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Draft Agenda: The COAC is expected 

to pursue the following agenda, which 

may be modified prior to the meeting:

1. MTSA Subcommittee. 

2. Security Subcommittee. 

a. Advance Cargo Information. 

b. WCO Security. 

c. C–TPAT Process Review. 

3. Automation Issues. 

a. ACE funding and development 

schedule. 

b. ACS downtime. 

4. International Trade Data System 

(ITDS). 

5. Creation of Infrastructure 

Subcommittee. 

6. Bioterrorism Act. 

7. Focused Assessment Program.

Membership: The twenty members for 

the ninth term of COAC are: Anthony 

Barone, Pfizer; Sandra M. Fallgatter, JC 

Penny Purchasing Corp.; Jonathan Gold, 

Retail Industry Leaders Assn.; D. Scott 

Johnson, Gap, Inc.; Chris Koch, World 

Shipping Council; Marian Ladner, 

Strasburger and Price; Bruce Leeds, 

Boeing; Mary Jo Muoio, Barthco 

International, Inc.; Karen Phillips, 

Canadian National; Peggy Rutledge, 

Hapag-Lloyd Container Line; Norman 

Schenk, United Parcel Service; Lisa 

Schimmelpfenning, Wal-Mart Stores; 

Robert Schueler, Jr., Delphi Corporation; 

Kevin M. Smith, General Motors Corp.; 

Curtis Spencer, IMS Worldwide; 

Katherine M. Terricciano, Philips 

Electronics N. America; Thomas G. 

Travis, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg; 

Henry White, Institute of International 

Container Lessors; J Michael Zachary, 

Port of Tacoma; Federico Zu ́n ̃iga, 

National Customs Brokers and 

Forwarders Association of America.

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary for Border and 

Transportation Security Policy and Planning.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–0002–2005] 

Directorate of Science and 

Technology; Notice of Meeting of 

Homeland Security Science and 

Technology Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Science and Technology, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Science and Technology Advisory 

Committee (HSSTAC) will meet in 

closed session.

DATES: February 23, 2005, and February 

24, 2005.

ADDRESS: The offices of Booz Allen 

Hamilton, Virginia Square Plaza, 3811 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Leckey, Homeland Security 

Science and Technology Advisory 

Committee, Department of Homeland 

Security, Directorate of Science and 

Technology, Washington, DC 20528; 

telephone 202–254–5041; e-mail 

HSSTAC@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.2 

et seq.). The HSSTAC will meet for 

purposes of: (1) Conducting annual 

administrative sessions (ethics and 

security briefings); (2) receiving detailed 

briefings on future Department and 

Directorate priorities; (3) identifying 

special issues that HSSTAC should 

pursue in 2005; (4) identifying special 

challenges (and resulting responses by) 

as well as major changes or initiatives 

facing the Directorate and its operating 

units for the coming year; (5) receiving 

subcommittee updates; and (6) receiving 

briefings on activities, programs, and 

accomplishments of the Office of 

Research & Development, the Homeland 

Security Advanced Projects Research 

Agency, and the Office of Systems 

Engineering and Development. In 

accordance with section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 

2 et seq.), the Under Secretary for 

Science and Technology has determined 

that this HSSTAC meeting will concern 

matters which, if prematurely disclosed, 

would significantly frustrate 

implementation of proposed agency 

actions. Moreover, the administrative 

portions of the meeting will relate solely 

to the internal personnel rules and 

practices of the agency. Accordingly, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and 

(9)(B), the meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

Public Comments: You may submit 

comments, identified by DHS–0002–

2005, by one of the following methods: 

• EPA Federal Partner EDOCKET 

Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/

feddocket. Follow instructions for 

submitting comments on the Web site. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security has joined the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) online public 

docket and comment system on its 

Partner Electronic Docket System 

(Partner EDOCKET). The Department of 

Homeland Security and its agencies 

(excluding the United States Coast 

Guard and Transportation Security 

Administration) will use the EPA 

Federal Partner EDOCKET system. The 

USCG and TSA (legacy Department of 

Transportation (DOT) agencies) will 

continue to use the DOT Docket 

Management System until full migration 

to the electronic rulemaking federal 

docket management system in 2005. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: hsstac@dhs.gov. Include 

DHS–0002–2005 in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Fax: 202–254–6177. 

• Mail: Homeland Security Science 

and Technology Advisory Committee, 

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.epa.gov/

feddocket, including any personal 

information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.epa.gov/feddocket.

Dated: January 21, 2005. 

Charles E. McQueary, 

Under Secretary for Science and Technology.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–030–1610–DS] 

Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the McGregor Range 

Resource Management Plan 

Amendment (RMPA) and Notice of 

Opening of Public Comment Period 

With Public Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior.

ACTION: NOA of a DEIS for the McGregor 

Range RMPA, New Mexico. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

202 of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the BLM 

announces the availability of the DEIS 

for the McGregor Range RMPA. 

The DEIS documents the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative environmental 

impacts of four alternative management 

plans for BLM-administered withdrawn 

public lands within the McGregor 

Range. When completed, the RMPA will 

fulfill the obligations set forth by NEPA, 

the Federal Land Policy and 

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Management Act, and associated 

Federal regulations.

DATES: The McGregor Range DEIS and 

RMPA will be available for review for 

90 calendar days from the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its NOA in the Federal 

Register. The BLM can best utilize your 

comments and resource information 

submissions within the 90-day review 

period provided above. Formal hearings 

and open house meetings will be 

scheduled to provide the public 

additional opportunities to submit 

comments on the McGregor Range DEIS 

and RMPA. 

All hearings or meetings and any 

other public involvement activities will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through public notices, media 

news releases, New Mexico BLM Web 

site announcements, or mailings.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the DEIS/RMPA 

has been sent to affected Federal, State, 

and local government agencies and to 

interested parties. The document will be 

available electronically on the following 

Web site: http://www.nm.blm.gov.

Copies of the DEIS/RMPA will be 

available for public inspection at the 

following locations: BLM New Mexico 

State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, 

NM 87505; BLM Las Cruces Field 

Office, 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces, NM 

88005. The current RMPs/EISs, and all 

other documents relevant to this 

planning process, are available for 

public review at the Las Cruces Field 

Office at the above address. 

Written comments may be mailed 

directly, or delivered to the BLM at: 

Draft McGregor Range RMPA/EIS, BLM 

Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 Marquess, 

Las Cruces, NM 88005. Comments may 

be electronically mailed to: 

LCFO_RMP@nm.blm.gov. Comments 

may be faxed to the BLM at: (505) 525–

4412. Comments that are e-mailed or 

faxed must include ‘‘Comments on Draft 

McGregor RMPA/EIS’’ in the subject 

line. Interested parties may also provide 

written comments during the public 

open house meetings and hearings. The 

BLM will only accept comments on the 

Draft McGregor Range RMPA/EIS if they 

are submitted in one of the four ways 

described above. To be given 

consideration by the BLM all DEIS/

RMPA comment submittals must 

include the commenter’s name and 

street address. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including the names and street 

addresses of each respondent, available 

for public review at the BLM office 

listed above during business hours 7:45 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except for Federal holidays. 

Your comments may be published as 

part of the EIS process. Individual 

respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name or street address, or both, 

from public review or from disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your written comments. 

Such requests will be honored to the 

extent allowed by law. We will not 

consider anonymous comments. All 

submissions from organizations and 

businesses will be made available for 

public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tom Phillips, RMPA Team Leader, at 

the BLM Las Cruces Field Office (see 

address above), telephone (505) 525–

4377. Requests for information may be 

sent electronically to: 

LCFO_RMP@nm.blm.gov with 

‘‘Attention: McGregor RMPA 

Information Request’’ in the subject line.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1990, 

the BLM approved the McGregor Range 

RMPA that established management 

direction for the BLM managed 

withdrawn public lands and resources 

administered by the BLM Las Cruces 

Field Office, New Mexico. The 

administrative area is located in 

southern Otero County, New Mexico, 

and includes approximately 606,233 

acres of withdrawn public lands within 

McGregor Range, which is a military 

training range managed by Ft. Bliss, 

Texas. Within the McGregor Range, Ft. 

Bliss administers an additional 70,884 

acres owned by the Department of 

Defense and 17,864 acres managed by 

the U.S. Forest Service. In 1999, the 

Military Lands Withdrawal Act (PL 

106–65) reauthorized the withdrawn 

public lands within McGregor Range for 

use by the Secretary of the Army for 

military maneuvering, training, and 

equipment development and testing; 

training for aerial gunnery, rocketry, 

electronic warfare; and tactical 

maneuvering and air support associated 

with the Air Force Tactical Target 

Complex; and other defense-related 

purposes. The Military Lands 

Withdrawal Act also directed the 

Secretary of the Interior, after 

consultation with the Secretary of the 

Army, to develop a plan for the 

management of withdrawn public lands. 

The DEIS documents the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative environmental 

impacts of four alternative plans for 

BLM-administered withdrawn public 

lands within the McGregor Range. The 

DEIS describes the physical, biological, 

cultural, historic, and socioeconomic 

resources in and around the 

surrounding planning area. The focus 

for impact analysis was based on 

resource issues and concerns identified 

during scoping and public involvement 

activities and opportunities. Potential 

impacts of concern regarding possible 

management direction and planning 

decisions (not in priority order) are: 

development of energy resources and 

mineral-related issues; special 

management designations; resource 

accessibility; special status species 

management; recreation access and 

opportunity; and cultural resources 

management. 

Four alternatives were analyzed in 

detail: The No-action Alternative 

represents the continuation of existing 

management plans, policies, and 

decisions as established in the 1990 

McGregor Range RMPA. Alternative A 

represents a balance of resource use and 

conservation. Alternative B emphasizes 

resource use and production. 

Alternative C represents an emphasis of 

resource conservation, protection, and 

enhancement of natural and cultural 

resources. The BLM’s preferred 

alternative is Alternative A. 

Since the publication of the Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to prepare an RMPA and 

EIS in the Federal Register on May 15, 

2001, open house meetings, scoping 

meetings, and mailings have been 

conducted to solicit public comments 

and input. The Las Cruces Field Office 

has been providing updates on the 

development of this RMPA to the Otero 

County Board of Commissioners and the 

New Mexico Resource Advisory 

Council. Tribal governments with 

interests in the McGregor Range area 

were also contacted. From the 

publication date of the NOI in the 

Federal Register, through September 30, 

2004, the BLM solicited for and received 

approximately 42 written comments 

from interested parties. In addition, two 

public meetings were held to provide 

the public with an opportunity to 

acquire information about the RMPA 

process and its status, and to submit 

comments. These public meetings were 

held in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on 

June 20, 2001, and in Las Cruces, New 

Mexico, on June 21, 2001. The two 

meetings resulted in 47 oral comments 

from the public. All comments 

presented throughout the process have 

been considered. Background 

information and maps used in 

developing the DEIS and RMPA are 

available for public viewing at the Las 

Cruces Field Office at the above address.

Dated: November 23, 2004. 

Linda S.C. Rundell, 

New Mexico State Director.

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