Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 198 / Friday, October 14, 2005 / Notices 60097 

7; Port Huron, October 14; Marine City, 

October 18; Algonac, October 18; and 

Sault St. Marie, October 28. No port in 

this cluster is designated as the ‘‘model 

port.’’

Previous NCAP Notices Not Concerning 

Deployment Schedules 

On Monday, March 21, 2005, a 

General Notice was published in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 13514) 

announcing a modification to the NCAP 

test to clarify that all relevant data 

elements are required to be submitted in 

the automated truck manifest 

submission. That notice did not 

announce any change to the deployment 

schedule and is not affected by 

publication of this notice. All 

requirements and aspects of the test, as 

set forth in the September 13, 2004 

notice, as modified by the March 21, 

2005 notice, continue to be applicable. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Jayson P. Ahern, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 05–20579 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB 

of One Current Public Collection of 

Information: Application for 

Participation in Biometric Device 

Performance Qualification Testing 

Program 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA), DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: TSA invites public comment 

on one currently approved information 

collection requirement abstracted below 

that we will submit to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

renewal in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Send your comments by 

December 12, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed 

or delivered to Katrina Wawer, 

Information Collection Specialist, Office 

of Transportation Security Policy, TSA–

9, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22202–4220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katrina Wawer at the above address or 

by telephone (571) 227–1995 or 

facsimile (571) 227–2594. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information, 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. Therefore, in preparation for 

OMB review and approval of the 

following information collection, TSA is 

soliciting comments to—

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

1652–0031; Application for 

Participation in Biometric Device 

Performance Qualification Testing 

Program. Section 4011, Provision for the 

Use of Biometric and Other Technology, 

in Title IV—Transportation Security, of 

the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 

Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–

458, 118 Stat. 3638, 3712, Dec. 17, 2004) 

directs TSA to issue guidance for use of 

biometric technology in airport access 

control systems, including a list of 

qualified biometric devices and 

vendors, also known as a Qualified 

Products List (QPL). 

In compliance, TSA has developed a 

process that examines the fitness of 

biometric technology for application to 

airport access control systems. The first 

step of the process will be for a 

manufacturer or vendor of a biometric 

device seeking TSA’s evaluation of the 

device for placement on TSA’s QPL to 

complete an application form, as well as 

to submit electronically via the Web a 

manufacturer’s data package. The 

application form will be widely 

available to the public through TSA’s 

Web address at http://www.tsa.gov/ 

public. Go to the ‘‘Business 

Opportunities’’ link, then the ‘‘Current 

Opportunities’’ link. 

As this specific qualification process 

is new, no historical data on the 

information collection burden exists. 

However, TSA estimates that the annual 

recordkeeping and reporting burden 

from the qualification process will be 

800 hours, based on 100 responses (all 

collected electronically) at a rate of 8 

hours per response. TSA will use the 

information collected to evaluate a 

biometric device’s readiness for 

qualification performance testing, which 

supports TSA’s obligation to produce a 

biometric QPL. 

TSA published a notice in the Federal 

Register requesting emergency clearance 

of this collection from OMB on February 

16, 2005 (70 FR 7956). OMB 

subsequently issued its approval of this 

collection on September 17, 2005, and 

assigned it OMB No. 1652–0031, with 

an expiration date of December 31, 

2005. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 7, 

2005. 

Lisa S. Dean, 

Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20578 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4980–N–41] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, room 7266, Department of 

Housing and urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 

20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY 

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 1–800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and 

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing 

this Notice to identify Federal buildings 

and other real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. The properties were 

reviewed using information provided to 

HUD by Federal landholding agencies 

regarding unutilized and underutilized 

buildings and real property controlled 

by such agencies or by GSA regarding 

its inventory of excess or surplus 

Federal property. This Notice is also 

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published in order to comply with the 

December 12, 1988 Court Order in 

National Coalition for the Homeless v. 

Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–

OG (D.D.C.). 

Properties reviewed are listed in this 

Notice according to the following 

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/ 

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and 

unsuitable. The properties listed in the 

three suitable categories have been 

reviewed by the landholding agencies, 

and each agency has transmitted to 

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the 

property available for use to assist the 

homeless, (2) its intention to declare the 

property excess to the agency’s needs, or 

(3) a statement of the reasons that the 

property cannot be declared excess or 

made available for use as facilities to 

assist the homeless. 

Properties listed as suitable/available 

will be available exclusively for 

homeless use for a period of 60 days 

from the date of this Notice. Where 

property is described as for ‘‘off-site use 

only’’ recipients of the property will be 

required to relocate the building to their 

own site at their own expense. 

Homeless assistance providers 

interested in any such property should 

send a written expression of interest to 

HHS, addressed to John Hicks, Division 

of Property Management, Program 

Support Center, HHS, room 5b–17, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; (301 

443–2265. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) HHS will mail to the 

interested provider an application 

packet, which will include instructions 

for completing the application. In order 

to maximize the opportunity to utilize a 

suitable property, providers should 

submit their written expressions of 

interest as soon as possible. For 

complete details concerning the 

processing of applications, the reader is 

encouraged to refer to the interim rule 

governing this program, 24 CFR part 

581. 

For properties listed a suitable/to be 

excess, that property may, if 

subsequently accepted as excess by 

GSA, be made available for use by the 

homeless in accordance with applicable 

law, subject to screening for other 

Federal use. At the appropriate time, 

HUD will publish the property in a 

Notice showing it as either suitable/ 

available or suitable/unavailable. 

For properties listed as suitable/ 

unavailable, the landholding agency has 

decided that the property cannot be 

declared excess or made available for 

use to assist the homeless, and the 

property will not be available. 

Properties listed as unsuitable will 

not be made available for any other 

purpose for 20 days from the date of this 

Notice. Homeless assistance providers 

interested in a review by HUD of the 

determination of unsuitability should 

call the toll free information line at 1–

800–927–7588 for detailed instructions 

or write a letter to Mark Johnston at the 

address listed at the beginning of this 

Notice. Included in the request for 

review should be the property address 

(including zip code), the date of 

publication in the Federal Register, the 

landholding agency, and the property 

number. 

For more information regarding 

particular properties identified in this 

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing 

sanitary facilities, exact street address), 

providers should contact the 

appropriate landholding agencies at the 

following addresses: GSA: Mr. John 

Kelly, Acting Deputy Assistant 

Commissioner, General Services 

Administration, Office of Property 

Disposal, 18th and F Streets, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405; (202) 501–0084; 

INTERIOR: Ms. Linda Tribby, 

Acquisition & Property Management, 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street, NW., MS5512, Washington, DC 

20240; (202) 219–0728; NAVY: Mr. 

Warren Meekins, Department of the 

Navy, Real Estate Services, Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command, 

Washington Navy Yard, 1322 Patterson 

Ave., SE., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 

20374–5065; (202) 685–9305; (These are 

not toll-free numbers). 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs. 

Title V, Federal Surplus Property 

Program Federal Register Report for 10/ 

14/2005 

Suitable/Available Properties 

Buildings (by State) 

Kansas 

BG William Menninger 

Army Reserve Center 

2101 Washington Street 

Helena Co: Shawnee KS 66607–

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54200540001 

Status: Surplus 

Comment: 46,870 sq. ft. main bldg., 4 storage 

bldgs., 5121 sq. ft. vehicle maintenance 

bldg., easement restrictions 

GSA Number: 7–D–KS–0522 

Maryland 

F. Boy Scouts Shed 

Tract 403–48 

Boonsboro Co: Washington MD 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540008 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 378 sq. ft., needs rehab, off-site 

use only 

Former Sera House 

Tract 405–66 

Middletown Co: Frederick MD 21769–

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540009 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 1480 sq. ft. residence, needs rehab, 

off-site use only 

Former Sera Shed 

Tract 405–66 

Middletown Co: Frederick MD 21769–

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540010 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 80 sq. ft., needs rehab, off-site use 

only 

New Jersey 

Former Mussina House 

Tract 307–21 

Wantage Co: Sussex NJ 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540005 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 1747 sq. ft. residence, needs rehab, 

off-site use only 

Former Mussina Garage 

Tract 307–21 

Wantage Co: Sussex NJ 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540006 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 730 sq. ft., needs rehab, off-site 

use only 

Former Mussina Shed 

Tract 307–21 

Wantage Co: Sussex NJ 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540007 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 480 sq. ft., needs rehab, off-site 

use only 

New Mexico 

Federal Building 

517 Gold Avenue, SW 

Albuquerque Co: Bernalillo NM 87102–

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54200540005 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 273,027 sq. ft., 8 floors + 

basement, top two floors structurally 

unsafe to occupy, 3 additional floors do not 

meet local code requirements for 

occupancy, presence of asbestos/lead paint 

GSA Number: 7–G–NM–0588 

New York 

F. Baron-Sousa House 

Tract 284–43 

Warwick Co: Orange NY 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540002 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 1122 sq. ft. residence, needs rehab, 

presence of asbestos, off-site use only 

Former Fernau House 

Tract 284–45 

Warwick Co: Orange NY 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540003 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 2963 sq. ft. residence, needs rehab, 

presence of asbestos, off-site use only 

Former Fernau Garage 

Tract 284–45 

Warwick Co: Orange NY 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

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Property Number: 61200540004 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 840 sq. ft., needs rehab, off-site 

use only 

Oklahoma 

Maintenance Site 

Route 1 

Tupelo Co: Coal OK 74572–

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54200540003 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 5046 sq. ft. office, 2000 sq. ft. 

garage, 336 sq. ft. storage, easement 

restrictions 

GSA Number: 7–B–OK–0571 

Vermont 

Former Border Station 

70 Main Street 

Newport Co: VT 05857—

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54200540004 

Status: Excess 

Comment: 5015 sq. ft., most recent use—

office, possible asbestos/lead paint 

GSA Number: 1–F–VT–439 

Unsuitable Properties 

Buildings (by State) 

California 

Bldg. 1781 

Marine Corps Base 

Camp Pendleton Co: CA 92055–

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540001 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Secured Area Extensive 

deterioration 

Bldgs. 76, 477, 720 

Naval Air Station 

Lemoore Co: CA 93246–

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540002 

Status: Unutilized 

Reason: Extensive deterioration 

Bldgs. 398, 399, 404 

Naval Base Point Loma 

San Diego Co: CA 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540003 

Status: Unutilized 

Reason: Extensive deterioration 

Bldgs. 388, 389, 390, 391 

Naval Base Point Loma 

San Diego Co: CA 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540004 

Status: Unutilized 

Reason: Extensive deterioration 

Illinois 

Bldg. 2C 

Naval Station 

Great Lakes Co: IL 60088–2900 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540005 

Status: Excess 

Reason: Secured Area 

Michigan 

Natl Biological Control Lab 

2534 S. 11th Street 

Niles Co: MI 49120–

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54200540002 

Status: Excess 

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or 

explosive material 

GSA Number: 1–A–MI–824 

New Jersey 

Facility No. 2 

Naval Weapons Station 

Cape May Co: NJ 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540006 

Status: Excess 

Reason: Extensive deterioration 

North Carolina 

Bldg. 216 

Tract 42–101 

Blowing Rock Co: Watauga NC 28605–

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200540001 

Status: Unutilized 

Reason: Extensive deterioration 

Texas 

Bldg. 1732 

Naval Air Station 

Corpus Christi Co: Neuces TX 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200540007 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Secured Area Extensive 

deterioration 

[FR Doc. 05–20450 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Reconsidered Final Determination To 

Decline To Acknowledge the Eastern 

Pequot Indians of Connecticut and the 

Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of 

Connecticut 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Associate Deputy Secretary (ADS) 

has determined that the Eastern Pequot 

Indians of Connecticut and the 

Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of 

Connecticut do not satisfy all seven 

criteria for acknowledgment as an 

Indian tribe in 25 CFR 83.7. This 

Reconsidered Final Determination 

(RFD) is final and effective upon the 

date of publication of this notice, 

pursuant to 25 CFR 83.11(h)(3). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: The procedures defined 

by this notice are effective on October 

14, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 

Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal 

Acknowledgment, MS: 34B–SIB, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20240, phone (202) 513–7650. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Associate Deputy 

Secretary by Secretarial Order 3259, 

February 8, 2005, as amended on 

August 11, 2005. 

This notice is based on a 

determination that the Eastern Pequot 

Indians of Connecticut (EP) and the 

Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of 

Connecticut (PEP) do not satisfy all 

seven mandatory criteria for 

acknowledgment in 25 CFR 83.7. 

A notice of the proposed finding to 

acknowledge the EP was published in 

the Federal Register on March 31, 2000, 

together with a notice of the proposed 

finding to acknowledge the PEP (65 FR 

17294–17304). The original 180-day 

comment period on these proposed 

findings was extended twice at the 

request of the State of Connecticut 

(State). The actual closing of the 

comment period, August 2, 2001, was 

established as part of a scheduling order 

entered by the Federal District Court for 

Connecticut in Connecticut v. Dept. of 

the Interior, (No. 3:01–CV–88–AVC) (D. 

Conn. 2001). 

The Department published final 

determinations (FDs) to acknowledge 

the two petitioners, EP and PEP, as one 

group, known as the Historical Eastern 

Pequot Tribe, in the Federal Register on 

July 1, 2002 (67 FR 44234). 

On September 24, 2002, a group 

known as the ‘‘Wiquapaug Eastern 

Pequot Tribe’’ (WEP) filed a request for 

reconsideration of the FDs with the 

Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA), 

and on September 26, 2002, the State 

and the Towns of Ledyard, North 

Stonington, and Preston, Connecticut 

(Towns) also filed requests for 

reconsideration of the FDs with the IBIA 

under the provision of 25 CFR 83.11. 

On May 12, 2005, the IBIA vacated 

and remanded the FDs for 

reconsideration pursuant to 25 CFR 

83.11(d)(2) and (e)(10). The IBIA ruled 

that the FDs incorrectly relied on ‘‘the 

State’s continuous relationship and 

implicit recognition of the Eastern 

Pequot as a political entity as 

‘additional evidence’ in support of 

demonstrating criteria 83.7(b) and 

83.7(c) when the other evidence for a 

particular time period was insufficient’’

(41 IBIA 17). The IBIA concluded: ‘‘that 

the State and Towns have satisfied their 

burden of proof to show that a 

substantial portion of the evidence 

relied upon in the Assistant Secretary’s 

determination was unreliable or of little 

probative value’’ (41 IBIA 23). 

The IBIA decision identified items 

and issues to be addressed on 

reconsideration. In the first three issues