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Request form or otherwise requesting a 

copy of their medical records in writing. 

Although outside the scope of this 

SORN, the following has been inserted 

for clarification purposes only. There is 

no set procedure for how individuals 

detained in a facility where IHSC does 

not provide care request access to their 

records. Each facility has its own 

process and individuals seeking copies 

of their records should contact the chief 

administrative officer of the facility for 

guidance. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information may be obtained from the 

individual, immediate family members, 

physicians, nurses, dentists, medical 

laboratories and testing facilities, 

hospitals, other medical and dental care 

providers, other law enforcement or 

custodial agencies, other detention 

facilities, and public health agencies. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Karen L. Neuman, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30854 Filed 1–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–1061] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Working Group Meeting. 

SUMMARY: A working group of the 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee will meet to work on and 

review Task Statement 30, concerning 

evaluating military education, training, 

and assessment for the International 

Convention on Standards of Training, 

Certification and Watchkeeping for 

Seafarers, 1978 and U.S. Coast Guard 

Certifications. This meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The Merchant Marine Personnel 

Advisory Committee working group will 

meet on January 28 and 29, 2015, from 

8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Please note that these 

meetings may adjourn early if all 

business is finished. Written comments 

for distribution to working group 

members and inclusion on the Merchant 

Marine Personnel Advisory Committee’s 

Web site must be submitted by January 

14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The working group will 

meet in Room A129 of the Maritime 

Institute of Technology and Graduate 

Studies, 692 Maritime Boulevard, 

Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. For 

further information on the location of 

the Maritime Institute of Technology 

and Graduate Studies or services for 

individuals with disabilities or to 

request special assistance, please 

contact Mr. Brian Senft at (410)859– 

5700 or by email at bsenft@CCMIT.org. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the working 

group, as listed in the ‘‘Agenda’’ section 

below. Written comments must be 

identified by Docket No. USCG–2014– 

1061, and submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

(preferred method to avoid delays in 

processing). 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. The telephone 

number for the Docket Management 

Facility is 202–366–9329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. You may review a Privacy Act 

notice regarding our public dockets in 

the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read documents or comments related to 

this notice, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, enter the docket 

number in the ‘‘Search’’ field and follow 

instructions on the Web site. 

A public oral comment period will be 

held each day during the working group 

meeting and speakers are requested to 

limit their comments to 3 minutes. 

Please note that the public oral 

comment periods may end before the 

prescribed ending times following the 

last call for comments. Contact Mr. 

Davis Breyer as indicated below no later 

than January 21, 2015 to register as a 

speaker. 

This notice may be viewed in our 

online docket, USCG–2014–1061, at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Davis Breyer, Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer of the Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee, 

telephone 202–372–1445 or at 

davis.j.breyer@uscg.mil. If you have any 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Cheryl 

Collins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–366–9826 or 

1–800–647–5527. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, title 5 United 

States Code Appendix. 

The Merchant Marine Personnel 

Advisory Committee was established 

under the Secretary’s authority under 

section 871 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002, title 6, United States Code, 

section 451, and chartered under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. The Committee acts 

solely in an advisory capacity to the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security through the 

Commandant of the Coast Guard and the 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards on matters relating to 

personnel in the U.S. merchant marine, 

including but not limited to training, 

qualifications, certification, 

documentation, and fitness standards. 

The Committee will advise, consult 

with, and make recommendations 

reflecting its independent judgment to 

the Secretary. 

A copy of all meeting documentation, 

including the Task Statement, is 

available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/ 

by using these key strokes: Missions; 

Port and Waterways; Safety Advisory 

Committees; MERPAC; and then use the 

announcements key. Alternatively, you 

may contact Mr. Breyer as noted in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section above. 

Agenda 

The agenda for the January 28, 2015, 

working group meeting is as follows: 

(1) Comment period for all attendees 

to discuss information they have that 

might assist the working group and the 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee in meeting its objectives for 

Task Statement 30, concerning 

evaluating military education, training, 

and assessment for the International 

Convention on Standards of Training, 

Certification and Watchkeeping for 

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Seafarers, 1978 and U.S. Coast Guard 

Certifications; 

(2) The working group will review 

and develop proposed 

recommendations for Task Statement 

30; and 

(3) Adjournment of meeting. 

The agenda for the January 29, 2015, 

working group meeting is as follows: 

(1) The working group will review 

and develop proposed 

recommendations concerning evaluating 

military education, training, and 

assessment for the International 

Convention on Standards of Training, 

Certification and Watchkeeping for 

Seafarers, 1978 and U.S. Coast Guard 

Certifications; 

(2) Public comment period; 

(3) The working group will discuss 

and finalize proposed recommendations 

for the full committee to consider with 

regards to Task Statement 30, 

concerning evaluating military 

education, training, and assessment for 

the International Convention on 

Standards of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 and 

U.S. Coast Guard Certifications; and 

(4) Adjournment of meeting. 

Dated: December 29, 2014. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30850 Filed 1–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2548–14; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2013–0001] 

RIN 1615–ZB35 

Extension and Redesignation of the 

Syrian Arab Republic for Temporary 

Protected Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) announces that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security (Secretary) is 

extending the designation of the Syrian 

Arab Republic (Syria) for Temporary 

Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, 

from April 1, 2015 through September 

30, 2016, and redesignating Syria for 

TPS for 18 months, effective April 1, 

2015 through September 30, 2016. 

The extension allows currently 

eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS 

through September 30, 2016, so long as 

they otherwise continue to meet the 

eligibility requirements for TPS. The 

redesignation of Syria allows additional 

individuals who have been 

continuously residing in the United 

States since January 5, 2015 to obtain 

TPS, if otherwise eligible. The Secretary 

has determined that an extension of the 

current designation and a redesignation 

of Syria for TPS are warranted because 

the ongoing armed conflict and other 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

that prompted the 2013 TPS 

redesignation have not only persisted, 

but have deteriorated, and because the 

ongoing armed conflict in Syria and 

other extraordinary and temporary 

conditions would pose a serious threat 

to the personal safety of Syrian 

nationals if they were required to return 

to their country. 

Through this Notice, DHS also sets 

forth procedures necessary for nationals 

of Syria (or aliens having no nationality 

who last habitually resided in Syria) 

either to: (1) Re-register under the 

extension if they already have TPS and 

to apply for renewal of their 

Employment Authorization Documents 

(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS); or, (2) 

submit an initial registration application 

under the redesignation and apply for 

an EAD. 

For individuals who have already 

been granted TPS under the 2012 

original Syria designation or under the 

2013 Syria redesignation, the 60-day reregistration period runs from January 5, 

2015 through March 6, 2015. USCIS will 

issue new EADs with a September 30, 

2016 expiration date to eligible Syria 

TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register 

and apply for EADs under this 

extension. Given the timeframes 

involved with processing TPS reregistration applications, DHS 

recognizes that not all re-registrants will 

receive new EADs before their current 

EADs expire on March 31, 2015. 

Accordingly, through this Notice, DHS 

automatically extends the validity of 

EADs issued under the TPS designation 

of Syria for 6 months, through 

September 30, 2015, and explains how 

TPS beneficiaries and their employers 

may determine which EADs are 

automatically extended and their impact 

on Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) and E-Verify processes. 

Under the redesignation, individuals 

who currently do not have TPS (or an 

initial TPS application pending) may 

submit an initial application during the 

180-day initial registration period that 

runs from January 5, 2015 through July 

6, 2015. In addition to demonstrating 

continuous residence in the United 

States since January 5, 2015 and 

meeting other eligibility criteria, initial 

applicants for TPS under this 

redesignation must demonstrate that 

they have been continuously physically 

present in the United States since April 

1, 2015, the effective date of this 

redesignation of Syria, before USCIS 

may grant them TPS. 

TPS initial applications that were 

either filed during 2012 designation or 

during the 2013 Syria redesignation and 

remain pending on January 5, 2015 will 

be treated as initial applications under 

this 2015 redesignation. Individuals 

who have a pending initial Syria TPS 

application will not need to file a new 

Application for Temporary Protected 

Status (Form I–821). DHS provides 

additional instructions in this Notice for 

individuals whose TPS applications 

remain pending and who would like to 

obtain an EAD valid through September 

30, 2016. 

DATES: Extension of Designation of Syria 

for TPS: The 18-month extension of the 

TPS designation of Syria is effective 

April 1, 2015, and will remain in effect 

through September 30, 2016. The 60-day 

re-registration period runs from January 

5, 2015 through March 6, 2015. 

Redesignation of Syria for TPS: The 

redesignation of Syria for TPS is 

effective April 1, 2015, and will remain 

in effect through September 30, 2016, a 

period of 18 months. The 180-day initial 

registration period for new applicants 

under the Syria TPS redesignation runs 

from January 5, 2015 through July 6, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• For further information on TPS, 

including guidance on the application 

process and additional information on 

eligibility, please visit the USCIS TPS 

Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/tps. 

You can find specific information about 

this extension and redesignation of 

Syria for TPS by selecting ‘‘TPS 

Designated Country: Syria’’ from the 

menu on the left side of the TPS Web 

page. 

• You can also contact the TPS 

Operations Program Manager at the 

Family and Status Branch, Service 

Center Operations Directorate, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2060; or by 

phone at (202) 272–1533 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 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 

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