57612 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 190 / Monday, October 3, 2005 / Notices 

The catastrophic destruction brought 

about by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina 

has dramatically impeded, and in some 

places in the affected region stopped 

altogether, production and 

transportation or transmission of oil, 

refined petroleum products, natural gas, 

and electricity. Much of the lost oil 

production is from producing areas in 

the Gulf of Mexico which have been 

leased pursuant to programs of the 

Department of the Interior. This lost 

production, refining, and transportation 

capacity has resulted in the actual or 

threatened unavailability of gasoline, jet 

fuel and other refined products, and 

threatens the Nation’s economic and 

national security. I believe that waiver 

of the coastwise laws would facilitate 

the transportation of oil and refined 

petroleum products in and from 

portions of the United States affected by 

the hurricanes, and to other regions 

affected by the disruptions that have 

occurred in the Gulf Coast area. 

Therefore, I am exercising my 

discretion and authority to waive the 

coastwise laws generally for the 

transportation of petroleum and refined 

petroleum products for the period until 

12:01 a.m., October 24, 2005. On 

September 1, 2005, I exercised my 

discretion and authority to waive the 

coastwise laws generally for the 

transportation of petroleum released 

from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 

whether pursuant to an exchange, sale 

or otherwise, undertaken in response to 

the circumstances arising from 

Hurricane Katrina. I am today exercising 

my discretion and authority to extend 

that waiver of the coastwise laws 

generally for the transportation of 

petroleum released from the Strategic 

Petroleum Reserve, whether pursuant to 

an exchange, sale, or otherwise, 

undertaken in response to the 

circumstances arising from Hurricane 

Rita. I find, for the reasons set forth 

above, that such waivers are necessary 

in the interest of national defense. 

Executed this 26th day of September, 2005. 

Michael Chertoff, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–19820 Filed 9–29–05; 1:23 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2005–22499] 

Integrated Anti-Swimmer System; Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the availability of the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) of the Integrated 

Anti-Swimmer System (IAS). The Coast 

Guard is proposing to deploy and 

operate the IAS for temporary periods at 

various U.S. ports throughout the U.S. 

Maritime Domain, when necessary. The 

purpose of the Proposed Action is to 

increase the Coast Guard’s ability to 

detect, track, classify, and interdict, if 

necessary, potential underwater threats 

and as a result, protect personnel, ships, 

and property from sabotage and/or other 

subversive acts. Potential threats 

targeted by the IAS include combat 

divers and unmanned vehicles. The IAS 

will be co-located with, and used by, the 

Coast Guard’s newly established 

Maritime Safety and Security Teams 

(MSSTs). The IAS is proposed to be 

used at a range necessary to maintain 

situational awareness and allow the 

MSSTs sufficient time to react and 

counter a detected threat. Extensive 

research and analysis of alternatives has 

led to the conclusion that an active 

sonar system is the only currently 

available technology that affords this 

capability. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Docket Management 

Facility on or before November 17, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: To make sure that your 

comments and related material are not 

entered more than once in the docket, 

please submit them by only one of the 

following means: 

(1) Electronically through the Web 

Site for the Docket Management System 

at http://dms.dot.gov. 

(2) By mail to the Docket Management 

Facility, (USCG–2005–22499), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, room PL–

401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) By fax to the Docket Management 

Facility at 202–493–2251. 

(4) By delivery to room PL–401 on the 

Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329. 

The Docket Management Facility 

maintains the public docket for this 

notice. Comments and material received 

from the public, as well as the draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA), will become part of 

this docket and will be available for 

inspection or copying at room PL–401 

on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may also find this docket, 

including the PEA, on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, the 

proposed project, or the associated PEA, 

call Mr. Kenneth McDaniel at (202) 267–

1505 or by e-mail at 

kmcdaniel@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Andrea M. 

Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–0271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments and related material on the 

draft Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA). If you do so, please 

include your name and address, identify 

the docket number for this notice 

(USCG–2005–22499) and give the 

reasons for each comment. You may 

submit your comments and material by 

mail, hand delivery, fax, or electronic 

means to the Docket Management 

Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; 

but please submit your comments and 

material by only one means. If you 

submit them by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit them by mail and would like to 

know they reached the Facility, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. We will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period. 

Proposed Action 

Domestic port safety and security has 

long been a core Coast Guard mission. 

However, in the wake of the terrorist 

attacks committed on September 11, 

2001, emerging threats to the U.S. 

homeland have prompted an increased 

Coast Guard focus on protecting 

domestic ports and the U.S. Maritime 

Transportation System from terrorist 

threats. 

As part of the U.S. response to these 

threats, the Coast Guard has undertaken 

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a PEA to examine alternatives and 

assess the significance of the impacts on 

the quality of the human environment 

for the decision to deploy and operate 

IASs at various U.S. ports throughout 

the U.S. Maritime Domain, when 

necessary. 

Draft Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment 

We have prepared a draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA). The draft PEA 

identifies and examines the reasonable 

alternatives and assesses their potential 

environmental impact. 

Our preferred alternative is to use the 

IAS to protect personnel, ships, and 

property from sabotage or other 

subversive acts. The IAS consists of five 

primary components: A land-based 

sonar, a portable (vessel mounted) 

sonar, a data processor, a vehicle 

guidance system, and an underwater 

loud hailer. Use of the IAS would be 

limited to existing harbor infrastructure 

and adjacent waters. The IAS is not 

designed or intended for use offshore. 

The system would be used for specific 

and finite periods of time to protect 

specific assets. During these times, the 

sonar would be operated and monitored 

continuously. The loud hailer would be 

used only if an actual threat was 

identified. 

Recently, the Coast Guard completed 

environmental assessments (EAs) that 

address the impact of IAS deployment 

and operation in Galveston Bay, TX and 

San Pedro Bay, CA. The result of these 

EAs was a finding of no significant 

impact. The Coast Guard also engaged 

in informal consultation with the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

pursuant to the section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act, which resulted 

in a determination that deployment and 

operation of the IAS in Galveston Bay, 

TX and San Pedro Bay, CA is not likely 

to adversely affect threatened or 

endangered species or critical habitat, 

nor is it likely to result in the take of 

marine mammals in those bays. 

Similarly, there was no evidence to 

suggest that IAS deployment and 

operation would adversely affect 

essential fish habitat or have an impact 

on coastal uses and resources. 

We are requesting your comments on 

environmental concerns you may have 

related to the PEA. This includes 

suggesting analyses and methodologies 

for use in the PEA or possible sources 

of data or information not included in 

the PEA. Your comments will be 

considered in preparing the final PEA. 

Dated: September 23, 2005. 

Kevin G. Quigley, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of 

Defense Operations. 

[FR Doc. 05–19662 Filed 9–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2005–22569] 

Meeting of the Office of Boating 

Safety’s Recreational Boating Safety 

Strategic Planning Panel 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard’s Office of 

Boating Safety is sponsoring a panel of 

representatives of the recreational 

boating community to discuss strategic 

planning goals, objectives and strategies 

that the Coast Guard may use to 

improve recreational boating safety. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will occur on 

Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 

18, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will occur at 

the Holiday Inn National Airport, 2650 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. 

This notice is available on the Internet 

at http://dms.dot.gov and at http:// 

uscgboating.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dionca Williams, Administrative 

Assistant, Office of Boating Safety, U.S. 

Coast Guard telephone 202–267–1077, 

fax 202–267–4285. If you have questions 

on viewing material in the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, Department of 

Transportation, telephone 202–493–

0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

2004 Fall meeting of the National 

Boating Safety Advisory Council 

(NBSAC), the Office of Boating Safety 

proposed to assemble a Goal-Setting 

Recommendation Panel. NBSAC 

endorsed this proposal. To facilitate 

this, the Coast Guard invited 

representatives of the recreational 

boating community to participate on 

this panel. 

The Coast Guard held the meeting on 

February 8 and 9, 2005 at the Crystal 

City Sheraton Hotel, 1800 Jefferson 

Davis Highway, in Arlington, VA. The 

panel considered, analyzed, and 

proposed recreational boating safety 

performance goals that can be supported 

by the government, industry, and the 

boating public. A representative of the 

panel presented its conclusions at the 

April 2005 NBSAC meeting. Minutes of 

the panel’s February 2005 meeting may 

be obtained from the person listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 

A professional facilitator will 

moderate the second meeting. The panel 

will further consider, analyze, and 

propose recreational boating safety 

objectives and strategies that can be 

supported by the government, industry, 

and the boating public. A representative 

of the panel will present its conclusions 

at the November 2005 NBSAC meeting. 

We will also prepare minutes of the 

second meeting. You may obtain them 

from the person listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION as soon as 

possible. 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

James M. Hass, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director 

of Operations Policy. 

[FR Doc. 05–19663 Filed 9–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

Notice of Cancellation of Customs 

Broker License 

AGENCY: Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: General Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 641 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 

U.S.C. 1641) and the Customs 

Regulations (19 CFR 111.51), the 

following Customs broker licenses are 

cancelled without prejudice. 

Name License No. Issuing 

port 

Action International, Inc..12875 Tampa. 

Aries International 

Import Services.

12704 New 

York.