57342 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 9, 2007 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

accepting comments on the draft 

supporting documents to the National 

Response Framework (NRF). Composed 

of the Emergency Support Functions 

Annexes, Support Annexes, and 

Incident Annexes, these supplemental 

documents provide additional guidance 

that may be used in implementing the 

NRF. Combined with the NRF, these 

documents incorporate lessons-learned 

from recent disasters, and articulate 

more clearly the roles of the States, 

tribal, and local jurisdictions and the 

private sector to guide a successful 

response to natural disasters or terrorist 

attacks. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 10, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The NRF and supporting 

documents are available online in the 

NRF Resource Center located at http:// 

www.fema.gov/NRF, as well as in the 

docket for this notice at 

www.regulations.gov. You may also 

view hard copies at the Office of Chief 

Counsel, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472. You 

may submit comments on the 

supporting documents, identified by 

Docket ID FEMA–2007–0007, by one of 

the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: FEMA-POLICY@dhs.gov. 

Include Docket ID FEMA–2007–0007 in 

the subject line of the message. 

Fax: 866–466–5370. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Regulation & Policy Team, Office of 

Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472. 

Instructions: All Submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket ID. Regardless of the method 

used for submitting comments or 

material, all submissions will be posted, 

without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to read 

the Privacy Act notice that is available 

on the Privacy and Use Notice link on 

the Administration Navigation Bar of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FEMA has also provided a form, 

available in the docket at 

www.regulations.gov and in NRF 

Resource Center at http:// 

www.fema.gov/NRF or http:// 

www.fema.gov/emergency/NRF. Due to 

the large number of comments that are 

expected, FEMA asks that comments be 

submitted using this form. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and search for 

docket number FEMA–2007–0007. 

Submitted comments may also be 

inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief 

Counsel, Room 835, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Slaten, Acting National 

Response Framework Branch Chief, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20463, 202–646–8152. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Response Framework (NRF) 

builds on the current National Response 

Plan and, using the comprehensive 

framework of the National Incident 

Management System (NIMS), serves as a 

guide to how the nation conducts allhazards incident management. The 

annexes, consisting of the Emergency 

Support Functions Annexes, Support 

Annexes and Incident Annexes, add to 

the NRF to provide additional guidance 

to support Federal departments and 

agencies, States, tribes, local entities, 

the private sector, volunteer and other 

organizations in catastrophic incidents. 

The Emergency Support Function 

Annexes provide the structure for 

coordinating Federal interagency 

support for a Federal response to an 

incident. They are mechanisms for 

grouping functions used to provide 

Federal support to States and Federalto-Federal support, both for declared 

disasters and emergencies under the 

Stafford Act and for non-Stafford Act 

incidents. 

The Support Annexes describe how 

Federal departments and agencies, 

States, tribes, local entities, the private 

sector, volunteer and other 

organizations coordinate and execute 

the common functional processes and 

administrative requirements necessary 

to ensure efficient and effective incident 

management. The actions described in 

the Support Annexes are not limited to 

particular types of events but are 

overarching in nature and applicable to 

nearly every type of incident, In 

addition, they may support several 

Emergency Support Functions. The 

Incident Annexes, on the other hand, 

outline the actions, roles and 

responsibilities associated with a 

response to a particular type of 

catastrophic incident. 

The NRF and its supplemental 

materials are written especially for 

government executives, private-sector 

leaders and emergency management 

practitioners. At the same time, they 

inform emergency management 

practitioners, explaining the operating 

structures and tools used routinely by 

first responders and emergency 

managers at all levels of government. 

The Department is providing the 

current draft of the NRF supplemental 

documents for public comment; these 

draft documents do not necessarily 

reflect the final policy of the 

Administration. The NRF support 

documents are available online in the 

NRF Resource Center located at http:// 

www.fema.gov/NRF, and the docket for 

this notice at www.regulations.gov. 

Authority: Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

as amended, 6 U.S.C. 101, et seq., Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive–5, 

Management of Domestic Incidents. 

Dated: September 30, 2007. 

R. David Paulison, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E7–19849 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket Nos. TSA–2006–24191; Coast 

Guard–2006–24196] 

Transportation Worker Identification 

Credential (TWIC); Enrollment Date for 

Port of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration; United States Coast 

Guard; DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) through the 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA) issues this notice of the dates for 

the beginning of the initial enrollment 

for the Transportation Worker 

Identification Credential (TWIC) for the 

Port of Wilmington, in Wilmington, DE. 

DATES: TWIC enrollment in Wilmington, 

DE will begin on October 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may view published 

documents and comments concerning 

the TWIC Final Rule, identified by the 

docket numbers of this notice, using any 

one of the following methods. 

• Searching the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Web page 

at http://www.regulations.gov.; 

• Accessing the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or 

• Visiting TSA’s Security Regulations 

Web page at http://www.tsa.gov and 

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accessing the link for ‘‘Research Center’’

at the top of the page. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Orgill, TSA–19, Transportation 

Security Administration, 601 South 

12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220. 

Transportation Threat Assessment and 

Credentialing (TTAC), TWIC Program, 

(571) 227–3245 e-mail: 

james.orgill@dhs.gov. 

Background 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), through the United 

States Coast Guard and the 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA), issued a joint final rule (72 FR 

3492; January 25, 2007) pursuant to the 

Maritime Transportation Security Act 

(MTSA), Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064 

(November 25, 2002), and the Security 

and Accountability for Every Port Act of 

2006 (SAFE Port Act), Pub. L. 109–347 

(October 13, 2006). This rule requires all 

credentialed merchant mariners and 

individuals with unescorted access to 

secure areas of a regulated facility or 

vessel to obtain a TWIC. In this final 

rule, on page 3510, TSA and Coast 

Guard stated that a phased enrollment 

approach based upon risk assessment 

and cost/benefit would be used to 

implement the program nationwide, and 

that TSA would publish a notice in the 

Federal Register indicating when 

enrollment at a specific location will 

begin and when it is expected to 

terminate. 

This notice provides the start date for 

TWIC initial enrollment at the Port of 

Wilmington, DE only. Enrollment in this 

port will begin on October 16, 2007. The 

Coast Guard will publish a separate 

notice in the Federal Register indicating 

when facilities within the Captain of the 

Port Zone Delaware Bay, including 

those in the Port of Wilmington, DE, 

must comply with the portions of the 

final rule requiring TWIC to be used as 

an access control measure. That notice 

will be published at least 90 days before 

compliance is required. 

To obtain information on the preenrollment and enrollment process, and 

enrollment locations, visit TSA’s TWIC 

Web site at http://www.tsa.gov/twic. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 4, 

2007. 

Kip Hawley, 

Assistant Secretary, Transportation Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–4994 Filed 10–4–07; 2:14 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Koyukuk, Nowitna and the Northern 

Unit (Kaiyuh Flats) of Innoko National 

Wildlife Refuges, AK 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to revise the 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

prepare an environmental assessment; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a revised comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and 

environmental assessment (EA) for 

Koyukuk, Nowitna and the Northern 

Unit (Kaiyuh Flats) of Innoko National 

Wildlife Refuges (Refuges). We furnish 

this notice in compliance with our CCP 

policy to advise other agencies, Tribes, 

and the public of our intentions, and to 

obtain suggestions and information on 

the scope of issues to consider in the 

planning process. We will use local 

announcements, special mailings, 

newspaper articles, the internet, and 

other media announcements to inform 

people of opportunities to provide input 

throughout the planning process. We 

will hold public meetings in 

communities near the refuges during 

preparation of the revised plan. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

on the scope of the CCP revision by 

December 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to: Robert Lambrecht, 

Planning Team Leader, Koyukuk 

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. 

Box 287, Galena, AK 99741–0287. 

Comments may be faxed to (907) 656–

1708, or sent via electronic mail to 

Koyukuk/Nowitna_planning@fws.gov. 

Additional information about the Refuge 

is available on the internet at: http:// 

alaska.fws.gov/nwr/planning/ 

knpol.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Lambrecht, Planning Team 

Leader, phone (907) 656–1231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we initiate our 

process for developing a CCP for the 

Koyukuk and Nowitna and the Northern 

Unit (Kaiyuh Flats) of Innoko National 

Wildlife Refuges, Alaska. We furnish 

this notice in compliance with our 

policy to (1) advise other Federal and 

State agencies, Tribes, and the public of 

our intention to conduct detailed 

planning on this refuge and (2) obtain 

suggestions and information on the 

scope of issues to be considered in the 

environmental document and during the 

development of the CCP. 

The CCP Process 

The Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2371) and the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), which amended the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966; require us 

to develop a CCP for each national 

wildlife refuge in Alaska. The purpose 

of developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year plan for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing to the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Refuge 

Improvement Act and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

Each unit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System was established for 

specific purposes. We use these 

purposes as the bases to develop and 

prioritize management goals and 

objectives within the National Wildlife 

Refuge System mission, and to guide 

which public uses will occur on these 

Refuges. The planning process is a way 

for us and the public to evaluate 

management goals and objectives for the 

best possible conservation approach to 

this important wildlife habitat, while 

providing for wildlife-dependent 

recreation opportunities that are 

compatible with the Refuges’

establishing purposes and the mission 

of the National Wildlife Refuge System. 

We will conduct a comprehensive 

conservation planning process that will 

provide opportunity for Tribal, State, 

and local government agencies; 

organizations; and the public to 

participate in issue scoping and public 

comment. We request input in the form 

of issues, concerns, ideas, and 

suggestions for the future management 

of the Koyukuk and Nowitna and the 

Northern Unit (Kaiyuh Flats) of Innoko 

National Wildlife Refuges. 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project through an 

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