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or single inboard engines with rudder 

steerage which would be considerably 

different from inboard/outboard engines 

or outboard motors. The course should 

address all these issues. Point of 

Contact: Mr. Wayne Stacey, 202–372–

1067. 

We encourage proposals addressing 

other boating safety concerns. 

Potential grantees should focus on 

partnership, e.g., exploring other 

sources, linkages, in-kind contributions, 

cost sharing, and partnering with other 

organizations or corporations. With your 

application, we encourage you to list 

and describe the tools you will use to 

measure your grant’s performance 

toward achieving the goals of the 

National RBS Program Strategic Plan or 

toward achieving a specific objective 

that will result in the achievement of 

these goals. The Strategic Plan for the 

National RBS Program can be found on 

the Boating Safety Division Web site at 

http://www.uscgboating.org. For some 

examples of tools, we invite you to 

explore this CDC Web site: http:// 

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ 

demonstr.htm. 

This announcement is also available 

on the www.grants.gov Web site; we are 

also publishing the information in the 

Federal Register again this year to 

provide information to the public in a 

timely manner. 

Dated: October 31, 2007. 

Francis J. Sturm, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director 

of Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. E7–21972 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No.CGD08–07–041] 

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston 

Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 

(HOGANSAC) will meet to elect a new 

committee chairperson, vicechairperson and chairpersons for 

subcommittees. The meeting will not be 

a working meeting. This meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 from 9–10 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Houston Pilots Association, 8150 

South Loop East, Houston, Texas 

77011–1747, (713) 645–9620. This 

notice is available on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander Hal R. Pitts, Executive 

Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone 

(713) 671–5164, e-mail 

hal.r.pitts@uscg.mil, or Lieutenant Sean 

Hughes, Assistant to the Executive 

Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone 

(713) 678–9001, e-mail 

sean.p.hughes@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). 

Agenda of the Meeting: 

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety 

Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). The 

tentative agenda includes the following: 

(1) Opening remarks by Executive 

Director (CAPT Diehl) or Executive 

Director’s representative. 

(2) HOGANSAC membership election 

of chairperson and vice-chairperson. 

(3) Membership election of seven (07) 

subcommittee chairpersons. 

Information On Services For The 

Handicapped: For information on 

facilities or services for the handicapped 

or to request special assistance at the 

meetings, contact the Executive 

Secretary or Assistant to the Executive 

Secretary as soon as possible. 

November 5, 2007. 

J.R. Whitehead, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, 

Eighth Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 07–5606 Filed 11–06–07; 2:13 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2433–07; DHS Docket No. USCIS–

2007–0059] 

RIN 1615–ZA63 

Filing Location for H–2A Petitions 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces that 

employers petitioning for temporary or 

seasonal agricultural workers coming to 

the United States under the H–2A 

nonimmigrant classification must file 

their petitions at U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Service’s California Service 

Center. Receiving all H–2A petitions at 

the designated California Service Center 

will enable U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services to reduce overall 

petition processing times and better 

monitor the adjudication of H–2A 

petitions. 

DATES: This Notice is effective 

December 10, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hiroko Witherow, Service Center 

Operations, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security, 111 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NW., Suite 3000, Washington, 

DC 20529, telephone (202) 272–8410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The H–2A nonimmigrant 

classification applies to alien workers 

coming to the United States temporarily 

to perform agricultural labor or services 

of a temporary or seasonal nature. 

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) 

sec. 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); see 8 CFR 

214.1(a)(2) (H–2A classification 

designation). As part of the process to 

obtain H–2A nonimmigrant status, a 

U.S. employer must file Form I–129, 

‘‘Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker,’’ on 

the workers’’ behalf. On October 17, 

2007, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS) announced that it was 

centralizing the processing of Forms I–

129 filed under the H–2A nonimmigrant 

classification (hereinafter ‘‘H–2A 

petitions’’) to its California Service 

Center (CSC). See http://www.uscis.gov/ 

files/pressrelease/ 

H2AUpdate17Oct07.pdf. USCIS also 

issued Form I–129 Supplemental Filing 

Instructions for filing H–2A petitions at 

the CSC. 

The October 17 announcement 

encouraged employers to begin filing H–

2A petitions at the CSC address. 

Previously, employers were required to 

file H–2A petitions either with USCIS’

California Service Center (CSC) or 

Vermont Service Center (VSC), 

depending on the location of the 

temporary employment. See Form I–129 

Instructions (Rev. 07/30/07), at pages 13 

through 16. The change in filing 

location of H–2A petitions to the CSC 

was prompted by USCIS’ establishment 

of a special unit at the California Service 

Center dedicated to process all H–2A 

petitions. USCIS believes that receiving 

all H–2A petitions at the designated 

CSC address will help speed the feereceipt, data-entry, and adjudication 

processes. In so doing, USCIS will be 

able to reduce overall petition 

processing times and better monitor the 

adjudication of H–2A petitions. 

USCIS has been forwarding H–2A 

petitions to the CSC for processing if a 

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