24870 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 26, 2009 / Notices 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Nancy Ward, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[Docket No. USCBP–2009–0014] 

Notice of Meeting of the U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection Airport and 

Seaport Inspections User Fee Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) Airport and Seaport 

Inspections User Fee Advisory 

Committee (Advisory Committee) will 

meet in open session. The meeting will 

be open to the public. 

DATES: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, from 

12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please note that the 

meeting may close early if the 

committee has completed all business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Continental Room C, Ronald Reagan 

Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC. Written material, 

comments, requests to make oral 

presentations, and requests to have a 

copy of your material distributed to 

each member of the committee prior to 

the meeting must be submitted to the 

contact person listed below by Friday, 

May 29, 2009. Comments must be 

identified by USCBP–2009–0014 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: anna.brown@dhs.gov. 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Facsimile: (202) 344–1818. 

• Mail: Mrs. Jean Brown, Office of 

Finance, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Suite 4.5A, Washington, DC 

20229. 

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. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the Airport and 

Seaport Inspections User Fee Advisory 

Committee, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Jean Brown, Office of Finance, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Suite 4.5A, 

Washington, DC 20229; e-mail: 

anna.brown@dhs.gov; telephone: (202) 

344–1910; facsimile: (202) 344–1818. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C., App.), the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) hereby 

announces the meeting of the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

Airport and Seaport Inspections User 

Fee Advisory Committee (hereinafter, 

‘‘Advisory Committee’’). This Advisory 

Committee was established pursuant to 

section 286(k) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA), codified at title 8 

U.S.C. 1356(k), which references the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C., App. et seq.). With the merger of 

the Immigration and Naturalization 

Service into DHS, the Advisory 

Committee’s responsibilities were 

transferred from the Attorney General to 

the Commissioner of CBP pursuant to 

section 1512(d) of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002. The Advisory 

Committee held its first meeting under 

the direction of CBP on October 22, 

2003 (see 68 FR 56301, September 30, 

2003). Among other things, the 

Advisory Committee advises DHS via 

the Commissioner of CBP on issues 

related to the performance of airport and 

seaport inspections involving 

agriculture, customs, or immigration 

based concerns. This advice includes, 

but is not limited to issues such as the 

time period during which such services 

should be performed and the proper 

number and deployment of inspection 

officers. Additionally, this advice 

includes the level and the 

appropriateness of the following fees 

assessed for CBP services: the 

immigration user fee pursuant to 8 

U.S.C. 1356(d), the customs inspection 

user fee pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5), 

and the agriculture inspection user fee 

pursuant to 21 U.S.C 136a. 

The seventh meeting of the Advisory 

Committee will be held at the date, time 

and location specified above. A 

tentative agenda for the meeting is set 

forth below. 

Tentative Agenda 

1. Introduction of Committee 

members and CBP Personnel. 

2. Report of activities since last 

meeting held on March 5, 2008. 

3. Update on the proposal to 

consolidate customs and immigration 

user fees. 

4. Discussion of Model Ports next 

steps. 

5. Discussion of the ESTA 

requirement compliance and possible 

date for enforcement. 

6. Overview and discussion of CBP’s 

FY10 budget. 

7. Discussion of the impact of the 

decline in international air passengers 

on user fee collections and CBP staffing 

levels. 

8. Discussion of the Global Entry 

implementation, public outreach, and 

additional foreign partners. 

9. Agree on consensus 

recommendations on the issues 

discussed. 

10. Discussion of Committee 

administrative issues and scheduling of 

next meeting. 

11. Adjourn. 

Procedural 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. Public 

participation in the deliberations is 

welcome; however, please note that 

matters outside of the scope of this 

committee will not be discussed. 

All visitors to the Ronald Reagan 

Building will have to show a picture ID 

in order to be admitted into the 

building. Since seating is limited, all 

persons attending this event must 

provide notice, preferably by close of 

business on Friday, May 29, 2009, to 

Mrs. Jean Brown, Office of Finance, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 4.5A, 

Washington, DC 20229; e-mail: 

anna.brown@dhs.gov; telephone: (202) 

344–1910; facsimile: (202) 344–1818. 

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 Mrs. Jean Brown as 

soon as possible. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

Elaine Killoran, 

Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

Finance, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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