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There should be only one system for 

Casualty Files records. 

[FR Doc. E9–8842 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2009–0010] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to add a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is proposing to add a system of records 

to its existing inventory of records 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: The proposed action will be 

effective on May 18, 2009 unless 

comments are received that would 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, 

Freedom of Information/Privacy 

Division, U.S. Army Records 

Management and Declassification 

Agency, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey 

Building, Suite 144, Alexandria, VA 

22325–3905. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Leroy Jones at (703) 428–6185. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Army systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the address above. 

The proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on April 13, 2009, to the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I 

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘Federal 

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records About Individuals’, dated 

February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 

FR 6427). 

Dated: April 14, 2009. 

Morgan E. Frazier, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

A0025–2a SAIS DoD 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Defense Biometric Identification 

Records System. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Department of Defense, Biometrics 

Task Force, 347 West Main Street, 

Clarksburg, WV 26306–2947 and at any 

Department of Defense activity that 

receives, compares, retains, accesses, or 

uses biometric technology to recognize 

the identity or to verify the claimed 

identity of an individual. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals covered include members 

of the U.S. Armed Forces, DoD civilian 

and contractor personnel, military 

reserve personnel, Army and Air 

National Guard personnel, and other 

individuals (who are U.S. citizens or 

aliens lawfully admitted for permanent 

residence) requiring or requesting access 

to DoD or DoD controlled information 

systems and/or DoD or DoD contractor 

operated, controlled, or secured 

facilities. Also included are U.S. 

persons who have been declared 

missing, prisoners of war (POW), nonU.S. citizens, civilian persons who are 

being detained or held hostage, or 

personnel recovered from hostile 

control. Individuals within the purview 

of both the personnel recovery and 

personnel accounting missions 

respectively are covered. Personnel 

recovery supports U.S. military, DoD 

civilian, and DoD contractor personnel 

while hostilities are ongoing. Personnel 

accounting takes over once hostilities 

cease. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Individual’s name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), organization, telephone 

number, and office symbol; security 

clearance; level of access; subject 

interest code; user identification code; 

data files retained by users; assigned 

password; magnetic tape reel 

identification; abstracts of computer 

programs and names and phone 

numbers of contributors; similar 

relevant information; biometrics 

templates, biometric images, supporting 

documents, and biographic information 

including name, date of birth, place of 

birth, height, weight, eye color, hair 

color, race and gender and similar 

relevant information; and reports of 

casualty, biographic data and debriefing 

reports concerning U.S. personnel who 

are missing, captured, or detained by a 

hostile entity. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

10 U.S.C. 113, Secretary of Defense; 

10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of the Army; 

10 U.S.C. 5013, Secretary of the Navy; 

10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air 

Force; DoD Directive 8521.01E, 

Department of Defense Biometrics; DoD 

Directive 8500.1, Information Assurance 

(IA); DoD Instruction 8500.2, 

Information Assurance Implementation; 

Army Regulation 25–2, Information 

Assurance; DoD Directive 2310.7, 

Personnel Accounting-Loses Due to 

Hostile Acts; DoD Directive 5110.10, 

Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in 

Action Office; DoD Instruction 2310.5, 

Accounting for Missing Persons; and 

E.O.9397 (SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

To control logical and physical access 

to DoD and DoD controlled information 

systems and DoD or DoD contractor 

operated, controlled, or secured 

facilities and to support the DoD 

physical and logical security, force 

protection, identity management, and 

information assurance programs, by 

identifying an individual or verifying/ 

authenticating the identity of an 

individual through the use of biometrics 

(i.e., measurable physiological or 

behavioral characteristics) for purposes 

of protecting U.S./Coalition/allied 

government and/or U.S./Coalition/allied 

national security areas of responsibility 

and information. 

Information assurance purposes 

include the administration of passwords 

and identification numbers for 

operators/users of data in automated 

media; identifying data processing and 

communication customers authorized 

access to or disclosure from data 

residing in information processing 

and/or communication activities; and 

determining the propriety of individual 

access into the physical data residing in 

automated media. 

To maintain records for the expedient 

field identification and recovery of 

persons, or their physical remains, who 

have been captured, detained, evading, 

isolated or missing, and for the 

continuing operational capability to 

determine the areas of movement and 

detention of these persons who were 

captured, detained, evaded, isolated or 

missing. 

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 of 1974, these 

records contained therein may 

specifically be disclosed outside the 

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: 

To Federal, State, tribal, local, or 

foreign agencies, for the purposes of law 

enforcement, counterterrorism, 

immigration management and control, 

and homeland security as authorized by 

U.S. Law or Executive Order, or for the 

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purpose of protecting the territory, 

people, and interests of the United 

States of America against breaches of 

security related to DoD controlled 

information or facilities, and against 

terrorist activities. 

The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set 

forth at the beginning of the Army’s 

compilation of systems of records 

notices also apply to this system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper records in file folders and 

electronic storage media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Name, Social Security Number (SSN), 

biometric template, fingerprints, face, 

iris, DNA, and other biometric data. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Computerized records maintained in a 

controlled area are accessible only to 

authorized personnel. Records are 

maintained in a controlled facility. 

Physical entry is restricted by the use of 

locks, guards, and is accessible only to 

authorized personnel. Physical and 

electronic access is restricted to 

designated individuals having a need 

therefore in the performance of official 

duties and who are properly screened 

and cleared for need-to-know. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Data is deleted and destroyed when 

superseded or when no longer needed 

for operational purposes, whichever is 

later, by shredding, pulping, degaussing 

or erasing. 

Records pertaining to captured, 

detained, evading, isolated or missing 

U.S. military, Department of Defense 

(DOD) civilians, DOD contractor 

personnel, and other U.S. persons, will 

be maintained in the files until no 

longer needed, or for 10 years either 

after recovery or after the subject is 

declared Killed/Missing in Action or 

dead. Records are destroyed by 

shredding, pulping, degaussing or 

erasing. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Biometrics Task Force, 1901 

S. Bell Street, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 

22202–4512. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to Biometric 

Task Force, 1901 S. Bell Street, Suite 

900, Arlington, VA 22202–4512. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide full name, sufficient 

details to permit locating pertinent 

records, and signature. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to Biometric Task Force, 1901 

S. Bell Street, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 

22202–4512. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide full name, sufficient 

details to permit locating pertinent 

records, and signature. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Army’s rules for accessing 

records, and for contesting contents and 

appealing initial agency determinations 

are contained in Army Regulation 340– 

21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained 

from the system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

From the individual, DoD security 

offices, system managers, computer 

facility managers, automated interfaces 

for user codes on file at Department of 

Defense sites. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

this meeting be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 

475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Halsey, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

576–4025; Fax (865) 576–2347 or e-mail: 

halseypj@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ 

ssab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: The purpose of the Board is 

to make recommendations to DOE in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: The main meeting 

presentation will be on the Consortium 

for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder 

Participation. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Pat Halsey at 

least seven days in advance of the 

meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Pat Halsey at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Pat Halsey at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/ 

minutes.htm. 

Issued at Washington, DC on April 13, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–8831 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Northern New 

Mexico. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

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