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likely to have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy. The Administrator of the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

has not designated it as a significant 

energy action. Therefore, it does not 

require a Statement of Energy Effects 

under Executive Order 13211. 

Technical Standards 

The National Technology Transfer 

and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 

U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use 

voluntary consensus standards in their 

regulatory activities unless the agency 

provides Congress, through the Office of 

Management and Budget, with an 

explanation of why using these 

standards would be inconsistent with 

applicable law or otherwise impractical. 

Voluntary consensus standards are 

technical standards (e.g., specifications 

of materials, performance, design, or 

operation; test methods; sampling 

procedures; and related management 

systems practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This rule does not use technical 

standards. Therefore, we did not 

consider the use of voluntary consensus 

standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Management Directive 023–01 and 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

which guide the Coast Guard in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have concluded this action is one of a 

category of actions which do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule is categorically 

excluded, under figure 2–1, paragraph 

(34)(g), of the Instruction. This rule 

involves the establishment of a 

temporary safety zone for a marine 

event. 

An environmental analysis checklist 

and a categorical exclusion 

determination are available in the 

docket where indicated under 

ADDRESSES. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR Part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226, 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department 

of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add temporary § 165.T11–213 to 

read as follows: 

§ 165.T11–213 Safety Zone; Access 

Destinations Fireworks; San Diego Bay, CA. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All waters, from surface to 

bottom, within 250 feet of any point on 

the U.S.S. Midway, located at 

approximately 32°42′52′′ N, 117°10′35′′ 

W. 

(b) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 

on July 30, 2009. If the event concludes 

prior to the scheduled termination time, 

the Captain of the Port will cease 

enforcement of this safety zone and will 

announce that fact via Broadcast Notice 

to Mariners. 

(c) Definitions. The following 

definition applies to this section: 

Designated representative, means any 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officers 

of the Coast Guard on board Coast 

Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, or local, 

state, or federal law enforcement vessels 

who have been authorized to act on the 

behalf of the Captain of the Port. 

(d) Regulations. (1) Entry into, transit 

through or anchoring within this safety 

zone is prohibited unless authorized by 

the Captain of the Port of San Diego or 

his designated on-scene representative. 

(2) Mariners requesting permission to 

transit through the safety zone may 

request authorization to do so from the 

Sector San Diego Communications 

Center (COMCEN). The COMCEN may 

be contacted via VHF–FM channel 16 or 

(619) 278–7033. 

(3) All persons and vessels shall 

comply with the instructions of the 

Coast Guard Captain of the Port or the 

designated representative. 

(4) Upon being hailed by U.S. Coast 

Guard patrol personnel by siren, radio, 

flashing light, or other means, the 

operator of a vessel shall proceed as 

directed. 

(5) The Coast Guard may be assisted 

by other federal, state, or local agencies. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

T.H. Farris, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Diego. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Chapter 301 

[FTR Amendment 2009–05; FTR Case 2009– 

305; Docket Number 2009–0001, Sequence 

5] 

RIN 3090–AI93 

Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); FTR 

Case 2009–305; Travel Purpose 

Identifier 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy (MTT), GSA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is amending the 

provisions of the Federal Travel 

Regulation (FTR) that pertain to the use 

of the travel purpose identifiers. This 

final rule updates the list of travel 

purpose identifiers and incorporates 

new descriptive language for each 

identifier to enhance how travel costs 

are indentified by Federal agencies. 

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is 

effective August 20, 2009. 

Applicability Date: This final rule is 

applicable to travel performed on, or 

after August 20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 

4041, GS Building, Washington, DC 

20405, (202) 501–4744, for information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules. For clarification of content, 

contact Mr. Rick Miller, Office of Travel, 

Transportation and Asset Management 

(MT), General Services Administration 

at (202) 501–3822 or e-mail at 

Rodney.Miller@gsa.gov. Please cite FTR 

Amendment 2009–05; FTR Case 2009– 

305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government began using travel 

purpose identifiers in the mid-1970s as 

a result of Congressional interest in the 

types of travel funded by the 

Government. Travel purpose identifiers 

categorize the various types of travel 

that occur in support of an agency’s 

mission and help classify associated 

costs for that mission. 

The travel purpose identifiers used 

today and listed in Appendix C to 

Chapter 301 of FTR are as follows: (1) 

Site Visit, (2) Information Meeting, (3) 

Training Attendance, (4) Speech or 

Presentation, (5) Conference 

Attendance, (6) Relocation, and (7) 

Entitlement Travel. As the 

Government’s missions have changed 

over time, it has become questionable as 

to whether or not the current identifiers 

adequately capture the complexity of 

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Consequently, GSA and several other 

agencies established a Travel Purpose 

Identifier Focus Group to: 

• Review the current identifiers; 

• Recommend what, if any, changes 

should be made; 

• Develop one common list of 

identifiers with the flexibility to 

accommodate agency-specific subidentifiers; and 

• Provide definitions for the new 

identifiers. 

During the review, the focus group 

evaluated the current identifiers and 

discussed current travel processes to 

include: Trends and changes that have 

occurred since the travel purpose 

identifiers were last updated in 1998, 

how funding is appropriated, what is 

still relevant, and what new processes 

need to be evaluated and/or 

implemented to improve the travel 

purpose identification process. Two key 

points seemed evident, namely that 

‘‘Employee Emergency’’ and ‘‘Mission’’ 

travel should be addressed and each 

identifier should be better defined and 

categorized. 

The focus group deliberations 

concluded that the current travel 

purpose identifiers did not adequately 

define the types of travel that regularly 

occur today. Thus, the group 

recommended six new travel purpose 

identifiers for use within the Federal 

community. Adoption of the 

recommended identifiers would: 

• Standardize identifiers across the 

Government; 

• Provide the ability to report travel 

spending by purpose; 

• Permit the highlighting of special 

travel requirements in agency budgets 

and missions; 

• Allow agencies to develop missionspecific sub-identifiers; and 

• Provide a greater opportunity to 

develop standardized reports 

Governmentwide. 

The new travel purpose identifiers are 

as follows: (1) Employee Emergency, (2) 

Mission (Operational), (3) Special 

Agency Mission, (4) Conference—Other 

Than Training, (5) Training, and (6) 

Relocation. 

B. Executive Order 12866 

This final rule is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under Section 6(b) of 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review, dated September 

30, 1993. This final rule is not a major 

rule under 5 U.S.C. 804. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This final rule is not required to be 

published in the Federal Register for 

notice and comment, and therefore the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, 

et seq., does not apply. 

D. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because the final changes to 

the FTR do not impose recordkeeping or 

information collection requirements, or 

the collection of information from 

offerors, contractors, or members of the 

public that requires the approval of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

E. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This final rule is also exempt from 

congressional review prescribed under 5 

U.S.C. 801 since it relates to agency 

management and personnel. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Appendix C 

to Chapter 301 

Standard Data Elements for Federal 

Travel (Traveler Identification) 

Dated: May 8, 2009. 

Paul F. Prouty, 

Acting Administrator. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

5701–5709, 41 CFR Appendix C to 

Chapter 301 is amended to read as 

follows: 

CHAPTER 301—[AMENDED] 

■ Amend Appendix C to Chapter 301, in 

the table named ‘‘Traveler 

Identification’’ by revising the entries 

‘‘Travel Purpose Identifier’’ and 

‘‘Payment Method’’ to read as follows: 

Appendix C to Chapter 301—Standard 

Data Elements for Federal Travel 

[Travel Identification] 

Group name Data elements Description 

* * * * * * * 

Travel Purpose Identifier.Employee Emergency Travel related to an unexpected occurrence/event or injury/illness that affects the employee 

personally and/or directly that requires immediate action/attention. Examples: Traveler is incapacitated by illness or injury, death or serious illness of a family member (as defined in 

§ 300–3.1 or § 301–30.2), or catastrophic occurrence or impending disaster that directly affects the employee’s home. Emergency travel also includes travel for medical care while 

employee is TDY away from the official duty station (Part 301–30), death of an employee/ 

immediate family member when performing official duties away from the official duty station 

or home of record (Part 303–70), medical attendant transportation (Part 301–30), assistance travel for an employee with special needs (Part 301–13), as well as travel for threatened law enforcement/investigative employees (Part 301–31). 

Mission (Operational) .. Travel to a particular site in order to perform operational or managerial activities. Travel to attend a meeting to discuss general agency operations, review status reports, or discuss topics of general interest. Examples: Employee’s day-to-day operational or managerial activities, as defined by the agency, to include, but not be limited to: hearings, site visit, information meeting, inspections, audits, investigations, and examinations. 

Special Agency Mission.Travel to carry out a special agency mission and/or perform a task outside the agency’s normal course of day-to-day business activities that is unique or distinctive. These special missions are defined by the head of agency and are normally not programmed in the agency 

annual funding authorization. Examples: These agency-defined special missions may include details, security missions, and agency emergency response/recovery such as civil, 

natural disasters, evacuation, catastrophic events, technical assistance, evaluations or assessments. 

Conference—Other 

Than Training.

Travel performed in connection with a prearranged meeting, retreat, convention, seminar, or 

symposium for consultation or exchange of information or discussion. Agencies have to 

distinguish between conference and training attendance and use the appropriate identifier 

(see Training below). Examples: To participate in a planned program as a speaker/panelist 

or other form of presentation, host, planner, or others designated to oversee the conference or attendance with no formal role, or as an exhibitor. 


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Group name Data elements Description 

Training ....................... Travel in conjunction with educational activities to become proficient or qualified in one or 

more areas of responsibility. 5 USC 4101(4) states that ‘‘ ‘training’ means the process of 

providing for and making available to an employee, and placing or enrolling the employee 

in a planned, prepared, and coordinated program, course, curriculum, subject, system, or 

routine of instruction or education, in scientific, professional, technical, mechanical, trade, 

clerical, fiscal, administrative, or other fields which will improve individual and organizational performance and assist in achieving the agency’s mission and performance goals.’’ 

The term ‘‘conference’’ may also apply to training activities that are considered to be conferences under 5 CFR 410.404, which states that ‘‘agencies may sponsor an employee’s 

attendance at a conference as a developmental assignment under section 4110 of title 5, 

United States Code, when: (a) The announced purpose of the conference is educational or 

instructional; (b) More than half of the time is scheduled for a planned, organized exchange 

of information between presenters and audience which meets the definition of training in 

section 4101 of title 5, United States Code; (c) The content of the conference is germane 

to improving individual and/or organizational performance, and (d) Development benefits 

will be derived through the employee’s attendance.’’ Agencies have to distinguish between 

conference and training attendance and use the appropriate identifier (see Conference— 

Other Than Training above). Examples: Job required training, Internships, Intergovernmental Personnel Act, and forums. 

Relocation ................... Travel performed in connection with a transfer from one official duty station to another for 

employees/immediate family members, as applicable. Examples: Permanent change of station (PCS) moves for domestic and international transferees/new appointees, tour renewal, 

temporary change of station (TCS), and last move home. 

* * * * * * * 

Payment Method ......... EFT ............................. Direct deposit via electronic funds transfer. 

Treasury Check ........... Payment made by Treasury check. 

Imprest Fund ............... Payment made by Imprest Fund. 

* * * * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2008–0020; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8083] 

Suspension of Community Eligibility 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule identifies 

communities, where the sale of flood 

insurance has been authorized under 

the National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP), that are scheduled for 

suspension on the effective dates listed 

within this rule because of 

noncompliance with the floodplain 

management requirements of the 

program. If the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) receives 

documentation that the community has 

adopted the required floodplain 

management measures prior to the 

effective suspension date given in this 

rule, the suspension will not occur and 

a notice of this will be provided by 

publication in the Federal Register on a 

subsequent date. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The effective 

date of each community’s scheduled 

suspension is the third date (‘‘Susp.’’) 

listed in the third column of the 

following tables. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you want to determine whether a 

particular community was suspended 

on the suspension date or for further 

information, contact David Stearrett, 

Mitigation Directorate, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–2953. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP 

enables property owners to purchase 

flood insurance which is generally not 

otherwise available. In return, 

communities agree to adopt and 

administer local floodplain management 

aimed at protecting lives and new 

construction from future flooding. 

Section 1315 of the National Flood 

Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 4022, prohibits flood insurance 

coverage as authorized under the NFIP, 

42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; unless an 

appropriate public body adopts 

adequate floodplain management 

measures with effective enforcement 

measures. The communities listed in 

this document no longer meet that 

statutory requirement for compliance 

with program regulations, 44 CFR part 

59. Accordingly, the communities will 

be suspended on the effective date in 

the third column. As of that date, flood 

insurance will no longer be available in 

the community. However, some of these 

communities may adopt and submit the 

required documentation of legally 

enforceable floodplain management 

measures after this rule is published but 

prior to the actual suspension date. 

These communities will not be 

suspended and will continue their 

eligibility for the sale of insurance. A 

notice withdrawing the suspension of 

the communities will be published in 

the Federal Register. 

In addition, FEMA has identified the 

Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in 

these communities by publishing a 

Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The 

date of the FIRM, if one has been 

published, is indicated in the fourth 

column of the table. No direct Federal 

financial assistance (except assistance 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act not in connection with a 

flood) may legally be provided for 

construction or acquisition of buildings 

in identified SFHAs for communities 

not participating in the NFIP and 

identified for more than a year, on 

FEMA’s initial flood insurance map of 

the community as having flood-prone 

areas (section 202(a) of the Flood 

Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 

U.S.C. 4106(a), as amended). This 


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