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requests to make oral presentations at 

the meeting(s) should reach Mr. Ludwig 

by October 17, 2008. Requests to have 

a copy of your material distributed to 

each member of the committee prior to 

the meeting(s) should reach Mr. Ludwig 

by October 10, 2008. All materials, 

comments, and requests must be 

identified by docket number [USCG– 

2008–0968] and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: jeffrey.a.ludwig@uscg.mil. 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 372–1932. 

• Mail: Mr. Jeff Ludwig, COMDT 

(CG–54221), 2100 2nd Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘U.S. Coast 

Guard’’ and docket number [USCG– 

2008–0968]. All submissions received 

will be posted without alteration at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

submissions received by the NBSAC, go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeff Ludwig, COMDT (CG–54221), 2100 

2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593; 

(202) 372–1061; 

Jeffrey.a.ludwig@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Pub. L. 92–463). NBSAC was 

established by the Federal Boat Safety 

Act of 1971. That law requires the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 

Commandant of the Coast Guard by 

delegation, to consult with NBSAC in 

prescribing Federal regulations, and on 

other major matters regarding boating 

safety. See 46 U.S.C. 4302(c) and 

13110(c). 

NBSAC will meet for the purpose of 

discussing issues related to recreational 

boating safety. 

Tentative Agendas of Meetings 

National Boating Safety Advisory 

Council (NBSAC) 

Saturday, November 1, 2008 

(1) Remarks—Mr. James P. Muldoon, 

NBSAC Chairman; 

(2) Chief, Office of Auxiliary and 

Boating Safety Update on NBSAC 

Resolutions and Recreational Boating 

Safety Program report. 

(3) Executive Secretary’s report. 

(4) Chairman’s session. 

(5) TSAC Liaison’s report. 

(6) NAVSAC Liaison’s report. 

(7) National Association of State 

Boating Law Administrators report. 

(8) Prevention through People 

Subcommittee meeting. 

Sunday, November 2, 2008 

(9) Recreational Boating Safety 

Strategic Planning Subcommittee 

meeting. 

(10) Boats and Associated Equipment 

Subcommittee meeting. 

Monday, November 3, 2008 

(11) Prevention through People 

Subcommittee report. 

(12) Boats and Associated Equipment 

Subcommittee report. 

(13) Recreational Boating Safety 

Strategic Planning Subcommittee report. 

A more detailed agenda can be found at: 

http://www.uscgboating.org/nbsac/ 

nbsac.htm, after October 24, 2008. 

NBSAC Subcommittees 

Prevention Through People 

Subcommittee: Discuss current 

regulatory projects, grants, contracts, 

and new issues affecting the prevention 

of boating accidents through outreach 

and education of boaters. 

Boats and Associated Equipment 

Subcommittee: Discuss current 

regulatory projects, grants, contracts, 

and new issues affecting boats and 

associated equipment. 

Recreational Boating Safety Strategic 

Planning Subcommittee: Discuss current 

status of the strategic planning process 

and any new issues or factors that could 

impact, or contribute to, the 

development of the strategic plan for the 

recreational boating safety program. 

Meeting Procedure 

This meeting is open to the public. At 

the discretion of the Chair, members of 

the public may make oral presentations 

during the meeting. If you would like to 

make an oral presentation at the 

meeting, please notify Mr. Jeff Ludwig 

as described in the ADDRESSES section 

above. If you would like a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the Council in advance of the meeting, 

please submit thirty (30) copies to Mr. 

Jeff Ludwig by October 10, 2008. 

Please note that the meeting may 

conclude 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 Mr. Jeff Ludwig as 

described in the ADDRESSES section 

above as soon as possible. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

J.A. Watson, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2008–0989] 

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens’ Advisory 

Council Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of recertification. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to inform the public the Coast Guard has 

recertified the Cook Inlet Regional 

Citizens’ Advisory Council (CIRCAC) as 

an alternative voluntary advisory group 

for Cook Inlet, Alaska. This certification 

allows the CIRCAC to monitor the 

activities of terminal facilities and crude 

oil tankers under the Cook Inlet Program 

established by statute. 

DATES: This recertification is effective 

for the period from September 1, 2008, 

through August 31, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT 

Ken Phillips, Seventeenth Coast Guard 

District (dpi), by phone at (907) 463– 

2821, or by mail at P.O. Box 25517, 

Juneau, Alaska 99802. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

As part of the Oil Pollution Act of 

1990, Congress passed the Oil Terminal 

and Oil Tanker Environmental 

Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990 

(the Act), 33 U.S.C. 2732, to foster a 

long-term partnership among industry, 

government, and local communities in 

overseeing compliance with 

environmental concerns in the 

operation of crude oil terminals and oil 

tankers. 

On October 18, 1991, the President 

delegated his authority under 33 U.S.C 

2732(o) to the Secretary of 

Transportation in Executive Order 

12777, section 8(g) (see 56 FR 54757) for 

purposes of certifying advisory councils, 

or groups, subject to the Act. On March 

3, 1992, the Secretary redelegated that 

authority to the Commandant of the 

Coast Guard (see 57 FR 8582). The 

Commandant redelegated that authority 

to the Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 

Security and Environmental Protection 

(G-M) on March 19, 1992 (letter #5402). 

On July 7, 1993, the Coast Guard 

published a policy statement, 58 FR 


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1As of March 1, 2003, in accordance with section 

1517 of Title XV of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002 (HSA), Public Law No. 107–296, 116 Stat. 

2135, any reference to the Attorney General in a 

provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

describing functions which were transferred from 

the Attorney General or other Department of Justice 

36504, to clarify the factors that will be 

considered in making the determination 

as to whether advisory councils, or 

groups, should be certified in 

accordance with the Act. 

The Assistant Commandant for 

Marine Safety and Environmental 

Protection (G-M), redelegated 

recertification authority for advisory 

councils, or groups, to the Commander, 

Seventeenth Coast Guard District on 

February 26, 1999 (letter #16450). 

On September 16, 2002, the Coast 

Guard published a policy statement, 

67 FR 58440, which changed the 

recertification procedures such that 

applicants are required to provide the 

Coast Guard with comprehensive 

information every three years 

(triennially). For each of the two years 

between the triennial application 

procedure, applicants submit a letter 

requesting recertification that includes a 

description of any substantive changes 

to the information provided at the 

previous triennial recertification. 

Further, public comment is not solicited 

prior to recertification during 

streamlined years, only during the 

triennial comprehensive review. 

Discussion of Comments 

On August 7, 2008, the Coast Guard 

published a ‘‘Notice of availability; 

request for comments’’ for 

recertification of Cook Inlet Regional 

Citizens’ Advisory Council in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 46027). We 

received six letters commenting on the 

proposed action. No public meeting was 

requested, and none was held. Of the 

seven comments received, all were 

positive. Comments in support of the 

recertification consistently cited 

CIRCAC’s broad representation of the 

respective communities’ interests, 

appropriate actions to keep the public 

informed, improvements to both spill 

response preparation and spill 

prevention, and oil spill industry 

monitoring efforts that combat 

complacency—as intended by the Act. 

Recertification 

By letter dated September 12, 2008, 

the Commander, Seventeenth Coast 

Guard certified that the CIRCAC 

qualifies as an alternative voluntary 

advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o). 

This recertification terminates on 

August 31, 2009. 

Dated: September 15, 2008. 

Arthur E. Brooks, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, 

Seventeenth Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2456–08; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2008–0034] 

RIN 1615–ZA73 

Extension of the Designation of El 

Salvador for Temporary Protected 

Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces that 

the Secretary of Homeland Security has 

extended the designation of El Salvador 

for temporary protected status (TPS) for 

18 months, from its current expiration 

date of March 9, 2009 through 

September 9, 2010. This Notice also sets 

forth procedures necessary for nationals 

of El Salvador (or aliens having no 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in El Salvador) with TPS to re-register 

with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS). Unlike the prior 

extension of TPS for El Salvador, this 

Notice does not automatically extend 

previously-issued employment 

authorization documents (EADs). 

Eligible TPS beneficiaries must apply to 

USCIS for extensions of their EADs, and 

pay the required application fee for such 

extensions, during the 90-day 

registration period. Re-registration is 

limited to persons who have previously 

registered with USCIS for TPS under the 

designation of El Salvador and whose 

applications have been granted by or 

remain pending with USCIS. Certain 

nationals of El Salvador (or aliens 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in El Salvador) who 

have not previously applied to USCIS 

for TPS may be eligible to apply under 

the late initial registration provisions. 

DATES: The extension of the TPS 

designation of El Salvador is effective 

March 10, 2009, and will remain in 

effect through September 9, 2010. The 

90-day re-registration period begins 

October 1, 2008, and will remain in 

effect until December 30, 2008. To 

facilitate processing of applications, 

applicants are strongly encouraged to 

file as soon as possible after the start of 

the 90-day re-registration period 

beginning on October 1, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelly Sweeney, Status and Family 

Branch, Office of Service Center 

Operations, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NW., 2nd Floor, Washington, 

DC 20529, telephone (202) 272–1533. 

This is not a toll-free call. Further 

information will also be available at 

local USCIS offices upon publication of 

this Notice and on the USCIS Web site 

at http://www.uscis.gov. 

Note: The phone number provided here is 

solely for questions regarding this TPS 

Notice. It is not for individual case status 

inquiries. Applicants seeking information 

about the status of their individual cases can 

check Case Status Online available at the 

USCIS Web site listed above, or applicants 

may call the USCIS National Customer 

Service Center at 1–800–375–5283 (TTY 1– 

800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Abbreviations and Terms Used in This 

Document 

Act—Immigration and Nationality Act. 

ASC—USCIS Application Support Center. 

DHS—Department of Homeland Security. 

HSA—Homeland Security Act of 2002. 

OSC—U.S. Department of Justice Office of 

Special Counsel for Immigration Related 

Unfair Employment Practices. 

EAD—Employment Authorization Document. 

Secretary—Secretary of Homeland Security. 

TPS—Temporary Protected Status. 

USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

What Is Temporary Protected Status? 

TPS is an immigration status DHS 

grants to eligible nationals of designated 

countries or part of a designated 

country. During the period for which 

the Secretary of Homeland Security 

(Secretary) has designated a country for 

TPS, TPS beneficiaries are eligible to 

remain in the United States and may 

obtain work authorization. The granting 

of TPS does not lead to permanent 

resident status. When the Secretary 

terminates a country’s TPS designation, 

beneficiaries return to the same 

immigration status they maintained 

before TPS (unless that status had since 

expired or been terminated) or to any 

other status they may have been 

obtained while registered for TPS. 

What authority does the Secretary of 

Homeland Security have to extend the 

designation of El Salvador for TPS? 

Section 244(b)(1) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (Act), 8 U.S.C. 

1254a(b)(1), authorizes the Secretary, 

after consultation with appropriate 

agencies of the government, to designate 

a foreign State (or part thereof) for TPS.1


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