6834 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 30 / Thursday, February 13, 1997 / Notices

Because we have determined that this

proposal is a minor transaction, no

responsive applications will be

permitted. The time limits for

processing this application are set forth

at 49 U.S.C. 11325(d), but, as noted

above, we have provisionally adopted

an expedited schedule.

Discovery may begin immediately. We

encourage the parties to resolve all

discovery matters expeditiously and

amicably.

This action will not significantly

affect either the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

It is ordered:

1. The application is accepted for

consideration under 49 U.S.C. 11323–25

as a minor transaction under 49 CFR

1180.2(c).

2. The parties will comply with all

provisions stated above.

3. This decision is effective on

February 13, 1997.

Decided: February 7, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3652 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Management Service

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;

System of Records

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy

Act System of Records.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, Financial Management

Service (FMS), gives notice of a

proposed alteration to the system of

records entitled ‘‘Payment Issue Records

for Regular Recurring Benefit

Payments—Treasury/FMS .002,’’ which

is subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as

amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The system

notice was last published in its entirety

in the Federal Register Vol. 60, page

56770 on November 9, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received, no

later than March 17, 1997. The proposed

alteration of the system of records will

be effective March 25, 1997, unless FMS

receives comments which would result

in a contrary determination.

ADDRESS: Comments must be submitted

to the Debt Management Services Staff,

Financial Management Service, 401

14th Street, SW, Room 151, Washington,

DC 20227. Comments received will be

available for inspection at the same

address between the hours of 9:00 a.m.

and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerry Isenberg, Debt Management

Services, (202) 874–6660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

alteration of system of records Treasury/

FMS .002 is being made for two reasons.

First, the system was last published in

its entirety in the Federal Register Vol.

60, page 56770 on November 9, 1995,

and that publication erroneously

omitted an amendment to the system

published in the Federal Register Vol.

60, page 45212 on August 30, 1995. This

alteration will restate the changes made

pursuant to the amendment published

on August 30, 1995.

The August 30, 1995 amendment

added two routine uses which facilitate

the collection of delinquent Federal

debts and more effectively apply certain

debt collection tools established under

Federal law, specifically tax refund

offset, administrative offset, and Federal

employee salary offset. These two new

routine uses are republished here as

numbers (11) and (13). As noted in the

August 30, 1995 amendment, since FMS

has closed the Washington, DC

Financial Center, the system of records

was altered to reflect this change. This

change to ‘‘System Location’’ is also

restated here.

Secondly, the Debt Collection

Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), Pub.

L. 104–134, enacted April 26, 1996,

provides the Department of the Treasury

(Treasury) with specific legislative

authority and responsibility to collect

and/or manage the collection of claims

owed to the Federal Government. The

DCIA authorizes Treasury to collect

claims, or facilitate the collection of

claims, owed to States, Territories and

Commonwealths of the United States,

and the District of Columbia by

offsetting Federal payments. Executive

Order 13019, signed by the President on

September 28, 1996, directs Treasury to

promptly take steps to facilitate offset of

Federal payments to collect delinquent

child support debts being enforced by

States. FMS is the Treasury bureau

responsible for the implementation of

the DCIA and the Executive Order.

Accordingly, FMS is adding routine use

(12) to comply with the provisions of

the DCIA and the Executive Order.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, FMS proposes to alter system

of records Treasury/FMS .002,

‘‘Payment Issue Records for Regular

Recurring Benefit Payments—Treasury/

Financial Management Service,’’ as

follows:

Treasury/FMS .002

SYSTEM NAME:

Payment Issue Records for Regular

Recurring Benefit Payments—Treasury/

Financial Management Service.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Description of the change: Replace

current text with the following

language:

The Financial Management Service,

U.S. Department of the Treasury,

Washington, DC 20227. Records

maintained at Financial Centers in six

regions: Austin, TX; Birmingham, AL;

Chicago, IL; Kansas City, MO;

Philadelphia, PA; and San Francisco,

CA.

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

* * * * *

Description of the changes: Remove

‘‘and’’ at end of routine use (9); remove

the period (.) at the end of routine use

(10); add a semicolon (;); and add

routine uses (11), (12) and (13) to read

as follows:

(11) Disclose information concerning

delinquent debtors to Federal creditor

agencies, their employees, or their

agents for the purpose of facilitating or

conducting Federal administrative

offset, Federal tax refund offset, Federal

salary offset, or for any other authorized

debt collection purpose;

(12) Disclose information to any State,

Territory or Commonwealth of the

United States, or the District of

Columbia to assist in the collection of

State, Commonwealth, Territory or

District of Columbia claims pursuant to

a reciprocal agreement between FMS

and the State, Commonwealth, Territory

or the District of Columbia; and

(13) Disclose to the Defense

Manpower Data Center and the United

States Postal Service and other Federal

agencies through authorized computer

matching programs for the purpose of

identifying and locating individuals

who are delinquent in their repayment

of debts owed to the Department or

other Federal agencies in order to

collect those debts through salary offset

and administrative offset, or by the use

of other debt collection tools.

* * * * *

Dated: February 3, 1997.

Alex Rodriguez,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).

[FR Doc. 97–3564 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

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