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stakeholders. The MAQC project will
work with participating scientists to
develop baseline practices for the
analysis of hybridization data. Original
datasets, analyses, and conclusions from
this project will be made available to the
public throughout the project. For more
information about the MAQC project,
please visit http://www.fda.gov/nctr/
science/centers/toxicoinformatics/
maqc/.
Dated: April 13, 2006.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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ACTION:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2001N–0464 (formerly Docket
No. 01N–0464)]

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting;
Revised Form VAERS–2; Withdrawal of
Proposed Revised Form
Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.
ACTION:

Notice; withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
withdrawal of a proposed revised form
that was issued in the Federal Register
on November 20, 2001.
DATES:

April 21, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph L. Okrasinski, Jr., Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research
(HFM–17), Food and Drug
Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike,
Suite 200N, Rockville, MD 20852–1448,
301–827–6210.
In a notice
published in the Federal Register of
November 20, 2001 (66 FR 58153), FDA
announced the availability of a
proposed revised form entitled ‘‘Vaccine
Adverse Event Reporting System’’ (Form
VAERS–2) dated July 2001. This
proposed revised form is being
withdrawn because FDA is no longer
pursuing changes to the form.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: April 12, 2006.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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United States Visitor and Immigrant
Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
Program; Notice of Availability of a
Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) and a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) on the USVISIT Plan for Potential Changes to
Immigration and Border Management
Processes
US-VISIT, DHS.
Notice of availability.

AGENCY:

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AGENCY:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

SUMMARY: A Final Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the United States Visitor
and Immigrant Status Indicator
Technology (US-VISIT) program are
available to the public for electronic
download. The Final PEA examines the
potential environmental impacts of four
strategic approaches to enhance
immigration and border management
processes and addresses the substantive
comments received on the Draft PEA
during the public comment period.
These four approaches are aimed at
improving information available to
determine the identity and immigration
status of individuals traveling to and
from the United States. The Final PEA
resulted in a FONSI that selected the
proposed action, or Hybrid Alternative,
as the approach to enhance the
immigration and border management
enterprise. The Final PEA and FONSI
are made available to the public in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) and the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations for implementing NEPA.
DATES: The Final PEA and FONSI will
be available to the public on April 17,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final PEA and
FONSI may be obtained by download
through the Internet at http://
www.dhs.gov/us-visit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Mahoney, US–VISIT Environmental
Program Manager, at (202) 298–5245,
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.—5 p.m. EDT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: US-VISIT
published a Notice of Availability of a
Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) on the US-VISIT Plan
for Potential Changes to Immigration
and Border Management Processes in
the Federal Register (71 FR 8602,
February 17, 2006). The Notice briefly
discussed four strategic approaches
analyzed in the Draft PEA, informed the
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Draft PEA, requested comments from
the public on the Draft PEA during the
public commenting period, and
informed the public on the location and
time of public meetings in seven
locations in the United States during the
public comment period. The comment
period ended on March 18, 2006.
Thirty-two (32) comments were received
and considered by US-VISIT.
The proposed action, or Hybrid
Alternative, has been selected as the
approach by which enhancements will
be made to immigration and border
management processes. This approach
was selected after careful review of the
environmental assessment and
consideration of input received from the
public and other federal and state
agencies during the public comment
period. The Hybrid Alternative was
chosen because it provides the most
opportunity for the entities responsible
for immigration and border management
to incorporate and balance the most
useful components of the virtual and
physical border alternatives to achieve
security, facilitation, individual privacy,
and immigration system integrity goals.
A review of the relative impacts showed
that no alternative would result in a
significant impact and that the Hybrid
Alternative ranked second in terms of
environmental preference. As
warranted, tiered environmental
analyses for specific initiatives at the
land border ports of entry resulting from
selection of the Hybrid Alternative will
be conducted and these tiered analyses
will be made available to the public. A
collection or ‘‘toolbox’’ of strategies and
information for monitoring, mitigation,
and environmental stewardship will
also be developed to be used in
implementing the Hybrid Alternative.
Juan Reyes,
Director, Office of Safety and Environmental
Programs, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
[DHS–2005–0053]

Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of
Records
Department of Homeland
Security; United States Customs and
Border Protection.
ACTION: Notice of revision to and
expansion of Privacy Act system of
records.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a
revision to and expansion of a
previously-established Privacy Act
system of records, the Global
Enrollment System, to facilitate the
creation of a consolidated database to
collect biometric and biographic data for
individuals who voluntarily exchange
personally identifiable information in
return for expedited transit at U.S.
border entry points. The Global
Enrollment System will enhance
transportation security by affording
United States Customs and Border
Protection, the system owner, the
opportunity to perform advanced
screening on low-risk trusted travelers
and to expedite the security screening
process of these trusted travelers as their
low-risk status is confirmed.
DATES: The revised System of Records
will be effective May 22, 2006, unless
comments are received that result in a
contrary determination. The public is
invited to comment on the proposed
System of Records.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
2005–0053 by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 572–8727.
• Mail: Border Security Regulations
Branch, Office of Regulations and
Rulings, Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection, Mint Annex, Washington,
DC 20229; Maureen Cooney, Acting
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, 601 S. 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202–4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have any questions about this
notice, please contact Laurence Castelli,
Chief, Privacy Act Policy and
Procedures Branch, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, Washington, DC
20229, Phone: (202) 572–8720, Fax (202)
572–8727; or Maureen Cooney, Acting
Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, Arlington, VA
22202–4220, Phone: (571) 227–3813,
Fax: (571) 227–4171.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: United
States Customs and Border Protection, a
component agency of the Department of
Homeland Security, currently operates
multiple programs at Ports of Entry that
offer individuals an expedited transit
experience at United States security
points in exchange for providing
personally identifiable information to
facilitate identification of the individual
as a ‘‘trusted traveler.’’ The personally
identifiable information now collected
for these programs is currently
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System (GES), a Privacy Act system of
records, notice of which was last
published in the Federal Register on
March 13, 1997, as Justice/INS–017 (62
FR 11919).
CBP inherited these Port of Entry
expedited border-crossing programs
upon the creation of DHS on March 1,
2003. These local programs were created
by both the former Immigration and
Naturalization Service and the former
U.S. Customs Service to facilitate the
regular and recurring border transit of
individuals who voluntarily provide
information to CBP in exchange for
expedited processing at the border. The
personally identifiable data collected for
these programs is maintained in a legacy
GES system, notice of which was
originally published in the Federal
Register at 62 FR 11919 on March 13,
1997 as Justice/INS–017.
CBP is now consolidating these
various programs, which have operated
locally, into a national system as a
means for both expanding the expedited
border crossing benefit to approved
participants and achieving greater
uniformity in the criteria for admission
to these programs. The information to be
collected will continue to be provided
primarily by applicants, and will consist
of biographic data sufficient for program
purposes and biometric data—currently
envisioned to be fingerprints and
photographs—that will be used for
identity verification. In order to
complete the enrollment process, the
information from applicants will be
used to query law enforcement and
other databases in order for CBP to
decide if an individual can be accepted
as a low-risk, ‘‘trusted traveler.’’ There
will be an opportunity for the
individual to verify the accuracy of the
information at enrollment. In addition,
a redress program will be available so
that if errors are made in decisions
regarding applicants, a process is
available to resolve these discrepancies.
An enterprise-wide Global Enrollment
System (GES) will centralize the
application and enrollment functions
for these programs in a way that is
efficient, integrated and scalable. The
proposed revisions to GES are expected
to be part of the process by which CBP
and the entire Department of Homeland
Security, acting in concert with the
Department of State and our
international partners, adopts 21st
century technology to improve the
security of our borders while facilitating
travel by United States citizens and
foreign visitors.
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
embodies fair information principles in
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Government collects, maintains, uses
and disseminates personally identifiable
information. The 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 retrieved by the name of
the individual or by some identifying
number, symbol, or other identifying
particular assigned to the individual.
The Privacy Act requires each agency
to publish in the Federal Register a
description of the type and character of
each system of records that the agency
maintains, and the routine uses for
which such information may be
disseminated and the purpose for which
the system is maintained. The revised
and consolidated Global Enrollment
System is described below.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a
report of this revised system of records
has been provided to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and to
the Congress.
DHS/CBP–002
SYSTEM NAME:

Global Enrollment System (GES).
SYSTEM LOCATION:

This computer database is located at
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) National Data Center in
Washington, DC. Computer terminals
are located at border ports of entry and
airport and seaport inspection facilities
under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS).
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Individuals who apply to use any
form of automated or other expedited
inspection for verifying eligibility to
cross the borders into the United States.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The system contains application data
such as full name, including nickname
or other names used, place and date of
birth, gender, current and former
addresses, telephone numbers, country
of citizenship, alien registration number
(if applicable), employment history,
biometric data, driver’s license number
and issuing state or province, the make,
model, color, year, license number and
license issuing state or province of the
applicant’s vehicle, the flag and home
port (where the vessel is foreign
flagged), name, registration number and
registration issuing state or province of
the applicant’s vessel, the name and
address of the vehicle’s or vessel’s
registered owners if different from the
applicant, and the amount of fee paid.
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information as the frequency of border
crossings or travel, and the most
frequent reason for crossing the border
or travel, information supplied by the
applicant as to whether he or she has
been arrested or convicted of any
violations of law, and information
obtained from checks of other law
enforcement databases that would
confirm or refute this information.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1201, 1304, and
1356.
PURPOSE(S):

Information in this system is used to
adjudicate applications to enter the
United States by any available form of
automated or other expedited
inspection, including that offered to
travelers arriving in the United States
via dedicated commuter lanes, to
pedestrians and vehicles arriving at
ports of entry, to pedestrians and
vehicles arriving at other lands borders,
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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 or 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 Federal, State, local, foreign,
international or tribal government
agencies or organizations during the
course of processing applications to
elicit information necessary to make
decisions on these applications.
B. To appropriate Federal, State, local,
foreign, international or tribal
government agencies or organizations
that are lawfully engaged in collecting
intelligence or law enforcement
information (whether civil, criminal or
administrative) and/or charged with
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing or
implementing civil and/or criminal
laws, related rules, regulations or
orders, to enable these entities to carry
out their law enforcement and
intelligence responsibilities.
C. To a Congressional office response
to an inquiry from that Congressional
office made at the request of the
individual to whom the record pertains.
D. 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.
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litigation or proceedings before any
court, adjudicative or administrative
body, when: (a) DHS, or (b) any
employee of DHS in his/her official
capacity, or (c) any employee of DHS in
his/her individual capacity where DOJ
or DHS has agreed to represent the
employee, or (d) the United States or
any agency thereof, is a party to the
litigation or has an interest in such
litigation.
F. To contractors, grantees, experts,
consultants, volunteers, and others
performing or working on a contract,
service, grant, cooperative agreement, or
other assignment for the Federal
government, when necessary to
accomplish an agency function related
to this system of records.
G. To an agency, organization, or
individual for the purposes of
performing authorized audit or
oversight operations.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

Application information is
maintained in paper form and in an
automated database in electronic format.
RETRIEVABILITY:

These records are retrieved by name,
address, vehicle license number or other
personal identifier.
SAFEGUARDS:

The system is protected through a
multi-layer security approach. The
protective strategies are physical,
technical, administrative and
environmental in nature and provide
access control to sensitive data, physical
access control to DHS facilities,
confidentiality of communications,
authentication of sending parties, and
personnel screening to ensure that all
personnel with access to data are
screened through background
investigations commensurate with the
level of access required to perform their
duties.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

The legacy GES system provides that
records will be destroyed three years
after the denial of an application as a
‘‘trusted traveler’’ or after an issued
permit expires. In light of the changes
to the program that are envisioned, CBP
will work with its Records personnel to
develop an appropriate retention
schedule that accounts for both
operational and privacy concerns.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:

Director, Passenger Systems Program
Office, Office of Information and

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Technology, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20229.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

To determine whether this system
contains records relating to you, write to
the CBP Customer Satisfaction Unit,
Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (Room
5.5C), Washington, DC 20229.
RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Requests for access must be in writing
and should be addressed to CBP
Customer Satisfaction Unit in the Office
of Field Operations, or the DHS Director
for Departmental Disclosure and FOIA.
Requests should conform to the
requirements of 6 CFR part 5, subpart B,
which provides the rules for requesting
access to Privacy Act records
maintained by DHS. The envelope and
letter should be clearly marked ‘‘Privacy
Act Access Request.’’ The request
should include a general description of
the records sought and must include the
requester’s full name, current address,
and date and place of birth. The request
must be signed and either notarized or
submitted under penalty of perjury.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:

Same as Records Access Procedures
above. State clearly and concisely the
information being contested, the reasons
for contesting it, and the proposed
amendment to the information sought.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

The primary source of information is
the application. Other law enforcement
records systems may be used as part of
adjudicating the applications.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

Records and information in this
system obtained from checks of other
law enforcement databases are exempt
from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1),
(d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3),
(e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), (5) and (8), (f), and
(g) of the Privacy Act pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) and (k)(2). No
exemptions are claimed for information
obtained from an application or
otherwise submitted by an applicant.
Dated: April 13, 2006.
Maureen Cooney,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer.
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