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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9301-9302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02484]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0062]

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records; Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records; delay of effective 
date.

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SUMMARY: This document delays the effective date of the January 10, 
2025, modified system of records notice, titled ``Smuggling 
Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National Information 
Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21,'' in accordance 
with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from the President titled, 
``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review''. The effective date of the 
exemptions in the notice are delayed until April 11, 2025. The notice 
modified the system to exempt it from certain provisions of the Privacy 
Act.

DATES: As of February 7, 2025, the effective date for the exemptions in 
the modified system of records notice published on January 10, 2025 (90 
FR 1940), are delayed until April 11, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ricardo Valdez, Pest Exclusion and 
Import Programs, National Policy Manager, SITC, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road, Riverdale, MD 20737; (443) 745-7931; [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the memorandum of January 
20, 2025, from the President to executive departments and agencies 
titled, ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' \1\ this action delays 
the effective date of exemptions in the modified system of records 
notice, titled ``Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) 
National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/
APHIS-21,'' published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2025 (90 
FR 1940-1941; APHIS-2014-0062).\2\
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    \1\ Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/.
    \2\ To view the notice, go to www.regulations.gov, and enter 
APHIS-2014-0062 in the Search field.
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    The SNICAS system of records maintains a record of activities 
conducted by the agency pursuant to its mission and responsibilities 
authorized by the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); the 
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.); and the Honey Bee 
Act (7 U.S.C. 281 et seq.). The purpose of the system is to record data 
and information about APHIS' SITC activities nationwide. SITC is within 
APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine program.
    SITC officials use the information in SNICAS to identify and close 
pathways used for the introduction of prohibited commodities and those 
regulated commodities that lack the necessary certificates and permits 
to enter U.S. commerce. SITC officials also use SNICAS to perform 
activities such as legal and regulatory actions; scientific research; 
risk, trend, pathway and targeting analyses; trade support; 
administrative and budgetary support; supervision and program 
management; and overall decision support services. Additionally, SITC 
officials use SNICAS to generate reports to evaluate the risk status of 
the commercial sites where regulated commodities are seized, the 
effectiveness of the program, and quality control of the data.
    APHIS will share information from the system pursuant to the 
requirements of the Privacy Act and, in the case of its routine uses, 
when the disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the 
information was compiled. However, the notice allowed for the exemption 
of specific records in the system from certain Privacy Act requirements 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) (Investigative Law Enforcement 
Materials). APHIS exempted the system from Privacy Act access 
requirements including 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G), 
(H), and (I); and (f), and indicated that an individual who is the 
subject of a record in this system may not seek access to those records 
that are exempt from the access provisions. A determination of whether 
a record may be accessed would be made at the time a request is 
received.
    In this issue of the Federal Register, we are also publishing a 
delay of effective date for the final rule associated with this 
action.\3\
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    \3\ To view the final rule's delay of effective date, go to 
www.regulations.gov, and enter APHIS-2015-0008 in the Search field.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of February 2025.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02484 Filed 2-7-25; 8:45 am]
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