Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 20 / Tuesday, February 1, 2005 / Notices 5199

Name of Committee: Cardiovascular 

Sciences Integrated Review Group; Cardiac 

Contractility, Hypertrophy, and Failure 

Study Section. 

Date: February 28–March 1, 2005. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Holiday Inn Select, 8120 Wisconsin 

Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814

Contact Person: Russell T. Dowell, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4128, 

MSC 7814, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

1850, dowellr@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Biomaterials 

and Biointerfaces: Quorum. 

Date: February 28–March 1, 2005. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Holiday Inn Select Bethesda, 8120 

Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Alexander Gubin, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4196, 

MSC 7812, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

2902, gubina@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Bacterial 

Pathogenesis. 

Date: February 28, 2005. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Marian Wachtel, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3208, 

MSC 7858, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

1148, wachtelm@csr.nih.gov.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

LaVerne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 05–1841 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE): Elimination of C–TPAT 

Requirement To Establish ACE 

Importer and Broker Accounts

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection; 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

change to the application requirements 

when applying to become an Importer 

or Broker Account so as to access the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) Secure Data Portal (‘‘ACE Portal’’) 

or to participate in any ACE test. 

Specifically, applicants seeking to 

establish importer or broker accounts so 

as to access the ACE Portal, or to 

participate in any ACE test, are no 

longer required to provide a statement 

certifying participation in the Customs 

Trade Partnership Against Terrorism 

(C–TPAT). Participation in C–TPAT has 

never been a requirement to establish a 

carrier account.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The elimination of the 

C–TPAT requirement to establish an 

account or participate in any ACE test 

is effective immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Maricich via e-mail at 

Michael.Maricich@dhs.gov, or by 

telephone at (703) 668–2406.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 1, 2002, CBP published a 

General Notice in the Federal Register

(67 FR 21800) announcing a plan to 

conduct a National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) test of the 

first phase of the Automated 

Commercial Environment. In this 

notice, CBP stated that it planned to 

select approximately forty importer 

accounts from the list of qualified 

applicants for the initial deployment of 

this test. The notice also stated that 

additional participants may be selected 

throughout the duration of this test. In 

order to be considered as one of the 

initial participants, importers’

applications had to be received by CBP 

by June 1, 2002. Applications had to 

include the importer name, a unique 

importer number, a statement certifying 

participation in C–TPAT, and a 

statement certifying the capability to 

connect to the Internet. 

On June 18, 2002, CBP extended the 

application period for those desiring to 

be one of the initial importer 

participants by publishing a second 

General Notice in the Federal Register

(67 FR 41572). That notice emphasized 

that applications to be an initial 

participant had to be submitted to CBP 

prior to August 1, 2002. Applications 

would be accepted after that date, but 

parties who so applied would be placed 

on a waiting list and considered for 

participation pending expansion of the 

technology. 

On February 4, 2004, CBP published 

a third General Notice in the Federal 

Register (69 FR 5362) announcing the 

next step toward the full electronic 

processing of commercial importations 

in ACE, with a focus on identifying 

authorized importers and brokers to 

participate in the test to implement the 

Periodic Monthly Statement Process. 

The Notice stated that participants in 

this test would benefit by having access 

to operational data through the ACE 

Portal, enjoying the capability of being 

able to interact electronically with CBP, 

and making payments of duties and fees 

on a periodic monthly basis. Customs 

brokers, in order to apply, were required 

to provide names of the initial forty-one 

importers participating in the test by 

whom they had been or will have been 

designated as the authorized broker. In 

order to establish an ACE Broker 

Account, a broker was further required 

to file an application for participation 

which was to include the broker name, 

unique identification number, filer 

code, statement certifying participation 

in C–TPAT, statement certifying the 

capability of connecting to the Internet, 

statement certifying capability of 

making periodic payment via the 

Automated Clearing House (ACH) Credit 

or ACH Debit, and a statement certifying 

capability of filing entry/entry summary 

via Automated Broker Interface (ABI). 

Also on February 4, 2004, CBP 

published a General Notice in the 

Federal Register (69 FR 5360) which 

described the application process to be 

followed in order to establish a truck 

carrier account so as to be eligible to 

participate in the electronic truck 

manifest functionality. C–TPAT 

participation is not required in order to 

establish a truck carrier account. 

On September 8, 2004, CBP published 

a General Notice in the Federal Register

(69 FR 54302), reminding the public 

that importers and their designated 

brokers may still apply to establish 

accounts so as to participate in the 

Periodic Monthly Statement Process. 

The Notice again invited customs 

brokers to participate in the ACE Portal 

test generally. 

C–TPAT Participation No Longer 

Required 

In order to encourage maximum 

participation in ACE and make benefits 

such as periodic monthly payment 

widely available, the application 

process to establish an importer or 

broker account or to participate in any 

ACE test will no longer require that a 

statement certifying C–TPAT 

participation be provided. It is 

important to note that this in no way 

indicates that the support of CBP 

management for the C–TPAT program 

has diminished. C–TPAT participants 

5200 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 20 / Tuesday, February 1, 2005 / Notices 

will continue to realize specific benefits 

such as reduced examinations. Removal 

of the C–TPAT requirement for 

participation in ACE is intended to 

increase the usage of ACE so as to 

further streamline the commercial 

importation process, which will benefit 

both the importing community and CBP.

Dated: January 27, 2005. 

Jayson P. Ahern, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field 

Operations.

[FR Doc. 05–1768 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–1573–DR] 

Indiana; Major Disaster and Related 

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Indiana (FEMA–

1573–DR), dated January 21, 2005, and 

related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: January 21, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

January 21, 2005, the President declared 

a major disaster under the authority of 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 

U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), as 

follows:

I have determined that the damage in 

certain areas of the State of Indiana, resulting 

from severe winter storms and flooding 

beginning on January 1, 2005, and 

continuing, is of sufficient severity and 

magnitude to warrant a major disaster 

declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act). 

Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster 

exists in the State of Indiana. 

In order to provide Federal assistance, you 

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds 

available for these purposes such amounts as 

you find necessary for Federal disaster 

assistance and administrative expenses. 

You are authorized to provide Individual 

Assistance in the designated areas; Hazard 

Mitigation throughout the State; and any 

other forms of assistance under the Stafford 

Act you may deem appropriate. Consistent 

with the requirement that Federal assistance 

be supplemental, any Federal funds provided 

under the Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation 

and the Other Needs Assistance under 

section 408 of the Stafford Act will be limited 

to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. If 

Public Assistance is later requested and 

warranted, Federal funds provided under 

that program will also be limited to 75 

percent of the total eligible costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration to the extent 

allowable under the Stafford Act

The time period prescribed for the 

implementation of section 310(a), 

Priority to Certain Applications for 

Public Facility and Public Housing 

Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for 

a period not to exceed six months after 

the date of this declaration. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Under Secretary for Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department 

of Homeland Security, under Executive 

Order 12148, as amended, Ron 

Sherman, of FEMA is appointed to act 

as the Federal Coordinating Officer for 

this declared disaster. 

I do hereby determine the following 

areas of the State of Indiana to have 

been affected adversely by this declared 

major disaster:

The counties of Bartholomew, Benton, 

Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass, 

Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, 

Decatur, Delaware, Dubois, Floyd, Fountain, 

Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, 

Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, 

Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jennings, Johnson, 

Knox, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, 

Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, 

Orange, Owen, Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, 

Randolph, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Sullivan, 

Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vanderburgh, 

Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warren, Warrick, 

Washington, Wells, and White for Individual 

Assistance. 

All counties within the State of Indiana are 

eligible to apply for assistance under the 

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050 Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs; 97.036, Public Assistance 

Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant 

Program) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

[FR Doc. 05–1780 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3198–EM] 

Ohio; Amendment No.1 to Notice of an 

Emergency Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

State of Ohio (FEMA–3198–EM), dated 

January 11, 2005, and related 

determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: January 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

State of Ohio is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared an 

emergency by the President in his 

declaration of January 11, 2005:

The counties of Crawford, Huron, Marion, 

Richland, Sandusky, and Seneca for 

emergency protective measures (Category B) 

under the Public Assistance program for a 

period of 48 hours.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.036, Disaster Assistance.) 

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

[FR Doc. 05–1778 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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