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Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Helen Jackson, 

Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26097 Filed 11–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2014–0057] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (DHS/CBP)–009 

Electronic System for Travel 

Authorization (ESTA) System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security, Privacy Office. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) proposes to update a current DHS 

system of records titled, ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection—DHS/CBP–009 

Electronic System for Travel 

Authorization (ESTA) System of 

Records.’’ This system of records allows 

the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) at DHS to collect and maintain 

records on nonimmigrant aliens seeking 

to travel to the United States under the 

Visa Waiver Program and other persons, 

including U.S. citizens and lawful 

permanent residents, whose name is 

provided to DHS as part of a 

nonimmigrant alien’s ESTA application. 

The system is used to determine 

whether the applicant is eligible to 

travel to and enter the United States 

under the Visa Waiver Program by 

vetting the ESTA application 

information against selected security 

and law enforcement databases at DHS, 

including but not limited to the use of 

CBP’s TECS (not an acronym) and the 

Automated Targeting System (ATS). In 

addition, ATS retains a copy of ESTA 

application data to identify ESTA 

applicants who may pose a security risk 

to the United States. ATS maintains 

copies of key elements of certain 

databases in order to minimize the 

impact of processing searches on the 

operational systems and to act as a 

backup for certain operational systems. 

DHS may also vet ESTA application 

information against security and law 

enforcement databases at other Federal 

agencies to enhance DHS’s ability to 

determine whether the applicant poses 

a security risk to the United States and 

is eligible to travel to and enter the 

United States under the Visa Waiver 

Program. The results of this vetting may 

inform DHS’s assessment of whether the 

applicant’s travel poses a law 

enforcement or security risk and 

whether the application should be 

approved. 

As part of the Department’s ongoing 

effort to promote transparency regarding 

its collection of information, DHS/CBP 

is updating: (1) The categories of 

individuals covered by the system, and 

(2) categories of records in the system to 

include revised eligibility questions and 

additional data elements collected on 

the ESTA application. DHS issued a 

Final Rule to exempt this system of 

records from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act on August 31, 2009 (74 FR 

45070). These regulations remain in 

effect. 

Furthermore, this notice includes 

non-substantive changes to simplify the 

formatting and text of the previously 

published notice. This updated system 

will be included in DHS’s inventory of 

systems of records, located on the DHS 

Web site at http://www.dhs.gov/systemrecords-notices-sorns. 

DATES: This updated system will be 

effective upon the public display of this 

notice. Although this system is effective 

upon publication, DHS will accept and 

consider comments from the public and 

evaluate the need for any revisions to 

this notice. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this notice, including the 

applicability of the exemptions set forth 

in the August 31, 2009 Final Rule (74 

FR 45070) to the new categories of 

individuals and categories of records, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2014–0057, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–343–4010. 

• Mail: Karen L. Neuman, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

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, please visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions, please contact: John 

Connors, (202) 344–1610, CBP Privacy 

Officer, Privacy and Diversity Office, 

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20229. For privacy 

questions, please contact: Karen L. 

Neuman, (202) 343–1717, Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) is updating 

a current DHS system of records titled, 

‘‘DHS/CBP–009 Electronic System for 

Travel Authorization (ESTA) System of 

Records.’’ 

In the wake of the tragedy of 

September 11, 2001, Congress enacted 

the Implementing Recommendations of 

the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, 

Public Law 110–53. Section 711 of that 

Act sought to address the security 

vulnerabilities associated with Visa 

Waiver Program (VWP) travelers not 

being subject to the same degree of 

screening as other international visitors. 

As a result, section 711 requires DHS to 

develop and implement a fully 

automated electronic travel 

authorization system to collect 

biographical and other information 

necessary to evaluate the security risks 

and eligibility of an applicant to travel 

to the United States under the VWP. 

The VWP is a travel facilitation program 

that has evolved since the terrorist 

attack on the Nation on September 11, 

2001, to include more robust security 

standards that are designed to prevent 

terrorists and other criminal actors from 

exploiting the Program to enter the 

country. 

ESTA is a Web-based system that 

DHS/CBP developed in 2008 to 

determine the eligibility of foreign 

nationals to travel by air or sea to the 

United States under the VWP. 

Applicants submit biographic 

information and answer eligibility 

questions using the ESTA Web site. CBP 

uses the information submitted to ESTA 

to make a determination regarding 

whether the applicant’s intended travel 

poses a law enforcement or security 

risk. CBP vets the ESTA applicant 

information against selected security 

and law enforcement databases, 

including the use of TECS and the 

Automated Targeting System (ATS). 

ATS also retains a copy of ESTA 

application data to identify ESTA 

applicants who may pose a security risk 

to the United States. ATS maintains 

copies of key elements of certain 

databases in order to minimize the 


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impact of processing searches on the 

operational systems and to act as a 

backup for certain operational systems. 

DHS may also vet ESTA application 

information against security and law 

enforcement databases at other Federal 

agencies to enhance DHS’s ability to 

determine whether the applicant poses 

a security risk to the United States and 

is eligible to travel to and enter the 

United States under the Visa Waiver 

Program. The results of this vetting may 

inform DHS’s assessment of whether the 

applicant’s travel poses a law 

enforcement or security risk. The ESTA 

eligibility determination is made prior 

to a visitor boarding a carrier en route 

to the United States. 

The System of Records Notice (SORN) 

for ESTA, last published on July 30, 

2012 (77 FR 44642), is being updated 

with new categories of individuals and 

new categories of records to provide 

notice of new data elements and 

eligibility questions on the ESTA 

application. The categories of covered 

individuals is being updated to 

accurately reflect information in the 

system that could pertain to U.S. 

citizens, U.S. businesses or entities, and 

lawful permanent residents. The new 

data elements on the ESTA application 

provide the Department with enhanced 

vetting capability while the eligibility 

questions have been revised to reflect 

the new data elements and promote 

readability and make the questions 

easier to understand by the general 

public. 

Aligning with the 9/11 Commission’s 

recommendation to address the 

vulnerabilities associated with less 

stringent screening of VWP travelers, 

CBP has added the following data 

elements to the ESTA application to 

make the screening of VWP travelers 

more robust: 

• Other Names or Aliases 

• Other Country of Citizenship 

Æ If yes, passport number on 

additional citizenship passport 

• City of Birth 

• Home Address 

• Parents’ Names 

• Email Address 

• Telephone Number 

• National Identification Number 

• Current Job Title 

• Current or Previous Employer Name 

• Current or Previous Employer 

Address 

• Current or Previous Employer 

Telephone Number 

• Emergency Point of Contact 

Information Name 

• Emergency Point of Contact 

Information Telephone Number 

• Emergency Point of Contact 

Information Email Address 

• U.S. Point of Contact Name 

• U.S. Point of Contact Address 

• U.S. Point of Contact Telephone 

Number 

The addition of these data elements 

provides additional security in the 

ESTA application process by enhancing 

ESTA’s vetting capability to identify 

individuals who may pose a threat to 

the United States, thereby reducing the 

likelihood that an applicant with 

derogatory security records will be 

automatically approved for a travel 

authorization. Moreover, the additional 

data elements also reduces the number 

of inconclusive matches to derogatory 

records during the vetting process, 

which will decrease the number of 

applicants who are required to apply for 

a visa due to ambiguity concerning their 

identity. 

When a person submits an ESTA 

application, CBP examines the 

application by screening the applicant’s 

data through ATS (to screen for 

terrorists or threats to aviation and 

border security) and TECS (for matches 

to persons identified to be of law 

enforcement interest). The additional 

data elements will help resolve 

potentially inconclusive matches by 

providing additional data to confirm an 

applicant’s identity. Inconclusive 

matches ultimately result in a denial of 

the ESTA application, which results in 

an applicant being directed to a U.S. 

embassy or consulate to apply for a visa. 

DHS/CBP has authority to operate this 

system under Title IV of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 201, et 

seq., and Section 217(h)(3) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 

U.S.C. 1187(h)(3). 

Consistent with DHS’s information 

sharing mission, information stored in 

ESTA may be shared with other DHS 

components that have a need to know 

the information to carry out their 

national security, law enforcement, 

immigration, intelligence, or other 

homeland security functions. 

Information stored in ESTA may also be 

shared with other Federal security and 

counterterrorism agencies, as well as on 

a case-by-case basis to appropriate state, 

local, tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international government agencies. This 

external sharing takes place after DHS 

determines that it is consistent with the 

routine uses set forth in this system of 

records notice. 

Additionally, for ongoing, systematic 

sharing, DHS completes an information 

sharing and access agreement with 

Federal partners to establish the terms 

and conditions of the sharing, including 

documenting the need to know, 

authorized users and uses, and the 

privacy protections for the data. This 

updated system will be included in 

DHS’s inventory of systems of records, 

located on the DHS Web site at http:// 

www.dhs.gov/system-records-noticessorns. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing the 

means by which Federal Government 

agencies collect, maintain, use, and 

disseminate individuals’ records. 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 an 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 U.S. 

citizens and lawful permanent 

residents. As a matter of policy, DHS 

extends administrative Privacy Act 

protections to all individuals when 

systems of records maintain information 

on U.S. citizens, lawful permanent 

residents, and visitors. 

Given the importance of providing 

privacy protections to international 

travelers, even prior to the collection of 

these new data elements that may 

include information about U.S. persons, 

DHS always administratively applied 

the privacy protections and safeguards 

of the Act to all international travelers 

subject to ESTA. With the addition of 

the new data elements, ESTA now falls 

squarely within the mixed system 

policy and DHS will continue to extend 

the administrative protections of the 

Privacy Act to information about 

travelers and non-travelers whose 

information is provided to DHS as part 

of the ESTA application. 

Below is the description of the DHS/ 

CBP–009 Electronic System for Travel 

Authorization (ESTA) System of 

Records. 

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

DHS has provided a report of this 

system of records to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to 

Congress. 

System of Records 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS)/U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP)–009. 


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SYSTEM NAME: 

DHS/CBP–009 Electronic System for 

Travel Authorization (ESTA) 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. The data may be 

retained on classified networks but this 

does not change the nature and 

character of the data until it is combined 

with classified information. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the CBP 

Headquarters in Washington, DC, and in 

field offices. Records are replicated from 

the operational system and maintained 

on the DHS unclassified and classified 

networks. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Categories of individuals covered by 

this system include: 

1. Foreign nationals who seek to enter 

the United States by air or sea under the 

VWP; and 

2. Persons, including U.S. Citizens 

and lawful permanent residents, whose 

information is provided in response to 

ESTA application questions. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

VWP travelers obtain the required 

travel authorization by electronically 

submitting an application consisting of 

biographical and other data elements via 

the ESTA Web site. The categories of 

records in ESTA include: 

• Full Name (First, Middle, and Last); 

• Other names or aliases, if available; 

• Date of birth; 

• City of birth; 

• Gender; 

• Email address; 

• Telephone number (home, mobile, 

work, other); 

• Home address (address, apartment 

number, city, state/region); 

• IP address; 

• ESTA application number; 

• Country of residence; 

• Passport number; 

• Passport issuing country; 

• Passport issuance date; 

• Passport expiration date; 

• Department of Treasury pay.gov 

payment tracking number (i.e., 

confirmation of payment; absence of 

payment confirmation will result in a 

‘‘not cleared’’ determination); 

• Country of citizenship; 

• Other citizenship (country, passport 

number); 

• National identification number, if 

available; 

• Date of anticipated crossing; 

• Carrier information (carrier name 

and flight or vessel number); 

• City of embarkation; 

• Address while visiting the United 

States (number, street, city, state); 

• Emergency point of contact 

information (name, telephone number, 

email address); 

• U.S. Point of Contact (name, 

address, telephone number); 

• Parents’ names; 

• Current job title; 

• Current or previous employer name; 

• Current or previous employer street 

address; 

• Current or previous employer 

telephone number; and 

• Any change of address while in the 

United States. 

The categories of records in ESTA 

also include responses to the following 

questions: 

• Do you currently have any of the 

following diseases: 

Æ Chancroid 

Æ Gonorrhea 

Æ Granuloma Inguinale 

Æ Leprosy, infectious 

Æ Lymphogranuloma venereum 

Æ Syphilis, infectious 

Æ Active Tuberculosis 

• Have you ever been arrested or 

convicted for a crime that resulted in 

serious damage to property, or serious 

harm to another person or government 

authority? 

• Have you ever violated any law 

related to possessing, using, or 

distributing illegal drugs? 

• Do you seek to engage in or have 

you ever engaged in terrorist activities, 

espionage, or sabotage; or genocide? 

• Have you ever committed fraud or 

misrepresented yourself or others to 

obtain, or assist others to obtain, a visa 

or entry into the United States? 

• Are you currently seeking 

employment in the United States or you 

were you previously employed in the 

United States without prior permission 

from the U.S. government? 

• Have you ever been denied a U.S. 

visa you applied for with your current 

or previous passport, or have you ever 

been refused admission to the United 

States or withdrawn your application 

for admission at a U.S. port of entry? If 

yes, when and where? 

• Have you ever stayed in the United 

States longer than the admission period 

granted to you by the U.S. government? 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Title IV of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002, 6.U.S.C. 201 et seq., the 

Immigration and Naturalization Act, as 

amended, including 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(11) 

and (h)(3), and implementing 

regulations contained in Part 217, title 

8, Code of Federal Regulations; and the 

Travel Promotion Act of 2009, Public 

Law 111–145, 22 U.S.C. 2131. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to 

collect and maintain a record of 

nonimmigrant aliens who want to travel 

to the United States under the VWP, and 

to determine whether applicants are 

eligible to travel to and enter the United 

States under the VWP by vetting their 

information—and other information that 

the Secretary of Homeland Security 

determines is necessary, including 

information about other persons 

included on the ESTA application— 

against various security and law 

enforcement databases and identifying 

applicants who pose a security risk to 

the United States. This vetting includes 

consideration of the applicant’s IP 

address, along with the other 

application data. 

The Department of Treasury pay.gov 

tracking number (associated with the 

payment information provided to 

pay.gov and stored in the Credit/Debit 

Card Data System, DHS/CBP–003 

Credit/Debit Card Data System (CDCDS), 

76 FR 67755 (November 2, 2011)) will 

be used to process ESTA and third party 

administrator fees and to reconcile 

issues regarding payment between 

ESTA, CDCDS, and Pay.gov. Payment 

information will not be used for vetting 

purposes and is stored in a separate 

system (CDCDS) from the ESTA 

application data. 

DHS maintains a replica of some or all 

of the data in ESTA on the unclassified 

and classified DHS networks to allow 

for analysis and vetting consistent with 

the above stated uses, purposes, and this 

published notice. 

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 the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

including Offices of the U.S. Attorneys, 

or other federal agency conducting 

litigation or in proceedings before any 

court, adjudicative, or administrative 

body, when it is relevant or necessary to 

the litigation and one of the following 

is a party to the litigation or has an 

interest in such litigation: 

1. DHS or any component thereof; 

2. Any employee or former employee 

of DHS in his/her official capacity; 

3. Any employee or former employee 

of DHS in his/her individual capacity 

when DOJ or DHS has agreed to 

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4. The U.S. or any agency thereof. 

B. To a congressional office from 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. 

C. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

General Services Administration 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

D. To an agency or organization for 

the purpose of performing audit or 

oversight operations as authorized by 

law, but only such information as is 

necessary and relevant to such audit or 

oversight function. 

E. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

1. DHS suspects or has confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; 

2. DHS has determined that as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed 

compromise, there is a risk of identity 

theft or fraud, harm to economic or 

property interests, harm to an 

individual, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by 

DHS or another agency or entity) that 

rely upon the compromised 

information; and 

3. The disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with DHS’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

F. To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for DHS, 

when necessary to accomplish an 

agency function related to this system of 

records. Individuals provided 

information under this routine use are 

subject to the same Privacy Act 

requirements and limitations on 

disclosure as are applicable to DHS 

officers and employees. 

G. To an appropriate federal, state, 

tribal, local, international, or foreign law 

enforcement agency or other appropriate 

authority charged with investigating or 

prosecuting a violation or enforcing or 

implementing a law, rule, regulation, or 

order, when a record, either on its face 

or in conjunction with other 

information, indicates a violation or 

potential violation of law, which 

includes criminal, civil, or regulatory 

violations and such disclosure is proper 

and consistent with the official duties of 

the person making the disclosure. 

H. To appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations for the purpose of 

protecting the vital health interests of a 

data subject or other persons (e.g., to 

assist such agencies or organizations in 

preventing exposure to or transmission 

of a communicable or quarantinable 

disease or to combat other significant 

public health threats; appropriate notice 

will be provided of any identified health 

threat or risk); 

I. To third parties during the course 

of a law enforcement investigation to 

the extent necessary to obtain 

information pertinent to the 

investigation; 

J. To a federal, state, tribal, local, 

international, or foreign government 

agency or entity for the purpose of 

consulting with that agency or entity: (1) 

To assist in making a determination 

regarding redress for an individual in 

connection with the operations of a DHS 

component or program; (2) for the 

purpose of verifying the identity of an 

individual seeking redress in 

connection with the operations of a DHS 

component or program; or (3) for the 

purpose of verifying the accuracy of 

information submitted by an individual 

who has requested such redress on 

behalf of another individual; 

K. To federal and foreign government 

intelligence or counterterrorism 

agencies or components when DHS 

becomes aware of an indication of a 

threat or potential threat to national or 

international security to assist in 

countering such threat, or to assist in 

anti-terrorism efforts; 

L. To the Department of State in the 

processing of petitions or applications 

for benefits under the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, and all other 

immigration and nationality laws 

including treaties and reciprocal 

agreements; 

M. To an organization or individual in 

either the public or private sector, either 

foreign or domestic, when 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; 

N. To the carrier transporting an 

individual to the United States, but only 

to the extent that CBP provides 

information that the ESTA status is not 

applicable to the traveler, or, if 

applicable, that the individual is 

authorized to travel, not authorized to 

travel, pending, or has not applied. 

O. To the Department of Treasury’s 

Pay.gov, for payment processing and 

payment reconciliation purposes; 

P. 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; 

Q. To the news media and the public, 

with the approval of the Chief Privacy 

Officer in consultation with counsel, 

when there exists a legitimate public 

interest in the disclosure of the 

information, when disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of DHS, or when disclosure is 

necessary to demonstrate the 

accountability of DHS’s officers, 

employees, or individuals covered by 

the system, except to the extent the 

Chief Privacy Officer determines that 

release of the specific information in the 

context of a particular case would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

DHS/CBP stores records in this 

system electronically or on paper in 

secure facilities in a locked drawer 

behind a locked door. The records may 

be stored on magnetic disc, tape, and 

digital media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by any of 

the data elements supplied by the 

applicant. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

DHS/CBP safeguards records in this 

system according to applicable rules 

and policies, including all applicable 

DHS automated systems security and 

access policies. CBP has imposed strict 

controls to minimize the risk of 

compromising the information that is 

being stored. Access to the computer 

system containing the records in this 

system is limited to those individuals 

who have a need to know the 

information for the performance of their 

official duties and who have appropriate 

clearances or permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Application information submitted to 

ESTA generally expires and is deemed 

‘‘inactive’’ two years after the initial 

submission of information by the 

applicant. In the event that a traveler’s 

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years from the date of the ESTA 

approval, the ESTA travel authorization 

will expire concurrently with the 

passport. Information in ESTA will be 

retained for one year after the ESTA 

travel authorization expires. After this 

period, the inactive account information 

will be purged from online access and 

archived for 12 years. Data linked at any 

time during the 15-year retention period 

(generally 3 years active, 12 years 

archived), to active law enforcement 

lookout records, will be matched by 

CBP to enforcement activities, and/or 

investigations or cases, including ESTA 

applications that are denied 

authorization to travel, will remain 

accessible for the life of the law 

enforcement activities to which they 

may become related. NARA guidelines 

for retention and archiving of data will 

apply to ESTA and CBP continues to 

negotiate with NARA for approval of the 

ESTA data retention and archiving plan. 

Records replicated on the unclassified 

and classified networks will follow the 

same retention schedule. 

Payment information is not stored in 

ESTA, but is forwarded to pay.gov and 

stored in CBP’s financial processing 

system, CDCDS, pursuant to the DHS/

CBP–018, CDCDS system of records 

notice. 

When a VWP traveler’s ESTA data is 

used for purposes of processing his or 

her application for admission to the 

United States, the ESTA data will be 

used to create a corresponding 

admission record in the DHS/CBP–016 

Non-Immigrant Information System 

(NIIS). This corresponding admission 

record will be retained in accordance 

with the NIIS retention schedule, which 

is 75 years. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Office of Automated 

Systems, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection Headquarters, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20229. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Applicants may access their ESTA 

information to view and amend their 

applications by providing their ESTA 

number, birth date, and passport 

number. Once they have provided their 

ESTA number, birth date, and passport 

number, applicants may view their 

ESTA status (authorized to travel, not 

authorized to travel, pending) and 

submit limited updates to their travel 

itinerary information. If an applicant 

does not know his or her application 

number, he or she can provide his or her 

name, passport number, date of birth, 

and passport issuing country to retrieve 

his or her application number. 

In addition, ESTA applicants and 

other individuals whose information is 

included on ESTA applications may 

submit requests and receive information 

maintained in this system as it relates to 

data submitted by or on behalf of a 

person who travels to the United States 

and crosses the border, as well as, for 

ESTA applicants, the resulting 

determination (authorized to travel, 

pending, or not authorized to travel). 

However, the Secretary of Homeland 

Security has exempted portions of this 

system from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act related to providing the 

accounting of disclosures to individuals 

because it is a law enforcement system. 

CBP will, however, consider individual 

requests to determine whether or not 

information may be released. In 

processing requests for access to 

information in this system, CBP will 

review not only the records in the 

operational system but also the records 

that were replicated on the unclassified 

and classified networks, and based on 

this notice provide appropriate access to 

the information. 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to the Chief Privacy 

Officer and Headquarters FOIA Officer, 

whose contact information can be found 

at http://www.dhs.gov/foia under ‘‘FOIA 

Contact Information.’’ If an individual 

believes more than one component 

maintains Privacy Act records 

concerning him or her, the individual 

may submit the request to the Chief 

Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of 

Information Act Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, 245 Murray Drive 

SW., Building 410, STOP–0655, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records, your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address, and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 28 

U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty of 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

http://www.dhs.gov/foia or 1–866–431– 

0486. In addition, you should: 

• Explain why you believe the 

Department would have information on 

you; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; and 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records; 

If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his or her 

agreement for you to access his or her 

records. 

Without the above information, the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from the online 

ESTA application at https://

esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

No exemption shall be asserted with 

respect to information maintained in the 

system as it relates to data submitted by 

or on behalf of a person who travels to 

visit the United States and crosses the 

border, nor shall an exemption be 

asserted with respect to the resulting 

determination (authorized to travel, 

pending, or not authorized to travel). 

Information in the system may be 

shared with law enforcement and/or 

intelligence agencies pursuant to the 

above routine uses. The Privacy Act 

requires DHS to maintain an accounting 

of the disclosures made pursuant to all 

routines uses. Disclosing the fact that a 

law enforcement or intelligence agency 

has sought and been provided particular 

records may affect ongoing law 

enforcement activities. As such, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), DHS will 

claim exemption from Sections (c)(3), 

(e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, as is necessary and 

appropriate to protect this information. 

Further, DHS will claim exemption from 

Section (c)(3) of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2) as is necessary and 

appropriate to protect this information. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 213 / Tuesday, November 4, 2014 / Notices 65419 

Dated: September 30, 2014. 

Karen L. Neuman, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26100 Filed 11–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–0975] 

Notice of a Public Meeting To Prepare 

for the Twenty-third Session of the 

Assembly of the International Mobile 

Satellite Organization 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard will 

hold a public meeting on subject matters 

that will be addressed at the Twentythird Session of the Assembly of the 

International Mobile Satellite 

Organization. 

DATES: A public meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 13, 2014, from 

1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the headquarters of the Radio Technical 

Commission for Maritime Services in 

Suite 605, 1611 New Kent Street, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry S. Solomon at (202)475–3556 or 

by email at larry.s.solomon@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this public meeting is to 

prepare for the Twenty-third Session of 

the International Mobile Satellite 

Organization (IMSO) Assembly to be 

held on November 25–28, 2014 at the 

headquarters of the International 

Maritime Organization in London, 

United Kingdom. The primary topics 

that will be considered at the public 

meeting include: 

• Oversight and performance of the 

Global Maritime Distress and Safety 

System; and, issues relating to the 

oversight of potential new GMDSS 

providers; 

• Oversight, performance, audits, 

charging formulas and proposals for the 

Long Range Identification and Tracking 

System; 

• Appointment of a new Director 

General of IMSO and proposed revisions 

to the functions of the Director General; 

• Directorate matters and review of 

restructuring the Directorate; and 

• Financial matters, including 

arrangements for the development, 

endorsement and agreement of IMSO 

budgets and business plans. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. No advance notification is 

necessary. The Radio Technical 

Commission for Maritime Services 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

public transportation, and privately 

owned conveyance. Public parking in 

the vicinity of the building is readily 

available. 

Members of the public are encouraged 

to participate and join in discussions, 

subject to the discretion of the 

moderator. Persons wishing to make 

formal presentations should provide 

advance notice to Larry S. Solomon at 

(202) 475–3556 or by email at 

larry.s.solomon@uscg.mil as soon as 

possible. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

F. J. Sturm, 

U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of 

Commercial Regulations and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26187 Filed 11–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5803–N–01] 

Manufactured Home Construction and 

Safety Standards; Request for 

Recommended Changes 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the National 

Manufactured Housing Construction 

and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as 

amended, this notice invites interested 

persons to submit proposed changes to 

update and revise HUD’s Manufactured 

Home Construction and Safety 

Standards. These proposed changes will 

be submitted to the Manufactured 

Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) 

for review and consideration as part of 

its responsibility to provide periodic 

recommendations to HUD to adopt, 

revise, and interpret the HUD standards. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

proposed changes from the public must 

be received at the address provided 

herein no later than December 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Proposed changes to the 

Manufactured Home Construction and 

Safety Standards are to be mailed to 

Home Innovation Research Labs, 400 

Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, 

MD 20774, Attention: Kevin Kauffman 

or are to be submitted to the following 

URL address: 

mhcc.homeinnovation.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Beck Danner, Administrator and 

Designated Federal Official (DFO), 

Office of Manufactured Housing 

Programs, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone number 202–708–6423 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Persons who 

have difficulty hearing or speaking may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Information Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

604(a) of the National Manufactured 

Housing Construction and Safety 

Standards Act of 1974, as amended by 

the Manufactured Housing 

Improvement Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

5401 et seq.) (the Act) establishes the 

MHCC. Among other things, the MHCC 

is responsible for providing periodic 

recommendations to HUD to adopt, 

revise, and interpret the manufactured 

housing construction and safety 

standards. HUD’s Manufactured Home 

Construction and Safety Standards are 

codified at 24 CFR part 3280. According 

to Section 604(a)(4) of the Act, the 

MHCC is required to consider revisions 

not less than once during each 2-year 

period. 

Today’s notice requests that interested 

persons provide proposed changes for 

revising or updating HUD’s 

Manufactured Home Construction and 

Safety Standards. Consistent with the 

Act, recommendations are requested 

that further HUD’s efforts to increase the 

quality, durability, safety and 

affordability of manufactured homes; 

facilitate the availability of affordable 

manufactured homes and increase 

homeownership for all Americans; and 

encourage cost-effective and innovative 

construction techniques for 

manufactured homes. To permit the 

MHCC to fully consider the proposed 

changes, commenters are encouraged to 

provide at least the following 

information: 

• The specific section of the current 

Manufactured Home Construction and 

Safety Standards that require revision or 

update; or whether the recommendation 

would require a new standard; 

• Specific detail regarding the 

recommendation including a statement 

of the problem intended to be corrected 

or addressed by the recommendation, 

how the recommendation would resolve 

or address the problem, and the basis of 

the recommendation; and 

• Information regarding whether the 

recommendation would result in 

increased costs to manufacturers or 

consumers and the value of the benefits 

derived from HUD’s implementation of 


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