on 20th Street between Constitution

Avenue and C Street, NW. Comments

may be inspected in Room MP–500

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen A. Appelbaum, Senior Attorney,

(202/452–3389), or Elaine M. Boutilier,

Senior Counsel, (202/452–2418), Legal

Division. For the hearing impaired only,

contact Diane Jenkins,

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

(TDD) (202/452–3544), Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th and Constitution, NW.,

Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Combined Systems of Records

The Board recently installed a new

software system to handle its payroll,

leave and other related personnel data.

This software consolidates data

previously located in two separate

systems of records—Payroll (BGFRS–7)

and Leave (BGFRS–8). Accordingly, the

Board is amending its Payroll (BGFRS–

7) system of records to include leave

records, and removing the separate

Payroll (BGFRS–8) system of records.

The amended system of records will be

entitled Payroll and Leave (BGFRS–7).

II. Additions to Routine Uses

Pursuant to the Pub. L. 104–193, the

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,

the Board will disclose data from its

Payroll system of records to the Office

of Child Support Enforcement,

Administration for Children and

Families, Department of Health and

Human Services for use in its Federal

Parent Locator System (FPLS) and

Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/OCSE

No. 09–90–0074. Information on this

system was last published at 61 FR

38754, July 25, 1996.

FPLS is a computerized network

through which States may request

location information from Federal and

State agencies to find non-custodial

parents and/or their employers for

purposes of establishing paternity and

securing support. Effective October 10,

1997, the FPLS will be enlarged to

include the National Directory of New

Hires, a database containing information

on employees commencing

employment, quarterly wage data on

private and public sector employees,

and information on unemployment

compensation benefits. Effective

October 10, 1998, the FPLS will be

expanded to include a Federal Case

Registry. The Federal Case Registry will

contain abstracts on all participants

involved in child support enforcement

cases. When the Federal Case Registry is

instituted, its files will be matched on

an ongoing basis against the files in the

National Directory of New Hires to

determine if an employee is a

participant in a child support case

anywhere in the country. If the FPLS

identifies a person as being a participant

in a State child support case, that State

will be notified of the participant’s

current employer. State requests to the

FPLS for location information will also

continue to be processed after October

10, 1998.

The data to be disclosed by the Board

to the FPLS include: Name, address,

social security number, and quarterly

wages. In addition, names and social

security numbers submitted by the

Board to the FPLS will be disclosed by

the Office of Child Support Enforcement

to the Social Security Administration

for verification to ensure that the social

security number provided is correct.

The data disclosed by the Board to the

FPLS will also be disclosed by the

Office of Child Support Enforcement to

the Secretary of the Treasury for use in

verifying claims for the advance

payment of the earned income tax credit

or to verify a claim of employment on

a tax return.

In addition to the routine uses being

added in connection with the new FPLS

program, the Board is adding one other

routine use of the payroll and leave data

to respond to requests from other federal

agencies in connection with hiring or

licensing decisions.

III. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Uses

The Board is proposing these routine

uses in accordance with the Privacy Act

(5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act

permits the disclosure of information

about individuals without their consent

for a routine use where the information

will be used for a purpose which is

compatible with the purpose for which

the information was originally collected.

The Office of Management and Budget

has indicated that a ‘‘compatible’’ use is

a use which is necessary and proper.

See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 18982,

18985 (1986). Since the proposed uses

of the data in connection with the FPLS

program are required by Pub. L. 104–

193, they are clearly necessary and

proper uses, and therefore ‘‘compatible’’

uses which meet Privacy Act

requirements. The other proposed

routine use is a necessary and proper

use of the data because it allows another

federal agency to make an informed

decision with regard to hiring or

licensing an individual.

IV. Effect of the Proposed Changes on

Individuals

The Board will disclose information

under the proposed routine uses only as

required by Pub. L. 104–193 and as

permitted by the Privacy Act.

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a

report of this new system of records is

being filed with the President of the

Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the Director of the

Office of Management and Budget. This

new system of records will become

effective on October 1, 1997, without

further notice, unless the Board
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publishes a notice to the contrary in the

Federal Register.

Accordingly, the Payroll system

notice originally published at 40 FR

43862 (September 30, 1975) is amended

as set forth below, and the Leave

(BGFRS–8) system of records is

removed.

BGFRS–7

SYSTEM NAME:

Payroll and Leave.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Board of Governors, Federal Reserve

System, 20th and Constitution, NW.,

Washington, DC 20551.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Past and present employees and

members of the Board.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Payroll records, including pay

statements; requests for deductions; tax

and social security withholdings; Board

retirement deductions; voluntary

withholdings for the Board’s Thrift Plan

or FERS, savings bonds, CFC, and

insurance; tax forms; W–2 forms;

overtime requests; leave data; and

worker’s compensation data. Leave

records, including compensatory time,

and codes indicating reasons for taking

leave, such as family illness, or military

leave.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Section 11 of the Federal Reserve Act

(12 U.S.C. 248(i) and 248(l)).

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

The information in the records may be

used for the following purposes.

a. To provide information to a federal

agency, in response to its request, in

connection with the hiring or retention

of an employee, the letting of a contract,

or issuance of a license, grant, or other

benefit by the requesting agency to the

extent that the information is relevant

and necessary to the requesting agency’s

decision on that matter.

b. To provide information to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement,

Administration for Children and

Families, Department of Health and

Human Services Federal Parent Locator

System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset

System for use in locating individuals

and identifying their income sources to

establish paternity, establish and modify

orders of support and for enforcement

action.

c. To provide information to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement for

release to the Social Security

Administration for verifying social

security numbers in connection with the

operation of the FPLS by the Office of

Child Support Enforcement.

d. To provide information to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement for

release to the Department of the

Treasury for purposes of administering

the Earned Income Tax Credit Program

(Section 32, Internal Revenue Code of

1986) and verifying a claim with respect

to employment in a tax return.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

On tape, disk, folders and document

files.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Filed by name, Social Security

number, and employee number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access to and use of these records is

limited to those persons whose official

duties require such access. Personnel

screening is employed to prevent

unauthorized access. Electronic files are

protected by passwords. Paper records

are stored in cabinets and a safe.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Various; minimum of one year from

date of annual audit; maximum of

indefinite.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Director, Division of Human

Resources Management, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th and Constitution, NW.,

Washington, DC 20551.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Inquiries should be sent to the

Secretary of the Board, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘Notification procedure’’

above.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘Notification procedure’’

above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Internal personnel forms, federal,

state, and local tax forms, employee

authorizations and directive forms,

insurance forms, leave and overtime

reports, federal and state garnishment

forms.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

None.

By order of the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System, acting

through the Secretary of the Board

under delegated authority, August 14,

1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–22006 Filed 8–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Identification of

Products With Environmental

Attributes

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,

GSA.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding reinstatement to a

previously approved OMB clearance

(3090–0262).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of

Acquisition Policy has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

a reinstatement of a previously

approved information collection

requirement concerning Identification of

Products with Environmental

Attributes.

DATES: Comment Due Date: October 20,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: Edward

Springer, GSA Desk Officer, Room 3235,

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and to

Marjorie Ashby, General Services

Administration (MVP), 1800 F Street

NW, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al

Matera, Office of GSA Acquisition

Policy (202) 501–1224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The GSA is requesting the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

reinstate information collection, 3090–

0262, concerning Identification of

Products with Environmental

Attributes. This information collection

will be used to assist Federal agencies

in deciding whether such products will

meet their needs and consistent with

Federal acquisition law will order such