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Dated: May 16, 2012. 

Jamelle E. Banks, 

Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Science 

Policy, Analysis and Communications, 

National Institute of Child Health and Human 

Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Cancer Institute; Closed 

Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications/ 

contract proposals and the discussions 

could disclose confidential trade secrets 

or commercial property such as 

patentable material, and personal 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the grant applications/ 

contract proposals the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

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privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Cancer 

Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Tools To 

Probe DNA Repair and Damage Signaling 

Networks. 

Date: June 6, 2012. 

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract 

proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6116 

Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: David G. Ransom, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Research Programs 

Review Branch, Division of Extramural 

Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 

6116 Executive Blvd., Room 8133, Bethesda, 

MD 20892–8328, 301–451–4757, 

david.ransom@nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to scheduling 

conflicts. 

Name of Committee: National Cancer 

Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Cancer 

Prevention Research Small Grant Program 

(R03). 

Date: June 28, 2012. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel 

Conference & Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, 

North Bethesda, MD. 

Contact Person: Clifford W Schweinfest, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Special 

Review and Logistics Branch, Division of 

Extramural Activities, National Cancer 

Institute, NIH, 6116 Executive Blvd., Room 

8050a, Bethesda, MD 20892–8329, 301–402– 

9415, schweinfestcw@mail.nih.gov. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// 

deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/sep/sep.htm, 

where an agenda and any additional 

information for the meeting will be posted 

when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

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Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 

Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer 

Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology 

Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 

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Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, 

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Dated: May 16, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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Center for Scientific Review Amended; 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the Neurotransporters, 

Receptors, and Calcium Signaling Study 

Section, June 7, 2012, 8:00 a.m. to June 

7, 2012, 5:00 p.m., Embassy Suites at the 

Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military 

Road NW., Washington, DC, 20015 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on May 8, 2012, 77FR 27073– 

27075. 

The meeting will be held on June 7, 

2012. The meeting location has been 

changed to the Mayflower Renaissance 

1127 Connecticut Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. The meeting is 

closed to the public. 

Dated: May 16, 2012. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0019] 

Privacy Act of 1974; U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, DHS/CBP–006— 

Automated Targeting System, System 

of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to update 

and expand an existing Department of 

Homeland Security system of records 

notice titled, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, DHS/CBP–006—Automated 

Targeting System (ATS) 72 FR 43650, 

August 6, 2007. The Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

have designed ATS to efficiently 

perform risk assessments on information 

pertaining to international travelers and 

import and export shipments attempting 

to enter or leave the United States. ATS 

uses a rule-managed technology that 

facilitates the targeting of high-risk 

travelers and cargo. 

DHS/CBP is publishing this System of 

Records Notice (SORN) to update ATS 

and to update and expand the categories 

of individuals, categories of records, 

routine uses, access provisions, and 

sources of data stored in ATS. 

Elsewhere in the Federal Register, the 

Department of Homeland Security is 

concurrently issuing a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking exempting this 

system of records from certain 

provisions of the Privacy Act. This 

updated and expanded system will be 

included in the Department of 

Homeland Security’s inventory of 

record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 21, 2012. This system will be 

effective June 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0019 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 703–483–2999. 

• Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, 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 go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: 

Laurence E. Castelli (202–325–0280), 

CBP Privacy Officer, Office of 


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International Trade, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, Mint Annex, 799 

Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC 

20229. For privacy issues please 

contact: Mary Ellen Callahan (703–235– 

0780), Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 

Office, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, the Department of Homeland 

Security proposes to update and expand 

an existing Department of Homeland 

Security SORN titled, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, DHS/CBP–006— 

Automated Targeting System (ATS) 

72 FR 43650, August 6, 2007. 

This SORN is being updated and 

expanded to inform the public about 

changes to the Automated Targeting 

System (ATS) categories of individuals, 

categories of records, routine uses, 

access provisions, and sources of data. 

DHS/CBP is updating and expanding 

the categories of individuals, categories 

of records, and sources of records stored 

in ATS because it has certain data that 

it must ingest for performance purposes. 

The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), 

which DHS will publish on its Web site 

(http://www.dhs.gov/privacy) 

concurrently with the publication of 

this SORN in the Federal Register, 

provides a full discussion of the 

functional capabilities of ATS and its 

modules. DHS and CBP have previously 

exempted portions of ATS from the 

notification, access, amendment, and 

public accounting provisions of the 

Privacy Act because it is a law 

enforcement system. DHS and CBP, 

however, will consider each request for 

access to records maintained in ATS to 

determine whether or not information 

may be released. DHS and CBP further 

note that despite the exemption taken 

on this system of records they are 

providing access and amendment to 

passenger name records (PNR) collected 

by CBP pursuant to its statutory 

authority, 49 U.S.C. 44909, as 

implemented by 19 CFR 122.49d, 

Importer Security Filing (10+2 

documentation) information, and any 

records that were ingested by ATS 

where the source system of records 

already provides access and/or 

amendment under the Privacy Act. 

ATS provides the following basic 

functionalities to support CBP in 

identifying individuals and cargo that 

need additional review across the 

different means or modes of travel to 

and from the United States: 

• Comparison: ATS compares 

information on travelers and cargo 

coming into and going out of the 

country against law enforcement and 

intelligence databases to identify 

individuals and cargo requiring 

additional scrutiny. For example, ATS 

compares information on individuals 

(identified as passengers, travelers, 

crewmembers, or persons appearing on 

documents supporting the movement of 

cargo) trying to enter the country or 

trying to enter merchandise into the 

country against the Terrorist Screening 

Database (TSDB), which ATS ingests 

from the DHS Watchlist Service (WLS), 

and outstanding wants and warrants. 

• Rules: ATS compares existing 

information on individuals and cargo 

entering and exiting the country with 

patterns identified as requiring 

additional scrutiny. The patterns are 

based on CBP officer experience, 

analysis of trends of suspicious activity, 

and raw intelligence corroborating those 

trends. For example, ATS might 

compare information on cargo entering 

the country against a set of scenariobased targeting rules that indicate a 

particular type of fish rarely is imported 

from a given country. 

• Federated Query: ATS allows users 

to search data across many different 

databases and correlate it across the 

various systems to provide a person 

centric view of all data responsive to a 

query about the person’s identity from 

the selected databases. 

In order to do the above, ATS pulls 

data from many different source 

systems. In some instances ATS is the 

official record for the information, while 

in other instances ATS ingests and 

maintains the information as a copy or 

provides a pointer to the information in 

the underlying system. Below is a 

summary: 

• Official Record: ATS maintains the 

official record for Passenger Name 

Records (PNR) collected by CBP 

pursuant to its statutory authority, 

49 U.S.C. 44909, as implemented by 19 

CFR 122.49d; for Importer Security 

Filing (10+2 documentation) 

information, which provides advanced 

information about cargo and related 

persons and entities for risk assessment 

and targeting purposes; for results of 

Cargo Enforcement Exams; for the 

combination of license plate, 

Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) 

registration data and biographical data 

associated with a border crossing; for 

law enforcement and/or intelligence 

data, reports, and projects developed by 

CBP analysts that may include public 

source and/or classified information; 

and information obtained through 

memoranda of understanding or other 

arrangements because the information is 

relevant to the border security mission 

of the Department. 

• Ingestion of Data: ATS maintains 

copies of key elements of certain CBP 

databases in order to minimize the 

processing time for searches on the 

operational systems and to act as a 

backup for certain operational systems, 

including, but not limited to: 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE), Automated Commercial System 

(ACS), Automated Export System (AES), 

Advance Passenger Information System 

(APIS), Border Crossing Information 

(BCI), Consular Electronic Application 

Center (CEAC), Enforcement Integrated 

Database (EID)[which includes the 

Enforcement Case Tracking System 

(ENFORCE)], Electronic System for 

Travel Authorization (ESTA), Global 

Enrollment System (GES), NonImmigrant Information System (NIIS), 

historical National Security Entry-Exit 

Registration System (NSEERS), Seized 

Asset and Case Tracking System 

(SEACATS), U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student 

Exchange and Visitor Information 

System (SEVIS), Social Security 

Administration (SSA) Death Master File, 

TECS, Terrorist Screening Database 

(TSDB) through the DHS Watchlist 

Service (WLS), and WebIDENT. If 

additional data is ingested and that 

additional data does not require 

amendment of the categories of 

individuals or categories of records in 

this SORN, the PIA for ATS will be 

updated to reflect that information. The 

updated PIA can be found at 

www.dhs.gov/privacy. 

• Pointer System: ATS accesses and 

uses additional databases without 

ingesting the data, including, but not 

limited to: CBP Border Patrol 

Enforcement Tracking System (BPETS), 

Department of State Consular 

Consolidated Database (CCD), 

commercial data aggregators, CBP’s 

Enterprise Geospatial Information 

Services (eGIS), DHS/USVISIT IDENT, 

National Law Enforcement 

Telecommunications System (Nlets), 

DOJ’s National Crime Information 

Center (NCIC), the results of queries in 

the FBI’s Interstate Identification Index 

(III), and the National Insurance Crime 

Bureau’s (NICB’s) private database of 

stolen vehicles. If additional data is 

ingested and that additional data does 

not require amendment of the categories 

of individuals or categories of records in 

this SORN, the PIA for ATS will be 

updated to reflect that information. The 

updated PIA can be found at 

www.dhs.gov/privacy. 

DHS/CBP has reorganized the ATS 

routine uses to provide greater 

uniformity across DHS systems. 

Consistent with DHS’s information 

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ATS may be shared with other DHS 

components, as well as appropriate 

federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, or 

international government agencies. This 

sharing will only take place after DHS 

determines that the recipient has a need 

to know the information to carry out 

functions consistent with the routine 

uses set forth in this SORN. 

DHS has exempted the system from 

the notification, access, amendment, 

and certain accounting provisions of the 

Privacy Act of 1974 because of the law 

enforcement nature of ATS. Despite the 

exemptions taken on this system of 

records, CBP and DHS are not 

exempting the following records from 

the access and amendment provisions of 

the Privacy Act: passenger name records 

(PNR) collected by CBP pursuant to its 

statutory authority, 49 U.S.C. 44909, as 

implemented by 19 CFR 122.49d, 

Importer Security Filing (10+2 

documentation) information, and any 

records that were ingested by ATS 

where the source system of records 

already provides access and/or 

amendment under the Privacy Act. A 

traveler may obtain access to his or her 

PNR and request amendment as 

appropriate, but records concerning the 

targeting rules, the responses to rules, 

case events, law enforcement and/or 

intelligence data, reports, projects 

developed by CBP that may include 

public source and/or classified 

information, information obtained 

through memoranda of understanding or 

other arrangements because the 

information is relevant to the border 

security mission of the Department, or 

records exempted from access by the 

system from which ATS ingested or 

accessed the information, will not be 

accessible to the individual. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information principles in a statutory 

framework governing the means by 

which the United States Government 

collects, maintains, uses, and 

disseminates 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 

for 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 

United States citizens and lawful 

permanent residents. As a matter of 

policy (Privacy Policy Guidance 

Memorandum 2007–1, most recently 

updated January 7, 2009), DHS extends 

administrative Privacy Act protections 

to all persons, regardless of citizenship, 

where a system of records maintains 

information on U.S. citizens, lawful 

permanent residents, and visitors. 

Individuals may request access to their 

own records that are maintained in a 

system of records in the possession or 

under the control of DHS by complying 

with DHS Privacy Act regulations, 

6 CFR Part 5. 

The Privacy Act requires each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains, and the routine 

uses that are contained in each system 

in order to make agency record keeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals regarding the uses to which 

their records are put, and to assist 

individuals with more easily finding 

such files within the agency. Below is 

the description of the U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection DHS/CBP–006 

Automated Targeting System 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 

DHS/CBP–006. 

SYSTEM NAME: 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Automated Targeting System. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified, sensitive, classified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the CBP 

Headquarters in Washington, DC, and 

can be accessed from field offices and 

from locations abroad where ATS users 

are stationed. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

ATS handles information relating to 

the following individuals: 

A. Persons, including operators, crew, 

and passengers, who seek to, or do in 

fact, enter, exit, or transit through the 

United States or through other locations 

where CBP maintains an enforcement or 

operational presence by land, air, or sea. 

B. Crew members traveling on 

commercial aircraft that fly over the 

United States. 

C. Persons who engage in any form of 

trade or other commercial transaction 

related to the importation or exportation 

of merchandise, including those 

required to submit an Importer Security 

Filing. 

D. Persons who are employed in any 

capacity related to the transit of 

merchandise intended to cross the 

United States border. 

E. Persons who serve as booking 

agents, brokers, or other persons who 

provide information on behalf of 

persons seeking to enter, exit, or transit 

through the United States, or on behalf 

of persons seeking to import, export or 

ship merchandise through the United 

States. 

F. Owners of vehicles that cross the 

border. 

G. Persons whose data was received 

by the Department as the result of 

memoranda of understanding or other 

information sharing agreement or 

arrangement because the information is 

relevant to the border security mission 

of the Department. 

H. Persons who were identified in a 

narrative report, prepared by an officer 

or agent, as being related to or 

associated with other persons who are 

alleged to be involved in, who are 

suspected of, or who have been arrested 

for violations of the laws enforced or 

administered by DHS. 

I. Persons who may pose a threat to 

the United States. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

ATS contains various types of data to 

support its targeting missions, 

incorporating information germane to 

the identification of individuals, 

including, but not limited to: 

• Name 

• Addresses (home, work, and/or 

destination, as appropriate) 

• Telephone and fax numbers 

• Tax ID number (e.g., Employer 

Identification Number (EIN) or 

Social Security Number (SSN), 

where available) 

• Date and place of birth 

• Gender 

• Nationality 

• Country of Residence 

• Citizenship 

• Alias 

• Physical characteristics, including 

biometrics where available (e.g., 

height, weight, race, eye and hair 

color, scars, tattoos, marks, 

fingerprints) 

• Familial relationships and other 

contact information 

• Property information 

• Occupation and employment 

information 

• Biographical and biometric 

information from or associated with 

online immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications, 

including (as available): 

Æ U.S. sponsor’s name, address, and 

phone number 

Æ U.S. contact name, address, and 

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Æ Employer name, address, and 

phone number 

Æ Email address, IP Address, 

applicant ID 

Æ Marital Status 

Æ Alien number 

Æ Social Security Number 

Æ Tax Identification Number 

Æ Organization Name 

Æ U.S. Status 

Æ Income information for Joint 

Sponsors 

Æ Education, military experience, 

relationship information 

Æ Responses to vetting questions 

pertaining to admissibility or 

eligibility 

• Information from documents used to 

verify the identity of individuals 

(e.g., driver’s license, passport, visa, 

alien registration, citizenship card, 

border crossing card, birth 

certificate, certificate of 

naturalization, re-entry permit, 

military card) including the: 

• type 

• number 

• date of issuance 

• place of issuance 

The system contains travel 

information pertaining to individuals, 

including: 

• The combination of license plate, 

Department of Motor Vehicle 

(DMV) registration data and 

biographical data associated with a 

border crossing 

• Information derived from an ESTA 

application including responses to 

vetting questions pertaining to 

admissibility (where applicable) 

• Travel itinerary 

• Date of arrival or departure, and 

means of conveyance with 

associated identification (e.g., 

Vehicle Identification Number, 

year, make, model, registration) 

• Passenger Name Record (PNR): 

1. PNR record locator code 

2. Date of reservation/issue of ticket 

3. Date(s) of intended travel 

4. Name(s) 

5. Available frequent flier and benefit 

information (i.e., free tickets, 

upgrades) 

6. Other names on PNR, including 

number of travelers on PNR 

7. All available contact information 

(including originator of reservation) 

8. All available payment/billing 

information (e.g., credit card 

number) 

9. Travel itinerary for specific PNR 

10. Travel agency/travel agent 

11. Code share information (e.g., 

when one air carrier sells seats on 

another air carrier’s flight) 

12. Split/divided information (e.g., 

when one PNR contains a reference 

to another PNR) 

13. Travel status of passenger 

(including confirmations and 

check-in status) 

14. Ticketing information, including 

ticket number, one way tickets and 

Automated Ticket Fare Quote 

(ATFQ) fields 

15. Baggage information 

16. Seat information, including seat 

number 

17. General remarks including Other 

Service Indicated (OSI), Special 

Service Indicated (SSI) and 

Supplemental Service Request 

(SSR) information 

18. Any collected APIS information 

(e.g., Advance Passenger 

Information (API)) that is initially 

captured by an air carrier within its 

PNR, such as passport number, date 

of birth and gender) 

19. All historical changes to the PNR 

listed in numbers 1 to 18 

Note: Not all air carriers maintain the same 

sets of information for PNR, and a particular 

individual’s PNR likely will not include 

information for all possible categories. In 

addition, PNR does not routinely include 

information that could directly indicate the 

racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, 

religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union 

membership, health, or sex life of the 

individual. To the extent PNR does include 

terms that reveal such personal matters, DHS 

employs an automated system that filters 

certain of these terms and only uses this 

information in exceptional circumstances 

where the life of an individual could be 

imperiled or seriously impaired. 

The system contains information 

collected for the importation or 

exportation of cargo and/or property, 

including: 

• Bill of lading 

• Commodity type 

• License number and license country 

for Office of Defense Trade Controls 

registrants 

• Inspection and examination results 

The system contains Importer 

Security Filing (ISF) information, which 

must contain the following items, in 

addition to the Vessel Stow Plan (VSP) 

and the Container Status Message 

(CSM): 

• Manufacturer (or supplier) 

• Seller (i.e., full name and address or 

widely accepted business number 

such as a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number) 

• Buyer (i.e., full name and address) 

• Ship to party (full name and/or 

business name and address) 

• Container stuffing location 

• Consolidator (stuffer) 

• Importer of record number/Foreign 

Trade Zone applicant identification 

number 

• Consignee number(s) 

• Country of origin 

• Commodity: Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) number 

Alternatively, for shipments 

consisting entirely of Freight Remaining 

on Board (FROB) or shipments 

consisting of goods intended to move 

through the United States, ISF 

Importers, or their agents, must submit 

the following five elements, unless an 

element is specifically exempted: 

• Booking party (i.e., name and address) 

• Foreign port of unlading 

• Place of delivery 

• Ship to party 

• Commodity HTSUS number 

The system contains assessments and 

other information obtained in 

accordance with the terms of 

memoranda of understanding or other 

arrangement because the information is 

relevant to the border security mission 

of the Department. 

The system also contains information 

created by CBP, including: 

• Admissibility determinations 

• Results of Cargo Enforcement Exams 

• Law enforcement or intelligence 

information regarding an individual 

• Risk-based rules developed by 

analysts to assess and identify highrisk cargo, conveyances, or travelers 

that should be subject to further 

scrutiny or examination 

• Assessments resulting from the rules, 

with a record of which rules were 

used to develop the assessment 

• Operational and analytical reports 

and/or projects developed that may 

include public source information 

and/or classified information obtained 

by users/analysts for reference or 

incorporation into the report or 

project. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

ATS derives its authority from 19 

U.S.C. 482, 1461, 1496, 1581, 1582; 8 

U.S.C. 1357; 49 U.S.C. 44909; the 

Enhanced Border Security and Visa 

Reform Act of 2002 (EBSVRA) (Pub. L. 

107–173); the Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. 

L. 107–210); the Intelligence Reform and 

Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

(IRTPA) (Pub.L. 108–458); and the 

Security and Accountability for Every 

Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act) (Pub. 

L. 109–347). 

PURPOSE(S): 

PURPOSES FOR PNR IN ATS: PNR 

may be used, 

(1). To prevent, detect, investigate, 

and prosecute: 

a. Terrorist offenses and related 

crimes, including 


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i. Conduct that— 

1. involves a violent act or an act 

dangerous to human life, property, or 

infrastructure; and 

2. appears to be intended to— 

a. intimidate or coerce a civilian 

population; 

b. influence the policy of a 

government by intimidation or coercion; 

or 

c. affect the conduct of a government 

by mass destruction, assassination, 

kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 

ii. Activities constituting an offense 

within the scope of and as defined in 

applicable international conventions 

and protocols relating to terrorism; 

iii. Providing or collecting funds, by 

any means, directly or indirectly, with 

the intention that they should be used 

or in the knowledge that they are to be 

used, in full or in part, in order to carry 

out any of the acts described in 

subparagraphs (i) or (ii); 

iv. Attempting to commit any of the 

acts described in subparagraphs (i), (ii), 

or (iii); 

v. Participating as an accomplice in 

the commission of any of the acts 

described in subparagraphs (i), (ii), or 

(iii); 

vi. Organizing or directing others to 

commit any of the acts described in 

subparagraphs (i), (ii), or (iii); 

vii. Contributing in any other way to 

the commission of any of the acts 

described in subparagraphs (i), (ii), or 

(iii); 

viii. Threatening to commit an act 

described in subparagraph (i) under 

circumstances which indicate that the 

threat is credible; 

b. Other crimes that are punishable by 

a sentence of imprisonment of three 

years or more and that are transnational 

in nature; 

A crime is considered as transnational 

in nature in particular if: 

i. It is committed in more than one 

country; 

ii. It is committed in one country but 

a substantial part of its preparation, 

planning, direction or control takes 

place in another country; 

iii. It is committed in one country but 

involves an organized criminal group 

that engages in criminal activities in 

more than one country; 

iv. It is committed in one country but 

has substantial effects in another 

country; or 

v. It is committed in one country and 

the offender is in or intends to travel to 

another country; 

(2) on a case-by-case basis where 

necessary in view of a serious threat and 

for the protection of vital interests of 

any individual or if ordered by a court; 

(3) to identify persons who would be 

subject to closer questioning or 

examination upon arrival to or 

departure from the United States or who 

may require further examination. 

(4) for domestic law enforcement, 

judicial powers, or proceedings, where 

violations of law or indications thereof 

are detected in the course of the use and 

processing of PNR. 

PURPOSES OF ATS (EXCEPT for 

PNR): 

ATS uses all other data for purposes 

listed above as well as below: 

(a) To perform targeting of individuals 

who may pose a risk to border security 

or public safety, may be a terrorist or 

suspected terrorist, or may otherwise be 

engaged in activity in violation of U.S. 

law; 

(b) To perform a risk-based 

assessment of conveyances and cargo to 

focus CBP’s resources for inspection and 

examination and enhance CBP’s ability 

to identify potential violations of U.S. 

law, possible terrorist threats, and other 

threats to border security; and 

(c) To otherwise assist in the 

enforcement of the laws enforced or 

administered by DHS, including those 

related to counterterrorism. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Information ingested into this system 

from another source system is to be 

handled consistent with the published 

system of records notice for the source 

system and will continue to be governed 

by the routine uses for that source 

system. The routine uses below apply 

only to records that are maintained as 

official records in ATS (i.e., records 

which are maintained in ATS that are 

not covered by other originating systems 

of record, including: PNR; Importer 

Security Filings; Cargo Enforcement 

Exams; the combination of license plate, 

Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) 

registration data and biographical data 

associated with a border crossing; law 

enforcement and/or intelligence data, 

reports, and projects developed by CBP 

analysts that may include public source 

information and/or classified 

information; and information obtained 

through memoranda of understanding or 

other arrangements because the 

information is relevant to the border 

security mission of the Department). 

With respect to PNR, DHS only 

discloses information to those 

authorities who intend to use the 

information consistent with the 

purposes identified above, and have 

sufficient capability to protect and 

safeguard the information. 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 

(including United States Attorney 

Offices) or other federal agency 

conducting litigation or in proceedings 

before any court, adjudicative or 

administrative body, when it is 

necessary or relevant 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 of DHS in his/her 

official capacity; 

3. any employee of DHS in his/her 

individual capacity where DOJ or DHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

4. the United States 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 pursuant to a written Privacy Act 

waiver at the request of the individual 

to whom the record pertains. 

C. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration 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 harm to 

economic or property interests, of 

identity theft or fraud, or of harm to the 

security or integrity of this system or of 

harm to other systems or programs 

(whether maintained by DHS or another 

agency or entity) or harm to the 

individuals 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 

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federal government 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 appropriate federal, state, tribal, 

local, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations responsible for 

investigating or prosecuting the 

violations of, or for enforcing or 

implementing, a statute, rule, 

regulation, order, or license, where CBP 

believes the information would assist 

enforcement of applicable civil or 

criminal laws; 

H. To federal and foreign government 

intelligence or counterterrorism 

agencies or components where DHS 

becomes aware of an indication of a 

threat or potential threat to national or 

international security, or to assist in 

anti-terrorism efforts; 

I. To an organization or person in 

either the public or private sector, either 

foreign or domestic, where there is a 

reason to believe that the recipient is or 

could become the target of a particular 

terrorist activity or conspiracy, or where 

the information is relevant to the 

protection of life, property, or other vital 

interests of a person; 

J. To appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations for the purpose of 

protecting the vital interests of a data 

subject or other persons, including 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; 

K. 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; 

L. To third parties during the course 

of a law enforcement investigation to 

the extent necessary to obtain 

information pertinent to the 

investigation, provided disclosure is 

appropriate in the proper performance 

of the official duties of the officer 

making the disclosure; 

M. To appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations where CBP is aware of a 

need to utilize relevant data for 

purposes of testing new technology and 

systems designed to enhance ATS; 

N. 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 or when disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of DHS or is necessary to 

demonstrate the accountability of DHS’s 

officers, employees, or individuals 

covered by the system, except to the 

extent it is determined 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: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically or on paper in secure 

facilities in a locked drawer behind a 

locked door. The records are stored on 

magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and 

CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by any of 

the data elements described in 

‘‘Categories of Records,’’ including by 

name or personal identifier from an 

electronic database. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed 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: 

Official Records in this system 

(Passenger Name Records (PNR); 

Importer Security Filings (10+2 

documentation); results of Cargo 

Enforcement Exams; the combination of 

license plate, Department of Motor 

Vehicle registration data, and 

biographical data associated with a 

border crossing; law enforcement and/or 

intelligence data, reports, and projects 

developed by CBP analysts that may 

include public source information and/ 

or classified information; and 

information obtained through 

memoranda of understanding or other 

arrangements because the information is 

relevant to the border security mission 

of the Department will be retained and 

disposed of in accordance with a 

records schedule approved by the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration on April 12, 2008. ATS 

collects information directly, ingests 

information from various systems, and 

accesses other systems without 

ingesting the data. To the extent 

information is ingested from other 

systems, data is retained in ATS in 

accordance with the record retention 

requirements of those systems, or the 

retention period for ATS, whichever is 

shortest. 

The retention period for the official 

records maintained in ATS will not 

exceed fifteen years, after which time 

the records will be deleted, except as 

noted below. The retention period for 

PNR will be subject to the following 

further access restrictions: ATS users 

with PNR access will have access to 

PNR in an active database for up to five 

years, during which time the PNR will 

be depersonalized following the first six 

months retention. After this initial fiveyear retention, the PNR data will be 

transferred to a dormant database for a 

period of up to ten years. PNR data in 

dormant status will be subject to 

additional controls including the 

requirement of obtaining access 

approval from a senior DHS official 

designated by the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. Furthermore, PNR 

in the dormant database may only be 

repersonalized in connection with a law 

enforcement operation and only in 

response to an identifiable case, threat, 

or risk. Such limited access and use for 

older PNR strikes a reasonable balance 

between protecting this information and 

allowing CBP to continue to identify 

potential high-risk travelers. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, 

information maintained only in ATS 

that is linked to active law enforcement 

lookout records, CBP matches to 

enforcement activities, and/or 

investigations or cases (i.e., specific and 

credible threats; flights, individuals, and 

routes of concern; or other defined sets 

of circumstances) will remain accessible 

for the life of the law enforcement 

matter to support that activity and other 

enforcement activities that may become 

related. 

The justification for a fifteen-year 

retention period for the official records 

is based on CBP’s law enforcement and 

security functions at the border. This 

retention period is based on CBP’s 


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historical encounters with suspected 

terrorists and other criminals, as well as 

the broader expertise of the law 

enforcement and intelligence 

communities. It is well known, for 

example, that potential terrorists may 

make multiple visits to the United 

States in advance of performing an 

attack. It is over the course of time and 

multiple visits that a potential risk 

becomes clear. Travel records, including 

historical records, are essential in 

assisting CBP Officers with their riskbased assessment of travel indicators 

and identifying potential links between 

known and previously unidentified 

terrorist facilitators. Analyzing these 

records for these purposes allows CBP 

to continue to effectively identify 

suspect travel patterns and 

irregularities. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Executive Director, Automation and 

Targeting Division, Office of Intelligence 

and Investigative Liaison, U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection, and Director, 

Targeting and Analysis, Systems 

Program Office, Office of Information 

and Technology, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, both of whom are 

located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20229. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from the 

notification, access, amendment, and 

certain accounting procedures of the 

Privacy Act because it is a law 

enforcement system. These exemptions 

also apply to the extent that information 

in this system of records is recompiled 

or is created from information contained 

in other systems of records with 

appropriate exemptions in place. To the 

extent that a record is exempted in a 

source system, the exemption will 

continue to apply. Despite the 

exemptions taken on this system of 

records, CBP and DHS are not 

exempting the following records from 

the access and amendment provisions of 

the Privacy Act: passenger name records 

(PNR) collected by CBP pursuant to its 

statutory authority, 49 U.S.C. 44909, as 

implemented by 19 CFR 122.49d; 

Importer Security Filing (10+2 

documentation) information; and any 

records that were ingested by ATS 

where the source system of records 

already provides access and/or 

amendment under the Privacy Act. 

Individuals seeking notification of and 

access to records contained in this 

system of records, or seeking to contest 

its content, may submit a request in 

writing to the Headquarters or CBP 

FOIA Officer, whose contact 

information can be found at http:// 

www.dhs.gov/foia under ‘‘contacts.’’ 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, 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 Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

http://www.dhs.gov or 1–866–431–0486. 

In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of 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, 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records, and 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted 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 ingested from other DHS 

and federal systems, and from foreign 

governments (in accordance with the 

terms of international agreements and 

arrangements), including but not limited 

to ACE, ACS, AES, APIS, BCI, CEAC 

(including Forms DS–160 and DS–260), 

ENFORCE, ESTA, GES, NIIS, NSEERS, 

SEACATS, SEVIS, TECS, TSDB–WLS, 

Social Security Administration’s Death 

Master File, and WebIDENT, 

Additionally, PNR is obtained from 

travel reservation systems of 

commercial carriers. Information from 

Importer Security Filings is received 

from importers and ocean carriers. 

Records are accessed from BPETS, CCD, 

eGIS, NCIC, and Nlets. Also, the results 

of queries in the FBI’s Interstate 

Identification Index (III), the National 

Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB’s) 

private database of stolen vehicles, and 

commercial data aggregators are stored 

in ATS. Lastly, records are also 

developed from analysis created by 

users as a result of their use of the 

system. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Pursuant to 6 CFR Part 5, Appendix 

C, certain records and information in 

this system are exempt from 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3) and (4); (d)(1), (2), (3), and 

(4); (e)(1), (2), (3), (4)(G) through (I), 

(e)(5), and (8); (f), and (g) of the Privacy 

Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). 

Additionally, the Secretary of Homeland 

Security has exempted this system from 

the following provisions of the Privacy 

Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1) and 

(k)(2): 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d)(1), (d)(2), 

(d)(3), and (d)(4); (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I); and (f). 

Despite the exemptions taken on this 

system of records, CBP and DHS are not 

exempting the following records from 

the access and amendment provisions of 

the Privacy Act: passenger name records 

(PNR) collected by CBP pursuant to its 

statutory authority, 49 U.S.C. 44909, as 

implemented by 19 CFR 122.49d; 

Importer Security Filing (10+2 

documentation) information; and any 

records that were ingested by ATS 

where the source system of records 

already provides access and/or 

amendment under the Privacy Act. A 

traveler may obtain access to his or her 

PNR, but records concerning the 

targeting rules, the responses to rules, 

case events, law enforcement and/or 

intelligence data, reports, and projects 

developed by CBP analysts that may 

include public source information and/ 

or classified information, information 

obtained through memoranda of 

understanding or other arrangements 

because the information is relevant to 

the border security mission of the 

Department, or records exempted from 

access by the system from which ATS 


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ingested or accessed the information 

will not be accessible to the individual. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12396 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2012–0456] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee: Intercessional Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Working Group Meeting. 

SUMMARY: A working group of the 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee (MERPAC) will meet to 

discuss Task Statement 76, ‘‘Review of 

Performance Measures (Assessment 

Criteria);’’ and Task Statement 77, 

‘‘Development of Performance Measures 

(Assessment Criteria).’’ This meeting 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: The working group will meet 

from June 11th through June 15th, 2012, 

from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. Please 

note that the meeting may adjourn 

before June 15th if all business is 

finished. Written comments to be 

distributed to working group members 

and placed on MERPAC’s Web site are 

due by June 5th, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The working group will 

meet at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg 

School of Seamanship, 45353 Saint 

Georges Ave., Piney Point, MD 20674. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance, contact 

Mr. Howard Thompson at telephone 

number 301–994–0010 ext. 5463 as soon 

as possible. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the working 

group, which are listed in the ‘‘Agenda’’ 

section below. Written comments must 

be identified by Docket No. USCG– 

2012–0456 and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

(preferred method to avoid delays in 

processing). 

• Fax: 202–372–1918. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M-30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. The telephone 

number is 202–366–9329. 

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. You may review a Privacy Act 

notice regarding our public dockets in 

the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read documents or comments related to 

this notice, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

This notice may be viewed in our 

online docket, USCG–2012–0456, at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rogers Henderson, Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer (ADFO), telephone 202– 

372–1408. If you have any questions on 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 

Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). 

MERPAC is an advisory committee 

established under the Secretary’s 

authority in section 871 of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, Title 6, 

United States Code, section 451, and 

chartered under the provisions of the 

FACA. The Committee acts solely in an 

advisory capacity to the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) through the Commandant of the 

Coast Guard and the Director of 

Commercial Regulations and Standards 

on matters relating to personnel in the 

U.S. merchant marine, including but not 

limited to training, qualifications, 

certification, documentation, and fitness 

standards. The Committee will advise, 

consult with, and make 

recommendations reflecting its 

independent judgment to the Secretary. 

Agenda 

June 11–15, 2012 

The agenda for the June 11th–June 

15th, 2012 working group meeting is as 

follows: 

(1) Discuss, prepare, and review 

proposed recommendations for the full 

committee to consider concerning Task 

Statement 76, ‘‘Review of Performance 

Measures (Assessment Criteria),’’ and 

Task Statement 77, ‘‘Development of 

Performance Measures (Assessment 

Criteria).’’ Task Statements 76 and 77 

can be used to assess mariner 

competencies listed in the International 

Convention on Standards of Training, 

Certification and Watchkeeping, 1978 as 

amended. The working group will 

specifically address performance 

measures (assessment criteria) for 

mariners seeking an endorsement as: 

Officer in Charge of a Navigational 

Watch and Master on ships of less than 

500 Gross Tonnage as measured under 

the International Tonnage Convention 

(ITC) while engaged on near-coastal 

voyages; Able Seafarer—Deck; Chief 

Engineer Officer and Second Engineer 

Officer on ships powered by main 

propulsion machinery of 3,000 kW 

propulsion power or more; Chief 

Engineer Officer and Second Engineer 

Officer on ships powered by main 

propulsion machinery of between 750 

kW and 3,000 kW propulsion power; 

Able Seafarer—Engine; ElectroTechnical Officer; and Electro-Technical 

Rating; 

(2) Public comment period (each day); 

and 

(3) Adjournment of meeting. 

Procedural: A copy of all meeting 

documentation is available at http:// 

www.fido.gov/facadatabase or by 

contacting Rogers Henderson as 

indicated above. Once you have 

accessed the site’s main page, click on 

‘‘Public Access;’’ at the next page 

highlight ‘‘2012’’ then click ‘‘Explore 

Data.’’ At the next page, click on 

‘‘Department of Homeland Security.’’ 

Click on the MERPAC Committee page, 

click on the meetings tab and then the 

‘‘View’’ button for the meeting dated 

June 11, 2012 to access the information 

for this meeting. Minutes will be 

available 90 days after this meeting. 

Both minutes and documents applicable 

for this meeting can also be found at an 

alternative site using the following web 

address: https://homeport.uscg.mil and 

use these key strokes: Missions; Port 

and Waterways; Safety Advisory 

Committees; MERPAC; and then use the 

event key. A public oral comment 

period will be held each day during the 

working group meeting. Speakers are 

requested to limit their comments to 3 

minutes. Please note that the public oral 

comment period may end before the 

prescribed ending time of the meeting. 

Contact Rogers Henderson as indicated 

above to register as a speaker. 


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