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(TWIC)—Reader Requirements.’’ In it 

we stated our intention to hold a public 

meeting, and to publish a notice 

announcing the location and date. 74 FR 

13360. On April 9, 2009, we published 

a notice announcing the date for that 

meeting, and that it would be held in 

the Washington DC area. 74 FR 16161. 

This document is the notice of the exact 

location for that meeting. 

In the ANPRM, we discuss the United 

States Coast Guard’s preliminary 

thoughts on potential requirements for 

owners and operators of certain vessels 

and facilities regulated by the Coast 

Guard under 33 CFR chapter I, 

subchapter H, for use of electronic 

readers designed to work with TWICs as 

an access control measure. It discusses 

additional potential requirements 

associated with TWIC readers, such as 

recordkeeping requirements for those 

owners or operators required to use an 

electronic reader, and amendments to 

security plans previously approved by 

the Coast Guard to incorporate TWIC 

requirements. 

This rulemaking action, once final, 

would enhance the security of ports and 

vessels by ensuring that only persons 

who hold valid TWICs are granted 

unescorted access to secure areas on 

vessels and port facilities. It would also 

complete the implementation of the 

Maritime Transportation Security Act of 

2002 transportation security card 

requirement, as well as the requirements 

of the Security and Accountability for 

Every Port Act of 2006, for regulations 

on electronic readers for use with 

Transportation Worker Identification 

Credentials. 

You may view the ANPRM in our 

online docket, and comments submitted 

thus far by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Once there, select 

the Advanced Docket Search option on 

the right side of the screen, insert 

USCG–2007–28915 in the Docket ID 

box, press Enter, and then click on the 

item in the Docket ID column. If you do 

not have access to the Internet, you may 

view the docket in person by visiting 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 on the ground floor of 

the Department of Transportation West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. We have an 

agreement with the Department of 

Transportation to use the Docket 

Management Facility. 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments either orally at the meeting or 

in writing. If you bring written 

comments to the meeting, you may 

submit them to Coast Guard personnel 

specified at the meeting to receive 

written comments. These comments 

will be submitted to our online public 

docket. All comments received will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008 issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Information on Service for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meeting, contact LCDR Maiorine 

at the telephone number or e-mail 

address indicated under the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold a public 

meeting regarding its Transportation 

Worker Identification Credential 

(TWIC)—Reader Requirements ANPRM 

on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 from 9 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. at The Sheraton Crystal City 

Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202. The meeting 

may end early if all comments are 

received prior to 5 p.m. We plan to have 

a transcript of the meeting available on 

our online docket soon after the public 

meeting. 

For details on the hotel and 

surrounding area, including directions, 

you may visit The Sheraton Crystal City 

Hotel Web site, http:// 

www.sheraton.com/crystalcity. The 

hotel is metro accessible and provides 

shuttle service from Reagan National 

Airport. Additionally, self and valet 

parking is available in the hotel’s 

parking garage at a daily rate. There is 

also metered parking along the street 

outside of the hotel. 

Dated: April 10, 2009. 

Mark E. Hammond, 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, 

Ports and Facilities Activities. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

45 CFR Parts 302, 303, and 307 

RIN 0970–AC01 

State Parent Locator Service; 

Safeguarding Child Support 

Information: Proposed Delay of 

Effective Date 

AGENCY: Administration for Children 

and Families (ACF), Department of 

Heath and Human Services. 

ACTION: Proposed delay of effective date. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Memorandum of January 20, 2009, from 

the Assistant to the President and Chief 

of Staff entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review’’ 

[74 FR 4435], the Department published 

a document in the Federal Register on 

March 3, 2009 [74 FR 9171], seeking 

public comment on a contemplated 

delay of 60 days in the effective date of 

the rule entitled ‘‘State Parent Locator 

Service; Safeguarding Child Support 

Information,’’ published in the Federal 

Register on September 26, 2008 [73 FR 

56422]. That rule addresses 

requirements for State Parent Locator 

Service responses to authorized location 

requests, State IV–D program 

safeguarding of confidential 

information, authorized disclosures of 

this information, and restrictions on the 

use of confidential data and information 

for child support purposes with 

exceptions for certain disclosures 

permitted by statute. In response to 

comments, the Department issued a 

document March 20, 2009 [74 FR 11880] 

delaying the effective date of the rule by 

60 days until May 22, 2009, in order to 

permit officials of the new 

Administration an opportunity to 

review and approve the policies in the 

regulation. 

The Department is currently 

reviewing questions of law and policy 

raised by the rule. However, based upon 

the review that has been conducted to 

date and the nature of the comments 

received in response to the March 3, 

2009 document, it appears that further 

revisions to the final rule may be 

warranted in one or more areas. In 

response to these comments and in 

order to afford officials an opportunity 

to review and consider further the 

provisions of the September 26, 2008 

final rule, the Department is considering 

delaying the effective date to December 

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The Department solicits comments 

specifically on the contemplated delay 

in effective date. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 5, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Interested persons are invited 

to submit written comments via regular 

postal mail to: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, Administration for 

Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., 4th floor, Washington, 

DC 20447, Attention: Division of Policy; 

Mail Stop: ACF/OCSE/DP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvette Riddick, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, Division of Policy, (202) 

401–4885. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On September 26, 2008, a final rule 

following notice and comment period 

entitled ‘‘State Parent Locator Service; 

Safeguarding Child Support 

Information’’ [73 FR 56422], was 

published in the Federal Register to 

address requirements for State Parent 

Locator Service, State IV–D program 

safeguarding and authorized disclosure 

of confidential information, and 

restrictions on the use of confidential 

data and information for child support 

purposes with exceptions for certain 

disclosures permitted by statute. The 

effective date given for the final rule 

was March 23, 2009. 

In accordance with the Memorandum 

of January 20, 2009, from the Assistant 

to the President and Chief of Staff 

entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review’’ [74 FR 

4435], on March 3, 2009, we published 

a notice in the Federal Register [74 FR 

9171] on a contemplated delay of 60 

days in the effective date of the 

safeguarding. In response to comments, 

the Department issued a subsequent 

notice on March 20, 2009 [74 FR 11880] 

delaying the effective date of the 

September 26, 2008 final rule for 60 

days until May 22, 2009, in order to 

permit officials of the new 

Administration an opportunity to 

review and approve the policies in the 

regulation. 

We now believe additional time is 

needed for Department officials to 

complete their review of the rule and to 

assess fully the comments received in 

response to the March 3, 2009 notice. 

Although the Notice invited comments 

generally on whether a delay in effective 

date was needed ‘‘to allow Department 

officials the opportunity for further 

review and consideration,’’ it also 

generated focused comments 

recommending changes to several 

particular substantive areas of the final 

rule. In addition to supporting a delay 

in the effective date, the commenters 

raised a number of serious questions 

that warrant further consideration by 

the Administration. 

For example, one commenter 

indicated that the final rule appeared to 

prohibit the State IV–D agency from 

disclosing confidential information, 

such as child support payment records 

to other State agencies, including the 

State food assistance (Food Stamps) 

program and the State revenue (Tax) 

program. Another commenter stated that 

a delay in the effective date would give 

the Administration an opportunity to 

conduct a review of the child welfare 

data exchange provisions of the rule to 

ensure that the provisions of the rule 

conform with The Fostering 

Connections to Success and Increasing 

Adoptions Act (Pub. L. 110–351), signed 

into law on October 7, 2008, after the 

rule was finalized. 

Several commenters raised specific 

policy objections to the September 26, 

2008 final rule including concerns about 

the rules for disclosure of confidential 

location information. Another 

commenter stated that the regulations 

need to be reviewed and revised to 

assure significantly greater protection of 

that information from use for non-child 

support purposes. 

Additionally, a number of 

commenters focused on the disclosure 

of information to an ‘‘agent of a child’’ 

and raised concerns that some private 

collection agencies may not actually 

serve the child’s best interests and 

raised concerns that these private 

entities are not subject to ethics and 

confidentiality rules such as those 

governing State agencies and attorneys 

and there may be unintended adverse 

consequences of such disclosures. 

Department officials need time to 

complete their review of the policies 

contained in the September 26, 2008, 

final rule and to consider fully the 

concerns raised by commenters. Should 

Department officials determine that it is 

necessary and appropriate to make any 

changes to the provisions of the 

September 26, 2008, final rule, HHS will 

provide the public with notice of and an 

opportunity to comment on any 

proposed changes. Accordingly, we are 

considering delaying the effective date 

of the September 26, 2008, final rule 

until December 30, 2010. 

II. Provisions of This Action 

The contemplated delay in the 

effective date would give Department 

officials the opportunity for further 

review of the issues of law and policy 

raised by the rule. The Department is 

inviting comments on the contemplated 

extension of the effective date of the 

regulation to December 30, 2010. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.563, Child Support 

Enforcement) 

Dated: April 9, 2009. 

Charles E. Johnson, 

Acting Secretary. 

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