Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 204 / Monday, October 24, 2005 / Notices 61465 

grantee institution. This approach is 

employed by the National Science 

Foundation for its graduate research 

fellowship program. For the sake of 

discussion, those offering comments 

may assume the allowance could be in 

the range of $16,000 to $18,000. The 

allowance could be adjusted 

periodically by the NIH as fiscal 

circumstances warranted. 

3. The current tuition formula could 

be retained without modification. Those 

offering comments may assume that 

under this option the number of NRSA 

trainees and funded training grant 

programs will likely experience a series 

of year-to-year decreases as long as the 

current fiscal patterns prevail. 

Participation: Those who wish to 

attend the Town Hall meeting are 

invited to submit a brief statement, not 

to exceed two pages, summarizing views 

and experiences relevant to the topic of 

the meeting. Some of those submitting 

statements will be asked to make brief 

oral presentations at the meeting. In 

selecting those to make presentations 

and in allocating time, the organizers 

hope to ensure that a full range of 

opinions is heard and that all parts of 

the NRSA constituency are represented. 

Those not asked to present will be 

welcome at the meeting and will be 

given a brief opportunity to contribute 

during two ‘‘open mike’’ sessions. 

Individuals should submit their 

statements along with their name, 

affiliation, and contact information to 

NRSATownHall@mail.nih.gov by 

November 4, 2005. Individuals chosen 

to make presentations at the Town Hall 

meeting will be notified on or around 

November 14, 2005. Those unable to 

attend but who wish to provide 

statements are welcome to do so. All 

statements will be considered by NIH 

staff. Those who do not submit 

statements but wish to observe the 

meeting will be admitted on a spaceavailable basis. An NIH official will 

present background information on 

NRSA tuition support at the outset of 

the meeting. 

All individuals who wish to attend 

the meeting should register through the 

Town Hall meeting’s Web site at 

http://pub.nigms.nih.gov/nrsameeting, 

available on or about October 24, 2005. 

The detailed schedule for the meeting, 

when completed, will be posted on this 

Web site along with any meeting 

updates. Participants are responsible for 

their own expenses associated with 

participating in this meeting, such as for 

travel. 

Inquiries: Questions concerning this 

notice should be directed to: Dr. Warren 

Jones, National Institute of General 

Medical Sciences, National Institutes of 

Health, 301–594–3827, 

jonesw@nigms.nih.gov. 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

Norka Ruiz Bravo, 

Deputy Director for Extramural Research, 

National Institutes of Health. 

[FR Doc. 05–21134 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2005–0041] 

Notice of Meeting of Homeland 

Security Science and Technology 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Studies and Analysis, 

Science and Technology Directorate, 

DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Science and Technology Advisory 

Committee (HSSTAC) will meet at 3811 

N. Fairfax Drive, 6th Floor Conference 

Room, Arlington, Virginia 22209, in 

closed session on November 8, 2005, 

from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 4 p.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. in open session. 

DATE: The meeting date is November 8, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to submit 

comments, you must do so by November 

4, 2005. Comments must be identified 

by DHS–2005–0041 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Partner EDOCKET Web 

Site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the Web site. 

• E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 254–6177. 

• Mail: Ms. Brenda Leckey, Office of 

Studies and Analysis, Science and 

Technology Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Leckey, Office of Studies and 

Analysis, Science and Technology 

Directorate, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528, 

HSSTAC@dhs.gov, 202–254–5041. 

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. 

1 et seq.). The HSSTAC will meet for 

purposes of: (1) Reviewing Homeland 

Security Institute (HSI) work on riskbased strategic planning; (2) receiving 

subcommittee reports; (3) providing the 

Under Secretary with preliminary 

HSSTAC recommendations; (4) 

addressing future subcommittee 

activities; and (5) discussing the Annual 

Report to Congress and the Under 

Secretary. Specifically, the HSSTAC 

will review the results of its 

subcommittees’ activities undertaken 

since the last quarterly meeting in 

August 2005, and discuss any proposed 

subcommittee recommendations to be 

included in the annual report to 

Congress. The Committee will receive a 

briefing from the HSI on the status of 

the framework under development to 

link DHS and S&T investments to 

national homeland security strategies. 

And lastly, the Committee will discuss 

areas of interest for future subcommittee 

activities, and dispense subcommittee 

assignments for the annual report to 

Congress due in January. 

Public Attendance: Due to meeting 

space restrictions, the maximum 

number of public attendees will be 25. 

Members of the public will be registered 

to attend the public session on a firstcome, first-served basis per the 

procedures that follow. Any member of 

the public who wishes to attend the 

public session must provide his or her 

name, affiliation, social security 

number, and date of birth no later than 

5 p.m. e.s.t., Friday, November 4, 2005. 

Please provide the required information 

to Craig Wilson via e-mail at 

HSSTAC@dhs.gov, or via phone at (202) 

254–5723. Persons with disabilities who 

require special assistance should 

indicate so in their admittance request. 

Photo identification will be required for 

entry into the public session, and 

everyone in attendance must be present 

and seated by 4 p.m. on November 8, 

2005. 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App. 1 et seq.) and pursuant to the 

authority delegated to him by the 

Secretary in DHS Management Directive 

2300, the Under Secretary for Science 

and Technology has determined that 

this HSSTAC meeting will address 

matters the disclosure of which would 

be likely to frustrate significantly 

proposed agency actions. Accordingly, 

consistent with the provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), the meeting will be 

partially closed to the public. 

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Dated: October 19, 2005. 

Charles E. McQueary, 

Under Secretary for Science and Technology 

Science and Technology Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 05–21308 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE): Creation of Non-Portal 

Accounts for Importers; Automatic 

ACE Participation for C–TPAT 

Members 

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection; 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

creation of Non-portal Accounts for 

importers wishing to participate in the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) test, but not seeking the benefits 

that inure to parties that establish Portal 

Accounts. This notice also announces 

that all importers who are certified 

partners in the voluntary Customs–

Trade Partnership Against Terrorism 

(C–TPAT) Program, and are not holders 

of ACE Portal Accounts, are 

automatically established as ACE Nonportal Accounts and are eligible to 

participate in the Periodic Monthly 

Statement test. This Notice further 

announces that importers who are not 

certified partners in C–TPAT may still 

become Non-portal Accounts by 

accurately completing a Customs and 

Border Protection Form (CBP Form) 

5106 and then submitting that 

document to a customs broker who is 

participating in ACE via a Portal 

Account. The broker will then submit 

that information to CBP. Finally, the 

document states that any current C–

TPAT certified partners who are owners 

of Portal Accounts and are not 

participating in Periodic Monthly 

Statement (PMS) may immediately 

participate in PMS directly with CBP, or 

through a customs broker with an ACE 

Portal Account, by providing to CBP 

those importer of record numbers that 

are part of the Portal Account and that 

have been previously designated to C–

TPAT. 

DATES: The provisions of this Notice are 

effective immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be submitted to Mr. 

Michael Maricich via e-mail at 

Michael.Maricich@dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding this Notice: Mr. 

Michael Maricich via e-mail at 

Michael.Maricich@dhs.gov, or by 

telephone at (703) 921–7520. 

Information is also available at the CBP 

Web site, cbp.gov, regarding the 

procedures to follow in order to 

establish the accounts described in this 

notice, such as the submission of forms, 

information, etc. 

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 test would allow importers 

and authorized parties to access their 

customs data via a web based Account 

Portal. In order to be eligible for 

participation, an importer was required 

to become a member of the Customs–

Trade Partnership Against Terrorism 

(C–TPAT) Program and had to have the 

ability to connect to the internet. Each 

participant had to designate one person 

as the account owner for the company’s 

portal account information, with that 

account owner being responsible for 

safeguarding the company’s portal 

account information, controlling all 

disclosures of that information to 

authorized persons, authorizing user 

access to the Account Portal and 

ensuring that access to the company’s 

portal account information by 

authorized persons is strictly controlled. 

Each importer wishing to participate 

was required to fill out an application 

and, while not expressly stated in the 

Notice, each applicant was also required 

to agree to a set of terms and conditions. 

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 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 (PMS) Process. 

Under the test as described in this 

Notice, participating importers and their 

designated brokers are allowed to 

deposit estimated duties and fees no 

later than the 15th calendar day of the 

month following the month in which 

the goods are either entered or released, 

whichever comes first. (See section 383 

of the Trade Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107–

210, dated August 6, 2002, which 

amended section 505(a) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1505(a)). Brokers are 

permitted to establish broker accounts 

in the secure data portal in order to 

submit Periodic Monthly Statements on 

behalf of their clients eligible to 

participate. 

The February 4, 2004, General Notice 

further stated that participants in this 

test would benefit by having access to 

operational data through the ACE 

Secure Data Portal (‘‘Portal’’), enjoying 

the capability of being able to interact 

electronically with CBP, and making 

payments of duties and fees on a 

periodic monthly basis. Pursuant to this 

Notice, an importer wishing to designate 

a broker to make Periodic Monthly 

Statement payment on his behalf can do 

so only after first establishing himself as 

an importer ACE Portal account by 

meeting the basic criteria set forth in the 

Federal Register notices of May 1, 2002 

(67 FR 21800) plus two new additional 

requirements, i.e., having the ability to 

make periodic payment via ACH Credit 

or ACH Debit and having the ability to 

file entry/entry summary via ABI 

(Automated Broker Interface). Also, 

designated brokers wishing to 

participate in this test and make 

Periodic Monthly Statement payment on 

behalf of participating importers also 

had to establish individual broker ACE 

Portal Accounts, also meeting those 

same requirements. In addition, in order 

for customs brokers to apply, they had 

to provide names of the initial forty-one 

importers participating in the test who 

had designated or would designate them 

as the authorized broker. 

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 ACE 

Portal 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. 

On February 1, 2005, CBP published 

a General Notice in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 5199) modifying the eligibility