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request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 28 

U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty or 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

http://www.dhs.gov/foia or 1–866–431– 

0486. In addition you should provide 

the following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

about you, 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you, 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created, 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records, 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

component(s) will not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from the 

employee, contractor, or applicant; 

sponsoring agency; former sponsoring 

agency; other Federal agencies; contract 

employer; former employer. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: June 18, 2009. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2008–0110] 

Privacy Act of 1974; United States 

Coast Guard—013 Marine Information 

for Safety and Law Enforcement 

(MISLE) System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office; DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, and as part of the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

ongoing effort to review and update 

legacy system of record notices, the 

Department of Homeland Security is 

giving notice that it proposes to add a 

system of records to its inventory of 

record systems titled United States 

Coast Guard Marine Information for 

Safety and Law Enforcement System of 

Records. This system is a compilation of 

five legacy record systems: DOT/CG 

679, Marine Information for Safety and 

Law Enforcement System (April 22, 

2002), DOT/CG 588, Marine Safety 

Information System (April 11, 2000), 

DOT/CG 505, Recreational Boating Law 

Enforcement Case Files (April 11, 2000), 

DOT/CG 590, Vessel Identification 

System (April 11, 2000), DOT/CG 591, 

Merchant Vessel Documentation System 

(April 11, 2000). This record system will 

allow the Department of Homeland 

Security/United States Coast Guard to 

collect and maintain records regarding 

marine, safety and law enforcement 

information. Categories of individuals, 

categories of records, and routine uses 

of these legacy system of records notices 

have been consolidated and updated to 

better reflect the United States Coast 

Guard’s marine, safety and law 

enforcement information. Additionally, 

DHS is issuing a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) concurrent with 

this SORN elsewhere in the Federal 

Register. The exemptions for the legacy 

system of records notices will continue 

to be applicable until the final rule for 

this SORN has been completed. This 

new system will be included in the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 27, 2009. 

This new system will be effective July 

27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2008–0110 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 703–483–2999. 

• Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket number for this rulemaking. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change and may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

• Docket: For access to the docket, to 

read background documents, or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: David 

Roberts (202–475–3521), Privacy 

Officer, United States Coast Guard. For 

privacy issues please contact: Mary 

Ellen Callahan (703–235–0780), Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Pursuant to the savings clause in the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–296, Section 1512, 116 Stat. 

2310 (Nov. 25, 2002), the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS)/United States 

Coast Guard (USCG) have relied on 

preexisting Privacy Act systems of 

records notices for the collection and 

maintenance of records regarding 

marine, safety and law enforcement 

information. 

As part of its efforts to streamline and 

consolidate its record systems, DHS is 

updating and reissuing a USCG system 

of records under the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) that deals with marine 

safety and law enforcement information. 

This record system will allow DHS/ 

USCG to collect and maintain records 

regarding marine safety and law 

enforcement information. This record 

system will allow the Department of 

Homeland Security/United States Coast 

Guard to collect and maintain records 

regarding marine information and law 

enforcement information. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, and as part of the Department of 

Homeland Security’s ongoing effort to 

review and update legacy system of 

record notices, the Department of 

Homeland Security is giving notice that 

it proposes to add a system of records 

to its inventory of record systems titled 

United States Coast Guard Marine 

Information System and Law 

Enforcement System of Records. This 


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system is a compilation of five legacy 

record systems: DOT/CG 679, Marine 

Information for Safety and Law 

Enforcement System (67 FR 19612 April 

22, 2002), DOT/CG 588, Marine Safety 

Information System (65 FR 19475 April 

11, 2000), DOT/CG 505, Recreational 

Boating Law Enforcement Case Files (65 

FR 19475 April 11, 2000), DOT/CG 590, 

Vessel Identification System (65 FR 

19475 April 11, 2000), DOT/CG 591, 

Merchant Vessel Documentation System 

(65 FR 19475 April 11, 2000). This 

record system will allow the 

Department of Homeland Security/ 

United States Coast Guard to collect and 

maintain records regarding marine 

safety, security, environmental 

protection and law enforcement 

information. Categories of individuals, 

categories of records, and routine uses 

of these legacy systems of records 

notices have been consolidated and 

updated to better reflect the United 

States Coast Guard’s marine safety, 

security, environmental protection and 

law enforcement record systems. 

Additionally, DHS is issuing a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 

concurrent with this SORN elsewhere in 

the Federal Register. The exemptions 

for the legacy system of records notices 

will continue to be applicable until the 

final rule for this SORN has been 

completed. This new system will be 

included in the Department of 

Homeland Security’s inventory of 

record systems. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information principles in a statutory 

framework governing the means by 

which the United States Government 

collects, maintains, uses and 

disseminates personally identifiable 

information. The Privacy Act applies to 

information that is maintained in a 

‘‘system of records.’’ A ‘‘system of 

records’’ is a group of any records under 

the control of an agency from which 

information is stored and retrieved by 

the name of the individual or by some 

identifying number such as property 

address, mailing address, or symbol 

assigned to the individual. In the 

Privacy Act, an individual is defined to 

encompass United States citizens and 

legal permanent residents. DHS extends 

administrative Privacy Act protections 

to all individuals where information is 

maintained on both U.S. citizens, lawful 

permanent residents, and visitors. 

Individuals may request their own 

records that are maintained in a system 

of records in the possession or under the 

control of DHS by complying with DHS 

Privacy Act regulations, 6 CFR Part 5. 

The Privacy Act requires each agency 

to publish in the Federal Register a 

description denoting the type and 

character of each system of records that 

the agency maintains, and the routine 

uses that are contained in each system 

in order to make agency record keeping 

practices transparent, to notify 

individuals regarding the uses of their 

records, and to assist individuals to 

more easily find such files within the 

agency. Below is the description of the 

Marine Information for Safety and Law 

Enforcement System of Records. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

DHS has provided a report of this new 

system of records to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to 

Congress. 

System of Records 

DHS/USCG–013 

SYSTEM NAME: 

United States Coast Guard Marine 

Information for Safety and Law 

Enforcement (MISLE). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Sensitive, but Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the United 

States Coast Guard (USCG) 

Headquarters in Washington, DC, the 

USCG Operations Systems Center, 

Kearneysville, WV, and other field 

locations. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals with established 

relationship(s) and/or associations with 

vessels and marine transportation 

facilities and activities regulated by the 

USCG. Specifically, vessel owners, 

operators, charterers, masters, crew and/ 

or agents, mortgagees, lien claimants, 

vessel builders, facility owners, 

managers or employees, individuals 

who own, operate, or represent marine 

transportation companies and other 

individuals who come in contact with 

the USCG through its law enforcement, 

marine safety, investigation, and 

environmental activities. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Categories of records in this system 

include: 

• Name of individual, vessel, or 

facility; 

• Home and work addresses; 

• Phone numbers; 

• Facility number, involved party 

identification number, social security 

number, drivers license number, 

Immigration and Naturalization Service 

number, military identification number, 

U.S. Coast Guard license number, 

cellular number, foreign seaman’s 

booklet number, resident alien number, 

merchant mariners license or 

documentation number, tax payer 

identification number; 

• Casualty case number; 

• Pollution incident case number; 

• Date of incident; 

• Civil penalty case number; 

• Biometric information through 

photographs including height, weight, 

eye color and hair color; 

• Videos; 

• Information on vessels and vessel 

characteristics including: Vessel 

identification data, registration data, 

port visits, inspection data, 

documentation data, port safety 

boarding, casualties, pollution 

incidents, and civil violations if 

applicable and associated information 

(data pertaining to people or 

organizations associated with vessels); 

• Information on marine 

transportation facilities including: 

Name, identification number, location, 

commodities handled, equipment 

certificates, approvals, inspection 

reports, pollution incidents, casualties, 

violations of U.S. laws, and data 

pertaining to people or organizations 

associated with those facilities; 

• For owners, operators, agents, and 

crew members: Statements submitted by 

USCG relating to boarding, 

investigations as a result of a pollution 

and/or casualty incident, as well as any 

violations of United States law, along 

with civil penalty actions taken as a 

result of such violations. Such reports 

could contain names of passengers on 

vessels, as well as witnesses to such 

violations. 

• Narratives, reports and documents 

by USCG personnel describing their 

activates on vessels and within facilities 

including incident reports, violations of 

laws and international treaties, 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301; 14 U.S.C 89a, 93(a) and 

(c), 632; 16 U.S.C 1431; The Federal 

Records Act, 33 U.S.C 1223; 33 U.S.C. 

1228; 44 U.S.C. 3101; 46 U.S.C. 3717; 46 

U.S.C. 12501; 46 U.S.C. 12119; 12502; 

46 CFR par 67.1 et seq.; 49 CFR 1.45, 

1.46. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to 

establish a safety, security and law 

enforcement performance history of 

vessels, facilities, people and 

organizations engaged in marine 

transportation, including enforcement 

action, that can be used to identify and 

address safety, security and 

environmental risks and to establish 

vessel eligibility for documentation as a 

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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records of information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside DHS as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice or 

other Federal agency conducting 

litigation or in proceedings before any 

court, adjudicative or administrative 

body, when: 

1. DHS or any component thereof; 

2. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

official capacity; 

3. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

individual capacity where DOJ or DHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

4. The United States or any agency 

thereof, is a party to the litigation or has 

an interest in such litigation, and DHS 

determines that the records are both 

relevant and necessary to the litigation 

and the use of such records is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

DHS collected the records. 

B. To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from that congressional office 

made at the request of the individual to 

whom the record pertains. 

C. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration or other Federal 

government agencies pursuant to 

records management inspections being 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

D. To an agency, organization, or 

individual for the purpose of performing 

audit or oversight operations as 

authorized by law, but only such 

information as is necessary and relevant 

to such audit or oversight function. 

E. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

1. DHS suspects or has confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; 

2. The Department has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interests, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of this system or 

other systems or programs (whether 

maintained by DHS or another agency or 

entity) or harm to the individual who 

relies upon the compromised 

information; and 

3. The disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with DHS’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

F. To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for DHS, 

when necessary to accomplish an 

agency function related to this system of 

records. Individuals provided 

information under this routine use are 

subject to the same Privacy Act 

requirements and limitations on 

disclosure as are applicable to DHS 

officers and employees. 

G. To an appropriate Federal, State, 

Tribal, local, international, or foreign 

law enforcement agency or other 

appropriate authority charged with 

investigating or prosecuting a violation 

or enforcing or implementing a law, 

rule, regulation, or order, where a 

record, either on its face or in 

conjunction with other information, 

indicates a violation or potential 

violation of law, which includes 

criminal, civil, or regulatory violations 

and such disclosure is proper and 

consistent with the official duties of the 

person making the disclosure. 

H. To Federal and State safety 

enforcement agencies, including, but 

not limited to, the Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, and National 

Transportation Safety Board, to access 

historical data that may assist in safety 

investigations and improve 

transportation safety. 

I. To Federal, State, and local 

environmental agencies, including, but 

not limited to, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, to access historical 

data that may improve compliance with 

U.S. laws relating to environmental 

protection. 

J. To the United States Department of 

Commerce and National Technical 

Information Service (NTIS) to provide 

the characteristics of vessels 

documented by the USCG and owner 

information. This information is the 

same as that published in the annual 

publication ‘‘Merchant Vessels of the 

United States’’ (also known as the ‘‘blue 

book’’). This information is distributed 

electronically and is sold to the public. 

K. To Federal and State numbering 

and titling officials to access 

information for improving the tracking, 

registering, and titling of vessels. 

L. To the U.S. Department of Defense 

and related entities, including, but not 

limited to, the Military Sealift 

Command and U.S. Navy, to access data 

on safety information regarding vessels 

chartered by those agencies. 

M. To other Federal and State 

agencies not listed above, including, but 

not limited to, the U.S. Census Bureau, 

U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. 

Department of Commerce, to access 

historical data for improving general 

statistical information. 

N. To the International Maritime 

Organization or intergovernmental 

organizations, nongovernmental 

organizations, or foreign governments in 

order to conduct joint investigations, 

operations, and inspections; 

O. To Federal, State, or local agencies 

with which the U.S. Coast Guard 

Memorandum or Understanding, 

Memorandum of Agreement, or 

Inspection and Certification Agreement 

pertaining to Marine Safety, Maritime 

Security, Maritime Law Enforcement, 

and Marine Environmental Protection 

activities. 

P. To the news media and the public, 

with the approval of the Chief Privacy 

Officer in consultation with counsel, 

when there exists a legitimate public 

interest in the disclosure of the 

information or when disclosure is 

necessary to preserve confidence in the 

integrity of DHS or is necessary to 

demonstrate the accountability of DHS’s 

officers, employees, or individuals 

covered by the system, except to the 

extent it is determined that release of 

the specific information in the context 

of a particular case would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically or in paper form in file 

cabinets, in file rooms, in secure 

facilities behind a locked door. 

Electronic records are stored on 

magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and 

CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by name of 

individual, vessel, or facility, facility 

number, involved party identification 

number, social security number, drivers 

license number, Immigration and 

Naturalization Service number, military 

identification number, U.S. Coast Guard 

license number, cedula number, foreign 

seaman’s booklet number, resident alien 

number, merchant mariners license or 

documentation number, tax payer 

identification number person or 

organization name, casualty case 

number, pollution incident case 

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case number, USCG unit entering data 

or incident location. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS automated and paper 

systems security and access policies. 

Strict controls have been imposed to 

minimize the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to the computer system and paper files 

containing the records in this system is 

limited to those individuals who have a 

need to know the information for the 

performance of their official duties and 

who have appropriate clearances or 

permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are retained indefinitely 

because the records schedules are 

currently pending. A copy of this 

system has been transferred to the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration permanent records 

collection. The following records 

schedule has been proposed: 

A. Notifications associated with a 

Case or Activity are considered 

historically important and so are 

maintained permanently by the National 

Archives. USCG will transfer the 

records to the National Archives at least 

every five years after the close of a case 

or activity. In some cases, information 

may transferred prior to the five years. 

B. Notifications not associated with a 

Case or Activity are maintained for five 

years and then destroyed or deleted. 

Information collected by MISLE is 

stored for a minimum of five years after 

the record is created, after which the 

information will be retained, archived 

or destroyed in accordance with the 

MISLE Records Schedule approved by 

the National Archives and Records 

Administration. All system hardware 

and data is stored at OSC, Kearneysville, 

WV. Backups are performed daily. 

Copies of backups are stored at an offsite location. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

United States Coast Guard, Operations 

Systems Management Division, CG–635, 

2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20593–0001; Boating Safety Division, 

CG–5422; United States Coast Guard 

National Vessel Documentation Center, 

792 T J Jackson Drive, Falling Waters, 

WV 25419. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to USCG, 

Commandant (CG–611), 2100 2nd St., 

SW., Attn: FOIA Coordinator, 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. Specific 

FOIA contact information can be found 

at http://www.dhs.gov/foia under 

‘‘contacts.’’ 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

USCG system of records your request 

must conform with the Privacy Act 

regulations set forth in 6 CFR Part 5. 

You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or subscribed to pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty or 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose form 

the Director, Disclosure and FOIA, 

http://www.dhs.gov or 1–866–431–0486. 

In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you, 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created, 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

USCG may not be able to conduct an 

effective search, and your request may 

be denied due to lack of specificity or 

lack of compliance with applicable 

regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

All information entered into the 

MISLE is gathered from USCG boarding, 

USCG inspections, and USCG 

documentation offices, vessel notice of 

arrival reports in the course of normal 

routine business. This information is 

gathered from the owners, operators, 

crew members, agents, passengers, 

witnesses, other government agencies 

and United States Coast Guard 

personnel. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from 

subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d); (e)(1), (2), 

(3), (5), and (8); and (g) of the Privacy 

Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). In 

additional, the Secretary of Homeland 

Security has exempted this system from 

subsections (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(H), (I), and (f) of the Privacy Act 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). 

Dated: June 18, 2009. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2009–0016] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security/United States 

Coast Guard—030 Merchant Seamen’s 

Records System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office; DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 and as part of the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

ongoing effort to review and update 

legacy system of records notices, the 

Department of Homeland Security is 

giving notice that it proposes to update 

and reissue the following legacy record 

system DOT/CG 589 United States 

Merchant Seamen’s Records, April 11, 

2000, as a Department of Homeland 

Security system of records notice titled 

DHS/USCG—030 United States 

Merchant Seamen’s Records. The 

Department of Homeland Security uses 

DHS/USCG—030 United States 

Merchant Seamen’s Records to 

administer the Commercial Vessel 

Safety Program and to determine 

domestic and international qualification 

for the issuance of licenses, documents, 

and staff officer certifications. 

Categories of individuals, categories of 

records, and the routine uses of this 

legacy system of records notice have 

been reviewed and updated to better 

reflect the United States Merchant 

Seamen’s Records system. Additionally, 

DHS is issuing a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) concurrent with 

this SORN elsewhere in the Federal 

Register. The exemptions for the legacy 

system of records notices will continue 

to be applicable until the final rule for 

this SORN has been completed. This 

new system will be included in the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 


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